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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 […]

Kyle Tucker had a productive first season with the Chicago Cubs, but now it seems like he may be suiting up for somebody else in 2026. The outfielder with four All-Star nods to his name is one of the best free agents this year. The Cubs certainly want him back, but in recent years, the […]

Kyrie Irving once said that “basketball isn’t a game; it’s an art form.” This belief obviously demonstrates how players operate on the court, but it goes even deeper, as NBA players need to look the part. This extends to the apparel they wear on the court. The NBA has officially released the City Edition jerseys […]

The MLB offseason is officially here. Free agency has already kicked off, but few deals have been agreed to thus far, and most of the big-name players on the open market won’t sign until later in the year or even next year. Free agent signings aren’t the only way for teams to add to their […]

The MLB offseason is here. There are several great free agents who are free to sign with any team. The Los Angeles Dodgers proved that offseason talent acquisition is of the utmost importance, as they’ve won back-to-back World Series titles after being huge free agent spenders. Most teams don’t have the payroll power of the […]

The Toronto Blue Jays were just a win away from being crowned World Series champions. Bo Bichette played a huge part in getting the team there. He was among the hits leaders all season long before a PCL injury forced him out of action late in the season. Bichette showed true guts by rushing back […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars made one of the biggest deals of the 2025 NFL trade deadline. They gave up fourth and sixth-round picks to the Las Vegas Raiders for Jakobi Meyers in one of the biggest deals of deadline day. The receiver was one of the best trade candidates available, and he now brings a big […]

The Kansas City Chiefs did not get in on the NFL trade deadline action. The team still looks like Super Bowl contenders, but they have fewer wins this season than fans have become accustomed to. Perhaps the Chiefs didn’t make a move because the market was inflated during a year in which a record-tying 10 […]

The Miami Dolphins got in on the action of what was the busiest NFL trade deadline ever. Ten trades were agreed to on Nov. 4, which tied the all-time record. That included the Dolphins’ trade of Jaelan Phillips to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Dolphins received a third-round pick in return for the former first-round edge […]

The 2025 NFL Draft deadline was tied for the busiest deadline day ever. A record-tying 10 trades were agreed upon. Some were big, such as separate deals involving Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner, while others were relatively small. The Denver Broncos did not get in on the action, though. The 7-2 team was in a […]

The NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award has a clear frontrunner, as Jaxson Dart is playing like by far the best first-year player, and he is doing it at the most important position in football. There are plenty of other first-year offensive players making a name for themselves, though, including Emeka Egbuka, Tyler Warren, […]

The NFL season is nine weeks old, meaning the halfway point of the regular season has officially passed. A year after tons of receivers, quarterbacks, and running backs broke onto the scene as rookies, NFL fans were again blessed with a stacked crop of first-year players, especially when it comes to the offensive side of […]

The 2025 NFL trade deadline was absolutely wild. With 10 deals agreed upon on Nov. 4, this was tied for the most active trade deadline in history. A lot of the big-name players who were moved were defensive players, such as Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams. Obviously, those moves don’t have a huge impact on […]

The 2025 NFL trade deadline was arguably the most hectic ever. Ten deals were agreed upon on Nov. 4, which ties the most (with 2022) on deadline day this century. These deals included some huge-name superstars and a number of premier draft picks. So, of the 10 trade deadline trades, which deals will have the […]

The MLB free agency signing period will begin on Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. ET. There are some big-name players set to hit the open market, and with all of the record-breaking contracts that have been handed out in recent years, some huge deals will surely be agreed upon. This is especially true because the […]

The World Series has come and gone, so players with expiring contracts are officially free agents. The MLB free agent signing period starts on Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. ET. Some big-name players will be plucked off the market right away, but there will be plenty of great players who don’t sign until deep into […]

The 2025-26 men’s college basketball season officially tips off on Monday, Nov. 3. Anticipation is high after a thrilling March Madness tournament last season. Plus, NIL and the transfer portal bring a whole new twist to the college basketball landscape. Elite players are playing on new teams, both after transferring and because the freshman class […]