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After watching Shohei Ohtani make contact with a Max Scherzer curveball inside in the first inning, Los Angeles Dodgers fans in Chavez Ravine and beyond watched with baited breath to see the three-time MVP go up against the three-time Cy Young winner once more in the third inning. With the score 1-0 after Teoscar Hernandez bashed […]

After suffering a brutal ankle injury in the New York Giants’ 38-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, sudden rookie sensation Cam Skattebo spent his evening in the hospital recovering from surgery. Fortunately, he didn’t have go too long on an empty stomach, as, while stuck at Penn Presbyterian on Monday, Eagles’ Director of Gameday Coaching […]

After showing a strong commitment to his community during his time away from the diamond, Mookie Betts has officially been named the 2025 Roberto Clemente Award winner mere hours before his Los Angeles Dodgers take the field for Game 3 of the World Series. Discussing his huge win on MLB Now as the staff at […]

In Week 8, the Buffalo Bills took care of business relatively easily against Carolina, beating up on the Andy Dalton-led Panthers 40-9, but it came at a significant cost, with Ed Oliver leaving the game with an injury to his arm. When the dust settled, it became official: Oliver has a torn bicep and will […]

Before the Los Angeles Dodgers scored a run in the first, two more in the seventh, or two more in the eighth, Kiké Hernández already made history by doing nothing more than stepping on the field for his team in World Series Game 2. With his 87th playoff appearance for LA, Hernández officially took sole […]

After some early offense to start Game 2 of the 2025 World Series, with the Los Angeles Dodgers scoring a run in the first inning and the Toronto Raptors matching their number in the third, things turned into a certified pitchers’ duel at Rogers Centre, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Kevin Gausman retiring batter after batter […]

There’s no two ways about it: Joel Embiid had a rough outing in the Philadelphia 76ers’ opening night win over the Boston Celtics. Taking the court under a minutes restriction as he continues to work back from knee surgery, Embiid turned in one of his quietest games of his career, scoring just four points on 1-of-9 […]

When star quarterback Arch Manning took a particularly tough blow from two Mississippi State defenders while attempting to gain yards in the open field during Texas’ overtime win, it had fans worried. Rushing his way towards the endzone with the sort of Tim Tebow-esque QB run game Longhorns fans have come to expect from the […]

When news broke that Dave Roberts and company had left Tanner Scott off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series roster, it was met with near universally positive reactions from fans. One of the worst relief pitchers in the game by every quantifiable metric, with his 10 blown saves leading MLB, Scott has been thoroughly supplanted […]

When the New York Giants handily defeated the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday Night Football, it felt like an inflection point for the NFC East. Coming off a commanding Super Bowl win where Vic Fangio didn’t send a single blitzer after Patrick Mahomes, the Eagles lost a close game to the Denver Broncos at home before […]

After missing much of the 2024-25 NBA season with yet another knee injury, Joel Embiid is officially back and made his regular season return in the Philadelphia 76ers nail-biter of a win over the Boston Celtics. While the 76ers didn’t get much out of Embiid in the game, with VJ Edgecombe and Tyrese Maxey instead […]

After setting a new league record for the most points scored by a rookie in the first quarter of their NBA debut, VJ Edgecombe added another record to his rapidly growing resume, officially surpassing Allen Iverson to become the highest scoring debuting rookie in Philadelphia 76ers history. Taking the court as the 76ers’ two guard, […]

To say VJ Edgecombe’s rookie debut with the Philadelphia 76ers has been impressive might actually be an understatement. Taking the court as Nick Nurse’s starting shooting guard sandwiched between Tyrese Maxey at the one and Kelly Oubre at the three – with Quinton Grimes interestingly coming off the bench – Edgecombe turned in a first […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are four games away from winning the World Series. Okay, technically, the series could go as many as seven games regardless of who pulls out the win, but the Dodgers have only lost one game over three series, including seven wins in eight tries against the teams that finished ahead of […]

With the World Series rapidly approaching, fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays are eagerly awaiting the day when they get to see their favorite player hold up the Commissioner’s Trophy and take a shiny new ring home for their troubles. Will it be Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Blake Snell, […]

When news broke that the Philadelphia Eagles were getting back Brandon Graham for Week 8 against the New York Giants after a short but sweet taste of retirement, it got fans hyped. After saying goodbye to three major Super Bowl contributors on the defensive line, the Eagles were looking borderline decimated at defensive end following […]

With the 2025 NFL trade deadline rapidly approaching, fans around the NFL have been openly clamoring to see their favorite team trade for Maxx Crosby, the Las Vegas Raiders All-World edge rusher who is at serious risk of missing the playoffs again for the fourth-straight season. Fortunately for fans in Sin City and beyond, it […]

With the Toronto Blue Jays officially set as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series foes, manager Dave Roberts has settled on his Game 1 and 2 starters as the boys in blue travel north of the border for a pair of games at the Rogers Centre. Taking to social media to note the skipper’s plan, Orange […]

After watching Carson Wentz effectively throw away a “revenge game” against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 7 with poorly executed pass after poorly executed pass, Minnesota Vikings fans are borderline desperate to see Kevin O’Connell make a change under center. Has JJ McCarthy been perfect in limited action for Minnesota? No, he’s looked, well, like […]

