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The Philadelphia Eagles are ready to go on a revenge tour in 2024. Philadelphia started the 2023 season on a hot streak, winning 10 of their first 11 games. However, they crumbled down the stretch and were bounced in the first round of the playoffs. Thankfully, the Eagles have a much stronger roster this season. […]

The balance beam was a thorn in the side of the women’s Olympic gymnastics team. Simone Biles and Suni Lee finished in a tie for fifth place in the balance beam competition. Both Simone Biles and Suni Lee fell off the balance beam during their routines, which saw their scores drop outside the range of […]

The Los Angeles Rams are preparing for a crucial 2024 season. Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp aren’t getting any younger, so the Rams need to make another push for a Super Bowl before its too late. They will need to stay healthy if they want to compete for a playoff spot in a surprisingly deep […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are ready to go on a comeback tour in the 2024 NFL season. Joe Burrow suffered a season-ending wrist injury late in the 2023 season that destroyed any hopes of a postseason run. Now Burrow is back and healthy, so the Bengals will be looking to pick up where they left off […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are in the midst of a training camp QB battle. Veteran Gardner Minshew and second-year QB Aidan O’Connell will duke it out for the right to be the team’s starter in 2024. Head coach Antonio Pierce has insisted that the two QBs get the same amount of offseason reps, so it […]

Simone Biles is undeniably the greatest gymnast in the world. Her Olympic medal collection is now officially in the double digits. Biles defeated Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade in the vault final on Saturday, winning her third gold medal of the Paris Olympics. It is her 10th Olympic medal and seventh gold medal. The 2024 Paris Olympics […]

The Arizona Cardinals are finally coming into form. Head coach Jonathan Gannon has finally had enough time to sculpt the roster into his image. Arizona has added key players like Marvin Harrison Jr. who give the team a new identity and could make them much more dangerous in 2024. Unfortunately, fans still have to wait […]

The Los Angeles Rams are going through change as an organization. Superstar Aaron Donald finally retired from the NFL, and the rest of the team’s core players (Stafford and Kupp) aren’t getting any younger. Los Angeles needs to make a strong push in the postseason while they have their core together. Unfortunately, that could prove […]

The New York Jets are entering one of the most important seasons in their franchise’s recent history in 2024. They will lean heavily on 40-year-old QB Aaron Rodgers to elevate their offense and hopefully take them on a deep postseason run. Reports out of training camp suggest that Rodgers is already looking like his old […]

The Seattle Seahawks are entering a new era under head coach Mike Macdonald. Seattle moved on from Pete Carroll this offseason and replaced him with one of the hottest head coaching candidates on the market this spring. Fans should be excited to see the schematic changes he brings to the team’s defense. Fantasy football managers […]

The Carolina Panthers have been in a rough place. They drafted Bryce Young with the first overall pick in last year’s draft, but it didn’t help them climb out of the gutter. Carolina was the worst team in the NFL last season, but after this offseason it is easy to have some hope. The Panthers […]

The Detroit Lions have incredibly high expectations coming into the regular season. Detroit played one of their best seasons in franchise history in 2023, and now they are one year older and sporting a rebuild secondary. The Lions are now regarded as one of the best teams in the NFC right up there with the […]

The New York Giants are in a tough spot as a franchise. They have a lame duck QB and a head coach who could be on a hot seat. The pressure around the team has certainly changed after the team was featured on Hard Knocks: Offseason. This show highlighted some of the team’s decision-making strategies […]

The Tennessee Titans are suddenly a frisky team in the AFC South. Tennessee moved on from faces of the franchise in Ryan Tannehill, Derrick Henry, and Mike Vrabel earlier this offseason, so the Titans team we see this fall will be very different. Unfortunately, they may also be without star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to […]

It seems like the Kansas City Chiefs are everywhere these days. They are the most popular team in the NFL with the best QB and a player who is dating the most popular woman on the planet. It stands to reason that they would be involved in some way with music concert at Arrowhead Stadium. […]

Simone Biles is having an incredible bounce back tour at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Anticipation was incredibly high to see Biles, the best gymnast in the world, back competing after her unexpected exit from the 2021 Tokyo games. Biles has overcome the “twisties” but she is still battling her anxiety as such a huge event […]

The Buffalo Bills are ready to make another deep playoff run in 2024. Buffalo has gotten to the doorstep of the Super Bowl repeatedly over the past several seasons, but they always seem to get bounced by the Kansas City Chiefs. This has caused some to suggest that the Buffalo Bills are “underdogs” ahead of […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are entering a new era under first-year head coach Antonio Pierce. The former interim head coach will now have a real chance to put his mark on both the roster and the whole Raiders organization. Pierce hasn’t wasted much time. Over the past offseason, the Raiders have made a handful of […]

The Houston Texans actually played a football game yesterday. It’s so nice to have football back. The Texans and Bears faced off in the Pro Football Hall of Fame game that was unlike any that came before it. This was the first chance that most NFL fans got to see the league’s new XFL-style kickoff […]

