Raiders Fan Body Slams A Woman, Leaves Another Man Knocked Out Cold During Brawl Outside Of Raiders-Chargers Game

Disgusting. I know a lot of times we joke about fights at football games, because at this point they're almost expected. You get a bunch of drunk fans from opposing teams, everybody's amped up and the fists start flying. But there's really no reason to get this worked up over a football game. Video from a wild brawl outside of SoFi Stadium, where the Las Vegas Raiders fell to the Los Angeles Chargers during the season opener, shows a wild scene as two Raiders fans and a Chargers fan are all going at it. The Chargers fan pulls one of the Raiders fans down to the ground, as the other Raiders fan in a Crosby jersey steps in between them. And when the fan who went to the ground gets back up, he begins swinging on the (bigger) Raiders fan in some friendly fire. Well the guy in the jersey knocks the other Raiders fan to the ground and starts pounding, as a woman in a black dress jumps in to try to get the assault to stop. The man gets up and falls backwards on top of the woman, who keeps throwing punches herself. And when the guy in the Crosby jersey gets up, he body slams the woman before being pulled away. Meanwhile, the original guy (who seemed to be fighting everybody, no matter what team they were cheering for) lays motionless and bleeding on the ground, appearing to be knocked out cold as bystanders tend to him. Of course Raiders fans already have a reputation for this kind of behavior, so maybe it shouldn't really be surprising. https://twitter.com/_MLFootball/status/1832941509240361217

Swifties Are Melting Down After Taylor Swift Was Spotted Hugging Trump Supporter Brittany Mahomes At The US Open

Betrayed by their idol. Swifties took a victory lap after the Kansas City Chiefs season opener, not because of the game but because Taylor Swift didn't sit with Brittany Mahomes, wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, during the game. If you missed it, the whole stupid saga started back when Brittany liked a post from former President Donald Trump on Instagram. Swifties weren't happy with Mahomes and began demanding the pop superstar, and girlfriend of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, dump her friend Brittany over her support of Trump. Brittany seemed to be wholly unbothered by the outrage from Swifties, and even began liking pro-Trump comments on her own Instagram posts. And Trump even thanked Brittany for her support: https://twitter.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1831360275968319790 Obviously most of Swift's fans are hoping that she'll endorse Kamala Harris, and it seems that they can't even stand the thought of their hero being friends with a Trump supporter. So when Thursday night's game rolled around, Swifties quickly noticed that Brittany and Taylor weren't seated in the same box and began praising their pop star idol for not being seen with a Trump supporter: https://twitter.com/DrewThomasAllen/status/1831935866421571994 https://twitter.com/AtTheBuzzer1/status/1831880513503846779 https://twitter.com/GDan1els/status/1832040861615464584 https://twitter.com/starcasm/status/1832040532408737802 https://twitter.com/chxxcago/status/1832034963048329524 https://twitter.com/veryvogue/status/1832031419385676112 https://twitter.com/alexandergold/status/1831974592833036798 https://twitter.com/karrotkate/status/1831939607447171302 https://twitter.com/SceneByAshlix/status/1831924466001293386 Of course there was no indication that politics was the reason that the two didn't sit together. A simpler explanation would have been that both Mahomes and Kelce have their own box for their families. And Brittany was also there with her young daughters, and is currently pregnant, so she's not going to be partying like she was last season. And after today, I think we can safely assume that was the case. Taylor and Travis attended the US Open (with Kelce looking like a spokesman for Ricola cough drops), and seated beside them were - you guessed it - Patrick and Brittany Mahomes. A picture began circulating of the two woman hugging it out during the tennis championship, and Swift's fans are taking it about as well as you would expect from a group of people who worship a pop star: https://x.com/millersrep/status/1832860107597885808 https://x.com/youreabigstar/status/1832859777287737552 https://x.com/heavenslt/status/1832884258219741557 https://x.com/iamnotverysane/status/1832853532522827991 https://x.com/444ybwmoi/status/1832851786753085810 https://x.com/dollylorrr/status/1832857797765235113 https://x.com/petienomenon/status/1832868214117974126 https://x.com/pinkstonyclub/status/1832864030937002121 https://x.com/swiftiescastle_/status/1832868731158143162 Of course this shouldn't need to be said, but you can be friends with somebody even if you disagree with their politics. But I guess this is all just a sign of the times we're living in - and a sign of just how insane Taylor Swift's fans really are.

NFL Fans Roast Tom Brady For “Atrocious” Broadcasting Debut On Fox’s Cowboys-Browns Game

