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The University of Michigan football team is rolling as it boasts a 12-0 record and is ranked No. 2 in the AP polls. However, the squad received some disappointing news on Friday regarding one of its best players. Junior running back Blake Corum is expected to miss the remainder of the college football season due […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is not known for his three-point shooting prowess. He has converted just 31.6% of his three-point attempts in his career, which is a below-average clip. Green’s inconsistent jumper is an outlier on a Warriors team filled to the brim with elite shooting.  However, Green is working to change this […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have cooled off after a red-hot start to the 2022-23 campaign. The team has lost three of its last four games and is just 11-11 on the season, tied with the Timberwolves for the ninth-best record in the Western Conference. Portland has struggled to pick up wins without Damian Lillard, who […]

Since their dynasty began back in 2015, the Golden State Warriors have struggled to take care of the ball. The Dubs have consistently ranked near the top of the league in turnovers due to their style of play. This season, the Warriors are turning the ball over more than any team not named the Rockets, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are amid a slump right now. The team has lost five of its last six games after starting the season hotter than fish grease. But much of the Blazers’ struggles can be attributed to Damian Lillard being out the last few weeks with a right calf injury. Plus, the Blazers are […]

The Utah Jazz are one of the NBA’s best feel-good stories so far this season. Yes, the team was in a mini-slump not too long after losing five games in a row, but it still owns the seventh-best record in the Western Conference at 13-11. And a big reason for Utah’s surprising start to the […]

Vanderbilt men’s basketball head coach Jerry Stackhouse, who’s been coaching the team since 2019, was ejected from a road game against VCU on Wednesday night, which Vanderbilt lost. Stackhouse was angry at the officials once they handed one of his players, center Liam Robbins, a technical foul in the second half after he celebrated a […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves came into this season with big expectations. The team traded away much of its future assets this summer to pair center Rudy Gobert with Karl-Anthony Towns, and the experiment has not panned out the way the Wolves had hoped. Minnesota owns just an 11-11 record at this juncture, the 10th-best record in […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are one of the biggest pleasant surprises of this NBA season. Not long ago perceived to be in the running for generational 2023 prospect Victor Wembanyama, the Thunder have been a surprisingly competitive, hard-playing team. Despite losing five of their last six games, the Thunder are 8-13 and just two and […]

A quarter of the way into the 2022-23 NBA season, the New York Knicks look like a team in basketball purgatory. The squad owns a mediocre 10-11 record, good enough for the 10th-best in the Eastern Conference. On the one hand, the team isn’t bad enough to have a legitimate shot at a top pick […]

Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura has yet to remain healthy for any sizable stretch since being drafted 9th overall by the team in the 2019 draft. Hachimura is in his fourth year in the pros and has logged more than 50 games in a season just once, back in 2020-21, when he suited up in […]

After a slow start, the Chicago Bulls have played impressive basketball as of late. The team is 9-11 and has won three of its last four games, all against top-tier opponents in the Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, and Utah Jazz.  What wasn’t known until recently is that the Bulls actually extended their head coach, Billy […]

Dallas Mavericks point guard Spencer Dinwiddie saw his name in the news earlier in the month. Back on Nov. 4, when the Mavericks played the Toronto Raptors, a teammate told Dinwiddie that NBA referee Tony Brothers referred to the point guard using swear words after Dinwiddie picked up a technical foul.  This story has now […]

Youth basketball has grown leaps and bounds since Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was in high school 20 years ago. Many athletes now constantly have tournaments to attend and places to travel, and basketball has become a year-round sport for these kids.  James is one of many individuals skeptical of youth basketball schedules and […]

After being unable to find a home with an NBA team, former All-Star and future Hall of Famer Dwight Howard recently made his debut with the Taoyuan Leopards of Taiwan’s T1 League. He starred, accumulating 38 points, 25 rebounds, and nine assists, and was named the player of the game.  Because Howard moved over from […]

The NBA regular season is only a quarter of the way through, so it’s still very early, but the Boston Celtics look like the best team in the world. The team has won 12 of its last 13 games and holds the top record in the league at 16-4, all without Robert Williams, who will […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the hottest teams in basketball. Ever since starting out slow with a 2-10 record, the Lakers have won five of their last six and, at 7-11, are just two games back of a play-in spot. After early signs pointed to the possibility of Los Angeles squandering another year […]

The NBA handed Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley a three-game suspension for shoving Suns center Deandre Ayton from behind on Tuesday.  And Beverley has already served one game of his three-game suspension as he sat out yesterday’s outing versus the Spurs, which the Lakers won 105-94.  Before the match against San Antonio, Lakers head […]

Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic has been putting up historic numbers ever since he stepped foot in the league back in the 2018-19 season. His ability to impact the game in almost every facet is incredibly unique, as evidenced by a milestone that Doncic recently accomplished versus the Boston Celtics on Wednesday.  According to the NBA.com/Stats […]

After an underwhelming 6-9 start to the 2022-23 season, the Golden State Warriors have won four of their last five to reach the .500 mark at 10-10. Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole have found their footing after slow starts to the season, and Golden State’s defensive intensity has risen to another level recently.  Still, the […]

