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On Thursday morning, Derrick Rose announced that he is retiring from the NBA after 16 seasons in the league. Rose’s best days were tragically cut short by a torn ACL in 2012, and he was never the same player since. Regardless, Rose is leaving the game as the youngest MVP in NBA history, winning the […]

The Denver Nuggets fell short of their goal last season to repeat as champion. But now that the 2024-25 season is almost upon us, the Nuggets have a renewed vigor about them as they look to put the disappointment of last year in the rearview mirror. The Nuggets may have lost one of their best […]

This offseason has mostly been one of inactivity for the Los Angeles Lakers. Instead of pushing all their chips to the center of the table with the goal of building the best team they can around LeBron James and Anthony Davis, they have stood pat. With training camp less than a week away, the Lakers […]

The Memphis Grizzlies, just a week or so prior to the start of training camp, made the decision to cut veteran guard Derrick Rose from the roster. Rose was brought in last season by the Grizzlies via free agency to provide some veteran leadership, but he has been deemed expendable just one season into his […]

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever saw their playoff lives come to an end on Wednesday night, with the veteran Connecticut Sun team taking care of the upstart, gunslinging squad in Game 2 of their first-round series, 87-81. The Fever, however, have no reason to hang their heads over this result. They still managed to […]

This past offseason, the Chicago Bulls finally faced the music and accepted that a rebuild was necessary after two consecutive years of mediocrity. They facilitated a sign-and-trade that sent DeMar DeRozan to the Sacramento Kings, and then they traded away Alex Caruso in a straight-up deal for Josh Giddey, giving the team another young prospect […]

In a heated game that could have some repercussions on the playoff picture, the Los Angeles Dodgers found themselves down 4-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning against their closest NL West competitor, San Diego Padres. Now, this game wasn’t exactly must-win for the Dodgers, as they still held the division lead over the […]

It’s safe to say that the 2024 season was a step down from the Las Vegas Aces’ usual lofty standards. But the Aces, thanks to their championship pedigree, know when to go all-out. They headed into their first-round matchup against the Seattle Storm in the 2024 WNBA playoffs having won nine of their last 10 […]

With the New York Yankees being well on their way to winning the AL East division crown, they can look ahead and ponder the tough decisions they will have to make when it comes to their playoff roster. It will be interesting to monitor which pitchers the Yankees roll with in their playoff rotation. One […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are on their way to the playoffs, and it’s thanks in large part to the superhuman efforts of Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani, the owner of the biggest contract in professional sports, has been well worth his weight in gold, as he has tallied the first-ever 50-50 season in MLB history. And on […]

The Atlanta Dream were always going to find their first-round matchup against the New York Liberty in the 2024 WNBA playoffs to be a difficult one. Merely qualifying for the playoffs by the skin of their teeth with a rather poor 15-25 record, the Dream’s hopes of mounting a deep playoff run were rather slim […]

Terry Rozier was expected to make a huge impact for the Miami Heat following the midseason trade that brought him to South Beach from the Charlotte Hornets. However, Rozier ended up missing the final four games of the regular season, which then prevented him from suiting up at all in the play-in tournament and in […]

Russell Westbrook may be deserving of his fair share of criticisms for his work on the court, but off of it, Westbrook continues to show that he is an upstanding citizen who would want nothing more than to give back to the community. Even though Westbrook is no longer playing for a Los Angeles-based NBA […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo may mean business 100 percent of the time he’s on the hardwood, but off the court, the Milwaukee Bucks star is as big of a goofball as there is. Antetokounmpo has had a penchant for out-of-pocket comments that elicit a laugh from fans due to their suggestive nature, and the Greek Freak once […]

On Monday, reports came out that the Toronto Raptors will be retiring the number 15 jersey of Vince Carter, one of the best players in the history of the franchise. Carter’s jersey retirement will take place in a game against the Sacramento Kings on November 2 — a notable matchup since the team’s all-time leading […]

The 2024-25 season is shaping up to be an exciting one for the Chicago Bulls, even though their performances on the court aren’t likely to result in too much winning. They have finally decided not to tread the line of mediocrity, embracing the youth movement by letting DeMar DeRozan go in free agency and trading […]

Shohei Ohtani is finishing his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers in style. He has not slowed down one bit despite already making history by being the first MLB player to hit at least 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season. Ohtani continues to be a catalyst behind the Dodgers’ […]

The Las Vegas Aces know that the WNBA championship isn’t won during the 40-game regular season grind. They know to save their best for when it matters the most, and to end the regular season, A’ja Wilson and the Aces turned up, winning nine of their last 10 games to come into their first-round matchup […]

Patrick Williams saw his 2023-24 season get cut short by a season-ending fracture in his left foot, requiring surgery in the process. Nevertheless, the Chicago Bulls remain high on Williams and see him as a long-term piece amid the franchise’s pivot to a rebuild, signing him to a five-year, $90 million deal with the expectation […]

