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While some people around the NFL are starting to trust Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow on the field due to his always “cool” demeanor under any in-game circumstance, his film-rating skills are dubious at best. To be fair, we are talking about his opinions from eight years ago, but still, when you come out and […]

The Los Angeles Rams enter Sunday’s NFC Conference Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers with revenge on their minds. After losing two games this year and six straight overall to their biggest NFL rivals, the Rams are out to prove that Kyle Shanahan and company do not have their number. With Super Bowl 56 […]

It has been an intense journey from Switzerland to the Houston Rockets to the Atlanta Hawks for center Clint Capela, and when he looks back on it, he sees that things were a lot different back then to how they are now. Growing up as a black person in Switzerland to parents that immigrated from […]

PER4ORM is the gym where Tua Tagovailoa and a couple of other Miami Dolphins players train at it when they are in Florida. It is starting to become increasingly clear by the Twitter and YouTube posts from the gym, though, that they have strong opinions on the team and are not afraid to voice them. […]

In the history of men’s professional tennis, only three people have achieved 20 career grand slam titles. All are still currently playing but only Rafael Nadal entered into this year’s Australian Open. With Novak Djokovic facing well-publicized visa issues due to COVID-19 and Roger Federer still out due to injury, Nadal has used that to […]

Despite being limited to just 24 total games over the past three WNBA seasons due to injury (torn ACL and meniscus in 2021 preseason) and the global pandemic (2020), there was a pretty decent free-agent market for five-time WNBA all-star, Angel McCoughtry. After spending the first ten years of her career on the Atlanta Dream, […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green has been to three all-star teams (2016-2018), made a third-team All-NBA (2017) and a second-team (2016) and is a three-time NBA champion. He knows what it feels like to get those accolades for the first time and when he found out that his Warriors teammate, Andrew Wiggins, was being […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are apparently interested in a package deal from the New England Patriots. The team is set to interview Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels tomorrow, and have their eyes on the Patriots’ Dave Ziegler as their next general manager. Trying to emulate the most successful NFL franchise of our century would not […]

Coming into an NFC conference championship against one of your biggest rivals is always going to be daunting. If you mix that with the fact that the Los Angeles Rams have lost seven straight games to the San Francisco 49ers and San Francisco’s supposed “home field advantage” over the Rams in Los Angeles, it makes […]

Josh McDaniels has not been a head coach in the NFL since he was hired and then fired as head coach of the Denver Broncos over a decade ago. Since then, he had a short stint with the (then) St. Louis Rams followed up with a decade of superb offensive coordinating with the New England […]

So far on the 2021-22 NBA season, the Memphis Grizzlies have been one of the most surprising squads in the league. A big part of that has been the ascension of third-year point guard, Ja Morant. As the Grizzlies continue to climb up the Western Conference standings, Morant also continues to produce for his team […]

Despite trading a first-round pick to get him less than a year ago, the Boston Celtics are reportedly shopping big man Al Horford in an effort to upgrade their center position. The Boston Celtics are open to moving Al Horford and Josh Richardson, per @JaredWeissNBA pic.twitter.com/r0PpchuzxJ — NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) January 19, 2022 This is actually […]

Some NFL head coaches inspire their players to take control of their on-field situations and get themselves into the best position to win the game. Some, simply do not. Always known as a “players coach,” Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is surely a part of the former group. Not only does Reid allow […]

For pretty much the entire 2021-22 NBA season, there has been rampant trade speculation regarding the Los Angeles Lakers. Every single player not named LeBron James, Anthony Davis, or Austin Reaves (seriously) has been bandied about at one point or another as possible assets for the Lakers to use to improve their team. No player […]

During a tough 130-98 blowout loss to the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, Dallas Mavericks (Mavs) big man Kristaps Porzingis couldn’t contain his emotions after turning the ball over and was ejected. With just under nine minutes left in the game and his team trailing by 26 points, Porzingis fumbled a pass into out of […]

When the Brooklyn Nets brought together their current “big three” of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden, the plan was for all three of them to sign extensions that will keep them in Brooklyn for the foreseeable future. Durant got his, as did Irving, and then it was up to Harden to lock the […]

The Houston Texans enter the 2022 NFL offseason with plenty of holes to fill and 23.67 million in cap space to get it all done. General Manager (GM) Nick Caserio needs to find Houston a quarterback and head coach of the future while also dealing with a potential Deshaun Watson trade. The coach will be […]

On Tuesday, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton stepped down from the only head coaching job that he has ever known. Payton also left the Saints in a huge mess when it comes to the salary cap, their quarterback situation, and their late start onto the NFL head coaching carousel. None of that is […]

As the 2022 NFL offseason starts to get its wheels turning, teams are getting their salary cap numbers together in an effort to see exactly how much they can spend in this year’s free-agent period. One of the teams in the top half of the league in terms of available cap space is the Carolina […]

