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All eyes in the NBA on Tuesday night are on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. James is looking to break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record. Abdul-Jabbar finished his career with 38,387 points. LeBron entered Tuesday’s game against Oklahoma City Thunder needing 36 points to break the record. He scored 20 points in the […]

The NBA world was once again shaken to its core as Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has requested a trade prior to next week’s deadline. The news of Irving’s trade request left fans online dumbfounded. An hour prior to the news of Irving’s trade request breaking, the enigmatic point guard tweeted a cryptic message. […]

The Dallas Cowboys have not reached nor won a Super Bowl since defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1995-1996 season. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is probably tired of answering questions pertaining to that nearly 30-year drought. On Thursday, he took a different approach, deciding to toss the team’s rival under the bus, as NBC Sports […]

February 1st, 2023 is a day that will live in my mind forever. It is the day that Tom Brady officially retired from the NFL. Everyone already knows that Brady is considered the GOAT of the NFL. But I firmly believe that he has even surpassed guys like Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky as the […]

The Philadelphia Eagles captured the NFC Championship Sunday, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 31-7. Meanwhile, the Kansas City Chiefs won a thrilling AFC Championship battle with the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20, advancing to their third Super Bowl in the last four years. The Eagles and Chiefs reached Super Bowl 57 in very different ways. Kansas City […]

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New York Knicks in overtime, 129-123, Tuesday. LeBron James led all Lakers scorers with 28 points, including a number of clutch baskets to help solidify the win. Any rational basketball fan who watched this game came away thinking to themselves how amazing James is, especially considering he has been […]

The Denver Broncos shook up the NFL on Tuesday, trading with the New Orleans Saints for head coach Sean Payton. They had previously attempted to lure Payton from New Orleans, but reports were that he was not thrilled with the Broncos cap space. Denver then reportedly went after 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans. Ryans made […]

The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs have punched their ticket to Super Bowl 57 two weeks from Sunday in Arizona. The Eagles easily beat the San Francisco 49ers, 31-7. Meanwhile, the Chiefs beat the Cincinnati Bengals in one of the more entertaining championship games you will ever see, 23-20. Shortly after the Chiefs victory, […]

The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship at Arrowhead Stadium, 23-20. It was truly an epic, back and forth game between two of the game’s greatest quarterbacks; Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow. Entering the game, Burrow had beaten Mahomes all three times they had faced off. That includes last year’s […]

The Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals are locked into a classic AFC Championship Sunday evening. The game has been back and forth, with both Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow matching each other. Late in the third quarter with the game tied 13-13, Mahomes evaded pressure up the middle and made an amazing off-balance throw […]

The Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals are squaring off in the AFC Championship. Health has been a big question coming into this game, with both Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce each dealing with injuries. However, it was the Chiefs defense that got hit hard early on. Starting right cornerback L’Jarius Sneed was forced from […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are headed back to the Super Bowl after defeating the San Francisco 49ers Sunday in the NFC Championship, 31-7. It will be their second Super Bowl appearance in the last six seasons. The Eagles were extremely physical on both sides of the ball. They were facing one of the league’s best rush […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers just missed out on a chance of reaching the AFC playoffs yet again. They finished 9-8 but were beat out via tiebreaker by the Miami Dolphins for the final wild card spot. Despite missing the postseason, the Steelers are moving in the right direction. They began the season 2-6 before closing the […]

The 2023 NBA All-Star Game is just weeks away. It is slated for Sunday, February 19th in Salt Lake City, Utah. On Thursday, the league announced the All-Star starters for both the Eastern and Western conferences live on TNT and captured by ClutchPoints. Each team is captained by their leading vote getter. Once again, LeBron […]

The Golden State Warriors escaped with a near buzzer-beater win against the Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday, 122-120. Jordan Poole sent Warriors fans home happy hitting the game-winner with just 2.1 seconds left. However, that was not the only late game drama as Steph Curry was ejected just minutes prior. After the game, Poole was asked his […]

The Philadelphia Eagles NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers is the game that the vast majority of fans were hoping for. The Eagles and 49ers were by far the most impressive in the conference all season. The Eagles jumped out to a 13-1 start, all but locking up home-field advantage earlier than usual. […]

The Atlanta Hawks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road Wednesday night, 137-132. Hawks superstar Trae Young posted another monster game. He dropped 33 points to go with 11 assists and three rebounds. In doing so, Young posted his 113th career NBA game with at least 20 points and 10 assists. He joined Detroit […]

The Syracuse Orange entered Tuesday night’s matchup against North Carolina with a chance at a strong, resume-building victory. In what turned out to be an exciting back and forth game, it game down to the final seconds. After Syracuse guard Judah Mintz was called for for back to back fouls, Jim Boeheim had some choice […]

The San Francisco 49ers have advanced to the NFC Championship game after defeating the Dallas Cowboys 19-12 in a defensive struggle. It was not pretty, but San Fran got the job done and is advancing. There was only one touchdown for each team all game, as both defenses were dominant. Turnovers though were key once […]

The Dallas Cowboys were eliminated from the playoffs by the San Francisco 49ers, yet again. This time, it came in the NFC Divisional Round with a berth in the NFC title game on the line. That makes this loss hurt that much more for Cowboys fans, including Skip Bayless. But some people were thrilled with […]

