Tiki and Tierney

Despite winning a Heisman Trophy and putting up unbelievable dual-threat numbers at Louisville, Lamar Jackson is not considered one of the elite quarterback options in this year’s NFL Draft, as many analysts rank him below Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, and others. Why is that? “I don’t know. That’s some...

Josh Rosen might be the most talented quarterback in this year’s NFL Draft class, but many people have downgraded him because, well, he came from a good background. When Rosen was a freshman at UCLA, he said that he didn’t “need” football the way that some of his teammates did. It was an honest...

It may seem hard to believe, but not every NFL player loves football. Some love what football can provide for them, yes, but they don’t love the actual sport. Well, Bradley Chubb loves football. “Yeah, I do. I really do,” the NC State defensive end prospect said on Tiki and Tierney. “In my family,...

Sam Darnold will be one of the top quarterbacks, if not the top quarterback, selected in the NFL Draft on Thursday. That we know. What we don’t know is whether Darnold will be starting Week 1 of the 2018 season or sitting out for a year and learning under, say, Tyrod Taylor or Eli Manning. Darnold...

The Cleveland Browns need a quarterback. This is we know. They don’t, however, need two. Indeed, some analysts believe that the Browns should draft a quarterback first and fourth overall to help ensure that they come away with their franchise guy. If the Browns were to go that route, would it even...

It’s been an odd offseason for Aaron Rodgers. He lost his favorite receiver (Jordy Nelson) and his quarterbacks coach (Alex Van Pelt), and it doesn’t appear he had much input regarding those decisions. On Tuesday, Rodgers said, simply, that he has to trust the process. Hmm, is trouble brewing in...

Joel Berry will leave North Carolina as a national champion, a Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and an ACC Tournament MVP. That’s quite a resume, especially given how lost Berry felt when he arrived in Chapel Hill in 2014. “When I first got there, I felt like I didn’t know how to play basketball...

LeBron James posted a triple-double in Cleveland’s 98-80 loss to Indiana in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Sunday, this despite taking essentially the first quarter off. James was on the court, of course, but he didn’t attempt his first shot until more than 10 minutes into the game. By...

Benches cleared twice during the Red Sox/Yankees game at Fenway Park on Wednesday, this after a questionable slide by Yankees DH Tyler Austin, who was later plunked with a 97-mile-per-hour fastball by Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly. Four ejections and countless punches and pushes later, play resumed...

Shohei Ohtani has had quite the start to his big league career. The 23-year-old has dazzled both at the plate and on the mound; he is hitting .368 with three home runs and seven RBIs and is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA and has 18 strikeouts to just one walk. He is one of the main reasons that the Angels (9-...