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The Seattle Seahawks will be without veteran wide receiver Josh Gordon for the team’s Week 16 matchup against the rival Los Angeles Rams, according to Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times. While Gordon was recently conditionally reinstated from his latest suspension, the NFL has revealed that he remains ineligible for regular season game action as […]

The NBA wasted absolutely no time kicking things off. The league has a pair of colossal matchups slated for Tuesday evening. With the 2020-21 regular season officially getting underway on Tuesday evening, the Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors will be followed by the defending NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers and the rival Los Angeles […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will be receiving the team’s championship rings from a season ago on Tuesday evening. The heralded Western Conference franchise will host the crosstown rival Los Angeles Clippers. Not only that, though, but it appears as though veteran NBA point guard Dennis Schroder, a Lakers newcomer who was not part of the […]

The Brooklyn Nets have looked quite impressive early on against the hobbled Golden State Warriors on Tuesday evening, though the Western Conference franchise did show some flashes of excellence to kick-off the 2020-21 NBA regular season. In the absence of both shooting guard Klay Thompson and power forward Draymond Green, it was Warriors newcomer and […]

It’s official, ladies and gentlemen. Golden State Warriors rookie center James Wiseman is on the board as a NBA big man. With Wiseman slamming it home to score his first regulation NBA points on Tuesday evening, the first-year center did so against the upstart Brooklyn Nets in the first game of the 2020-21 regular season. […]

The 2020 NFL regular season is quickly coming to a close as Week 15 will end on Monday evening as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals square off. With teams clinching postseason berths, division titles and even vying for position toward the bottom of the standings, it is pretty clear as to where each of […]

The Dallas Cowboys are currently in some unique company with the 2020 regular season quickly winding down. A season the once heralded NFC East franchise will want to soon forget just keeps getting worse and worse for Dallas this time around. On Monday evening, the NFL formally announced its Pro Bowl rosters for both the […]

It is no secret that Thursday Night Football often gets pretty weird with this week’s matchup between the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers being no different. With Raiders starting quarterback Derek Carr going down with what appeared to be a severe groin injury early on, Las Vegas was forced to call upon former […]

L.A. Clippers team owner Steve Ballmer is one of the most outspoken figures in all of North American professional sports as he certainly isn’t one to mince his words. During a recent chat with Rachel Nichols of ESPN, Ballmer made a point to mention the importance of his Clippers eventually having its own home arena. […]

Earlier this week, TMZ Sports reported that the Los Angeles Clippers and NBA legend Jerry West, who is currently serving as a front office consultant for the Western Conference franchise, are being investigated by the league regarding potentially illegal activity surrounding the acquisition of former San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors swingman Kawhi Leonard. As […]

The Charlotte Hornets notably selected point guard LaMelo Ball with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, a move that seems to already be paying dividends for the lowly Eastern Conference franchise despite it still being the preseason. On Thursday evening against the Orlando Magic, Ball was putting his impressive and well-rounded […]

The NBA rumor mill is churning just in time for the start of the 2020-21 regular season with current Houston Rockets guard James Harden in the thick of ongoing discussions throughout the league. With Harden already being linked to the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets and Miami Heat in recent weeks, the defending Eastern Conference champions […]

Tennessee Titans Pro Bowl running back Derrick Henry has continued to prove his worth week after week in 2020-21 with the veteran rusher just recently receiving a multi-year contract extension from the AFC South franchise this past offseason. With Henry already leading the entire NFL in rushing yards as a result of the 2019-20 campaign, […]

The Green Bay Packers will be taking on the Carolina Panthers in Week 15 with the heralded NFC North franchise fresh off of a win over the lowly Detroit Lions. However, last week’s victory for the Packers was much more than just a win over a divisional rival as a New Orleans Saints loss at […]

According to NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, the late, great Kobe Bryant would have been quite proud of his beloved Los Angeles Lakers winning the franchise’s 17th NBA championship. With superstar forward LeBron James and former New Orleans Pelicans big man Anthony Davis leading Los Angeles to a title down in Orlando as a result of […]

Former San Diego and Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers is currently in the midst of his first go-round as a member of the Indianapolis Colts. With Rivers leading his  new team to nine wins already this season, Indianapolis would be in the playoffs if the 2020-21 NFL regular season ended today. However, the veteran […]

It is hard to argue against the fact that Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton are two of the best in the business. With both longtime NFL head coaches knowing a thing or two about quarterbacks, Payton recently gave Reid some serious praise in regards to […]

Los Angeles Lakers second-year guard Talen Horton-Tucker has impressed in a big way this preseason. In fact, THT has been so good that even superstar forward LeBron James has praised the up-and-comer in recent days. Of course, the Internet remains undefeated as fans quickly managed to dig up a tweet from 2015, one in which […]

All-Star guard James Harden is still a member of the Houston Rockets as it stands today. However, despite the two sides seemingly coming to a mutual understanding for at least the time being, it looks like controversy  follows The Beard. Harden created some new headlines for all the wrong reasons on Tuesday evening against the […]

