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Anthony Davis played one of the most dominant games you’ll ever see with the NBA Cup on the line, and LeBron James was an extremely deserving in-season tournament MVP. The Los Angeles Lakers were awesome defensively against Tyrese Haliburton, too, dogging him at the point of attack and disrupting passing lanes away from the ball. […]

A pair of college football blue bloods are the betting favorites to land sought after transfer portal quarterback Cam Ward. Ohio State boasts +150 odds to land the former Washington State signal-caller, according to Bet Online, while USC comes in second among his suitors at +200. Texas A&M and Oregon have +400 and +500 odds, […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars will have to make do without Tyson Campbell in their pivotal clash with Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The third-year starting cornerback has officially been ruled out for his team’s Week 14 matchup with a quadriceps injury. Campbell was a limited participant in practice all week. He’d previously been listed as questionable to […]

At least the Golden State Warriors aren’t running from the blame, right? After a visibly frustrated Steve Kerr put the onus on himself for his team’s poor execution, Draymond Green admitted that he “f***ed off” on the game-changing late fourth-quarter play that helped the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dubs 138-136 in overtime on Friday. […]

The lineup change that Steve Kerr began publicly mulling on Wednesday night and continued discussing the following day didn’t end up taking place against the Oklahoma City Thunder. His team’s latest loss wasn’t the sole product of a struggling, stale starting five anyway. Considering the disastrously familiar tenor of their 138-136 overtime loss to the Thunder […]

The Golden State Warriors outscored the Oklahoma City Thunder from beyond the arc by a staggering 42 points. They exploited the Thunder’s greatest weakness from the opening tip, owning the boards en route to a season-high 24 offensive rebounds. Stephen Curry dropped 34 points on 20 shots and Klay Thompson scored 22 points on 8-of-15 […]

Shaquille O’Neal and the New Orleans Pelicans, shocker, aren’t the only ones dismayed by Zion Williamson’s level of conditioning and commitment in wake of his dispiriting performance against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday with a berth to the in-season tournament title game on the line. JJ Redick called out his former teammate […]

Steve Kerr still doesn’t know whether he’ll make changes to the starting lineup for his team’s road tilt with the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday. Less than 24 hours after publicly mulling that possibility for the first time, though, the Golden State Warriors’ longtime coach elaborated further on the numbers crunch his abnormally deep roster […]

LeBron James definitely wants to win the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament. Look no further than his utterly dominant performance in the Los Angeles Lakers’ blowout win over the New Orleans Pelicans in Las Vegas on Thursday, when James became the first player in league history to ever finish with 30 points, five rebounds and five assists in […]

You can’t blame Steve Kerr for sticking to the status quo as long as possible. It wasn’t even two years ago the Golden State Warriors won a title behind a four-man core of Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins, with heavy doses of Kevon Looney sprinkled in. Even during the Dubs’ tumultuous […]

At least the Golden State Warriors came away victorious, right? The clarity Steve Kerr and the coaching staff are still looking for from their team was nowhere to be found Wednesday night, though, as a rash of early turnovers and cold three-point shooting nearly contributed to Golden State’s most embarrassing loss of the season. Fortunately, […]

The Golden State Warriors survived a rough shooting night on Wednesday to come back for a hard-earned 110-106 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Here are three in-depth reactions from the Dubs’ much-needed victory at Chase Center. Warriors’ turnover woes get worse early The areas Steve Kerr continues to harp on most during the Warriors’ […]

The Memphis Grizzlies enter Wednesday’s matchup against the lowly Detroit Pistons sporting the second-worst record in the Western Conference. Season-long injury absences of stalwart starting center Steven Adams and electric third big Brandon Clarke have completely rid the Grizzlies’ of the identity they built up over the past couple years, exacerbating the impact of Ja […]

Add Patrick Beverley to the list of NBA peers who is rooting for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to win the inaugural in-season tournament. Asked on the PatBev Podcast which team he wants to take home the NBA Cup, the Philadelphia 76ers guard and James’ former teammate with the purple-and-gold couldn’t help but […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors just played some of their best basketball of the season absent three rotation players who are indispensable to their hopes of winning another title. Chris Paul and Andrew Wiggins are likely to return from minor injury on Wednesday against the Portland Trail Blazers, while Gary Payton II will […]

LeBron James, turning 39 years old in three weeks, was the best player on the floor Tuesday night in a single-elimination game that also featured Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Anthony Davis. A fortunate missed call by the officials helped the Los Angeles Lakers hold off the Phoenix Suns in the final seconds at Crypto.com […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are playing their best basketball of the season at exactly the right time. Adrian Griffin’s team is 10-2 in its last 12 games following Tuesday’s blowout 146-122 victory over the New York Knicks, a win that punched its ticket to the in-season tournament semifinals in Las Vegas. Ahead of Thursday’s highly anticipated […]

The Milwaukee Bucks punched their ticket to Las Vegas for the NBA in-season tournament semifinals on Tuesday, blowing out the New York Knicks 146-122 at Fiserv Forum. Adrian Griffin’s team didn’t exactly put its best foot forward defensively, surrendering 41 points on 19 shots to Julius Randle and allowing the Knicks to rack up a […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors played some of their best basketball of the season down three key rotation players. After holding off the Los Angeles Clippers for an impressive wire-to-wire win at Chase Center then surrendering a 24-point lead in a last-second loss at Crypto.com Arena, though, the Dubs are on verge of […]

