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Chris Paul is one of the best players in Los Angeles Clippers history, but his first stint with the team went a lot smoother than his second time around. The all-time great point guard signed with the team in the offseason in what was supposed to be a heartwarming send-off into retirement. Paul is retiring […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are reopening discussions surrounding his future with the team that he has spent his entire career with. With two MVPs and an NBA Finals victory to his name, Antetokounmpo is not just one of the best players in the NBA, but one of the best players in NBA history. […]

The Kansas City Chiefs keep losing, and the Chicago Bears keep winning. Those are two things that may come off as shocking to many NFL fans. Week 13 is over, and the last week of byes will take place during Week 14. So, how does the NFL playoff picture stack up in both the AFC […]

Feast Week has come and gone in college basketball, and with it came plenty of change in ClutchPoints’ power rankings. With a number of big in-season tournaments having come to a conclusion, how does the top-25 stack up? 25. St. John’s Georgetown and NC State both fall out of the top 25, and St. John’s […]

During the 2025 NFL season, there are a lot of teams pushing for a playoff spot, and just as many contending for the number one pick. That leaves few teams stuck somewhere in the middle, and with so few truly mediocre teams this year, there is quite a large race for the first overall selection […]

Cam Ward wasn’t the most highly touted number one pick ever, but the 2025 first overall selection of the Tennessee Titans was still expected to be a superstar. The Titans are struggling, and thus far, the rookie from Miami hasn’t met expectations. Ward has plenty of time to reach his potential, but his uninspiring start […]

After Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles, the Boston Celtics decided to use this year as a time to get their finances in check. They still plan on contending long-term, but ahead of this gap year, the team traded away some of their more expensive players. Kristaps Porzingis was dealt, as was Jrue Holiday. The latter […]

The Golden State Warriors’ championship window doesn’t have much time left. A grueling schedule highlighted by numerous back-to-backs, along with some unfortunate injury issues, has led to an underwhelming start to the 2025-26 season. Stephen Curry will only be able to carry the team on his back for so much longer, and even he was […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have had a roster loaded with stars for years now. It never seems to quite pan out, though, largely because the team always seems to catch the injury bug at the wrong time. Last year, they were surprisingly productive for much of the year despite their flaws, but it still resulted […]

Every team has played at least three NBA Cup games, if not all four. That means the games on Friday, Nov. 28, will conclude the group play portion of the in-season tournament and usher in the knockout stage. With four spots available per conference, just what is at stake for the final day of group […]

The Milwaukee Bucks got off to a better start than most expected. Myles Turner was the team’s big offseason addition, and Ryan Rollins, A.J. Green, and Gary Trent Jr. have been breakout performers. Rollins, in particular, has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the NBA season. Ultimately, though, most of Milwaukee’s success could […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have been perhaps the most drama-filled NBA team this year, and Ja Morant is at the forefront of their issues. The two-time All-Star was once viewed as a potential face of the NBA. He has since been suspended multiple times and dealt with injury issues. The frustrations of the last couple of […]

The Kansas City Chiefs find themselves in unfamiliar territory. The team has made five of the last six Super Bowls, regularly sitting atop the AFC standings during that time. This year, though, they are on the outside looking in when it comes to the AFC playoff picture. Currently, the Chiefs are all the way down […]

The Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade made no sense at the time that the Dallas Mavericks decided to do it. The Mavericks traded one of the best players in the NBA, who was just 25 years old at the time and less than a season removed from leading Dallas to an NBA Finals appearance, for a […]

Some of the top men’s college basketball teams have been tested against top 25 teams on a regular basis already, while others are still fluffing their record with easy wins against small programs. Because of that, opinions are all over the board on how teams rank against their peers. So, here is ClutchPoints’ top 25 […]

The defending champion Philadelphia Eagles have had a rollercoaster of a season following their Super Bowl victory. Despite the drama that can’t seem to escape Philadelphia, the team has still been able to win games and maintain the top seed. That is no longer the case, though, as they were leapfrogged by the Los Angeles […]

Three AFC teams had a bye during Week 12, but a lot of movement happened in the standings regardless. The top teams are scratching and clawing with all of their might to make the postseason, whereas the conference’s bottom dwellers seem more focused on preparing for the NFL Draft. So, how does the AFC playoff […]

With wins in four of their first five starts of the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers looked like they were quickly locking up a playoff berth in the AFC North. The rest of the division struggled early, as the Cleveland Browns have been one of the worst teams in the NFL, the Cincinnati Bengals have a […]

As of now, the Dallas Cowboys are on the outside looking in of the NFC playoff picture. Dallas is 5-5-1, which is good for second place in the NFC East and 10th place in the conference as a whole. They dug themselves quite a hole this season, but they are inching themselves out, and they […]

Mike Tomlin, the coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, is the longest tenured coach on one team currently in the NFL. He has been at the helm for the Steelers since 2007, and most of his tenure has been highlighted by lots of winning. Tomlin has a Super Bowl title to his name, and his teams […]

