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The Dallas Mavericks are currently gearing up for their play-in game matchup vs the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday evening. It’s been a long fall from grace for the team since their shocking early February trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, who have since secured the number three seed in the Western Conference. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently gearing up for a first round playoff matchup against an opponent yet to be determined. The Lakers recently clinched the third seed in the Western Conference, winning 50 games in their first season with head coach JJ Redick. Still, the Lakers aren’t without their skeptics in the national media, […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are currently preparing for their upcoming trip to the NBA postseason, which will begin with an appearance in the play-in game vs. an opponent yet to be determined. The Grizzlies recently shocked the NBA world by firing head coach Taylor Jenkins with just nine games left in the season, and the team’s […]

The New York Knicks are currently gearing up for what they hope is a deep run into the NBA postseason after two straight second-round exits. The Knicks will be matched up with the upstart Detroit Pistons in the first round of the playoffs in the East. The Knicks made several “win now” moves this past […]

The Houston Rockets are currently preparing for what they hope is a deep run in the NBA playoffs, having locked up the number two seed in the Western Conference. The Rockets were one of the biggest surprise stories in the NBA this year, having won 52 games under the leadership of head coach Ime Udoka. […]

The Golden State Warriors are currently preparing for their final game of the regular season, at home against the Los Angeles Clippers, with playoff positioning on the line. If Golden State wins the game, they will be able to avoid the play-in and earn a matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round […]

Things have not gone according to plan this year for the New Orleans Pelicans, who will finish well below the playoff line in the Western Conference standings. New Orleans has been dealt several devastating injury blows this year, including a ruptured Achilles for trade acquisition Dejounte Murray. Recently, NBA insider Jake Fischer of Yahoo! Sports […]

The Phoenix Suns were officially eliminated from playoff contention with Wednesday evening’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, bringing a fitting conclusion to one of the worst failed experiments in recent NBA history. The Suns now face an offseason filled with more questions than answers, particularly regarding Kevin Durant, whom the team traded for during […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been up and down throughout the 2024-25 NBA season, currently heading for the Play-In tournament for a fourth straight year. Trae Young has been playing some of the best basketball of his career over the last month, but it hasn’t been enough to lift Atlanta out of the cycle of mediocrity […]

One of the biggest storylines heading into this NBA offseason is what the Phoenix Suns will look to do with Kevin Durant. The Suns were recently eliminated from playoff contention, and it certainly wouldn’t be a surprise to see Durant look for greener pastures after one of the biggest failed experiments in recent NBA history. […]

One thing that was made clear during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles was the team’s need for improvement along the offensive line. The Eagles’ vaunted defensive front had their way against the Chiefs’ unit, putting relentless pressure on Patrick Mahomes and forcing him into arguably the worst game of […]

Arguably the biggest storyline of the young 2025 MLB season has been the use of torpedo bats, which were first implemented by the New York Yankees but have since become a sensation around the league. The bats, which redistribute the weight to be heavier where the ball makes contact, allowed the Yankees to get off […]

The Atlanta Braves have gotten off to a disastrous start to the 2025 MLB season, currently sitting at 2-9 following Wednesday evening’s loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves have had struggles both with pitching and at the plate, struggles that manifested themselves throughout the frustrating loss on Wednesday night. Recently, Braves legend Chipper Jones […]

The Phoenix Suns have been pushed to the brink of elimination for postseason contention after a recent blowout home loss to the Golden State Warriors. The Suns have gone from bad to worse in the wake of Kevin Durant’s recent ankle injury, and the team is now looking like one of the worst failed experiments […]

The Boston Celtics picked up another impressive road victory on Tuesday evening, going into Madison Square Garden and knocking off the New York Knicks in overtime. While they technically had a healthy roster for the game, coach Joe Mazzulla opted to sit Jaylen Brown for most of the fourth quarter and overtime, as the star […]

The Dallas Cowboys are currently preparing for the upcoming 2025 draft, which figures to be somewhat of a crossroads for the future of the franchise. Dallas is coming off of a disastrous 2024 season in which Dak Prescott got injured and the team had little to no wide receiver help outside of CeeDee Lamb. This […]

Much has been made in recent years about the NBA’s three-point revolution and the increasingly large number of shots teams are taking from beyond the arc. This has coincided with various records being broken, including Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry recently becoming the first player to hit 4,000 career three pointers. One of the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been on the struggle bus of late, losers of three straight games following Tuesday’s defeat against the Washington Nationals. The recent rough patch has taken the wind out of the team’s sails after a red-hot start to the year, which began with two consecutive series sweeps. One thing that fans […]

The good vibes have dissipated quickly for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who began the season with two straight series sweeps but have now lost three games in a row, including two to the Washington Nationals. The Dodgers now sit at 9-4 ahead of Wednesday afternoon’s series finale in Washington, not quite on the historic win […]