Any intel coming from South Beach media regarding the Miami Heat’s doomed pursuit of Damian Lillard should be taken with a grain of salt. Some prominent local reporters didn’t exactly cover the league’s longest-running offseason storyline with objectivity, repeatedly claiming they knew no better trade package for Lillard would materialize than the one being offered […]

Nick Saban has a lot to celebrate. Not only did Alabama football beat No. 1 Georgia to win the SEC title on Saturday, but the Crimson Tide vaulted over Florida State for the final spot in the College Football Playoff rankings released less than 24 hours later. Discussing his team’s stroke of CFP fortune Sunday […]

Even head coach Mike Norvell and the most die-hard Seminoles fans would have to admit their team just isn’t the same without star senior quarterback Jordan Travis. Still, it’s safe to say Florida State football didn’t take anymore kindly to the College Football Playoff selection committee’s explanation for leaving the undefeated ‘Noles out of the […]

Steve Kerr’s decision to bench Kevon Looney for the second leg of his team’s home-and-away with the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday wasn’t exactly hard to see coming. Looney got the so-called “Keith Bogans” in the second half of the Golden State Warriors’ impressive win over LA on Thursday, playing a three-minute stint to open […]

Tyrese Haliburton continues establishing himself as one of the best offensive players in basketball. Coming off a breakout 2022-23 campaign in which he made his first All-Star appearance and received All-NBA consideration, the Indiana Pacers floor general has generated legitimate MVP buzz over the first few weeks of the regular season, leading an offense that […]

The Huskies have officially booked their ticket to the College Football Playoff. Before Washington football plays for its chance to win the national title, though, Michael Penix Jr. could make just as significant an individual history—especially after his performance in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Penix led Washington a thrilling 34-31 win over Oregon on Friday […]

The Orlando Magic aren’t just a prospective future contender anymore. Behind the versatile, burgeoning offensive exploits of Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner and a top-three defense spearheaded by Jalen Suggs, the Magic have suddenly emerged as a legitimate threat in the Eastern Conference as soon as this season. Orlando continued its winning ways on Friday, […]

Before his team hosted the New York Knicks on Friday, first-year Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic stressed he had no concerns about the lawsuit filed against the organization by New York for allegedly stealing thousands of confidential files. “We explained what happened or what did not happen. I know who I am, I know […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will finally have their full stable of forwards available for the first time this season on Saturday. Neither Rui Hachimura nor Jarred Vanderbilt is on the injury report for the Lakers’ matchup with the Houston Rockets, the former recovered from a nasal fracture and the latter set to make his 2023-24 […]

Chris Paul and Gary Payton II will remain out for the Golden State Warriors on Saturday against the Los Angeles Clippers. Just 48 hours after slamming the index finger on his shooting hand in a car door, though, Andrew Wiggins could be back on the floor at Crypto.com Arena after missing the first of his […]

The Kansas City Chiefs won’t quite be at full-strength for Sunday’s matchup with the Green Bay Packers. Given the team’s comments on Nick Bolton’s injury status, though, the defending Super Bowl champions could have their complete roster available as the season’s stretch run begins in earnest next week. Bolton, the Chiefs’ star middle linebacker, won’t […]

It’s looking more likely Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert may have his top pass-catching weapon available for Sunday’s matchup with the New England Patriots after all. Star wide receiver Keenan Allen practiced on Friday for the first time this week after previously sitting out due to a quad injury. He is listed as questionable […]

Klay Thompson seemed en route to another deflating early-season performance against the Los Angeles Clippers, curbing the steady momentum he’d quietly built over the last 10 days. The Golden State Warriors’ veteran star entered Thursday’s action with at least 20 points in three of the last four games, finding the range on his jumper en […]

All it took for the Golden State Warriors to earn one of the best wins of the season was missing three of their top seven, or maybe even six, players. The Dubs led wire to wire in a 120-114 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers Thursday night at Chase Center, stymying a series of mini […]

LeBron James wasn’t happy following suffering the most lopsided loss of his 21-year career. After the Los Angeles Lakers’ humiliating 44-point loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, a visibly frustrated James went viral for his terse, monotone comments in the post-game locker room, stressing that “a lot” has to change for his team to […]

The Orlando Magic made easy work of the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, extending their winning streak to a league-best eight games with a 139-120 victory. Budding sophomore star Paolo Banchero had a frustrating night, though, finishing with just six points and four turnovers on 2-of-8 shooting before leaving for good with 4:43 left in the […]

It seems only a matter of time until the Chicago Bulls finally blow it up. One team poised to pounce once Arturas Karnisovas and the Bulls’ front office officially hit the reset button, making marquee players available via trade? The Los Angeles Lakers. Former All-Star Zach LaVine isn’t the only Chicago stalwart rumored to be […]

The Golden State Warriors’ in-season tournament hopes were dashed on Tuesday in a hair-pulling 124-123 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night at Golden 1 Center. Let’s dive into three in-depth Warriors reactions from a second-half and late-game debacle that would push many struggling teams to a new nadir. Turnovers and free throws, shocker, […]

The New Orleans Saints have lost their top pass-catcher for the remainder of Sunday’s matchup with the Atlanta Falcons. Wide receiver Chris Olave left his team’s Week 11 game in the third quarter with a concussion and will not return, the team announced. Olave was in the midst of a monster game before exiting, helping […]

Get off Tom Brady’s lawn. The New England Patriots legend and broadly considered greatest quarterback in NFL history made headlines earlier this week by insisting he’s seeing “mediocrity” and a lack of “excellence” across the league, pointing to poor coaching, stagnating development of young players and new rules meant to promote player health that curb […]