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It didn’t come easy, but the No. 1 ranked team in the country will hold onto their spot atop the AP Poll for at least another week, as the Auburn Tigers survived a hard-fought SEC test at the hands of the Tennessee Volunteers. Auburn eked out a 53-51 win over the Vols, and it’s fair […]

Although the 2024-25 season has been a tremendous disappointment thus far for the Philadelphia 76ers, fans in the City of Brotherly Love can take solace in two things: A) Their Philadelphia Eagles are one win away from an appearance in Super Bowl LIX, and B) If there were any doubts about Tyrese Maxey’s ascent after […]

The San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers played a pair of games in Paris, France this week, allowing Victor Wembanyama to enjoy the spotlight in his home country during what has been a dominant second NBA season. But what will likely emerge as a bigger story than the result of either games — the Spurs […]

Liam Coen’s path to the head coaching job of the Jacksonville Jaguars had been relatively conventional until it looked like the job was his. Like many first-time head coaches who have been hired over the last six or seven years, Coen has the experience of having coached under Sean McVay in Los Angeles. After that, […]

Although it certainly stopped short of a full-blown evisceration, The Ringer’s Bill Simmons used a recent podcast to ask a question that many fans in New England have been wondering themselves: “What’s going on with the Celtics?” The Boston Celtics are the defending NBA champions, but have dropped 14 games already this season, a month and […]

A basketball player couldn’t earn a nickname like Cling Kong if he wasn’t an intimidating presence around the basket. Sure, it helps that Portland Trail Blazers rookie Donovan Clingan has the ‘Cling’ right there in the front of his last name, but if the 7-foot-2 center hadn’t made a name for himself during his two […]

Since making his NBA debut alongside LeBron James back in October, we haven’t heard a ton from Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James. Bronny scored his first career NBA points in Cleveland, went off for 30 points in the G-League a little over a month later, and has since been splitting time between the two […]

The Dallas Cowboys named Brian Schottenheimer the tenth head coach in franchise history on Friday, a move that simultaneously made perfect sense, yet turned heads around the league. There seemed to be an expectation that Jerry Jones would make a splashier hire than this, someone who could provide a metaphorical shot in the arm to […]

Earlier this week, the New York Jets made their first big decision of the offseason, handing the reigns to Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, who gets his first shot at a head coaching gig with the franchise that once made him a 1st Round pick as a player 31 years ago this April. For […]

For the first time since 1978 — when they were still known as the Houston Oilers — the Tennessee Titans own the 1st overall pick in the NFL Draft. And while conventional wisdom would say that the Titans would use that pick to select the top quarterback on their draft board, a QB class that […]

When you’re a kid who dreams of becoming a professional athlete, you imagine that there will come to be a game that defines your legacy. A game in which your performance or contribution ends up being what is remembered most. But what you don’t consider is that sometimes that game is one which ends in […]

There are many reasons why Notre Dame’s run through the College Football Playoff to the National Championship Game was so impressive, but near the top of the list it has to be mentioned that the Irish did so without arguably their most talented player on either side of the ball. Star cornerback Benjamin Morrison, who […]

It took Marcus Freeman only three seasons to build the Notre Dame football program into a National Championship contender, but now just days after coming up one win short of their first title in nearly four decades, the Fighting Irish find themselves in a position where Freeman and his staff will need to build this […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are seemingly without a good solution at quarterback. The 2024 season was one in which they spent less money on QBs than any other team in the league, paying Russell Wilson and Justin Fields a combined $5 million with each on a 1-year deal. The quarterbacks who make up the 2025 NFL […]

It’s been just a handful of days since the Chicago Bears hired former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson to be their next head coach, and predictably, fans of the team are still celebrating the arrival of one of the most inventive play-callers in the NFL. And with Johnson’s arrival, it means a host of […]

It hasn’t even been a month since the Sacramento Kings fired former head coach Mike Brown, and already, it looks like a completely different team is taking the floor each night. In a situation like this one, there’s often a number of factors that go into a team turning things around in the aftermath of […]

The Chicago Bears managed to make a splash for the third consecutive offseason, and this time around, they didn’t even need to wait until the NFL Draft to do so. In hiring former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, the Bears have secured one of the top play-callers in the NFL and arguably the hottest […]

This year’s NFL Playoffs have brought about plenty of surprises, a few new faces to the party, a delightfully entertaining Divisional Round, and an intriguing final four which includes a pair of divisional foes on the NFC side, and the league’s best rivalry in the AFC. Over the past half-decade, no two teams have delivered […]

Just as they did when the NCAA introduced the four-team College Football Playoff in 2014, the Ohio State Buckeyes claimed the National Championship crown in the first ever 12-team College Football Playoff this year, defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish  34-23 in Monday night’s title game from Atlanta, Georgia. It’s the Buckeyes third National Championship […]

