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The Baltimore Ravens are hosting a visit with University of Mississippi wide receiver D.K. Metcalf on Monday, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Metcalf was not incredibly productive on the collegiate level, as he is coming off of a sophomore campaign in which he hauled in 26 receptions for 569 yards and five touchdowns. […]

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott wants a new contract, but that won’t stop him from showing his dedication to the team. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Elliott will show up for the Cowboys’ opening offseason workouts. Elliott is entering the final year of his rookie deal and is scheduled to make $3.9 […]

Despite being embroiled in controversy, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill will present at the start of the Chiefs’ offseason workout program on Monday, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. Hill is currently being investigated a pair of incidents of suspected child abuse at his home last month. The 25-year-old is coming off of […]

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones is unlikely to be present at the Falcons’ first voluntary offseason workouts on Monday, according to Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com. But fret not Falcons fans: McClure adds that Jones would show up for the mandatory workouts. He also missed the voluntary workouts last offseason, so this doesn’t seem like […]

Anthony Barr looked to have a deal all lined up with the free-spending New York Jets, and it was a nice, fat, five-year, $75 million contract. But something didn’t feel right. When Barr’s agent, Ryan Williams, informed him of the deal, his reaction was not what Williams expected: “He said, ‘I feel like I just […]

The Seattle Seahawks and star linebacker Frank Clark are currently locked in a contract standoff, as Clark does not want to play under a franchise tag in 2019 and the Seahawks have not made much progress on trying to reach a long-term deal with him. Naturally, with the two sides bickering, there has been some […]

Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson is coming off of a rather underwhelming 2018 campaign, but that isn’t stopping him from thinking big for the future. Johnson says that he has hopes of having a season where he registers both 1,000 yards on the ground and as a receiver, citing the fact that he almost […]

The New Orleans Saints lost to the Los Angeles Rams in devastating and controversial fashion during the NFC Championship Game back in January, as two blown no-calls on the same play late in the fourth quarter had a profound effect on the end of the game and allowed the Rams to tie things up with […]

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton missed the final five games of the 2018 campaign and ended up on the injured reserve list as a result of a thumb injury that ultimately required surgery, but it seems like that is all water under the bridge now. According to Geoff Hobson of the Bengals’ official team website, […]

Last month, the Houston Texans placed the franchise tag on linebacker Jadeveon Clowney with the hopes of getting him signed to a long-term deal at some point during the offseason. However, according to Aaron Wilson of The Houston Chronicle, the two sides have not made much progress, and a deal is not expected to be […]

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff’s rookie contract will be up at the end of the 2019 campaign, and the Rams don’t seem to be in any rush to extend him. Does that mean Los Angeles is waiting for Goff to prove himself more? Hardly, says Rams head coach Sean McVay. “I think he’s already […]

Fame is a funny and fickle thing. It can make you feel like you are on top of the world for one minute, but then, as soon as people move on to the next big thing, you are essentially rendered irrelevant, and that has to hurt. That is where Detroit Pistons big man Blake Griffin […]

After a long, 82-game campaign (who are we kidding? The season flew by like it always does), the 2019 NBA Playoffs are finally here, and while pretty much everyone is expecting the Golden State Warriors to win their third straight championship, a lot needs to be settled. And no; I don’t just mean who is […]

Just a day after being let go by the Los Angeles Lakers, Luke Walton has agreed to become the new head coach of the Sacramento Kings, inking a deal that will take him through 2023, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic. The Kings’ head-coaching job became vacant when they fired Dave Joerger earlier in […]

Milwaukee Bucks big man Nikola Mirotic expects to play in Game 1 of his team’s first-round playoff matchup with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday evening, according to Malika Andrews of ESPN. Mirotic has been out since last month with a fractured thumb. The Bucks acquired Mirotic in a deadline trade with the New Orleans Pelicans. […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid will be available to play in Game 1 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday afternoon, according to Serena Winters of NBC Sports Philadelphia. There had been some doubt as to whether or not Embiid would play, as there had been concerns over his […]

If the Toronto Raptors want to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, they may have to do so without one of their best defensive players. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Raptors forward OG Anunoby may miss the first two rounds of the playoffs as a result of acute appendicitis. Anunoby underwent an emergency […]

The Philadelphia 76ers will have three big free agents to worry about this offseason, as the contracts of Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris and J.J. Redick will all expire this summer. However, 76ers owner Josh Harris is hoping that he can get all three re-signed: “I’m hopeful that they’ll be playing with us for a long, […]

Pat Riley has been a member of the Miami Heat organization since 1995, and he doesn’t plan on leaving any time soon. Well, at least until he retires, anyway. According to Five Reasons Sports Network, Riley said that he will “absolutely” finish his career with the Heat. Riley immediately held autonomy upon joining Miami in […]

Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the most difficult players in the league to guard, and no one knows that better than Antetokounmpo’s former Bucks teammate and current Detroit Pistons big man Thon Maker. Maker says that the challenge of defending Giannis does not come down to one person. It comes down […]

