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After turning in their worst season of the decade, falling out of the playoff push and into the lottery for the first time since Joel Embiid’s rookie season, the Philadelphia 76ers have had a relatively quiet offseason following the fireworks of the NBA Draft Lottery. Landing pick No. 3 as the Oklahoma City Thunder watched […]

Though the sample size may be small, the Philadelphia 76ers look like they got a good one in VJ Edgecombe, the two-way guard they drafted third overall out of Baylor. Entering the NBA with A+ athleticism and a sky-high ceiling, Edgecombe has flashed real star potential in his first – and to this point only […]

While Las Vegas Summer League has mostly been a bummer for fans of the Philadelphia 76ers, with Johni Broome’s impressive play not making up for VJ Edgecombe’s absence, the Baylor product has still found plenty of ways to make fans smile in the City of Brotherly Love. Case and point, while his teammates looked to […]

After watching AEW put on a clinic at All In Texas, WWE was afforded their turn to provide fans with a Pay-Per-View caliber card while celebrating the career of Bill Goldberg, who was having his final professional wrestling match against Gunther in the main event. Unfortunately, much like with the Adam Cole news, disaster struck […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the best teams in professional sports. Sure, their July has been rough, having just won their first game in eight tries in the penultimate contest before the All-Star game. But the Dodgers have a gigantic payroll, one of the best records in baseball, and a two-time MVP leading […]

When news broke before AEW All In Texas that Adam Cole would not only not be wrestling on the promotion’s biggest Pay-Per-View of the year but would be outright vacating the TNT Championship, it left fans downright perplexed. Sure, Cole has suffered injuries in the past, from concussions to a broken ankle during his program […]

There’s no two ways about it: The Los Angeles Dodgers are having a tough go heading into the All-Star break. Entering the month as the best team in professional baseball, the Dodgers have amassed a 3-6 record in July thus far, including a six-game losing streak featuring two-straight series sweeps to the Houston Astros and […]

After spending the spring and summer pushing to see Ace Bailey be drafted as high as possible in the 2025 NBA Draft, Paul George has a new teammate on the Philadelphia 76ers: VJ Edgecombe. That’s right, despite his heavy endorsements, Daryl Morey and company decided that Edgecombe was a better fit in Nick Nurse’s scheme […]

As “Hangman” Adam Page prepares for the biggest wrestling match of his life at All In Texas, it seems like everyone has an opinion on the potential soon-to-be AEW World Champion. Some believe it’s his time to finally retake the title that was once his and show the World Championship belt to the world once […]

When news broke that Daryl Morey and the Philadelphia 76ers had lost power forward Guerschon Yabusele to the New York Knicks in free agency, it hit fans hard. Sure, the 76ers are notoriously trying to retain Quentin Grimes in restricted free agency, and that process has been incredibly slow for every player with a similar […]

Though he’s currently spending his summer recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery, that hasn’t stopped Joel Embiid from spending some time passing along his love of the game to his son Arthur, who received a shooting lesson from his father on Wednesday. Taking to a less-than-regulation-sized hoop with his father in the paint and his mother, […]

After turning in a 28-10 double-double for the ages during his Utah Summer League debut, VJ Edgecombe has been unfortunately absent from action for the Philadelphia 76ers, leaving fans with a bummer summer waiting for his electrifying return. Unfortunately, those fans will have to wait at least one more game for that to happen, as […]

Heading into training camp, the Philadelphia Eagles look like the kind of team that could add another player via trade, as opposed to giving one away. While the team was active in free agency and added almost a dozen interesting players between the draft and undrafted free agency who could compete for roster spots, they […]

Outside of a lead-off home run by Shohei Ohtani, Jacob Misiorowski was lights out versus the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, striking out 12 batters in 5.2 scoreless innings after surrendering a run to the reigning MVP. While the fans in attendance were surely captivated by the showdown, The Miz made at least one […]

Before the best of the best take the ring at Globe Life Field for the first stateside edition of All In under the AEW moniker, multi-hyphenate owner Tony Khan took to the phone for his big media call before the show. Discussing all the pressing topics on the show to reporters, from Jon Moxley’s lawsuit […]

When news broke that DeAndre Ayton was signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, it elicited a range of reactions from around the Association. Some were excited to see the Lakers land a legitimate center, one with No. 1 overall pick pedigree no less, after watching the team get brutalized in the paint by the supersized […]

When news broke that Nikki Bella, real name Nikki Garcia, was returning to WWE for a major match at Evolution 2, it got fans hyped. Soon, the “Fearless” former Divas Champion would be in the ring once more, wrestling a top star like Liv Morgan no less, and the WWE Hall of Famer would earn […]

After fielding one of the very best teams in franchise history in 2024, the Philadelphia Eagles have to do it all again in 2025, retooling their roster around an amended collection of players expertly assembled by Howie Roseman. Gone are players like CJ Gardner-Johnson, Mechi Becton, and Darius Slay, all of whom played important roles […]

Though VJ Edgecombe was a scratch for the Philadelphia 76ers’ Summer League showdown against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the tale of his Utah debut against Ace Bailey and the hometown Jazz has kept fans incredibly excited about the Baylor product’s future. Taking the court alongside future teammates Adem Bona, Justin Edwards, and maybe a few […]