According to a report from Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the NFL sent a memo to all 32 of its franchises revealing that the league has officially ruled out the possibility of having postseason “bubbles” come playoff time. Despite the fact that such an idea had been floating around for quite some time as COVID-19 […]

With Charlotte Hornets rookie point guard LaMelo Ball officially a member of the NBA fraternity after coming off the board at No. 3 overall last month, it appears as though his father, LaVar Ball, is back in the news creating headlines as well. With the elder Ball back at it in regards to speaking about […]

As confirmed in an official statement released by the Milwaukee Bucks, the franchise and superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo have agreed to a brand new contract extension that will keep the Greek Freak in Wisconsin for the foreseeable future. After the deal has been confirmed, the 26-year-old Antetokounmpo also released his own statement regarding the deal, […]

Draymond Green has nothing but love and admiration for his Golden State Warriors teammate, Klay Thompson. Thompson will be sidelined for the whole 2020-21 campaign after suffering from an Achilles injury this offseason. It will be the second-straight year he’ll miss after spending the whole of 2019-20 rehabbing from the torn ACL in his left […]

It is no secret that Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski is not afraid to take chances despite 2020 being his first go-round on the sideline for the AFC North franchise. With such a notion once again being reaffirmed on Monday evening against the rival Baltimore Ravens, Stefanski almost immediately dipped into his bag of […]

As if the heralded Golden State Warriors needed more help heading into the 2020-21 campaign, the Western Conference franchise selected former Memphis Tigers big man James Wiseman with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. With Wiseman now on board alongside the likes of point guard Stephen Curry, forward Draymond Green and […]

With Kevin Durant back on the floor in their preseason game against the Washington Wizards, the Brooklyn Nets superstar forward encountered his former teammate Russell Westbrook. After the game, Durant could be seen sharing a moment with Russ, who was acquired by the Wizards in the offseason in a trade with the Houston Rockets for […]

For those that are perpetually afraid of Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo one day leaving the State of Wisconsin, the NBA All-Star’s long-time barber didn’t do anyone any favors on Sunday. While Antetokounmpo will obviously be playing for the Bucks in 2020-21, his barber posted — before promptly deleting — a farewell post for the […]

Following in the footsteps of the NFL’s Washington Football Team, formerly known as the Washington Redskins, the Cleveland Indians will drop their controversial nickname amid growing pressure. According to a recent report from David Waldstein and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times, the Indians will be changing its long-time nickname sometime in the […]

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has one of the more prolific players in the league today, though the former Louisville Cardinals standout is not known for his height. With Mitchell also serving as one of the more outspoken players in the league, it is no surprise that the Jazz guard was quick to call out […]

New Orleans Pelicans big man Zion Williamson is currently gearing up for his second go-round atop the highest level after encountering an injury-plagued rookie season in 2019-20. After one season as a member of the Duke Blue Devils, becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft and getting his first taste of […]

With the most pivotal part of the 2020 fantasy football season slated to begin on Thursday evening, you are either gearing up for a potential postseason run or weeping from the couch as your counterparts battle it out. Although there are some fantasy football leagues that still have one more week to play until the […]

Former NBA big man Shaquille O’Neal hung up his basketball shoes long ago and has since become one of the more popular figures in broadcasting. With “Shaq” starring alongside Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson and Kenny “The Jet” Smith on TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” it appears as though the Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers legend […]

The winless New York Jets will be taking on the Seattle Seahawks in Week 14 as the team’s chances to win a regular season game in 2020 before Week 17 comes to a close continue to grow slimmer and slimmer. However, for the Jets, a team that has yet to record a win and currently […]

If you are one of the lucky ones, you have clinched a spot in your fantasy football league’s postseason and are currently gearing up for the first round of the playoffs. With the early portion of the leg work now done, the most crucial part of the campaign will officially kickoff this week. Although there […]

Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant was set to take on his former team for the first time on Tuesday evening, as the Baltimore Ravens recently picked him up after a lengthy stint on the sidelines due to injury. However, Bryant’s plans to get some revenge against the Cowboys were immediately foiled after the […]

It is official—Houston Rockets All-Star guard James Harden has finally arrived in Texas. After making new Rockets head coach Stephen Silas’ job that much more difficult to begin the upcoming 2020-21 campaign, Harden remained away from the team for the first few days of franchise-related activities before ultimately reporting to Houston earlier this week. Since […]

Although the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have yet to formally clinch a spot in the 2021 NFL postseason as it stands today, head coach Bruce Arians appears to be looking a bit ahead anyway. However, Arians went down a more unconventional path when speaking about his team and the postseason this week as the longtime NFL […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are undefeated no more, thanks in part to Washington Football Team linebacker Jon Bostic and his late interception in the “Steel City.” With just over two minutes left to play in regulation and Washington leading Pittsburgh by the score of 20-17, Bostic came up huge en route to picking off Steelers quarterback […]

The Denver Nuggets and veteran guard Monte Morris have agreed to a multi-year contract extension. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, that the two sides have come to terms on a new three-year, $27 million extension to keep Morris in Denver for the foreseeable future. It’s an impressive feat to accomplish for Morris, both on […]