This Week In Hot Takes: Tom Nichols argues that professional esports are “the ridiculous next step of imperial decline”
Nichols' take on professional esports was the hottest of the week.
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This Week In Hot Takes: Doug Gottlieb bashes Tennessee fans over Greg Schiano, argues Larry Bird was better than LeBron
"Do Tennessee fans who are taking delight in Schiano getting passed over for Interim tag realize that their outrage over his hiring has forever tainted him? Congrats?"
This Week In Hot Takes: Michael McCarthy and the Sporting News promote “Reputation Doctor” Mike Paul to bash Garoppolo’s date
"Garoppolo wanted to be different from Brady? Well, mission accomplished. You’re 'Porn Boy' now."
This Week In Hot Takes: Rich Lowry calls soccer “fundamentally flawed,” says baseball’s “purest” because…it’s not subjective?
"In this sense, baseball is the purest sport. It relies less on subjective umpire calls, especially now with replay."
Will ESPN and Fox continue to invest big money in big personalities, and can they afford to?
Investing in high profile personalities might be a thing of the past.
This Week In Hot Takes: Rob Parker and Chris Palmer argue for Kyrie Irving and Lonzo Ball over LeBron James
Welcome to another edition of This Week In Hot Takes! This time around, we’re examining the hottest sports...
This Week In Hot Takes: Skip Bayless says “Nobody ever even thought about MJ being tired,” forgetting that he did
"That would have been blasphemous," Skippy? Then maybe you shouldn't have done it.
This Week In Hot Takes: Phil Mushnick hates three-pointers, bat-flipping and Lil Jon
Mushnick brought back some of the usual standards, but added a rant against three-pointers.
This Week In Hot Takes: Skip Bayless says the Celtics were “exposed for what they were”
"I'm getting sick and tired of the Boston Celtics. I've seen enough. They're overrated. They got exposed in Game 3 and exposed in Game 4 for what they were."
Shannon Sharpe dressed as “GOAT James,” with a LeBron jersey and a goat mask
That's certainly one way to combat Skip Bayless' anti-LeBron trolling.
This Week In Hot Takes: Skip Bayless says LeBron plays “little to no defense,” which puts him behind Kobe, Jordan and Durant
"LeBron James, after 15 years in this league, plays little to no defense even in a playoff game, and I have to tell you: it really, deeply offends me to watch it."
This Week In Hot Takes: Dan Shaughnessy blames Red Sox losses on Yawkey Way renaming, David Price’s hand issues on Fortnite
"Just about every person Price’s age plays video games, but none of them make $217 million playing baseball and none of them miss a start in New York this week due to carpal tunnel syndrome."
Skip Bayless calls out 5-star recruit Romeo Langford for choosing to play hoops at Indiana over Vanderbilt
Grown adults calling out high school kids about their college choice is pathetic.
This Week In Hot Takes: Phil Mushnick says “It’s a pity HBO would team with the WWE for anything” over Andre the Giant...
Mushnick's surprisingly-strong opinion on the existence of an Andre the Giant documentary topped the hot takes from March 30-April 5.
This Week In Hot Takes: John Steigerwald says women are “whining using tools invented by men”
Steigerwald's five-alarm take about gender roles topped this week.
