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Last week, sports reporter Pablo Torre reported on an alleged no-show deal signed by Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard with the since-bankrupt company Aspiration that paid him off the table and allowed the team to circumvent the NBA salary cap. The NBA has since announced its own investigation into the allegations, which the Clippers […]

One of the bigger storylines of this NBA offseason has been the federal probe into Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley, who saw his free agency sweepstakes halted before it even began when he was announced as the main subject of a gambling investigation. Beasley has since been cleared as the main target of the investigation […]

The Houston Rockets have had quite the busy offseason, headlined by their trade for disgruntled Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant in an attempt to turn their team into a legitimate contender in the Western Conference. Houston is now less than six weeks away from opening night, when Durant will have to watch his former team, […]

The Denver Nuggets are exactly six weeks away from kicking off their 2025-26 NBA season with a new-look team around superstar Nikola Jokic. Jokic has been keeping busy in recent weeks by representing his native country of Serbia at the ongoing EuroBasket tournament, where he has put together some mammoth stat lines to help keep […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Denver Broncos got off to a strong start to the 2025 NFL season with a home win over number one overall draft pick Cam Ward and the Tennessee Titans. While it wasn’t a great day for Bo Nix and the Broncos offense, the vaunted Denver defensive unit made its presence known, […]

On Monday evening, the Chicago Bears dropped to 0-1 on the young NFL season with a brutal home loss to the Minnesota Vikings in front of a nationally televised audience. The Bears dominated this game early on despite playing without multiple defensive starters but ultimately fell off a cliff in the fourth quarter with quarterback […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Miami Dolphins got off to a horrid start to their 2025 NFL season with a brutal road loss to the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 33-8 in a game that truly wasn’t even as close as the final score would suggest. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had one of the worst games […]

The Penn State football program has gotten off to a strong start to the 2025 college football season, cruising to two straight comfortable wins over less-than-stellar competition to kick off the new year. Penn State is currently ranked at number two in the country, a spot that some skeptics have labeled as unwarranted, but nothing […]

The Alabama football program got into the win column on Saturday evening with a 73-0 win at home over Louisiana-Monroe. Making matters even more impressive for the Crimson Tide was that they did so without star wide receiver Ryan Williams in the lineup due to a head injury he suffered in the team’s opening week […]

The Ohio State football program has gotten off to a strong start to the 2025 season, currently sitting at 2-0 after a resounding 70-0 victory over Grambling State on Saturday afternoon in Columbus. It’s been an impressive opening act for a Buckeyes team looking to defend its national championship from a year ago, and having […]

The Colorado football program has gotten off to an uneven start to the 2025 season, currently sitting at 1-1 after a blowout win over Delaware at home. Before that came a home loss to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, which had Deion Sanders and company realizing that replacing his son Shedeur Sanders at quarterback will […]

The Duke basketball program is currently preparing for the upcoming 2025 college basketball season, which is slated to begin in around two months. Duke is entering a bit of a transitional year after several key players, including multiple first round picks, departed for the NBA Draft this past offseason. One of those first round picks […]

Recently, the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard came under fire after reports surfaced that Leonard had signed a lucrative no-show deal with the since-bankrupt company Aspiration to help Los Angeles circumvent the NBA salary cap. Now it has emerged that Leonard and his uncle allegedly have been looking for such a deal for quite […]

On Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons dropped to 0-1 on the young 2025 season with a brutal home loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While quarterback Michael Penix Jr. played well in this one, Atlanta’s running game could not get going behind a brutal offensive line performance, and the defense did not get stops when they […]

As the Los Angeles Lakers start to turn their attention toward the upcoming 2025-26 NBA season, superstar Luka Doncic has been keeping busy by participating in the EuroBasket tournament, where he is representing his native Slovenia. Earlier this week, Doncic eviscerated Italy to the tune of 42 points to help Slovenia advance, overcoming an injury […]

The biggest storyline of the offseason for the Detroit Pistons has been the contract saga of Malik Beasley, who remains a free agent with just six weeks to go until the new season kicks off. The reason for this was the federal investigation announced earlier this summer into Beasley’s alleged involvement in illegal gambling activities […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are around six weeks away from kicking off their 2025-26 season, one that could be a make or break year for the Joel Embiid era. The 76ers have worked hard to put together some young pieces, including recent 2025 draftee VJ Edgecombe, around Embiid and Paul George, but it remains to be […]

On Thursday evening, the Dallas Cowboys dropped to 0-1 with a narrow road loss to the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to kick off this NFL season. Three days later, the Green Bay Packers picked up a huge home win over the Detroit Lions to get their own campaign underway, with Micah Parsons recording […]

On Monday evening, the Chicago Bears will kick off their 2025 season when they host the divisional rival Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football live from Soldier Field. The game will be a good opportunity for the team to showcase their supposed improvement under head coach Ben Johnson for a national audience. Just one problem: […]

