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Winning an NBA championship takes more than just one player. An individual can go their whole career without winning due to poor play, an underperforming supporting cast or just bad luck. There are a mixture of reasons why the players listed below don’t have a ring, but their contributions to the game of basketball cannot […]

Some great teams in NBA history excelled in the regular season but failed to get it done in the postseason. It doesn’t mean they aren’t worthy of being mentioned among the greats, but they won’t find their way onto our list. The following teams have all won NBA championships spectacularly, and most have had some […]

Notre Dame football returns to the primetime slot on ABC when they take on the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday night. The Cardinals are out to their first 5-0 start since 2013 and are primed to pull off the upset against Notre Dame. In a gauntlet of a schedule this season for Notre Dame, they probably […]

The NBA is a league where talent wins championships. A coach’s effect on the roster is often overlooked, but some coaches make that impossible. The following list is a compilation of the greatest winners, motivators, and basketball minds in the history of the NBA. Let’s look at the top 10 greatest NBA coaches of all […]

The LSU Tigers are coming off a tough 55-49 loss to the Ole Miss Rebels last Saturday. The Tigers now go into Missouri to try and knock off the undefeated Missouri Tigers. A win for Missouri football will put them into second place in the SEC East as the top two teams, Kentucky and Georgia, […]

The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs host the No. 20 Kentucky Wildcats in an SEC East battle. Georgia has won 13 straight matchups against Kentucky, but the Wildcats are flying high after a 33-14 victory over the Florida Gators. Will the Georgia Bulldogs keep their perfect season intact, or will the Kentucky Wildcats come into Athens […]

The power forward position is home to some of the most important players in the NBA. The traditional power forward was there to secure rebounds and keep possessions for their team. They did a lot of low-post scoring and around-the-rim work. Now, the power forward position is expected to do all of these things while […]

The National League Division Series between National League West rivals will be exciting for fans in California. The Los Angeles Dodgers lost in four games to another NL West rival, the San Diego Padres, last season. The Arizona Diamondbacks are coming off a two-game upset of the Milwaukee Brewers in the Wild Card Series. Here […]

The small forward position is home to some of the best players in the NBA. It has been proven that you need a good small forward to excel in this league. That might explain why there are some overpayments on this list for aging stars. You also need to take into account that some players […]

Damian Lillard is an American basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks. Lillard spent his entire career with the Portland Trail Blazers, accumulating a lot of accolades. He is a seven-time All-Star, NBA Rookie of the Year, All-NBA First Team in 2018, four-time All-NBA Second Team, and was on the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team. This helped […]

Travis Kelce is a star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs. He grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with his older brother, Jason Kelce, who plays center for the Philadelphia Eagles. Kelce was a three-sport athlete in high school, but excelled in football, eventually attending the University of Cincinnati with his brother. After an […]

Does Jimmy Garoppolo have a girlfriend?  Garoppolo is the quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders. The NFL veteran is in his first season with the Raiders, previously the starter with the San Francisco 49ers. He got his start as the backup to Tom Brady but outgrew the role and went elsewhere to become a starter. […]

The initial transition to the NBA is never easy as players acclimate to competing against the best athletes in the world. No matter if you are coming from college, the G League or a pro league in Europe, the NBA is a different animal. The league is home to the fastest, strongest, smartest and most […]

Brandon Staley is the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. He started his professional coaching career with the Chicago Bears in 2017. He took a position with the Denver Broncos for a year before accepting the defensive coordinator job with the Los Angeles Rams. The Los Angeles Chargers made him their head coach after […]

The Milwaukee Brewers will be looking to ride the strength of their elite pitching staff in a matchup against the young Arizona Diamondbacks roster. The Diamondbacks have young stars Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno leading their offense. However, Corbin Burnes and Freddy Peralta are well-equipped to shut them down. Who will come out on top […]

The Dallas Stars took the eventual Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights to six games in the Western Conference Finals. Despite some shoddy defensive play, the Stars still managed to get on the precipice of the finals. It would have been their second trip to the finals in four seasons, but their young core continues […]

The New York Rangers posted 107 points during the 2022-23 season, which only landed them a third-place finish in the Metropolitan division. The Rangers went all-in at the trade deadline, landing Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane in moves that might have won them a Stanley Cup in the mid-2010s. However, in 2022, the veteran-heavy lineup […]

Carmelo Anthony was once one of the most prolific scorers in the NBA’s modern era. The forward, with the sweet shooting stroke, Anthony garnered 10 All-Star Game appearances and six All-NBA selections. That isn’t including his run of three Olympic gold medals. Carmelo sold his former mansion in Beverley Grove, Calif., earlier this year for […]

Canelo Alvarez, 33, has been a professional boxer since he was 15. He won world titles in four different weight classes. His world titles have included unified titles in three weight classes and lineal titles in two. Alvarez is the first and only boxer in history to become undisputed champion at super middleweight. He has […]

Jermell Charlo’s net worth in 2023 is $8 million. The undisputed light middleweight world champion has had a lucrative career in boxing. Let’s look at Jermell Charlo’s net worth in 2023. Jermell Charlo’s net worth in 2023 (estimate): $8 million Charlo has had plenty of big fights in his career but is slated to have […]

