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The Philadelphia Phillies got hot at the right time last year. They’re the perfect example of a team doing so. Well, them and the Atlanta Braves in 2021, who only won 88 games and won the World Series. The Phillies did beat their division rival Braves in last season’s NLDS, but they didn’t win the […]

The Seattle Mariners have emerged as one of the hottest teams in baseball, boasting not only one of the best records in the AL, but also the best record in the entirety of baseball since the start of the second half of the season. Reflecting back on the opening month of play, the Mariners averaged […]

The Tampa Bay Rays kicked off the season in impressive fashion, winning their first 13 games. However, as the season progressed, they gradually returned to reality, though remaining quite competitive. The Rays currently hold the second spot in the American League East division, trailing the Baltimore Orioles by just 3.5 games. They still have a […]

The Clemson Tigers football team hasn’t reached the College Football Playoff since 2020, when they were defeated by Ohio State 49-28. The Tigers haven’t won a bowl game since the following season when they defeated Iowa State 20-13. Last year, they were dominated by a resurgent Tennessee Volunteers team in the Orange Bowl, losing 31-14. […]

The Atlanta Braves have been one of the hottest teams in all of baseball this season. Currently holding an 80-43 record, the Braves have maintained the best record in baseball for a while now. Some of that record came from their scorching hot month of June play, during which they went 21-4, not losing a […]

WrestleMania 40 tickets went on sale this past week, and already the response has been nothing but spectacular. As of last Friday, the official start date of ticket sales after a few presales throughout the week, WWE had sold more than 90,000 tickets, as per Darren Rovell. That’s an absolutely astonishing number and one that […]

Was there a more disappointing team in college football last season than the Texas A&M Aggies football team? The Aggies were early favorites to reach the College Football Playoff, coming off a subpar 8-4 season. But their real momentum came from having the No. 1 overall ranked recruiting class coming into last season, which was […]

When Mario Cristobal decided to return home to his alma mater with the Miami Hurricanes, that left an opening for Georgia’s Dan Lanning to take the reins in Eugene. The Oregon Ducks football team was loaded with talent thanks to Cristobal’s massive recruiting efforts during his tenure. The question was, no one knew what to […]

The Georgia Bulldogs football team is coming off its second consecutive national championship, following last year’s victory over TCU in the big game. What appeared to be a longstanding curse hovering over the state of Georgia and its sports teams, preventing them from achieving success, has now transformed into a blessing with the Bulldogs leading […]

When Lincoln Riley up and left the Oklahoma Sooners’ football program at the end of the 2021 season, it came as a complete shock to those in Norman. After all, Oklahoma is part of the elite in all of college football, right? Who would dare leave such a prominent program that was already established enough […]

Can the hype be real? Is the Texas Longhorns football program truly back this year? Or will college football fans be fooled once again by believing in a false narrative, a false hope that has long been reported but continuously left unfulfilled? The hype for the Longhorns is the largest it’s been in some time, […]

When will the The U, the Miami Hurricanes football team, be back? That’s a question that’s been repeatedly ask for two decades now. The Hurricanes haven’t won a National Championship since 2001, where they displayed the greatest college football team imaginable on the field. Although they returned to title game the next season against Ohio […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide football team surprised everyone last year when they did the unthinkable—not making the College Football Playoff. It was only the second time since the system’s inception back in 2014 that Alabama didn’t make the playoff, with the other time being in 2019. Nick Saban and Alabama are hoping to rebound as […]

The Tennessee Volunteers football team finally made its comeback to relevance last season. The Volunteers finished the season at 11-2, with losses to the National Champion Georgia Bulldogs and the South Carolina Gamecocks. It was the first double-digit win season for Tennessee since 2007 and their first 11-win season since 2001. Those on good ol’ […]

If you’re looking for 2023 bold predictions in college football, then perhaps you start with the Colorado Buffaloes football team. The entire construct of the program has been nothing short of bold in and of itself from the moment athletic director Rick George hired now head coach Deion Sanders from Jackson State back in December. […]

After what was an entertaining first episode of last week’s HBO’s Hard Knocks featuring the New York Jets and star quarterback Aaron Rodgers, we were once again treated to a closer look into the team’s upcoming season in episode 2. It likewise prominently featured Rodgers, looking as gleeful as ever, along with others like defensive […]

It’s been quite the 2023 season for the Tampa Bay Rays. They started the season by winning their first 13 games, positioning themselves nicely in the American League East division. They were the outright leaders until they hit a skid in July, finishing the month with an 8-16 record. They’re currently three games behind the […]

Could it be that conference realignment, after what seemed like an endless cycle of movement, is finally coming to a halt? Everyone from school presidents to athletic directors to college football fans, in general, is looking for a bit of a breather after what has been a wild month of conference shakeups. While ACC members […]

When Deion Sanders entered into a Power Five program with the Colorado Buffaloes football team coming out of Jackson State in Mississippi, he upset the established order of the sport of college football entirely. He upset coaches, analysts, players and probably even some parents along the way. He did things like he always has — […]

The New York Jets made waves on Monday by signing Dalvin Cook to a one-year deal worth up to $8.6 million. While Cook’s inability to secure a deal earlier only further raises red flags about the state of the running back market in the NFL, his addition to the Jets roster brings about a multi-faceted […]

