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Kyle Guy has been playing with the Cleveland Charge of the NBA’s G-League this season, with a few games with the big club (Cleveland Cavaliers) mixed in between. This is his first stop since he started his career with two years and 34 games played for the Sacramento Kings in 2019 and 2020. He will […]

Orlando Magic rookie Franz Wagner had the game of his young NBA career on Tuesday night, becoming the first Magic rookie in 31 years to score 30 points in a game and shoot 50 percent from the field, 50 percent from three, and 100 percent from the free-throw line. The Magic youngster did so in […]

NFL legend Peyton Manning has stepped into a few prominent roles since he retired five years ago. As a commercial pitchman, entrepreneur, and most recently…a T.V star, Manning has certainly stayed busy. One of those endeavors that Peyton has taken upon himself is his series on ESPN+ titled Peyton’s Places and in filming for that […]

NFL coaching and Broadcasting legend and Pro Football Hall of Fame member John Madden passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday morning at the age of 85. They will remember Madden for his days as a Super Bowl-winning head coach for the  Oakland Raiders, for his 30 years as an NFL broadcaster, and as the face of […]

Dallas Cowboys rookie linebacker Micah Parsons is having one of the best seasons for a first-year NFL player of all time. He made the Pro Bowl, is a virtual lock to be the league’s Defensive Rookie of the Year, and has been a big part of his team already clinching the NFC East division. Along […]

The UCLA Bruins football team was set to face the N.C State Wolfpack–the sixteenth-ranked team in the country–on Tuesday in San Diego for the Holiday Bowl. That was until the entire UCLA football team decided it was time for a couple of field trips. First, it was a trip to Sea World, and then it […]

New Orleans Saints quarterback Ian Book had his first career start on Monday Night Football against the Miami Dolphins and it did not go well…to say the least. The rookie signal-caller out of Notre Dame completed 12 of his 20 pass attempts for just 135 yards, which is 6.8 yards per pass attempt (YPA.) He […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers Week 16 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs was supposed to be one last chance for the Steelers to show that they deserve a playoff spot in the AFC. Pittsburgh stared that chance right in the face and then they fell flat on their own. The 36-10 loss puts Pittsburgh in a […]

The Dallas Cowboys Week 16 matchup with Washington Football Team (WFT) was supposed to be a close game between two NFL division rivals. While the division rival part was true…the close game part was anything but. The NFC East division championship was already clinched for Dallas before the game even began, so maybe that put […]

New Orleans Pelicans forward Josh Hart has been teammates with Brandon Ingram for his entire career, dating back to 2017 when Hart was drafted and both were on the Los Angeles Lakers. They stayed together when in 2019, both were dealt in a large package for Anthony Davis. Davis went on to help carry the […]

The 2021 NFL MVP is still six weeks away from being announced, but the speculation on who will win the award has been going on for months. Early on in the season that Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray was on his way to his first-ever MVP, but as the season has progressed he has slowly […]

The Tennessee Titans came away with a huge 20-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night, signaling to the rest of the NFL that they are still a force to be reckoned with. Their head coach, Mike Vrabel sure thought so and he let the world know it during his postgame press conference […]

New York Knicks guard Kemba Walker passed Washington Wizards superstar Bradley Beal on Thursday night with an awful stat that neither will be proud to be associated with. By scoring 44 points in a loss to the Wizards (without Beal due to COVID protocols), Walker’s teams are now 5-14 (.263) when he scores 40 or […]

The Buffalo Bills Week 16 opponent, the New England Patriots is a very familiar one these two franchises have battled it out twice a year in the AFC East for the past 62 years. The rivalry goes back to 1960 when New England was called the Boston Patriots. It remained that way for ten years, […]

Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns (KAT) joined an elite list on Tueaday night, one that includes legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, and Wilt Chamberlain. The list is just eleven players long and contains all of the players in NBA history with 10,000 career points and 5,000 career rebounds in their first 438 games. that's […]

The 2022 NFL Pro Bowl rosters are set and, as always, there are some notable omissions from the squads that have people up in arms. While not every good player can make the Pro Bowl because of the limited spots, there are still some players who deserve to be more than an alternate. So, who […]

The Washington Wizards are just 3-7 in their past ten games after a 13-8 start that had them as one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Now sitting as the six-seed in the East, the Wizards are reeling a bit and won’t be let off the hook at all by Thursday’s news that […]

The Los Angeles Rams Week 16 game against the Minnesota Vikings sees both teams on short rest and with little room for an extra loss on their records. The Rams are coming off of a big win at home over the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday night and the Vikings just beat the Chicago Bears on […]

The NBA and NFL are currently trying to force their way through huge amounts of positive COVID-19 cases while canceling as few games as possible. The NHL decided enough was enough and broke for their annual winter break two days early and many around the NBA, including Denver Nuggets guard Austin Rivers, who had this […]

New Orleans Saints Pro Bowl defensive end Cameron Jordan is one of the most determined and hard-working players in the entire NFL. It should not surprise you, then, if I told you that Jordan has been so focused on what he has to do for his team on the field and in the meeting rooms […]

Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso will be re-evaluated in 7-10 days after sustaining a left foot sprain during Monday’s game vs. the Houston Rockets. Chicago is currently 19-10, which is good for first place in the Eastern Conference’s Central Division and the second overall seed in the East. Part of the Bulls’ success in 2021 […]

Former NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver Vincent Jackson was found dead in his hotel room on February 15, 2021. The 38-year-old Jackson had been struggling with alcohol addiction issues for years and unfortunately, it finally caught up to him. More than nine months after Jackson was pronounced deceased, his family, the NFL, and his fans […]

The Chicago Bears have not had the best season, to say the least, and for head coach, Matt Nagy, it came to a boiling point on Monday night in a 17-9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. With just under two minutes remaining in the third quarter, referee Terrence Miles flagged Bears safety Deon Bush for […]

The Chicago Bears were beaten on Monday night by the Minnesota Vikings, and that is not just on the scoreboard. In the fourth quarter, as the Bears attempted a comeback, rookie quarterback Justin Fields went to slide after the end of a run, and Vikings linebacker Eric Kendricks delivered an illegal blow to his head. […]

The Cleveland Browns have been hit hard by injuries and COVID-19 as much if not more than any team in the NFL in 2021 and during Monday’s back-breaking last-minute loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, the Browns lost yet another team contributor. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, pass-rusher Takk McKinley is believed to have […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown (AB) is no stranger to social media drama and Monday was a prime example of why he probably should be. After his team lost starting receiver Chris Godwin to an ACL tear that will cost him his season, Brown had a lot of attention on himself and decided […]

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson has been setting records from the time he stepped foot in Minnesota coming out of LSU. Not only did Jefferson become just the third Viking in franchise history to be named to the Pro Bowl in each of his first two seasons, joining Randy Moss and Sammy White, but […]

The Minnesota Vikings have only had only three wide receivers in franchise history to make the Pro Bowl in each of their first two NFL seasons. Justin Jefferson became that third member on Monday by joining former Vikings greats, Sammy White and Randy Moss. It was only fitting, then, that it would be Moss who […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 15 loss to the New Orleans Saints saw the team fall in more than one way. First, they were shut out 9-0 by their bitter rivals in a game that could have clinched the NFC South Division for themselves. Second, they lost multiple key skill players to injuries that have […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a brutal loss on Sunday Night Football in Week 15, for two huge reasons. First, they lost to the Saints for the third time in the last two seasons. This allowed their bitter rivals to not only stay in the NFC Wild-Card race but also stay alive for the NFC […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are currently on a seven-game winning streak and if they are going to make it eight, ESPN insider Adam Schefter is reporting that they might just have to do it without one of the best tight ends of all-time, Travis Kelce. Chiefs’ TE Travis Kelce is being placed on the Reserve/COVID […]

Isaiah Thomas has had an eventful return to the court after a nearly eight-month-long absence from the NBA as a free agent. Now that he is off of his couch and onto the Los Angeles Lakers, he is making use of the time away from home and is trying to help the Lakers win games. […]

In his first time back in the NBA since he was on a ten-day contract last year for the New Orleans Pelicans, Isaiah Thomas got in the game on Friday for the Lakers. It was a road game for the Lake-Show, so he was greeted by Minnesota Timberwolves fans, instead. The greeting he got, though, […]

The Houston Rockets are just 9-20 so far on the 2021 NBA season and seem to be going nowhere despite some recent surprising wins. The Rockets are equally as bad at home, on the road, on offense, and on defense and most of that is due to young players getting playing time. The Rockets do, […]

The Cincinnati Bengals Week 15 matchup against the Denver Broncos pits two teams with identical 7-6 records against each other in a practical elimination game for both teams. With Cincinnati and Denver, both part of a six-way tie for the last two playoff spots in the AFC, a loss this week could put either of […]

During the second quarter of Friday’s Orlando Magic vs. Miami Heat game, Magic big man Wendell Carter Jr suffered an apparent knee injury and needed a wheelchair to leave the court. Wendell Carter suffered an apparent knee injury and needed a wheelchair to get to the Magic locker room. Prayers up for Wendell  🙏🏽pic.twitter.com/ximcZUBeem — […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers Week 15 matchup with the Tennessee Titans (9-4) is easily one of the best games of the week, for two main reasons. The first is that the Steelers (6-6) are in desperation mode and cannot afford any more losses if they want to end Ben Roethlisberger’s career with one last playoff run. […]

Karl-Anthony Towns (KAT) became just the second Minnesota Timberwolves player to ever score 10,000 points for the franchise, joining NBA Hall-of-Famer Kevin Garnett in the club on Wednesday night during Minnesota’s 124-107 road victory over the Denver Nuggets. KAT joins KG as the only players in Timberwolves history with 10,000+ points. pic.twitter.com/ru4qILBYDl — Minnesota Timberwolves […]

The Los Angeles Lakers entered the final possession of Wednesday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks with extremely dead legs and heavy hearts after a couple of dagger three-pointers by Dallas had it looking like the Mavericks could not be stopped no matter what LA tried. With the game tied at 104 and with the shot […]