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The legacy of the ‘80s Bad Boys has a lasting impact not only on the Detroit Pistons but on the entire NBA as well. Michael Jordan would not be Michael Jordan if not for those Pistons players trying to tear his limb off every time he waltzed into the shaded area. When you speak of […]

It’s finally the 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs, and it will kick off this week at the 2021 The Northern Trust to be held at Liberty National Golf Club down in Jersey City.  The 125 players with the most FedEx Cup points this season will all be part of the field in this tournament, with the […]

Vladimir Tarasenko was left unprotected by the St. Louis Blues in the expansion draft for the Seattle Kraken but was unselected, leaving the forward with one less avenue that can show him the way out of his current team. It also seems that the interest in Tarasenko has waned of late, compared to the noise […]

It’s been two years since New York Giants general manager David Gettleman made the call to take Daniel Jones sixth overall in the 2019 NFL Draft. Up to this day, however, the jury is still out on the former Duke Blue Devils star. It’s not hard to imagine that many Giants fans have already quit […]

One of the major reasons why many San Francisco Giants fans continue to feel tentative about the team’s acquisition of Kris Bryant just before the trade deadline last July is that there’s no assurance he would stay in the Bay Area beyond the 2021 MLB season.  Bryant, however, seems genuinely having fun in San Francisco. […]

It’s the NBA offseason but that’s not going to stop people from finding ways to bet on the NBA. For one, there are actual NBA games being played with the ongoing Summer League in Las Vegas. Betting on sports can be a gift that keeps on giving. It’s also a proven source of painful experiences. […]

The Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots are scheduled to square off in Week 2 of the NFL preseason. The two teams are also having joint practices this week, which gave Zach Ertz an opportunity to meet head coach Bill Belichick. Ertz was nice enough to introduce his wife Julie to arguably the greatest […]

Trey Lance was neither great nor especially bad in his NFL debut with the San Francisco 49ers during last Saturday’s preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs. It’s fair to say, though, that he provided electricity which the crowd at Levi’s Stadium down in Santa Clara fed off, especially when he hooked up with wide […]

The Patrick Beverley era in Hollywood is over. That’s after the Los Angeles Clippers have decided to part ways with guard Patrick Beverley by trading him to the Memphis Grizzlies with Rajon Rondo and Daniel Oturu for Eric Bledsoe. There are a number of things that Clippers fans will miss about the combative Beverley. While […]

The Brooklyn Nets don’t really need another scoring machine, since they still have Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving. They are the last team anyone should think about when considering NBA rosters in need of a scoring boost. Yet, the Nets certainly have the right to have too many of a good thing, which […]

Roger Federer is not ready to call it quits, but it may take some time before we see him back in action. The tennis legend recently revealed that he is set to go under the knife in hopes of having his ailing right knee corrected, via his Instagram account. “I’ve been doing a lot of […]

It’s been over a month since the last time an NHL game was played, but the action continues in the league, this time with phones substituting for pucks, suits for uniforms, and general managers and agents for players. It’s the NHL free agency, baby. Although most of the top names have been scooped up, like […]

Jordan Love has all the time in the preseason to help improve his reputation as the successor of Aaron Rodgers for the Green Bay Packers. So far, so good. In the first half of the Packers’ preseason game Saturday night against the Houston Texans, Love flexed his muscle in a performance that metaphorically tells “I […]

There is still no clear-cut choice to be the starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers in the 2021 NFL season. But if you’re into overreactions, then the gig might just have been bagged by Trey Lance — and not by Jimmy Garoppolo — after the rookie went off with this 80-yard touchdown pass to […]

Someday, San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Trey Lance will settle by the porch and reminisce that one time Kansas City Chiefs defensive end  Chris Jones brutally welcomed him to the pros during a preseason game. Up against defending AFC champions Saturday night, Lance made his way to the field to take over Jimmy Garoppolo and […]

The Field of Dreams game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox had an ending one could mistake for a Hollywood script. Unfortunately for Yankees closer Zack Britton, the conclusion of the game was something right out of a disaster flick — with him on the center of it all.  To recall, […]

It’s Week 1 of the 2021 NFL preseason and it means a lot of things. Among which is that it’s now the perfect time for fans to manufacture overreactions over singular plays in a random game that’s basically equivalent to a glorified scrimmage contest. Take for example Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields, who may or […]

The hiring of Chauncey Billups as the new head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers was not universally embraced. The backlash was immediate, with critics pointing to Billups’ allegedly sordid past. At the same time, the Blazers were thinking of the future. They still have Damian Lillard, one of the best in the NBA in […]

The Philadelphia Eagles’ offense is now in the hands of Jalen Hurts, though he can wait until the start of the 2021 NFL regular season before he can have its full use. For now, he’ll have to be contented sharing duties under center with the pair of Joe Flacco and Nick Mullens. Hurts played a […]

Alex Caruso is ready to show the Chicago Bulls why he became a cult hero for Los Angeles Lakers fans. Caruso, who signed a four-year deal that’s worth $37 million with the Bulls earlier this week,  isn’t a major acquisition for Chicago, but the intangibles he can bring to the table could pay huge dividends […]

