Nearly 30 years later, Jimmy Johnson still gets a bit frosty when reflecting on the epic blunder during a Thanksgiving ice storm that cost the Dallas Cowboys the game. Yes, that was Cowboys defensive lineman Leon Lett sliding on an icy field at Texas Stadium in an attempt to recover a blocked field goal in … Read more
Growing up in Washington, Emeka Egbuka openly admits he “didn’t really know anything” about the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry before the Buckeyes began recruiting him out of high school. He isn’t the only one. Many of the Buckeyes preparing to put their bodies on the line for the sake of The Game this weekend didn’t truly … Read more
It finally happened. I had a good week in all three areas of picking games. I went 4-2 with my best bets as part of the Pick Six podcast, 11-3 straight up and 7-5-2 against the spread in my CBSSports.com expert picks. That raises my best bet record to 38-25-2, which I am glad about. … Read more
They call it the Egg Bowl, but the annual Mississippi State-Ole Miss football game has nothing to do with the state’s agricultural prowess. According to Department of Agriculture data, Iowa is actually the top producer of eggs in the United States (15%), followed by Ohio and Indiana (both 9%). Mississippi doesn’t even get a mention … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ghana: It’s difficult to know what to expect from Ghana, who are outside the top 60 of Fifa’s rankings and had an unspeakably bad African Cup of Nations in January, finishing bottom of their group with just one point, suffering the … Read more
Wednesday’s are always loaded for the NBA, but tonight’s slate takes on even more significance with no games scheduled for Thanksgiving day. With 12 games on the slate and two national TV matchups anchoring tonight’s action — Mavericks vs. Celtics (7:30 pm ET) and Clippers vs. Warriors (10 pm ET) — our crew has put … Read more
Early in the second half at Imperial Arena, Jaxson Robinson hit a jumper to lift BYU to a 32-21 lead over USC Wednesday in The Bahamas. The game remained close over the next several minutes. Then the Trojans’ Boogie Ellis got into a groove. USC (4-1) went on a decisive 18-4 run midway through the … Read more
AL RAYYAN, Qatar — If someone unfamiliar with the result of the opening World Cup match between the United States and Wales had been standing in the bowels of Ahmad bin Ali Stadium afterwards, it might have been easy for them to assume the game had a winner. Players from both teams are required to … Read more
It’s Thanksgiving! Gobble gobble, everybody. It is a bit of a sportswriting trope, harking all the way back to the turn of the century (no, not that one, the previous turn of the century) when newspaper columnists would all sit down and write about what sports figures should be thankful for that Thanksgiving season. We … Read more
Thanksgiving Day football just hits differently, and this season’s slate of action will feature three games with six teams vying for the playoffs. The Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions start things off in the early afternoon as the appetizer for the day. The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants will face off for the … Read more
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