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Believe it or not, the Swift family (as in Taylor Swift, not former NBA center Stromile Swift) had experience rooting for a Kelce brother long before Taylor and Travis Kelce became an item (wait, am I breaking news here? Did you guys know that already? They haven’t really spent too much time covering this). Earlier this year […]

Let’s just start here: it’s actually pretty crazy that this is the first time something like this has happened. It’s been nearly 40 years since the WWE (then the WWF) held their first WrestleMania event, which from the get-go was billed as a sports entertainment extravaganza, complete with a crossover with MTV that featured Mr. […]

It’s pretty easy to tell that Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is a guy who is living his life’s dream. Just look at the way he remains unapologetically and fearlessly authentic, cracking jokes in good times, and coming clean about the rough times in his life, all while thriving at one of the most stressful […]

Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud is re-writing what we believed was possible from a rookie QB. Now sure, we’ve seen a handful of 1st-year QB’s exceed expectations immediately in the past. In 2012, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, and Russell Wilson were all rookies who were named day one starters and led their teams to […]

By my calculations, social media is absolutely terrible 90 percent of the time, but you didn’t come here for a long soliloquy on what makes it so problematic. Instead, I’m here to celebrate an example of what makes social media is absolutely awesome 10 percent of the time. Mostly when NBA twitter is reacting in […]

On one hand, it’s rare that we see a game outside of Iowa City with an over/under betting line as low as this one, and certainly not in the NFL. But on the other hand, there was very little reason to expect much offense from either the Cleveland Browns or the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday […]

After quickly and firmly establishing himself as one of the top assistant coaches in the NFL in only six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, DeMeco Ryans has returned to where his NFL journey started. When he took the job to become head coach of the Houston Texans, Ryans would be tasked with building a […]

I can’t even fathom what the response would be if it were to come to fruition. The Dallas Cowboys, “America’s Team,” the most valuable franchise in all of sports that is desperate for a Super Bowl title after nearly a thirty year draught, being coached by Bill Belichick, a six-time Super Bowl champion hot on […]

Welcome to Bracketology at ClutchPoints, the one-stop shop for you sickos out there who are consumed by all things March Madness! As we head into the second week of the 2023-24 college basketball season, we’ve already seen a handful of noteworthy results. Arizona went into Cameron Indoor Stadium and got the better of a Duke […]

For just a moment, I ask you to imagine winning an amount of money so large that just two-hundred years ago, it would’ve made you one of the richest human beings alive. Now I know that the “two-hundred years ago” stipulation dampens the impact of the statement, but as Lin-Manuel Miranda taught us, by 1820, […]

Former Michigan football head coach and current San Diego State Aztecs head coach Brady Hoke will be retiring from coaching college football after a 40-year career, per the official X account of the San Diego State football program. Head Coach Brady Hoke has announced he will retire at the end of the season. Thank you, […]

We’re at the point now where you actually have to feel bad for New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson. Of course, I’m sure any New York Jets fans reading along will silently but very quickly retort, “Nah, F that!”. I get it. As a fan of the Chicago Bears, I’m all too familiar with inept […]

The Georgia football team is operating on a plane of existence that very few college football programs will ever manage to reach. As the Bulldogs close in on a third consecutive National Championship — which would make them the first team to three-peat as National Champs since the Minnesota Golden Gophers did so all the […]

The Texas football team was able to survive a furious 2nd half comeback attempt on the road against TCU on Saturday night, keeping their Big 12 Championship and College Football Playoff hopes alive. However, in their three-point win, the Longhorns offense suffered a big loss in terms of their personnel. Longhorns running back Jonathon Brooks […]

After 58 minutes of watching quarterback Mac Jones miss multiple throws, hold onto the ball for far too long, throw a back-breaking interception late in the 4th quarter, and do nothing at all to inspire any sort of confidence that he could competently handle an end-of-game two minute drill, Bill Belichick had officially seen enough. […]

On Friday night at approximately 10 PM, New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas was released from lockup after he was arrested in his neighborhood for throwing a brick at a man’s windshield, pushing the man, and then knocking the man’s phone out of his hands while he was recording Thomas’ tirade. You know, the kind […]

Robert Kraft is in his 30th year as the owner of the New England Patriots, and it’s been three decades of nearly unparalleled success for the 82-year-old Kraft and his franchise. In those 30 seasons (in fairness, 29, since we’re in the middle of the 30th), the Patriots have won the AFC East 19 times, […]

As soon as Daniel Jones signed his four-year, $160 million contract extension with the New York Giants, there must’ve immediately been some buyer’s remorse on the part of Giants GM Joe Schoen. Now look, I’m not gonna rag on Daniel Jones too much here. People have already given Jones a hard enough time over the […]

Two weeks ago at the NFL trade deadline, the San Francisco 49ers walked away as one of the big winners of the day when they acquired edge rusher Chase Young from the Washington Commanders for a 3rd-round pick. At first glance, this did seem like an awfully low price for a 24-year-old former #1 overall […]

In the midst of the Ohio State football team’s blowout victory over Michigan State, Heisman hopeful wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. was simultaneously torching Spartan defenders and making some Buckeye history: with his 149 yards receiving, Harrison Jr. topped the 1,000 yard mark for the second consecutive season, making him the first Ohio State player […]