The Seattle Seahawks will need all hands on deck to compete in a competitive NFC West division in 2024. The team recently had a brief injury scare related to QB Geno Smith. Fortunately, it sounds like the Seahawks’ starter avoided any serious injuries. Yesterday ESPN’s Brady Henderson reported that Seahawks QB Geno Smith will undergo […]

The San Francisco 49ers are entering a crucial 2024 season. They have been one of the NFC’s best teams for several seasons in a row, but they haven’t been able to cash that in for a Super Bowl victory. San Francisco is hopeful that they can get at least one championship with their strong roster […]

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark continues to be in the news cycle despite not being at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Fever rookie became the subject of debate this week after part of a quote from WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes appeared to diss the Fever rookie. One ESPN analyst recently issued an apology to Swoopes […]

The New England Patriots are in the midst of the training camp QB battle. Veteran Jacoby Brissett is the early favorite to start for the Patriots in Week 1. However, he’ll have to fend off first-round pick Drake Maye and fellow rookie QB Joe Milton III. Colin Cowherd recently made an incredibly bold claim about […]

Simone Biles just cemented her status at the greatest gymnast of all time. Biles just became the first woman to win two Olympic All-Around Titles since Vera Caslavska in 1964 and 1968. She earned the gold medal ahead of silver medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and bronze medalist Suni Lee, also on Team USA. Biles […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are preparing like no other team for the 2024 NFL season. Kansas City has a chance to win three Super Bowls in a row, which would be a first in NFL history. They are making every effort to prepare the team for another deep playoff push, including adding new wrinkles on […]

There is one unwritten rule in any football practice: don’t touch the QB. A couple of Pittsburgh Steelers defenders did not respect this rule during yesterday’s training camp practice. As a result, the team had their first full-scale fight of training camp. The play in question occurred during the final team period of practice. QB […]

The Minnesota Vikings are entering a crucial 2024 season. Minnesota finally moved on from Kirk Cousins and replaced him with rookie J.J. McCarthy. The Vikings will need to be on top of their game, and overcome some key injuries, if they’re going to set McCarthy up for success in 2024. Unfortunately, the Vikings may be […]

UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers has just signed an unprecedented NIL deal with the new Unrivaled women’s basketball league. According to The Athletic’s NBA insider Shams Charania, Bueckers is signing an NIL deal with Unrivaled, a new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league. Unrivaled promises the highest average pay in professional women’s basketball, over the WNBA. This […]

The class-action NFL Sunday Ticket lawsuit just got a huge update from the judge of the case. According to U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez, the jury in the case did not follow the judge’s instructions when determining damages. Gutierrez made the remark while hearing the NFL’s post-trial motion that he rule in favor of the […]

The New York Jets are entering one of the most important seasons in their franchise’s recent memory. Hype around Aaron Rodgers reached astronomical levels before the 2023 season, so it was a huge disappointment when his season ended during the first quarter of his first game. Garrett Wilson is one of several players on the […]

The San Francisco 49ers are in a contract standoff with Brandon Aiyuk. San Francisco has been trying to extend the young star for the whole summer but the two sides haven’t been able to agree to terms. Meanwhile, the price that Aiyuk will demand for an extension could be climbing as other wide receivers around […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers received a huge facelift on offense this offseason. They replaced their offensive coordinator, entire QB room, the left side of their offensive line, and retooled their skill position players. Training camp and the preseason will be crucial for the Steelers’ offense so that these new players can gel together. Fortunately, one player […]

The Denver Broncos are coming into their new identity under head coach Sean Payton. The Russell Wilson years felt like a bit of purgatory for the Broncos, but they are finally building towards a better future. Denver has had some success finding players who have bought into this new vision of the team. Count Courtland […]

The Los Angeles Rams are entering a crucial 2024 season. Aaron Donald is gone, and the Rams have a handful of their veteran leaders (namely Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp) on the last year before potential outs on their contracts. LA needs to make it back to the playoffs in 2024, otherwise they may run […]

The Detroit Lions have not had a roster this talented in a long time. In fact, you could easily make an argument that this Lions team is the most talented roster in franchise history. Detroit may not have the flashiest QB in Jared Goff, but they have a ton of talented skill players and solid […]

The New Orleans Saints are desperate to escape mediocrity and become a contending team once more. New Orleans missed the playoffs for the third straight season in 2023 and it has fans feeling nervous about the future of the franchise. It also has head coach Dennis Allen looking like he is on the hot seat […]

The Atlanta Falcons did a complete overhaul of their QB room this offseason. Atlanta inked Kirk Cousins to a massive four-year, $180 million contract in free agency. They also drafted Michael Penix Jr. in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Cousins recently appeared on The Athletic’s NFL podcast Scoop City. He spoke about […]

The San Francisco 49ers are dealing with a couple of huge contract disputes in the early days of training camp. Both Brandon Aiyuk and Trent Williams are holding out for new contracts. Aiyuk and Williams are both hugely important players on the 49ers offense, so the team is heavily incentivized to get some deals done. […]

The Chicago Bears are entering one of their most hyped seasons in recent memory. Chicago finished the 2023 season with a 7-10 record that could have easily been eight or nine wins. The team is now significantly better, replacing Justin Fields with rookie QB Caleb Williams and a host of other weapons and talented players. […]