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The fate of the New York Mets’ season lies in the results of their final few games. Friday night was not a very good start for the Mets; facing the sub-.500 Miami Marlins, one would have thought that this was a good opportunity for them to keep the Cincinnati Reds at bay. Alas, the Mets […]

The Minnesota Lynx’s dream season is on the brink of coming to an abrupt end. On Friday night, with their semifinal clash against the Phoenix Mercury headed to the Valley, the Lynx had to put up a big performance to avoid going down 2-1 with homecourt advantage having slipped away from their fingertips. However, the […]

The Seattle Mariners have already punched their ticket into the 2025 MLB postseason and they have in fact won the AL West. It keeps on getting better for the playoff-bound Mariners, as they earned a bye to the ALDS since they cannot finish below second place in the overall AL standings. But on Friday night, […]

When the Indiana Fever won Game 1 of their semifinal clash against the heavily-favored Las Vegas Aces, it looked like everything was going sunshine and butterflies and rainbows for the seventh-seeded Fever team that continues to punch above its weight class amid the season-ending injury to Caitlin Clark. But the Aces, led by four-time MVP […]

The 2024-25 season counts as a successful one for a Portland Trail Blazers team that fully committed to the rebuild during the 2023-24 campaign when they traded franchise cornerstone Damian Lillard after a few tumultuous seasons. The turnaround hasn’t been as swift as the most optimistic fan would expect, but last year, the Blazers won […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have had as good of an offseason as they could have from a player addition standpoint. They were already a deep team to begin with, but they added veterans Chris Paul, Bradley Beal, and Brook Lopez to supplement the team’s Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, and Ivica Zubac core. Moreover, the Clippers […]

With October on the horizon, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the reigning World Series champion, still have a lot to sort out. In particular, the Dodgers have to worry about their bullpen troubles when some of their big-money relievers have not been playing up to par. On Wednesday, the Dodgers may have given a sneak peek […]

Everything is looking bleak for the Detroit Tigers right now, and their 5-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians might be the final nail in the coffin of their AL Central crown hopes. The Guardians own the tiebreaker over them, so Cleveland essentially has a one-game buffer over them — making it close to impossible for […]

The AL MVP race is heating up in the dying moments of the regular season. All indications point to it going down to the wire between New York Yankees star and reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge and the best player of an upstart Seattle Mariners team that booked its trip to the playoffs in recent […]

On Wednesday night, the Boston Red Sox claimed an all-important 7-1 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays thanks to an elite start from ace Garrett Crochet, who’s proven to be worth every asset Boston had to give up to the Chicago White Sox this past offseason. Unlike yesterday, this win for the Red Sox did […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates continue to be in the trenches, as they are going to finish with a record below .500 for the ninth season over the past 10. There is certainly plenty of room for the Pirates to grow in the coming years, but they at least have a foundational piece in ace Paul Skenes, […]

There might not be a nightmare scenario for the 2025 MLB playoffs that the 81-76 New York Mets have to account for if they slip up in the coming games. On Tuesday, the Mets at least put themselves back in control of a playoff spot with a 9-7 win over a Chicago Cubs team that […]

It’s all going downhill in a hurry for the Detroit Tigers, the team that has led the AL Central since the 23rd of April. Entering their all-important clash against the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday, the Tigers had gone 5-13 in the month of September all while the Guardians had gone 16-5. This has helped Cleveland […]

On Tuesday night, the New York Yankees finally secured their spot in the 2025 MLB postseason with a dramatic, come from behind 3-2 win against the Chicago White Sox that required some heroics from trade deadline acquisition Jose Caballero. Caballero hit a single to center field to score Aaron Judge to give the Yankees their […]

The Detroit Tigers’ worst fears are coming true. After heading into the All-Star break with the best record in MLB, the Tigers suddenly find their playoff spot in serious peril after a 5-2 loss to the red-hot Cleveland Guardians dropped them to second on the division. The month of September has been a nightmare for […]

On Tuesday, the New York Yankees booked their spot in the 2025 MLB postseason with an exciting 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox. Down 2-1 in the ninth inning, the Yankees came back and stole the game, thanks to a run-scoring single from trade deadline acquisition Jose Caballero, who continues to be a huge […]

Last season, the New York Knicks’ main problem was depth after they had to manage their cap situation after they were hard-capped at the first apron following their blockbuster acquisition of Karl-Anthony Towns. But this year, the Knicks aren’t subject to such a restriction. As a result, they managed to beef up the team’s depth […]

The Indiana Fever did not luck into the semifinals of the 2025 WNBA playoffs, that’s for certain. After all, they continue to defy the odds by taking Game 1 of their semifinal clash against the heavily-favored Las Vegas Aces, stealing that contest on the road in convincing fashion with an 89-73 victory. This playoff run […]

The start of training camp is nearly upon us, with media day having come and gone for a New Orleans Pelicans team that will be traveling to Australia to start their preseason journey. The Pelicans will be raring to redeem themselves from a 21-win 2024-25 season, and they continue to believe that Zion Williamson is […]

