Jameson's Sport Writing Portfolio

"Where they play, how they play, IF they play." These nine infamous words exclaimed at a postgame presser during Manchester United's 2017-18 FA Cup charge changed how football (soccer) media approached Jose Mourinho. Mourinho, who at the time was coming off successful but turbulent spells at Real Madrid and Chelsea (the 2nd stint), was opining how he was always at a disadvantage to win the title with the quality of players United had at the time. During that season, Mourinho guided that United team to 2nd and FA Cup Final, and he would later say it was his greatest footballing achievement. Imagine a Champions League-winning manager saying that.  Mourinho had been showing signs of becoming more prickly, and some would say toxic, during the second half of his career. When he was at Real Madrid, he famously fell out with legendary GK Ilker Casillas. Mesut Ozil also left for Arsenal following rows with The Special One. He ended up getting fired by Madrid and returning to Chel...

Let's get into the news because there was a lot of news. Normally around All-Star Break, things calm down and not much happens. Then the Philadelphia Flyers said, "Let me cook."  A first-round prospect was traded away before playing a single game of NHL hockey. A public spat between the Philadelphia media and Paul Bissonette . Kevin Hayes somehow getting dragged into this mess with fans sending him death threats and making remarks about his late brother's passing. It has everyone in the NHL hockey Twitter-verse asking, "What the actual hell happened?" Let's recap, quickly.  Elliotte Friedman reported on Monday night - literally minutes before the college football national championship game was going to kick off - that the Flyers were trading Cutter Gauthier to the Ducks for Jamie Drysdale, a first and second-round pick in the upcoming NHL draft. Keith Jones then went on the Flyers' RSN broadcast, trying to explain the motivation behind trading him. J...