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All eyes are on LSU football and head coach Brian Kelly this season on the field, and thanks to the combination of returning and incoming talent, expectations have never been higher. The Tigers have been red-hot on the recruiting trail, with LSU consistently bringing in top talent under Brian Kelly. After a recent four-star offensive […]

The Kansas City Chiefs and head coach Andy Reid retake center stage as mandatory minicamps are starting across the NFL. They come into this season after getting blown out in the Super Bowl by the Philadelphia Eagles. One of the biggest storylines for the Chiefs has been the status of incoming rookie offensive tackle Josh […]

Michael Beasley has been calling out NBA players recently and bragging about how good he is at playing one-on-one. Beasley recently beat Lance Stephenson in a one-on-one match, 31-21, winning $100,000. He has only gotten bolder, recently calling out Carmelo Anthony on a live stream with Adin Ross. That call-out prompted Anthony to respond. On […]

We are in the middle of the summer sports season, with baseball in the middle of its season and then the NHL and NBA near the end of their postseasons. The excitement level has been incredible, especially with record viewership in the NBA postseason. Since both have taken center stage, ESPN asked which sport has […]

The NIL era has accelerated recruiting into becoming a bidding war on what schools offer the most money in NIL. The numbers circulating in college basketball recently have been massive, and one of the game’s best recruiters, Arkansas’ John Calipari, recently spoke up about how that shapes the expectations for transfers and recruits who come […]

The NFL offseason usually has surprises, and this year was no different. From free agency signings to other trades, the biggest news was what happened last week, when Aaron Rodgers finally signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The spotlight follows Rodgers wherever he goes, and after a subpar year with the New York Jets, […]

As we get closer to the 2025 NBA Draft, all eyes are shifting to what the Dallas Mavericks will do with their roster because Cooper Flagg is all but guaranteed to be picked first overall. With Flagg coming in, the Mavericks have many roster questions to answer because they still made the play-in tournament last […]

With mandatory minicamps starting across the NFL, contract negotiations and holdouts have been thrust to the front of the conversation. James Cook, Trey Hendrickson, and Terry McLaurin want new contracts, but Cook showed up to minicamp, while the rest are holding out. One of the most prominent players in this situation is T.J. Watt, who […]

Trent Williams is one of the most dominant and well-known offensive linemen in the NFL. He has been highly reliable along the offensive line as long as he has been in the league. The Washington Commanders drafted him, but since he was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in 2020, his strengths have been highlighted […]

Mandatory minicamp has started around the NFL, and with it, talk of which players will show up and which ones won’t due to their contract has popped up across the league. It is normal to expect this time of the year, but it’s still interesting to see which players are in contract disputes. One of […]

Thanks to NIL, general managers have been gaining more and more steam in college sports. Head coaches cannot focus on NIL’s financials and what each player earns, so general managers have become more common in basketball and football, the two biggest revenue sports. General managers are also there to help identify talent on the recruiting […]

Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables has had a roller coaster of a start in three seasons with Oklahoma. He has two 6-7 seasons and a 10-3 season sandwiched in the middle, proving he’s shown his potential as a coach, but an ability to sustain that momentum has been far more difficult. This upcoming season […]

The Houston Texans made some moves this offseason to revamp their roster and stay atop the AFC South. They won their second straight division title, and as mini-camp gets ready to start, the focus has been on getting over the hump in the Divisional Round of the postseason. However, as things start, C.J. Stroud will […]

Penn State comes into the 2025 season as one of the best teams in the country. Head coach James Franklin has a loaded squad, and that’s despite losing Abdul Carter and Tyler Warren to the NFL. This offense gets Drew Allar, Nic Singleton, and Kaytron Allen all back, and then the defense has Dani Dennis-Sutton […]

The minute Bill Belichick signed on to be the next head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team, there was no bigger spotlight in the ACC and arguably in all of college football. Belichick coming into college football coaching was a big deal on its own, but since he signed, the attention has […]

Stefon Diggs is making headlines for something harmless, but gross, and it has nothing to do with Miami. Recently, Diggs was seen in a viral social media clip on a yacht in Miami with a bunch of models and a pink substance in a tiny plastic bag. It lit the internet on fire, and there […]

The Aaron Rodgers deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers has sparked many reactions across the NFL landscape. The deal is a one-year contract, and it comes off like the last gasp that Rodgers has in his NFL career. His time with the New York Jets was a massive disappointment with one year gone due to injury, […]

Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins have been the two biggest quarterbacks on the market this offseason in terms of name recognition. They might not be the most talented but have generated the most buzz. Rodgers was the first big domino that had to fall, and it did with him signing a one-year contract with the […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Aaron Rodgers have been flirting for months. It began when it became official that Rodgers would not return to the New York Jets. The instant that Rodgers became a free agent, the Steelers became one of the few possibilities that made the most sense in signing him. The deal was finally […]

BYU basketball is making massive moves. Head coach Kevin Young came over from the NBA last season after spending four years as an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns. He moved to BYU after Mark Pope left to take the Kentucky job. The Salt Lake City native made the Cougars a must-watch team in college […]

