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One of the more popular figures around the NFL and college football is former Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen. Unfortunately, Millen is dealing with a serious health issue. Millen recently told Mark Wogenrich of The Morning Call, that he is dealing with amyloidosis, a rare but severe issue that has probably damaged his heart and […]

One of the best stories to come out of the 2018 NFL Draft was Shaquem Griffin getting selected by the Seattle Seahawks. Griffin defied the odds and convinced the Seahawks he was the right man for the job in Seattle. When he got the call that he was getting drafted by the Seahawks, Griffin was […]

The Dallas Cowboys were thrown a curveball during the draft when it was announced that Jason Witten would be retiring from the team to join the Monday Night Football crew as an analyst. The Cowboys seemed to be blindsided by the decision and ended up taking Stanford Cardinal tight end Dalton Schultz with the 137th […]

For Ty Lawson, he has had an up and down career in the NBA. He was taken with the 18th pick in the 2009 draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and then was traded on draft night to the Denver Nuggets. Many believed he could be a star in the league and for a while as he […]

Rajon Rondo has had a borderline Hall of Fame career in the NBA and although he doesn’t know when he wants to hang up the sneakers, he does know that once he retires, he doesn’t want to stay too far away from the NBA. “I want to be a general manager, and I want to […]

The Jason Witten news caught everyone by surprise when it was announced that he was going to retire from the Dallas Cowboys and was join ESPN’s Monday Night Football crew as an analyst. Cowboys tight end Jason Witten is on the brink of retirement after 15 years to join ESPN as the Monday Night Football broadcast […]

When Saquon Barkley was drafted, most New York Giants fans were happy that their team got their running back of the future. Not only are the fans happy, but they are also snatching up his jersey like no other first-round draft pick ever. According to Darren Rovell of ESPN, Barkley generated more jersey sales than any […]

When Marcus Smart returned from his thumb injury in Game 5 there some question about if it would still affect his game. It didn’t take long though for Smart to get back to his old self, diving on the floor for loose balls and giving 110 percent effort on the defensive end. Hi Bucks, Meet […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have been playing the role of the underdog for most of the season, going into a series against a heavily favored Golden State Warriors team isn’t anything. When DeMarcus Cousins went down with an injury most people counted them out, but Anthony Davis stepped up and helped carry them into the […]

There have been a lot of long waits in the green room during the NFL Draft, and a lot of players can get embarrassed if they are sitting in their too long. Since the draft has split up into three days, a lot of players will not come back for the second night in the […]

The biggest storyline to watch heading into the weekend of basketball is Stephen Curry’s status for Saturday night’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans. Curry has missed the last 15 games for the Golden State Warriors between the playoffs after suffering a grade 2 MCL sprain. Curry went through a full practice, and Kevin Durant […]

When the New York Jets drafted Sam Darnold with the third pick in the NFL draft it left the team with an abundance of quarterback. Along with Darnold the Jets also have Josh McCown, Teddy Bridgewater, Bryce Petty and Christian Hackenberg. With the abundance of quarterbacks, the Jets are going to have to trade or release […]

When Kevin Durant re-signed with the Warriors, he took an almost $10 million dollar pay cut. The max salary he could have signed for was $34,682,550 for the year, but when he signed on the dotted line his contract was for only $25,000,000. Durant said he took a pay cut to help the Warriors sign some of […]

The Seattle Seahawks shocked a lot of people around the league when they took San Diego State running back Rashaad Penny with the 27th pick in the NFL Draft. One guy who is really excited about the pick though is Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll who told Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times that “I don’t […]

The Chicago Bulls were in full tank mode this year, and they know they have a lot of work to do with their roster to really compete again in the Eastern Conference. Although they might not tank again this upcoming year, they really don’t expect to compete, and according to Mark Schanowski of NBC Sports Chicago, […]

The New Y0rk Jets think they got their quarterback of the future with the third pick drafting Sam Darnold of USC. When a quarterback is drafted that high there is a ton of pressure on you, especially when you play in New York and have to deal with that media. Welcome to the Big 🍎, […]

With the offseason here for a lot of NBA teams, it’s time for their players to undergo minor surgeries to clean up things that bothered them during the regular season. That was the case for Denver Nuggets center Mason Plumlee, who underwent successful surgery to repair a core muscle injury that bothered him during the […]

The Arizona Cardinals got their guy when they traded up to the 10th pick to get quarterback Josh Rosen out of UCLA. He wasn’t the first quarterback taken though; he was the fourth with Baker Mayfield, Josh Rosen, and Josh Allen all going before him. In his interview with Deion Sanders after being selected, he […]

When a team gives up two first-round picks in the NFL Draft to select a player, they have to think that team thinks the player has star potential, especially when that player is not a quarterback. Saints traded this year’s 1 and next year’s 1 and a fifth-round pick to Green Bay for Packers’ first-round […]