On Friday, the Cleveland Guardians needed to make space on the 40-man roster so they could call up Myles Straw for outfield help amid the injury to left fielder Steven Kwan. In the end, the Guardians decided to designate veteran starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco for assignment, therefore paving the way for their preferred roster move. […]

Joakim Noah was one of the best defensive centers of his time. He was mobile enough to cover plenty of ground on the perimeter, and he was sturdy enough to withstand bulky scorers in the post. He was also an active passing lane pest and he protected the rim with ease. The Chicago Bulls would […]

The 2024 season has long been a lost one for the Texas Rangers. Their title defense could not have gone worse if they tried, as a plethora of injury woes combined with major underperformance from their best hitters have tanked their efforts to put up an encore worthy of their World Series title last year. […]

The San Antonio Spurs have something great brewing, and they’ve been more than content to go the slow burn route in building a contending team around generational prospect Victor Wembanyama. They have stuck to their guns amid rumors linking them to blockbuster trades for All-Stars such as Trae Young, and this seems to be the […]

The Atlanta Hawks may be better than expected heading into the 2024-25 season. The first step to improvement is being aware of the issue, and this offseason, they finally recognized that the pairing of Trae Young and Dejounte Murray had run its course. For Young to succeed, he needs defensively-oriented players who can make their […]

The past one and a half seasons have been tough for the Brooklyn Nets organization. Just as the Nets were hitting their stride in the post-James Harden era, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving decided to bail on the team, setting them on a downward spiral. The organization, after one year of trying to remain semi-competitive […]

History beckoned on Thursday night. Shohei Ohtani entered the Los Angeles Dodgers’ clash against the Miami Marlins on Thursday in need of just two home runs and one stolen base to become the founding member of the 50-50 club. Ohtani would proceed to have the greatest individual game of his life, going 6-6 with three […]

With the playoffs right around the corner, the New York Mets could not have picked a better time to step up their play. Having gone 36-22 since the All-Star break, the Mets have overtaken the Atlanta Braves for the third and final wild card spot in the NL with only nine games remaining in the […]

The New York Mets entered the 2024 season without too many high expectations, which is understandable given how they fell flat on their faces last year. But the Mets seemingly thrive when they aren’t expected to compete. They have come alive in the second half of the season and have taken control of the third […]

There are plenty of reasons to be excited for the Indiana Pacers. They have as bright of a future as any team in the NBA, thanks in large part to the impressive core they have built with Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam at the forefront. They even made it all the way to the Eastern […]

For a while, it seemed as though the Atlanta Braves had a secure enough hold on the third and final wild card spot in the NL. However, the New York Mets have gone berserk over the past few weeks. On Wednesday, they continued their incredible play with a rousing 10-0 win over the Washington Nationals […]

The 2024 season has been an abject embarrassment for the Chicago White Sox. With only nine games remaining in the season, the 2024 White Sox have won a grand total of 36 games. They will have to win eight games to end the regular season to avoid being objectively the worst team in baseball history. […]

The Milwaukee Brewers have done it. Despite going through plenty of changes both on an organizational-level and in the big-league roster this past offseason, the Brewers have secured the NL Central crown on Wednesday by virtue of a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies and a 5-3 loss for the Chicago Cubs. And this turn […]

The Indiana Fever have qualified for the WNBA playoffs for the first time since 2016, thanks in large part to how transformative Caitlin Clark has been despite only being a rookie. Clark, in addition to being one of the best offensive forces in the association by virtue of her unlimited range, she has also gotten […]

All season long, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been bitten hard by the injury bug. They have lost a historic number of service days from their players due to injuries, and with the postseason beckoning, they continue to be shorthanded — particularly in the starting pitching department. The Dodgers currently have three members of their […]

Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic have both shattered the stereotype of the “soft European”. They might not be the most athletic professional basketball players on the planet, but they have more than made up for it with their top-tier basketball IQ, incredible touch from all scoring levels, as well as their ball skills that make […]

Caitlin Clark is well on her way to becoming one of the greatest women’s basketball players of all time. Clark, despite being a rookie, has transformed the Indiana Fever and turned them into a playoff team, all the while being one of the best point guards in the league — turnover problems notwithstanding. But it’s […]

The 2024 season has been nothing short of a complete disaster for the Toronto Blue Jays. As if things couldn’t get any worse, the Blue Jays even lost one of their most valuable contributors to a major injury, with Daulton Varsho nursing a right rotator cuff injury that will end his season prematurely. Varsho, who […]

A’ja Wilson continues to tower over her peers; she is the undisputed best player in the WNBA today, and she seems to be well on her way to a third MVP award — all the while leading the Las Vegas Aces in their pursuit of their third straight championship. And in the process of doing […]

The 2024 NBA offseason is nearing its end, but Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is making sure that he is able to maximize the free time that he has on his hands. On Tuesday, Haliburton, who had previously been a guest star on Monday Night RAW, took his talents to NXT and volunteered to get […]