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The Miami Dolphins secured their spot in the playoffs with a victory at home against the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas Eve. However, there may be rough seas ahead for the Dolphins and their fans with the playoffs on the horizon.  Miami has developed a talented and explosive offense that makes for great television and highlight […]

A season that began for the Los Angeles Chargers with high expectations and hopes of competing for a Super Bowl ended with a whimper when the Chargers were officially eliminated from playoff contention after losing to the Buffalo Bills in Week 16. This was supposed to be a team on the rise led by a […]

It’s Christmas in the Bronx, and the New York Yankees have plenty of needs to address if they want to compete for a World Series championship in 2024. Given the addition of Juan Soto that strengthened the Yankees’ lineup, their biggest need now is pitching, especially after missing out on Yoshinobu Yamamoto in free agency. […]

The Miami Heat will host the Philadelphia 76ers as part of the NBA’s 2023 Christmas Day slate of games. This game will feature two of the top five teams in the Eastern Conference and could be a preview of a playoff series this spring, though MVP frontrunner Joel Embiid will not play due to an […]

The New York Yankees missed out on signing their top free agent pitching target when Yoshinobu Yamamoto spurned the Bombers to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yamamoto became the second high-profile Japanese star to choose Los Angeles over the Bronx, joining Shohei Ohtani in the City of Angels. With multiple players expected to be […]

It was a wild and emotionally tense Early Signing Day for the Ohio State Buckeyes and their fans. Multiple five star recruits considered flipping to other schools, including the number one recruit in the country. When the dust settled, though, the Buckeyes ended the day with a legitimate claim to the best recruiting class in […]

The Yankees missed out on their top free agency target when Japanese star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yamamoto has all the makings of an elite pitcher, and signing him became all the more important when Brian Cashman traded away several key components of the Yankees pitching staff in order to […]

College football bowl season continues as the New Year’s Six bowl games inch closer. This weekend, college football fans will get to see one of the service academies in action, as well as a Utah team that had College Football Playoff hopes at the beginning of the season before being hit with the injury bug. […]

The NFL playoff chase is in full swing this weekend as Week 16 kicks off. The Pittsburgh Steelers will be fighting for their playoff lives when they host the Cincinnati Bengals, who can give their own playoff hopes a major boost if they can leave Acrisure Stadium with a win. Meanwhile the Philadelphia Eagles will […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are facing a precarious situation regarding their future at quarterback, and how they handle this situation may determine if they will have a legitimate championship window within the next three to five years.  The quarterback position is the most important position in all of sports, and having a franchise quarterback can make […]

The New York Yankees gave up key players in order to acquire Juan Soto in a trade with the San Diego Padres. The Yankees gambled by giving up key pitching prospects, which makes it important that they make every effort to extend Soto long-term.  Resigning Soto will go a long way in determining whether the […]

The NFL playoff race heats up this week as the Bills fight to keep their postseason hopes alive while the Lions and Broncos clash with a playoff spot on the line. This week’s matchups will help separate the contenders from the pretenders as the playoff picture becomes clearer. Keep reading for my best NFL picks […]

The 2023 college football regular season has concluded and the bowl games begin this weekend. While some fans won’t pay attention until the New Year’s Six Bowl Games and the playoff games get closer, there are plenty of good betting opportunities in these early games as well. Keep reading for my best college football picks […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish had a solid season in 2023 despite missing out on their goal of earning a berth in the College Football Playoff. Notre Dame will be losing several players to the NFL, including starting quarterback Sam Hartman. The Irish will need to reload through the transfer portal to contend in 2024. […]

The Ohio State football fell short of earning a spot in the College Football Playoff, and now Ryan Day must look ahead to build a championship-caliber roster for the 2024 season. The team has already lost several players to the transfer portal, most notably 2023 starting quarterback Kyle McCord. There is good news, though: The […]

The San Diego Padres are a team for MLB contenders to keep an eye on during the upcoming season.  The Padres may not be done wheeling and dealing after trading Juan Soto in a blockbuster deal with the New York Yankees. If San Diego isn’t competitive in 2024, they may look to deal their other […]

Joel Embiid has been one of the best players in the league for the Philadelphia 76ers for the past half-decade. Unfortunately, the Sixers have repeatedly come up short in the playoffs throughout the Joel Embiid era, and they appear to be stuck in the dreaded no-man’s land of second-round exits and occasional conference finals appearances […]

When the Philadelphia 76ers drafted Tyrese Maxey in 2020, projections for the young guard were all over the place. While his electric athleticism, blazing speed and silky smooth floater were easily projectable to the NBA, Maxey’s three-point shot needed significant work after he hit less than 30% of those shots in college. There was hope […]

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was always going to command a high price tag as he makes the jump to the MLB, but the Japanese star’s asking price may have just increased. In light of Shohei Ohtani’s recent $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers and rumors about several of the wealthiest teams in the league competing […]

