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Head coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers are currently in the midst of what figures to be a highly important offseason for the future direction of the franchise. The Steelers made the playoffs in 2023-24 but were quickly escorted out by the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card Round, leaving Tomlin and his staff […]

The New York Jets saw any real chances they had of contention in the 2023 season derailed when recently acquired star quarterback Aaron Rodgers went down with an Achilles injury just a few snaps into the campaign. Although Rodgers hinted throughout the season that he wanted to return in 2023, the Jets ultimately failed to […]

On Thursday evening, two-time MVP candidate Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets held off the Boston Celtics in what many figured was a potential preview of the upcoming 2024 NBA Finals. Jokic was absolutely dominant this one, making the right decision in essentially every late-game possession that the Nuggets had en route to the close […]

On Thursday evening, the Golden State Warriors suffered multiple setbacks, first when star point guard Stephen Curry exited their game versus the Chicago Bulls with an ankle injury, and then when the team lost the game itself in the closing seconds. A replay revealed that Curry turned his ankle in the final minutes of the […]

Recently, former Boston Celtics All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas reentered the headlines when it was announced that he would be joining the NBA G-League as a member of the Salt Lake City Stars. Thomas wasted no time making his presence felt when he got there, as the former Celtics star scored 32 points in his […]

On Thursday evening, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics lost their second straight game with a disappointing narrow road defeat at the hands of the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets. Tatum had one of his worst games in what has otherwise been an All-NBA caliber season, and the Celtics as a whole were powerless to […]

In 2023, manager Aaron Boone and the New York Yankees had a relatively disappointing season despite immense expectations coming into the campaign. Despite advancing all the way to the National League Championship Series in 2022 and finally bowing out to the Houston Astros, the Yankees missed the postseason altogether in 2023, causing Boone and his […]

Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks are in the midst of what has been a highly frustrating 2023-24 campaign. The Hawks are currently entrenched in tenth place in the Eastern Conference playoff picture, and Young will be out of the lineup for at least the next two-plus weeks after recently undergoing surgery on his finger. […]

Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers are shaking things up in an attempt to overcome two straight early postseason exits after dominant regular seasons. Betts solidified himself as an MVP candidate throughout the course of the 2023 campaign but his production ultimately fell off of a cliff in the Dodgers’ shocking sweep at the […]

Starting pitcher Zach Wheeler and the Philadelphia Phillies are currently gearing up for a 2024 MLB season filled with expectations following the team’s second straight run deep into the postseason in 2023. Last week, Wheeler inked a mammoth three-year, $126 million contract extension with the Phillies that will keep him with the team through the […]

Trea Turner and the Philadelphia Phillies are currently gearing up for a 2024 MLB season in which anything short of a World Series championship will feel like a relative disappointment. Turner started off brutally slow in the 2023 season, which was his first in a Phillies uniform, but ultimately broke through down the stretch and […]

Recently, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got a bit of good news when it was unearthed that superstar wide receiver and impending free agent Mike Evans was opting to stay with the organization on a new two-year contract, which was officially announced by the team on Friday afternoon. Evans played an integral role in the Buccaneers’ […]

General manager Alex Anthopoulos and the Atlanta Braves are currently preparing to enter a 2024 MLB season filled with expectations following last year’s flameout against the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS for the second straight year. Anthopolous will thankfully have a healthy Ronald Acuña Jr. in the Braves lineup after the reigning NL MVP’s recent […]

General manager  Alex Anthopoulos and the Atlanta Braves are currently gearing up for what figures to be a highly important 2024 MLB season, in which anything short of a World Series championship will feel like a relative disappointment. Anthopoulos raised eyebrows across the sport this offseason when he traded for veteran pitcher Chris Sale of […]

This past postseason, Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies once again made quick work of the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the playoffs before eventually bowing out, this time in the NLCS against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Harper was electric in the Phillies’ win over Atlanta for the second consecutive year, consistently eviscerating a […]

Josh Hart has been pushed into perhaps a larger role than he was expecting this year with a recent slew of injuries to the New York Knicks. The Knicks most recently lost at home to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday in a game that Hart played reasonably well but didn’t find much help from his […]

On Tuesday evening, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics blew a 22-point fourth quarter lead en route to a crushing loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. A large portion of the post-game criticism was directed in Tatum’s direction, as the MVP candidate reverted to some poor isolation basketball habits despite statistics suggesting he has been a […]

During Tuesday’s loss to the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama appeared to roll his ankle shortly before halftime before returning to play most of the second half. Now, the extent of that injury is getting more clarity, as Wembanyama is being held out of Thursday’s Spurs contest vs the Sacramento Kings, […]

On Wednesday evening, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers dropped a game that they really could not afford to lose with a blowout home loss to their Pacific Division rivals, the Sacramento Kings. The Lakers actually raced out to a near 20-point lead in the first quarter of this one, and although James played […]

