Akiva Wienerkur is a long suffering Mets and Jets fan, who has written for Deadspin, and been a researcher for both Football Night in America and for NBC's Olympics coverage. He has a comedy podcast (Rob And Akiva Need A Podcast), an NFL podcast (32 Fans), and a television podcast (New Girl, Old Guy).
The Knicks and Wizards have been somewhat evenly matched for years now, with the teams seeming to go game for game with each other. Their past 20 matchups have been tightly contested with Washington coming away with 11 wins, and the...
For the first time since the 1940s, the Chicago Bears own the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft. In two previous tries, the Bears didn’t exactly land household names. In 1940, the Bears took Tom Harmon, the first Heisman Trophy winner in the U...
A flurry of major trades just before the NBA’s trade deadline altered the landscape of the championship picture. Trades of two superstars, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, depleted the Brooklyn Nets but created two new contenders with Durant ...
Also written by Oren Ramer Every year, the NBA Slam Dunk Contest is the most polarizing event of All-Star Weekend. Fans either love it as it’s ingrained in NBA history forever, like the 2016 Dunk Contest between Zach Lavine and Aaron...
Welp, I’ve resisted writing this for as long as possible…but I guess it’s time to pull the bandaid off. It gives me no pleasure to be the one to tell you, but there won’t be an NFL game played on Sunday. Not on Monday night or Thursda...
Happy Super Bowl week! Alright, enough with the small talk. We need to figure out our best bets for Super Bowl LVII, including who’s the best bet to win the MVP of the game. We simply haven’t got a moment to spare. So…. It’s no surprise th...
With the very thrilling Pro Bowl Flag Football Game in the rearview mirror, we have no more excuses. It’s down to crunch time. Philadelphia Eagles v Kansas City Chiefs. East v Midwest. Sirianni v Reid. Jason v Travis. We have one NFL game l...
The AFC Conference Championship provided arguably the best game of the NFL Playoffs to this point. The Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs both put together excellent performances behind Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes, respectively....
Welcome to the 57th Vincie Awards! I’m your host, Chris Rock… Wait, no. I mean, I’m Dave Dameshek. Y’know, this past season’s been one of the weirdest in the 57 years of the Super Bowl era. Almost as weird as last year’s Oscars. Jada Pinket...
The NBA Most Improved Player award may have the most blurred lines in terms of what qualifies a player to win the award. For example, some voters are against voting on a second- or third-year player who was drafted with the expectation of...