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Legendary New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski retired earlier this offseason, but there has always been a sneaking suspicion that he wasn’t really done. Well, cue all of the doubters and eyebrow raisers, as Gronkowski has apparently been catching passes from Tom Brady this offseason. According to Andrew Callahan of Mass Live, the 30-year-old […]

The San Antonio Spurs have had a relatively quiet offseason, making a few moves here and there but not doing anything to really reshape the roster. They re-signed Rudy Gay, signed Marcus Morris and acquired DeMarre Carroll in a trade that sent Davis Bertans to the Washington Wizards. While Carroll was obviously added for defense, […]

There was a time when Los Angeles Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins was viewed as one of the best players in all of basketball. He was a 28 and 12 guy who could beat you up in the post, step out and make three-pointers and create for his teammates. But now, Cousins has reached a point […]

The Los Angeles Lakers may not have landed Kawhi Leonard to cap off what would have been a historically great offseason, but they did make another signing that is actually a terrific move and will make the team quite a bit better: Danny Green. Obviously, Green’s name does not carry the same cachet as Leonard’s. […]

Perhaps one of the biggest wild cards entering the 2019-20 NBA campaign is Dallas Mavericks big man Kristaps Porzingis. Porzingis, who was traded to Dallas back in January, is yet to play a game as a member of the Mavericks, as he spent all of this past season recovering from an ACL tear he suffered […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder jarred the NBA this past weekend when they traded Paul George to the Los Angeles Clippers, a deal that means George is pairing up with Kawhi Leonard. But this isn’t about the Clippers; it’s about the Thunder. In trading George, it signals another change in direction for Oklahoma City. But now, […]

NBA free agency is basically in the bag, and the Los Angeles Clippers stole the show, signing Kawhi Leonard while also acquiring Paul George in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder on the same night. The Brooklyn Nets also did incredibly well for themselves, and even if they took on a lot of risk, […]

With Kawhi Leonard officially making his monumental decision to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers, NBA free agency has effectively come to a close. It has certainly been a wild few weeks, a period which really began last month when the Los Angeles Lakers swung a deal to acquire Anthony Davis in a trade with […]

The Houston Texans are coming off of a 2018 campaign in which they won 11 games and captured the AFC South division title, but they were eliminated from the Wild Card Round of the playoffs by the Indianapolis Colts. Really, it was the same old story for a Texans franchise that has regularly been unable […]

The Los Angeles Rams are coming off of a 2018 campaign in which they won 12 games, captured the NFC West division title and made it all the way to the Super Bowl, and now, they want to finish the deal. The Rams are considered one of the top contenders to win the championship going […]

The Kansas City Chiefs won 12 games, captured the AFC West division title and made it all the way to the AFC Championship Game this past season and are expected to contend for a Super Bowl once again. But the Chiefs haven’t exactly had a banner offseason, and while they should still be one of […]

The Cleveland Browns have had one of the busier offseasons in recent memory, adding pieces such as Odell Beckham Jr., Kareem Hunt, Sheldon Richardson and Olivier Vernon and stamping themselves among potential Super Bowl contenders as a result. Still, the Browns obviously have a long way to go. As star-studded as Cleveland’s roster looks, the […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are just two seasons removed from an AFC Championship Game appearance, but based on what happened to the Jaguars this past year, that feels like a decade ago. The Jaguars won just five games in 2018 and made big changes this offseason, booting quarterback Blake Bortles and signing Nick Foles to take […]

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a historic first season as a starter, throwing for 5,097 yards, 50 touchdowns and 12 interceptions while completing 66 percent of his passes and posting a passer rating of 113.8. As a result, Mahomes made the Pro Bowl, earned a First-Team All-Pro selection and captured the MVP award, […]

When you have a debut season as great as the one Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had in 2018, it might be easy to become lax going into your second year. But Chiefs head coach Andy Reid does not foresee that happening for his young signal-caller. “He can look at every one of [last […]

New York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson has been solid over his first three seasons in the NFL, but he is yet to take that next step. This coming season, with the Jets hoping to contend for a playoff spot, Anderson may have to emerge as a true No. 1 wideout. Well, Anderson seems to […]

ESPN analyst and former New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi suffered his second stroke last week, but fortunately, he says he is improving and has taken to Instagram to discuss the situation. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzpxL6nlH1f/?igshid=epe5trla58np Bruschi’s first stroke came all the way back in 2005 not long after playing in the Pro Bowl. He would then go […]

As Kawhi Leonard continues to take his time in deciding with whom he will sign as a free agent (as he should), the Los Angeles Lakers are finding themselves in a pretty tough spot. The Lakers agreed to trade for Anthony Davis last month, but the trade cannot become official until July 6, Saturday. Right […]

The Oakland Raiders selected running back Josh Jacobs in the first round of the NFL Draft back in April with the hope that he would be a significant contributor heading into 2019, but it looks like we have to put all of that on hold for now. Jacobs remains the only unsigned Raiders draft pick, […]