On Thursday morning, the Minnesota Timberwolves were dealt some devastating news when it was revealed that star big man Karl-Anthony Towns had suffered a torn left meniscus that will keep him out of the lineup indefinitely, per ESPN. Towns and center Rudy Gobert had finally begun to show some semblance of synergy this season which […]

On Wednesday evening, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a crushing home loss to the Sacramento Kings, a team they are desperately trying to catch up to in the Western Conference standings. James played well in this one before leaving early with an ankle injury, but ultimately the Lakers were unable to do […]

On Wednesday evening, head coach Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks in blowout fashion in a highly-anticipated game from the Chase Center in San Francisco. The game marked the return of former Warriors general manager Bob Myers, whose hiring of Kerr in 2014 helped push the team to its […]

Newly minted head coach Jerod Mayo and his New England Patriots are currently gearing up for the most important part of the NFL offseason, when free agency and the NFL Draft will both take place in rapid succession. Mayo took over shortly after the conclusion of the 2023 season, which was a disaster and resulted […]

On Tuesday evening, the Boston Celtics suffered arguably their most embarrassing loss of the season (there haven’t been many to choose from) with a 22-point blown lead vs the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Celtics found themselves victimized by Cavs’ sharpshooter Dean Wade, who outscored Boston by himself in the fourth quarter en route to the comeback […]

Manager John Schneider and the Toronto Blue Jays are currently gearing up to take part in the upcoming 2024 MLB season. The Blue Jays finished third in the AL East this past season, and Schneider’s squad ended up losing in two games in the AL Wild Card Round against the Minnesota Twins, marking the third […]

Although Trae Young has continued to play at an elite level, the Atlanta Hawks as a whole have fallen off of a cliff since their magical run to the Eastern Conference Finals back in 2021. That season, Young led an underdog Atlanta squad past the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers and then came […]

On Wednesday evening, the shorthanded Atlanta Hawks picked up a home win over the equally shorthanded Cleveland Cavaliers in a game that was largely overshadowed by an injury sustained by forward Jalen Johnson early in the third quarter. On the play, Johnson appeared to roll his ankle, and the Hawks elected to keep him out […]

Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions are currently in the midst of what figures to be a highly important offseason as for the future direction of the franchise. Campbell recently guided his Lions all the way to the NFC Championship Game, where they blew a 17-point halftime lead to the San Francisco 49ers, marking a […]

On Thursday, the New Orleans Saints helped solidify a key part of their defense when it was revealed that they had signed safety Tyrann Mathieu to a two year contract extension. Mathieu has been a crucial part of the New Orleans defensive backfield ever since he signed with the team as a free agent back […]

Manager Dave Roberts and the Los Angeles Dodgers are currently gearing up for a 2024 MLB season in which anything short of a World Series Championship later on this fall will feel like an enormous failure. Roberts and the Dodgers’ brass were able to lure in superstar Shohei Ohtani, inarguably the best player in the […]

Point guard Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks appear to have found their footing a bit since the NBA returned from its annual All-Star break last weekend. Lillard is looking more and more comfortable in his new threads, and the Bucks have picked up impressive wins over the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Philadelphia 76ers to […]

USC football is currently in a period of transition following the departure of former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Caleb Williams to the NFL Draft. Williams is widely expected to be the number one overall pick this spring after single-handedly leading USC back to semi-relevance over the last couple of years. Still, the superstar isn’t without his […]

Forward Jeremy Sochan and the San Antonio Spurs are currently looking for the best ways to maximize the talents around their franchise cornerstone, rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama, who has already established himself as one of the most unique players the game has ever seen. Sochan seems to have garnered a bit more chemistry with Wembanyama […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and his Dubs have found a way to turn around the squad’s fortunes in recent weeks, despite Sunday’s loss to the Denver Nuggets. Kerr has seemed to find balance in a Warriors rotation that features a somewhat eclectic mix of weathered veterans and unseasoned young players, which has […]

Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars are currently coming off of what was something of a bizarre 2023 NFL season. The Jaguars started out strongly and looked like sure locks to make the playoffs, but a combination of injuries both to Lawrence and others, as well as a drop in play seemingly from across the […]

Florida State football head coach Mike Norvell and his Seminoles are still trying to process their shocking snub from the College Football Playoff this past season. Although Florida State went undefeated throughout the regular season and conference championship, the committee elected to snub Norvell’s squad in favor of the Alabama Crimson Tide, who predictably went […]

On Tuesday evening, Josh Hart and the New York Knicks took the floor at home in Madison Square Garden against Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans in a bit of inter-conference NBA action. The Knicks were playing without the services of point guard Jalen Brunson among others, meaning Hart and other role players would […]

Head coach Matt Eberflus and the Chicago Bears are currently in the midst of what figures to be a highly important offseason for the future direction of the franchise. The Bears are coming off of what was a horrible season for the most part in 2023, in which the team was one of the last […]

Brandon Aiyuk and the San Francisco 49ers are currently coming off of a crushing loss in Super Bowl 58 against the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime, played from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 49ers’ potent offense, led by Aiyuk and a host of other skill positional stars, was held relatively in check by […]