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It has been a busy past couple of weeks for Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, from coaching the Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff to being out on the recruiting trail. Smart has also been keeping a close watch on the NCAA transfer portal. Multiple Georgia players have already entered the transfer portal, and the […]

The New Orleans Saints’ road win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 17 kept their playoff hopes alive for just a few more hours. They were eventually eliminated from playoff contention in the NFC after the Green Bay Packers clinched a home victory over the Minnesota Vikings. The Saints opened up their regular season schedule […]

The Miami Dolphins will call on Skylar Thompson to start at quarterback in their upcoming Week 18 divisional contest against the New York Jets. With Tua Tagovailoa ruled out due to a concussion and with Teddy Bridgewater continuing to nurse a finger injury, Thompson will be handed the keys to the offense on Sunday. Thompson […]

Tom Brady could reach a notable feat in his upcoming 50th regular season game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady heads into Tampa Bay’s road matchup against the Atlanta Falcons sitting in third place in the franchise’s all-time passing yards list. He has logged 14,559 passing yards in 49 regular season contests played with the […]

Sophia Smith has once again filled her trophy cabinet, as she won the 2022 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year honor on Friday. Smith logged 50.8 percent of the overall vote for the award, with San Diego Wave FC striker Alex Morgan coming in second place with 18.4 percent. The Portland Thorns FC forward […]

It was only two months ago that the Pittsburgh Steelers held a 2-6 record and were on the outside looking in on the AFC playoff picture. Many threw in the towel on the Steelers’ season, but not T.J. Watt. Even as the Steelers sat near the bottom of the AFC standings at their bye week […]

Marvin Mims Jr. is now the latest Oklahoma Sooners player to declare for the 2023 NFL Draft. Mims took to Twitter on Friday to announce that he will be “entering” his name in the upcoming NFL Draft. Thank you Oklahoma ❤️ pic.twitter.com/6MOEzsmXDS — Marvin Mims Jr. (@marvindmims) January 6, 2023 There was some doubt over […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will cap off their regular season schedule with a road matchup against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 18. The Buccaneers will not enter their divisional clash with the Falcons in dire need of a win. They clinched both the NFC South and the No. 4 seed in the NFC following their home […]

It became a regular occurrence to see the Dallas Cowboys make a multitude of moves both on and off the field over the first six years of Dak Prescott’s run with the team. However, the Cowboys shied away from making any major changes to the team during the offseason, especially on offense. The Cowboys decided […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett has had plenty of highs and lows in his rookie season, and overall, what is important to him is that he is “continuing to grow” each and every week. “I’m growing every week, that’s the positive,” Pickett said during a press conference ahead of Week 18. “There are things that […]

The Tennessee Titans have officially removed Derrick Henry and Jeffery Simmons from the injury report ahead of their Week 18 road matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the team announced on Thursday. Henry and Simmons have been nursing nagging injuries as of late. Henry came away from the Titans’ Week 16 home loss to the Houston […]

Multiple Pittsburgh Steelers players are nursing injuries heading into the Week 18 home matchup against the Cleveland Browns, including Diontae Johnson. The Steelers sidelined Johnson from practice on Wednesday due to his hip injury. The versatile wide receiver did make a return to practice on Thursday, where he took part in the entirety of the […]

The New York Giants had multiple keen contributors in their Week 17 home win against the Indianapolis Colts. Among them, Daniel Jones had quite a productive performance on the day. The Colts did not have much of an answer for Jones both in the air and on the ground. The fourth-year quarterback posted a 125.2 […]

Davante Adams was a standout performer in the Las Vegas Raiders’ Week 17 home loss to the San Francisco 49ers. With the Raiders’ call to bench Derek Carr, Adams spent plenty of time in practice this past week working to build chemistry with Jarrett Stidham. Their work paid off against the current NFC West leaders, […]

It was only two months ago that the Miami Dolphins held the top spot in the AFC East standings. Now, the Dolphins are on the outside looking in on the AFC playoff picture. The Dolphins dropped out of the No. 7 seed in the AFC following their 23-21 road loss to the New England Patriots […]

The Philadelphia Eagles entered their Week 17 home clash against the New Orleans Saints in need of a win to officially lock up the NFC East. Instead, the Saints played the role of spoiler with a 20-10 victory to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Saints went into halftime holding a 13-0 lead, but the […]

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has once again bolstered his resume for the 2022 NFL MVP award. In the past two seasons, Mahomes came up just short of recording at least 5,000 passing yards. Entering the Chiefs’ Week 17 home matchup against the Denver Broncos, the sixth-year passer was in need of a mere […]

Amon-Ra St. Brown has continued to make history in his second season with the Detroit Lions. St. Brown entered the Lions’ Week 17 home game against the Chicago Bears in need of a mere four receptions to notch the first 100-catch season of his career. He came up 10 receptions short of recording 100 catches […]

