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Newly minted Phoenix Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer has a lot on his plate as the 2024 NBA offseason officially enters its dog days. Budenholzer inherited arguably the most unenviable job in the entire NBA in a Suns team that is somehow not competitive in the Western Conference despite having hamstrung its future self to […]

Ohio State football head coach Ryan Day and his Buckeyes are currently gearing up to enter what figures to be a highly important 2023-24 season as for the future direction of the program. Day has led several Buckeyes teams thus far in his tenure since taking over for Urban Meyer, but Ohio State has yet […]

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are currently in the midst of a 2024 NBA offseason that hasn’t seen the four-time champions gain a whole lot of ground in an increasingly crowded Western Conference playoff picture. While the Warriors have made a couple of savvy signings in the wake of Klay Thompson’s departure, Curry […]

Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks have had a monster offseason so far in 2024, attempting to cement themselves as the biggest challenger to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference. Brunson recently took a major pay cut to help the Knicks make other moves, which so far have included resigning OG Anunoby and […]

Manager Carlos Mendoza and the New York Mets are currently looking for ways to stay afloat in a heated playoff race that looks poised to come down to the wire as the season crosses its midway point. The Mets struggled mightily coming out of the gates this year, falling behind the eight ball quickly in […]

Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees have had a whirlwind of a 2024 MLB season so far, as the team started out red hot and then stumbled before the All-Star break, finishing that stretch 9-18 heading into the second half of the year. While Judge continues to perform at an elite level two years […]

Manager Mark Kotsay and the Oakland Athletics have not been having a great 2024 MLB season so far, as the team currently sits with a record of 39-61, which is last place in the AL West. As Kotsay’s struggles continue to get his team in the win column, the Athletics also have to deal with […]

Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers are currently gearing up to take part in the 2024-25 NFL season, which will begin for them in September with a game vs the New York Jets. The 49ers of course are coming off of a heartbreaking defeat in the Super Bowl vs the Kansas City Chiefs, but […]

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are currently gearing up for the 2024-25 NFL season, which will begin in just over a month with a game vs the Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs are of course coming off of yet another Super Bowl victory, and Mahomes another Super Bowl MVP, and will look to pull […]

Earlier this week, the sports media landscape received a jolt when it was reported that Skip Bayless would be leaving FS1’s Undisputed at the end of the summer, via the New York Post. Bayless has been on the network since 2016, which followed a long tenure with sports media giant ESPN, but the ratings for […]

Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are currently ramping up for what is going to be a highly consequential 2024 season that will decide a lot about the future course of the franchise. Rodgers of course was forced to miss essentially the entire 2023 season after going down with an Achilles injury just a […]

It has been a frustrating offseason so far for Pat Riley and the Miami Heat, who have stood pat and watched several teams around them in the Eastern Conference playoff picture get better. With time winding down on Jimmy Butler’s prime and no clear avenues for the Heat to get much better anytime soon, Riley […]

Bronny James had his most impressive game of the Summer League on Wednesday evening against the Atlanta Hawks, scoring relatively efficiently and hitting a late three pointer to give Los Angeles the lead in a game they ultimately won. It had to feel good for Bronny, son of Lakers star and NBA legend LeBron James, […]

Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns might be in the most unenviable position in the entire NBA heading into the 2024-25 season, as the team is nowhere close to championship contention and has absolutely zero prospects for its future. The Durant-Devin Booker-Bradley Beal experiment was an utter failure a season ago, and the Suns will […]

Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers have had an eventful but overall disappointing offseason so far after their first round playoff exit vs the Dallas Mavericks this past spring. The biggest move was not an acquisition but rather the departure of Leonard’s long time running mate Paul George to the Philadelphia 76ers, and although […]

Quarterback Daniel Jones and the New York Giants are currently ramping up for what sure figures to be a highly consequential 2024-25 NFL season as for the future direction of the franchise. The Giants are coming off of a disastrous season that saw Jones severely underperform relative to the lucrative contract he signed the previous […]

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys are currently in the midst of what has been somewhat of a turbulent offseason for the team ahead of the upcoming 2024-25 NFL season. The offseason started in failure as the Cowboys were coming off of a blowout home loss to the Green Bay Packers in the NFL playoffs, […]

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are currently in the process of ramping up for training camp, which is set to begin this week ahead of the upcoming 2024 NFL season. The Chiefs are of course coming off of their second straight Super Bowl win, and Mahomes his second straight Super Bowl MVP trophy, […]

On Wednesday, Team USA basketball participated in another tune-up game against the Serbian National Team in preparation for the upcoming 2024 Olympics from Paris, which are set to get underway in under two weeks. Team USA hasn’t necessarily lit the world on fire so far given their unbelievable plethora of talent, but they still have […]

