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Caitlin Clark has been grabbing the majority of the headlines amid the Indiana Fever’s rise from mediocrity over the past few seasons into playoff contention. Clark has been the main difference-maker for the Fever after all, as she has proven to be the engine of Indiana’s offense both on the shot-creation and playmaking side of […]

As if Caitlin Clark’s impact needed more evidence for people to finally internalize that she, indeed, has been one of the best stars in the WNBA this season despite being a rookie, the Indiana Fever continue to race on the winning path. On Wednesday night, the Fever won their fifth game in a row thanks […]

Jazz Chisholm Jr. has done nothing but enjoy life thus far in his stint in the Bronx after getting traded to the New York Yankees. Getting traded from the Miami Marlins to one of the best teams in the MLB will have that effect. But during their Wednesday night contest against the Texas Rangers, Chisholm […]

The Golden State Warriors are coming into the 2024-25 season with high hopes, as they replenished the roster with plenty of depth to make up for the departure of Klay Thompson as well as their failed trade pursuits of Paul George and Lauri Markkanen, among others. But them being in the Western Conference means that […]

With the St. Louis Cardinals hanging on for dear life in the playoff race in the NL, every game feels as if they’re must win from here on out. On Tuesday night, it seemed as though the Cardinals were going to blunder their way towards defeat, what with center fielder Michael Siani, who butters his […]

Everyone who has fallen in love in the past knows that the old adage of first love never dying has a strong basis in reality. Nothing simply beats one’s first; in this case, Shohei Ohtani certainly still feels fond of the Los Angeles Angels franchise even after signing a historic 10-year, $700 million contract with […]

For a while, it seemed as though the Philadelphia Phillies were headed down the slippery slope that is a late-season choke job. After having a stranglehold on the NL East to start the 2024 season, the Phillies have played mostly mediocre baseball, inducing plenty of panic from the team’s passionate fanbase. But they seemed to […]

The relationship between Stephen Curry and LeBron James has taken on an entirely different level after their historic team-up for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Once longtime rivals on the hardwood thanks to four straight tussles between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, Curry and James have […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are walking on thin ice, financially-speaking. They rank second in the entire NBA in active payroll, only trailing the Phoenix Suns, and they have blown past the second tax apron to keep their core together. But the Timberwolves will have to face some very difficult roster-building questions soon, as both Rudy Gobert […]

Ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-game road series against the Los Angeles Angels, there is much talk surrounding Shohei Ohtani’s return to his MLB home for the first six seasons of his career.  Ohtani, in the end, wasn’t even given a legitimate offer by the Angels in free agency this past offseason, which made […]

Caitlin Clark has generated an unprecedented level of fanfare ever since she burst onto the scene with Iowa. Not only has she been one of the most exciting players the women’s game has ever seen, she has also proven to be a winning player, transforming the Indiana Fever’s fortunes and turning them into a playoff […]

Willy Adames continues to rake for the Milwaukee Brewers. During their 9-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, it was Adames who took center stage once again and got Milwaukee off to a strong start that they wouldn’t look back from. In the first inning, after a glaring missed call from home plate […]

The San Diego Padres have played well as a ballclub despite having missed the services of right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. for over two months after he had suffered a stress reaction in his right thighbone. But now, after much anticipation, Tatis was able to make his triumphant return to the Padres lineup in a […]

Gerrit Cole hasn’t had the most injury-free 2024 season. He had to make his season debut for the New York Yankees all the way in June after suffering an elbow injury in Spring Training, so the last sight any Yankees fan would want to see is for their veteran ace to go down with yet […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks have played inspired baseball during the second half of the season, overcoming a slow start to become one of the favorites to nab a wild card spot in the NL. But manager Torey Lovullo is not resting on his laurels. After losing two out of their first three games in a four-game […]

It was only last night when it looked as though the Chicago Cubs’ hopes of making it to the playoffs were renewed what with the Atlanta Braves losing some ground in the NL Wild Card race after losing three out of four to the Philadelphia Phillies. However, their heartbreaking 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates […]

This past offseason, Shohei Ohtani entered free agency and triggered a bidding war of historic proportions. One would think that the Los Angeles Angels would go balls to the wall and keep him at all costs after refusing to trade him away last season despite falling off the pace in the playoff race, but in […]

With the St. Louis Cardinals’ playoff hopes on life support, they could ill-afford any setbacks. However, what awaited them on Monday was a tough matchup against division rival and current NL Central leader Milwaukee Brewers. The Cardinals, however, were quickly beset by misfortune. In the bottom of the first inning, starting pitcher Andre Pallante was […]

Early on in LeBron James’ career, he was being labeled as a ‘choker’ who couldn’t get the job done for his teams late in close games. He was also being criticized for his tendency to make the right play in clutch situations, preferring to get the ball to the open man instead of taking the […]

The stars have to align for any young basketball player to reach the NBA. It takes a lot of hard work, skill, and talent to land on the NBA radar, and even then, there are no guarantees that they’ll become one of the best players in the association. For Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George, he […]

