Author name: Dean Fitzgerald

Part of the growing Irish following of US sports, Dean chose to support the Jets because they were the first team that drafted him in Madden 11. He'll now happily fight his friends for Sam Darnold.

Trevor Lawrence

Predicting every pick in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft

Predicting the 2021 NFL Draft.

Adam Gase on NFL sideline

Adam Gase’s New York days are numbered

‘A brilliant offensive mind’. That’s the description Christopher Johnson gave for New York Jets head coach Adam Gase after week 1 of this NFL season. It was a head-scratching statement, given the Buffalo Bills had just blown out the Jets in the season opener days earlier. It certainly brought the ire of long-suffering Jets fans, …

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Franchise Sports

Covid cap may close New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl window

The Covid-19 pandemic has been the bane of life in 2020, with even the simplest of life’s pleasures being unceremoniously upended as the world has scrambled to limit its spread. As one such pleasure, sport has taken a big hit this year. In the name of public health and safety, competitions have been postponed and cancelled, crowds were expunged and replaced by canned noises over a PA system or television set, and a lot of revenue was lost for professional sports.

Franchise Sports

Should Kevin Durant take the supermax with the Golden State Warriors?

As they rode off into the sunset the Warriors took stock of their losses, especially on their injury list. Klay Thompson tore his ACL in game 6, and the NBA’s pantomime villain Kevin Durant suffered a torn Achilles in game 5. A harsh sense of schadenfreude surrounded the Durant injury. After all, the prevailing opinion was that he had left the Oklahoma City Thunder to join a 73-9 superteam and ease to multiple titles.