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The Atlanta Falcons started the 2021 NFL season with two straight losses, but the team has now dragged itself back to .500 after two shootouts against the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins (with a bye week sandwiched in between). As always, Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is producing steady, stellar numbers in what has become […]

Gaming is rich with classic titles. No matter what genre they inhabit, a classic game can transcend time, age, country of origin, and definitely something as nebulous as “genre.” Furthermore, some game studios are so consistent in churning out tremendous games that when they craft a game that fails to meet expectations, it is seen as […]

The Atlanta Falcons, who face the Miami Dolphins this week, have had an up-and-down start to the 2021 NFL season. The team got waxed in its first game of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 32 to 6, then the reigning Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers clobbered them by 23 […]

The LA Clippers were bested in the Western Conference Finals by the Phoenix Suns during last postseason. Despite missing their best player, Kawhi Leonard, for the entire series after he suffered a partially torn ACL against the Utah Jazz one series prior, the Clippers acquitted themselves well in the postseason as a unit. For guard […]

Manu Ginobili spent the entirety of his 16-year career with the San Antonio Spurs, helping to lead the team to four NBA championships and a vast array of legendary postseason moments. Now, for the 2021-22 NBA season, Ginobili is back with the Spurs organization that he helped make one of the most respected in all […]

Eli Manning knows that quarterback Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys has a famous warmup routine in which he tangos down the field in order to rotate his hips as far as they can go to help his flexibility when he unfurls deep passes downfield. On Monday Night Football, Prescott’s Cowboys faced off against the […]

When done well, a clever and well-executed video game plot twist is one of the most satisfying elements of fiction. Whether it’s the now-trite O. Henry-style dramatic flourishes that end many of his short stories or the final reveal in a whodunit detective story – a la Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories – […]

The Detroit Pistons entered the 2021 NBA draft knowing they have been cellar dwellers the past two seasons, finishing with 20 wins in each of the past two years. While their stable of young talent has grown, the team hadn’t truly drafted that blue-chip, top-tier draft prospect so far in the team’s rebuild. However, after […]

The Atlanta Hawks surprised many fans around the world when they stormed past the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Playoffs and then proceeded to put up quite the fight against the eventual NBA champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, in the Eastern Conference Finals. Many fans and pundits were surprised when both Bogdan Bogdanovic and […]

Damian Lillard of the Blazers knows the Orlando Magic opted to “blow it up” in the 2020-21 NBA season by trading away All-Star Nikola Vucevic, talented young wing Aaron Gordon and veteran sharpshooter Evan Fournier to the Chicago Bulls, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics, respectively – leaving only veteran microwave scorer Terrence Ross as part […]

While Mario and the various denizens of the Mushroom Kingdom might be the most recognizable faces of gaming monolith Nintendo to modern players, it was actually Donkey Kong that helped jump-start Nintendo when the famed gorilla character’s eponymous game, Donkey Kong, was released in 1981 to brisk sales and widespread acclaim. Donkey Kong franchise celebrates 40 […]

The Atlanta Falcons have been in the headlines during the 2021 NFL offseason, but not for a reason that fans of the team will be happy about. Longtime receiver Julio Jones has been widely expected to be traded for a package of draft picks and other young talent so that Atlanta can retool for the […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won its second Super Bowl in franchise history earlier this year in the first year with Tom Brady as the team’s starting quarterback. All Brady does is win Super Bowls, so the Bucs were clearly looking forward to a long playoff run – despite Brady’s advancing age. After the Super Bowl, […]

For the first time since the 2012-13 season, the New York Knicks are in the NBA Playoffs. Beyond that, the underdog squad led by a resurgent and presumptive Most Improved Player winner Julius Randle and helmed by scrappy coach Tom Thibodeau is actually the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference after an eight-year layoff from […]

The Chicago Bulls came into the 2020-21 season in a state of limbo. After nabbing the fourth pick in the 2020 NBA Draft and selecting Patrick Williams out of Florida State University, in what many pundits and draftniks believed to be a “reach,” the team had a strong young nucleus to build around including Zach […]

Roger Federer is arguably the greatest tennis player of all time. Tied as the all-time leader in Grand Slam victories at a staggering 20 overall with Rafael Nadal, including a record eight wins at the Wimbledon tournament in London, Federer has seen it all in a career that has spanned over 20 years. Today we’re […]

The hits keep coming for high-profile players in this injury-strewn NBA season, with the Los Angeles Lakers continuing to absorb significant setbacks as the playoffs approach. Anthony Davis appeared to twist his ankle early in the first half versus the Los Angeles Clippers. He was taken to the locker room for further evaluation. Lakers say […]

The Los Angeles Lakers took on despised rival Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday, and even though LeBron James sat out the much-awaited game to rest his right ankle, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope did a pretty good impression of The King. Caldwell-Pope took off for a ferocious dunk early on in the game, putting Clippers big man Ivica […]

Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks soundly defeated the best team in the NBA on Wednesday by a resounding final margin of 135 to 103, which is actually the Phoenix Suns’ worst loss of the season at 32 points. The Suns, who were coming off a back-to-back, looked listless and out-of-sorts, especially in the fourth […]