Last Friday night on SmackDown, Rey Mysterio shocked viewers when he walked away from the show with the United States Championship, defeating Austin Theory in the process. Mysterio, 48, is considered by some as the greatest Latino wrestler of all time, and by some, he’s considered the greatest of all time. Now it looks like […]

Until we can start debating which teams deserve their rankings through their performance on the field, we’ll first have to settle for the initial preseason college football Associated Press (AP) poll. As is the case every year, there are question marks throughout the entire set of 25 ranked teams. There are snubs, misrankings, overrated and […]

The first Associated Press (AP) Preseason Poll was released on Monday, announcing the top 25 teams heading into the 2023 college football season. This is now the second poll in as many weeks after the coaches’ poll was released. There are some obvious similarities, such as the No. 1 ranking for last year’s national champions, […]

What has happened to the New York Mets in 2023 is nothing short of mesmerizing. They started as perennial favorites, not only to win their highly contested National League East division, wrestling it from the Atlanta Braves, the winners of the past five, but also to be World Series contenders. However, none of these aspirations […]

In the vast expanse of Texas, where football is more than just a sport—it’s a way of life—the University of Texas Longhorns football team carries immense expectations into the 2023 season. These expectations are not simply the usual hopes and dreams of Longhorns fans; they’re colossal, as grand as the state of Texas itself. Head […]

Football is officially back. Even if it is just the NFL preseason, America’s most popular sport is always welcomed back in almost any form. Now that the first week of the preseason has concluded, we have seen our first look at three out of the first four picks in this year’s NFL Draft, whom the […]

On Thursday, the Indianapolis Colts announced that the No. 4 overall pick in the draft, Anthony Richardson, would be starting in the team’s first preseason game. His start, however, won’t mean that he’s automatically earned the starting quarterback job for the regular season just yet. It’s just to “see where he’s at,” Colts head coach […]

Shohei Ohtani is a name we’ve heard all season long. Whether it’s been about his hitting prowess or his pitching dynamics, the dual-threat superstar is unlike any other player in the league. So, of course, he would be tied for the lead in home runs. Who is he tied with? Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt […]

It’s no secret that the quarterback position is the key to success in college football. It’s why almost every year the Heisman trophy winner comes from that position. Not only that, but typically, those Heisman winners are playing in the College Football Playoff. In fact, four out of the last five quarterbacks to win the […]

The landscape of college football continues to change so much now that most are having trouble keeping up with it, or rather they’re just fed up with the money-hungry universities trying to keep with each other. The recent conference realignment between the Pac-12 and the Big Ten, along with other shifts over the last couple […]

In the ever-evolving landscape of collegiate athletics, the transfer portal has become a pivotal platform for college football players and others seeking new opportunities and fresh beginnings. However, as players have demonstrated, the flippant ease with which some athletes have been able to switch schools without facing consequences or delays has prompted a reconsideration of […]

The new Netflix documentary Untold: Johnny Football was just recently released on the popular streaming service. This documentary arrives at a pivotal juncture in Johnny Manziel’s journey through life, detailing all the ups and downs that occurred. While his legendary persona as “Johnny Football” from his college and NFL days remains etched in most everyone’s […]

Tuesday night was the premiere episode of this season’s Hard Knocks, featuring the New York Jets and Aaron Rodgers. The first episode did what most had hoped it would do and prominently featured the Jets newly traded for quarterback, as he was mostly the centerpiece of the show. On Wednesday morning, sports talk-show host Colin […]

From initial reluctance to final acceptance, the New York Jets football team made their appearance on the premiere episode of this season’s version HBO’s Hard Knocks on Tuesday night. After a long and lengthy debate on who would be the eventual team to be on this year’s season of the show, the Jets were always […]

What the WWE has done with Roman Reigns and The Bloodline storyline has been nothing short of remarkable. Between Reigns and his family members in Jey and Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa and his wise man Paul Heyman, they’ve made WWE television engaging for three years now with this long term storyline. But all good things […]

It’s only been one week after the trade deadline and the Los Angeles Angels could already be regretting their decision to keep dual-threat superstar Shohei Ohtani. Can the Halos do the unthinkable and somehow salvage this slump, proving that owner Arte Moreno and general manager Perry Minasian made the right choice? With less than two […]

Before you know it, the weather will be turning colder, everything will be turning into something pumpkin spice flavored, and college football will be back on our television screens every Saturday. There’s not a better time of the year. But before sweater weather arrives and we hear the marching bands and student cheering sections combine […]

Matt Ryan wasn’t shy and didn’t hold back when he was asked about last season when playing for the Indianapolis Colts. With expletive and all, it was a pretty resounding statement to make, not even a year removed from what was a disastrous year in Indianapolis. But it was all too telling of where two […]

For years, the Alabama Crimson Tide’s quarterback position has been a stronghold of talent and consistency. From the days of Jalen Hurts to the era of Mac Jones, the lineage of successful signal-callers has been unbroken, seamlessly passing the torch to maintain the team’s dominating performance. However, as the 2023 season approaches, there is a […]