Everybody wants to see Joe Thornton win the Stanley Cup. At 42, the window for Jumbo Joe to lift the greatest trophy in all of sports is very slim, but at least he’s getting one more season to try and achieve that elusive goal after signing a one-year contract with the Florida Panthers on Friday. […]

It was surely tough for Los Angeles Lakers fans to see Alex Caruso leave Hollywood, the place where he became some sort of an underground basketball deity in his own right. Los Angeles is always about the superstars, but it’s also a place that can make legends out of garden-variety players because that’s what Tinseltown […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is widely considered as the flagbearer of old pro athletes who are still on active duty, but hockey legend Jaromir Jagr wants the seven-time Super Bowl winner to hold his beer. Perhaps not many still know that Jagr is still playing professionally, albeit outside of the NHL. Jagr,  49, […]

It’s a battle of wills over at the camp of the Seattle Seahawks with the team’s front office and safety Jamal Adams not showing any signs of backing down on the negotiation table, per Adam Jude and Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times: When training camp began two weeks ago, the two sides were roughly […]

New York Jets wide receiver Denzel Mims just got a bad break after going down with a case of food poisoning, which forced him to miss a bulk of the team’s offseason training. It also had him losing a lot of pounds, which should make him think twice about eating salmon — the culprit — […]

It’s all about Cade Cunningham and the promise his skills and talents bring over at the side of the Detroit Pistons. Selected first overall by the Pistons in the 2021 NBA Draft, Cunningham carries the burden of having to lead the franchise back to relevance. But don’t let the hype on Cunningham make you forget […]

The hockey world is still in mourning following the news of the death of one of the game’s all-time greats. The Chicago Blackhawks, on Tuesday, broke the news of the death of former goalie Tony Esposito at the age of 78 after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer. Esposito’s death also came the same year […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is in the twilight of his playing career but he can still deliver the goods — on and off the field. This one is more of a latter, as the veteran signal-caller helped fulfill the wish of Garrett King, a high school quarterback of the Freeport High School football team […]

Kyler Murray just blew a birthday cake after turning 24 on August 7. Of course, the Arizona Cardinals had a surprise for Murray that, unfortunately for backup quarterback Colt McCoy, came at his own expense.  Cardinals quarterback coach Cam Turner and head coach Kliff Kingsbury hatched a plan that involved Cameo app, which allows celebrities […]

Mitch Trubisky is no longer in Windy City, but his past with the Chicago Bears could have a significant impact on how the team handles rookie quarterback Justin Fields at least during the 2021 NFL preseason season. For Adam Hoge of NBC Chicago, Bears head coach Matt Nagy, who decided not to play Trubisky in […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has an unquenchable thirst for success. The man has seven Super Bowl rings. That’s almost as many Super Bowl parades that he attended as Philip Rivers has kids. But that’s also why Brady is considered by many as the greatest winner of all time. At 44, though, Brady’s time […]

The future is still bright for Malik Monk even though the first chapter of his NBA career didn’t pan out well. After three disappointing seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, the former Kentucky Wildcats star, who used to be part of an electrifying backcourt tandem with De’Aaron Fox, is now with the Los Angeles Lakers after […]

Unlike in his rookie year in the NFL, Jalen Hurts now has the keys on the offense right from the start, as he’s expected to be the starting quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 1. The Eagles know they have something special in Hurts, whose dual-threat capabilities, speed, and athleticism can serve as an […]

New England Patriots tight end Hunter Henry is hurt — again. Henry, who’s got quite a history of injuries has suffered what appears to be an upper-body injury that will keep him out of action for some time, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. Patriots’ TE Hunter Henry now is expected to miss “a couple […]

The Toronto Raptors’ front office might not be done shipping key assets to other teams. According to a report by Jason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee, the Raptors are getting positive signals from the Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors, and the Los Angeles Clippers with regards to the trade availability of forward Pascal Siakam. A […]

Rory McIlroy returned to PGA TOUR play last week after finishing his patriotic duties for Northern Ireland in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. However, he struggled right out of the gate in the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, scoring a 72 in the first round. That’s also the last tournament for him before teeing off […]

Thanks to the name, image, and likeness (NIL) rule, college athletes are now allowed to profit off their own characters. Miami Hurricanes quarterback D’Eriq King just took things to another level when he inked a deal with the NHL’s Florida Panthers. Wait, what? First of all, King isn’t going to lace up a pair of […]

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas is not looking happy with his team. In one of the most questionable uses of comic sans font in history, Thomas appears to shade the Saints in a cryptic post he shared via his Twitter account. “They tried to damage your reputation. You saved theirs by not telling […]

Roll out the red carpet at Fenway Park because Chris Sale is coming back. Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora has revealed that the hard-throwing ace will be making his much-awaited return to the big league mound next weekend against the Baltimore Orioles, as noted by Deven Yee of NESN. Alex Cora announced that Chris […]