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Wide receiver Jalen Reagor might have to find another place to take his talents after the Minnesota Vikings unsurprisingly decided to decline their fifth-year option on the NFL Draft bust. If the Vikings went the other way and decided to gamble another year on Jalen Reagor, they would have committed a $12.99 million worth of […]

Mother Nature got in the way of baseball in The Motor City, as rain forced the postponement of Tuesday night’s scheduled series opener between the New York Mets and the Detroit Tigers. However, that did not stop Mets star Brandon Nimmo from going the extra mile to give the fans a memorable night. With the […]

Miami Heat shooter Max Strus left the action in the third quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden after sustaining what appears to be an upper-body injury. He hobbled off the court and into the locker room to get his back checked by the Heat’s medical staff. https://twitter.com/ohnohedidnt24/status/1653568266135117826 […]

Matthew Tkachuk and the Florida Panthers are still alive in the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, and if they are to pull off another shocker in the second round following their stunning upset of the Boston Bruins, their star forward will have to sustain his high level of play this season. Well, it does look […]

Joel Embiid has finally bagged that elusive MVP trophy, as he just got won the prestigious award for being the NBA’s best player of the 2022-23 NBA season. At the same time, that personal victory of the Philadelphia 76ers superstar big man also marks the end of an incredible run by future basketball Hall of […]

Just because Logan Webb is pitching for the San Francisco Giants, it does not mean he is also a big fan of the team’s basketball brethren in the Bay Area. In fact, he supports one of the Golden State Warriors’ chief rivals in the NBA’s Pacific Division, the Sacramento Kings. Prior to the first-round series […]

Dillon Brooks is technically still a member of the Memphis Grizzlies, but his days with them are numbered, with the team informing him that it’s not going to be resigning him under any circumstances, as earlier reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic. However, it does appear that the door is not permanently closed on […]

Brian Kelly’s first season as head coach of LSU football did not lead to an appearance in the College Football Playoff, but he did find success in beating Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2022 season. And that feeling of beating the team from Tuscaloosa is something Brian Kelly has understandably become […]

It’s going to take some time for the pain to completely subside for the Boston Bruins following their meltdown in the first round of the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers. Bruins forward David Pastrnak perfectly encapsulates the feeling of losing the way they did to the Panthers in just three words. […]

The New York Knicks are not exactly shooting the air out of the ball in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. In fact, among all teams that made it to the postseason, Immanuel Quickley and the Knicks own the worst 3-point shooting percentage with just a 26.8 percent success rate from behind the arc. Immanuel Quickley is […]

Dillon Brooks will have to take his villain persona somewhere else. That’s after the Memphis Grizzlies communicated to the forward that he’s no longer a part of the future of the team, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. “The Memphis Grizzlies have informed pending free agent Dillon Brooks that he will not be brought […]

The New York Knicks suffered their first home loss of the 2023 NBA Playoffs last Sunday when they fell prey to Jimmy Butler and the no-quit Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of this second-round matchup to the tune of a 108-101 score. The result of that game could have been very […]

The Seattle Seahawks were among the teams heading into the 2023 NFL Draft thought to be interested in taking a quarterback with one of the high picks. Instead, the Seahawks decided to use their No. 5 overall pick (from the Denver Broncos) on Illinois Fighting Illini cornerback Devon Witherspoon. But the Seahawks probably would have […]

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff still has two years remaining in his current deal, though, it must be noted that his salaries in 2023 and 2024 are both not guaranteed. That being said, it appears that Goff and the Lions are moving in the right direction toward an extension. During a recent appearance on Stoney […]

The Phoenix Suns are not exactly on the ropes yet in their second-round series against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets despite losing in Game 2 Monday night on the road, 97-87. The Suns still have yet to play as the home team in the series. Plus, they still have Kevin Durant. If the Suns […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers had a nice haul from the 2023 NFL Draft. The team has earned praise for its showing in the draft and how it used the event to shore up the roster and address issues. In other words, the Steelers got the job done. Apart from Pittsburgh fans, running back Najee Harris is […]

New Jersey Devils rookie goalie Akira Schmid saved his best performance for the last game of their first-round series versus the New York Rangers, as he made sure nothing will get past him Monday night. With Schmid’s stellar job between the pipes in a pressure-packed, win-or-go-home contest, the 22-year-old netminder managed to join an extremely […]

The New Jersey Devils are headed to the second round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs after getting the job done in the first round against the New York Rangers. The Devils lost the first two games of the New York series and then roared back to take the next three meetings. A Game 6 […]

James Harden had a memorable night in Beantown on Monday, as the Philadelphia 76ers superstar exploded for 45 points to lead the Sixers to a 119-115 win in Game 1 of this second-round series. However, Harden was not able to make NBA history quite like PJ Tucker. According to EastMuse, the Sixers forward became just […]

