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There have already been two NFL coaches fired this season, and we’re not even in December. The Carolina Panthers have parted ways with Frank Reich four weeks after the Las Vegas Raiders fired Josh McDaniels. This may only be the beginning of an NFL head coach bloodbath this season. ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter told […]

The Detroit Lions took former Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft. Head coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes knew they were set for 2023 with Jared Goff, so they took a chance on Hooker, who tore his ACL and could potentially miss the entire 2023 campaign. […]

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones signed a huge $160 million contract this offseason and is now out for the year with a knee injury. After the Giants won in Week 12 with third-stringer Tommy Devito, the future of the position is getting murky. General manager Joe Schoen recently talked about the team’s plans at […]

The NFL Week 12 injury roundup includes a trio of Browns starters — quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, defensive end Myles Garrett, and wide receiver Amari Cooper — all went down in their loss to the Denver Broncos. Elsewhere in the league, there were some other big injuries, although this NFL Week 12 injury roundup doesn’t include […]

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill stated before the season that he wanted to become the first player to put up 2,000 receiving yards in a single season. Through 11 games of the 2023 campaign, Hill is still on track for the single-season receiving yards record, and his yards combined with touchdowns put him on […]

Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich has been fired by owner David Tepper just 11 games into his tenure as the head of the NFC South squad. The move came after the Panthers lost to the Tennessee Titans 17-10 in Week 12 to drop them to 1-10 in the season. Chris Tabor is now the […]

As Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals get ready to face the Los Angeles Rams in Week 12, it looks like quarterback Kyler Murray will have two key offensive weapons at his disposal. That’s because the latest Cardinals injury updates are that wide receiver Marquise Brown and running back Emari Demercado will be good to […]

The NFL Week 12 schedule is the most unique of the season. We started with three Thanksgiving Day games (Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Commanders, and Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers) and the first-ever Black Friday game (New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins). Then we get 11 games on […]

The latest Los Angeles Chargers injury updates are good news for quarterback Justin Herbert as he and the team get ready to play the Baltimore Ravens in Week 12. Tight end Gerald Everett and wide receiver Jalen Guyton sound like they will both be back for this contest, which could be a decisive one for […]

The latest Kenneth Walker III and Geno Smith injury update is good for the Seattle Seahawks quarterback but not so good for the running back ahead of their Week 12 showdown with NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers. Walker left the Seahawks’ Week 11 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the first quarter with […]

Los Angeles Chargers coach Brandon Staley has finally pulled off a late comeback ahead of the NFL Week 12 slate, overtaking Washington Commanders headman Ron Rivera for the shortest odds to be the next NFL coach fired. After the Las Vegas Raiders’ Josh McDaniels cashed bettors tickets by becoming the first NFL coach fired in […]

The Maui Invitational is one of (if not) the premier early-season college basketball tournaments, and it is down to two teams for the championship game. No. 4 Marquette will take on No. 2 Purdue in a highly-anticipated college basketball game, and the Golden Eagle’s Tyler Kolek has an idea of what will take to beat […]

The NFL Thanksgiving Day slate is almost here, and in a tradition started in 2022, the games will again officially be known as the John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration. There will be tributes throughout the day to the legendary coach and broadcaster who was one of the biggest driving forces behind NFL football becoming synonymous with […]

The Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 11 in a game that they probably should have won, considering they had several chances to do so. Patrick Mahomes set his team up to be on the winning side of the ledger, as did the Chiefs defense, which limited the Eagles to just […]

Matt Canada being fired by Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers represents an incredibly rare occurrence. NFL coaches get fired all the time. The Buffalo Bills let Ken Dorsey go a week ago. However, it almost never happened with the Steelers. In fact, this is the first time in 82 years the franchise has axed […]

Jason Kelce and the Philadelphia Eagles beat his brother, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs 21-17 in Week 12, getting at least a modicum of revenge for their Super Bowl loss nine months ago. However, Jason called the win “bittersweet,” not because he beat his brother, but because the Eagles didn’t play great in […]

The last time Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh gave a Mark Andrews injury update he was telling the media his star tight end was out for the season with an ankle injury following the team’s Week 11 Thursday night win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Just a few days later, though, it seems like Andrew’s injury […]

After a huge Cleveland Browns win on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s no surprise Kevin Stefanski named rookie quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, aka “DTR,” the team’s starter for Week 12 against the red-hot Denver Broncos. While announcing the move, the Browns head coach also cleared up the role of newly-signed backup Joe Flacco. “#Browns Kevin […]

The 2023-24 Sacramento Kings are one of the best teams in the NBA right now at 8-4, with stars like De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis, and The Athletic’s NBA insider Shams Charania thinks that makes them a legit trade destination. However, Lou Williams, who played 16 NBA seasons, doesn’t think many players will be happy […]

For three quarters of the Detroit Lions Week 11 game against the Chicago Bears, quarterback Jared Goff and the team did not look good. After erasing a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to win the game 31-26, Goff said that while the performance wasn’t great, the result showed a lot about the team. “Not my best ball […]

