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LeBron James and Anthony Davis may no longer be teammates after the bombshell trade in February that sent the latter to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Luka Doncic, but the bond they forged during their time together on the Los Angeles Lakers remains strong as ever. This was very much apparent in the way […]

LeBron James is going to be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame one day as an individual, that much is certain. However, even though he’s still playing for the Los Angeles Lakers and yet to make an announcement as to when he’ll be hanging up his sneakers, he already received enshrinement as […]

The Miami Dolphins could not have gotten a worse start to the season than the one they had on Sunday when they were on the receiving end of a 33-8 drubbing at the hands of the Indianapolis Colts. For a team looking to return to the playoffs in 2025 after missing out last year, this […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have not been playing very good baseball lately to say the least. They’ve lost all three of their past series (dating back to August 29) — a stretch that includes a sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s only due to a similar slump from the San Diego Padres […]

The past few weeks haven’t been going very smoothly for the Seattle Mariners. They were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays in a three-game set to begin the month, and they followed that up with a loss to the Atlanta Braves in their series opener back on Friday. With the Mariners still on the bubble […]

On Sunday, the Toronto Blue Jays lost the final game of their three-game weekend set against the New York Yankees, 4-3, with veteran starter Max Scherzer taking the loss after allowing four runs in 4.1 innings. Scherzer was outdueled by Max Fried, who held the Blue Jays offense in check across seven innings (allowing just […]

It’s only the first gameweek of the NFL season and fans have already been treated to heated barnburners that make it seem as though the playoffs are right around the corner. On Sunday, the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens engaged in an epic affair that gave way to one of the most impressive comebacks one […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has been on a major heater over the summer as he spends his offseason dominating for his home country of Greece in the 2025 EuroBasket. On Sunday, Antetokounmpo once again could not be stopped; he put up 37 points and 10 rebounds on 18-23 shooting from the field as Greece […]

France has long been a powerhouse in EuroBasket, so for them to fall down in the Round of 16 in the 2025 iteration of the proceedings is no small thing. It becomes an even greater deal when a nation like Georgia, which has historically been worse than them in basketball, becomes the team to take […]

The Boston Red Sox decided to call upon highly-touted prospect Payton Tolle to come into their starting rotation for the final month of the regular season. Tolle has done nothing but impress in the minor leagues, and even in his first career start, he was very impressive — going toe to toe with Paul Skenes […]

Watching an MLB game is a common pastime for parent and son in the United States of America. After all, baseball is not called “America’s Pastime” for nothing. But on Friday, during the Philadelphia Phillies’ 9-3 win over the Miami Marlins on the road, the experience of a father and son was sullied by a […]

Every game matters in the push for the playoffs, and for the Houston Astros, their lead in the AL West is far from safe. On Friday, their bid for a more secure place in the playoff race took a hit, as they suffered a 4-3 loss to the Texas Rangers in 12 innings — with […]

A lot of NBA fans will feel old when they watch the enshrinement ceremony for the 2025 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class, especially when two of the best players of the mid-2000s to mid-2010s in Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard will be immortalized in the very exclusive club consisting of the most esteemed […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have to be kicking themselves for this terrible stretch of play. That is certainly what reliever Tanner Scott is doing after he blew a save opportunity against the Baltimore Orioles when he allowed a walk-off home run to rookie Samuel Basallo to send the Dodgers reeling towards their fourth straight defeat. […]

It’s not too often than an expansion team in professional basketball does well, but the Golden State Valkyries have managed to surpass all expectations in their inaugural WNBA campaign. With an 84-80 win over the Dallas Wings on Thursday, the Valkyries managed to secure their spot in the 2025 WNBA playoffs; if the season ended […]

The New York Yankees managed to take home an 8-7 victory in their series finale against the Houston Astros on Thursday night, but it did come at a cost. Reports that came out after the game revealed that second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who had to exit the game prior to the start of the […]

Controversy continues to follow the New York Yankees and Houston Astros’ series; on Thursday night, the Yankees brought up an issue with MLB regarding Taylor Trammell’s bat. While Trammell didn’t end up doing much when he came on as a pinch-hitter, going 1-2 on the night, manager Aaron Boone noticed something wrong with the bat […]

The Los Angeles Clippers find themselves in the middle of an investigation from the NBA after a report came out alleging that governor Steve Ballmer made under-the-table payments to star player Kawhi Leonard amounting to up to $28 million. This allegation states that Ballmer was paying Leonard via a “no-show job” on an endorsement deal […]

The Las Vegas Aces have had their fair share of struggles to begin the 2025 season, as they adjusted in the aftermath of Kelsey Plum’s departure over the offseason. But with the playoffs right around the corner, their topsy-turvy start to the 2025 campaign is now nothing but a thing of the distant past. On […]

On Sunday, the Leagues Cup final between Inter Miami and the Seattle Sounders became heated, and tensions ran high — particularly from striker Luis Suarez’s side. Suarez was seen spitting on a Sounders staffer in an emotional moment, with the Uruguayan striker having to be held back by his teammates from inflicting further damage. Suarez […]