The Philadelphia 76ers’ 2025 free agency period has been a mixed bag. On one hand, they’ve added two interesting forwards to their roster in Trendon Watford and Jabari Walker, and didn’t even have to pay an arm or a leg to do it, with the former signing for the minimum while the latter agreed to […]

Eight years removed from making one of the key plays in Super Bowl LII, former Philadelphia Eagles special teams ace and situational edge rusher Bryan Braman is battling a rare form of cancer. Taking to GoFundMe to help secure support for the Super Bowl hero, William Jones of Spokane, Washington, explained Braham’s situation and how […]

When it comes to rookie seasons for defensive backs, Cooper DeJean’s maiden voyage with the Philadelphia Eagles has to go down as one of the best. After suffering a setback during training camp that relegated him to special teams duty in September, DeJean took over for Avonte Maddox in the slot and never gave it […]

As the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to battle through the ups and downs of the MLB season, with a series of injuries to players like Michael Kopech putting a damper on an otherwise encouraging season, the brightest spot has been the play of Shohei Ohtani, who has once again returned to the mound after putting […]

As things presently stand, the Philadelphia Eagles roster is loaded with talented players at almost every position across the board. Quarterback? They have the Super Bowl MVP locked in long-term. Running back? Saquon Barkley is still on the team, and he just finished one of the greatest rushing seasons of all time. Jeff Soutland still […]

When it comes to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2025, two things are seemingly set in stone: the team is going to win a ton of games and place almost as many pitchers on IL. From Blake Snell to Roki Sasaki, Blake Treinen and beyond, the Dodgers have had over a dozen different pitchers find […]

After making their first big swing of free agency, signing Tyrese Maxey’s friend Trendon Watford to a new two-year, $5.3 million deal, the Philadelphia 76ers are looking to do some classic addition by subtraction, scouring the league for a team to take on the contract of backup center Andre Drummond. That’s right, mere days after […]

Though he will almost certainly go down in NFL history as a member of the Green Bay Packers, with his bust in Canton featuring the team’s logo in prominent display, Aaron Rodgers has a chance to continue to grow his legend as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now granted, almost that exact same sentiment […]

After watching the rest of the Eastern Conference, especially the Atlanta Hawks, make move after move to improve their roster, the Philadelphia 76ers have finally joined the party, signing 24-year-old forward Trendon Watford to a two-year, $5.3 million deal, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Standing 6-foot-9, 240 pounds, Watford can do a little bit of […]

There’s no two ways about it: the addition of Kevin Durant makes the Houston Rockets one of the most exciting teams in the NBA. Suddenly, a team that finished second in the Western Conference with a scrappy collection of free agent additions and homegrown draft picks found their Superstar headliner, and they didn’t even have […]

After watching the San Antonio Spurs select Dylan Harper in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft, fans openly wondered how Gregg Popovich and company would further fill out the roster with the 14th overall pick. Would the team select another guard? A traditional center to take some of the pressure off of Victor […]

Unicorn. Shotime. Nito-Ryu. No matter what you call him, Shohei Ohtani is one of the most uniquely gifted athletes in MLB, nay, the world, with a collection of tools the likes of which few could even imagine. As a hitter, Ohtani is among the best bombers in the business, with 29 home runs and counting […]

After a promising high school career and a single season run at Rutgers that featured more good than bad, Ace Bailey saw his stock take a tumble at the worst possible time heading into the 2025 NBA Draft, going from the consensus No. 3 prospect in this year’s class to a player outside of some […]

After successfully retaining their first-round pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers had one mission: add athletic character fits with short and long-term potential. An easy ask? No, not really, but then again, considering the team’s current build, with three max contracts and a few question marks around them, what else are they […]

When the Philadelphia 76ers drafted VJ Edgecombe with the third overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, it was meant to be a franchise-altering move. Sure, the team has drafted incredibly well under Daryl Morey since he came to town from Houston, with Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain, and Adem Bona all playing important roles for […]

While Mark Andrews is still a beloved member of the Baltimore Ravens, with the veteran tight end still one of the better players at his position in the NFL, all eyes are on Isaiah Likely to become one of the new faces of the position moving forward. Originally drafted in the fourth round out of […]

While there has been no doubt as to who the Dallas Mavericks would choose with the first overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft ever since they won the lottery, one question has remained: Who was going to coach Cooper Flagg this fall? Now, granted, the Mavericks still have Jason Kidd under contract, but until […]

After making one of the biggest trades of the NBA offseason so far, shipping Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets for a package headlined by Jalen Green, the Phoenix Suns turned heads once more by adding not one but two centers within minutes of each other during the 2025 NBA Draft: Mark Williams and Duke’s […]

After doing his best to navigate the NBA Draft landscape and land with his preferred team, Ace Bailey has officially been drafted into the league… by the Utah Jazz. While rumors had come up about Bailey being a favorite of the Ainge family before the opening bell at the Barclays Center, that didn’t change the […]

The 2025 NBA Draft is officially here, and as the top prospects funneled into the Barclays Center for the big event, fans and pundits alike celebrated their final moments before becoming pros. The red carpet was loaded with impressive fits, fans checked social media for the finals scoops before the big event, and ESPN wanted […]