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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 […]

When news broke that the Portland Trail Blazers were re-acquiring Jrue Holiday in a trade with the Boston Celtics centered around Anfernee Simons, it took the NBA world by storm. Suddenly, the 2024 NBA Champions were blowing up their core, with the Simons deal serving as an appetizer for the Kristaps Porzingis trade to come, […]

After spending the better part of the offseason on the trade block, the Philadelphia Eagles turned heads by passing on tight ends in the 2025 NFL Draft and bringing Dallas Goedert back on an amended contract. Now granted, maybe things just didn’t shake out the Eagles’ way. Maybe they really did want to draft a […]

What is the Philadelphia Eagles’ biggest need heading into the 2025 NFL season? Do the reigning and defending Super Bowl Champions still need another pass catcher to really take their aerial offense over the top and finally reach a proper 50-50 pass-rush parity? Or how about a veteran safety like Justin Simmons, who can bring […]

When Jayson Tatum suffered a season-ending Achilles injury that will almost certainly cost him most of the 2025-26 NBA season, it called the very future of the Boston Celtics into question. Would the team keep their expensive core together without a chance to make the NBA Finals for the second year in a row? Or […]

For the longest time, it looked like Ace Bailey was going to be drafted third overall by the Philadelphia 76ers. On paper, his size, shot, and two-way game fit into the team’s needs both now and moving forward, and with ties to the area from his lone season at Rutgers, it seemed like Bailey would […]

While Ric Flair is one of the all-time great professional wrestlers, with runs in WCW, WWE, TNA, and now AEW that have kept him culturally relevant for a half a century, he’s also a big fan of football, from his alma mater, the University of Michigan, to Deion Sanders’ University of Colorado Buffaloes. Taking some […]

When it comes to the defensive MVPs of the Philadelphia Eagles’ 2024 campaign, few players deserve the crown more than Cooper DeJean. Beginning the season slowly after missing some time over the summer with an injury, DeJean moonlighted as a punt returner before going all-in on the slot cornerback spot, taking over for Avonte Maddox […]

While the 2024-25 NBA season didn’t go the way many a fan of the Philadelphia 76ers may have hoped, one major bright spot in the otherwise darkness of the situation was the play of Quentin Grimes, who went from a solid mid-season acquisition to the team’s offensive engine down the stretch. Suddenly, the two-way wing […]

When AEW announcer and WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross announced that he was diagnosed with colon cancer, it took the professional wrestling world by storm. One of the true legends of the sport, with a voice that has narrated some of the most consequential moments of WWE, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and AEW history, […]

When John Cena announced that 2025 would be his final year in WWE, fans just had to know he’d mix it up one final time with the “Best in the World,” CM Punk. With beef that goes back decades and some storied matches held in high regard within the WWE Universe, this particular program is […]

In 2024, Marvin Harrison Jr. had one of the more highly debated seasons of any rookie wide receiver in recent memory. To some, Harrison Jr. showed flashes of what talent evaluators expected coming out of Ohio State, taking over games with his size, speed, and technique on the way to a respectable 885 yards plus […]

The Philadelphia 76ers find themselves in an unusual spot heading into the 2025 NBA Draft. After finishing the regular season with a disappointing 24-58 record, the 76ers were gifted the No. 3 overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, securing a chance to add a player who can make an impact both now during a […]

As Los Angeles reels with protests over ICE raids throughout the community, fans have been turning to the Dodgers to see what the organization will say about the situation. Originally, that statement was supposed to come on Thursday, but when ICE agents attempted to use Dodger Stadium’s parking lot as a staging ground, the team postponed […]

Though the confetti has long been cleaned off Broad Street, the Philadelphia Eagles are still riding high in the court of public opinion. They are the reigning Super Bowl Champions, have a roster loaded with Pro Bowl talents, and, like every other team, got better this offseason with the addition of new talent, even if […]

For the first time since 1979, the Buss family will no longer own the Los Angeles Lakers, with Mark Walter purchasing the team at a valuation $10 billion. This move, understandably, took the sports world by storm, as it majorly shook up one of the most popular teams in one of the biggest cities in […]

Though it feels like he just joined the Philadelphia Eagles as a plucky second-round pick out of South Dakota State yesterday, Dallas Goedert has slowly but surely become one of the elder statesmen of the tight end position as he prepares to enter his eighth professional season. With that longevity comes financial reward and outside […]

When news broke that Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter had agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers for a record-breaking $10 billion, it took the sporting world by storm. Suddenly, one of the more “house poor” franchises in the NBA was bankrolled by some of the deepest pockets in professional sports, and as a […]