data-mm-id=”_v7t2yuwmr”>Syracuse's Markenzy Pierre was ejected for his helmet-to-face hit on Notre Dame punt returner Matt Salerno. The moment of impact featured a nearly unprecedented amount of stuff exploding. It is not for the squeamish. But this is football, the game everyone signs up for and so many love, and they put it on national television knowing full well this can happen at any moment. So enough preamble, I guess. Man this was a dangerous hit… Hopefully he’s ok ??#NotreDame pic.twitter.com/8DTXfaomVn— TimeoutSPORTS__ (@TimeoutSPORTS3) December 5, 2020Again, not making light of things or celebrating it. Only pointing out that things rarely react so combustibly. Jesus. His helmet exploded. pic.twitter.com/sjDmnkLeGI— Cork Gaines (@CorkGaines) December 5, 2020Here&…
data-mm-id=”_9jvcnn72f”>The New York Knicks lost to the Miami Heat last night in Game 6 of their second-round playoff series. It marked the end of a pretty good season for the Knicks but the team and the fans will feel like they missed a golden opportunity to make the Eastern Conference Finals against the eight-seed Heat. New Yorkers (and, indeed, sports fans at large) are always eager to look for a scapegoat and the early returns suggest that will be Julius Randle this year. Randle was inconsistent throughout the Knicks' playoff run but had his worst game last night, going 3-for-14 from the floor and managed all of 15 points in an elimination game. Sometimes the shots aren't going to fall but Randle threw a wrench into his own team's offense in the fourth quarter with p…