When the Cleveland Browns selected Denzel Ward with the 4th pick in the NFL draft they really changed the way the rest of the draft played out. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Buffalo Bills had a trade in place to take the Denver Broncos 5th pick, but when the Browns decided to take […]

The Cleveland Browns had two first-round picks, and with each of the picks, they made surprising moves. With the first pick, they took quarterback Baker Mayfield which still kind of a shock, steaming from earlier in the day said that would be the pick. With the fourth pick though they shocked everyone when they took […]

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers won Game 5 in their best of seven first-round series against the Indiana Pacers but it wasn’t without controversy. James blocked Victor Oladipo’s shot with five seconds left to go in the game, but when the NBA released its Last Two Minute Report on Thursday night, it was deemed […]

The Green Bay Packers currently hold the 14th pick in tonight’s NFL Draft, but they are one of the teams trying to move up to get their guy, and according to Matt Miller of Bleacher Report that guy is Minkah Fitzpatrick of the Alabama Crimson Tide. #PAckers are definitely trying to move up and I've heard […]

Most years, there are at least a few trades towards the back end of the first round for great reason. With a first-round pick, a team can gain an extra year of team control. All first-round picks sign a four-year deal with a team option for the fifth season, something a team can’t get after […]

Martavis Bryant made it pretty clear last year that he didn’t want to be a Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver anymore when he asked for a trade before last year’s trade deadline. His feelings haven’t changed and although they didn’t trade him during last year’s deadline, the Steelers are now listening to offers according to Dan Graziano […]

Some of the rumors swirling around the NFL draft the last few weeks involved the Arizona Cardinals and how they might want to trade up from the 15th overall pick to get their quarterback. According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, that doesn’t seem to be the direction that the Cardinals want to go […]

Just earlier today, one of the teams that was expected to stay in their current spot was the New York Giants, who currently sit with the second pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Many experts had Penn State running back Saquon Barkley selected in that spot, but that doesn’t appear to be a sure thing. Dianna […]

Earlier this month, the New Orleans Pelicans were struggling and Nikola Mirotic decided that a change needed to happen so he shaved off his beard. “I wanted something new,” Mirotic told New Orleans Times-Picayune beat reporter William Guillory. “I thought it was time to shave. [It’s] an important moment, and I was struggling a little […]

Teddy Bridgewater just signed a one year contract this offseason with the New York Jets that’s worth up to six million dollars. Only one million dollars of that though is guaranteed and there are some who believe that if the Jets take a quarterback in this years draft, Bridgewater could be on the trading on […]

Coming into the season, many believed that this would be the season that the Philadelphia 76ers finally started to see some of the rewards from their rebuild. Even with the improvements though, not many people believed that they would be one of the favorites to make it to the NBA Finals. According to J.J Redick, […]

Enes Kanter just finished his first season with the New York Knicks but he got a chance to come back to Oklahoma City to watch both of his former teams face off in Game 5. He started his career with the Utah Jazz in 2011 but was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder during the […]

Forcing a Game 7 was already going to be a difficult task for the Washington Wizards, but it sounds like the task could get a bit harder. According to Ben Standig of The Sports Capital, there is a chance that Otto Porter sits out Game 6 against the Toronto Raptors with a lower leg strain. […]

When Jordy Nelson was released by the Green Bay Packers this offseason, he knew it would be the first time in his career that he would be receiving passes from someone other than Aaron Rodgers. When Nelson was in Green Bay, he and Rodgers made quite the tandem, but with injuries, Nelson’s play has decreased […]

When Matt Patricia took the Detroit Lions job, he knew that he had a lot of talent on his roster, but he also knew there were some big holes that needed to be filled if the Lions to take that next step forward. For Patricia, the biggest challenge is looking at the whole draft board. […]

Former New York Knicks head coach and NBA star Derek Fisher got engaged to Gloria Govan according to a TMZ report. She Said Yes!! https://t.co/UhSmb0H0CS — TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) April 24, 2018 Govan used to be married to NBA veteran and Derek Fisher’s former teammate, Matt Barnes. The two had twin sons together. Back when […]

The Seattle Seahawks have been in the news the last few weeks because of the quarterback position, and now they are back in it again. There have been rumors swirling about if Colin Kaepernick will get his chances with the Seahawks, and how they have might’ve postponed the workout because Kaepernick wouldn’t agree to stand […]

With the NFL draft being only one day away, one of the most intriguing storylines to follow is where Josh Rosen is going to end up. He has all the talent to be an NFL quarterback but there are a lot of people who have questioned if he has the personality to lead an NFL […]

The Cleveland Browns have not had much success trying to find their quarterback of the future, but this year they hope it’s different. Most believe that the Browns will take a quarterback with the first overall pick, and if they decide to not take one with that pick they have another pick at four that […]

Before Dalvin Cook tore his ACL he was showing flashes of just how special of a runner he was going to be for the Minnesota Vikings. Once he went down with the injury he was motivated to get back and stayed up in Minnesota to help recover with the Minnesota training staff. That appears to […]