Think you can figure out what NFL player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out. We’re back for another day of the SB Nation in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re returning to our system of a new article each day for the game. We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience in the comments. So, we’ll have the current day’s game plus the previous three days in each new article. That way, you can catch up if you miss a day. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Wha ..read more

How did the refs miss this? The Dallas Cowboys and Cincinnati Bengals have both had disappointing seasons, but they’re not going down without a fight. Two desperate teams facing off on Monday Night Football to cap Week 14 produced a competitive game into the fourth quarter when the refs made themselves part of the story with a terrible blown call. With the score tied at 20 with under seven minutes left in the fourth quarter, Burrow faced a 2nd-and-13 from the Cincy 46-yard line. The Dallas pass rush got home, hitting Burrow and forcing what looked like a fumble. Burrow very obviously got ripp ..read more

Jordan Poole’s new celebration is both bad and good at the same time, just like him. The Denver Nuggets suffered the worst loss for any team this season over the weekend when were on the wrong end of the Washington Wizards snapping the NBA’s longest losing streak. Washington had lost 16 straight games entering Saturday night against the Nuggets, and Denver was still a big favorite despite missing Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon with injuries. Nikola Jokic did his part, finishing with 56 points, 16 rebounds, and eight assists. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the Nuggets struggled while Denver ..read more

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The thought of the North Carolina Tar Heels hiring Bill Belichick is breaking our brain. I was convinced it was a fake post at first. Bill Belichick? Coaching the University of North Carolina? That feels like something that would get passed around by people who paid for checkmarks so they could shitpost and spread false information. Yet, it’s real, and it might actually happen. After a report by Inside Carolina broke last week about the legendary NFL coach wanting to get back into the game at the college level, many around the NFL world have wondered if thi ..read more

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Juan Soto’s massive new contract with the Mets, in perspective. Sunday night the news the baseball world was waiting for finally broke. Juan Soto had agreed to a market-shattering ten-year deal with the New York Mets, for $765 million. While the top-line number exceeds what the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani for last year (Ohtani’s contract hit the $700 million mark) there are some other factors that make Soto’s deal an eye-popping agreement. While Ohtani deferred $680 million of that contract into the future, Soto’s deal does not include any deferred ..read more

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Kirk Cousins can’t move. Where do the Falcons go from here? It felt all too fitting that this exact Kirk Cousins game happenned in Minnesota. On a day where the Atlanta Falcons moved the ball fairly well (53.4% Success Rate would be third among all NFL teams from Week 14, even above the Bills and Rams, 496 total yards of offense), they still lose 42-21 to the Minnesota Vikings on the backs of a muffed kick by WR Ray-Ray McCloud and two Kirk Cousins interceptions. With the loss, the Falcons lose the division lead to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who beat the La ..read more

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images There’s a lot of blame to go around, but especially the architect of this mess. The Bears made the change at head coach, and they’re still absolutely terrible. On Sunday the 49ers used Chicago as their stepping stone to get back on track after three straight losses, dominating all three phases of the game en route to a 38-13 beatdown that saw the Bears only amass 162 net yards of total offense, while Caleb Williams was sacked seven times. For all the hand-wringing and consternation, the one man most responsible for the Bears’ issues has been relatively immune ..read more

Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How the Philadelphia Eagles’ ‘Tush Push’ compares to the most unstoppable plays in sports history Is the Philadelphia Eagles’ “Tush Push” unstoppable? Statistically, no, it’s not. Even at its peak in 2022, the play got a first down on 93 percent of attempts — 25 of 27, including 6 for 6 in Super Bowl LVII. Last season, they were down to 83 percent. But taken literally, that’s “stoppable” seven and seventeen percent of the time. But what about how it feels to the team it’s being used against? Does the pain train rolling behind 1600-odd pounds ..read more

Chris Jones-Imagn Images The one play that represents the start of the Gamecocks’ season and a week full of ranked matchups Week five of NCAA women’s basketball saw the top-25 teams inch closer to full conference play. In a week that featured seven matchups between ranked sides, the Big Ten and ACC gave a brief preview of upcoming conference play, the SEC and ACC played 16 games to showcase the sport and the South Carolina Gamecocks kept making the nation forget about an early season stumble. AP top 25 women’s college basketball rankings after week five: UCLA UConn South Carolina LSU USC Texa ..read more

The Brazilian legend is known for as much as he did off the field as the magic he displayed while on it. Two years ago this month, soccer lost arguably its greatest-ever player in Edson Arantes do Nascimento — better known worldwide simply as Pelé. Pelé died on Dec. 29, 2022, at age 82, but left behind a legacy that served as the bridge between the sport’s growing popularity — specifically here in the United States — and the machine soccer has become as big name stars and even bigger television contracts to broadcast ‘The Beautiful Game’ (Pelé’s words, not ours) in nearly every nation, can pa ..read more