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The Houston Texans did not want to trade Mark Ingram, to anyone. However, when Ingram’s former team, the New Orleans Saints, expressed their interest in bringing back the veteran RB, Houston was willing to acquiesce. According to Ari Meirov of Pro Football Focus, the Texans let Ingram know the Saints were interested and gave Ingram […]

To start or not to start? That is, apparently, one of the early-season questions surrounding Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Lakers. The new-look and injury-ravaged Lakers have gotten off to an eventful 2-3 start. Except for a stellar outing against the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday (without LeBron James) that encapsulated Westbrook’s regular-season value […]

Minnesota Timberwolves legend Kevin Garnett doesn’t want to see Alex Rodriguez — one of the franchise’s new co-owners — relocate the T-Wolves to Seattle. However, in a candid interview with Sopan Deb of The New York Times, Garnett said he believes that’s exactly what’s going to happen. Here’s the full interaction re: Garnett’s lack of […]

Good news for the Cleveland Browns (4-3): running back Nick Chubb looks on track to face the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-3) in the crucial AFC North clash at FirstEnergy Stadium on Sunday. According to Adam Caplan of SiriusXM, Chubb, who has missed the Browns’ past two games with a calf strain, was a full participant in […]

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is being roasted for his mood in a TikTok video featuring the QB, his fianceé, Brittany Matthews, and younger brother, Jackson. Jackson filmed a selfie video of himself, Matthews, and the All-Pro QB “enjoying” a hang outside of a bar/restaurant. Well, at least Jackson and Matthews seem to be […]

DeSean Jackson’s homecoming will soon come to an end. The Los Angeles Rams have mutually agreed to find a trade destination for the veteran wide receiver ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garofalo reported the agreement on Friday morning. As Rapoport notes, Jackson, 34, is averaged 27.6 yards per catch […]

In the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, LeBron James put a scare into the Lakers’ front office and sold-out Staples Center when he hit the deck in pain after Desmond Bane collided into his lower leg. LeBron was down for several minutes. Eventually, he arose, continued […]

Hold your horses: Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott now sounds like he may not be ready to play in the team’s Week 8 matchup vs. the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football. Prescott is nursing the calf strain he suffered on the final play of Dallas’ overtime win vs. the New England Patriots in Week […]

The struggling Kansas City Chiefs need help on both sides of the football, so they called up the Pittsburgh Steelers to make an offer for disgruntled outside linebacker Melvin Ingram. They were rebuffed. According to NFL Network’s Aditi Kinkhabwala, Pittsburgh would rather send the veteran OLB to the NFC, hence their rejection of the Chiefs’ […]

The Los Angeles Lakers — the oldest team in the NBA, with championship aspirations — were up 56-30 against the Oklahoma City Thunder — the youngest team in the NBA with lottery expectations — in the second quarter of Wednesday’s game at the Paycom Center. As you surely know by now: the Lakers lost. In […]

The Los Angeles Lakers (2-3) blew a 26-point lead to the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Paycom Center on Wednesday. The Thunder came into the game 0-4 on the season, and, frankly, barely looked like a team capable of winning basketball games (obviously, the front office isn’t interested in doing so). Somehow, the Lakers — […]

Fans of the Dallas Cowboys will like reading this sentence: quarterback Dak Prescott is all-but-certainly going to play on Sunday Night Football against the Minnesota Vikings. In fact, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb said he is “90 percent” sure the star quarterback will be ready for the Vikings contest, per USA Today’s Jori Epstein. According to […]

LeBron James will miss the Los Angeles Lakers road matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday as he continues to nurse a sore right ankle. Anthony Davis is questionable with knee soreness. Here's the Lakers official status report for Wed. vs. OKC: LeBron is OUT. AD is questionable, as is Wayne Ellington. pic.twitter.com/34hLz0ryh3 — […]

Since the Los Angeles Lakers acquired Russell Westbrook in a blockbuster trade, numerous members of the team — including Anthony Davis — projected how the nine-time All-Star would impact the Lakers during the laborious 82-game marathon. “The energy he brings every night is going to be pivotal for us with the long season,” Kent Bazemore […]

Aaron Rodgers was already down his best receiver, Davante Adams, for the Green Bay Packers (6-1) Week 8 visit to face the undefeated Arizona Cardinals (7-0), due to COVID-19. Now, another top target, wideout Allen Lazard, is joining Adams on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transaction Tuesday, per the team’s […]

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was knocked out of his team’s Week 7 loss to the Tennessee Titans after taking a scary hit late in the ballgame from Titans pass rushers Denico Autry and Jeffery Simmons. Here’s the hit Mahomes took on that play.#TENvsKC pic.twitter.com/zeiJ3HMMSh — Pro Football Network (@PFN365) October 24, 2021 Mahomes gingerly […]

The New Orleans Pelicans provided another update to Zion Williamsons‘ injury status on Tuesday, though it didn’t do much to clear up any fogginess about when the All-Star will make his 2021-22 season debut. According to Pelicans beat writer Christian Clark of NOLA News, New Orleans head coach Willie Green said Zion has been doing […]

Los Angeles Lakers star and accidental television critic LeBron James was a fan of “Squid Game” — the violent drama and global phenomenon that dropped on Netflix in September and rapidly became the most popular show in the history of the streaming service. Well, except for the ending. (SPOILERS BEWARE) At the end of a […]