The Philadelphia 76ers gave Boston sports fans another heartbreak in the playoffs. A day after the Boston Bruins got stunned by the Florida Panthers in a Game 7 at TD Garden, James Harden and the Sixers, playing without Joel Embiid, shocked the Celtics in Beantown in a 119-115 victory in Game 1 of their second-round […]

Brian Cashman caught the ire again of popular sports radio personality Brandon Tierney over the New York Yankees’ letdown start to the 2023 MLB regular season. For Tierney, the blame for the team’s struggles must be mostly pinned on the franchise’s current general manager. “It’s all on Cashman,” Tierney said during Monday’s episode of WFAN’s […]

When asked to choose who between Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart and Alabama Crimson Tide sideline boss Nick Saban would he want to be the coach of his team, hypothetically speaking, Paul Finebaum of ESPN leaned towards the Georgia football mentor. “For one year? Or are we talking about building a franchise?” Finebaum responded. […]

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets made a loud statement in Game 1 of their second-round series versus Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns. The No. 1 seed in the Western Conference stomped all over the Sun in the series opener, which Denver won convincingly, 125-107. Among the chief reasons for that win by Nikola […]

The Philadelphia 76ers know that if they are to beat Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of their second-round series at TD Garden, they are going to need a big, throwback performance from guard James Harden. It appeared that the bearded superstar was up to the task when he exploded for 16 […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are considered to be one of the top winners in the recently concluded 2023 NFL Draft, thanks in large part to the perceived excellence behind the desk of the team’s general manager Omar Khan. The first-year GM has received tons of praise over his navigation of the draft, even leaving Steelers head […]

Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Joseph Ossai is doing well in his recovery from a knee injury. “I’m progressing really well,” Joseph Ossai said via Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic. “Going on Week 12 right now, I think it’s a 5-month thing, so I should be great for camp. OTAs to at least walk around. […]

Tight end Adam  Trautman will start a new chapter in his NFL career with the Denver Broncos after he was traded to the AFC West team by the New Orleans Satins over the weekend.  It’s not a move that Trautman is resenting. In fact, he’s thrilled over this development, as he believes his departure from […]

There’s not a bigger talking point out there about the Philadelphia 76ers’ upcoming series opener in the second round against the Boston Celtics than the status of Joel Embiid. At the moment, Embiid’s availability for Game 1 at TD Garden remains up in the air. However, the Sixers are seemingly trying all they can to […]

Will Levis was expected by many prior to the 2023 NFL Draft to be not just a first-round pick but someone who’ll get to hear his name called inside the top five. That’s the furthest thing that happened to Levis, as his name did not even get taken off the board in the first round. […]

The Los Angeles Kings took Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers to Game 7 in the first round of last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs during a first-round showdown. The two teams met again in the same round in the 2023 edition of the NHL postseason, but this time, the series ended one game shorter — […]

There’s a saying in the sports world that says “he who wins will have the last podcast.” Okay, that’s not really a popular adage. Nevertheless, that’s one way to describe the apparent enmity between Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and Sacramento Kings big man Domantas Sabonis. Following the Warriors’ 120-100 win on the road […]

Needless to say, the 2022-23 NBA season for Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks was a painful one. It’s one that most Mavs fans would rather forget, the memory of which they wish could be buried deep in the sands. It’s the same feeling that some within the Mavs camp share. Via Tim Cato of […]

The Tampa Bay Rays made an intriguing move just before the end of April, as they made a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers for right-hander reliever Javy Guerra in exchange for a player to be named plus cash, per the Brewers’ official Twitter account. RHP Javy Guerra has been traded to Tampa Bay in exchange […]

Remember that not-a-failure rhetoric of Milwaukee Bucks superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo after their embarrassing first-round exit at the hands of Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat in the 2023 NBA Playoffs? Well, it’s become a big theme Sunday night in the world of hockey, with fans using that perspective by the Greek Freak to clown […]

The Boston Celtics are set to play in the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs but the road to that stage of the postseason wasn’t at all easy for Jaylen Brown and company. For one, they were heavily tested in the first round by Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. Jaylen Brown and the […]

The Florida Panthers have done it. They are moving on to the second round of the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs after showing the Boston Bruins the door following a 4-3 win on the road in Game 7 of this first-round matchup Sunday night. And it likely would not have been possible without the performance […]

Patrice Bergeron might have already reached the end of the road of his storied NHL career after the Boston Bruins suffered a painful 4-3 overtime loss in Game 7 of their first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Florida Panthers. There is no official word yet that Patrice Bergeron is going to hang […]

The 2022-23 NBA season for Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies ended in brutal fashion, as they got thumped by the Los Angeles Lakers by 40 points last Friday. There are plenty of lessons to be learned from that early exit for the Grizzlies. For Ja Morant, one of the adjustments he’s looking to make […]

David Krejci has been in a ton of wars in the Stanley Cup Playoffs during his successful (and still ongoing) career in the NHL. He added more to his list of achievements in the league Sunday night when he produced a pair of helpers to put himself atop the all-time NHL list for most Game […]