Former Chicago Bears tight end Martellus Bennett has had enough of his former organization after the team lost in Week 11 to the Detroit Lions, 31-26, after coughing up a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter. Bennett torched the team — and without naming her directly owner Virginia Halas McCaskey —  on social media for […]

Houston Texans rookie quarterback CJ Stroud came out of the game in the third quarter with an injury scare but returned almost immediately to lead his team to a Week 11 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. After the game, his head coach DeMeco Ryans explained what happened to his budding superstar signal-caller. “DeMeco Ryans said […]

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence set a record on Sunday scoring multiple touchdowns against the Tennessee Titans in Week 11. The franchise mark is a credit to the talented young QB, but it’s also telling of the organization’s struggles to find a QB over the past 29 seasons. “Trevor Lawrence is the first player in […]

Texas beat Iowa State in one of their last Big 12 football games before they move to the SEC next season. Ahead of the contest, Iowa State talked some trash about sending Texas and head coach Steve Sarkisian out of the conferences with a loss, but after the win, the Texas head coach fired a […]

Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill has headed to the locker room with an apparent hand injury about halfway through the second quarter of the Week 11 matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders. NFL Network reporter Cameron Wolfe provided the video of Hill heading to te Miami locker room. Tyreek Hill is headed to the locker […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have started the season strong, rushing out to a 9-4 record and the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference. The Thunder hit this record with a huge, dramatic overtime win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday thanks to a late game-tying 3-pointer by burgeoning young star Chet Holmgren. After […]

The Tennessee Titans travel to Duval County to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11 in a big AFC South matchup. This is a showdown between two fun young quarterbacks who could be division rivals for years. Before Titans-Jaguars kicks off, let’s make some bold Titans Week 11 predictions. At 3-6, Tennessee’s season is […]

The NFL Week 11 schedule started with plenty of drama, with Joe Burrow and Mark Andrews going down to season-ending injury as the Baltimore Ravens beat the Cincinnati Bengals. On Monday Night Football to finish the week, it’s a Super Bowl rematch (and the Taylor Swift Bowl) with the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. […]

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis made a bold move firing head coach Josh McDaniels after an embarrassing Week 8 Monday Night Football loss to the Detroit Lions. He installed assistant coach Antonio Pierce as the Raiders interim head coach, and the team is now on a two-game winning streak. Pierce has impressed Davis with […]

Things are not going well for Zach LaVine and the Chicago Bulls in the 2023-24 NBA season. The team is 5-9, they’ve lost both their in-season tournament games, and the Zach LaVine trade rumors are swirling. Things seem so bad with the Bulls and LaVine right now that he stormed off after a win, blowing […]

The Buffalo Bills host the New York Jets in Week 11 in a do-or-die AFC East showdown. With five losses each, both team’s playoff hopes are hanging by a thread, and the loser of this game may be going home in January. Witt those as the steaks for Bills-Jets II, let’s make some bold Bills […]

Baltimore Ravens star tight end Mark Andrews is out for the season with an ankle injury after a controversial hip-drop tackle by Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson. On Friday morning, after the Ravens’ 34-20 victory, former NFL defenders Bart Scott and Ryan Clark got into a heated debate on ESPN’s First Take over the merits […]

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is shockingly out for the season with a wrist injury after a Jadeveon Clowney takedown in a Week 11 Thursday Night Football loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Prior to the injury, the team tweeted and deleted a video of Burrow in some sort of wrist brace before the game. This […]

When the Carolina Panthers take on the Dallas Cowboys in Week 11, the offense may be overpowered by the Cowboys fans’ crowd noise. Head coach Frank Reich is preparing for this possibility, but there’s one embarrassing problem for the Panthers. The game is at Carolina’s home field, Bank of America Stadium. “Panthers in the weird […]

Less than 24 hours after Amazon Prime Video Thursday Night Football host Charissa Thompson touched off a scandal by claiming to have made up reports as a sideline reporter, she issued a statement attempting to “clarify what is being reported.” The Charissa Thompson statement In the statement posted to her Instagram story and widely shared […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are coming off their bye and right into a Super Bowl rematch against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football in Week 11. Down the stretch of the 2023 season, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs need the team’s wide receivers to play better if they hope to reach the Big […]

There might be new people in charge, but it’s the same old Las Vegas Raiders. Fullback Jakob Johnson was released on Friday, but instead of hearing it from a Raiders PR person or even an NFL insider, the player announced it himself on social media. The only thing he left out was #TypicalRaiders. “I’ve been […]

The Cleveland Browns won a stunner in Week 10 against the Baltimore Ravens, riding a 15-point second-half comeback to an improbably 33-31 victory. And they did it without one of their star defenders, Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward. That’s because Ravens offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley knocked Ward out of the game with a concussion, and […]

We already know the Cleveland Browns won’t have quarterback Deshaun Watson and will start rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson for their Week 11 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers. However, the Browns did get a positive injury update ahead of this crucial AFC North showdown, as it now seems like right tackle Dawand Jones will be ready to […]