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NBA preseason is a time for teams to re-integrate new pieces, for players to jell with one another, and for everyone to get up to game speed. This is not the time to let emotions run high, considering how, in the grand scheme of the 2025-26 season, these games carry so little meaning. But don’t […]

The Dallas Mavericks will be dealing with a few injury woes to start the 2025-26 campaign. Kyrie Irving will be out until the start of the next calendar year, and Daniel Gafford joined him on the sidelines after the shot-blocking big man sprained his ankle on the very first day of training camp. With Gafford […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are looking to at least threaten for a playoff spot in the loaded Western Conference, which is no small undertaking considering how much change the team underwent this past year or so. Gone are Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum, Dejounte Murray remains on the shelf with a ruptured Achilles, and coming […]

The Washington Wizards franchise has gone through plenty of iterations throughout its 64 seasons of existence to this point. Beginning their stint in the NBA in Chicago as the Packers and then the Zephyrs, the franchise moved to Baltimore for the 1963-64 season — changing their name to what remains the most iconic moniker for […]

The Atlanta Hawks franchise is one of the oldest in NBA history, having been around in the league for 76 years. And in those 76 years, it’s worth celebrating who the greatest players in franchise history are across its four stops in Illinois, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Atlanta. Without further ado, here are the 10 […]

The Minnesota Twins have endured a disappointing past two seasons. In 2025, their downturn from their playoff berth in 2023 continued, as they finished the campaign with a 70-92 record. Their winning percentage this past season (.432) is their worst since 2016, and the front office sensed that there was a need for a change […]

Tyrese Haliburton, by all indications, is not going to be able to suit up for the Indiana Pacers for the upcoming NBA season as he continues to recover from a torn Achilles. But this doesn’t mean that he’s just about to fade from the spotlight. He continues to embrace his hater side that’s been fueled […]

The Toronto Blue Jays have to be very concerned that they did not come away with at least one win at home in the first two games of the ALCS, as they now find themselves down 2-0 to the Seattle Mariners after being on the receiving end of a 10-3 demolition on Monday night. This […]

The Seattle Mariners, ever since they caught fire to start the month of September, have not looked back. And now, they’re only two wins away from clinching their first World Series berth in franchise history. On Monday night, the Mariners destroyed the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the ALCS, 10-3, to take a […]

The Miami Heat are already expected to be without Tyler Herro, a 2025 All-Star, to begin the year after Herro underwent ankle surgery that would presumably keep him out until mid-November. The last thing the Heat needs is another injury problem to one of their best players in Bam Adebayo. There was a nervous moment […]

Throughout its 35 years of existence, the Charlotte Hornets franchise has had some thrilling highs and some very unforgettable lows. Even then, despite being the team responsible for posting the worst winning percentage in a single season in NBA history, many exciting players have laced up their sneakers for a franchise most known for its […]

The first inning of the Toronto Blue Jays’ 3-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners in Game 1 of the ALCS was quite eventful. George Springer did give the Blue Jays the lead in the very first at-bat of the game, but what followed right after was a bit of a sneak peek of what was […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are in the middle of their best season in nearly a decade, as they are currently in the ALCS against the Seattle Mariners after handling the New York Yankees in a hard-fought ALDS clash. One of the players who starred in the Blue Jays’ series triumph over the Yankees was rookie […]

Many fans of the Seattle Mariners franchise weren’t even born the last time the team was in the ALCS in 2001. But the Mariners are closer to their World Series dream than ever, and the team is sensing the opportunity to make it further than any other Mariners squad before them. On Sunday night, the […]

After much consternation and anticipation, the Golden State Warriors and Jonathan Kuminga decided to kiss and make up, with the latter signing a two-year, $48.5 million contract to return to the NBA team he’s called home since he entered the league in 2021. Kuminga, of course, has a huge chip on his shoulder, as he’s […]

Sunday night marked a momentous occasion for the Seattle Mariners, as they played in their first ALCS game in 24 years, visiting the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre for Game 1. This Mariners squad has overcome so much adversity to get to this point, but the job is far from over, and star catcher […]

The Philadelphia 76ers franchise has one of the richest histories in the NBA, beginning their 76-year stint thus far in the league as the Syracuse Nationals before moving to the City of Brotherly Love during the 1963-64 season. And with that rich history comes a rich assortment of great players who have donned a Sixers […]

On Thursday night, the Chicago Cubs’ backs were once again on the wall in their 2025 NLDS clash against division rival Milwaukee Brewers. They got the job done on Wednesday, taking a 4-3 win over the Brewers to stay alive in the series, but the job was far from over. So what better show of […]

Every season, 29 other MLB teams do not experience the thrill of hoisting the World Series trophy come season’s end. But that doesn’t mean that all of those teams experience heartbreak in the same way. In fact, the Philadelphia Phillies could scarcely think of a more devastating way to bow out of the postseason than […]