On Monday, the Houston Rockets were greeted with the unfortunate news of point guard Fred VanVleet’s torn ACL that might end up keeping him out for the entirety of the 2025-26 campaign. The Rockets have grand contending ambitions especially after they brought in Kevin Durant via a blockbuster trade that cost them Jalen Green and […]

The Milwaukee Brewers were the first team in MLB to clinch a spot in the postseason in 2025, and they have clinched a bye to the NLDS, as they no longer can be overtaken by the NL West division leader in the standings. Thus, one would think that the Brewers would prioritize getting their key […]

They may have gone through some nervous moments over the past month or so, but the San Diego Padres have finally clinched their spot in the 2025 MLB postseason on Monday. They did so in grand fashion as well, as they defeated the NL-leading Milwaukee Brewers via a walk-off single from catcher Freddy Fermin in […]

This week’s edition of Monday Night Football brought fans quite a star-studded matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and Detroit Lions. Both teams have star quarterbacks leading the way with former MVP Lamar Jackson helming the Ravens’ offense while Jared Goff, the upstart quarterback who led the Lions to a 15-2 record last year, returns to […]

The Baltimore Ravens suffered their second loss of the season in three games after they failed to overcome the Detroit Lions, 38-30, on Monday night. There is plenty of blame to be shared around the Ravens roster, as a difficult slate to begin the year has now forced them into deep rumination — and perhaps […]

The Atlanta Braves are going to miss the playoffs in 2025, snapping their seven-year postseason streak. A lot of their key players have underperformed, and in the end, they weren’t even close to threatening for a playoff spot. But their end to the 2025 season bodes well for their chances at redemption in 2026, as […]

Ben Simmons is only 29 years of age, and for anyone who followed him since his days at Montverde Academy, one would think that he’d still be making All-NBA and All-Defensive teams as one of the biggest stars in the league. Simmons has been billed as the “next LeBron James” before he was drafted first […]

No adjective would come closer to describing the New Orleans Pelicans’ 2024-25 season than the word “nightmare”. Or perhaps “abhorrent” would be much more suitable. Whatever the case may be, it’s clear that the Pelicans did not expect to win just 21 games last season, especially not after they acquired Dejounte Murray to supplement their […]

Nothing comes easy for any team when they’re jockeying for positioning in a stacked Wild Card race. The New York Mets know that their competition for the third and final Wild Card spot won’t be letting up and will be putting the pressure on them until the end of Game 162. Over the past few […]

There is no better time for the Seattle Mariners to have swept the Houston Astros than with less than 10 games to go in the regular season. The Mariners have been inching closer and closer to the Astros these past few weeks and was right on their tail for the AL West lead heading into […]

The Kansas City Chiefs have earned their first win of the season with a 22-9 triumph over the New York Giants that saw its fair share of memorable moments. But at the end of the day, what’s important is that the Chiefs are on the board, as they attempt to put the sting of the […]

It may have been “hard to watch”, as head coach Andy Reid put it, but the Kansas City Chiefs finally managed to earn their first win of the season on Sunday with a 22-9 victory over the New York Giants. There were some heated moments, like the one Reid and Travis Kelce had, and there […]

The Kansas City Chiefs began the season with two consecutive defeats, which made their Week 3 clash against the New York Giants mean more than it otherwise might. Things certainly weren’t going swimmingly for the Chiefs to begin their game on Sunday, and tight end Travis Kelce expressed some displeasure on the sidelines, which head […]

The Los Angeles Angels will miss the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season, as they cannot find a way to snap their longstanding postseason drought. The sad reality of the Angels’ ineptitude over the past decade-plus is that fans have not had an opportunity to witness the greatness of Mike Trout on the grand postseason […]

Friday night was an emotional one for the Los Angeles Dodgers, as legendary southpaw and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw was making his final career start in the regular season, against division rival San Francisco Giants, no less, after he announced earlier this week that he would be retiring at season’s end. Kershaw has […]

The New York Liberty will not be repeating as WNBA champion after seeing their season come to a disappointing end on Friday night following a 79-73 defeat against the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of their first-round matchup. While the Liberty did not have the best of regular seasons, they were still viewed by many […]

Seemingly nothing went right for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. The current AL East leader got destroyed by a Kansas City Royals team that looks likely to miss out on the postseason, and it wasn’t just some regular old destruction — it was a butt-whooping. The Blue Jays lost by 19 runs, 20-1, […]

The Tampa Bay Rays will have to wait a year for another chance to make the postseason. On Friday night, the Rays were officially eliminated from playoff contention, as pointed out by Talkin’ Baseball on X, following their 11-7 loss to the Boston Red Sox. This defeat pushed their record on the year to 75-79, […]

Years of mismanagement and front office incompetence has led to the shocking downfall of the Colorado Rockies. They’ve never been the team with the biggest payroll, but they were at least competitive in the mid-2010s. But now, they’ve fallen so far off a cliff that one year after the Chicago White Sox set records for […]

The Las Vegas Aces entered the 2025 WNBA playoffs as one of the favorites to win the title, considering how they won 16 consecutive games to end the regular season. Their dominance continued in Game 1 of their first-round matchup against the Seattle Storm as they demolished them by 25 points, 102-77. But then the […]