A new Pewter Report Roundtable debuts every Tuesday on PewterReport.com. Each week, the Pewter Reporters tackle another tough Bucs question. This week’s prompt: The first thing Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson must do is… Scott Reynolds: Convince Bucs To Pursue RB Tyler Allgeier In Free Agency With Rachaad White’s imminent departure via free agency, and … Read more
Like its more tangible products, Fanatics’ apologies are shoddy and practically worthless, yet Michael Rubin’s sports apparel company keeps issuing them anyway. In this latest instance, Fanatics is sorry for its shitty Super Bowl merch that is definitely not worth the listed price. Here’s the company’s statement, posted Monday night: NFL fans, we’ve seen your jersey … Read more
The Panini Senior Bowl’s slogan is “The draft starts in Mobile!” Pewter Report spent the past week in Mobile, Alabama, so you guessed it – it is officially draft season! In a series of scouting reports, I am looking to dive deep on this draft class to identify the strengths, opportunities and fits for the … Read more
Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about fake booze, depressing old sex movies, driver’s ed in a Tesla, and more. PROGRAMMING NOTE: Today’s Funbag will … Read more
The stakes couldn’t be higher. Super Bowl 60 already carries championship pressure, but it could also deliver one of the greatest statistical moments in NFL history. Seattle Seahawks star Jaxon Smith-Njigba enters the game needing just 35 receiving yards to become only the third wide receiver ever to reach 2,000 receiving yards in a single … Read more
Former Bucs head coach Bruce Arians is scheduled to undergo open-heart surgery on Friday, February 6 in Philadelphia. Arians revealed the news on the Today show last week on NBC when he and former Buccaneers and Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski were guests to promote a Super Bowl commercial about prostate cancer screening. Arians appears … Read more
It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen papered over rocks, and worms slithered as only worms can. Here, almost all life stayed close to the ground. … Read more
NEW YORK — On day one of the Westminster Dog Show, the Westminster Kennel Club hosted a Judging Insider program, where longtime judge Michael Faulkner helpfully pulled back the curtain on what actually goes into judging dogs and bitches (a strict technical term in the dog show world, and one which is used with a … Read more
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell lit a fire with his latest comments about the league’s refs ahead of Super Bowl 60. The game has a long history of controversial situations arising from questionable calls, and many wonder whether we’ll see another instance in the Super Bowl this year. What did Goodell say about the refs? Stay … Read more
While the NBA world was shaken on Monday night with news about Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden potentially seeking a trade either before or at the NBA trade deadline, one NBA Insider was squelching at least one rumor. ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania reported on Monday night that Harden, an 11-time NBA All-Star, was … Read more