On Sunday, the Washington Commanders picked up a comfortable 21-6 win over the divisional rival New York Giants to move to 1-0 on the young 2025 NFL season. It wasn’t the most electric day for Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels in the first game of his second season in the NFL, but he still looked poised […]

On Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons got off to a rough 0-1 start to the 2025 NFL season with a narrow home loss to the divisional rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Falcons had a strong start to this game but ultimately faltered as things went on and were unable to close things out down the stretch. […]

On Sunday evening, the Baltimore Ravens suffered one of their more improbable losses (among many to choose from) with a 41-40 road defeat at the hands of the Buffalo Bills to begin the season 0-1. The Ravens led this game 40-25 more than halfway through the final frame, but ended up relinquishing three straight scoring […]

On Saturday evening, the LSU football program moved to 2-0 on the young 2025 college football season with a comfortable 23-7 home win over Louisiana Tech. While the win was obviously important, the Tigers unfortunately did not get through the game unscathed, as multiple players left the game due to injury. On Monday, head coach […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Washington Commanders moved to 1-0 on the young 2025 NFL season with a comfortable home win over the NFC East division rival New York Giants. While a win over 2025 Russell Wilson isn’t exactly something to write home about, the Commanders did everything fans were expecting en route to the 21-6 […]

On Sunday afternoon, the San Francisco 49ers picked up their first win of the season on the road against the Seattle Seahawks to move their record to 1-0. While it wasn’t a dominant victory by any means, the 49ers did just enough to squeak out a 17-13 victory thanks to a late touchdown pass from […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Rams got off to a 1-0 start to the 2025 season with an impressive 14-9 home win over the Houston Texans. There had been doubt over the last few weeks of training camp and the preseason as to whether quarterback Matthew Stafford would be healthy by the time the […]

On Sunday evening, the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens put on what could end up being the Game of the Year this NFL season, with the Bills ultimately winning 41-40 in epic come from behind fashion. The Bills found themselves down by 15 points more than halfway through the fourth quarter, but Josh Allen’s brilliance, […]

The biggest offseason storyline for the Chicago Bulls has been the ongoing contract saga of Josh Giddey, who is currently a restricted free agent. Giddey and the Bulls have not yet seen eye to eye on a potential new deal, and recently, NBA insider Marc Stein took to his Substack to report on the latest […]

On Sunday, the Detroit Lions got off to a rough start to their 2025 season with a 27-13 road loss to the Green Bay Packers in a game that really wasn’t that close. The Lions fell behind very early in this game and were playing catch up all day against a revamped Packers squad that […]

On Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens continued their familiar theme of collapsing down the stretch of big games with a 41-40 road loss to the  Buffalo Bills to open up their 2025 season. The Ravens led this game by 15 points more than halfway through the fourth quarter but ultimately ended up relinquishing three scoring drives […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have had an interesting offseason, drafting VJ Edgecombe to join their young core of guards to surround Paul George and Joel Embiid with. Despite this, the 76ers don’t have a lot in the way of real depth on their roster, and recently, it came to light that the team once toyed with […]

On Sunday evening, the Baltimore Ravens suffered one of the more epic collapses in recent NFL history with a 41-40 road loss to the Buffalo Bills to open up their season. The Ravens led this game 40-25 more than halfway into the fourth quarter but ended up relinquishing three scoring drives to the Bills down […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are just over six weeks away from kicking off their 2025-26 NBA season, and superstar Luka Doncic has been keeping busy by representing his home country of Slovenia at the ongoing EuroBasket tournament. On Sunday, Doncic poured in 42 points in a win over Italy, overcoming an injury suffered at the […]

On Sunday afternoon, the New York Giants got off to a rough start to the 2025 season with a 21-6 road loss to the NFC East divisional rival Washington Commanders. The New York offense, led by newly signed quarterback Russell Wilson, did not provide a lot to write home about in this one, as Wilson […]

The Tennessee football program has gotten off to a strong start to the 2025 college football season, recently picking up a mammoth 72-17 home win over East Tennessee State to push their record to 2-0. Josh Heupel and company are hoping that 2025 is the year that they will finally be able to insert themselves […]

On Saturday afternoon, the Georgia football program moved to 2-0 on the young 2025 season with a 28-6 home win over Austin Peay. The game, which was delayed at one point due to lightning in the area, was not exactly a great showing for the Bulldogs, as things were relatively close until late in the […]

On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hit the road to take on the Atlanta Falcons in an NFC showdown to start off the new season for both teams. The Buccaneers are looking to extend their impressive streak of division titles against arguably their biggest competition in the division this year. While they got off to […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Pittsburgh Steelers hit the road for their first game of the 2025 season against the New York Jets. The game marked the return of quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who signed with the Steelers this offseason, to New York, where he spent the last two seasons, which both went disastrously, albeit for different […]

The Philadelphia Phillies look to be peaking at the right time, winners of three straight games and sitting with an impressive record of 83-59 ahead of Sunday afternoon’s series finale vs the NL East rival Miami Marlins. Philadelphia is hoping that this postseason, things will go a bit differently than last year, when they flamed […]