It didn’t take the Chicago Bears long to pounce on Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson after the Lions were eliminated from the NFL Playoffs in stunning fashion at the hands of the Washington Commanders on Saturday night. On Monday afternoon, Johnson was hired to become the 18th full-time head coach in Bears franchise history, […]

Hello friends, and welcome to another edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! For the first time in a month, there is shake-up on the 1-line, with the Alabama Crimson Tide taking over in place of the Tennessee Volunteers. The Vols suffered an upset loss as the hands of unranked Vandy on Saturday afternoon, paving the […]

If I had a nickel for every time a former player or someone in basketball media offered an ill-informed take on the career of NBA icon LeBron James, I might have nearly as much money in my bank account as the NBA’s first active billionaire. Unfortunately, my bank account is as empty as most of […]

Of the many skills that Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis possesses, one that goes under the radar is his availability. The 28-year-old big man is a workhorse who logs major minutes and rarely misses games, which made his absence from the Kings on Saturday confusing. However, there was good reason for Sabonis to be away […]

Following a 45-31 win over the top-seeded Detroit Lions on Saturday night, the Washington Commanders are on their way to their first NFC Championship Game in 33 years. Though Washington has officially punched their ticket to the NFL’s final four, the Commanders won’t know where they’re heading next weekend until the conclusion of Sunday’s matchup […]

Orcas are considered most dangerous when they are either injured or experiencing frustration. Now you may be asking yourself why the heck I’d be starting a news article about Alabama’s win over Kentucky at Rupp Arena with an anecdote about this large oceanic predator, and here’s the answer… following a mid-week loss to the Ole […]

On one hand, you can look at the result of Saturday’s game between the UConn Huskies and the Creighton Bluejays and say, Well, Creighton has beaten UConn eight of the ten times they’ve played each other, so what do you expect? On the other hand, even though Creighton has proven to be something resembling UConn’s Kryptonite, this […]

For the seventh consecutive year, the AFC Championship Game will include the Kansas City Chiefs. This statement, in and of itself, is all the proof you’d ever need to understand that this is the most successful ongoing dynasty in all of professional sports. But of course, as is the case with any great sports dynasty […]

The 2024 season may not have ended the way that fans of the Texas Longhorns hoped it would, but at the very least, folks in the Lone Star State can rest comfortably knowing that the Texas football program won’t need to undergo an unexpected coaching search this offseason. That’s because four years after joining the […]

The Indianapolis Colts finished the 2024 NFL season with an 8-9 record, capping off a fourth-straight season without a postseason appearance, their longest stretch in over 30 years. Nobody embodies that disappointment more than quarterback Anthony Richardson, whose grasp of the nuances of the position has not yet caught up to his raw physical gifts. […]

When the Cleveland Browns sold the farm to acquire former Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson ahead of the 2022 NFL season, they certainly didn’t expect to be in the position they find themselves now. Sure, Watson arrived in Northeast Ohio with plenty of troubling baggage and he had sat out for the entire 2021 season, […]

On Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, head coach Marcus Freeman will be looking to lead the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to their first National Title since 1988. Win or lose, the 2024 season has made Freeman something of a legend in South Bend, an unexpected development considering a Week 2 […]

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Houston Texans, where he earned four All-Pro nods while leading the team in receiving in six of those seven years. He departed as the franchise’s second-leading receiver behind Hall of Famer Andre Johnson, but just as was the […]

While it does appear that the Chicago Bears’ search for their next head coach has been whittled down to just two candidates — former Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy and Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson — that doesn’t mean that Bears general manager Ryan Poles would pass on the opportunity to swing for the […]

It may not be much longer that we can refer to Aaron Rodgers as New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Soon enough, we may need to put the word “former” in front of those italicized words, because according to Rodgers himself, there’s a world where he and whoever end up being the choices of head coach and […]

It was just one year ago when edge rusher Trey Moore made his decision to leave the UTSA Roadrunners and make the short 82 mile trip up to Austin to join the Texas Longhorns football program. Though Moore was by no means a household name, the promising young linebacker did make waves while playing for […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will be making their first National Championship Game appearance in 12 years this Monday, and as was the case the last time they played on the final night of the College Football season, they’ll be significant underdogs with the title hanging in the balance. In 2013, the Irish were a […]

For nearly two weeks now, a series of wildfires have been devastating the Los Angeles metropolitan area, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate the area while countless home and buildings have been destroyed. There’s no telling how long it will take for the area to fully recover, especially since there are still active […]

Despite their lack of star power or power conference status, each year the Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen come together to play what is arguably the most noteworthy rivalry game of the college football season. The battle for the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy is steeped in history, with matchups dating all the way back to the […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will be squaring off in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Monday night, setting the stage for a National Champion that everyone in SEC country will claim is illegitimate. Bookmakers like the Buckeyes by a considerable margin, but for as good as Ryan […]