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The Indianapolis Colts just made a serious revamp at the center of their offense. It didn’t take long for them to double down on change. The Colts are reportedly firing offensive coordinator Marcus Brady, via Pro Football Talk: “This was an incredibly hard decision, but one I felt needed to be made in the best […]

The Chicago Bulls have had a very tumultuous start to the season as they’ve tried to manage Zach LaVine and his lingering knee injury. He’s missed three of their first seven games with Chicago going 3-4 in that span. With a marquee matchup agains the Brooklyn Nets slated on Tuesday night, the question remains – […]

Joe Burrow may be Superman to the Cincinnati Bengals fan base, but he still has his Kryptonite. Namely, the Cleveland Browns. With Burrow under center, the Bengals have been winless in four contests against them since the 2020 season. They once again asserted their Ohio-based dominance on Monday night in a 32-13 throttling against the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks, winners of their first six games, are off to a scorching hot start this season. It’s extremely early, but that 6-0 start could actually mean more than meets the eye for Giannis Antetokounmpo and co. Any team could have a hot streak and go on a strong string of games netting them […]

The Los Angeles Lakers finally got the proverbial monkey off their backs, notching their first win of the season over the Denver Nuggets. One huge reason for the win was the stellar play of Russell Westbrook. The former MVP came off the bench for the second consecutive game, and was the clear spark that the […]

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks suffered a letdown of epic proportions on Saturday night at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their chances of losing the game were very nearly 10,000 to 1 based on precedent, holding a 16-point lead with under four minutes left in the game. Doncic was asked about what […]

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks seemed to have the game in hand as they held a huge lead over the Oklahoma City thunder with just over four minutes to go. A Christian Wood midrange jumper put the Mavs up 97-81 at the 4:14 mark, but it went all downhill from there as the Thunder […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving ruffled a handful of feathers with his latest controversy concerning the sharing of what’s considered an antisemitic film. The backlash included a stern message from Nets owner Joe Tsai with the hope of having an open discussion with his point guard on the matter. “I’m disappointed that Kyrie appears to […]

Detroit Lions fans held their collective breath after Amon-Ra St. Brown took a big hit in their Week 7 loss against the Dallas Cowboys. After getting clobbered by Cowboys linebacker Anthony Barr, the second-year wide receiver was visibly shaken up and sent to the sidelines. He would later on enter concussion protocol that put his […]

The Denver Broncos have been far and away more talented on paper than on the field this season. With their pedestrian record placing them further than expected from the playoff race, it’s been no surprise that trade whispers have been circling their prized talent – particularly defensive end Bradley Chubb. It’s one thing to for […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving faced some serious backlash earlier this week over what was seen as support for a film considered to be pushing antisemitic ideals. Irving sent out a tweet as well as an Instagram post featuring the film, which even drew ire from Nets team owner Joe Tsai who wanted to have […]

There’s wasn’t much of a battle on the field in the Michigan vs. Michigan State football rivalry game on Saturday. The Wolverines clawed their way to a comfortable victory, 29-7, against their state rival by holding them scoreless after the first quarter. It was off the field where tensions flared as several Michigan State football […]

Once upon a time, Sammy Watkins was destined for greatness with the Buffalo Bills. Fast forward nearly a decade later, the Green Bay Packers wide receiver returns to face the team he started his career with. Watkins enters their Week 8 clash as the likely WR1 with Packers mainstays Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb both […]

A lot can happen in a couple of months. But is it enough time for the pillar of the New York Mets’ rotation to change his mind? Because Jacob deGrom has zero qualms staying in the Big Apple, according to his former teammate Zack Wheeler. Wheeler is currently gearing up for what will likely be […]

Tom Brady’s decision to unretire has looked worse by the week, with the latest Tampa Bay Buccaneers loss in Week 8 bringing him in unfamiliar territory – a definitively losing record. For the first time in his 23 years of NFL dominance, Tom Brady is quarterbacking a team that’s gone multiple games under the .500 […]

The Golden State Warriors started off the season with an 11-man rotation. In their latest win against the Miami Heat, only 10 players took the court – leaving out second-year man Jonathan Kuminga. Kuminga was already being used sparingly for the team’s first four games. He played just over 10 minutes per contest in those […]

Golden State Warriors fans witnessed something they don’t normally see earlier this week – an angry Klay Thompson. The mild-mannered Splash Brother was animated in a heated confrontation against Devin Booker that eventually got him ejected in their loss to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. Thompson didn’t speak to reporters after the game, but everyone […]

It was a different quarterback, same result for the Denver Broncos in Week 7, as the team lost 16-9 to the New York Jets without Russell Wilson. Now with the team heading to London for Week 8 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, their QB1 is trying to work his way back. Via Broncos beat reporter Zac […]

The Phoenix Suns were able to avoid a divorce with their center Deandre Ayton. The same couldn’t be said for the man starting beside him the past two seasons in Jae Crowder, who’s been the subject of trade whispers for months now. Crowder has conspicuously been missing from the Suns ever since their playoff ouster […]

Trading away CJ McCollum last season signaled a changing of the guard for Damian Lillard the Portland Trail Blazers. It was a huge shakeup that felt necessary after several years of coming up short. But it was also made easier to stomach thanks to the emergence of rising star Anfernee Simons. With the Blazers starting […]

