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No one has ever questioned the toughness of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, and if they have, then they’re not a person worth having a conversation with to begin with. Ever since Stafford gutted out a win with a separated shoulder during his rookie year with the Detroit Lions, he’s been something of a […]

For the first time in a very long time, the Philadelphia Eagles have question marks along their offensive line, and the last few days have not done much to give Eagles fans any reason to feel comfortable that things will go off without a hitch in 2024. Yes, Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson will be […]

On Friday afternoon, Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott announced that quarterback Josh Allen and the rest of the Bills’ starters would play around a quarter of Saturday night’s preseason game at the Pittsburgh Steelers. However, after a rainy day in Pittsburgh dampened the field inside of Acrisure Stadium, McDermott decided against putting his franchise […]

In the 100-plus year history of professional football, there have been only 24 field goal tries of 66 yards or longer, and just one man, Baltimore Ravens’ big-legged kicker Justin Tucker, successfully connected on his attempt. But Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey looks like he may be the guy who makes attempts from this distance a […]

It’s no secret that the Chicago Bears are a franchise that has been haunted by its inability to find a star quarterback, a curse that Bears fans hoped was reversed on April 25th — the day that Caleb Williams became a Chicago Bear. Still, for as easy as it is to be optimistic about how […]

If there were such a thing as NBA doppelgängers, then one of the first pairs that comes to mind is Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson and new Denver Nuggets bench spark plug Russell Westbrook. Not only was the physical, big-bodied point guard prototype that most NBA fans associate with Russell Westbrook one that was created […]

The Arizona football program has a big season ahead of them in 2024, with new head coach Brent Brennan replacing Jedd Fisch, and a new set of opponents in the Big 12 replacing those that the Wildcats had been playing in the Pac-12, and before that, the Pac-10, since 1978. But at two of the […]

This past February, Vanity Fair’s Tom Kludt wrote an exclusive on Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Anthony Edwards, who over the past two years has matured from promising young star to face of the league waiting right before the eyes of millions of hoops fans. In that piece, Kludt interviewed Timberwolves co-owner Alex Rodriguez, who said that […]

Despite standing firm with his desire to get a new contract worked out, Alvin Kamara has been a full participant throughout camp, noting that he doesn’t intend to risk fines or let his New Orleans Saints teammates down by sitting out as the two sides continue to negotiate. But for the last few days, Kamara’s involvement […]

After the Chicago Bears’ second preseason game of 2024, it’s not a surprise that much of the conversation has been about the impressive debut of Caleb Williams. Williams dazzled in limited action against Buffalo, completing 4-of-7 pass attempts for 95 yards in a performance that had this Bears fan downright giddy on Saturday afternoon. But as much […]

The name of the game for the Washington Commanders this offseason has been to ensure that rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels will be as prepared as possible by the time their season opens on September 8th. To do that, the Commanders signed veteran running back Austin Ekeler in free agency to work alongside Brian Robinson Jr., […]

After weeks of failed contract negotiations, the New England Patriots have finally decided to trade four-time Pro Bowl defensive end Matthew Judon to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a 3rd Round Pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Given the state that both the Patriots and Falcons find themselves in entering the 2024 season — […]

It wasn’t too long ago when preseason football actually meant something in the city of Baltimore. No, it had nothing to do with Ravens fans getting the opportunity to see their established favorites and some of the new faces joining the team. It was all related to a preseason winning streak, the longest in NFL history, which […]

Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys talk a big game every summer, annually proclaiming that they’re all in on ending a Super Bowl drought that is quickly creeping up on thirty years. In fact, the last time the Dallas Cowboys won, or even made an appearance in the big game, it was Super Bowl XXX […]

With the preseason already under way and the start of the 2024 regular season only 22 days away, all of the typical talking points are being beat like a drum on each and every sports debate program you can find. That includes ESPN’s Get Up, which featured a segment on the show today where Mike […]

The Oklahoma football program is looking for their first dominant year under third-year head coach Brent Venables, but the 2024 season may not be the year that the Sooners return to the glory days of Bob Stoops, Barry Switzer and Bud Wilkinson. Not only is Oklahoma entering their first season in the SEC — and […]

After dominating much of the 80’s, 90’s and into the early 2000’s, the University of Miami football program has now gone twenty consecutive seasons without an 11-win season or better. Over the course of those two decades — which coincides with the duration of their time as members of the ACC — the Hurricanes have […]

The Indianapolis Colts came dangerously close to making the NFL Playoffs last season, despite the fact that their day one starter at quarterback, 4th overall pick Anthony Richardson, was limited to just 84 pass attempts over the course of four games. Injuries robbed Richardson of what looked like it was bound to be an exciting […]

Tyreek Hill and Patrick Mahomes will be loosely tethered together throughout the remainder of their careers, in large part because in 2022, Hill made the surprising decision to leave Mahomes behind as a free agent in order to play for the Miami Dolphins. This year, the pseudo rivalry between former teammates saw it’s latest chapter […]

Now I will admit that I do belong to a camp that wonders each year what the practical purpose of a preseason poll is, but I, just like every other college football fan who has been counting down the Saturday’s since March, was elated to see the release of the preseason AP Top 25 Poll […]

