Month: October 2024

data-mm-id=”_rqu3p1iaq”>The Los Angeles Lakers have created a blueprint this postseason. Lose Game 1 to get the pundits buzzing and pre-writing a postmortem on how LeBron James has lost his magic and the Anthony Davis experiment was a bust. Then win Game 2 in convincing fashion as a Men In Black memory-pen-eraser-thingy to invalidate such opinions. In the Blazers' series, Game 2 foretold of four straight victories. The same could very well be true for this Rockets' series. That is, if the Lakers stick to their guns and commitment to being schoolyard bullies as they did Sunday night. Davis, perhaps a bit befuddled at all the positive press P.J. Tucker received for being a big-boy pest in Game 1 (as Davis actually went 10-for-16 with tons of round numbers rounding out his stats…

data-mm-id=”_c6cb3ai1m”>Three months and three days after they arrived, the Los Angeles Lakers will finally leave the Disney campus in Orlando. They will fly home today as world champions, and will eventually bear rings that will serve as a reminder of the time they spent in a bubble of the NBA's creation. While the country tore itself apart between battles over social injustice and the coronavirus pandemic, the league created a safe haven for basketball, a sanitized environment that will come with a bill of nearly a quarter-billion dollars. When rumors of the bubble first hit the news cycle, eyebrows were raised all around. Could the NBA, a professional sports league, do what the world's governments and superpowers failed to do? Could they really keep COVID-19 more than six …

data-mm-id=”_7kmvghjuo”>Super Bowl LV has finally arrived. In one corner, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers led by one Tom Brady. In the other, the Kansas City Chiefs led by one Patrick Mahomes. The narratives are ripe and the play should be entertaining. We here at The Big Lead have some thoughts about the main event. Thus, a series of bold predictions for you to chew on. Here we go. Super Bowl Predictions Jason Pierre-Paul Wins MVP to Cap Off Remarkable Comeback Story The Super Bowl MVP almost always goes to the most productive offensive player of the winning team. Occasionally it is a defensive player, usually one who returns an interception for a touchdown (like Seattle's Malcolm Smith against the Broncos in 2014). But this is a space for the boldest of claims, so this is mine: the Sup…

data-mm-id=”_yd5mu8bvb”>Eric Bieniemy and the Washington Commanders reportedly have "mutual interest" according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. No, Bieniemy has not been offered the head coaching job. They want him to be offensive coordinator. Seriously. Bieniemy has been the offensive coordinator in Kansas City since 2018 and has helped the Chiefs make five consecutive AFC Championship games and been calling plays for two teams that won the Super Bowl and the best he can get is the same job on a different team. Sources: The #Commanders and #Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy have mutual interest and it’s trending in the right direction toward him being their new coordinator. Both sides are working through specifics, but Bieniemy is the top choice. If all goes well, this should be…

data-mm-id=”_5dokc5lyd”>On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Chargers signed Justin Herbert to a five-year, $262.5 million deal, giving him the highest yearly salary in NFL history. While Herbert is a fine quarterback who has put up big numbers during his three-year career, the real takeaway from this news is that the Kansas City Chiefs got an absolute steal with Patrick Mahomes' contract extension. In April of 2020, Mahomes signed a 10-year extension worth $477 million, with another $26 million in potential bonuses. That's a 10-year, $502 million deal. Mahomes is 27, has won two Super Bowls, and taken the Chiefs to a third, and he's the unquestioned best quarterback in football, and he's not even among the top-five in average per year salaries at his position. Currently, He…

data-mm-id=”_xneafbjkh”>For one of the few times in the last 20 years the Minnesota Vikings were having a great day at Lambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers. Kirk Cousins led the offense to 24 points in the first three quarters and the defense clamped down on Jordan Love, holding the Packers to 10 points total entering the fourth quarter. And then things went wrong for Minnesota. Perhaps horribly wrong. Cousins and the Vikings' offense were facing a third-and-long in Green Bay territory. After taking the snap Cousins went down pretty quickly. The Fox Sports cameras then caught him hopping to the sideline, clearly in great pain, and eventually he got on the cart, but it didn't take him to the locker room. Kirk Cousins hobbled to the sidelines and his currently being look…

data-mm-id=”_opznzficc”>Second-year running back Kyren Williams is having a stellar season. On Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams ball-carrier scored three touchdowns. After one of them, Williams tried to hand the ball to his mom in the stands when a New York Giants fan reached in and tried to take it. Mama Williams absolutely bodied the guy and took the ball back.Here's the touchdown run and you can see Williams hand the ball to his mom:Beautiful cuts. @Kyrenwilliams23 has a hat trick! 🎩📺: #LARvsNYG on FOX📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/sFjqko01pD pic.twitter.com/cvSOAtcgXL— NFL (@NFL) December 31, 2023And here's a closeup of her ripping the ball away. Don’t mess with @Kyrenwilliams23’s mom 😤 pic.twitter.com/Sv8ZTyYYjm— …