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Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals are currently in the middle of what figures to be a highly important offseason as for the future direction of the franchise. The Bengals’ 2023 season was derailed when Burrow went down for the year with a wrist injury, but the team still has a relatively young roster and […]

On Sunday evening, Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 20-point comeback win over Nikola Jokic and the reigning-champion Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of their conference semifinals series. The Nuggets controlled this one over the first 2 1/2 quarters before a third-quarter surge by the Timberwolves rapidly […]

Last week, the Boston Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a home win vs the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series. While it should be noted that the Cavaliers were playing without several key pieces including Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen, the Celtics were still likely going to […]

On Saturday evening, the Oklahoma City Thunder saw their 2023-24 season come to an end with a 117-116 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on the road in game 6 of their Western Conference semifinals series. The Thunder actually shot out to a 17-point second half lead in this one but ultimately relinquished a massive Dallas […]

On Sunday evening, Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets will play host to Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinals series. The Timberwolves are coming off of a Game 6 home win in which they led by 50 (!) at one point in the game, but the Nuggets […]

On Saturday evening, the Oklahoma City Thunder officially saw their 2023-24 season come to an end with a 117-116 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on the road in game 6 of their Western Conference semifinals series. The Thunder actually raced out to a 17-point second half lead in this one but ultimately relinquished a massive […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Denver Nuggets for Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Sunday evening. Point guard Mike Conley is on the injury report for Minnesota with a right soleus strain. The point guard is listed as questionable for the contest, while the Nuggets’ injury report is clean in advance of the […]

On Wednesday evening, Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks went on the road and picked up an impressive Game 5 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder to take a 3-2 lead in their best of seven Western Conference Semifinals series. Doncic bounced back from a rough game 4 with a great showing in this one, […]

On Wednesday evening, Roger Goodell and the NFL front office officially released the 2024-25 schedule, including marquee matchups galore and a few prime time game surprises. Among the notable developments in the upcoming NFL slate are games in Brazil, on Black Friday, and once again on Christmas Day, including a host of other notable tidbits […]

Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors are currently in the midst of what figures to be a crossroads offseason for the future direction of the franchise. The Warriors were unceremoniously sent home in the Play-In game by the Sacramento Kings this year, and Green let his notoriously short temper get the best of him […]

Recently, a report surfaced from Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor stating that Cavs star Mitchell “grew frustrated with some teammates’ lack of maturity, focus, playoff-level readiness and a willingness to listen,” per Bleacher Report, but now Mitchell himself is firing back at those reports on his account on X, the social media platform formerly referred to as […]

On Tuesday evening, Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks advanced to within one game of the Eastern Conference Finals with a dominating 30-point home win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of their conference semifinals series. Brunson was absolutely electric in this one, bouncing back from a rough Game 4 performance to the […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are currently in the midst of a highly important offseason as it pertains to the future direction of the franchise. James played well for the most part in the Lakers’ first round series vs the Denver Nuggets this postseason, but Los Angeles ultimately ended up blowing a double […]

On Wednesday, the NFL world is anxiously awaiting the release of the upcoming NFL schedule, which is set to be announced that evening, although several games have already been leaked, including the season-opening Thursday Night Football game which will feature the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens doing battle in Arrowhead Stadium. While several […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are currently in the midst of a highly important offseason for the future direction of the franchise after their crushing five game loss vs the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. James played relatively well in that series but overall the Lakers were unable […]

On Tuesday evening, Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark made her highly anticipated WNBA debut with the team during their loss to the Connecticut Sun on the road to open up the season. Clark didn’t play her best game in this one, scoring 20 points but doing so on poor efficiency and also registering 10 turnovers […]

On Tuesday evening, Hunter Greene and the Cincinnati Reds picked up a big win on the road against the reigning NL champion Arizona Diamondbacks with a 6-2 victory. The win helped the Reds bounce back from an ugly loss the day before, and Greene was brilliant in this one, pitching seven innings en route to […]

Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks were blessed by the basketball gods on Sunday afternoon when it was announced that, despite having just a three percent chance of doing so going in, the team had somehow won the NBA Draft lottery and has the number one overall pick in the upcoming NBA Draft in June. […]

Late last month, the Atlanta Falcons sent shockwaves throughout the NFL landscape when it was revealed that they would be selecting quarterback Michael Penix Jr. out of the University of Washington with the number eight overall pick in the first round of the NFL Draft. Making the decision confusing for some was the fact that […]

Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves are currently searching for answers ahead of Game 5 of what has been a whirlwind of a series between themselves and the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals. Edwards has been brilliant for three out of the four games so far, but the Timberwolves now find themselves tied […]