In the biggest contest of their season, the Michigan Wolverines came out flat against TCU, as the Horned Frogs secured a dramatic 51-45 win in the 2022 Fiesta Bowl to clinch a spot in the College Football Playoff national title game. TCU opened up the scoring in the early stages of the first quarter via […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide took care of business on Saturday with a 45-20 win over Kansas State in the 2022 Sugar Bowl. From Bryce Young’s five touchdown passes to Will Anderson’s assertiveness to disrupt the Will Howard-led Wildcats offense, the Crimson Tide orchestrated quite a convincing performance in the final game of their campaign. Alabama […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide’s 2022 Sugar Bowl win over Kansas State likely marked the end of an era for multiple players in the program, including Will Anderson Jr. The junior linebacker is expected to soon declare for the 2023 NFL Draft, where he is projected to be selected in the first round. Anderson could have […]

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels could have joined the multitude of players who have already declared for the 2023 NFL Draft. Instead, the junior quarterback announced earlier this month that he will return to LSU for the 2023 season. Daniels considered all options regarding the future of his football career, and in the end, there were […]

Bryce Young was on another level in the Alabama Crimson Tide’s 2022 Sugar Bowl clash against Kansas State. After a rather slow start in the game, Young picked it up in Alabama’s third drive on offense, guiding the SEC powerhouse to a touchdown drive that culminated in Isaiah Bond hauling in a 6-yard touchdown catch. […]

For the fourth time in franchise history, the New York Yankees signed a starting pitcher to a contract worth more than $100 million. They came to terms with Carlos Rodon on a six-year, $162 million contract deal earlier this month. The Yankees did not head into the offseason in dire need of a $100 million-plus […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide will see plenty of change with their offense in the 2023 season, including at the wide receiver position. For one, three wideouts who recorded at least one reception in the regular season have entered the NCAA transfer portal. Still, Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is “extremely confident” that the team’s wide receiver […]

Dorian Thompson-Robinson came up short of breaking a notable UCLA record. Thompson-Robinson entered the Bruins’ 2022 Sun Bowl matchup against the Pittsburgh Panthers in need of 285 passing yards to break the record for the most such yards in program history. Cade McNown currently holds this record, as he capped off his four-season run at […]

Tom Brady and Mike Evans were among the most potent quarterback-receiver duos in all of the NFL over the past two seasons. However, the script has flipped in the 2022 season. Evans is well on his way to notching the ninth 1,000-plus receiving yards campaign of his career, although he has hauled in 58.3 percent […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes’ College Football Playoff aspirations hit a brick wall following their double-digit home defeat to Michigan last month. A win for the Buckeyes against the Wolverines would have then clinched them a spot in the Big Ten title game and likely a berth in the College Football Playoff. Ohio State ended up […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars will look to make it five wins in six games when they meet the Houston Texans in Week 17. The Jaguars have continued to turn around their campaign in the second half of the season. They boast a 5-2 record in their last seven contests, and they are just coming off a […]

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has plenty of confidence in Cade Klubnik ahead of the 2022 Orange Bowl against Tennessee. With D.J. Uiagalelei off to Oregon State, Klubnik will make his first career start for the Tigers on Friday in the Orange Bowl. Klubnik threw a mere 22 total passes over the regular season, as […]

Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Will Anderson Jr. is expected to soon declare for the 2023 NFL Draft. From there, Alabama will then be on the lookout to find Anderson’s replacement. Among the players who Alabama defensive coordinator Pete Golding will provide an opportunity to replace Anderson is Jihaad Campbell. The former five-star recruit out of […]

Los Angeles Chargers outside linebacker Joey Bosa is on the doorstep of making his return to action. The Chargers announced on Thursday that they designated Bosa to return from injured reserve. As the Chargers have one of the most creative social media teams in all of the NFL, they sure could not pass up on […]

The TCU Horned Frogs came quite close to moving to a 13-0 record on the season. Even though TCU trailed by double-digits in the 2022 Big 12 Championship Game against Kansas State, Max Duggan did not throw in the towel during the contest. He guided TCU to two scoring drives in the fourth quarter to […]

The Kansas City Chiefs clinched a 24-10 home win over the Seattle Seahawks in Week 16 to extend their winning streak to three games, and they did so with their defense leading the way in the contest. The Chiefs defense knew that it was going to be in for a challenge against a Seahawks team […]

Marcus Jones is having quite a rookie campaign with the New England Patriots. With the Patriots down by a 22-0 score in the third quarter of their Week 16 home game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Jones delivered in convincing fashion, as he hauled in a much-needed interception off of quarterback Joe Burrow and went the […]

Kirk Cousins is continuing to make the most out of his fifth season with the Minnesota Vikings. Cousins entered the Vikings’ Week 16 home matchup against the New York Giants with 24 touchdown passes on the season. He tallied four passing touchdowns in Minnesota’s dramatic comeback victory over the Indianapolis Colts last week. It took […]

After coming away with a narrow loss to the New Orleans Saints, the Atlanta Falcons now have their sights set on getting back on track in their Week 16 road matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. Not much has gone the Falcons’ way as of late. They have dropped three straight games, and all of these […]

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is on the doorstep of shattering a notable NFL record. Allen has tallied an astounding 133 passing touchdowns and 37 rushing touchdowns over his ongoing run with the Bills. The versatile passer is just coming off of a keen performance in the Bills’ Week 15 home win against the Miami […]

The Miami Dolphins have multiple injury concerns heading into their Week 16 home matchup against the Green Bay Packers, including with Jeff Wilson Jr. The Dolphins released their final injury report for Week 16 on Friday, and they listed Wilson as questionable due to his hip injury. Wilson suffered the hip ailment during the second […]