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The Seattle Mariners are marching to their first playoff appearance in over 20 years. It is definitely a reason to celebrate for Seattle sports fans. However, the Mariners will be without Jesse Winker for at least the first two rounds of the postseason, assuming of course that the team survive their initial assignments. The Mariners […]

Somehow, the Los Angeles Dodgers put together a much better season than the one they had in 2021. They finished the 2022 MLB regular season with a 111-51 record — five more wins than their total in the season prior. The Dodgers managed to do that thanks in large part to the brilliance of Freddie […]

There are no sacred cows for Draymond Green. The Golden State Warriors star does not know when to back down, and that’s perhaps best underscored by the fact that he once had a beef with the greatest shooter of all time who also happens to be his teammate in the form of Stephen Curry. This […]

Rashaad Penny is loving the change at the quarterback position in Seattle. While he did not drop the name of Russell Wilson, everyone knew what he was talking about when he recently said in front of reporters that he is finding the new-look offense of the Seattle Seahawks a whole lot more ideal for his […]

It’s the end of the Mike Matheny era for the Kansas City Chiefs. Shortly after the Royals closed out their 2022 MLB season in a 9-2 road loss to the Cleveland Guardians, the team announced that they are parting ways with manager Matheny and pitching coach Cal Eldred Wednesday. The Kansas City Royals have fired […]

Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott could have witnessed New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s historic 62nd home run of the 2022 MLB season, but the running back just could not bring himself to brave the drive from Frisco to Arlington where the Yankees played Tuesday against the Texas Rangers. Via Calvin Watkins of The Dallas […]

Aaron Judge barely missed out on taking home the American League Triple Crown, but he’s got plenty of insane numbers to show for his incredible work in the 2022 MLB regular season. Apart from setting a new single-season home-run record in the AL, Aaron Judge also reached an absurd statistical territory last attained by the […]

Washington Capitals forward TJ Oshie suffered what appears to be an upper-body injury during Wednesday’s preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings. Oshie immediately left the ice in the second period after taking a nasty hit from Red Wings center Joe Veleno. Oshie would later head to the locker room before the Capitals announced that […]

It is possible that Jacob deGrom won’t get to toe the rubber in the playoffs until the National League Division Series. According to Joel Sherman of The New York Post, the New York Mets have a blueprint in which deGrom is not part of the starting rotation in the upcoming showdown with the San Diego […]

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Trea Turner is locked in. Turner is already one of the best hitters on the best team in baseball right now, but that’s not going to stop him from putting more effort into trying to improve his numbers at the plate. In fact, Trea Turner has become a fixture of late […]

The San Francisco 49ers dominated the Los Angeles Rams at home last Monday to score a 24-9 victory. With that, Jimmy Garoppolo and the Niners are back to their winning ways, as they were able to rebound from a forgettable 11-10 road loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 3. It was not all that […]

The Washington Commanders surely could use some good news after a bad start to the 2022 NFL season. They just got one, with rookie running back Brian Robinson finally returning to practice five weeks after a harrowing accident. Robinson, who was shot two times in the leg late last August in the District of Columbia, […]

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is ready for the 2022 MLB postseason. The veteran and future Hall of Famer pitcher closed out the Dodgers’ 2022 MLB regular season with a sterling performance on the mound Wednesday night at home again the visiting Colorado Rockies. It was also in that 6-1 victory that he managed […]

Alex Ovechkin is entering his 18th season in the NHL. But unlike most other players who have reached this stage of a career, Ovechkin is still expected to legitimately play a critical role in a Stanley Cup contender. He’s going to be more than just a future Hall of Famer ornament on the roster of […]

The interest in Victor Wembanyama is on an all-time high. That is after he put on a show in Tuesday night’s game between his Metropolitans 92  team and the G League Ignite Squad, which also had another high-profile 2023 NBA Draft prospect in Scoot Henderson. Wembanyama shined in that game, albeit in a loss, as […]

If you haven’t seen Victor Wembanyama play and just relied on what you’ve been hearing other people say about the NBA’s top prospect in the 2023 NBA Draft, you could have been led to the belief that he’s straight out of a laboratory. In a sense, that is what Wembanyama is, a freak basketball talent […]

Atlanta Braves pitcher A.J. Minter did not hold back when he spoke about how his team successfully defied the odds and stole the National League title crown from the New York Mets. #Braves' A.J. Minter: “The Mets didn’t blow it, we took it from them…We just played out of our minds.” — David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) […]

The New York Mets’ hopes and dreams of ending the reign of the Atlanta Braves in the National League East came completely crashing down Tuesday. With the Braves beating the Marlins 2-1, the result of the Mets’ game against the Washington Nationals at home Tuesday is virtually meaningless. The Nationals have long been out of […]

Whatever morsel of hope of winning the National League East division the New York Mets were coddling entering Tuesday, the Atlanta Braves promptly eviscerated all that with a 2-1 road win over the Miami Marlins. That meant that the Mets no longer have a shot at regaining their lead in the NL East — and […]

