To the surprise of many, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott heaped on the praise for the teams’ fans after they threw bottles at the referees who worked the game.  The Cowboys lost in heartbreaking fashion after Dak failed to legally spot the football following his scramble in the waning moments of the game.   Prescott errantly grabbed the football in an attempt to spot it prior to a spike that would kill the clock and give the Cowboys one final chance to score a touchdown.  However, Prescott overlooked the fact that the referee had to touch the football in order for it to be “in play.”  The comments that ensued after the play will go down as some of the weirdest in NFL history. “Credit to Them” The most shocking part of the series of events that unfolded Sunday evening is the fact that Prescott lauded Cowboys fans for tossing bottles at the referees after the final whistle blew.  Prescott’s postgame comments are likely the first made by a pro athlete to commend fans for attacking umpires.  When asked about the fans who threw bottles at the referees, Prescott responded with three words: “Credit to them.” The reporters in the room...

Ever since Ja Morant entered the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2019 NBA draft, he’s had no problem making a name for himself. The road to cementing himself as one of the next NBA Superstars has consisted of numerous posterizing dunks and high scoring performances that have helped power the Memphis Grizzlies place third in the western conference. They’re right beneath the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors, and all indications point to 2022 being a season to remember for fans as well as members of the front office.  They have to thank their franchise player, Ja Morant, who has no problem making waves on and off the court. This has been especially true this year, and he’s had no problem even taking his own fans to task. Returning from a knee injury, he shared that he was hurt after overhearing Grizzlies fans in the crowd say that he should sit back down. This was one of the first indications that he’d handle fans the same way he does opposing players. Some followers of the NBA wonder what this means for Ja Morant’s stature as one of the league’s biggest and brightest rising stars.  The demeanor he brings...

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic and his failure to isolate after testing positive for COVID. Opinions regarding the athlete, ahead of the Australian Open are strong. In fact, a pair of TV anchors on the Seven Network in Australia were caught blasting Djokovic when they thought their mics were turned off.  Djokovic tested positive for COVID last month. He did not isolate, and in fact, went on to do a media interview and photo shoot with a French sports newspaper knowing he had the virus. He also issued a false travel declaration.  He apologized for his public appearances saying they were an error in judgment, but he also claimed the travel statement had been submitted by a member of his support staff. He chalks that one up to human error.  The journalist and photographer working for L’Equipe, the newspaper that Djokovic interviewed with, were not told the athlete was COVID positive before or after the meeting took place.  Australian Border Force officials are investigating inconsistencies in documents with the tennis star’s test results as well as his activities after testing positive. They are still trying to determine how this will affect Djokovic’s...

The Nadal-Djokovic Rivalry is one the greatest rivalries in the world of sports, especially tennis. The two men have gone against each other in different tournaments and on different turfs, including hard courts, clay, and grass.  To date, Novak Djokovic stands as the only tennis player to have successfully defeated Rafael Nadal in the four major tennis tournaments — French Open, U.S. Open, Australian Open, and Wimbledon.  The current world number 1, Novak Djokovic slightly edges out Nadal in their head-to-head count. The duo has gone against each other at different stages of competitions 58 times, with Djokovic coming out victorious 30 times out of those meetings.  Tennis lovers are looking forward to seeing the statistics grow at this year's Australian Open which begins in a few days.  However, that will only be possible if Djokovic can meet all the requirements and settle with the appropriate authorities to play in the competition without being vaccinated.  It had been stated in 2021, that only vaccinated players will be able to participate in the competition.  Djokovic was willing to bank on a medical exemption due to his previous COVID diagnoses and treatment about 6 months ago. However, it doesn’t seem to be...

Antonio Brown stormed off the field this past Sunday in what looked like the end of his career in the National Football League.  However, the Buccaneers have not removed Brown from the team roster.  Brown revealed his reasoning for departing the field in the first half of Sunday’s game, stating the team’s head coach, Bruce Arians, demanded that he play on a badly-injured ankle.  Brown is in the news yet again for leaking text messages sent by Arians. About the Text Messages Brown used his popular social media accounts on Instagram and Twitter to share screen captures of text messages allegedly sent by Arians.  The images reveal a conversation between the two pertaining to his injured ankle.  Brown initially injured the ankle in Week 6 of the season, rendering him immobile for the next two months.   Brown also shared a photo with his followers that proved he received ankle treatment from a team trainer.  Brown’s logic in sharing the picture is to prove that he was incapable of reaching full speed while battling the ankle injury.  Brown also indicated in a different message that his Bucs teammates knew “nothing” about his interactions with Arians in the prior week. Brown’s transmission...