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The Chicago Bears made a pair of under the radar money-saving moves earlier this week, cutting veteran rotational pieces in tight end Gerald Everett and defensive end DeMarcus Walker. Though neither Everett or Walker were expected to be part of Chicago’s future plans, their departures are noteworthy for two reasons: First, it saves the Bears, […]

On their way to a Super Bowl 59 win over the Kansas City Chiefs, the Philadelphia Eagles proved a long-held team building philosophy true… build your team from the inside out and reliably dominate the trenches on both sides of the ball, and success is probably coming your way. On Super Bowl Sunday it was […]

It’s no secret that there is absolutely no love lost between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. The NFL’s oldest pair of rivals have stood on opposite sidelines 210 times over the last century, and many more are still to come. Fortunately for fans in the Windy City who have suffered through a brutal […]

For the second time in their respective careers, Kellen Moore and Brandon Staley will be on the same coaching staff, only this time it’s Moore in the big seat with Staley occupying what’s expected to be a more comfortable role of Defensive Coordinator for the New Orleans Saints. Though Staley’s hiring hasn’t been met with […]

Hello friends, and welcome to an impromptu and previously unscheduled edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! This is a no frills update, one without an extended intro or an And One! prediction posted near the bottom of the page. Instead, let’s just dive right into the latest set of projections before games tip-off on this Saturday that […]

One year ago at this time, the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team was just days away from their final loss of the season, a 85-66 defeat at the hands of the Creighton Bluejays. From that point on, UConn won 13 consecutive games, including nine combined in the Big East and NCAA Tournaments, by an average […]

In each of Trevor Lawrence’s four seasons as the starting quarterback in Duval County, the Jacksonville Jaguars have had a different pass-catcher lead the team in receiving yards. With the emergence of Brian Thomas, who led all NFL rookies in receiving last season with 1,282 yards, this may change, but the point here is that since Jacksonville […]

At this point, it may seem a bit redundant to say so, but the Chicago Bears enter the 2025 offseason with as much on the line as any team in the NFL. It’s a third-consecutive spring in which Chicago is armed with cap space, draft picks, and an increasing desire to transition from rebuilding to […]

Hello friends, and welcome to a Holy Hell Only One Month Away From Selection Sunday edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! Today, in addition to providing a fresh set of Bracketology projections, I’ll also be taking an extended look at the Michigan-Ohio State shootout on Sunday afternoon… a game which I was lucky enough to attend with […]

Two full weeks have passed since the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers came together to put the finishing touches on one of the most surprising trades in the history of professional sports, a deal that sent Anthony Davis to Dallas in exchange for Luka Doncic, who becomes the latest superstar to don the purple […]

For 22 years, LeBron James has built arguably the most complete career in the history of the National Basketball Association. 10 NBA Finals appearances, four NBA Titles, four regular season MVP Awards, more points than anyone in the history of the league, and too many records to list in what intends to be a 400-500 […]

Coming out of a mostly blah NBA All-Star Weekend in which the key takeaways were once again a failed format change and a lack of effort, a bigger and far more consequential story worth covering is what Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green had to say about his team’s NBA Title chances during TNT’s pre-game coverage of […]

As has historically been the case during NBA All-Star Weekends of the very recent past, the level of effort and intensity displayed by its participants was bound to become a big story coming out of the weekend. So needless to say, the NBA couldn’t have been thrilled when the first thing that fans saw when […]

Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Anthony Edwards will be making his third consecutive NBA All-Star Game appearance on Sunday night, an impressive distinction for a guy who hasn’t yet celebrated his 24th birthday. But at this point in his career, an All-Star Game nod should be a formality for Edwards. We’re talking about a 23-year-old who […]

The NBA recognizes that the crown jewel of All-Star Weekend — the All-Star Game — is on life support, which is why the league has decided to change the format of the All-Star Game once again. The new 4-team mini-tournament is an attempt to add a jolt of competitiveness into the game, which has been […]

The old saying goes that time heals all wounds, but apparently, 13 days isn’t enough time to heal the wound that general manager Nico Harrison opened up in the hearts of Dallas Mavericks fans who expected to watch Luka Doncic win awards and titles over the next decade. Doncic was traded to the Los Angeles […]

If we’re talking about the most iconic and successful NBA Draft classes in league history, the group of players that came into the NBA in 2003 is one of the first that needs to be mentioned. This class includes numerous players who carved out terrific careers as contributors on title-contending teams — we’re talking about […]

The Houston Texans are just a few weeks removed from a Divisional Round Playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. It’s the second consecutive year in which Houston was knocked out of the postseason by the AFC’s top seed, and if that seems like a disappointing outcome, you need to consider that it’s only the […]

Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg has insinuated in the past that it’s not a sure-thing that he’ll make the jump to the NBA at the conclusion of his first season with the Blue Devils. But the expectation has been that once the allure of not only playing professionally, but being the No. 1 overall pick […]