To say that Roki Sasaki’s rookie season in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers has gone swimmingly would be a lie. Sasaki went through his fair share of injury adversity as he ended up playing in 10 games (starting eight of them) and pitching a total of 36.1 innings in the regular season after he […]

It might be just the preseason, but the last thing the Los Angeles Clippers would want to deal with this early in the new campaign are injury problems. But if there’s a silver lining to be had, it’s better to get those injury woes out of the way at the start of October instead of […]

What makes the MLB postseason so heartbreaking for some teams is that, after a successful regular season in which they won the vast majority of the 162 games they played, their World Series hopes can crumble with the snap of a finger. For a Philadelphia Phillies team that’s still looking to avenge their World Series […]

The ultimate dream of an MLB player is to come up huge in October, helping fuel their team’s World Series ambitions. That makes faltering under the postseason bright lights one’s worst nightmare. For Philadelphia Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering, this is certainly proving to be the case. Kerkering is the most reviled figure in Philadelphia sports […]

There weren’t too many runs scored during the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies’ Thursday night clash. But the Dodgers scored the one that mattered the most. In the 11th inning, after the Dodgers and Phillies, for most of the night, were like two heavyweights trading blows in the middle of the ring in a […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made a few notable additions this past offseason, bolstering a lineup that went toe-to-toe with a Denver Nuggets squad that presented the biggest challenge to the eventual champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2025 NBA playoffs. Among those additions they made is Chris Paul, with the Clippers bringing back the future […]

On Thursday night, the Chicago Bulls hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers for their second preseason game in a rematch of their exhibition contest back on Tuesday. Despite being two division rivals, the two teams clearly have a good working relationship. This was evident in how they managed to strike a trade this past offseason, with the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed to the NLCS by virtue of scoring a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the NLDS. This marks the Dodgers’ eighth NLCS appearance since 2013, and puts them one step closer to their dreams of repeating as World Series champion. But there are always two […]

Even though the Charlotte Bobcats franchise is the most recent expansion entry into the NBA, the New Orleans Pelicans franchise carries the least amount of history. When the Bobcats rebranded into the Hornets in 2014, they reclaimed the history of the Charlotte Hornets franchise that originated in 1988. This means that the former Hornets that […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are at a crossroads heading into the 2025-26 season. Many pundits deemed them a major winner during the 2024 NBA offseason after they added Paul George to supplement their Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey-led core, but they could not have been more disappointing last year, with Embiid playing in just 19 games […]

At one point on Tuesday night, it did look as though the Toronto Blue Jays were well on their way to advancing to the ALCS, making quick work of the New York Yankees in their ALDS matchup. They already put six runs on the board and chased Carlos Rodon out of the game after just […]

The New York Yankees live to see another day after they came back from a 6-1 deficit in the early goings against the Toronto Blue Jays to take a 9-6 win in the end. Carlos Rodon’ poor start in which he allowed six runs in 2.1 innings necessitated some herculean performances from other parts of […]

The New York Yankees accomplished the first step in their bid to overturn a 2-0 deficit in the ALDS against the Toronto Blue Jays: win Game 3. There were certainly some nervous moments on Tuesday, especially after starting pitcher Carlos Rodon lasted all of 2.1 innings after allowing the Blue Jays to score six runs, […]

In professional sports, what separates the true superstars from the garden-variety ones is their ability to deliver when it matters the most. While Aaron Judge hasn’t exactly led the New York Yankees back to World Series glory just yet, no one can fault him for not trying, especially when he put the Yankees on his […]

The New York Yankees were on the ropes in Game 3 of their ALDS clash against the Toronto Blue Jays — the worst place to be when down 2-0 in the series and staring in the face of elimination. By the time the Yankees took their turn to bat in the third inning, they were […]

The Seattle Mariners are one win away from making it to the ALCS for the first time in 24 years after they pulled out an 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of their ALDS clash. After two low-scoring affairs to start the series, the Mariners’ offense, which led MLB in total runs […]

The tide can turn so quickly in the MLB postseason. Back on Saturday, it looked like the Detroit Tigers were well on their way to shocking the baseball world yet again, as everything lined up for them to perhaps upset the Seattle Mariners after taking a 3-2 win in Game 1. Alas, the Mariners defeated […]

It’s put up or shut up time for the New York Yankees, as one more loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS means that their 2025 season would be coming to an end. But this Yankees team has been preaching patience and resilience all year, and with the roar of their home crowd […]

This year’s NLDS is a bit personal for the Milwaukee Brewers, as they are not just facing division rival Chicago Cubs, they are also facing former manager Craig Counsell, who decided to leave his hometown ballclub for a sworn rival that resides just around 90 miles down south. And the Brewers are certainly playing like […]

The Philadelphia Phillies are well on their way to adding another heartbreak to their growing list of playoff disappointments in the 2020s. For this year, they are on the cusp of being swept by the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS after they suffered a 4-3 loss on Monday — with Philly’s comeback […]