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The Dallas Cowboys will be without wide receiver Tavon Austin in this coming Sunday’s showdown with the Washington Redskins on the road, according to team offensive coordinator Scott Linehan, via Brandon George of The Dallas Morning News. Cowboys OC Scott Linehan said they wouldn’t throw out their jet sweep runs in game plan just because […]

The Denver Broncos are dominating the Arizona Cardinals on both ends of the field in their Thursday night meeting. The Broncos set the tone early in the contest by scoring off an interception of Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen’s pass to begin their scoring barrage. Moments later, Emmanuel Sanders threw a touchdown pass to fellow Denver […]

The New Orleans Saints are now down one downfield weapon for the next several weeks. According to Field Yates of ESPN, Saints deep threat Ted Ginn Jr. has been placed on the injured reserve, thus likely ending his season. The Saints have placed WR Ted Ginn, Jr. on IR, per league source. — Field Yates […]

It wasn’t long ago when the Arizona Cardinals, under head coach Bruce Arians, were among the serious Super Bowl contenders. Now under a new head coach in Steve Wilks, the Cards have seemingly fallen off a cliff, as they are only 1-5 to start the 2018 NFL season. Prior to Thursday Night Football matchup with […]

The Denver Broncos will take the field Thursday night against the Arizona Cardinals on the road looking to snap a four-game skid. However, they have a few players who won’t be able to help them achieve that goal. According to Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk, offensive linemen Ronald Leary and Jared Veldheer will be […]

Alfred Morris fantasy football owners needed a break after the San Francisco 49ers didn’t do anything last Monday despite every sign prior to Week 6 pointing to him having a robust day against the Green Bay Packers. That’s a brutal lesson in the highs and lows of being a fantasy football manager and banking on […]

Having LeBron James should do wonders for the Los Angeles Lakers, who are coming off a season in which they finished with just a 35-47 record and missed the playoffs cut for the fifth year in a row. However, TNT personality and colorful character Charles Barkley doesn’t even think that the Lakers will conclude the […]

The Houston Rockets won’t make their 2018-19 NBA season debut until Wednesday when they host the New Orleans Pelicans. So for the meantime, the Rockets duo of Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony decided to kill time by catching live Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston […]

The Philadelphia 76ers kicked their 2018-19 NBA campaign with a bitter 105-87 loss at the hands of the Boston Celtics, who they were supposed to give a big challenge Wednesday night. But at least, Sixers big man Joel Embiid did not lose his social media swagger, as he took to Twitter to post a hilarious […]

The 2018-19 NBA season is finally here. It’s also another way of saying that petty NBA is back. And here is Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant submitting his entry for the most pety moment of the week by turning to the Oklahoma City Thunder bench after denying Steven Adams at the post. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBMEumBwUV/ The […]

The NBA season has already begun, but the specter of the Jimmy Butler saga seems to continue hovering above the heads of the Minnesota Timberwolves. For now, what’s clear is that Butler, if it’s up to him, wants out of Minnesota. As for the Timberwolves, deciding what to do with Butler is always not going […]

The biggest news this side of the world today is that the NBA is back after a long absence, with the Philadelphia 76ers taking on the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Beantown. But while fans were expecting high-quality basketball they’ve never laid eyes on for quite some time, they were instead treated to a […]

The Boston Celtics kicked off their 2018-19 in the same manner the Boston Red Sox did in Game 3 of the ALCS: with a decisive victory. And just like Red Sox outfield Jackie Bradley Jr, who hit a huge grand slam Tuesday night against the Houston Astros, forward Jaylen Brown provided the Celtics’ own signature […]

The New England Patriots extended their unbeaten streak to three games last Sunday by becoming the first team to stop the Kansas City Chiefs in a high-scoring 43-40 win at home. Now, Bill Belichick and the Pats are turning their attention to next Sunday’s meeting with the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. For Belichick, he […]

Although Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict seemed to have avoided a suspension from the NFL despite his rough play in last Sunday’s showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he is not escaping the wrath of Ben Roethlisberger and company. Burfict is being largely criticized for his hit on the head of Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, […]

The Oakland Raiders are back in home soil following a 27-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in London on Sunday. It’s not the best way to enter a two-week break, but it’s probably worse for linebacker Derrick Johnson, who was officially cut by the Raiders on Tuesday, according to the team’s verified Twitter account. "We […]

Kristaps Porzingis is set to hit restricted fee agency next summer after failing to reach a contract extension with the New York Knicks before the 6 p.m. ET deadline on Monday. It’s not a surprising move, though, as it was what many observers had expected long before the deadline. By not agreeing with Porzingis to […]

The week started with heartbreaking news for both the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Seahawks organization, as it was reported Monday that the owner of the said pair of North American pro sports franchises, Paul Allen, has passed away at the age of 65 due to complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Immediately after the terrible news […]

Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward dropped some news a day before the 2018-19 NBA season kicks off. In a brief message on Twitter, Hayward announced that he’s partnering with China-based sporting apparel company, Anta. Have a read of Hayward’s announcement and a sneak peek of his signature shoe from Anta. New season. New beginnings. I'm […]