Aaron Judge stands alone on top of the American League’s all-time single-season home run list. After a prolonged wait, the New York Yankees superstar finally made contact to send his 62nd home run of the season deep into the stands in Tuesday’s game against the Texas Rangers. We know which record he just broke and […]

Justin Verlander is aging like fine wine. So good is the 39-year-old Houston Astros ace that he is finishing the 2022 MLB regular season with an achievement no human has ever seen since the days of the legendary Cy Young in 1908. Via Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle: “At 39, Justin Verlander is the […]

Tom Brady is very likely to play in Week 5 against the Atlanta Falcons. That is even though he seemed to be nursing some pain in his shoulder. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback is “going to be okay” and that the injury is “nothing that is going […]

For at least one daring baseball fan in the stands of Tuesday night’s game between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers, it’s not about how high can you jump but how far will you be willing to sacrifice your own safety for a shot at a multi-million Aaron Judge home run ball. Maybe […]

Aaron Judge is not the only one who set a new single-season record during the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers Tuesday. Gerrit Cole also smashed a Yankees franchise record, as he is now New York’s all-time single-season strikeout record-holder. Cole-Blooded, K-King. @GerritCole45 is now the Yankees […]

Aaron Judge finally did it. After quite a long wait, the New York Yankees star has at last hit home run No. 62 in the 2022 MLB season, sending one deep in the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Texas Rangers on the road. Remember where you were when #AaronJudge made history. 6️⃣2️⃣ #AllRise pic.twitter.com/w4kbDJf5ZC […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are gearing up for the 2022 MLB postseason, though, they are unlikely to have both Dustin May and Blake Treinen ready when they play their first game in the playoffs. Both pitchers are still working their way back from injuries. For Dustin May, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts does not think that […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning are still Stanley Cup contenders in the upcoming 2022-23 NHL season. With guys like Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, Victor Hedman, and Andrei Vasilevskiy the ceiling remains very high for the Bolts. With that said, let’s take a look at three bold predictions we have for the winners of two […]

The Michigan Wolverines are on cruise control as they have yet to suffer a loss in the 2022 college football season. However, Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh does not want any sense of complacency to creep up on his team, especially with what seems to be an easy assignment ahead for the Wolverines. Michigan […]

Everyone’s excited for the NBA to start again, but ESPN’s new theme song for the 2022-23 season is doing a fine job of taking away the energy of fans. Based on the reactions it is getting so far on Twitter, it appears that ESPN’s freshest TV anthem for its coverage of the NBA is simply […]

The defending Super Bowl champions are not having the smoothest of starts to the 2022 NFL season. The Los Angeles Rams are 2-2 after getting clobbered by the San Francisco 49ers in Monday night’s 24-9 road loss. Making that defeat to their rivals even more painful to the Rams are the injuries some of their […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are finally going to give what the team’s fans have been craving for since the start of the preseason. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has just announced that the Steelers are going with rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett as the team’s starter in Week 5 against the Buffalo Bills on the road. “Kenny […]

The Texas A&M Aggies have a tough assignment ahead of them, as they are scheduled to take on the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide of Jimbo Fisher in Tuscaloosa this coming Saturday. Beating the Crimson Tide at their own turf is an unenviable task, but Jimbo Fisher is ready for the challenge. All he is […]

The Dallas Mavericks are done with the Luka Doncic-Kristaps Porzingis. With the Latvian unicorn gone in Dallas when the Mavs traded him to the Washington Wizards in February, the team is looking ahead to a new two-man configuration. In place of Porzingis now for the Mavs is Christian Wood, who could just be the one […]

If it is up to him, veteran third baseman Evan Longoria would love to stay a member of the San Francisco Giants as long as he can. But, of course, nothing is ever sure in professional sports when it comes to tenure. Via Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle: “I’m committed to coming back […]

A European has won the NBA MVP in each of the last four seasons. Not a few NBA general managers believe that the Maurice Podoloff Trophy will still be making a trip across the pond when it is all said and done in the 2022-23 NBA season, as they believe Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic […]

The Dallas Cowboys are doing just fine, even without star quarterback Dak Prescott. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones expressed his mild surprise over the fact that his team has already won three games without Prescott, who is nearing a return from a hand injury he suffered in Week 1’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in […]

The Seattle Seahawks netted their second win of the season in Week 4, topping the banged-up Detroit Lions on the road, 48-45. There are plenty to unpack from such a high-scoring contest like that, and for Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, among his takeaways include the fantastic performance of Detroit tight end T.J. Hockenson and […]

The Minnesota Vikings look terrific on paper. After all, they already have three wins against a loss through four games in the 2022 NFL season. However, that does not mean they are not having issues, including chances to get to the end zone. Justin Jefferson made sure to highlight that in statements he made following […]

While everybody watching live in the stands at Globe Life Field in Arlington was waiting for Aaron Judge to hit his record-breaking 62nd home run of the season, New York Yankees pitcher Luis Severino stole the show with a sterling performance on the mound to lead the Bronx Bombers to a 3-1 victory Monday night. […]