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Just one year ago, the Las Vegas Raiders entered OTAs under head coach Josh McDaniels. Little did anyone know, the 47-year-old head coach, who had long been one of the most highly-regarded assistants in the NFL, would only make it eight games in what was his second season with the Raiders. McDaniels would lose the […]

Just a little over a year ago, when the Dallas Mavericks traded Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, a 2029 unprotected 1st Round pick and two 2nd round picks to the Brooklyn Nets for enigmatic point guard Kyrie Irving, the initial reaction from analysts around the league was not too kind. At that point in time, despite […]

Year after year, thanks in part to the NFL International series — which has put regular season games in various countries around the world over the last seventeen years — the league’s global audience continues to grow, and that’s not just a blanket statement I’m using to strengthen the point I’m attempting to make in […]

It’s official: UCLA is All-Madden.  Perhaps the more appropriate and far less confusing way to put it is, Madden Iamaleava, the 11th ranked quarterback in the recruiting class of 2025, will be joining head coach Deshaun Foster and the UCLA football program. Iamaleava, who fielded offers from UCLA’s former Pac-12 foes such as Colorado, Arizona, California […]

After making the NBA Playoffs for eight consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2020, the Houston Rockets have since missed out on the postseason for four straight years, one season shy of the longest such stretch in franchise history. But if the 2023-24 season was any indication, it’s that the Rockets are on the rise, ready […]

Long before reigning Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year runner-up Victor Wembanyama was officially made the 1st overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs, most NBA analysts and executives had reached the very same conclusion about the 2024 NBA Draft, and that conclusion could be summarized […]

In exactly 260 days, Super Bowl 59 will be played in front of somewhere in the neighborhood of 75,000 fans inside of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It will be the 11th time that New Orleans has played host to the biggest game in all of professional sports, and the 8th time the […]

Forgive me for stating the obvious, but this is the logical place to start: outside of the Bay Area, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green isn’t exactly Mr. Popularity. Throughout what has been an unbelievably successful and memorable 12-year career, Draymond Green has racked up fines, technical fouls, All-Defensive Team honors, and championship rings like […]

At one point midway through the 2nd quarter during Friday night’s Game 2 between the Dallas Mavericks and the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Mavs trailed by 18 points and it looked as if Minnesota was going to even this Western Conference Finals series at one game apiece. Dallas had already done their job, winning Game 1 […]

As the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2023-24 season came to a close, the writing was already on the wall: Darvin Ham wouldn’t be making it to the 2024-25 season. So when Ham was fired shortly after LA’s five-game Playoff exit at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, it came as a surprise to no one, and […]

At this point, you’re surely aware of the ongoing court battle between Minnesota Timberwolves longtime owner Glen Taylor and the duo of former MLB superstar Alex Rodriguez and billionaire businessman Marc Lore, a pair that has already acquired a minority stake in the team. But here’s the CliffsNotes version of this story in case you […]

It’s no secret that Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle has his hands plenty full already, facing what already feels like an insurmountable 2-0 deficit in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics. However, being the man in charge of the Indiana Pacers isn’t the only coaching-related position that Rick Carlisle holds. As President […]

It seems hard to believe, but it’s been six years since the New York Giants drafted Saquon Barkley, now a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, with the 2nd overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Since then, Barkley’s career has been a bit of a mixed bag. There are no shortage of highlights and flashes […]

It’s been just a little over a month since the UConn Huskies basketball program made history in Glendale, Arizona, becoming the first men’s team to win back-to-back titles in nearly two decades. Sparking that run was a dominant starting five that made a habit of breaking their opponent’s will with both beautifully crafted and executed […]

Every diehard hoops fan on the planet has spent countless hours playing the era-bending “Who’s Better?” Game over the course of their life. At least I have, I guess I shouldn’t speak for everyone else. But whether it’s Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James, Larry Bird versus Luka Doncic, or Nick Van Exel versus Stephen Curry […]

The Texas Longhorns’ final season in the Big 12 couldn’t have gone much better last year. Not only did the Longhorns win both the regular season title and conference championship game, but for the first time since the NCAA moved away from the BCS, the Longhorns were involved in the College Football Playoff. With both […]

If recent years have taught us anything, it’s that when the NFL schedule is released sometime in the middle of May each year, the Chargers’ social media team is going to find a way to steal the show when revealing LA’s schedule. Year after year, the folks who run the Chargers Twitter account find new […]

Rejoice, football fans. After an impossibly long wait from the end of the 2023 season until now, the 2024 NFL season is finally beginning to take shape. Not only have we gotten through the NFL Scouting Combine, free agency, the NFL Draft, and rookie training camps, now we have the 2024 NFL schedule at our […]

After a performance like the one we saw from Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic on Tuesday night, a game in which the three-time league MVP scored 40 points, pulled down 7 rebounds, and dished out 13 assists — all while shooting 68 percent from the field, committing no turnovers, and being defended primarily by four-time […]

