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Did you know water is wet? It’s how we know there will always be rumors of the Cleveland Browns trading Odell Beckham Jr. to wherever for whatever. I mean, it’s just the law or something. Likely something, but semantics happen to be for corwards. In our latest round of rumors involving the Browns and our […]

The New England Patriots are preparing for life after Tom Brady. With the legendary gunslinger making his way from the great northeast to Tampa Bay, everyone is curious as to what’s next for the famed Pats. Well, ugh, apparently… it’s not much! According to reputable National Football League reporter Ian Rapoport, no relation to Michael […]

With Tom Brady leaving the New England Patriots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you best believe there will be some wild fallout. Your dad will now change his favorite team, gambling experts will likely reset odds, and aliens from Mars are now more likely than ever to refrain from visiting planet Earth. Something like that. […]

With Cam Newton on the trade market via the Carolina Panthers, the Chicago Bears apparently want to avoid any risks from other teams. According to Jonathan Jones, despite the possibility of Newton being released, the Windy City franchise is in talks with Carolina to acquire the gunslinger by way of trade to avoid competition on […]

This was an act of piracy by some Tampa Bay Buccaneers which will change the NFL. On Tuesday morning, Tom Brady shocked the world by releasing a statement. In it, he let a football loving nation know his time with the New England Patriots was over. Sad face emoji. That’s the bad news for those […]

That didn’t last long. Only hours after it being rumored to being close to done, Drew Brees has inked a new deal with the New Orleans Saints. According to those in the know, the new deal is for two years, worth roughly 50 million American dollars. For those unaware, that’s a lot of money. Heck, […]

Golf is following other leagues’ suit, as The Masters will be postponed due to the current pandemic hitting the United States and beyond. Coronavirus has, essentially, cancelled sports. From the official Masters website: Statement from Fred Ridley, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club: On Wednesday, March 4, we issued a memo stating that our plans […]

Despite most major college basketball conferences cancelling due to the coronavirus, the Big East decided to go ahead and tip on Thursday afternoon, leaving many people sincerely questioning their judgement. Update: After playing the first half of the first game on Thursday, the Big East finally cancelled: The Big East has cancelled its conference tournament, […]

What can a person get with 150 dollars? In today’s economy, 150 smackers is not considered a large chunk of money. You can buy about thirteen basketballs, a pair of decent shoes to hoop in, a deluxe edition of a video game that’s going to underwhelm or some nosebleed seats to the Staple Center. Essentially, […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is a lot of things. One of the best players in the history of the NBA, a person who goes out of his way for causes he believes in, and even a dude who doesn’t mind dunking on politicians from time to time. According to DeMarcus Cousins, though, the […]

King of Conspiracy Theories, Kyrie Irving, was elected as a vice president of the National Basketball Players Association over All-Star Weekend. That’s right. The dude who claimed the Earth to be flat, is a pseudointellectual and was even crazy enough to play for a vampire at Duke, is now one of the main men tasked […]

Decrepit with an arm not useful in years, the Denver Broncos need to abandon any idea of letting Joe Flacco operate behind center, instead embracing potential franchise quarterback Drew Lock. Cat out of the bag first: Drew Lock might not be a franchise-altering gunslinger. Starting out last season with injuries nagging the youngster, a limited […]

Young Boston Celtics talent Jayson Tatum was always projected to be someone with special abilities that would translate to the NBA, but during the Kyrie Irving era of flat Earth and galaxy-brain thinking, there appeared to be some regressing. One would think, with their third-eye of course (hey, Kyrie!), maybe Tatum was closer to the […]

Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils lost key players from last season’s college basketball team, but added freshmen phenoms Vernon Carey and others in attempt to offset such a massive roster overhaul. Five games into the 2019-20 college basketball season, while operating without the Zion Williamson-level hype, it appears as though everything is going […]

The NCAA decide to announce its decision regarding the status of Memphis Tigers freshman James Wiseman on Wednesday. And what a decision it was, as the governing body of college sports not only suspended the young man for a dozen games, but fined him. We’ll get more into that in about a second. One second […]

In what was easily the most interesting college basketball game played on Tuesday evening, the Virginia Cavaliers were able to upset the Vermont Catamounts despite a monster performance from Anthony Lamb. Did you see what I did there? With cleverness as my friend, the lede featured a joke about Virginia “upsetting” a team from the […]

Entering the 2019-20 college basketball season, Bruce Pearl and the Auburn Tigers still had that ‘we made a run in the NCAA Tournament’ glow about them. Five games into their voyage, and it appears the glow surrounding is enough to run roughshod over Auburn’s non-conference docket. In a slight switch of format, we’re going to […]

We often discuss small sample size theater in these blog posts. It’s a needed caveat when talking about college basketball this early in the season. Otherwise, whenever pointing to something good or bad, it comes off as insanely hyperbolic. Operating under the assumption everyone understands small sample size theater is used since there’s no other […]

If you can make it in the Big Apple, you can make it anywhere. At least that’s what someone would say if this were 1988 or pretty much anytime before the Internet shrunk the world. Don’t worry, this will related to college basketball in a minute. Eh, I digress… It’s The Morning After College Basketball! […]

Bill Russell, 44 years after being inducted, finally accepted his Hall of Fame ring. His reason for not embracing the honor was Russell’s feeling that he was undeserving of being the first black player to receive the honor. In a private ceremony w/my wife & close friends A.Mourning @AnnMeyers @billwalton & others I accepted my […]