Aaron Rodgers is finally a Pittsburgh Steeler. After months and months of speculation, with all signs pointing to him signing in Pittsburgh, it finally became official when Rodgers signed a one-year deal to play for the Steelers. Rodgers loves the spotlight, and pairing with Mike Tomlin for at least one season allows him to play […]

The Chicago Bears have had a busy offseason trying to overhaul their offense completely. The talent is there, especially with Caleb Williams under center, but everything felt much harder than it should’ve been with the amount of skill talent they have surrounding him. That’s where new head coach Ben Johnson comes in. The Bears hired […]

Ole Miss basketball coach Chris Beard has been busy in the offseason. Three four-star recruits are going to Oxford, Mississippi, with another six transfers coming in. Beard had a massive task in overhauling a roster with 12 total seniors. His latest transfer portal commitment was from an impact player at a team in last season’s […]

The future of the College Football Playoff has been a hot topic in the offseason, and the model for what the expanded model should look like is making all sorts of headlines. The two proposed models are a 4-4-2-2-1-3 model and a 5-plus-11 model. The 5-plus-11 model is gaining much more traction recently, especially among […]

The Utah Jazz blew up their core of Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell in 2022 and have been in limbo as an organization ever since, trying to rebuild and gather as many picks as possible. The 2025 NBA Draft is no different for the Jazz, with Utah sitting at the fifth pick in a draft […]

All NFL players think about retirement. It comes whenever the players feel like they can’t give their all anymore to the game. Retirement also comes up due to injury, and we saw that Derek Carr called it quits most recently due to an injured shoulder. You have players like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning who […]

The Clemson Tigers continued to reload and dominate along the recruiting trail with the recent commitment of a four-star linebacker recruit out of Georgia. Clemson has always recruited well under Dabo Swinney, but recently, it has not been as good as usual. The recent commitment says they might be back on track to domination with […]

Davante Adams is now a Los Angeles Ram after signing as an unrestricted free agent from the New York Jets. Adams has been compared to Derrick Henry in terms of signing from last year to this year because of the similarities between an aging star moving to a much better situation and finding the fountain […]

The New York Knicks controversially fired head coach Tom Thibodeau after the Knicks lost to the Indiana Pacers in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals. The move is surprising because New York has succeeded under Thibodeau. However, Thibodeau was stubborn with his coaching style, grinding down his starters with high minutes and not using […]

The 2025 NBA Draft is on the horizon, and rumblings about what teams will do with each pick have already started to trickle in. Cooper Flagg is seen as a shoo-in at the Dallas Mavericks’ first pick, but after that, there is not much set in stone, and this is where the draft could get […]

In the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the New York Knicks shocked the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics. They faced off against the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals, with a trip to the NBA Finals on the line, and the results were disappointing. The Knicks lost to the Indiana Pacers, 4-2, and did not look […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have gone through this NBA season with one of the most bulletproof rosters in the league. Their roster is so deep and features many players, especially in the postseason, which is rarer with different teams tightening their rosters. One key player they have been missing and he could make things even […]

One of the most prominent critics of the Transfer Portal has been Clemson football head coach Dabo Swinney. Swinney recently appeared on The College GameDay Podcast and took verbal jabs at the transfer rules and the system’s operation. “There are no rules right now. We want some rules,” He said. Now, as Swinney said, there […]

This offseason, a bomb went off in the college football world when quarterback Nico Iamaleava left the Tennessee Volunteers over an NIL dispute. It was significant because it was the first dispute surrounding NIL. When it happened, rumors started swirling about who the Volunteers would potentially grab out of the Transfer Portal. One of the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are at a crossroads as a team. They have had the same core since 2022, and while their regular-season record improved every year, they never made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, flaming out in the first or second rounds. No one on the team is getting any younger. If it’s time […]

The New England Patriots have made offseason headlines thanks to their supposed No. 1 receiver Stefon Diggs. He was seen partying in Miami on a boat with models and flashing a “pink substance.” The video also emerged in the middle of the Patriots starting up OTAs. It was not a good look at all for […]

These last few days, much has been made about what a 16-team College Football Playoff would look like and what the power conferences want to do. The Big Ten wants a 4-4-2-2-1-3 format with each conference guaranteeing a certain number of teams. The other format gaining traction recently is a 5+11 format for every conference […]

DeMar DeRozan recently opened up about playing with Lonzo Ball on the Chicago Bulls. DeRozan played with the Bulls for three seasons from 2021 to 2024 and came to Chicago at the same time as Lonzo Ball in 2021. The issue is that Ball was dealing with injuries during most of his time in Chicago […]

Jalen Milroe was an electric playmaker at Alabama under center, but he still has much room to grow as a quarterback to achieve his high ceiling overall. To help his development, he studied Brock Purdy, Klint Kubiak’s former pupil, his new offensive coordinator with the Seattle Seahawks. Growing up in Texas, Milroe looked up to […]