On Tuesday, the Denver Nuggets shocked the NBA world by firing both head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth with less than two weeks until the playoffs again. The Nuggets have hit a rough patch of late, losers of four straight games, but that still didn’t signal that a change of this magnitude […]

On Tuesday, the Denver Nuggets shockingly fired head coach Michael Malone just over a week before the NBA playoffs begin, per Shams Charania of ESPN. The Nuggets have been on a cold streak of late, losers of four straight games, but still few could have imagined the team firing the coach who helped them win […]

The Boston Celtics are cruising toward the NBA playoffs, looking once again like good bets to repeat as NBA champions despite some stiffer competition as compared to last year. Jayson Tatum is a lock to make another First Team All-NBA appearance this year, and Boston is locked into the two seed behind only the Cleveland […]

Fans of the Dallas Mavericks may want to look away on Wednesday evening when Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers come into town, marking the perennial MVP candidates’ first game back in Dallas since he was shockingly traded in early February. Since then, Doncic and the Lakers have turned themselves into legitimate title contenders, […]

With the NBA season winding down, now is the time when experts and casuals alike are putting in their predictions for what will unfold during the upcoming NBA playoffs. LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers have been red hot as of late, including picking up a dominant road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder […]

On Tuesday evening, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors will hit the road to take on Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns in a battle of two teams on very different trajectories. The Warriors have been a juggernaut ever since landing Jimmy Butler via a trade with the Miami Heat, while the Suns are […]

On Saturday evening, the Milwaukee Bucks picked up a big overtime win over the Miami Heat on the road. As per usual, Giannis Antetokounmpo led the charge in this one, scoring 36 points to go along with 15 rebounds and 10 assists. The bad news for the Bucks is that they have another game 24 […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are peaking at the right time, as they have won 11 of their last 13 games after Saturday evening’s home victory over the Dallas Mavericks. The Clippers have gotten a surge in production from Kawhi Leonard as of late, and James Harden has continued to be a steady guiding force for […]

The San Diego Padres have gotten off to a strong start to the 2025 MLB season, currently sitting at 7-2 after recently dropping to road games to the Chicago Cubs. Jackson Merrill has picked up right where he left off a season ago, continuing to look like one of the brightest young stars in the […]

Much has been made about the modern NBA and how it compares to previous iterations of the league, namely in terms of physicality or lack thereof. One of the leading critics of the current state of the league is former NBA MVP Shaquille O’Neal, who has taken every opportunity to spew hate toward the new […]

Perhaps no franchise in modern professional sports history has endured a rougher two month stretch than the Dallas Mavericks, who inexplicably traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in early February and have since been hit with a tidal wave of injuries that have endured their chances of competing this year essentially nonexistent. Much […]

On Saturday evening, the Los Angeles Dodgers improved to 9-1 on the 2025 MLB season with a 3-1 road win over the Philadelphia Phillies, avenging their loss from the previous night. The game marked the third career start for former international star Roki Sasaki, and he had by far the most impressive game of his […]

The Atlanta Braves have suffered through an abysmal start to the 2025 MLB season, currently sitting at 1-8 after Saturday evening’s home loss to the Miami Marlins. Perhaps mercifully, Sunday’s game between the two teams was postponed due to inclement weather, giving the Braves two days off before they next take the field on Tuesday […]

On Wednesday evening, the Oklahoma City Thunder picked up their 64th win of the season with a home victory over the Detroit Pistons. As has so often been the case, MVP frontrunner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way with 33 points in this one, dominating the game on both ends of the floor. While most of […]

The Los Angeles Rams are currently in the midst of a highly important offseason for the future direction of the franchise. The team is coming off of a narrow divisional round playoff loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, and has already made some major moves this offseason by releasing Cooper Kupp and […]

It’s safe to say that the Atlanta Braves have not had the start to the 2025 MLB season that they were envisioning. With Wednesday evening’s loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Braves dropped to an abysmal 0-7 on the season, now standing as the lone team in the league without a win on the […]

The Kansas City Chiefs have already begun retooling their roster after their shocking blowout defeat in the Super Bowl at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles exposed several weaknesses up and down the Chiefs’ roster, including most notably along the offensive line, which is an issue that Kansas City has already taken strides […]

Recently, the years-long saga regarding the future ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves came to an end when it was revealed that Glen Taylor had agreed to sell the team, along with the Minnesota Lynx, to the Marc Lore-Alex Rodriguez group for $1.5 billion, per Shams Charania and Brian Windhorst of ESPN. The price is the […]

The Detroit Pistons have been arguably the biggest (positive) surprise of this NBA season, currently still in contention to secure a top four seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race. While the ascension of Cade Cunningham has been cited as the main reason for the Pistons’ success, the team has also gotten positive contributions from […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been in the headlines recently for their reported pursuit of free agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who recently worked out with newly acquired wide receiver DK Metcalf. The Steelers have already watched Russell Wilson depart for the New York Giants in this free agency period, leaving a gaping hole at the quarterback […]