The Ohio Bobcats are set to face the famed Villanova Wildcats on Saturday in what is expected to be a one-sided college basketball game. However, if you’re into lines and gambling and picks, you should 100 percent put all your money (fictitious, for entertainment purposes only) on Ohio. Let’s do this. Disclaimer: Joseph is not […]

As Disney+ enthralls the country, which is apparently not Mickey Mouse on steroids, the 2019-20 college basketball season keeps trucking along. The die-hard fanatics are here. They always will be. NBA fans who want to see potential Draft prospects have not yet joined the fray. Neither has your weird uncle, who only watches come March […]

Let it be known ledes are insanely difficult to write when the meaningful information comes after the initial word vomit. It’s similar to micromanaging college basketball coaches who rather run a few seconds off the clock before starting earnest offense. Basically, all this stuff you see here — the words barely forming sentences — are […]

A full week into the 2019-20 college basketball season and the only thing proven to be true is that preseason polls are worthless. With less than a handful of games played by each team, we’ve already witnessed major movement in the AP Poll. If only someone warned us of such a thing… It’s The Morning […]

The college basketball season is finally here. We can do away with preseason projections, worthless power rankings and spending time on social media arguing about dinosaurs. Assuming people argue about dinosaurs. Deadspin is dead. At the time of this writing, its name lives on, but it’s essentially gone the way of the aforementioned dinosaurs. Following […]

California Governor Gavin Newsom isn’t relenting even after the NCAA wrote a “Dear Mr. Governor” open-letter to him. SB 206, legislature that would allow student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, is all but set to be enacted in a few years. The governing body of college sports was hoping, through some public discourse, it […]

Tickle no one shocked and fail to paint them fancy over the idea of Michigan State Spartans coach Tom Izzo claiming ignorance and confusion while talking about potential name, image and likeness rights being granted to student-athletes. At Big Ten Media Day, Izzo was naturally asked about the concept. In response, he began with the […]

It took longer than it probably should have, but college basketball is finally moving in the right direction, extending the 3-point line to 22 feet, 1¾ inches. For the sake of clarity, it was previously at 20 feet, 9 inches. The decision to push the line out is helpful in a variety of ways. College […]

With the NCAA dealing with legislature from California that would allow student-athletes to benefit off their name, image and likeness, the governing body of college sports will now be forced to monitor a situation happening in Brooklyn. Senator Kevin Parker proposed a bill earlier this week, which was initially similar to the California Senate Bill 206. In […]

The team with the best players usually wins the most amount of games. For Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski, though, his 2018-19 team highlighted an issue that comes with overwhelming talent lacking balance. Duke’s freshmen class, highlighted by three players all selected in the 2019 NBA Draft lottery, is considered all-time spectacular. The Blue […]

Tony Bennett is one of the best college basketball coaches in the country. It’s why the Virginia Cavaliers were willing to both give him an extension and award his success on the court with a raise. He only took the former, opting for the latter deal to be used in other areas of need instead, […]

When the FBI began to investigate college basketball, with the Louisville Cardinals in the organization’s cross hairs, it was assumed it could potentially result in the death of one of the sport’s biggest and best programs. If not that, at least a huge transition period from the Rick Pitino to the Chris Mack era would […]

It was one of the worst kept secrets in college basketball. If the Nebraska Cornhuskers were to move on from Tim Miles, the school wanted Fred Hoiberg to be his replacement. Furthermore, if Hoiberg were to find no NBA suitors, he’d prefer a Midwest collegiate destination. All of these scenarios eventually happened; though a bit […]

College basketball will never have the offseason reach professional sports operate with. Without a real free agency, the speculation coming with it is absent. Instead, at least traditionally, the focus lasts roughly a month after the NCAA Tournament ends, with an eye on the coaching carousel. Thanks to the relatively new NBA Draft withdrawal deadline […]

The number of stars attached to a recruit’s name doesn’t inherently mean success awaits, but for the Arizona Wildcats, especially after landing 2019’s best (or second best) point guard Nico Mannion, Sean Miller is hoping to revive a tradition lost to an entire generation. Known to most in the social media era as A Players’ […]

Three people walk into a bar. The bartender looks at them and says, “Please don’t tell this joke in 2019 or you’ll be cancelled.” Dave Chappelle then does stand-up for 30 minutes. Dinosaurs walked on this planet. Does this not boggle anyone else’s mind? Years and years ago, I’m not too sure when because I’m […]

But why is no one wanting to build a wall around a dementor wasp? We launched a blog called CBBToday a year ago this month. At the time, we released several columns, a few features, and even had an overly wordy introductory post. In the latter, this handsome Internet Scribbler promised to provide relevant site […]

According to multiple reports, and then by the team itself, Washington Wizards guard John Wall suffered a ruptured Achilles. He will be out for roughly 12 months before he’s able to return to basketball activities. Major news: Wizards just announced John Wall has a ruptured Achilles, will undergo another surgery and won’t return to basketball […]

Maybe the Philadelphia 76ers trading away Dario Saric wasn’t the greatest idea? New reports have surfaced, stating the Sixers would like to see what they can get in return for their first-round NBA Draft pick, hoping to bring back a big man who can help spread the floor. How do we know this is something […]