Kicker Zane Gonzalez is currently out of work in the NFL, the reason for which can be largely attributed to his bad Week 2 performance during a 21-18 Cleveland Browns road loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Against the Saints, Gonzalez missed two field goal attempts, including one that would’ve likely sent the game into […]

Let Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby show everyone how to bounce back in style. A week ago, Crosby was at the lowest point of his NFL career when the usually dependable kicker missed four of five field-goal attempts and muffed his only extra-point shot in a 31-23 road loss to the Detroit Lions. Fast […]

For the most part of last week, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Marquise Goodwin had his availability for Monday Night Football game’s showdown with the Green Bay Packers in question because of a hamstring injury. So, it was fortunate for the 49ers, and to quarterback C.J. Beathard in particular, to hear that Goodwin was going […]

The Cincinnati Bengals failed to extend their win streak to three games following a 28-21 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at home. But not even a frustrating setback at the hands of their bitter rivals has deterred Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick from issuing a strong rhetoric about the hierarchy of power between his team and […]

Baltimore Ravens dual-threat quarterback Lamar Jackson was known to be a human cheat code back when he was still seeing action under center for the Louisville Cardinals during his college days. While he’s only being sparingly used by the Ravens in his rookie season because they still have Joe Flacco, Jackson always has the potential […]

The Buffalo Bills’ rough reason just got a little tougher. That’s after Bills rookie quarterback Josh Allen exited Sunday’s meeting with the Houston Texans in the third quarter with an elbow injury, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. #Bills QB Josh Allen exits today’s game vs. #Texans with apparent injury, Nathan Peterman is […]

The Minnesota Vikings took care of their business on Sunday by beating the Arizona Cardinals, 27-17, for their second win in a row and third overall this season. The Vikings, however, were bitten with the injury bug in the game, as cornerback Mike Hughes exited the game in the fourth quarter with a knee injury. […]

The FBI’s continued investigation of corruption in the college basketball ranks continues and it has plenty of concerned people on their toes. That includes Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton, whose family allegedly received money from a former Adidas employee so that he’d choose to play for Sean Miller and the Arizona Wildcats during his short […]

The Cleveland Browns are starting to turn the corner following years of ineptitude, and Myles Garrett has helped lead their defense’s success. The Browns defensive end is doing a lot of things well for Cleveland, and he wants to do it on a more consistent basis, per Nate Ulrich of Beacon Journal. “I need some […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have done a fairly good job of weathering the absence of running back Le’Veon Bell, and James Conner has played a big role in that. The second-year back has been an admirable presence in Pittsburgh’s backfield as Bell’s placeholder. Of course, that’s not to say that the 2-2-1 Steelers would prefer having […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are playing in their final exhibition game Friday night before the 2018-19 NBA regular season commences, but big man JaVale McGee made sure that the contest won’t end without him blowing people’s minds away. Here is a clip of the veteran center channeling his inner Moritz Wagner by knocking down a […]

The Golden State Warriors have secured the 14th body of their roster by signing Alfonzo McKinnie to a two-year deal, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Warriors and forward Alfonzo McKinnie have agreed to a two-year minimum deal, clearing way for him to be 14th spot on regular-season roster. Alfonzo McKinnie was initially […]

On Friday night, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo learned a thing or two about taking the good and the bad in the NBA. Late in the second quarter of the Bucks’ preseason matchup with the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves, Antetokounmpo raced down the floor with the ball and made Timberwolves big man Gorgui Dieng look like […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are in the middle of their preparation for a marquee matchup this coming Sunday against the New England Patriots, but their plans for the weekend will no longer include wide receiver De’Anthony Thomas. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the wideout suffered a leg injury during Thursday’s practice. Chiefs’ WR De’Anthony […]

It’s not a good idea to make a large human being like Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt angry, but that’s what the NFL managed to do when the league fined the pass rusher’s brother, T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers, a sizeable sum of money for apparently just doing his job. $20,000 for this?!?!?! […]

Those who have money riding on the Kansas City Chiefs to defeat the New England Patriots may not find this news amusing, but it’s true: The Patriots have been undefeated at home against AFC teams when quarterback Tom Brady and wide receiver Julian Edelman were both active. At least, that’s according to the data posted […]

The NBA is a strange place where a superstar player can just show up at a practice, team up with scrubs, and lead them into beating the rest of the starting unit. It’s also a place where players suddenly break out in synchronized – and completely unscripted – motions. It’s a phenomenon that’s eluded a […]

Whether it’s from the perspective of where their season is going or from the outlook of how their Thursday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles is going, it’s safe to say that things are not looking good for Odell Beckham Jr. and the New York Giants. What’s making the Giants look worse is the behavior […]

Following a heartbreaking 19-16 overtime loss to the Houston Texans last week, the Dallas Cowboys are left dealing with questions about their offense. At least a few of these questions are seemingly being asked by people within the team, including wide receiver Allen Hurns, who’s already voiced out his displeasure of the team’s playcalling. Allen […]

The New York Giants are having a hard time moving the chains in the first half of Thursday night’s home game against the Philadephia Eagles — except when the ball is in the hands of rookie running back sensation Saquon Barkley. During one particular play that’s guaranteed to be talked about for days regardless of […]