The Golden State Warriors made up for the departure of Klay Thompson as well as their inability to trade for an All-Star player to supplement their Stephen Curry-led core by adding three quality role players via free agency in Buddy Hield, De’Anthony Melton, and Kyle Anderson. The addition of Hield, in particular, has generated plenty […]

Caitlin Clark has surpassed every expectation of her and then some ever since she lit up the collegiate basketball world at Iowa and finished as the NCAA Division I’s all-time leading scorer. Clark was the no-brainer number one overall pick of the 2024 WNBA Draft, and she has become the game-changing, franchise-altering talent the Indiana […]

It was the Philadelphia 76ers that stepped up to the plate and struck an agreement with Guerschon Yabusele to bring him back to the NBA after spending a few years plying his trade in Europe. Yabusele was a breakout star in the 2024 Paris Olympics as he played a huge role in leading France to […]

LeBron James has been through the trenches with Alex Caruso, and the two have formed a friendship that will last a lifetime. This is certainly apparent in the way James celebrated his former Los Angeles Lakers teammate’s engagement with his longtime partner, Haleigh Broucher. Caruso and Broucher jointly posted pictures on Instagram of the former’s […]

With only 28 games left in the regular season, the Los Angeles Dodgers can ill-afford an injury to one of its most important players. However, since this is the 2024 Dodgers we’re talking about, going through injury problems, particularly to their starting pitchers, is simply a routine occurrence. On Friday night, veteran southpaw Clayton Kershaw, […]

For all the hullabaloo surrounding Angel Reese’s game, one thing is for sure: she, at such a young age, is already cementing herself as one of, if not outright the greatest rebounder in WNBA history. Despite the Chicago Sky’s 100-81 loss to the Indiana Fever on Friday night, Reese had herself another double-double, as she […]

On Thursday night, Bobby Miller got the job done for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Looking to keep the momentum going after their 6-4 win on Wednesday, Miller allowed just three runs on five total baserunners in five innings of work — an outing on the mound that was more than enough to give them a […]

Draymond Green has grown awfully close to LeBron James through the years, mostly due to the mutual respect they have fostered for each other through the years after multiple battles in the NBA Finals. But there was once a time when the Golden State Warriors forward would see red every time James was near — […]

At the conclusion of the 2023-24 season, it was Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics that stood tall. Tatum finally broke through after years of consistently being in championship contention, and he played a leading role in bringing banner number 18 to Beantown. Thus, the whole basketball world was in the palm of Tatum’s hands, […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 2022 trade for Rudy Gobert was widely panned, especially after the first season of the Gobert experiment only resulted in a playoff berth via the play-in tournament. But during the 2023-24 season, Gobert’s arrival finally bore the fruit that the Timberwolves front office had envisioned when they first brought him in. They […]

The Boston Celtics, after years of consistently being among the best teams in the Eastern Conference, finally broke through in 2024. They have forever immortalized themselves as champions, a distinction that no one could ever take away from them. However, Jayson Tatum does not want to live in the past and be too caught up […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards may only be 23 years of age, but he is already tasting quite a bit of success. This offseason, Edwards experienced the peak of his career to this point. He played an important role for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics and emerged out of it as a gold […]

There is no question that Aaron Judge’s greatness is something to marvel at. Judge has somehow improved upon his historic 2022 campaign, and the New York Yankees have fed upon his torrid stretch at the plate to reclaim the AL East division lead. However, talking heads such as Stephen A. Smith, in the name of […]

The St. Louis Cardinals’ playoff hopes may be dwindling by the day, but that doesn’t mean that they are taking getting pushed out of the postseason picture without a fight. On Wednesday night, the Cardinals faced a difficult matchup in the San Diego Padres but came out victorious in walk-off fashion thanks to a clutch […]

The Chicago White Sox may be in the middle of a historically bad season, but on Wednesday night, they threatened to get a rare win over the reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the White Sox managed to get two runners on base, with Nicky Lopez and Andrew […]

It’s rare for a player as hyped up as Caitlin Clark is to not just deliver on the lofty expectations, but even surpass them. That is exactly what Clark has done, changing the Indiana Fever’s fortunes immensely for the better. On Wednesday night, Clark played her part (19 points, five rebounds, and five assists) in […]

Russell Westbrook may have plenty of detractors due to his style of play on the court, but nearly everyone can come to an agreement that the Denver Nuggets guard commands respect due to his kind demeanor off the court. On Wednesday night, Westbrook received a warm welcome from the crowd at Crypto.com Arena — the […]

Following the 2020-21 season, the Denver Nuggets had high hopes for Michael Porter Jr. In his first full season as a starter, Porter averaged 19.0 points and 7.3 rebounds on an uber-efficient 54.2 percent shooting from the field and 44.5 percent from beyond the arc on 6.3 attempts per contest. Deservedly, Porter signed a five-year, […]

The Golden State Warriors have made their bed. Instead of trading away some of their promising young players, such as Brandin Podziemski and Jonathan Kuminga, for immediate help in the form of either Paul George or Lauri Markkanen, the Warriors decided that keeping them and hoping they blossom into the stars they need to give […]