Early Saturday morning, Washington Wizards forward Devin Robinson was arrested after getting into a fight with Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Jalen Mills at a club in Washington, D.C. As a result, the Wizards will not be making a qualifying offer to Robinson this offseason: “We are aware of the incident this morning involving Devin and are […]

Last year, the Boston Celtics were absolutely ravaged with injuries in the playoffs, with Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward and Daniel Theis all missing the entire 2018 postseason with respective injuries. The Celtics are quite a bit better off this time around, but that doesn’t mean they have a clean bill of health. Marcus Smart will […]

The NFL has a rule where you cannot enter the NFL Draft until you have been removed from high school for three years, which is quite a bit different than the NBA, where one-and-dones currently run rampant. University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who just completed his sophomore campaign, says he has no issue with […]

The Philadelphia Eagles have reworked the contract of tight end Zach Ertz in order to free up some cap space, according to Field Yates of ESPN. To do so, the Eagles converted $7.195 million of Ertz’s base salary into a signing bonus, opening up $5.756 million of cap space in 2019. Ertz, who is signed […]

The New England Patriots have signed safety Patrick Chung to a one-year contract extension, according to Field Yates of ESPN. The deal will take Chung through 2021. Chung, who is scheduled to make $1.9 million in 2019 and $1.9 once again in 2020, is coming off of a 2018 campaign in which he played 15 […]

Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre thinks that the rift between current Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former head coach Mike McCarthy—which was truly brought to life in a recent piece written by Bleacher Report’s Tyler Dunne—prevented the duo from having more success together: “I will say this: One of the things I agree on […]

Washington Redskins linebacker Reuben Foster avoided a suspension from the NFL after domestic violence charges against him were thrown out, but Redskins president Bruce Allen is making it very clear with Foster that any activity that is not up to the team’s standards won’t be tolerated. “We have been very clear with Reuben that his […]

Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel was most recently seen for the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football league and is now being courted by the XFL, but that is hardly his long-term goal. Manziel still has hopes of getting back to the NFL: “For everyone asking me what the next move is and […]

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady recently found confetti from this past year’s Super Bowl in his helmet. He should probably just put that helmet back in his place as a keepsake, because he won’t be wearing it anymore. According to Kevin Seifert of ESPN NFL Nation, Brady is one of 32 players who was […]

The Atlanta Falcons are coming off of a disappointing 2018 campaign in which they won just seven games and missed the playoffs, and owner Arthur Blank thinks that an aging offensive line could be one of the reasons for the lackluster season. That’s why Blank says that the Falcons will be looking to address their […]

When the New York Knicks acquired center DeAndre Jordan in a deal that sent fellow big man Kristaps Porzingis to the Dallas Mavericks back in January, Jordan was seen as mere salary fodder, and many felt the Knicks would buy him out. Apparently, New York tried to do that. According to Stefan Bondy of The […]

The NFL is not suspending Washington Redskins linebacker Reuben Foster, according to JP Finlay of NBC Sports Washington. However, he will be fined two game checks, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. Foster was released by the San Francisco 49ers this past November as a result of misdemeanor domestic violence charges. The Redskins then claimed Foster […]

In the wake of the Los Angeles Lakers and head coach Luke Walton parting ways, a couple of names have already surfaced in the Lakers’ search for a new coach, and one is a familiar name for LeBron James. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Los Angeles is looking at Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Monty […]

The Brooklyn Nets will kick off their first playoff appearance since 2015 on Saturday afternoon, when they take on the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series at 2:40 p.m. ET. The Nets come into play as the sixth seed in the East and are […]

The Philadelphia Eagles hosted Notre Dame defensive lineman Jerry Tillery for a pre-draft visit on Thursday, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Tillery had shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum a month ago, but now he is ready to go. Amazingly, the 22-year-old played eight of his 12 games with the injury […]

The 2019 NBA Playoffs will get underway on Saturday afternoon, ending a very strange 2018-19 regular season that featured a whole lot of twists and turns throughout the league. This postseason probably features more uncertainty than any playoffs in recent memory in some respects. While the Golden State Warriors are still clear title favorites, no […]

The general consensus is that the Arizona Cardinals will be taking University of Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray with the first overall pick of the NFL Draft later this month, but that won’t stop other quarterback-hungry teams from doing their due diligence. Take the Washington Redskins, for example. According to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, Murray […]

The Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors will open up their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series late Saturday afternoon, as the the Raptors will play host to the Magic in Game 1 at 5 p.m. ET. It’s a matchup between a 2-seed and a 7-seed, so, historically, we know how this goes. Generally, the lower-seeded team […]

The New York Jets have made sweeping changes this NFL offseason, starting with their coaching staff. Gone is Todd Bowles, and in is Adam Gase and a group that also features defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who spent the latter half of the 2018 campaign revitalizing the Cleveland Browns as their head coach. However, the Browns […]