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In front of 83,331 fans at Memorial Stadium, the Oklahoma Sooners suffered their worst home loss in a decade on Saturday afternoon at the hands of the South Carolina Gamecocks. A 35-9 defeat, in which the Sooners turned the ball over four times, prompted Sooners head coach Brent Venables to proclaim after the game that the […]

The Las Vegas Raiders haven’t had a whole lot to be optimistic about during the 2024 NFL season. The excitement around the permanent hiring of Antonio Pierce has been worn off for weeks. Davante Adams decided to leave Las Vegas and is now a member of the New York Jets. The preseason hopes of a competent […]

With a 28-3 win over the New York Giants on Sunday afternoon, the Philadelphia Eagles notched their first double-digit victory since Week 6 of last season, when they defeated the Miami Dolphins by the final score of 31-17. At that time, running back Saquon Barkley was toiling away in New York on the final year […]

The start of the 2024-25 NBA season is just about 48 hours away, and the Minnesota Timberwolves enter the year with championship expectations after making the Western Conference Finals for just the second-time in franchise history last season. The Wolves have already made their one big move, trading franchise cornerstone Karl-Anthony Towns to the New […]

There are many different tiers of greatness in professional sports. There’s award-winning greatness. There’s jersey retirement greatness. And for a select few, there’s greatness that transcends the sports world, in large part because the athlete whose career is being evaluated transcends the sports. Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell is one of those athletes. By the […]

Among the many storylines that basketball fans will be keeping an eye on as the 2024-25 NBA season begins, the continued evolution of San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama is one that will be at the top of everyone’s list. Wembanyama cruised to a unanimous Rookie of the Year win last season, and is widely […]

Every sports fan loves a good nickname, and that’s especially the case when it’s a nickname that applies to an entire unit or a group of players. In the past, we’ve seen backfields with the all-too-appropriate nicknames of Thunder and Lightning (Ron Dayne and Tiki Barber), Smash and Dash (Lendale White and Chris Johnson) and WD40 […]

After a commanding 56-7 victory over Nebraska on Saturday afternoon, Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti boldly proclaimed that his Hoosiers “broke the will” of the Cornhuskers. This was not untrue, as Indiana thoroughly dominated Nebraska in all facets of the game, out-gaining their Big Ten foe by nearly 200 yards and winning the turnover battle […]

When Magic Johnson retired from the NBA, he did so as one of the game’s greatest and most influential players… someone who perfectly blended showmanship and flair with cutthroat competitiveness and a sense of the moment. He was a five-time NBA Champion, a three-time MVP, and a 10-time All-NBA selection. And while younger fans could […]

In just over five minutes of action on Saturday afternoon, the Oklahoma football team was staring down a 21-point deficit thanks in part to a pair of turnovers — a fumble and an interception — that the South Carolina Gamecocks took back for touchdowns. Down in Columbia, South Carolina, folks will tell you that’s just […]

Not long after Curt Cignetti departed James Madison University to take over as the head coach of the Indiana football team, the coaching veteran delivered one of the most memorable soundbites of the season. When asked how he would recruit high-level players to play for a program that has never won ten games in a single season, […]

At 5 PM eastern time on Saturday October 19, all 30 NBA teams are required to have their rosters settled with the 2024-25 season just a few days away. The Memphis Grizzlies came into the day with one roster spot open — a two-way contract slot that allows players to move back and forth between […]

In an SEC battle of the Tigers, Missouri and Auburn ended the 1st half deadlocked at 3-3 in a game in which neither offense has been able to get much going. Mizzou has left points on the board however, as kicker Blake Craig has missed a pair of field goals in the first half. But […]

While Indianapolis Colts linebacker EJ Speed is by no means a household name, his play in the opening six weeks of the 2024 NFL season was that of someone who should be. Speed is presently the league leader in solo tackles (44), and earlier this season, he tied an NFL record set by Zach Thomas when […]

Along with the defending two-time Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, the Minnesota Vikings are one of the final two unbeaten teams standing, a shock to many around the league who anticipated that the Vikes could potentially be among the league’s worst teams. A 5-0 start, just the ninth in Vikings franchise history, indicates otherwise, […]

Coming off of a disastrous 2019-20 season that was marred by injuries and the offseason departure of Kevin Durant, the Golden State Warriors stumbled out of the gate but finished the 2020-21 season strong, going 16-6 in their final 22 regular season games before being eliminated in the NBA Play-In Tournament. Just a few months […]

The Sacramento Kings organization is not accustomed to being in the position that they’re in right now. Consider, before the 2023 NBA Playoffs, it had been 16 years since the Kings last made an appearance in the postseason. Sure, in that time, there have been players who possessed All-Star or even All-NBA potential — think […]

Two days after an overtime loss last Saturday to the Tennessee Volunteers, Florida football coach Billy Napier noted that the injury that knocked Gators running back Montrell Johnson Jr. out of the game was not, “a long-term issue.” But as promising as that prognosis may sound, it was at least a little vague, because nearly a […]

With less than three weeks from the start of the 2024-25 college hoops season, the Virginia Cavaliers will be without the man who has oversaw both the growth of the program for the last 15 years, and the school’s one and only National Championship. According to a tweet from Jeff Goodman of The Field of […]