After an abysmal 2-10 start to the season for the Los Angeles Lakers, the team has righted the ship a bit. The Lakers won three games in a row before losing to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, and Anthony Davis put together some monster performances throughout this stretch. The team has looked like a competitive, […]

This Utah Jazz team has been the feel-good story of the early part of the NBA season. Once widely perceived as a squad that would tank for a shot at generational prospect Victor Wembanyama, the Jazz currently own the second-best record in the Western Conference at 12-7. Great team basketball and the emergence of Lauri […]

One month into the 2022-23 NBA season, the Boston Celtics look like a well-oiled machine. At 13-4 and fresh off a nine-game win streak that ended Monday against the Chicago Bulls, the Celtics own the best record in their conference and the entire league. The negative attention the franchise received early on in the season […]

This season has gone quite unexpectedly for New York Knicks point guard Immanuel Quickley. Despite coming into the league two years ago as an effective microwave scorer, his scoring efficiency from the field and beyond the arc has dipped to new career lows this season (37.9% overall, 30.9% from three).  Conversely, he has made huge […]

Despite dropping three of their last five games, the Phoenix Suns own the second-best record in the Western Conference at 10-6 and look like a legitimate contender once again. But just because the Suns are one of the teams to beat in the West doesn’t mean they are content with their current roster.  According to […]

The Washington Wizards have surprised some folks thus far this season. The team’s record is 10-7, good for the fifth-best in the Eastern Conference and better than contenders such as the Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat. And the Wizards have had great success despite owning a bottom-tier offense (28th in the NBA in points per game).  […]

It has been just over a year since Evan Fournier signed a four-year, $73 million deal with the New York Knicks, yet it feels inevitable that the two sides will head their separate ways soon. Fournier is entirely out of the Knicks’ rotation, and New York has plenty of younger and more talented guards who […]

With a 10-6 record (good for third-best in the Eastern Conference), the Atlanta Hawks are off to a promising start to the new season. But that hasn’t kept the team and its players out of trade rumors, including John Collins. However, there are other Hawks involved in these rumors as well. According to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto, […]

The University of Texas men’s basketball team is off to a blazing start to the 2022-23 season. The Longhorns are currently ranked No. 4 in the AP Top 25 poll, behind only North Carolina, Houston, and Kansas, and boast a 3-0 record. Furthermore, head coach Chris Beard and Texas have some recruiting wins that will […]

Since 2015, the Golden State Warriors have been the most successful team in the NBA. They’ve won four championships over the past seven years (more than any other squad over this span), including one just last season. At this juncture, it’s evident that the Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green-led Warriors are a dynasty. […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was as fierce a competitor as anyone who has ever stepped foot on an NBA court. So considering Bryant suited up for over 1300 games across 20 seasons, one would think he accumulated a fairly large number of suspensions and ejections over this span, but that isn’t quite the […]

The Boston Celtics look like arguably the best team in the world. They’re 12-3 (best record in the NBA) and are currently riding a league-best eight-game winning streak. Despite all the negative attention the squad has garnered regarding the Ime Udoka situation, the Celtics haven’t missed a beat.  Boston’s ability to stay composed and play […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are sitting pretty to begin the season. The team owns a 10-4 record and is atop the Western Conference standings, one game ahead of the second-place Phoenix Suns. A big reason for Portland’s excellent play thus far has been the addition of Jerami Grant. He has embraced being the No. 2 […]

For the second straight season, the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves on the outside looking in on the Western Conference playoff picture. There’s still much basketball to be played, but all early signs point to the possibility of the Lakers squandering another year of LeBron James’ career. The team has just a 3-10 record, the second-worst […]

A lot has gone awry for the Brooklyn Nets in the early parts of the 2022-23 season. Point guard Kyrie Irving is still suspended and away from the team, Ben Simmons has yet to revert back to the player he was in Philadelphia, and the Nets own a poor 6-9 record, which is good for […]

The Dallas Mavericks ask a lot out of their superstar, Luka Doncic. Doncic’s usage rate is tied with Giannis Antetokounmpo for the highest in the NBA at 38.6, and he averages 37.2 minutes per game, the fourth-most in basketball. The Slovenian practically popularized the term heliocentric offense because he does so much for this Mavs team. With this […]

The defending champion Golden State Warriors are off to a rocky start to the 2021-22 campaign. Even with the Dubs having won three of their last four, the squad is still two games under .500 at 6-8, which is currently just the 11th-best record in the Western Conference. The Warriors wouldn’t even qualify for the […]

The Washington Wizards are one of the hottest teams in the NBA. They are winners of their last four, all without their best player and one of the top shooting guards in the NBA, Bradley Beal, who has missed nearly two weeks due to health and safety protocols. However, a recent report suggests that the […]

Another year, another elite recruiting class for John Calipari and the University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball team. After the third and fourth overall high school prospects of the class of 2023, Justin Edwards and Aaron Bradshaw, announced their commitment to Kentucky, another top-ranked prospect in the country followed suit. On Monday, top prospect DJ Wagner […]