The NBA is full of influential athletes, but which player in the league currently has the most power? Is it LeBron James? Is it Kevin Durant? ESPN analyst and former NBA player Ryan Hollins thinks it’s Kawhi Leonard. Hollins makes a great point. The fact that Kawhi Leonard currently has the entire league on standby […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are coming off of a season in which they won nine games and snuck into the playoffs, upsetting the Chicago Bears in the Wild Card Round before losing to the New Orleans Saints in the Divisional Round a week later. The Eagles had a rather crucial decision to make earlier this offseason, […]

Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson is actually one of the more intriguing players in the NFL and possibly in Fantasy Football as well. You wouldn’t think of Robinson when you are thinking of all of the top wide outs in the league, but there was a time when Robinson was in that mix, as […]

Odell Beckham Jr. and Michael Thomas are two of the top wide receivers in the game, and no one is going to argue that. However, they are both in entirely different situations which obviously has an effect on their Fantasy Football status heading into 2019. Beckham was traded to the Cleveland Browns after spending the […]

There was a time when Sammy Watkins was considered one of the top up and coming wide receivers in the NFL, but now, Watkins is really nothing more than an afterthought. Watkins spent the 2018 campaign with the Kansas City Chiefs, playing in just 10 games due to injury. During that time, he hauled in […]

The Seattle Seahawks may not be the same team they were several years back, but they are still coming off of a season in which they won 10 games and made the playoffs as a Wild Card. That being said, there are a lot of question marks on this Seahawks club heading into 2019, and […]

The Tennessee Titans missed the playoffs by the skin of their teeth this past season, losing a winner-take-all game to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 17 and finishing with a record of 9-7. Entering 2019, it still seems pretty clear that the Titans are the third-best team in the AFC South behind the Colts and […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a long-suffering NFL franchise. They are coming off of a season in which they won just five games, and they have not made the playoffs since the 2007-08 campaign, representing the longest active drought in the NFC. Most likely, the Buccaneers will miss the postseason yet again in 2019, but […]

The San Francisco 49ers are one of the NFL’s more intriguing teams entering 2019. No, they are not a playoff contender, but they are an improving young ballclub that could be in the process of starting something special in the Bay. The 49ers won just four games in 2018 and have not made the playoffs […]

Could the Oakland Raiders actually make the playoffs in 2019? After a busy spending spree this offseason, that is obviously what the Raiders are hoping for. Still, in an AFC West where they look like the third-best team and in a loaded conference overall, it’s going to be difficult for Oakland to go from winning […]

Andre Roberts may be a wide receiver by nominal position, but at this point of his career, he is almost exclusively a kick returner, and a pretty darn good one at that. Roberts was terrific in that role this past season, in fact, that he made the Pro Bowl and earned a First-Team All-Pro selection […]

The New York Jets won just four games this past season and have not made the playoffs since the 2010-11 campaign, so they are not generally used to any sort of expectations. However, going into 2019, there are some who feel the Jets could be a good team, and some even think New York could […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming off of a disappointing 2018 campaign in which they went 9-6-1 and missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2013-14 season. What made things so tough for the Steelers is that they got off to a 7-2-1 start, but locker room issues caused a second-half collapse and also […]

The New York Jets have had a very busy offseason, and one of their top acquisitions was bringing in wide receiver Jamison Crowder to join a receiving corps that already includes Robby Anderson and Quincy Enunwa. Crowder is expected to play in the slot, much like he did during his tenure with the Washington Redskins. […]

The New England Patriots may be coming off of a Super Bowl title, but that does not mean success is guaranteed for 2019. Sure, the Patriots will probably win the AFC East for the 11th straight year, but New England does not measure its success by division crowns: it measures it by Super Bowl championships. […]

The New York Giants are coming off of a rough 2018 campaign in which they won just five games, and heading into 2019, it doesn’t look like the Giants will be that much better. By drafting quarterback Daniel Jones, it’s clear that New York is ready to rebuild and begin a new era, and it’s […]

Dez Bryant has spent most of his career as a mortal enemy of the New York Giants, but could he now become a Giants ally? Brent Sobleski of Bleacher Report thinks so. With Bryant still a free agent, Sobleski names the Giants as a potential landing spot for the wide receiver, noting that New York […]

The Indianapolis Colts are coming off of a 2018 campaign in which they won 10 games and made it to the Divisional Round of the playoffs, where they ultimately fell to the Kansas City Chiefs. But going in 2019, the Colts are a trendy Super Bowl pick in the AFC, and with Andrew Luck under […]

The first two seasons of DeShone Kizer’s NFL career have not exactly gone according to plan. Kizer, who played his collegiate football at the University of Notre Dame, was originally selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round (52nd pick overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft. He went on to start 15 games for […]

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown has given people a lot of reasons to believe he isn’t the best teammate, but he appears to be hard at work in changing that notion. Raiders linebacker Tahir Whitehead says that Brown’s influence in the locker room is palpable, saying that Brown is taking everyone under his wing, […]