NBA players usually make sure to get up a little extra against the team that traded them. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did that to a historic extent as his Oklahoma City Thunder took on the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. SGA was a man possessed, posting a dream stat-line for all of his fantasy basketball owners. […]

Jalen Green and Jabari Smith Jr. got into it late in the Houston Rockets’ close win over the red-hot Utah Jazz. The fiery moment was caught on camera with what seemed like some spicy words being exchanged. Jabari Smith and Jalen Green had words on the bench. (via @DeuceThomas) pic.twitter.com/wNxqPlnIGJ — Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) October […]

Anthony Edwards was on the shortest of shortlists heading into this season for players expected to make a major leap into superstardom. But through his first four games, the Minnesota Timberwolves guard has had a mixed bag of performances thus far, and his teammate Karl-Anthony Towns knows it. Antman has a pair of 30-point games […]

Adam Silver labeled the threat of teams egregiously tanking as a “serious issue” when he addressed it last week. But apparently, the NBA commissioner wasn’t “deadly serious” about it. With the prize of Victor Wembanyama dangling right above every non-contending teams’ noses, it’s an especially great year to tank. Silver, who recently had an in-depth […]

Everyone knows Ja Morant has athleticism that seemingly jumps right off the screen. That’s why 98 percent of non-Memphis Grizzlies fans tune into their games even without any rooting interest. But don’t sleep on the man’s basketball IQ. During crunch time of the Grizzlies’ matchup against the Brooklyn Nets, Ja Morant was able to get […]

As if there weren’t already thousands of people clowning the Los Angeles Lakers over their poor start and questionable roster construction, now one of LeBron James’ past rivals in Paul Pierce has joined the party. The Boston Celtics icon took to Twitter to take a shot at LeBron’s Lakers squad – and even used the […]

The New York Yankees have reached the end of the road for their 2022 MLB season, falling to the Houston Astros, 4-0. While every season is a completely different experience, the Yankees’ exit in the ALCS is hardly anything new. In fact, their futility in the penultimate series of late has never been match before. […]

The San Diego Padres have their backs against the wall in the NLCS, down three games to one against the red-hot Philadelphia Phillies. But Blake Snell and co. are adamant that the series is far from over. Leading up to a do-or-die Game 5 in Philadelphia, the Padres pitcher and former Cy Young award winner […]

Luka Doncic was an absolute magician for the Dallas Mavericks all night in their win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. But even he didn’t get the benefit of the doubt from the statistician after connecting with Dorian Finney-Smith for an unorthodox alley-oop. The Mavs superstar went in for a tightly-contested drive against several white […]

Orland Magic rookie Paolo Banchero was considered the most NBA-ready prospect among the top picks from the 2022 NBA Draft. But not even his ardent supporters could have predicted how quickly he’d produce in the big leagues. The 19-year-old Banchero has scored 27, 20, and 23 points through his first three games with the Magic. […]

The Denver Broncos are going nowhere fast this season. Not only are they falling out of the playoff picture, but now Russell Wilson is expected to miss time with a partially torn hamstring. There’s no arguing that the Broncos roster is stacked with talent. It’s a huge reason why the poor showing this season is […]

The Carolina Panthers shook up the NFL landscape when they agreed to trade star running back Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers. The move has unsurprisingly triggered some calls from rival teams asking about star edge rusher Brian Burns. But unlike how they treated McCaffrey, the Panthers aren’t exactly rushing to get rid of […]

The hits keep coming for Russell Wilson, both on and off the field. Amidst a nightmarish beginning to his Denver Broncos career, he’s now dealing with an injury that will keep him from taking the field in Week 7. Wilson has a partially torn hamstring, which is a type of injury that’s very easy to […]

The nightmarish Robert Sarver scandal that rocked the Phoenix Suns is on its last legs, after the disgraced owner announced the decision to put the NBA team, along with the Phoenix Mercury, up for sale. Adam Silver still made sure to address the issue head-on with those who were directly involved from within the organization. […]

The Utah Jazz have charted their course for the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes. But if Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert could’ve had their way, they’d have run it back one more time. In a recent appearance on JJ Redick’s podcast The Old Man and the Three, the new Cleveland Cavaliers guard spoke at length on pleading their […]

The New York Yankees lived up to their Bronx Bombers moniker this season as the clear-cut best power-hitting team in the MLB. Facing a 0-2 hole against the equally formidable Houston Astros, Giancarlo Stanton thinks the team might need to switch up their approach. Stanton was vocal after their subpar hitting display in Game 2, […]

There were a lot of problem areas that stand out when looking at the Los Angeles Lakers’ box score against the Clippers on Thursday. One that jumps off the page is Russell Westbrook’s goose egg in the field goals department. LeBron James was asked about Westbrook’s futile offensive performance during the postgame presser. King James […]

Pitted against the Western Conference elites in their first two contests of the 2022-23 season, the Los Angeles Lakers fell flat on their faces. LeBron James and co. looked outmatch in both instances against two teams clearly better put together than their own roster. After their 103-97 loss at the hands of the Clippers, Hall […]

Luka Doncic spent most of the night tormenting the Phoenix Suns months after his Dallas Mavericks eliminated them from the playoffs. The difference between that game and opening night was quite literally Damion Lee. Damion Lee hit an unreal fallaway jumper with just seconds to play to seal the Suns’ comeback against the Mavs: DAMION […]