If we judged Tom Brady on his first NFL game as a quarterback, especially had he gotten thrown to the wolves as a rookie, the criticism might've been just as vicious as it was on Sunday. Brady was in the booth for his first FOX broadcast during the Browns-Cowboys game in Cleveland, and let's just say it wasn't generously received. It's still surreal seeing TB12 involved in the NFL without being on the field, simply because for most of my football-watching life, he's been dominating everyone to the tune of seven Super Bowl victories. https://twitter.com/nfl/status/1832878052432314504 But yeah, things got off to a rocky start for our guy Tom Terrific. The missed fist bump with Mike Pereira was an early lowlight. https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1832888410073391110 In fairness to Brady, this matchup was a freaking snoozer. The Browns didn't show up at all. Deshaun Watson looked like hot garbage — and serves him and the organization right. Good for Dallas to come out and make a statement on the road on the day Dak Prescott received a historic contract extension. Yeah, America's Team is screwed for the long haul, but they're certainly winners on Week 1, NFL Sunday, 2024. https://twitter.com/JaredPlaudis/status/1832883518847832172 https://twitter.com/austingayle_/status/1832892992828629167 https://twitter.com/nyj_matt/status/1832880357374615822 https://twitter.com/jamjks/status/1832880391541428507 https://twitter.com/degeneratetbone/status/1832881211707933008 https://twitter.com/landahoy14/status/1832879094935257546 https://twitter.com/pardonmytake/status/1832879610523992507 https://twitter.com/pardonmytake/status/1832879610523992507 https://twitter.com/allinkid/status/1832877859695673700 Hey Tom, it's not too late, man. Not that I want you to go to the Browns, because that classless franchise deserves nothing approaching your singular greatness, but this is a good point here: https://twitter.com/WillBrinson/status/1832909139233681578 Based on the piss-poor offense we saw in many games across the NFL this Sunday, it's clear Brady could roll up, learn the playbook on the fly, and be a top-10-caliber QB. I can't say I disagree with Brady's notion that the modern NFL is dumbed down so that rookie QBs can start. Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, and Bo Nix were the first-year field generals to get the starting nods today. They all played horribly. Too bad the Browns had a sunk cost fallacy view of Watson and decided to let Joe Flacco go back up Anthony Richardson in Indy. But I gotta say, I don't think Brady was super terrible, and this Trevon Diggs-related dig at Deshaun was, as the kids say these days, "chef's kiss." https://twitter.com/JoriEpstein/status/1832922429129159069 So between Brady's take on developing young QBs and the analysis quoted above, I'm hopeful that Brady can be a little more critical and verbose going forward. Just getting his feet wet here, y'all. Take it easy on the peoples' GOAT.

Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift Singing Along To “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” At The US Open Is Peak American Romance

Peak romance. Did I stutter? I wish I had enough knowledge on the back catalogues of Taylor Swift and The Darkness alike to generate some superior inside-baseball references, but we'll have to settle for stating the facts here. The Darkness is a brilliant British band whose smash hit song "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" was an instant classic of cheesy throwback rock when it dropped in 2003. Those falsetto vocals by lead singer Justin Hawkins are to die for. Anyone in their 30s or thereabouts no doubt had their world rocked by this song at some point, and that was never more evident than when Taylor Swift herself, with Kansas City Chiefs tight end/arm candy Travis Kelce, rocked out to the number while taking in some U.S. Open tennis. https://twitter.com/usopen/status/1832908209838751747 You could argue The Darkness' signature tune is one of those awesomely bad songs that you cackle at while singing along to because of how ridiculous and over-the-top it is. That's precisely what makes it so brilliant, but furthermore, the band has legitimate musical talent that comes through on the catchy riff, the face-melting guitar solos, and of course Hawkins' powerful singing melody. Sorry, I know we're all about country music up in here, but we're also about — or I'm also about — elite sportsmen and Swifties because, well, so are a bazillion other folks on the Internet and in SOCIETY. We gotta acknowledge impeccable taste from uber-rich and famous celebrity power couples when we see it, do we not? Doesn't this make you feel ever so slightly better about yourself that you can relate with Taylor and Travis on this level? It sure warms my heart. And that counts for a lot, at least for me, because my Cincinnati Bengals got taken out by the woodshed by a team who I thought had the literal worst roster in the NFL. I'm down bad this NFL Sunday. Stumbling, staggering, stammering through the depressive haze. How can you see Taylor and Travis in this state and not believe in a thing called love if you didn't already? The world sure could use more of that to go around, along with some optimism, humanity, and so forth OK let's not make this weird. I think I'm getting macro-contemplative because I'm trying to tell myself that my mental health shouldn't be dictated by the Bengals losing and so forth. NEEDLE DROP. I'm gonna be in my feelings all night, ripping this song on loop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKjZuykKY1I

“Scared To Chip The Paint On His Nails” – The Internet Wasn’t Impressed With Chicago Bears Rookie QB Caleb Williams Despite Winning In His Debut

Gotta play better than that if you don't want to get chirped by Chicago fans. Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, the Heisman Trophy winner out of USC and #1 overall draft pick in the 2024 NFL draft, made his debut in today's season opener against the Tennessee Titans. The notably eccentric Williams turned heads before the game even started when he took the field sporting painted fingernails that read "#18 DA BEARS." https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1832819856216891508 And I have a feeling Bears fans would be painting their nails right alongside them if he had come out and set the world on fire. But, well, that didn't exactly happen. Williams seemed to pick up right where Justin Fields left off last season, going 14 for 29 with 93 yards and no touchdowns in his debut. But somehow, the Bears still found a way to win the game after their special teams got a touchdown off of a blocked punt and the defense added another TD on an interception return in the 4th quarter. So while Bears fans were just happy that the team managed to get the win, the internet predictably had some harsh words for their rookie who Chicago is hoping will be their next franchise QB: https://twitter.com/RicoRyder911/status/1832869532832322013 https://twitter.com/saucy_Pasta54/status/1832874659919925362 https://twitter.com/BTInsuranceCEO/status/1832866350164738373 https://twitter.com/colekriech/status/1832860774760411147 https://twitter.com/bigbullybiggz/status/1832858981779272183 https://twitter.com/ProlificTravis/status/1832872345578688913 https://twitter.com/plxyboihurting/status/1832840677631160705 https://twitter.com/Romano_718/status/1832889091672654247 https://twitter.com/stepbro_renzo/status/1832874330730233909 Of course it was his first NFL game, so it's still way too early to judge whether Williams is going to be a success in the league. But he better be sending some gifts to his defense and special teams this week for getting him a win in his debut.