The New York Knicks are 36-18 as the NBA season pauses for NBA All-Star Weekend. It’s New York’s best record through 54 games since the 1996-97 season, and for good reason, fans in the Big Apple are wondering if this is the year that the Knicks make it back to the NBA Finals for the […]

It’s NBA All-Star Weekend in San Francisco, and that means that not only are the league’s biggest stars converging on The Bay, but celebrities and former players are coming out for the festivities as well. One of those former players, and a former member of the Golden State Warriors, is 13-year veteran Baron Davis, who […]

After what at one point looked like a promising 2024 season crumbled to the tune of 11 consecutive losses, the Chicago Bears now enter a 2025 season with a new head coach (Ben Johnson), a 2nd year quarterback who flashed star potential despite horrendous circumstances (Caleb Williams), a boatload of cap space (the 6th-most in […]

With a 40-22 demolition of the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59, the Philadelphia Eagles capped off a season in which they were dominant from the opening kickoff, which for Philly, took place in Brazil on the first opening Friday night game in league history. In 2025, as defending champions, the Eagles will open […]

It’s been a whirlwind week for Kellen Moore, who capped his first season as the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles with a win in Super Bowl 59 on Sunday night, and followed that up by officially accepting his first head coaching gig with the New Orleans Saints less than 48 hours later. Moore will walk […]

It’s been 23 years since the NBA’s decade-long partnership with NBC ended after the National Broadcasting Company was outbid by Disney on the league’s impending media rights deal. But after two decades out of the professional basketball business, the NBA will soon be returning to NBC this fall. And just as was the case when […]

One of the strangest and most disappointing sagas in New York sports history officially comes to an end today, although the writing has been on the wall for months at this point. According to a tweet from the New York Jets official X account, the team announced that they have informed veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers […]

It’s been less than a week since the Philadelphia Eagles claimed a 40-22 win in Super Bowl 59, putting an absolute beating on the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, and now it’s time to turn the page to the NFL off-season and begin to set our sights on 2025. The beginning of […]

It’s been over a week now since the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks came together to make the most shocking trade in NBA history, agreeing to a deal that sent Luka Doncic to LA and Anthony Davis to Dallas. You’d think that by now this deal would’ve been covered from every conceivable angle, but […]

It was inevitable that after the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl 59, eventually there would be some degree of post-championship attrition. You’d be hard-pressed to find a defending Super Bowl champion who didn’t deal with this to some degree. Impending free agents who outperformed their previous contract will leave for a bigger deal elsewhere, and […]

The Philadelphia 76ers will enter the NBA All-Star Break not just below .500, but outside of the NBA Playoff picture for the first time since 2017. This can only be considered a staggering disappointment for a team that was expected to potentially contend for an NBA Title and whose preseason over/under win total was 50.5. […]

Hello friends, and welcome to another edition of Bracketology at ClutchPoints! Before we get bubble watching and begin breaking down brackets, I’d first like to reintroduce a concept that I initially wrote about all the way back in 2011 on my own blog and then re-upped last year here at ClutchPoints. It seems fitting that with […]

On Sunday, Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley celebrated his 28th birthday, and despite a subpar outing by his incredibly lofty standards, he was also able to celebrate winning a Super Bowl. It was a fitting conclusion to what will likely go down as the greatest start-to-finish season ever by a running back, even if […]

Despite the fact that it’s been less than 24 hours since the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl 59, and that it will be another 363 days until Super Bowl 60 is played in Santa Clara, California, it is apparently never too early to look ahead at what may be to come in the 2025 NFL […]

Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski are not strangers to teaming up on Super Bowl Sunday. In four Super Bowl appearances with the New England Patriots, and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Brady and Gronk collected three rings together, connecting on 29 receptions for 364 yards and 5 touchdowns in those five games. But in […]

Six and a half years ago, just days ahead of the start of the 2018 NFL season, the Chicago Bears traded for Khalil Mack, dealing a pair of 1st round picks, a 3rd round pick and 6th round pick to the then-Oakland Raiders for the fifth-year All-Pro edge rusher who couldn’t come to an agreement […]

If you’re like me, then when you heard that four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets were almost officially heading toward a split, your first instinct as to why it was happening was that the Jets were no longer willing to put up with Rodgers’ bizarrely confrontational and aloof attitude if he could no longer […]

It’s crowded atop the Big Ten Conference this year, with Michigan State, Purdue, Michigan, UCLA and Wisconsin all within two games at the top of the standings, but look just a little bit further down and you’ll find a team from the Prairie State that firmly believes they’re every bit as good as any team in […]

For a guy who is coaching a team that is 20-3, sitting atop the best conference in the country, and may be ranked No. 1 in the next AP Top 25 Poll, Nate Oats sure is testy. The Alabama Crimson Tide went on the road and picked up another big SEC win on Saturday night, dispatching of […]

The Duke Blue Devils suffered only their second loss of the season on Saturday night, falling in dramatic fashion to the Clemson Tigers at Littlejohn Coliseum by the final score of 77-71. Aside from the fact that this is the first loss for the 2nd-ranked Blue Devils in ACC play this season, the key takeaway […]