The month of August is close to halfway gone, and that means that college football season is right around the corner, and aside from that opening Saturday afternoon of action, no moment does a better job of marking the arrival of college football than the release of the first AP Top 25 Poll of the […]

Despite what they’d like you to believe, every NFL general manager, coach or scout has a far-from-perfect track record of evaluating talent. Every team has handful of draft picks that they wish they could get back, and unfortunately for the New York Giants, a recent 1st Round pick who will be making his return to […]

Over the weekend, the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off preseason action in Jacksonville, and one of the new faces making their first appearance in a Chiefs uniform was veteran wide receiver Marquise Brown. Unfortunately, Brown’s debut with the Chiefs lasted all of one play, as the speedy wideout known around the league as “Hollywood” was […]

It’s been only 36 hours since Serbia toppled Germany to win the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but after spending the last two weeks in France, Nikola Jokic wasn’t going to waste any time before returning home to his native country in order to enjoy the sport that brings him the […]

There’s a generation of hoops fans out there who fell in love with the game of basketball thanks to Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan. When this trio of transcendent, once-in-a-generation stars teamed up together to play for the Dream Team during the 1992 Summer Olympics — along with eight other future Basketball Hall […]

The New York Giants opened preseason action over the weekend with a 14-3 win over the Detroit Lions, and in that victory, nothing new was learned about the state of the most important position in football. Drew Lock, who some have speculated could end up stealing the starting job for the G-Men, had a short-lived […]

Even in the aftermath of a Gold Medal victory over the host nation of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Team USA forward Jayson Tatum couldn’t hide his dissatisfaction with how tumultuous the experience of representing his country for the second time had been this summer. Tatum reflected on the tournament and the two DNP-CD’s he received […]

The Minnesota Vikings may have their quarterback of the future in the fold, but all of the fans who are eager to spend their Sunday’s chanting “Skol!” shouldn’t be in too much of a hurry to see JJ McCarthy in regular season action, because even after a successful preseason debut in a 24-23 win over the […]

For the first four games of the 2024 Summer Olympics, it looked as if the picturesque jumper of Stephen Curry had been lost in the midst of all of Team USA’s pre-Olympics travels. In Team USA’s three group play games and in their first knockout round game versus Brazil, the game’s greatest shooter was a […]

With the Gold Medal and Olympics immortality on the line, Team USA and Team France met in the final game of the men’s Olympic basketball tournament on Saturday afternoon, and delivered an all-timer for hoops fans who have been tuned in throughout what has been one of the most memorable and competitive tournaments in the […]

Having played deep into the NFL Playoffs in four of the last five seasons, August football must seem like a bore for the San Francisco 49ers at this point. Sure, San Francisco is dealing with the contract hold-outs and hold-ins of Trent Williams and Brandon Aiyuk, the introduction of Nick Sorenson as Defensive Coordinator, and […]

After spending months waiting anxiously for the day to arrive, Chicago Bears fans finally got their first opportunity to watch Caleb Williams — in a preseason setting, but still — on Saturday afternoon, as the Bears visited the Buffalo Bills in their second exhibition game of the summer. Williams and the rest of Chicago’s starters […]

Following his unceremonious departure from Pittsburgh, third-year quarterback Kenny Pickett arrived in the City of Brotherly Love with the expectation that he’d be the Philadelphia Eagles’ back-up to Jalen Hurts. However, the change of scenery didn’t stop Kenny Pickett’s NFL journey from encountering yet another hurdle… this one in the form of second-year quarterback Tanner […]

It’s been a long road to the preseason for Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell. Dell, who burst onto the scene as an emerging star and a fantasy football darling after being selected in the 3rd round of the NFL Draft, is not only looking to build on a stellar rookie campaign, but he’s doing […]

For decades, former Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski carried on his shoulders the responsibility to lead college basketball. Whether you love him, hate him, or are completely indifferent to him, Coach K was the most consistently successful and recognizable figure in the sport from the time he won his first National Championship at Duke until […]

Following a decade of mediocrity under previous head coaches Charlie Strong and Tom Herman, current head coach Steve Sarkisian has returned Texas football to the top of the sport of college football. After coming damn close to making the CFP National Championship Game last season, the Longhorns enter the 2024 season with hopes that an […]

Historically, the offensive line has been a position group that has come to define the success of Notre Dame football. Whether it be 1969 #2 overall pick George Kunz, two-time All-American Aaron Taylor, perennial NFL All-Pro’s Quenton Nelson and Zack Martin, or 5th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft Joe Alt, the Fighting Irish […]

In the early stages of Mike Macdonald’s tenure with the Seattle Seahawks, the 37-year-old first-time head coach made it clear that the focus of the franchise on his watch would be to restore the tradition of championship caliber defense in Seattle. “The history of success that we’ve had here, that’s what we’re chasing,” Macdonald shared […]

Ever since the Carolina Panthers clinched the worst record in the NFL last season, giving the Chicago Bears the 1st overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, fans in the Windy City have been anxiously waiting for the opportunity to see former USC quarterback Caleb Williams make his NFL debut. But even with the preseason […]