General manager Rob Pelinka and the Los Angeles Lakers have somehow managed to have an eventful offseason that has simultaneously not gotten the team any closer to true contention in the Western Conference. While the hiring of JJ Redick and the drafting of Bronny James were storylines that dominated the national media cycle, the teams […]

Head coach Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors are currently in the midst of a highly important offseason for the future direction of the franchise, hoping to prove to the doubters (and there are many of them) that their dynastic days are not yet over. Kerr and star point guard Stephen Curry are currently […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently taking part in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada, where most eyes have been on second round draft pick Bronny James, son of NBA legend and current team small forward LeBron James. While first round pick Dalton Knecht has shown some flashes of things to be excited […]

Currently, Team USA basketball is in Abu Dhabi playing some exhibition basketball in preparation for the upcoming 2024 Olympics in Paris, which are set to get underway in just under two weeks’ time. This year’s iteration of Team USA features several big names from the NBA, including LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry, and […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are currently in the middle of an offseason that has somehow simultaneously been highly eventful and also not gotten the team any closer to championship contention in an increasingly crowded Western Conference landscape. James is currently overseas with Team USA as they tune up for the upcoming Paris […]

While superstar point guard Stephen Curry trains for the Olympics with Team USA in Las Vegas, the Golden State Warriors brass back in San Francisco is currently looking for ways to maximize the final years of the career of their franchise’s best ever player. The Warriors are coming off of two straight relatively disappointing seasons […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is currently in the middle of a great offseason, as he first helped guide the Celtics to the NBA championship in June, then signed the most lucrative contract in NBA history earlier this month, and now is preparing with Team USA in Las Vegas for the upcoming Olympics from Paris. […]

Even though the team is not at all better than it was when the season ended vs the Denver Nuggets two months ago, Rob Pelinka and the Los Angeles Lakers have still managed to have somewhat of an eventful offseason. The first big move came when Pelinka opted to fire former head coach Darvin Ham […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is currently in the midst of quite the offseason, as he first helped lead the Celtics to the NBA championship in June, then signed the richest contract in NBA history, and now is preparing with Team USA for the upcoming Olympics. The Celtics have also brought back essentially their entire […]

Team USA is currently in the process of ramping up for the upcoming 2024 Olympics from Paris, which began with a win in an exhibition game vs Team Canada on Wednesday evening in Las Vegas. Team USA features several notable players, including Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and LeBron James, who is making his first Olympics […]

Davante Adams and the Las Vegas Raiders are currently in the midst of what figures to be a highly important offseason as for the future direction of the franchise. The Raiders missed the playoffs again in 2023-24, and although Adams continued to perform like one of the NFL’s best receivers, there aren’t many pundits or […]

Recently, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics broke through to win their first NBA championship in the better part of two decades by knocking off Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals. While Tatum didn’t perform quite consistently enough to win the Finals MVP award–which instead went to Celtics teammate Jaylen […]

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant is currently in Las Vegas at Team USA training camp, looking to help his country win the Gold Medal at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. While the Suns didn’t exactly have a great year this season, Durant remains one of the ten or so best players in the league […]

Jayson Tatum has been living quite a charmed life as of late, first helping lead his Boston Celtics to their first NBA championship in 16 years in June, then signing a contract to become the highest paid player in NBA history with a new extension a few weeks later, and now hoping to help Team […]

Jayson Tatum has been living the high life as of late, first helping lead his Boston Celtics to their first NBA championship in 16 years, then becoming the highest paid player in NBA history with a new contract extension a few weeks later, and now looking to help Team USA secure a gold medal at […]

The Golden State Warriors have been surprisingly quiet so far this NBA offseason in terms of acquisition, replacing Klay Thompson with a combination of smaller signings like Kyle Anderson and Buddy Hield so far to help supplement Stephen Curry. With Curry entering his age 37 season, pressure is on the Warriors’ front office to make […]

Recently, the Los Angeles Clippers found themselves on the wrong side of the NBA news media cycle when they lost free agent wing Paul George to the Philadelphia 76ers after they were unable to come to terms with him on a new long term contract with the franchise. Instead, George signed a four year, maximum […]

A week and a half ago, the New Orleans Pelicans’ brass made of the splashier moves of the NBA offseason so far by trading for Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray in exchange for a package centered around Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance Jr., and two first round picks, one of which will be the Los Angeles […]

A couple of weeks ago, the New York Knicks made one of the biggest NBA offseason splashes by trading for talented guard/forward Mikal Bridges of the Brooklyn Nets, sending him across the river in exchange for the equivalent of five first round picks (!!!) to go along with Bojan Bogdanovic. It was a steep price […]

Earlier this offseason, the New York Knicks made a big splash by trading for talented guard/forward Mikal Bridges of the Brooklyn Nets, bringing him across the river in exchange for the equivalent of five first round picks to go along with Bojan Bogdanovic. It was a hefty price to pay for a player who has […]