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The Oakland Athletics are not the only MLB team looking into relocation. But while the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox have begun to flirt with the possibility, the Athletics have made it clear that they want to move to Las Vegas. They have secured a deal with the city and are now in need […]

The 2023 offseason has been an interesting one for Philadelphia Eagles star Haason Reddick. The Pro Bowl pass rusher was shrouded in a peculiar non-controversy over his contract — he suggested that he was underpaid but didn’t make any efforts to change that — and sustained a thumb injury in a joint practice with the […]

Charlie Blackmon’s career with the Colorado Rockies has been going on longer than almost every other single-team career in MLB. The veteran outfielder is interested in staying with the club next season, which would mark his 14th season in the black and purple. Blackmon is set to hit free agency this offseason and could garner […]

What do the Kansas City Chiefs do if Chris Jones continues his holdout? Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has had to ask that question for a while now but an answer will be due soon. Their season opener against the Detroit Lions is now less than two weeks away. Jones has been second only to Patrick […]

When a pitcher has a UCL injury, teams usually don’t see them on the playing field for a while. Los Angeles Angels ace Shohei Ohtani is not like other pitchers, though. Even though the possibility exists that he won’t take the mound again for a long time, he’s still providing value as the designated hitter. […]

As the Philadelphia 76ers figure out what to do with James Harden, Tyrese Maxey is in the lab working on his game. As he prepares for the season, the Sixers’ young star isn’t ignoring what’s going on with his team. Maxey noted on his podcast “Maxey on the Mic” that the Sixers are no strangers […]

Who in the world would want to trade for James Harden? The Philadelphia 76ers front office has surely asked itself this question repeatedly as Harden makes it clearer and clearer that he wants to be traded from the Sixers. In an appearance on the Clap You Hands podcast, longtime NBA reporter Howard Beck said that […]

The 2023 FIBA World Cup is a great opportunity for Paolo Banchero to grow. The Orlando Magic forward will be playing in highly competitive matchups in a new position for Team USA. Banchero has been tasked with playing center for Team USA. While Jaren Jackson Jr. mans the starting lineup, the reigning Rookie of the […]

The New Orleans Saints were given a new injury to watch out for leading into the season when cornerback Marshon Lattimore hurt his left knee in a joint practice with the Los Angeles Chargers. Fortunately, it doesn’t sound like the 27-year-old will miss a significant amount of time. Lattimore’s latest update brings some cautiously good […]

The San Francisco 49ers are starting Brock Purdy and making Sam Darnold his backup. Just a year after being named the starter, former third overall pick Trey Lance finds himself deep on the depth chart. With Purdy entering his second season, it’s safe to assume that the franchise wants him to become the long-term quarterback. […]

The foreseeable future of Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels has been flipped upside down. The two-way superstar suffering a tear in the UCL of his pitching arm will keep him off the mound for the remainder of the season. When addressing Ohtani’s injury, Angels general manager Perry Minasian doesn’t believe that this injury […]

The Cincinnati Reds are making a run at the playoffs with a team comprised of rookies and other young players with a few veterans sprinkled in. They are adding another veteran bat late in the season with the addition of Trey Mancini. The Reds have added Mancini but will bring him in on a minor-league […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are rolling with Baker Mayfield as their starting quarterback to begin the 2023 season. Mayfield beat out Kyle Trask to take the starting role following the retirement of Tom Brady. The Buccaneers have a very solid supporting cast around him in Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Rachaad White and Chase Edmonds. Paired […]

The Oakland Athletics are eager to move to Las Vegas and have taken numerous key steps to make it happen. At this point, it’s practically a formality. Team owner John Fisher is getting his way as the city of Oakland scrambles to keep its baseball team. The Athletics have hired a construction firm for their […]

The Chicago White Sox are, at long last, making some major changes to their management team. After their rebuilding efforts fell apart and descended into a tank job, they fired vice president Kenny Williams and general manager Rick Hahn, who have each been with the team for over 20 years and have begun looking for […]

The San Francisco 49ers and Nick Bosa are still working through a contract dispute. While the situation remains amicable, there is more urgency to get a deal done with less than three weeks left until the season begins. Bosa, who is entering the final season of his rookie deal, could very likely become the highest-paid […]

The New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers linked up to make a deal at the 2023 MLB trade deadline. Milwaukee got outfielder Mark Canha to help their playoff push while New York added to its farm system with pitching prospect Justin Jarvis. The possibility existed for New York to send another veteran player to Milwaukee: […]

The nephew of Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Tommy Pham has recently been the subject of cyberbullying after Pham and opposing fans got heated. MLB is now investigating the matter, according to Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY Sports. Pham went back and forth with fans of the San Diego Padres during a game and even got heckled […]

James Harden’s standoff with the Philadelphia 76ers is now truly starting to cost him. The NBA issued a hefty fine to the veteran star for comments directed at the Sixers and their president of basketball operations, Daryl Morey. Harden has been docked $100,000 for his comments, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The league officially […]