Jermell Charlo is a 33-year-old American professional boxer. He is the undisputed light middleweight world champion, holding the WBC title since 2019, the WBA, IBF, and Ring magazine titles since 2020, and the WBO title since 2022. He has an identical twin brother, Jermall Charlo, a fellow professional boxer and an undefeated world champion. Jermell’s […]

Jermell Charlo looks to win the undisputed super middleweight crown from Canelo Alvarez in the biggest fight of his career. Charlo is currently the undisputed junior middleweight champion, earning the status in his last match against Brian Castano in May 2022. This match is the first four-belt vs. four-belt battle in men’s boxing history. With […]

Mike Vrabel is the head coach for the Tennessee Titans. Vrabel became head coach in 2018 and immediately impacted the team’s defense. In 2019, he experienced his most success, upsetting his way to an AFC Championship Game with the Kansas City Chiefs but lost. Vrabel’s coaching career started at his alma mater, Ohio State University. […]

Sam Howell is the quarterback for the Washington Commanders. The young NFLer is currently in his first year as a starter. The Commanders selected him in the fifth round in the 2022 NFL Draft, and Howell has built a net worth of $2 million. Howell was a standout quarterback at the University of North Carolina, […]

Desmond Ridder is the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. The young NFLer is entering his second season and is a starter for the first time, which has helped Ridder build a net worth of $2 million. His college career had success, as he was a two-time AAC Offensive Player of the Year. He was also […]

Golf is one of the toughest sports to rank, as it has gone through various format and equipment changes over the years. The competition level has also had its ups and downs, and some of the greatest golfers weren’t getting 30 to 40 opportunities to win tournaments like they do nowadays in the modern era. […]

Damian Lillard ends his Portland Trail Blazers career as one of the best players in franchise history. The Trail Blazers sent Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday in a three-team deal that included the Phoenix Suns. The Trail Blazers get Deandre Ayton and Jrue Holiday in the transaction, while the Suns get Jusuf Nurcic. […]

The NBA world was in a state of shock when the Milwaukee Bucks acquired Damian Lillard. Fans thought Lillard was going to the Miami Heat, but the Bucks came through with the trade offer to sway the Portland Trail Blazers. The trade was a three-team deal that saw Jrue Holiday and Deandre Ayton go to […]

The Nashville Predators didn’t make the postseason in 2022-2023, marking the first time in eight years. The team threw the towel at the trade deadline, trading away Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter, Mattias Ekholm, and Tanner Jeannot. It seemed they were on the way to a rebuild, but the team went 13-9-2 to close the season […]

Kenny Pickett is the quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The young NFLer is in his first full year of being a starter for the Steelers. The Steelers chose him with the 20th overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, which helped him build up a net worth of $6 million. While he hasn’t accomplished anything […]

The St. Louis Blues missed the playoffs for only the second time since the 2010-11 season. After a decade of being a contender in the Western Conference, the Blues may need to go through a retool to get back. They parted ways with some integral members of the 2018-19 Stanley Cup-winning team. Captain Ryan O’Reilly […]

The Dallas Stars took the eventual Stanley Cup champions to six games in the Western Conference Finals last season. The team finished second to the Colorado Avalanche in the Central Division before beating the  Minnesota Wild in the first round to go to the Western semifinals. The Seattle Kraken did them a favor by ousting […]

The Winnipeg Jets had a good run from 2017 to 2021, being a constant threat to make the playoffs. The team had a good core with Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine, Jacob Trouba, and Connor Hellebuyck. Laine and Trouba have since gone on to different organizations, and Scheifele and Hellebuyck may not be far behind them. […]

Josh McDaniels is the head coach for the Las Vegas Raiders. He started as a wide receiver at John Carroll University, but his playing career quickly ended. He joined Michigan State as a graduate assistant under the watchful eye of Nick Saban. McDaniels then became an assistant coach on Bill Belichick‘s staff in New England […]

The Montreal Canadiens weren’t planning to compete for the Stanley Cup in 2022-2023, but their young squad hoped to see some improvement. Instead, the team finished last in their division with a 31-45-6 record, which was fifth-worst in the league. Heading into the season, inexperience among their skaters and subpar goaltending had experts projecting that […]

The NBA MVP award is the cause of many debates over it’s long history. The award recipient is “the best-performing player of the regular season.” However, if a player performs better than everyone else and his team doesn’t make the playoffs, that player will rarely win. There have also been many occurrences where a player […]

The Calgary Flames entered the 2022-23 season with high hopes despite the departures of Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk. They had acquired a top-scoring forward in Jonathan Huberdeau and some help to their defensive unit in MacKenzie Weegar. They signed reigning Stanley Cup champion Nazem Kadri to a contract to bolster their center depth, and […]

The Vancouver Canucks haven’t made the playoffs since the 2019-20 season. They boast a promising roster on paper, but haven’t been able to put it all together on the ice. The team traded captain Bo Horvat to the New York Islanders last season, receiving Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty and a 2023 first-round pick in return. […]

Starting quarterback is the most vital role on the football field. There’s an argument to be made that a backup quarterback might be close behind. When the starter goes down, all the pressure falls on the backup’s shoulders. Sometimes, the backup can enter, take over the starting role, and become the GOAT. Other times, in […]