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It’s not too often that a reigning NL Cy Young Award winner remains unsigned through the first two weeks of Spring Training, but here we are with the odd situation around Blake Snell. Snell is remaining firm in his contract demand, which is his right since he is coming off an award-winning campaign, although it’s […]

With 21 games to go in the NHL regular season, the New Jersey Devils stand eight points behind the second and final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference. While that deficit isn’t insurmountable, this makes it likely that the Devils sell off a few pieces, including right winger Tyler Toffoli, who has been every […]

The New England Patriots have to deal with a few roster-building questions to begin their first offseason in the post-Bill Belichick era. With new head coach Jerod Mayo in town, the Patriots will want to give him the best squad possible to prove that they made the right decision to part ways with one of […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn’t take too long to bring back one of their most important players in free agency. On Monday morning, it was announced that the Buccaneers have come to terms to an agreement with star wide receiver Mike Evans, a franchise lifer, on a two-year, $52 million contract. Evans was clearly hyped […]

On Sunday night, the Phoenix Suns had to deal with the herculean task of overcoming the Oklahoma City Thunder on the second night of a back-to-back despite missing the services of Devin Booker. The Thunder, especially, made life extremely difficult for Kevin Durant, as the Suns star faced plenty of double teams throughout the night. […]

On Sunday night, the Phoenix Suns faced the Oklahoma City Thunder in a tough contest made even more difficult by the fact that they were on the second night of a back-to-back. Making matters worse, they also entered that game without Devin Booker, who is nursing an ankle injury. Booker’s absence, in particular, meant that […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder, despite slipping on a banana peel from time to time, have looked like a world-beating team this season, and they look poised to make some noise in the franchise’s inevitable return to the postseason later this year. Their performance on Sunday night in an impressive 118-110 win over the Phoenix Suns […]

When Mike Trout first burst onto the scene for the Los Angeles Angels in 2012 as arguably the greatest rookie in MLB history, it looked like the Angels, which hadn’t won much since breaking through with their World Series triumph in 2002, had the franchise cornerstone that would take them to great heights. Alas, an […]

The Los Angeles Chargers made a seismic change to the team’s brain trust during the offseason, hiring Jim Harbaugh, the man who helped lead the Michigan Football program to a College Football Playoff National Championship as the team’s head coach, to usher in a new era. And it looks like many believe that Harbaugh could […]

The Philadelphia 76ers, on Friday night, made a roster move following their much-needed 121-114 win over the Charlotte Hornets. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Sixers have decided to waive two-way player Kenneth Lofton Jr., after just three and a half months with the team, opening up a two-way roster spot for someone […]

The Dallas Mavericks’ Friday night clash on the road against the team with the best record in the NBA, the Boston Celtics, should prove to be a great test of how far the team has come after playing at a much better level following the trade deadline. However, it sure seems like the Mavericks comfortably […]

Fans of the Boston Celtics tend to wear their heart on their sleeves, and on Friday night, they let their opinion about Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving known. Late in the fourth quarter of the Celtics’ 138-110 decimation of the Mavericks, the TD Garden crowd broke into a vociferous “Kyrie sucks!” chant, making it clear […]

On Friday night, Kyrie Irving visited the stomping grounds of his former team, the Boston Celtics, for the first time since the Brooklyn Nets traded him away to the Dallas Mavericks last year. Irving’s Mavericks debut at TD Garden, however, did not go according to plan. Not only did the Mavs get blown out, 138-110, […]

It has been a breakout year for Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes, but it appears as though his 2023-24 season is in danger of coming to an abrupt end. During the Raptors’ 120-105 defeat to the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, the third-year forward out of Florida State suffered a fracture to the third […]

The Carolina Panthers pushed their chips to the table during the 2023 NFL Draft in their search for the next superstar quarterback that would take the franchise to great heights. They traded away a slew of assets to the Chicago Bears, including a 2024 first-round pick that has now landed first overall, to secure the […]

Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks may be playing much better basketball since the trade deadline but on Friday night, they ran into the buzzsaw that is the Boston Celtics. The Mavericks were thoroughly outclassed, with the owner of the best record in the NBA at present taking a 138-110 blowout victory that, in and […]

The Los Angeles Clippers haven’t exactly found life after the All-Star break to be the smoothest of sails. From holding the number one seed in the Western Conference for one day back in January, the Clippers have fallen to the fourth seed after a string of uninspiring performances leave their fans wondering whether or not […]

Max Scherzer may be thankful that he landed with the Texas Rangers just in time for their World Series breakthrough in 2023, but it hasn’t been quite as smooth-sailing for him on a personal level. Scherzer’s Rangers stint to this point has been marred by injuries, with the veteran starting pitcher having to undergo surgery […]

The San Diego Padres after going on a spending spree over the past few offseasons, made a conscious decision to cut costs approaching the 2024 season. To that end, they traded away Juan Soto, who is in the final year of team control, and they also decided not to re-sign star closer Josh Hader, who […]