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is under investigation after social media posts alleged that he had a relationship with a teenage girl. It was reported soon after that the 22-year-old may have had relationships with multiple minors. The latest update comes from Major League Baseball, which has made a serious decision amid the troubling […]

The Philadelphia Phillies are playing perhaps the most important series remaining in their regular season. The San Francisco Giants trail them by only a few games in the Wild Card spot and with the Atlanta Braves maintaining a big lead in the NL East, Philly almost certainly has to get a Wild Card spot in […]

The Detroit Tigers are shaking up their outfield and Riley Greene is a big part of it. No, he isn’t being moved out of the outfield or the lineup but is instead just shifting over a spot to make room for Parker Meadows. The Tigers called up Meadows, their no. 10 prospect and the most […]

Roughly a month away from training camp, the Philadelphia 76ers still have to figure out what to do with James Harden. The star veteran has dumped gallons upon gallons of gasoline on any semblance of a bridge between himself and the Sixers, looking to burn it all after not getting the trade he expected to […]

The Oakland Athletics are just about guaranteed to move to Las Vegas. The team ownership group, led by John Fisher, has assembled one of the worst teams in baseball history and has cried foul but refused to sell the team. The Athletics have made yet another big move in their quest to relocate. They announced […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are building toward a level of sustainable winning around Kenny Pickett and George Pickens. But in order to get that young duo flying high, another young player will have to step up in a big way: rookie offensive lineman Broderick Jones. Jones, the standout from Georgia that the Steelers selected with the […]

Arthur Blank, the owner of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS’s Atlanta United FC, is making another major sports investment by bringing an Atlanta franchise to the TGL golf league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Wood and McIlroy, two of the biggest names in golf, have been building a high-tech league as the […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are heading into the 2023 season without confident knowledge of whether one of their best players will join them. Josh Jacobs still does not want to play on the franchise tag and the team has yet to strike a deal with him for a different contract. When asked if there was […]

Usually, a team like the San Diego Padres doesn’t have a farm system worth being all that intrigued by. A team that has made some huge trades over the past few seasons and is investing heavily to win at the major-league level is often devoid of high-level prospects. This is not the case for San […]

No one knows what’s in store for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2023-24 season. Whether James Harden stays with the team into the regular season or not, we at least know the dates, times and locations for when the Sixers will play basketball. Last season saw the Sixers have a relatively easy first-half schedule before […]

The Minnesota Vikings are gearing up for a huge 2023 season. They won the NFC North last season but a swift exit from the playoffs confirmed the beliefs of many fans that they are not a truly elite team. Kirk Cousins, Justin Jefferson and company have a ton of doubters to prove wrong. The Vikings’ […]

The Miami Dolphins showed flashes of brilliance last season. The injury bug bit them heavily, though. Bad luck with health nearly struck again with veteran left tackle Terron Armstead. The Dolphins got an injury scare during a joint practice with the Houston Texans when Armstead was carted off the field with an apparent leg injury. […]

Time. It marches on unimpeded. And as it does, Damian Lillard continues not to get his desired trade to the Miami Heat. The Portland Trail Blazers still don’t like the offers they’ve gotten so far and thus are not interested in making a trade. Yada, yada, yada. You know the deal by now. Lillard could […]

Christian Yelich became one of the biggest stars in baseball at the end of the 2010s. But even quicker than he rose to prominence with a pair of top-two finishes in the NL MVP race (winning it in 2018), the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder fell out of the spotlight. Yelich didn’t regress into being a bad […]

The Chicago Cubs just keep making magic happen. After a massive winning streak ahead of the trade deadline that convinced them not to sell, they are in a good position to snag a Wild Card spot. They also may have just enjoyed their most electric win of the season on a walk-off homer from Christopher […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are entering the 2023-24 season with lots of uncertainty and loads of pressure. Let me say that again. The Philadelphia 76ers are entering the 2023-24 season with lots of uncertainty and loads of pressure. James Harden launching a verbal grenade at Daryl Morey has made the Sixers’ disaster offseason even worse. In […]

Things just keep getting worse for the New York Yankees. Their record is now below .500 with less than two months left in the regular season. Aaron Boone’s squad is anything but a bunch of savages in that box. Most teams aren’t worried or surprised to be below .500 at this point in the season. […]

George Pickens is ready to be a star for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The second-year wideout is a nightmare to cover and could emerge as a star this season if everything goes right. But is he more talented than Minnesota Vikings superstar Justin Jefferson? I wouldn’t say so. But Ryan Clark would. Clark, a Pro Bowler […]

The Cleveland Guardians approached the 2023 MLB trade deadline like sellers despite being in a playoff chase. One trade that signaled this was the deal they made with the Los Angeles Dodgers, swapping shortstop Amed Rosario for starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard. The Guardians adding Syndergaard seemed to be a move that gave them a replacement […]

Former Boston Red Sox superstar pitcher Pedro Martinez used to get tormented by the New York Yankees. Now, it’s the boys in pinstripes getting tormented by their underperforming season, as they have not had a record of .500 or worse this late in a season since before Martinez even won a Cy Young Award. The […]