On Monday evening, Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks had a golden opportunity to go up three games to one in their Western Conference playoffs semifinals series vs the Oklahoma City Thunder, leading by eight at home in the fourth quarter. Instead, the Mavericks collapsed down the stretch, and Doncic put the cherry on top […]

Rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs overall had a very successful 2023-24 season despite not winning a whole lot of games. Although the Spurs finished at the bottom of the vaunted Western Conference standings, Wembanyama turned himself into arguably already a top 20 player in the game today and won a rare […]

Last month, the Atlanta Falcons sent shockwaves through the NFL landscape when it was announced that they would be selecting former Washington football quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the number eight overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Making the situation confusing was the fact that the Falcons had previously signed former Minnesota Vikings quarterback […]

On Saturday afternoon, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder had an opportunity to go up two games to one in their Western Conference semifinals series vs the Dallas Mavericks with a huge Game 3 in Dallas. Instead, the Thunder more or less folded down the stretch, relinquishing a double-digit second half lead and suffering […]

On Saturday evening, Freddie Freeman and the Los Angeles Dodgers picked up an impressive road win vs their southern California rivals, the San Diego Padres, by a final margin of 5-0. The win pushed the Dodgers’ overall record to 27-14, meaning they’ve won almost twice as many games as they’ve lost so far in 2024, […]

On Saturday afternoon, Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks took a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference semifinals series vs the Oklahoma City Thunder with a thrilling home win in Dallas. Irving once again “coasted” in the first half of this one, looking to get his teammates involved before taking over during several stretches during […]

On Saturday, Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers picked up an impressive 5-0 road win over the San Diego Padres to push their record on the 2024 MLB season to 27-14. Unfortunately, the good vibes were dimmed a bit by the fact that Ohtani was forced to leave the game after his fourth at-bat […]

On Thursday evening, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder dropped their first game of the NBA playoffs with a frustrating home loss to Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of their second round series. Although Gilgeous-Alexander had arguably his best game of the playoffs so far, the MVP runner up’s Thunder […]

Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic are currently just a few days into the 2024 NBA offseason following their crushing Game 7 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Although the Game 7 loss will sting for a while, especially considering that they held a 19-point lead in […]

In late April, the Las Vegas Raiders took a step into the future by selecting former Georgia football tight end Brock Bowers with the 13th overall pick in the NFL Draft, which took place in Detroit. The Raiders have long lacked depth at that position, and although their quarterback situation still remains somewhat of a […]

Last week, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers saw their 2023-24 season come to a crushing end with a loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Finals quarterfinals series, courtesy of a Jamal Murray jumper with just seconds remaining. It was the second time that Murray had buried the […]

Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks are currently up 2-0 in their first round playoff series vs the Indiana Pacers after winning each of their first two home games at Madison Square Garden. Brunson got injured early on in Game 2 with a foot issue but was able to return and lead the Knicks […]

In late April, the Denver Broncos made their decision as to who will be their quarterback of the future by selecting former Oregon Ducks star Bo Nix with the number twelve overall pick in the NFL Draft. Nix figures to fill arguably the most important hole on a Broncos roster that certainly has some talented […]

Recently, former Los Angeles Lakers superstar center Shaquille O’Neal made waves with his comments that his late great former teammate Kobe Bryant, with whom he won three NBA Championships in LA, belongs in the GOAT (greatest of all time) discussion. “The only thing I don’t like about the [GOAT] conversation is they don’t put my […]

Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers are currently in the midst of what figures to be a highly important offseason for the future direction of the franchise following what has to be categorized as a wildly successful 2023-24 NFL season. The Packers destroyed the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card round of the NFC […]

The Toronto Raptors are currently at a bit of a crossroads in their storied franchise history, as the team is now firmly out of the era defined by the 2019 Kawhi Leonard championship but does have some young talent to work with, mostly in the form of Scottie Barnes. It was a frustrating season in […]

Things could not have started much worse for Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets in their second-round series versus the Minnesota Timberwolves, as Minnesota took both of the first two games of the series–on the road, no less–and Murray has struggled mightily from the field in both contests. A bizarre incident occurred in Monday evening’s […]

On Wednesday evening, Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks went up two games to zero in their first round playoff series vs the Indiana Pacers with a thrilling win at Madison Square Garden. Brunson actually left this game in the first half with a sore foot and was forced to miss the entirety of […]

On Tuesday evening, Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers will hit the road to take on the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Cavs got to this point by dispatching the Orlando Magic in Round 1, and Mitchell and his teammates had to navigate the absence of star big man […]