Skip Bayless used news of Shohei Ohtani’s record-breaking contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an opportunity to take a shot at LeBron James, who has long been one of the talk show host’s favorite targets. After Ohtani signed his massive new contract with the Dodgers, Bayless took aim at the Lakers star by telling […]

The MLB landscape has seen a seismic shift in the 72 hours following the end of the 2023 winter meetings in Nashville. The first domino to fall was Juan Soto, who was traded from the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees in a blockbuster deal that was finalized just hours after the end […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to pay a record $700 million to obtain the services of two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, but according to one MLB insider, they may not be done yet. MLB Network Insider and New York Post columnist Jon Heyman said that it is believed the Dodgers are still interested in NPB superstar […]

The biggest domino in the 2023 MLB fell when Shohei Ohtani signed a mammoth $700 million contract and made not only baseball history, but professional sports history. Acquiring Ohtani would have been a coup for Toronto, as he is a two-way player and would have addressed multiple needs for the team. With Ohtani off the […]

On December 9, 2023, Major League Baseball changed forever. Shohei Ohtani signed a record-breaking contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 10 years and an unprecedented $700 million. Ohtani’s deal marks the largest contract signed by any professional athlete in terms of total value, shattering the largest MLB contract and even exceeding Lionel Messi’s 2017 […]

The college football regular season is over, which means the NFL is the only show in town this weekend. There are some great matchups, too, with the Bills traveling to Kansas City for a quarterback duel between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen at Arrowhead Stadium. Dallas also hosts the Eagles in a game with major […]

The 2024 MLB offseason kicked off with an under-the-radar Jarred Kelenic trade that saw the Seattle Mariners send the former top prospect to the Atlanta Braves, freeing up financial resources while the Braves filled a need of finding a new right fielder after deciding not to re-sign Eddie Rosario. The Braves took on two contracts […]

The first major domino of this offseason fell today when the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres made a Juan Soto trade, and now this trade needs some grades. The Yankees needed to make a splash after their self-described “disaster” of a season in 2023, and acquiring the 25-year-old superstar from the Dominican Republic […]

Matt Chapman is one of the best free agents available this winter, and the New York Yankees have struggled to find production from their third basemen in recent years. So, should the Yankees go get the former Toronto Blue Jays slugger to man the hot corner? Not so fast. Let’s find out why Chapman and […]

Shohei Ohtani’s long-anticipated free agency is upon us, and there are rumors that Ohtani has contract offers in hand and could potentially make his decision by the end of the week. There is little doubt that Ohtani will sign the largest contract ever given out. One team stands head and shoulders above everybody else in […]

It has been nearly 15 years since the New York Yankees last won the World Series. In 2023, they flirted with a losing record for the first time in more than 30 years. It is time for the Yankees to bring back the evil empire, remember what made them the Yankees, and ultimately get back […]

Championship Weekend in college football was one for the ages. Complete chaos was unleashed when the No. 8 Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs, creating a major headache for the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.  Here are some key takeaways on this wild Championship Weekend, predictions for the top four teams, analysis of […]

It is fitting that this is the last year of the four-team format before the College Football Playoff changes to 12 teams, because this year may present the clearest argument yet for why it is unfair to only allow four teams to compete for the national championship each year. This season, the Alabama, Georgia, Florida […]

This weekend’s slate of NFL games is highlighted by an NFC showdown between the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles that could have massive implications for the NFC playoff picture. Keep reading for my best NFL picks for this game and other matchups! Stay tuned to our NFL odds series for more on betting […]

This weekend is championship weekend in college football, and it carries massive implications for the College Football Playoff rankings. This weekend will also feature some of the best games of the season, as Washington hosts Oregon for a rematch and Georgia and Alabama clash in the SEC Championship Game. Keep reading for my best college […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 16-10 on the road in Week 12 in the first game of the post-Matt Canada era. The Steelers recorded more than 400 yards of total offense, something that they hadn’t done since the 2020 season.  Kenny Pickett also had one of the best games of his career, throwing […]

This weekend, the Steelers travel to Cincinnati for a must-win game if Mike Tomlin’s squad wants to remain in contention in the AFC North. Elsewhere across the league, the Giants host the Patriots in a matchup of two teams in transition periods and the Bills take on the Eagles. Keep reading for my best NFL […]

This weekend, college football fans will be treated to a showdown between the #2-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and the #3-ranked Michigan Wolverines. Throughout much of the past decade, the Buckeyes have dominated this series, but in the past two years, fortune has swung in Michigan’s favor. If Ohio State football wants to end their losing […]

This is it: The weekend of The Game is finally here, as the Michigan Wolverines are set to host the Ohio State Buckeyes in what is one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the season. While this clash of titans is certainly the highlight of the weekend, there are plenty of other exciting games […]

As of Tuesday, Japanese sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto was posted to the MLB. This means that the window is officially open for big league teams to negotiate with him and come to terms on a contract agreement. That includes the New York Yankees, one of his potential suitors. Yamamoto was a star pitcher in Japan and […]