The Portland Trail Blazers obliterated the Cleveland Cavaliers by a final score of 141 to 105 on Wednesday night behind a typically strong performance from Damian Lillard. After the game, Lillard expressed gratitude to the Blazers fans for returning the stadium following a long layover due to the COVID-19 pandemic: "When it’s fans in the […]

The Indiana Pacers were defeated soundly by the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night by a final score of 104-93. In the third quarter, when the Pacers were down by 21, assistant coach Greg Foster had to be restrained as he went at second-year big man Goga Bitadze. Pacers assistant Greg Foster went OFF on center […]

The Sacramento Kings and rookie Tyrese Haliburton received some good news couched with bad news on Tuesday. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Haliburton suffered no ligament damage to his left knee following a scary injury in the Kings’ Sunday victory against the Dallas Mavericks. Despite that, the Kings are being extremely careful with the […]

Carmelo Anthony of the Portland Trail Blazers continues to pile up the points in his long and storied career, and on Monday night against the Atlanta Hawks, he passed Elvin Hayes for 10th on the all-time scoring list. One of 10 👏 Carmelo Anthony moved passed Elvin Hayes for 10th all-time on the NBA's scoring […]

The Golden State Warriors are fighting for their playoff lives in the Western Conference with a record of 32-32 heading into tonight’s action (currently good for the 9th seed). While Stephen Curry is putting up MVP-level numbers for the team, his squad is not quite up to the same levels as the dynastic Warriors from […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night by a final score of 114-107, and, after the game, Karl-Anthony Towns, rookie Anthony Edwards and guard Josh Okogie met with the family of George Floyd, the Black man who was killed by former police officer – and now convicted murderer – Derek Chauvin. The […]

The Atlanta Braves eviscerated the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night by a final score of 10-0. The Braves finished with 18 hits to the Cubs’ five, and Freddie Freeman finished with a sterling line of 4-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. The lone out Freeman made? A strikeout—at the hands of Cubs everyday […]

As the sports world and world at large still reels from the loss of 19-year-old basketball player Terrence Clarke, Kentucky head coach John Calipari shared some images of a young Clarke visiting the Garden to watch a Boston Celtics game from a few years ago. Danny Ainge, the Celtics President of Basketball Operations and General […]

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has already done something his Hall of Famer father Vladimir Guerrero failed to do in his storied 16-year MLB career. That the younger Guerrero did it at the tender age of 22 makes it all the more impressive. On Monday, Guerrero went 3-for-4 with three home runs […]

After a promising first season in which he was named to the All-NBA Rookie First Team, Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans has “made the leap” that’s expected of a No. 1 overall pick in the NBA. However, on Monday night, the 20-year-old power forward got rejected at the rim by Paul George of […]

Chuma Okeke, the 22-year-old rookie out of Auburn for the Orlando Magic, delivered a stunning poster atop the head of Los Angeles Lakers big man Andre Drummond in the early slate of games on Monday night: Chuma got Drummond 😤pic.twitter.com/LnivT79JX5 — Ball Don’t Lie (@Balldontlie) April 26, 2021 Okeke, who sat out the 2019-20 season […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins jumped out to a 6-0 lead against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night. Many Penguins fans might’ve assumed the game was well in hand and opted to watch something else since the game was clearly sewn up. Not so fast. The Devils put forth a furious effort in the third period […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is known for having one of the tightest handles in the NBA, and on Tuesday night, those abilities were on full display against Lonzo Ball and the New Orleans Pelicans. https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/1384687382323023872 As you can see, that lightning-quick spin move from Kyrie Irving left Lonzo Ball in the dust, opening up […]

The Golden State Warriors took on the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night, which meant it was a battle between those two sweet-shooting brothers: Stephen Curry of Golden State and Seth Curry of Philadelphia. Before the game even began, the brothers dapped each other up in a display of sportsmanship and brotherly love: Curry brotherly love […]

The Golden State Warriors utterly waxed the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday by a final score of 147 -109. In the game, the Warriors tied a franchise record with 24 three-pointers, which is even more impressive considering that the second splash brother Klay Thompson hasn’t played a single minute this season due to injury. #SPLASH […]

Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets took on the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in a much-awaited matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. The Nets, however, had a bevy of players listed as out due to injuries or load management, including Irving’s fellow star players Kevin Durant and James Harden, plus […]

There is no question that Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks was “lovin’ it” on Tuesday night as the injured star point guard watched his teammates dispatch the Toronto Raptors with ease. Why, you ask? Because of his tremendous McDonald’s-inspired fit, of course: I’M LOVIN IT🤣💯#WeMove pic.twitter.com/Y8H0PfEgjd — Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) April 14, 2021 While […]

Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade, and Candace Parker are all basketball legends. With Shaq and Wade now retired and Parker gearing up for her first season with the Chicago Sky, they made some time to have a little fun at the Inside the NBA studio on Tuesday night. And Shaq was the unwitting victim. The hulking […]

Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league, the Big 3, was put on hiatus last year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, with vaccines becoming more widespread, restrictions are being lifted and that means that competition returning soon for its fourth season. Cube teased a combination that is sure to bring a smile to basketball fans’ […]

James Wiseman, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft of the Golden State Warriors, tore the meniscus in his right knee in the Dubs’ win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. The 20-year-old rookie is expected to miss the remainder of the season, and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr provided reporters […]