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is the only player in NFL history with 75-plus receiving yards in each of his team’s first 11 games of the season. The receiver is having a historic year for the Seattle Seahawks, as he has already broken the franchise’s single-season receiving record. The Ohio State product has shown no signs of slowing […]

The college football season is nearing its end. NFL Draft prospects have now had the majority of the season to establish where they should be drafted, and both their flaws and strengths will only be further on display during Bowl season and the College Football Playoff. The 2026 NFL Draft appears to be loaded with […]

The Cleveland Browns have made yet another change at quarterback. Dillon Gabriel was knocked out of the team’s Week 11 matchup because of a concussion, which afforded Shedeur Sanders the chance to step up. Gabriel will be sidelined in Week 12, meaning Sanders will start for the first time during his NFL career. The rookie […]

The 2025-26 MLB free agent pool is stacked with star players. Free agency in baseball is unique because a lot of the best players don’t sign when MLB free agency opens up, unlike in other sports. This year, there are players fresh off a World Series appearance, more star talent coming over from Japan, and […]

The NFC will be stacked come playoff time. Any of the top eight teams could legitimately vie for the championship, if they make it into January. So, are there any teams currently in line to make the postseason that could fall out of the NFC playoff picture, and are any teams on the outside looking […]

Fans have gotten used to the same teams dominating the AFC in recent years. Obviously, the Kansas City Chiefs established a dynasty by going to five out of six Super Bowls in a row. Their greatest competition in recent years has been the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills. It now seems unlikely that any of […]

So far during the first couple of weeks of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season, ranked teams have been dominating inferior competition. More high-profile matchups are right around the corner. While there will be more clarity after this week, a fair amount has already changed since ClutchPoints released the preseason power rankings, but how do […]

With his UFC 322 win over Jack Della Maddelena, Islam Makhachev became just the 11th UFC fighter ever to hold championship belts in two different weight classes. The former Lightweight Champion is now the champion in the welterweight division. This comes just months after Ilia Topuria won his championship belt. Along the way of compiling […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are 5-5. They currently sit in third place in the AFC West after their Week 11 heartbreaking loss to the Denver Broncos. Fans aren’t used to this much losing in Kansas City. In fact, the Chiefs have only lost more than five games during the entire season once in the Patrick […]

The Denver Broncos have won eight straight games on the back of an elite defense. The team finds success because they get after the quarterback often. Their 49 sacks are the most in the league, 15 more than the second-place team. At this rate, the team is on pace to break the single-season sack record […]

The Buffalo Bills are infamously 0-4 in the Super Bowl. They lost back-to-back-to-back-to-back championships in the early ’90s, and they haven’t gotten back to the big dance ever since. The Josh Allen-led Bills have been Super Bowl contenders for quite some time now, but Buffalo has fallen just short for years, as they haven’t been […]

One could infer that the Chicago Bears are one of the best teams in the NFL when just looking at their record. After a win over the Minnesota Vikings, the team is 7-3. Week 11 isn’t over, but as of now, they are atop the NFC North. The team’s point differential tells a different story, […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers just won the World Series for the second year in a row. That won’t stop the team from adding talent to the roster, though. With a seemingly unlimited payroll, the Dodgers have been adding all of the best talent in free agency and through the trade market over the last couple […]

Basketball is a star-driven sport. A lot of the best players in the NBA have been doing their thing for quite some time now. LeBron James, for example, has been in the NBA for a record 23 seasons. Despite the presence of proven stars, talent emerges out of nowhere every season. During the early part […]

With the NBA season comes expectations and predictions from the fanbases. The sport always draws tons of dialogue when it comes to player rankings, record predictions, and hot takes. Not every player is going to live up to expectations, though. For whatever reason, whether it is because of a poor schematic fit, injury issues, or […]

The Houston Astros lost a lot of talent last offseason. They’d made it to at least the ALCS in seven of the previous eight seasons before missing the postseason altogether in 2025. Alex Bregman, Justin Verlander, and Kyle Tucker were the biggest offseason departures, and the loss of this star talent directly contributed to a […]

The Sacramento Kings might already gearing up for a big rebuild. The big three that features Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, and DeMar DeRozan is somewhat predictably not working. LaVine and DeRozan didn’t work as a duo with the Chicago Bulls, and Sabonis is having a down season thus far. Still, the big man is likely […]

The NBA record for wins in a regular season was set by the Golden State Warriors. In 2015-16, the team defeated their opponents 73 times in the regular season. Of course, they’d go on to lose an iconic NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers, so some say it was all for nothing. Winning that many […]

The Indiana Pacers were just one win away from being crowned NBA champions last season. They put everything on the line to get to where they did, and that included pushing Tyrese Haliburton past his breaking point. Unfortunately, the All-Star point guard tore his Achilles tendon in Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The […]