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The Dallas Mavericks have officially been ‘cursed’ by former Los Angeles Lakers star Nick Young, according to a tweet released by Young himself. Young shared his alleged curse on his Twitter account on Saturday afternoon, a move that had fans and commenters ruthlessly clowning the former USC basketball guard and retired NBA star. Young’s shocking […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were seen as a team in a state of limbo entering the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament. A handful of big wins have raised the stakes this offseason as the Pelicans look to improve upon their first round exit from the 2024 NBA Playoffs at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder. […]

The Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young is widely seen as one of the most exciting young players in the National Basketball Association (along with the Mavs’ Luka Doncic), a long range sniper who took the torch from Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson and helped to continue the popularity and efficacy of long range shooting. Now, Luka […]

The San Francisco Giants are currently one of the worst pitching teams in Major League Baseball with a team ERA of 4.50. On Friday, it was announced that Bob Melvin’s team decided to pick some pitching help in the form of a player who once pitched for California teams San Diego and Oakland, Drew Pomeranz. […]

The Boston Celtics knocked off the Indiana Pacers in Game Two and now the Celtics’ victory seems like a formality. Unless the Pacers can do something to stop the bleeding, it appears as if Joe Mazzulla’s crew is on its way back to the NBA Finals and Jaylen Brown is a big reason why after […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ coaching search has become a media circus with countless pundits weighing in on the situation including Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins lately. Smith said what the entire sports world has been thinking in a recent conversation on First Take, and said it with gusto. Smith’s comments came during a time […]

The Denver Broncos will open the 2024-2025 season later this fall with an odd feeling of not exactly knowing what their ceiling and potential is as a team. Coach Sean Payton has built winning teams, organizations, and franchises before and now he wants to do the same behind former Oregon standout Bo Nix. Recently, Coach […]

The Chicago Bears have quietly put together a potential monster on offense with rookie quarterback Caleb Williams the new trigger man of the Bears’ aerial attack. The Bears got a quote from standout WR DJ Moore about how Williams has looked in OTAs so far that has the Chicago sports world buzzing. Moore’s take came […]

The NBA Draft is just weeks away and fans everywhere are wondering what could happen with the Bronny James situation. James turned in an incredibly underwhelming performance last season with USC basketball, adding to confusion over his status as a potential draftee. Recently the man known as the ‘The Big Ticket,’ Kevin Garnett, came to […]

The New York Knicks’ OG Anunoby became one of the franchise’s most exciting and memorable players during the team’s magical 2023-2024 playoff run. Now, Anunoby is “widely expected to decline his $19.9 million player option for next season” according to a report from Yahoo! Sports, which could leave Coach Tom Thibodeau’s Knicks in a bind. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff season didn’t quite go according to plan with the team losing to the Nuggets in five games, but LeBron James and company aren’t done soaking up the limelight just yet. The offseason is expected to bring new challenges and opportunities including the possible selection of LeBron’s son Bronny in the […]

The Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic battled Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves alongside his Mavericks teammates on Wednesday with designs of securing a big win in the Western Conference Finals. The Mavs got it done with a 108-105 win on the road, putting the finishing touch on an exciting day for Luka Doncic. Prior to […]

The Golden State Warriors were likely busy on Wednesday watching the new guard of the NBA take center stage with the Timberwolves and Mavericks going up against each other in the Western Conference Finals. The Warriors’ Stephen Curry is far from a forgotten man, though, as he was recently given an All-NBA nod that had […]

The San Francisco 49ers’ Brandon Staley was named assistant head coach of the team this offseason by current head man Kyle Shanahan after a Super Bowl appearance that ended with a loss to the Chiefs. Now, Staley will pick up the pieces in the Bay Area with one of the most talented teams in football, […]

The New York Jets are poised to make history with six prime time games in the first 11 weeks of the 2024-2025 NFL season. Now, the Jets are focused on bringing Aaron Rodgers and his weapons like Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson up to speed in time for training camp later this fall. Recently, Rodgers […]

Justin Fields is a former Chicago Bears first round pick who now plays for the Steelers in Pittsburgh under Coach Mike Tomlin. Fields and the Steelers have a chance to make a deep playoff run, but as last season proved, quarterback play will be paramount. The Steelers don’t have Mason Rudolph anymore but they do […]

The Los Angeles Rams bowed out in the playoffs against former QB Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions in what would prove to be DL Aaron Donald’s swan song in Los Angeles, and the National Football League. The abrupt retirement of one of the NFL’s best pass rushing interior linemen of all-time caught fans, media […]

The San Francisco 49ers dropped their second consecutive Super Bowl to the same opponent as the previous one, the Kansas City Chiefs, and now one of Coach Kyle Shanhan’s top players is setting a different tone heading into the 2024-2025 season at offseason Organized Team Activities (OTAs). The unprecedented step occurred during a time when […]

The New York Jets are hoping for a comeback season now that their projected quarterback Aaron Rodgers is on his way back to the team. Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon in Week One vs. the Buffalo Bills and the team never recovered. The challenges of missing games led to a ‘bum’ related motivation that Rodgers […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are far from favorites in a stacked AFC West populated by the Chiefs and Chargers, but Antonio Pierce’s team does have the makings of a potential spoiler in the division. Last season, former Notre Dame star Michael Mayer flashed his potential as a talented receiving and blocking tight end. Now, the […]