The NFL playoffs are one of the most exciting things in all of sports. The Divisional Round is generally known as the best weekend of football all season. This year was an exception to that rule. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars Saturday afternoon, 27-20. The game was not as close as the […]

The Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers are locked into a tight battle with a chance to play in the NFC Championship. The Cowboys have played very well thus far, with San Francisco leading 9-6 early in the third quarter. The Cowbooys though were hit with some unfortunate news late in the half. Tailback Tony […]

The Philadelphia Eagles Divisional Round matchup against the New York Giants brings back a lot of old memories of NFC East battles of the past. The northeast rivals enter this weekend with a spot in the NFC Championship Game on the line. Philadelphia enters as the heavy favorites, but New York has a ton of […]

The Baltimore Ravens appear primed to go all-in on re-signing quarterback Lamar Jackson. Amid all the trade speculation, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh made it very clear the team’s intentions, as NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport captured. “Lamar Jackson is our quarterback,” Harbaugh said. He even went so far as to say that there is […]

The Baltimore Ravens were eliminated from the playoffs by their division rival, the Cincinnati Bengals, last week 24-17. Soon afterward, all attention has turned to the status of quarterback Lamar Jackson and his potential future with the Ravens. Jackson is without a new contract and looking for top dollar, despite missing much of this past […]

The Georgia football program captured their second consecutive NCAA Championship last week. Georgia absolutely destroyed the TCU Horned Frogs 65-7 in the most lopsided title game in history. They smashed the previous mark set by the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1996 when they beat the Florida Gators 62-24. Interestingly enough, Nebraska actually split that national championship […]

The Denver Nuggets have been arguably the NBA’s biggest surprise this year. Obviously, much of that has to do with the play of superstar Nikola Jokic. On Wednesday night, Jokic etched his name in the Nuggets franchise history books. Jokic tied Alex English for the most assists in franchise history during the first half against […]

The San Antonio Spurs are lacking for many bright spots this season. Despite the tough first couple months, Spurs small forward Keldon Johnson has shown to have the ability to be a breakout star in the NBA at times. One of those times was Tuesday night when he absolutely dominated the Brooklyn Nets in a […]

The Los Angeles Chargers fired their offensive coordinator, Joe Lombardi, as well as their quarterbacks coach, Shane Day, Tuesday morning. The fact that those assistant coaches were fired was not a surprise. The fact that head coach Brandon Staley was not among the firings was a surprise to many, including Chargers fans. Both media personnel […]

Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders shocked the college football recently when he announced he was headed to Colorado. It was believed that there were other programs in position to be turned around and make some noise in the college football landscape. Clearly, Sanders enjoys a challenge. He is not wasting any time either. […]

NFL fans were treated to what was appropriately named “Super Wild Card Weekend.” Hopefully, the NFL Divisional Round will be equally crazy. It all began with the Seattle Seahawks appearing to possibly pull off a major upset against the San Francisco 49ers until the latter pulled away late. In the nightcap on Saturday, the Los […]

The Buffalo Bills entered their Wild Card matchup with the Miami Dolphins as huge favorites. Once news of Tua Tagovailoa being unavailable to play due to concussion protocols, the line jumped all the way to 13.5, per FanDuel. This game was not expected to be close by most people, myself included. The Dolphins were starting […]

The Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens are locked into a tight, AFC Wild Card matchup. Thus far, the game has been what a lot of people expected. It was very physical with Baltimore mostly taking the punch to Cincinnati. With the game tied 17-17 in the fourth quarter, the Ravens were on the march. They […]

The San Diego Padres reached the NLCS for the first time in a quarter century last season. Ultimately, they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies. Nevertheless, there is optimism this team can take the next step. On Friday, they made a big move to help ensure the Padres bullpen will be a strength. Closer Josh Hader […]

The Los Angeles Chargers were hoping to have wide receiver Mike Williams available for their AFC Wild Card game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Saturday night. Unfortunately, that is not going to be the case as the Chargers have now ruled out the athletic Williams, per ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Williams suffered the injury during […]

The Los Angeles Chargers are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2018-2019 season. They will face off against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Wild Card matchup Saturday night on the road. Most of the Chargers roster is fully healthy except one piece; wide receiver Mike Williams. The incredibly athletic Williams suffered […]

The Indiana Pacers and their fans received some good news on Thursday afternoon, as rising superstar Tyrese Haliburton avoided a major injury and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, per ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski. Haliburton suffered a sprained left elbow and also absorbed a mild left knee bruise. The news obviously could have been […]

The Los Angeles Chargers Wild Card matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars is arguably the best game on the slate this weekend. Like the other five games, this one is a rematch from earlier this season. Back in Week 3, the Jaguars mopped the floor with the Chargers in Los Angeles, 38-10. Needless to say, this […]

On Thursday, the second round of fan voting for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game was released. There were some notable changes, but once again LeBron James and Kevin Durant are leading the way, as The Athletic’s Shams Charania pointed out. Lakers’ LeBron James and Nets’ Kevin Durant continue to lead in the NBA’s second fan […]