Brayden Figueroa is not only a video producer for the Los Angeles Lakers who shoots and cuts many of those hype videos you love – he’s a vlogger and content creation coach with a growing following across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. As a late bloomer who began pursuing video content in college (while covering the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers provided an update on LeBron James’ ankle ahead of their first road game of the season, which will come versus the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. The Lakers are listing James as “probable” for the Spurs clash due to right ankle soreness. Lakers' official status report for Tues at Spurs. LeBron […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were no longer fine disgruntled All-Star Ben Simmons for missing games and practices, now that Simmons is excused for personal reasons. During an appearance on “NBA Today” on Monday, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne detailed the latest development between Simmons and the Sixers. According to Shelburne, because Simmons’ absence is due to personal mental […]

The Houston Astros will be down one of their key players in the World Series, as right-hander Lance McCullers will not be able to face the Atlanta Braves in the Fall Classic due to a lingering strained forearm. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman reported that McCullers hasn’t been able to throw since helping the Astros advance […]

The Los Angeles Lakers entered Sunday’s contest vs. the Memphis Grizzlies 0-2 on the 2021-22 season, 0-2 at the Staples Center, 0-8 including the preseason, and 0-12 since this ordeal. As much as they’ve preached patience, tensions boiled over in Friday’s frustrating loss to the Phoenix Suns. In other words: the home matchup with the Grizz […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have a new-look roster, but their rivalry with the Phoenix Suns — fresh off the postseason elimination mere months ago — picked up right where it left off. Dwight Howard used the “Royal We, man” when discussing the Lakers’ lingering grudge towards the Suns — despite the fact that Howard was a […]

Personally, I am not envious of the position Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff will be in this Sunday when he faces his former team, the Los Angeles Rams. Of course, a matchup with the Rams means going up against the best defensive player in the game, Aaron Donald. Donald, not surprisingly, is ready to blow […]

Detroit Pistons fans are going to have to wait a bit longer to see 2021 No. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham make his NBA debut. Cunningham, who is still recovering from a sprained ankle, will not accompany the Pistons on their upcoming three-game road trip, according to head coach Dwayne Casey. “He’s working. He’s day-to-day, […]

The New York Giants (1-5) and quarterback Daniel Jones are going to be heavily depleted at the skill positions for their Week 7 matchup against the Carolina Panthers (3-3). Here’s the Giants’ injury report for Sunday, per Dan Salomone of Giants.com: Wide receivers Kenny Golladay (knee) and Kadarius Toney (ankle) have been ruled out. Tight […]

Tom Brady will be without two of his primary pass-catchers when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-1) take on the Chicago Bears (3-3) at Raymond James Stadium this Sunday. On Friday, we learned that wide receiver Antonio Brown and tight end Rob Gronkowski will miss the Bucs’ Week 7 matchup. Tampa Bay head coach Bruce Arians […]

In his debut with the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, Carmelo Anthony confused his teammates, the Golden State Warriors, and just about everybody at the Staples Center and watching at home when he made the curious choice to pump-fake on a free throw attempt. On his second shot of that trip to the line with […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kendrick Nunn will have to wait a few more weeks before making his regular-season debut in purple-and-gold. Nunn had been out for over a week with a sprained right ankle, which forced him to miss the Lakers season-opening loss at home to the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday (he was initially […]

Last June, The Athletic published a juicy story detailing behind-the-scenes dysfunction within the Dallas Mavericks organization. One highlight of the article was the alleged tension and power struggle between franchise cornerstone Luka Doncic, ex-general manager Donnie Nelson, and gambler-turned-data guru Haralabos Voulgaris, who had become a de facto “shadow GM” after being hired by Mark […]

The 2021-22 NBA Season is underway, yet the drama between Ben Simmons and the Philadelphia 76ers doesn’t seem to be subsiding. The latest updates came on Thursday afternoon from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, who reported that Simmons made a brief cameo at the Sixers’ practice facility and is unlikely to play in the team’s game on […]

After dropping all six of their preseason contests, the Los Angeles Lakers (0-1) lost their first actual game of the 2021-22 NBA season, falling 121-114 to the Golden State Warriors (1-0) at Staples Center on Tuesday. Besides the completely overhauled roster — including Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony in gold jerseys — things felt, for the […]

Prepare yourself for the rare NFL midseason blockbuster. According to reports, the Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, and Washington Football Team are closing in on a three-team exchange that would send embattled QB Deshaun Watson to Miami and QB Tua Tagovailoa to Washington. In regards to the #Texans closing in on a deal that would send […]

Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul opened up about owner Robert Sarver’s controversial decision not to offer 23-year old center DeAndre Ayton a rookie-scale max extension before the deadline on Monday. The 2018 No. 1 overall pick — who helped lead Phoenix to the 2021 NBA Finals — was reportedly expecting an offer, but it […]

Bad news first: Russell Westbrook was not good in his debut for the Los Angeles Lakers. In 35 minutes, Westbrook finished with eight points on 4-of-13 shooting and missed all four of his three-point attempts (yes – “Westbrick” was trending on Twitter during the game). The NBA’s triple-double king grabbed a mere five rebounds and […]

Considering the mileage and resumés of the future Hall of Famers on the 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers roster, there’s going to be some statistical benchmark passed nearly every game by somebody wearing purple-and-gold. “Yeah, the support is there. I try to give people their flowers, you have to,” Carmelo Anthony said after practice on Sunday, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have reportedly decided who will start the season opener vs. the Golden State Warriors at Staples Center on Tuesday night next to LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and Anthony Davis. According to Yahoo’s Chris Haynes, Lakers head coach Frank Vogel will tap Kent Bazemore and DeAndre Jordan to fill out the starting […]

Four months after the Utah Jazz flamed out in six games to the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference semifinals, Rudy Gobert says he battled severe back pain towards the end of the series. In fact, Gobert said, had the Jazz won Game 6 and extended the second series to seven games, he probably […]