Since Nick Saban left the LSU football program after the 2004 season to take over as head coach of the Miami Dolphins, the belief was that powerhouse that Saban had built down in Baton Rouge would revert back to mediocrity. After all, when Saban led LSU to a National Title in 2003, it was the […]

Ever since the league’s inception all the way back in 1920, Thanksgiving Day has been an integral part of the NFL schedule. Since the mid-60s, the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys have played host to a pair of Turkey Day afternoon games each year, and starting in 2006, the NFL has added one primetime game […]

It’s hard to believe, but it’s already been 17 years since the NFL made their first trip to Europe to play a regular season game. 81,176 fans piled into Wembley Stadium in London, England to watch the eventual Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants, eke out a 13-10 win over the Miami Dolphins. Since […]

What the Chicago Bears offense will look like during the 2024 season is one of the league’s big mysteries as we settle into the dog days of late spring and summer. Not only has general manager Ryan Poles overhauled the entire Bears roster — and particularly the offense — adding Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze, D’Andre […]

After spending the first three years of his college career as a member of the University of North Carolina basketball program, Caleb Love transferred to the University of Arizona, where he was the 3rd-leading scorer in the Pac-12 last season. For his efforts for the regular season conference champions, Love was named the Pac-12 Player […]

When the 2024 NFL season begins, we know three things for sure about the Detroit Lions: The Lions will be one of the trendiest Super Bowl picks among both fans and analysts of the game Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Penei Sewell will enter the year as three of the highest paid players ever at their […]

The college basketball coaching cycle doesn’t always yield the most predictable hires. For example, many believed that John Calipari leaving Kentucky to take the head coaching job at Arkansas was a surprising outcome, and while on the surface it may have been, dig a little deeper and you’ll uncover the stories of tension between Coach […]

While the 2024 NFL Schedule will be released in its entirety on Wednesday night, the NFL has given each of their broadcast partners the opportunity to announce one early-season marquee matchup. And after NBC, FOX, CBS, and ESPN all took their turns boasting their nationally televised games of the season, that left the NFL’s newest […]

Before taking up a second career as a studio analyst for Turner Sports and NBA TV, Channing Frye had a successful thirteen-year run in the NBA, which peaked in 2016 when Frye earned what has alluded many, many great former players… an NBA Championship Ring. As a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Frye was a staple in […]

The 2024 NBA Draft Lottery took place on Sunday afternoon, and the Atlanta Hawks defied the odds and secured the 1st overall pick in June’s NBA Draft. But even with this mid-May victory that took place at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, the summer of 2024 could turn out to be a tumultuous […]

A new era of college football will begin starting with the 2024 season, thanks largely to a drastic overhaul of the conference affiliations we’ve come to familiarize ourselves with over the years. The Pac-12 as we knew it now ceases to exist. The Big Ten and Big 12 have ballooned to 18 and 16-team conferences […]

After going on the road and defeating the defending NBA Champions in Game’s 1 and 2 of their 2nd Round series, the Minnesota Timberwolves went back home with an opportunity to potentially sweep the Denver Nuggets out of the NBA Playoffs. However, Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon and the Nuggets had other plans. Facing […]

With the 2024 NFL Schedule set to be released in its entirety on Wednesday May 15th at 8 PM on the NFL Network, you can expect that some matchups will be both officially and unofficially revealed over the course of the next 60 hours. The first of those matchups is the annual season-opener showdown hosted […]

Even though he was badly snubbed from the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team back in February 2022, it’s not up for debate that Dwight Howard had one of the most impressive careers and dominant peaks in league history. The 18-year NBA veteran is best known for his eight seasons with the Orlando Magic, a franchise for […]

All-Big East 1st Team performer Kadary Richmond was the top prize remaining in the college basketball transfer portal up until he made his decision on Tuesday afternoon to stay close to home and remain in the Big East. Richmond began his collegiate career at Syracuse, but has spent the last three seasons in South Orange, […]

It’s been nearly two weeks since the 2024 NFL Draft began, and now that the dust has finally settled, we’re beginning to get some of the inside scoop on what was going on behind the scenes over the course of those three days in Detroit, Michigan. Two of the teams whose respective draft picks have […]

Cheer up, Indiana Pacers fans! I know things didn’t go your way on Monday night, but I’ve got a dose of nostalgia ready to inject into your veins that should cure your postgame blues after that tough-to-swallow Game 1 loss at the hands of Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks. 29 years ago today, […]

On Monday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves walked into Ball Arena and handed the Denver Nuggets their biggest home loss in the last five years. And now, after suffering a 106-80 defeat that was equally embarrassing as it was convincing, the defending champions of the National Basketball Association are officially on the ropes. Not only has […]

When Ryan Poles took over as the general manager of the Chicago Bears in January 2022, he was inheriting one of the worst and most poorly constructed teams in the NFL. Sure, there may have been a couple of interesting pieces in place thanks to the previous regime, but otherwise, the cupboards were pretty bare. […]

It’s been less than two months since eight-time All-Pro and three-time Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald announced his retirement at the age of 32, putting an end to a career that is worthy of all of the praise it has received and will continue to receive long after he’s inducted into the Pro […]