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Buffalo Bills tight end Tyler Kroft suffered a broken foot at organized team activities on Monday and will have to undergo surgery, according to Bills writer Vic Carucci. There is currently no timetable for Kroft. The Bills signed Kroft to a three-year deal back in March, hoping he would provide a huge lift to an […]

One of the most frustrating players in football has to be Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert. We know what Eifert is capable of when he is healthy, but that’s the thing: Eifert simply cannot stay on the field, and you would be hard-pressed to find a player who has had more injury issues over […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released defensive lineman Gerald McCoy on Monday in a move that was not all too surprising based on how the offseason had been going between the two sides. Now, a six-time Pro Bowler is on the free agent market, meaning that one lucky team will get to add a disruptive force […]

The New England Patriots are finalizing a two-year contract extension with wide receiver Julian Edelman, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The deal will take Edelman through 2021. Edelman is coming off of a 2018 campaign in which he played 12 games and hauled in 74 receptions for 850 yards and six touchdowns. He […]

The Portland Trail Blazers made it further than they ever have before in the Damian Lillard era, advancing all the way to the Western Conference Finals before running into the buzzsaw that was the Golden State Warriors. Of course, not many people outside of Charles Barkley and maybe few fans in Portland expected the Blazers […]

You would never know that Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has been dealing with a finger injury based on his demolition of the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals. Curry dislocated a finger on his non-shooting hand in the Warriors’ second-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets, an injury that has actually […]

Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon had a very disappointing season in 2017, averaging just 3.5 yards per carry and barely resembling the player at the University of Oklahoma that was a made a second-round draft pick. However, he bounced back in a big way in 2018, racking up 1,168 yards and eight touchdowns on […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are expected to sign star guard Damian Lillard to a four-year, $191 million supermax deal this summer, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Lillard has not officially qualified for the supermax yet, but he will if and when he gets named to one of the three All-NBA Teams, which is […]

Three years ago, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry suffered a knee injury during the Warriors’ first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets, an injury which looked pretty bad at first. However, it ended up being a best-case scenario diagnosis for Curry and the Warriors, as Curry was able to return for Golden State’s second-round […]

The Golden State Warriors completed a sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals on Monday night, coming away with a 119-117 victory in overtime. Stephen Curry had yet another monster performance, racking up 37 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists while making seven 3-pointers, his latest brilliant outing in what was […]

The Golden State Warriors completed a sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals on Monday night, and in doing so, Stephen Curry poured in 37 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in his latest eruption. Curry enjoyed what was probably the best playoff series of his career during the four-game set, […]

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Corey Davis had a very solid second season in the NFL this past year, hauling in 64 receptions for 891 yards and four touchdowns in an offense that wasn’t all that pass-heavy. So, just what should we expect from Davis in his third year in the league, and should Fantasy Football […]

Year in and year out, the New England Patriots continue to prove people wrong so it would be silly ever to count them out. After all, they are coming off of their sixth Super Bowl championship since Tom Brady took over in 2001, and that title came in a year where many felt the Patriots […]

New York Knicks guard Frank Ntilikina switched agents after not being traded at the deadline this past season, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. He dropped CAA and planned to sign with French agent Bouna Ndiaye.  Ntilikina wants a fresh start, per Bondy, and the Knicks will likely look to give […]

Amari Cooper provided the Dallas Cowboys’ offense with an enormous lift after they acquired him in a trade with the Oakland Raiders this past season, hauling in 53 receptions for 725 yards and six touchdowns in nine games with the Cowboys. Overall in 2018, Cooper caught 75 receptions for 1,005 yards and seven scores en […]

Aside from a couple of performances here and there, Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry has not had a great postseason, as he is averaging 13.7 points, 6.4 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals over 37.2 minutes per game while shooting 43.4 percent from the floor, 34.1 percent from 3-point range and 73.8 percent from the […]

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield had one of the most impressive debut seasons in NFL history this past year, throwing a league-record for a rookie 27 touchdown passes. So, how does Mayfield stack up heading into his sophomore campaign? Well, Sporting News has the 23-year-old ranked ninth among all signal-callers heading into 2019. “This is […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger apologized to former teammate Antonio Brown during an interview with KDKA’s Bob Pompeani that will air on Monday night, taking responsibility for their poor relationship as Steelers teammates. “I took some heat and deservedly so for some of the comments on that show and especially towards him,” Roethlisberger said, via […]

The Los Angeles Lakers held an introductory press conference to welcome Frank Vogel as their new head coach on Monday, and one of the first things Vogel said is that he wants to get the very best out of his players: “I see a lot of promise of what we can be,” said Vogel, according […]