The Chicago Bears expressed strong faith in quarterback Justin Fields when they decided to trade down from the number one overall pick (thus removing them from the Bryce Young and CJ Stroud equation) in the 2023 NFL Draft. However, Fields, the quarterback the Bears drafted with the 11th overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are in the middle of figuring things out as they head deeper into the 2023-24 season’s stretch run. On Friday morning, the Bucks finalized a move that may not be needle-moving, but can be helpful as they search for potential contributors for their veteran roster moving forward. According to Shams Charania of […]

The Denver Nuggets haven’t generated much noise during their title defense season, as they are currently the third seed in the Western Conference even after their 103-97 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night. At present, they are looking up at the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference standings, while […]

On December 28, the Detroit Pistons were on the precipice of making some ignominious history, as they were on the cusp of losing their 28th straight game, the longest losing streak in NBA history, as they took on the team with the best record in the NBA, the Boston Celtics. The Pistons, however, shocked the […]

On Thursday night, a heavyweight rematch between the two participants in the 2023 NBA Finals, the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat, took place. In an ideal world, the Heat would have their entire roster to try and get one over the team that beat them in the Finals. They were without Tyler Herro and Kevin […]

It took the Golden State Warriors a while, but now, Jonathan Kuminga has cemented his place in the team’s starting lineup, never looking back after an infuriating stretch earlier in the season which saw the 21-year-old forward’s minutes fluctuate. Kuminga has now emerged as one of the Dubs’ most dangerous scoring weapons, flashing a more […]

The Golden State Warriors will be without Andrew Wiggins for an indefinite period of time; Wiggins’ absence comes at the most crucial juncture of the Warriors’ season, as they’re currently in the middle of their attempt to revive their season amid a topsy-turvy campaign. In Wiggins’ stead, head coach Steve Kerr has opted to roll […]

The Charlotte Hornets have been undergoing plenty of transitions as a franchise. In recent years, their ownership has changed hands from Michael Jordan’s to Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall’s, and general manager Mitch Kupchak moved from his post as general manager to more of an advisory role. Now, the Hornets have found Kupchak’s successor that […]

It has been quite an eventful offseason for Shohei Ohtani, the dual threat superstar who has emerged as the most unique player in MLB history. The bidding war Ohtani triggered when he became a free agent was unprecedented, and he ended up signing the biggest deal in professional sports history — a 10-year contract worth […]

For three quarters, it looked like the Los Angeles Lakers were headed for another “away” loss at the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers. For the past decade or so, the Clippers have established regular season supremacy over the Lakers, and now that they’re moving to Intuit Dome for next season, it seemed as though […]

Approaching his 25th birthday, Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic could not have received a worse present than the one Max Strus and the Cleveland Cavaliers gave him — being on the losing end of a 59-foot game-winning buzzer beater, the second-farthest walk-off shot in NBA history. But Doncic, showing the mettle of a 15-year veteran, […]

The Dallas Mavericks were one of the most active teams at the trade deadline, bringing in PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford to aid in the team’s frontcourt woes. The Mavericks are banking on Washington to provide an upgrade over Grant Williams at the four, with the former Charlotte Hornets forward being a more stout defensive […]

The Houston Texans emerged as one of the most exciting up-and-coming teams in the NFL during the 2023-24 season, and it’s thanks in large part to the smooth transition quarterback CJ Stroud, the second overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, had from the collegiate level. Nonetheless, as good as Stroud was in his rookie […]

The Golden State Warriors are looking to make an unlikely climb into the Western Conference’s top six, so the return of veteran point guard Chris Paul, who has been out due to a hand injury since early January, could not have come at a much better time. On Tuesday night, Paul finally returned to the […]

For a second, it looked like Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks were going to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night. The Cavs had to converge on Doncic after the Slovenian superstar carved their defense up to the tune of 45 points, so the Mavericks star made […]

On Tuesday, Shohei Ohtani made his much-anticipated Spring Training debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking the beginning of the Japanese international’s career with the reigning NL West champion following his blockbuster contract signing this past offseason worth $700 million over 10 years. As expected, the 29-year old superstar looked good out there on the […]

There has been a palpable air of disappointment surrounding the Milwaukee Bucks this season, especially as of late. Despite trading for one of the best point guards in the NBA in Damian Lillard, the Bucks haven’t exactly separated themselves from the pack of contending teams, and to make matters worse, there seems to be internal […]

The New York Yankees are usually big players on the free agent market. But after the Yankees lost out on their pursuit of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the next big starting pitcher coming from Japan, they turned their attention to Blake Snell, the veteran southpaw who, despite winning the NL Cy Young Award in 2023, has somehow […]

The offseason may be a means for the 32 teams in the NFL to bolster their roster in preparation for the next season, but it is also a time for difficult decisions, most of which are driven by financial reasons. This is what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are facing, as they cut one of the […]

The Indiana Pacers, entering their Monday night clash against the Toronto Raptors, were coming off one of their best wins of the season, a 133-111 beatdown of the surging Dallas Mavericks. Alas, being on the second night of a back-to-back, the Pacers ended up falling flat against the Raptors, 130-122, after Tyrese Haliburton had one […]