The Las Vegas Raiders added key help for presumed starting quarterback Aidan O’Connell in the 2024 NFL Draft with offensive players taken in the first three picks. First round selection Brock Bowers out of Georgia is expected to add a security blanket as a pass catcher over the middle and a talented blocker on the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks were knocked out of the playoffs earlier this spring but Bucks star Damian Lillard is staying true to his love of sports, most recently sharing a take on the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk fight. Lillard took to his Twitter account, which has over 3.3 million fans, to share a message after […]

Former Lakers star Pau Gasol has been involved with the WNBA lately, in particular a player he considers to be like his ‘sister’ on the New York Liberty: Sabrina Ionescu. The Liberty beat Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever by a final score of 91-80 on Saturday. It was the Liberty’s second win of the […]

The Denver Nuggets will face off with the high flying Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday, May 19 with a trip to the Western Conference Finals on the line. For the defending champion Nuggets, the game is a chance to reclaim the spotlight as the best team in the NBA for the time being. For the Timberwolves, […]

The Colorado football team finished last season with a losing record after becoming one of the most hyped teams in recent college football history to start the season. The silver lining for the Buffaloes included a win over former national runners-up the TCU Horned Frogs as well as a win over Big Ten program Nebraska. […]

The Detroit Pistons finished with the worst record in the NBA but fell flat on their faces in the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery, ending up with the fifth overall pick. The streak of bad luck has Pistons fans, coaches and management alike contemplating their next move, which could include putting the pick up on the […]

The Houston Astros are just 18-25 on the season and suddenly in the thick of a race back to prominence in the American League West. The Astros currently feature Justin Verlander, one of the most legendary Detroit Tigers players in franchise history who is still chugging along at age 41. The latest MLB rumor mill […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were ousted by the Boston Celtics in the second round of the NBA Playoffs and now have a boatload of challenging decisions to make, including the possibility of a trade with the San Antonio Spurs or other NBA franchise. Do they continue down the same path or shake things up with Darius […]

The Kansas City Chiefs anted up on their powerful offensive attack this offseason with the addition of Texas burner Xavier Worthy in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Worthy is expected to bring his world class speed to the Chiefs’ offense this season. He could do so without his previously owned, personal vehicle […]

The Clemson football team has fallen from its perch as one of the top programs in college football in recent years and now fans are demanding answers from Coach Dabo Swinney. Last season, the Tigers finished sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 4-4 conference record and a 9-4 overall record. They rebounded from […]

The Ravens’ John Harbaugh and Chargers’ Jim Harbaugh faced off at Super Bowl XLVII in February 2013, with John Harbaugh’s Ravens taking home a 34-31 win. Since then, Jim Harbaugh went on to win the 2023-2024 national championship with his alma mater, the Michigan Wolverines, setting up what could be one of, if not the […]

The New York Jets were headed toward becoming a nationwide phenomenon last season before Aaron Rodgers suffered a torn Achilles in week one vs. the Buffalo Bills. The Jets never quite recovered, and interest waned quickly. Now, Rodgers and the Jets are preparing to make a comeback during what could be one of the most […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers will kick off the 2024-2025 season with two new quarterbacks vying for the starting role and a familiar face at the controls in head coach Mike Tomlin. One player who might not be back is defensive line star Cam Heyward, whose status was given an update by Jeremy Fowler recently. The Steelers […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ coaching search has led to speculation that former Clippers guard and NBA podcaster and analyst JJ Redick could be the team’s next selection as head coach. Recently, longtime NBA commentator Stephen A. Smith revealed his true feelings about the possibility of Redick being hired, plus his thoughts on a former NBA […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers lost in the first round of the 2024 NFL Playoffs to the Buffalo Bills before retooling their roster this offseason. Quarterbacks duo Justin Fields and Russell Wilson is expected to take over for Mason Rudolph and Kenny Pickett for Coach Mike Tomlin, which could constitute an improvement come playoff time if either […]

The Tennessee Titans qualified for Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 with ex-coach Jeff Fisher as captain of the ship, and haven’t been back. Now, Fisher has been given a job that will put him in charge of one of the most well known non-NFL football leagues of all-time. Fisher was named interim commissioner of the […]

The NBA on TNT’s in-studio crew is known for making controversial statements, while broadcaster Reggie Miller can typically be found on the periphery doing his best to avoid saying anything controversial, even about iconic players like the Lakers’ LeBron James. On Tuesday, May 14, host Dan Patrick called out Miller for comments made about Anthony […]

Bronny James has reportedly been medically cleared to play in the NBA and is set to take part in this week’s NBA Draft Combine in Chicago. He’s also expected to stay in the 2024 NBA Draft after spending one season with USC basketball, so now the question is where he may get drafted. Bronny did […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers went out and got Russell Wilson and Justin Fields to commandeer their team this season and the duo could engage in a fierce quarterback competition this fall. Fields and Wilson aren’t exactly All-Pros at this stage of their careers, but they will lead a Pittsburgh team that has been busy building its […]