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New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton was off to a hot start to the 2023 season, but it quickly was derailed by yet another injury for the 33-year-old last week. A Grade 2 hamstring strain was revealed after an MRI over the weekend, which will keep the Los Angeles, CA native out of the Yankees […]

Not only does it seem like an Aaron Rodgers trade from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets is imminent, but he’s been trying to recruit other players to New York — including Atlanta Falcons newest signing Calais Campbell. The defensive end told CBS Sports’ Josina Anderson that Rodgers texted him during free […]

San Diego Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. will make his long-awaited 2023 debut on Thursday night, and the 24-year-old shared a positive tweet before his first MLB at-bat in 563 days. “Que bonito día,” Tatis wrote on Thursday. In English: “What a beautiful day.” It certainly will be a beautiful evening in Arizona on Thursday, with […]

Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Brock Vandagriff is expected to remain with the program in 2023 and not enter the transfer portal, On3 and DawgsHQ’s Jake Rowe reported on Wednesday. Vandagriff and Carson Beck are competing for the Bulldogs’ starting quarterback role, and the school currently has three scholarship signal-callers on the roster. Georgia Football had its […]

Johnny Manziel was exonerated by his girlfriend Kenzie Werner days after she posted an Instagram Story revealing alleged domestic violence against the ex-NFL quarterback — as she said it was due to hackers, per TMZ Sports. The IG Story was posted around midnight on Tuesday night, showing graphic images of Werner with “various injuries on […]

Washington Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. will remain with the team for a third season, the Washington Post’s Ava Wallace reported on Thursday. The news comes just a day after president and general manager Tommy Sheppard was fired in the wake of the team missing the postseason for a second straight season. “Tommy Sheppard was […]

Darvin Ham and the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a tough Game 2 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, evening the team’s first-round series heading back to California. Although the Lakers lost even without All-Star Ja Morant in the Grizzlies’ lineup, Ham found a silver lining in the loss. “Holding this team to 103 […]

Jamal Murray was absolutely electric for the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, drawing on the raucuous energy from the home crowd to put up 40 points and lead his team to a 2-0 series lead on Wednesday night. Murray spoke about his appreciation for the Denver crowd after the team’s 122-113 […]

The Florida Panthers were a team on a mission on Wednesday night, fully embracing the underdog mantra and taking it to the Boston Bruins en route to a convincing 6-3 win in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series. The Panthers played fast and physical, not being afraid to mix it up after the […]

Marc-Andre Fleury and the Minnesota Wild suffered a lopsided Game 2 loss to the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night, getting crushed 7-3 at the American Airlines Center to even their first-round series at a game apiece. The veteran goaltender blamed himself for the dismal performance after the loss. “Oh man, embarrassing on my part giving […]

Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers continue their first-round series in Memphis against the Grizzlies on Wednesday night, with a chance to take a stranglehold on the series by winning both of the first two contests on the road. After beating their West counterparts 128-112 on Sunday night in Game 1, Anthony Davis has […]

The Los Angeles Kings will get one of their top young players back for Game 2 against the Edmonton Oilers after Gabriel Vilardi confirmed he would be in the lineup on Wednesday night, according to David Satriano of NHL.com. After missing the final nine games of the regular season and the team’s first postseason contest […]

Carolina Panthers quarterback Andy Dalton has high hopes for his squad in 2023, echoing Adam Thielen’s comments from when he signed with the team earlier this offseason. “Andy Dalton agrees with new Carolina WR Adam Thielen that the team could compete for a playoff/Super Bowl this year,” wrote ESPN’s David Newton on Wednesday. “He definitely […]

As Memphis Grizzlies’ Desmond Bane worked on recovering from a frustrating big toe injury earlier this season, he tested various Nike sneakers that could properly support the nagging injury. The shoe that ended up making the most sense for the 24-year-old also happened to be the latest edition of his first-round playoff rival. After trying […]

The Boston Bruins will be on the hunt for a 2-0 series lead against the Florida Panthers at TD Garden on Wednesday night, and like Game 1, they’ll have to do it without their captain Patrice Bergeron. Bergeron is day-to-day with an upper-body injury and won’t play in Game 2, B’s coach Jim Montgomery confirmed. […]

Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant believes that Sixers’ Joel Embiid deserves to be the NBA’s Most Valuable Player this season, he told Eddie Gonzalez on the latest episode of The ETCS on Wednesday. “Joel Embiid…he was my pick last year too,” Durant told Gonzalez. “It ain’t even just defensively to me. He’s just dominant. He’s […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was suspended for one game for stomping on Sacramento Kings’ Domantas Sabonis on Monday night in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series, and NBA Executive VP Joe Dumars explained why on Wednesday. “Here’s what it came down to: Excessive and over-the-top actions, conduct detrimental and a repeat offender. […]

Seattle Kraken goaltender Phillip Grubauer played three seasons for the Colorado Avalanche, but arguably saved his best performance for the other end of the crease, leading his new team to a Game 1 victory in Denver on Tuesday night — and Avs forward Nathan MacKinnon was not happy about it. “Nothing,” the Colorado forward said […]

The Seattle Kraken won their first ever playoff NHL game in style on Tuesday night, taking out the defending champion Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series at Ball Arena. It was a triumphant 3-1 victory for the Kraken, who stifled the high-flying Avalanche offense all night while getting great […]