The Los Angeles Lakers did not enter the 2019 NBA Draft lottery with great odds, but they still managed to land the fourth overall pick of the first round of the draft next month. For a team in desperate need of something positive happening this offseason, getting that fortunate in the lottery is certainly a […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are not looking too hot right now. They signed LeBron James last summer, but yet they only won 37 games and missed the playoffs, marking the first time a LeBron-led team failed to qualify for the postseason since his second year in the league back in 2005. The young players don’t […]

Many have questioned just how okay LeBron James is with the fact that Frank Vogel is now the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, but while the future between the two remains to be seen, James got things off on the right foot on Monday, as he attended Vogel’s introductory press conference: LeBron James […]

Frank Vogel was introduced as the Los Angeles Lakers’ new head coach at a press conference on Monday, and one of the first things Vogel did was emphasize that he wants to help bring what is currently a shattered organization together: “We need to build togetherness within our organization,” said Vogel, according to Ryan Ward […]

Back in February 2017, the Los Angeles Lakers named Magic Johnson their president of basketball operations. Just a little over two years later, Johnson decided to resign from the position. Now, the Lakers have eliminated the job altogether. According to Arash Markazi of the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles has gotten rid of the team […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had an incredibly disappointing season in LeBron James’ first year with the club, as they won just 37 games and missed the playoffs, marking the first time that a James-led team failed to qualify for the postseason since his second year in the league back in 2005. The Lakers feel that […]

Frank Vogel had his introductory press conference as the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, and Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said that Vogel checked all of the boxes for the franchise in their coaching search: Pelinka: “It became very clear to us…that Frank had all the qualities we were looking […]

Dwayne Haskins may be the Washington Redskins’ quarterback of the future, and he may be the favorite to win the starting job in 2019, but that does not mean the Redskins aren’t going to make him work for it. According to JP Finlay of NBC Sports Washington, Case Keenum actually took the first reps under […]

The NBA Draft Lottery was not exactly kind to the Chicago Bulls last week, as the Bulls ended up getting the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2019 NBA Draft in spite of having the fourth-best odds to land the No. 1 pick. So, not only will the Bulls not have a […]

Magic Johnson shocked the basketball world at the end of the regular season by stepping down as president of the Los Angeles Lakers, but he still has some advice for the franchise he knows and loves, and that advice is for Kobe Bryant to be a bigger part of things going forward: “I don’t know […]

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle had one of the greatest sophomore campaigns we have ever seen this past year, setting the NFL single-season record for yards by a tight end with 1,377 yards to go along with 88 receptions and five touchdowns. Not surprisingly, he was Pro Football Focus’ highest-graded tight end from […]

It didn’t take long for Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett to develop into one of the league’s best pass rushers, and over the first two years of his career, Pro Football Focus says he has basically been elite, or at least close to it: Myles Garrett has put forth a near-elite two-year grade in […]

Some people want more instant replay. Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll wants it abolished completely, or at least minimized. “Get rid of — or at least decrease the use of — instant replay,” Carroll said, according to Peter King of NBC Sports. “I get all the reasons why we have instant replay, and technology […]

We know that Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is one of the best tight ends in the NFL (if not the best), but he can possibly top his incredible 2018 campaign in which he hauled in 103 receptions for 1,336 yards and 10 touchdowns? ESPN thinks he will come close, predicting that Kelce […]

The Dallas Cowboys are coming off of a nice 2018 campaign in which they won 10 games and captured the NFC East division title. They then went on to defeat the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs before falling to the Los Angeles Rams the following week. While the Cowboys haven’t […]

Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Tyron Smith is no stranger to injuries, as the star has been dealing with back problems for much of his NFL career and has not played a full season since 2015. However, Smith is feeling very good at the moment, and he told Jon Machota of The Dallas Morning News that […]

Much to the chagrin of the city of Philadelphia, Eagles defensive lineman Chris Long announced his retirement from the game of football on Saturday, and it was not an easy decision. “I learned to never make a decision based on just one thing,” said Long, according to Peter King of NBC Sports. “The decision to […]

Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt is trying to change his ways and become a better person following a February 2018 incident in which he assaulted a woman at a Cleveland hotel. Part of Hunt’s process was getting baptized, and this past Sunday, Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens and general manager John Dorsey both attended […]

Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon is one of the most talented rushers in football, but he has yet to really break out. Will 2019 finally be the year? ESPN thinks so, as they are projecting Gordon to rush for 1,122 yards and nine touchdowns while averaging 4.4 yards per carry. In addition, they […]

The Cleveland Browns made one of the biggest splashes in football this offseason, trading for New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to pair with Jarvis Landry. With Baker Mayfield at quarterback and Nick Chubb (and eventually Kareem Hunt) in the backfield, the Browns should have one of the most explosive offenses in the […]