After over a week of drama, incredible wins, and crushing defeats, the Toronto Blue Jays are heading to the World Series, securing a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners to return to baseball’s biggest stage for the first time this century. After the game, ALCS MVP Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was over the moon with his […]

To say Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season went poorly for the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Chargers would be an understatement. In Minnesota, the Vikings took on the Philadelphia Eagles in a rematch of the 2018 NFC Championship game, and just like in that contest, when Nick Foles punched his team’s ticket to […]

In the wake of the death of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin, his former agent, Brian Murphy of Athletes First, released a statement on his former client. Sharing his thoughts with the media and on social media, Murphy recapped his client’s career before sharing the personal struggles the star rusher experienced behind […]

After spending the vast majority of the 2025 regular season with Michael Conforto locked in as Dave Roberts’ everyday left fielder, the Los Angeles Dodgers made the internally controversial decision to leave the free agent outfielder off their postseason roster, giving the nod to playoff hero Kike Hernandez in his usual spot. Now, for Dodgers […]

After spending Week 7 on the injury report with a hamstring , not participating in practice on Thursday or Friday before being limited on Saturday, Emeka Egbuka got some good news before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football. Taking to social media to announce the move mere hours before […]

When Za’Darius Smith abruptly announced his retirement from the NFL mere hours after the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 6 loss to the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football, it sent fans scrambling for the next best option off the edge. Sure, the team still has a solid enough trio of rushers in Jalyx Hunt, Josh […]

While the Los Angeles Dodgers are still in the middle of a World Series run, with their spot in the sport’s grandest game secured with a 4-0 sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers, that hasn’t stopped the team from being mentioned in rumors surrounding one of the top free agents in the game: Chicago Cubs slugger […]

After watching the Birds take two straight losses on the East Coast, Philadelphia Eagles fans get to witness Nick Sirianni’s squad fly west to Minneapolis, the site of the franchise’s greatest success, for a showdown against former franchise quarterback-turned-journeyman backup Carson Wentz. The Eagles, however, will be ever so slightly shorthanded on the offensive side […]

When Dave Roberts boldly declared that the Los Angeles Dodgers planned to really “ruin baseball” by winning four more games in the World Series, it only confirmed the frustrations of angry fans around MLB. The Dodgers, boasting the most expensive roster in baseball – though not by much – have really turned things up a […]

Though he is maybe the most famous alumnus of the University of Michigan’s wrestling team, a fandom that has stuck with him for decades into the future, the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair has a new favorite team in college football: Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Rebels. That’s right, while he’s most famous for his work in […]

When it comes to Los Angeles Dodgers baseball, watching Shohei Ohtani hit home runs is nothing new. Coming to Los Angeles with a mantle already loaded up with trophies thanks to his time in Orange County, Ohtani has hit 114 home runs between the regular season and the playoffs plus a lead-off dinger in Game […]

With Game 4 of the NLCS rapidly approaching, the Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves a game away from the World Series, where they will face off against the Toronto Blue Jays or the Seattle Mariners for the right to become back-to-back World Series champions. But before fans can start celebrating the occasion and the pro […]

To call the Philadelphia 76ers’ 2024-25 season an abject failure might just be an understatement. Heading into the opening night as the big winners of free agency, able to retain key players like Kelly Oubre Jr. and Andre Drummond while adding the biggest fish on the market, Paul George, to a four-year max contract, the […]

Heading into Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season, the Philadelphia Eagles need to do something, anything, to get back on track after suffering a series of increasingly frustrating losses to the Denver Broncos and then the New York Giants. Well, as it turns out, the Eagles have been internally trying to figure that out […]

With Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season rapidly approaching, fans of the Philadelphia Eagles are desperately looking for answers regarding the future of Philly’s offense. Sure, Nick Sirianni and company have talked a big game during the mini-bye, noting that they’ve found a few new third-down solutions that aren’t just having every receiver run […]

Heading into the NLCS, the Milwaukee Brewers knew they just needed to weather the Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting pitchers in order to really take advantage of their bullpen, which has been a major issue all season long, even after the emergence of Roki Sasaki as a quality closer. The problem? Knocking starters out of games […]

After watching Blake Snell turn in one of the greatest individual pitching efforts in MLB history, facing the minimum through eight innings to keep the Milwaukee Brewers scoreless through eight dominant innings, Yoshinobu Yamamoto immediately broke his no-hitter on the very first play of Game 2, allowing postseason star Jackson Chourio to go yards on […]

When Max Muncy went yard in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ second game of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers, it was notable for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it gave Los Angeles some much-needed insurance while Yoshinobu Yamamoto was dishing on the mound, with the team’s lead blossoming from 2-1 to 3-1 one […]

With the 2025-26 NBA season rapidly approaching, fans of the Philadelphia 76ers have one major question hanging over opening day: when will Joel Embiid make his regular season debut? Still one of the very best players in the NBA when fully healthy, Embiid’s biggest issue has always been availability over ability, with “The Process” missing […]

With the 2025 NBA preseason rapidly coming to an end, the Phoenix Suns will not only be without new star guard Jalen Green as they take on the Los Angeles Lakers, but also for the regular season opener. Taking to social media to break the news, PHNX Suns shared Jordan Ott’s message to reporters on […]