The 2025 season has long been lost for the Pittsburgh Pirates. But that doesn’t mean that the final stretch of the regular season is meaningless for them. In fact, the Pirates locker room cannot be any more fired up after their recently-concluded three-game set against the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, as they […]

The Phoenix Mercury have successfully overhauled their roster, if their 2025 record is any indication. Never mind that they made it to the playoffs last year; the Mercury have managed to turn things around by posting a winning record this season after three consecutive sub-.500 campaigns from 2022 to 2024. And this turnaround of theirs […]

September is when aspiring World Series contenders look to begin rounding into playoff form. But for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the opposite is happening. On Thursday night, the Dodgers suffered a 5-3 defeat to the Pittsburgh Pirates to round out their three-game set against the last-placed team in the NL Central — capping off a […]

In devastating news for the entire sports world, Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark announced, after multiple bouts with injury throughout the year, that she will not be returning to action for the rest of the 2025 season. This is nothing short of a crushing setback for the Fever, a team that, had the season ended […]

To say that things did not go smoothly at all for the New York Yankees on Wednesday would be the understatement of the day for fans of the team in pinstripes. Every Yankees fan and their mother felt hard done by the officiating in their 8-7 defeat to the Houston Astros — with New York […]

Thus far in 2025, Yordan Alvarez hasn’t quite been his MVP-level self for the Houston Astros. Now, it’s not like Alvarez lost his mojo overnight. He hasn’t even lost it at all. He just sustained a fractured right hand in May and never really got going before that. But it looks like Alvarez is rounding […]

At present, the Houston Astros are poised to make it to the playoffs as the winner of the AL West division, and their 8-7 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday increased their lead in the division after the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers both lost their most recent games. And with the regular […]

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Sparks suffered a huge blow to their playoff hopes as they took an 86-75 loss to the Atlanta Dream. The Sparks fell to 19-21 on the year, and with four games to go, they remain 1.5 games below the Indiana Fever for the eighth and final playoff spot. It is […]

On Wednesday, a bombshell report hit the NBA world alleging that Steve Ballmer, governor of the Los Angeles Clippers, was making under-the-cap payments to Kawhi Leonard via a now-bankrupt company named Aspiration. Pablo Torre, via his podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out, divulged details from an informant, stating that Leonard allegedly received $28 million to do […]

With the regular season coming to a close, the Los Angeles Sparks can ill afford to slip up. But they now have to thread the eye of a needle if they were to qualify for the playoffs in 2025 after they suffered an 86-75 loss to the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday. Even then, it’s not […]

On Wednesday’s EuroBasket 2025 action, Alperen Sengun and Turkey scored a major 95-90 upset victory over powerhouse Serbia led by three-time MVP Nikola Jokic. Sengun, the Houston Rockets star, was such a dominant force and he even outplayed Jokic, recording 28 points, 13 rebounds, and eight assists compared to just 22 points, nine rebounds, and […]

One would realize just how fast time flies when Derrick White, the 29th overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft, is now an elder statesman in the NBA. White has become accomplished in the league, being one of the best 3-and-D guards in the entire association, and he’s an NBA champion with the Boston Celtics […]

LeBron James had reached “unc” status before the Thompson twins, Amen and Ausar, ever made it to the NBA.  In fact, the Thompson twins were born just around eight months before the Lakers star made his debut in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Thus, it’s not difficult to see how the Los Angeles Lakers […]

To say that the 2025 season could not be going any further from plan for the Atlanta Braves would be a major understatement. Heading into 2025, the Braves were boasting a seven-year postseason streak, even doing so in 2024 even though the team’s best position player, Ronald Acuna Jr., played in only 49 games. Moreover, […]

On Monday, in a 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the San Diego Padres sustained a devastating blow to their bullpen depth, with Jason Adam set to miss the rest of the 2025 season after rupturing his quad tendon. This just shows how important depth is, especially for a team with championship aspirations like the […]

It was a rough night overall for the San Diego Padres on Monday as they were on the receiving end of a 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. In the seventh inning was when they lost the game, but that wasn’t the worst part of their night. That distinction belongs to the moment in which […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks suffered both insult and injury on Monday night in the process of taking a 7-5 defeat to the Texas Rangers. A marvelous inning-ending catch in the sixth inning from Blaze Alexander at center field ended up causing some friendly fire, with left fielder Lourdes Gurriel sustaining what from the onset looked like […]

The Wild Card race continues to heat up in the American League, particularly out West. The Texas Rangers, courtesy of a 7-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, extended their winning streak to six games, staying in the running for the third and final Wild Card spot and trimming the Seattle Mariners’ lead over them to […]

Carmelo Anthony is set for immortality in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as he will receive enshrinement on his first year on the ballot. No one can dispute his worthiness to enter the Hall in his first year of eligibility; he may not have won an NBA championship during his heyday with the […]