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Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat have virtually won a ticket to the 2023 NBA Finals. Considering that no team has ever successfully come back from a 3-0 series deficit in the history of the NBA Playoffs, the Heat can start printing and selling tickets for the NBA Finals. Speaking of history, the Heat have […]

Shohei Ohtani did not get a win in his start on Sunday at home versus the Minnesota Twins, but he did pull off another amazing feat no one had seen prior over the course of several decades. Via ESPN Stats & Info: “Shohei Ohtani is the first Angels pitcher with 80 K in their first […]

The WNBA has always struggled with attracting big crowds to its games. Not even the first home game of Brittney Griner after getting released from a Russian prison was enough to sell out the contest between the Phoenix Mercury and the Chicago Sky on Sunday at Footprint Center. Mercury head coach Vanessa Nygaard was not […]

The Boston Celtics were expected to show up with a big fight in Game 3 after being down 2-0 in the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat. However, that’s not exactly what’s happening at the moment down in South Beach Sunday night, with Jimmy Butler and the Heat blowing out the Celtics. […]

Miami Heat veteran big man Kevin Love appeared to have suffered an injury in the first half of Sunday night’s Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics at home. Love took an uncontested jumper from the free-throw line before requesting the Heat’s bench to take him off the floor. Kevin Love […]

Brooks Koepka is going to relish his win at the 2023 PGA Championship for a long time. After all, the LIV Golf star is now a five-time majors winner, something only Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson had done over the last 30 years before Koepka joined them in that extremely exclusive club. Perhaps more than […]

Brooks Koepka is the king of the PGA Championship again. The LIV Golf star was the last man standing at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York on Sunday, as he takes yet another Wanamaker Trophy. He is now a three-time winner of the PGA Championship, and he got nothing but love from Rory […]

Francis Ngannou is taking his talents outside of the UFC, as he has recently inked a multi-fight deal with the Professional Fighters League. He won’t be making his PFL debut until at least 2024, but for now, he’s already having a different fight it seems, and it’s a word war against UFC president Dana White, […]

The St. Louis Cardinals are back to their winning ways, thanks to a clutch highlight from Nolan Gorman during Saturday night’s 6-5 victory at home over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium. With the game tied at 3-3 and with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, Nolan Gorman made the Dodgers […]

Jamal Murray is leaving the entire basketball universe in awe with his exploits in the 2023 NBA Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. The dynamic Denver Nuggets point guard led his team to a 119-108 crushing of LeBron James and the Lakers in Game 3 in Los Angeles Saturday night. Count Atlanta Hawks […]

Is Taylor Swift being so casually cruel to Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics? One Reddit user did a little bit of a deep dive into Swift’s The Eras Tour schedule and connected it to the trend of teams losing in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Based on the trend that Mattmo831 discovered, the Celtics are doomed […]

Being an NBA referee comes with some hazards. Just take for example the unfortunate incident in the first half of the showdown between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night when LeBron James accidentally hit referee Scott Foster while running down the court. Scott Foster bloodied after taking a hit from LeBron […]

Jamal Murray just seems to have the number of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023 NBA Western Conference Finals. The Denver Nuggets point guard clearly has his hands still smoking hot after his sensational performance in Game 2, particularly in the fourth quarter of that game in which he scored 23 of his 37 […]

The losing skid continues for John Schneider and the Toronto Blue Jays, who suffered a 6-5 loss at home to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. That was the Blue Jays’ third loss in a row and fifth in six games. Adding more to the disappointment for Toronto was the head-scratching error of John Schneider, whose […]

The reigning and defending WNBA champions wasted no time in making a loud noise in the 2023 season. The Las Vegas Aces blasted the Seattle Storm on the road, 105-64, to snag a win in their very first game of the 2023 WNBA season. With that lopsided victory, the Aces also managed to claim a […]

There will not be a Triple Crown winner this year after National Treasure came through with the victory at the 2023 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. Trained by Bob Baffert, National Treasure lived up to the hype with a fantastic run at the Preakness Stakes, with the three-year-old colt denying Kentucky Derby […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed southpaw pitcher Julio Urias on the 15-day injured list, the team announced Saturday. “The Dodgers have recalled RHP Wander Suero and placed LHP Julio Urías on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain, retroactive May 19,” the Dodgers posted on their official Twitter account. This move by […]

The Denver Nuggets had plenty of heroes in their 108-103 come-from-behind victory in Game 2 of the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers at home Thursday night. Among them was forward Bruce Brown, who came off the bench and played like a ball of energy and a constant source of impactful […]

Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees had the last laugh in their recently concluded four-game series north of the border against American League East division rivals Toronto Blue Jays. “We were focused on what we can control between the lines,” Aaron Judge said, per Erik Boland of Newsday Sports. “We did a pretty good […]