The Winnipeg Jets upset the Vegas Golden Knights in the opener of their first-round series on Tuesday night, and the win was headlined by forward Morgan Barron taking a skate to the face in the first period, resulting in more than 75 stitches. In true playoff hockey fashion, Barron returned to the ice less than a […]

Ilya Samsonov and the Toronto Maple Leafs entered their first-round series with the Tampa Bay Lightning as the favorite — and left Game 1 in shambles after being crushed by their Eastern Conference rivals on Tuesday night. The Leafs lost 7-3 in front of the home crowd at Scotiabank Arena, and their Russian goaltender got […]

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is a game-time decision for Game 2 against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night, coach Taylor Jenkins said on Tuesday. “An MRI yesterday showed an aggravation of the bruising in the soft tissue in Ja Morant’s hand, an injury originally suffered vs. Bucks in last week of regular season,” […]

Minnesota Wild blueliner Matt Dumba won’t face any supplemental discipline for his monstrous hit on Dallas Stars forward Joe Pavelski in Game 1 of their first-round series on Monday night, according to ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski. “NHL Player Safety will NOT have a hearing for Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Duma after his hit took center Joe […]

Major League Baseball is experimenting with a few different rules in the Atlantic League in 2023, including the ‘Designated Pinch Runner,’ which will allow a player to be substituted in and out of the game as a baserunner without penalty. “Each club will list a player who is not otherwise in the starting lineup as […]

Purdue Boilermakers superstar Zach Edey has declared for the 2023 NBA Draft, he announced on social media on Tuesday. “My basketball journey has been unorthodox to say the least, but I wouldn’t change a thing about it,” the AP College Basketball National Player of the Year said in a tweet. “From ranked 437 in my class […]

The Colorado Avalanche open up their Stanley Cup title defense on Tuesday night when they welcome the Seattle Kraken to Ball Arena for the latter’s maiden playoff series. The Avs finished the regular season on an absolute tear, winning 10 of their last 12 games to leapfrog the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild and win […]

Jon Cooper and the Tampa Bay Lightning have made three straight Stanley Cup Finals since 2020 and solidified themselves as the most successful hockey team of the 2020s thus far, but they have a lot of work to do to make it four in a row. After defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games […]

Dallas Stars defenseman Ryan Suter has always been regarded as a hard-nosed player, but he may have taken his physical play a little too far in the team’s Game 1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Monday night. Suter caught superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov with multiple unnecessary cross-checks, remarkably not being penalized for either of […]

The Colorado Avalanche will get arguably the best defenseman in the game of hockey back in the lineup for Game 1 of their first-round series against the Seattle Kraken after Cale Makar confirmed he would be healthy for Tuesday’s tilt. “Yeah, I’ll be good to go tomorrow,” Makar said after participating in a full practice […]

Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline was drinking before he crashed an all-terrain vehicle on his property in Delaware, according to the Columbus Dispatch. The Dispatch obtained the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office’s case report that provided more details on the crash that occurred on Sunday morning. In the report, the 36-year-old Hartline told medics that […]

Klay Thompson came to the defense of his Golden State Warriors teammate after Draymond Green was ejected from Monday night’s 114-106 loss to the Sacramento Kings for stomping on Domantas Sabonis. “What are you going to do when someone grabs your foot when you’re running full speed?” Thompson told reporters after the game, according to […]

The NBA’s charge rule has come under fire in the wake of injuries to star players Ja Morant and Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban has an idea for how to make the rule more effective. “Move the circle further away from the basket. Taking it an extra foot away from the hoop […]

The National Basketball Association is making significant changes to criteria for award winners starting next season, which includes needing to play a minimum of 65 games to qualify for them, sources told The Athletic’s Shams Charania on Monday. In the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NBA and NBPA, there is a games played component […]

The Houston Texans have a prime selection with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft — but there could be another top pick getting traded after general manager Nick Caserio said they aren’t guaranteed to keep the pick, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Caserio said at the team’s pre-draft press conference […]

The Arkansas Razorbacks got a massive boost for 2023 after star guard El Ellis announced his decision to transfer from Louisville on Monday. The former Cardinal led his team in scoring last season before entering the transfer portal earlier in April. Although he committed to Arkansas on Monday, he’s still going through the NBA Draft […]

E-40 will not be at Game 2 between the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors on Monday night after he was ejected from Game 1, a representative for the artist told Shams Charania. “Hip-hop artist and Bay Area legend E-40 will not attend Game 2 of Warriors-Kings in Sacramento at the Golden 1 Center tonight […]

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was phenomenal for the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2021, but after suffering a hamstring injury that sidelined him for a good chunk of 2022, Peter King thinks his draft stock is falling. “Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a left hamstring injury last year. He had a gigantic 2021 season at Ohio State, then played only […]

Philadelphia Eagles superstar quarterback Jalen Hurts just became the highest paid player in NFL history. Hurts and the Eagles agreed to terms on a five-year, $255 million contract extension on Monday, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. According to the two, the deal includes $179.304 million in guarantees, including $110 million fully […]

The Chicago Bears have agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension with receiver/return specialist Dante Pettis, the team announced on Monday. “Pettis appeared in all 17 games with seven starts in his first season with the Bears last year, catching 19 passes for 245 yards and three touchdowns, rushing for 37 yards on two […]