For the first time since 2004, the Pittsburgh Steelers are entering the NFL offseason without an answer at the quarterback position. With Ben Roethlisberger retiring and just Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins on the roster, Pittsburgh will need to figure out their future at the QB position and they had better do it in a […]

As we enter the 2022 NFL offseason, few teams have as murky a quarterback future as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Not only do they not have their starting quarterback, Tom Brady, under contract for 2022, but they do not even know if the 43-year-old Brady will even want to continue his football career. After all, […]

As we head into the 2022 NFL offseason, the Jacksonville Jaguars are in a good position to improve a team that was the league’s worst each of the past two years. The Jaguars are projected to have about $61.3 million in salary-cap space and have no high-impact free agents set to hit the market. They […]

As we enter the 2022 NFL offseason, Green Bay Packers fans suddenly have one word on their minds: rebuild. That is mainly due to the comments made by Aaron Rodgers after the Packers’ heartbreaking 13-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night, that he does not want to be a part of a […]

The Brooklyn Nets went on the road to the San Antonio Spurs and got a big win on Friday night and a lot of it had to do with the play of their guards. Kyrie Irving was allowed to play, James Harden had an outstanding game and Patty Mills had his return to San Antonio. […]

As the Toronto Raptors have struggled to gain their footing in the NBA‘s Eastern Conference with a 22-21 record, there have been plenty of growing pains for rookie forward Scottie Barnes. Famously drafted over the Orlando Magic’s Jalen Suggs in the first round of the 2021 NBA draft, Barnes has had his share of great […]

So far in the 2021-22 NBA season, Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard has not had very much to celebrate. He has had a minimal impact on the court and the Lakers have struggled to regain their championship form from just two years ago. On Friday night, however, the Lakers were able to get a […]

So far in the 2021-22 NBA season, Memphis Grizzlies star guard, Ja Morant is looking like the league’s most improved player. In his third year in the league, Morant has upped his scoring from 21 to 25 points per game while still leading his team in assists. The 22-year-old former Murray State star out of […]

The Miami Dolphins enter the 2022 NFL offseason with a league-high $67.5 million in projected cap space and one clear goal. They need to figure out by the end of the 2022 NFL season whether Tua Tagovailoa is their future at the quarterback position or not. Miami needs to know this because the decision on […]

The Los Angeles Chargers are entering the 2022 NFL offseason in a very good position. They have a ton of cap space, less than a handful of holes to fill, and have a quarterback on a rookie deal. What’s more to want? Well, for one, the Chargers could look to upgrade the run defense; they […]

The Golden State Warriors have the second-best record in the 2021-22 NBA season and a big part of that has been due to their guard play. Steph Curry is playing at an All-NBA level, Jordan Poole has showcased his scoring ability, Klay Thompson has looked as good as possible after two and a half years […]

So far in the 2021-22 NBA season, the Phoenix Suns have the best record in the league at 35-9, three full games ahead of the second-best team in the league, the Golden State Warriors. For the Suns, there is one stat that has separated their wins from their losses and it comes from the defensive […]

So far in the 2022 NFL postseason, only one team has pulled off a road victory and that is the San Francisco 49ers. They did so against the Dallas Cowboys in a game that was highly contested from start to finish and also highly publicized. After all, the 49ers and Cowboys have a playoff history […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have been on a roll as of late, due in large part to the play of all-NBA center Joel Embiid. What Embiid could use, however, is a “second star” to handle a little bit of the load. With Ben Simmons currently sitting out due to trade demands, Tobias Harris has failed to […]

As the 2021-22 NBA season has unfolded with the Philadelphia 76ers continuing to win without Ben Simmons, the prospects of a trade have become increasingly better…if you believe Sixers general manager Daryl Morey. Even though his word to the media has never really been good and his reasoning for leaking trade details is murky, today’s […]

Heading into a huge NFC Divisional round showdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, many people are saying that this is the most important game in Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford’s career. While that may be the case–and he will be very important for the Rams– we do not see Stafford as the X-factor in […]

So far in the 2021-22 NBA season, San Antonio Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray has looked every bit the part of an all-star. If it were up to NBA ball-handling legend, Jamal Crawford, Murray’s name would already be etched in stone as a participant in this year’s game. While dribbling the ball up the court […]

The Boston Celtics have been without their third-best player, guard Marcus Smart for the past five games due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols. That is about to change, as the team reported earlier on Wednesday that Smart was out due to a return to conditioning, signaling his return to the team for possibly […]

The Philadelphia Eagles enter the 2022 NFL off-season with just $12 million to spend and a lot of holes on the roster to fill. They are trying to maximize their time with quarterback Jalen Hurts on a rookie contract and when teams are trying to do that they usually spend big in free agency. After […]

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy has had some time to analyze the Dallas Cowboys playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers. After a bit of thought, the NFL analyst from NBC has come to the conclusion that it was the Cowboys’ abysmal play and not the referees that cost […]