Willson Conteras and the St. Louis Cardinals showed true power with their bats in their series opener against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium Thursday night. Behind their monster performance at the plate, the Cardinals were able to pull off a massive 16-8 win. When it was all said and done, St. Louis […]

Where would the Denver Nuggets be without Jamal Murray? Probably headed to Hollywood with the Western Conference Finals series tied at 1-1. Without the heroics of Murray in Game 2 against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, the Nuggets likely would have ended with a loss Thursday night. Jamal Murray sparked a successful comeback […]

The Washington Wizards walked into the 2023 NBA Draft lottery with just 6.7 percent odds to score the right to the No. 1 overall pick AKA Victor Wembanyama. At one point in the lottery, the Wizards had a 55 percent of landing the dream pick. When it started to dawn on the Wizards that they […]

Doc Rivers’ NBA journey is currently on hold after the Philadelphia 76ers decided to let him go following a second-round exit in the 2023 NBA Playoffs at the hands of the Boston Celtics. While there is no assurance that Doc Rivers will be back roaming the sidelines in the 2023-24 NBA season for a new […]

Just because the Golden State Warriors have been dethroned and are no longer in contention for the NBA title this season, it doesn’t mean that Draymond Green is not paying attention anymore to the action in the league. In fact, the star forward is keeping a close eye on Thursday night’s Game 2 of the […]

There’s no such thing as a sure thing in the NBA. That was exemplified once again during one shocking — and hilarious — moment in the second quarter of Thursday night’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena when LeBron James went from 100 to zero in a blink […]

The Texas Longhorns are getting back a key piece of their 2022-23 season member for at least another year. That’s after former four-star prospect Tyrese Hunter announced his decision to forego his NBA Draft plans and return to Austin to continue playing for Texas basketball. Hunter made the announcement to “run that back” via his […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat shouldn’t have reached this far in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. They finished last in the Eastern Conference standings after the regular season with just a 44-38 record and had to go play two games in the Play-in Tournament just to even get a spot in the playoffs. But here […]

The Boston Red Sox have finally pulled the trigger on a move that sends Nick Pivetta to the bullpen. With Pivetta having a hard time being consistent on the mound and Boston’s pitching staff becoming healthier, Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters Wednesday that the team had already informed Pivetta of the decision. “We’re […]

The Miami Heat entered the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals series against the Boston Celtics as a huge underdog. It’s a predicament that isn’t new for Kyle Lowry and company. After all, they have already shocked the NBA Playoffs by pulverizing the No. 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks in just five games in the first round. […]

The Boston Celtics got stunned Wednesday night by Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat at TD Garden, 123-116. Not many saw that kind of loss coming for Boston, even when considering how hot Miami had been over the course of the first two rounds of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, but it appears that some lessons […]

The losses continue to pile up for Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres, who just came off a humiliating series loss to the Kansas City Royals — a team that has less than half of San Diego’s payroll this season. There is no denying that the Padres are among the most disappointing clubs […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat have done it again. The Heat stole Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics Wednesday night to the tune of a 123-116 score. At this point, nothing that Butler does on the court should surprise Heat and NBA fans given the success he’s already […]

When it comes to Reggie Miller as a basketball analyst, it’s either you love him or hate him. But both schools of thought appear to be in agreement that what the former Indiana Pacers sniper just said on live television during the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals series […]

No one’s expecting Rory McIlroy to all of a sudden start jumping through tables, but what’s clear is that he is now part of Bills Mafia. The Northern Irishman golf superstar was welcomed by Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen along with veteran linebacker Von Miller to Bills fandom when the said athletes met Wednesday at […]

Marcus Smart is feeling especially unselfish in Game 1 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat at TD Garden. In fact, he already had racked up a total of 10 dimes in just the first half of the contest, allowing him to have the most assists in a […]

It’s still the offseason in the NFL, so there’s definitely time for Bill Belichick to check out what’s happening in the other pro leagues. The New England Patriots head coach decided to spend Wednesday night at TD Garden to catch Game 1 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals series between the Miami Heat and the […]

Spencer Strider and Sean Murphy are getting along just fine as members of the Atlanta Braves. Strider even revealed just how close he’s gotten to Murphy, with each seemingly becoming the best of friends. “When we’re not talking about baseball, we’re usually talking about something ridiculous. I appreciate his sense of humor. I feel like […]

Charles Barkley is at TD Garden Wednesday night for the coverage of Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics, but prior to that matchup, the Basketball Hall of Famer shared his thoughts on the ongoing saga of Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant. “Yo, man, […]

Nikola Jokic is undoubtedly the biggest problem of LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023 NBA Western Conference Finals. The Denver Nuggets big man proved that with a sterling performance in the series opener on Tuesday, as he clearly got nearly everything he wanted offensively. Jokic’s shooting display in Game 1 versus […]