Following what felt like an early-season must-win game against the New York Jets this past Monday, the Buffalo Bills will return to Western New York this Sunday after three consecutive road games for a home contest against the struggling 1-4 Tennessee Titans. Absent from Buffalo’s win against the Jets was running back James Cook, who […]

While first-year Texas A&M football coach Mike Elko currently has the 14th-ranked Aggies firmly in the hunt for an SEC title, he’s also keeping a close eye on not just the 2025 recruiting class, but 2026 as well. Having already landed commitments from a pair of 3-star defensive backs — Ryan Gilbert and Markel Ford […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves in a very unique position after a Week 6 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. On one hand, they have a starting quarterback, Justin Fields, who for the first time in his young career, has a winning record six weeks into the season. Sitting atop the AFC North at 4-2, […]

Mike Williams’ tenure with the New York Jets has been a short one, but already, it appears as if the veteran receiver may be on the outs in the Big Apple. In just six games this season, Mike Williams has just 10 receptions for 145 yards. In New York’s most recent game, a 23-20 loss […]

For the better part of the last year and a half, six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Davante Adams was the subject of more trade rumors than maybe any player in the NFL. In that time, numerous teams were mentioned as possible trade partners of the Las Vegas Raiders, but finally, earlier this week, it was […]

Following a Week 5 bye, one would’ve thought that the Los Angeles Chargers would come into their Week 6 matchup with the Denver Broncos well-rested and much healthier than they were prior. For the players on the field, that proved to be true. But for the main man on the Chargers sideline, this wasn’t the […]

For 33 years, Jim Nantz served as the lead play-by-play announcer for CBS during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, meaning that the University of Houston alum could never express his rooting interest in the Cougars, at least publicly. That changed last year, when Nantz stepped away from his longtime role at CBS and spent the […]

Bill Walton’s most notable stops in the NBA may have taken him to Portland and Boston, but make no mistake, Big Red was California through and through. He was born in La Mesa. He played college basketball in Los Angeles. He resided in San Diego until the time of his death this past May. And this […]

You certainly don’t need me to tell you that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is one of the best and most influential athletes alive, but for a moment, humor me. Mahomes signed one of the richest contracts in professional sports history a few years ago, and since then he’s only exploded in terms of […]

Following a disappointing road loss in their Big Ten debut against the one-dimensional Michigan Wolverines, the USC Trojans still had good reason to believe that a conference title was still in the cards. Assuming USC could run the table the rest of the way, an 11-1 record with wins over Penn State, Notre Dame and […]

On Saturday night, the biggest Big Ten game of the year will be played in Eugene, Oregon, which is something we couldn’t have said for the first 127 years of the conference’s existence. The 2nd-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes will make the long trip up to the Pacific Northwest to take on the 3rd-ranked Oregon Ducks […]

For just the third time in the Matt Eberflus era, the Chicago Bears have won back-to-back games, thanks in large part to an offense that is coming together before our very eyes. Sure, a defense that dating back to last season hasn’t allowed 20 points to an opponent in eight straight games deserves some love […]

By now, just about everyone who has tangentially followed the NBA knows the borderline apocryphal story of a 15-year-old Michael Jordan being cut from his high school basketball team. It’s become an integral part of the lore of arguably the greatest athlete who has ever lived. The origin story of the most overpowering competitive force […]

Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward has carved out a generous share of the national spotlight over the past couple of weeks, leading The U to back-to-back come-from-behind wins over a pair of ACC opponents. The Hurricanes are a perfect 6-0 and are favored to win the ACC Title, thus earning a spot into the 12-team […]

It’s been four days since the Vanderbilt Commodores scored the biggest win in program history, a stunning 40-35 victory over the No 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide, and the shockwaves of this upset are still reverberating throughout the college football world.  In the blink of an eye, Vandy quarterback Diego Pavia has become a household […]

The Duke Blue Devils head into the 2024-25 college basketball season with four players projected to be selected somewhere between the back half of Round 1 and the end of Round 2 in the 2025 NBA Draft. For most programs, this would be a phenomenal achievement and a testament to the talent and depth of […]

To the surprise of many around the NFL, the New York Jets decided to fire head coach Robert Saleh on Tuesday morning, less than 48 hours after the Jets dropped to 2-3 on the season with a loss in London to the Minnesota Vikings. Perhaps the decision of Jets owner Woody Johnson shouldn’t come as […]

When the Pittsburgh Steelers traded a 6th round pick to Chicago for former 11th overall pick Justin Fields, the expectation both around the league and within the Steelers organization was that Fields wouldn’t be competing for the starting quarterback job in 2024. That spot was reportedly reserved for Russell Wilson, who had agreed to a deal with […]

With the Tuesday morning firing of New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh, the NFL’s coaching carousel is officially off and running, with fans and analysts alike pondering the same question: Who’s next? There are certainly a handful of names who have been and remain on the hot seat… Nick Sirianni in Philadelphia, Brian Daboll […]

Within the Washington Commanders organization, the vibes are, as the kids say, immaculate right now. The stench of former owner Daniel Snyder has officially worn off, and for the first time since 2008, Washington is off to a 4-1 start, thanks in large part to a star rookie QB in Jayden Daniels, a hot-shot offensive coordinator […]