It was 18 years ago when the San Francisco 49ers selected Alex Smith with the #1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, with the intention of Smith, the Utah-product, becoming their franchise quarterback. Though that never came to fruition, Smith did carve out a nice seven-year career as the starter in San Francisco before spending […]

As the Cincinnati Bengals prepare to face the Houston Texans and potentially extend their winning streak to five games, they’ll be doing so short-handed. Tee Higgins has already been ruled out for the game with a hamstring injury suffered in practice earlier in the week, and Ja’Marr Chase is listed as questionable with a back […]

Arguably the biggest matchup on the NFL’s week 10 slate of games is an AFC North showdown between the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns. At the moment, all four teams in the AFC North are in the AFC playoff field, but with plenty of time left and multiple divisional matchups still to be played, this […]

As more time passes, all parties involved in the Michigan football sign-stealing scandal seem to be getting only more and more heated. And why on earth would we expect any different? We’re talking about a large group of players and coaches and administrators who are insanely passionate, hyper-competitive and devoted to their school, so in […]

It’s no surprise that the primary focus of every college football pre-game show this morning has been on the ongoing situation in Ann Arbor. The Michigan football team will be without their head coach, Jim Harbaugh, for their final three games of the regular season, including today when the Wolverines face the 10th-ranked Penn State […]

LSU football quarterback Jayden Daniels has spent the season on the fringe of Heisman contention, but his candidacy took a big hit in the Tigers loss last week to Alabama… nearly as big of a hit as Daniels himself took in the game against the Tide, drawing a roughing the passer penalty and putting his […]

The partnership between Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft has lasted nearly twenty-four years, but all signs point to the New England Patriots parting ways with Belichick before he and Kraft could reach their silver anniversary. Sometimes even the marriages that seem certain to last forever abruptly come to an end, but as you often hear […]

The Buffalo Bills have had to battle through a barrage of injuries on both sides of the ball all season long, and the latest development out of Western New York is just further cause for concern. Pro Bowl wide receiver Stefon Diggs popped up on the Bills injury report on Friday with a back injury, according to […]

There are plenty of fanbases around the NFL that have more than enough reason to be irate with the state of their team. (Hello, I’m a fan of the Chicago Bears!) But only one of those fanbases this season has gone as far as planning a march outside of their team’s stadium to protest the […]

In Week 9, less than a week removed from being traded from the Arizona Cardinals to the Minnesota Vikings in the final hours before the NFL trade deadline, Josh Dobbs was called on to step in for the Vikings after rookie Jaren Hall went down with a concussion. Now Dobbs was acquired to be the […]

With so much of the conversation around NFL receivers this year focusing on Tyreek Hill and AJ Brown’s quest for 2,000 yards and the unexpected emergence of Puka Nacua, not enough attention has been paid to Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, who is quietly putting together one of the finest seasons we’ve ever seen from a […]

Lost in the shuffle of all the drama with the Michigan football program, the Deion Sanders craze in Colorado, the conflicting discourse surrounding presumed #1 pick in the NFL Draft Caleb Williams, the last stand of the Pac-12, and a whole bunch of other stories that have come out of this unpredictable college football season, […]

Let’s start here: I believe that it’s a very, very real possibility that when the 2025 NFL Draft rolls around in eighteen or so months, Colorado football quarterback Shedeur Sanders could end up being the first quarterback off the board. I don’t necessarily consider this to be a hot take, especially considering Sanders, a four-star prospect as […]

Odell Beckham Jr.’s time with the Cleveland Browns didn’t exactly end on the best terms, but as OBJ, now a member of the Baltimore Ravens, prepares to play against his former team for the first time, he has no ill will toward the organization he spent two and a half seasons with. “I mean, I […]

Back in the 90’s, NBC ran an advertising slogan for their Thursday night television lineup called “Must See TV.” For four consecutive years, three of the biggest shows of the entire decade were broadcast on NBC on the same night (Friends, Seinfeld, and ER) and the ad execs at NBC smartly capitalized on that. It was easy money. […]

Though it wasn’t technically a homecoming for Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore, Thursday night’s game against the Carolina Panthers was the first time Moore faced his former team since being traded to the Bears in March in exchange for the #1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. In five seasons with Carolina, Moore […]

After a sluggish, 1-3 start to the 2023 season, the Cincinnati Bengals have finally returned to familiar form. Now winners of four consecutive games, three which came against Playoff teams from last season, it’s safe to say that the Bengals are officially the sleeping giant in the AFC, but they could potentially be missing two […]

Deion Sanders’ ability to turn the Colorado football team into the talk of the college football world seemingly overnight not only shows the Hall of Famer’s ability to scout talent and coach up a football team, it also highlights the power and charisma of Coach Prime. But with that power and charisma, there comes a […]

In each of the last two seasons, Joe Burrow had orchestrated a Cincinnati Bengals offense that could win with both a barrage of big plays and  long drives. It was this well-oiled machine that was mostly responsible for carrying Cincinnati to back-to-back AFC Championship appearances, one of which where they upset the heavily favored Kansas […]