• The Last Dance documentary ratings are massive ESPN win

    The Last Dance documentary ratings are massive ESPN win

    Like its main subject, ESPN’s “The Last Dance” is quickly putting up the numbers of an all-time great. The documentary on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Bulls debuted Sunday night and pulled in record viewership, averaging 6.1 million viewers for the first two episodes — instantly becoming the most-watched documentary in ESPN history, the network …
  • Michael Jordan docuseries ‘The Last Dance’ premiere paints Bulls GM Jerry Krause as villain

    Michael Jordan docuseries ‘The Last Dance’ premiere paints Bulls GM Jerry Krause as villain

    Amid the biggest dearth of sports in a century, ESPN has swooped in to rescue us with “The Last Dance,” a docuseries about Michael Jordan’s final year with the Chicago Bulls. While the highly anticipated show’s first installment doesn’t offer too much that wasn’t already public knowledge, it’s still a fascinating look into perhaps the …
  • Bulls were ‘traveling cocaine circus’ before Michael Jordan arrived

    Bulls were ‘traveling cocaine circus’ before Michael Jordan arrived

    Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls have long been considered the NBA’s model franchise. But before he got there, they were far from it — both on and off the court. When the Bulls drafted Jordan out of the University of North Carolina in 1984, Chicago had missed the playoffs in seven of the previous nine seasons, …
  • Matt Cassel’s Patriots success fuels Bill Belichick’s post-Tom Brady optimism

    Matt Cassel’s Patriots success fuels Bill Belichick’s post-Tom Brady optimism

    With a few slight exceptions, the Patriots spent the last 19 years building an offense around one player. Now it’s time to get creative. With Tom Brady, who started 283 of 304 games for the franchise over the last 19 seasons, out the door and with the Buccaneers, Bill Belichick and his staff are left …
  • Bill Belichick is treating Tom Brady like any other ex-Patriot now

    Bill Belichick is treating Tom Brady like any other ex-Patriot now

    Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is ready to move forward from longtime quarterback Tom Brady. To open up a conference call Monday, Belichick referred to the statement he made on Brady at the start of NFL free agency and added that he’s sure “we’ll be talking about him for years and decades to come.” But …
  • Geno Smith unloads on ‘snake’ Rex Ryan after random Jets dis

    Geno Smith unloads on ‘snake’ Rex Ryan after random Jets dis

    The 2014 Jets are in the news again for all the wrong reasons, and this time Rex Ryan and Geno Smith are going at it. Appearing on ESPN’s “First Take” Wednesday, Ryan boasted he would have been a huge NFL coaching success with multiple Super Bowl titles if he had Tom Brady at quarterback. At …
  • Tom Brady wouldn’t take Bill Belichick bait during Howard Stern interview

    Tom Brady wouldn’t take Bill Belichick bait during Howard Stern interview

    Not even Howard Stern could get Tom Brady to say a bad word about Bill Belichick. Drama between the two pillars of the Patriots dynasty reportedly played a key role in Brady’s departure after 20 years in New England, but the quarterback pushed back on that idea Wednesday during an expansive two-hour interview with Stern. …
  • Tom Brady knew he was leaving Patriots before 2019 season

    Tom Brady knew he was leaving Patriots before 2019 season

    While the rest of the world was largely in the dark about Tom Brady’s future, the quarterback knew last fall that 2019 was likely his farewell season with the Patriots. “I don’t think there was a final, final decision until it happened, but I would say I probably knew before the start of last season …
  • ‘I Take My Personal Hygiene Very Seriously’: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Violates Her Own Quarantine Advice to Get a Haircut

    ‘I Take My Personal Hygiene Very Seriously’: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Violates Her Own Quarantine Advice to Get a Haircut

    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing backlash after she violated her own quarantine advice over the weekend to go to a salon for a haircut. Lightfoot defended her decision by saying that she is the “public face of this city” “I’m on national media and I’m out in the public eye,” she responded to a …
  • Tom Brady’s Buccaneers love is peek at Patriots’ rift: ‘Know what I can do’

    Tom Brady’s Buccaneers love is peek at Patriots’ rift: ‘Know what I can do’

    Tom Brady is ready to see what he can do without the New England Patriots. In a piece for The Players’ Tribune published on Monday, Brady expressed how grateful he was for his 20 years in New England, but also alluded to wanting to prove that he can be successful without Patriots head coach Bill …