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San Francisco 49ers legend Steve Young has been one of the best NFL analysts in the game for over two decades with ESPN. However, on Friday, Young was part of the massive ESPN layoffs that claimed the jobs of several big-name, on-air talents. On Friday, Andrew Marchand of the New York Post was the first […]

NBA free agency officially starts on Saturday, July 6, but teams, agents, and players can start negotiating contracts and agreeing to deals — which Woj, Shams, and Windhorst will break — at 6 pm ET on Friday, June 30. As the Los Angeles Lakers enter what could be their “Last Dance” with LeBron James and […]

Draymond Green and Jordan Poole might not be teammates anymore after the Golden State Warriors traded Poole to the Washington Wizards, but Green still found a way to get a shot in at his ex-teammate and his new team. Luckily this time, the shot was only verbal. Green made a TikTok video for Bleacher Report […]

Suzy Kolber has been part of the sports media landscape for nearly four decades but was part of the ESPN layoffs on Friday. For anyone who’s watched her work the sidelines or host shows for almost 30 years at “The Worldwide Leader,” it’s not a surprise her final sign-off was classy, and her step sounds […]

The ESPN layoffs are going strong Friday afternoon, as the network is cutting ties with top talent like Jeff Van Gundy, Jalen Rose Suzy Kolber, Steve Young, Max Kellerman, and more. One top ESPN talent who got the ax may find a soft landing spot, though, at a rival network. Rumors are that Keyshawn Johnson […]

James Harden shocked the NBA world when it came out that he was opting into the final year of his Philadelphia 76ers contract and demanding a trade. The Miami Heat are one of the leading contenders to make a James Harden trade if they want him, so here is the perfect Heat-Sixers trade for Harden. […]

The 2023 NFL season is a big one for the Chicago Bears. The team is hopeful they have their franchise quarterback in Justin Fields and are putting pieces around him to help him succeed. One of those pieces is wide receiver Chase Claypool, who the team traded for last season. This NFL offseason, there are […]

The Orlando Magic were one of the big stories of the 2023 NFL Draft. The team had two Magic draft picks in the first round and took Arkansas point guard Anthony Black at No. 6 and grabbed Michigan wing Jett Howard at No. 11. And while the second pick was a questionable selection, the team […]

The latest NBA free-agency rumors have superstar Kyrie Irving meeting with the Phoenix Suns to discuss a possible deal. This is getting Suns fans incredibly excited, including one of their most famous fans, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase. Chris Haynes from Bleacher Report is reporting that Irving will meet with Phoenix when free agency […]

The New York Knicks didn’t make a single selection in the 2023 NBA Draft. The team traded its 2023 Knicks first-round pick to the Portland Trail Blazers for Jason Hart at the NBA trade deadline, and while they own several other future first-round picks, they were all protected to the point that none transferred this […]

For Washington Wizards point guard Monte Morris, a trade could be coming soon. Several trade destinations make sense, and there could even be a bit of a bidding war thanks to the demand for the reasonably priced PG. There is a Wizards fire sale going on with trades of Bradley Beal, Kristaps Porzingis, and Chris […]

The Detroit Pistons are making moves this offseason, big and small. On Thursday, the team officially announced it will pick up the player options on the contracts of Alec Burks, Isaiah Livers, and Eugene Omoruyi. This trio will now make $10.4 million, $1.8 million, and $1.9 million, respectively, in the 2023-24 NBA season. Alec Burks […]

While the NFL may be done with Colin Kaepernick, it sounds like Colin Kaepernick is still not done with the idea of a comeback in the NFL. The polarizing passer last played in the NFL in the 2016 season, when his kneeling during the National Anthem to protest police treatment of Black Americans caused a […]

After trading for Marcus Smart the night before the 2023 NBA Draft, the Memphis Grizzlies only came away from the annual festivities with two second-round sections this year. The two Grizzlies draft picks were South Carolina forward Gregory “GG” Jackson (No. 45) and Bosnian wing Tarik Biberovic from Fenerbahce in Turkey (No. 56). And that […]

The New Orleans Pelicans walked away from the 2023 NBA Draft with just one player. The team took UConn guard Jordan Hawkins with the No. 14 pick. That’s a fine pick, as Hawkins brings shooting and depth to the team. The Pelicans’ draft mistake has nothing to do with Henderson, though. The big miss for […]

The new Chicago Bears stadium drama continues, and another Chicagoland suburb is throwing its hat in the ring to be the new Bears home if/when the team leaves its longtime home, Soldier Field. And if we had to guess, there’s a good chance that hat says, “Wayne’s World” on it. The mayor of Aurora, Illinois, […]

The Miami Heat will now use veteran guard Kyle Lowry as trade bait instead of using the waive-and-stretch provision to get free of his massive contract next season. Lowry will make $29.6 million next season in the final year of his contract, and the Heat believe he’s no longer worth that money. Reports initially indicated […]

English Premier League fans have seemingly been waiting for a Declan Rice transfer for years now. Well, it looks like the 24-year-old West Ham midfielder is finally on the move this summer transfer window as the Hammers have reportedly agreed in principle to a £105 million deal to move Rice to the other side of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers came away from the 2023 NBA draft with two players. LA picked up combo guard Jalen Hood-Schifino from Indiana at No. 17 and wing Maxwell Lewis from Pepperdine at No. 47. These Lakers draft picks are both good on their own, but the best move that Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves seem ready to make a Karl-Anthony Towns trade following the disastrous Rudy Gobert trade last offseason. The team needs to try to salvage that move and start refilling its draft capital after giving it all away to the Utah Jazz. As for the New York Knicks, the team found something least offseason […]

A Damian Lillard trade seems inevitable after the Portland Trail Blazers took Scoot Henderson with the No. 2 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, and ESPN has an idea for a deal with the Miami Heat. In this trade, Lillard goes to South Beach for a package centered around Tyler Herro. So, let’s grade this […]

The Dallas Mavericks tanked the end of their season in the hopes of keeping their first-round pick (top-10 protected) from the New York Knicks. They accomplished the goal and ultimately walked away with two Mavs draft picks — Duke’s Dereck Lively II and Marquette’s Olivier-Maxence Prosper — in the 2023 NBA Draft. And of those, […]

The Orlando Magic had two first-round picks in the 2023 NBA Draft and ended up with Arkansas point guard Anthony Black at No. 6 and Michigan wing Jett Howard and No. 11. These two picks filled needs for the team and will make the young roster better. However, the team had a chance to take […]

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is a two-time NBA champion. The veteran shooting guard has titles with LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, and now Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. And now Caldwell-Pope is sharing how the two all-time great players are similar on the court. Fresh off his second Larry O’Brien trophy, Caldwell-Pope joined JJ […]

The family of NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson is dealing with an unspeakable tragedy on Tuesday, as the parents and nephew of Johnson’s wife, Chandra Johnson, are dead in a suspected murder-suicide. According to police in Muskogee, Oklahoma, officers responded to an anonymous 911 call on Monday night about a woman with a gun and found […]

WWE superstar LA Knight is about to participate in the biggest match of his career when he joins the Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match at The O2 Arena in London, England on Saturday, July 1. However, the wrestler has his sights set on a bigger prize than the MITB briefcase. He wants a […]

Ronda Rousey is heading to Money in the Bank in London, England with her tag-team partner Shayna Baszler to defend their recently unified WWE Women’s Tag Team titles against Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan. And after Rousey’s Monday Night Raw victory over Rodriguez, , she seemed pretty confident of the coming weekend’s result. Rousey took […]

The Denver Nuggets draft picks in the 2023 NFL Draft helped the best get better. After winning the first NBA championship in franchise history, the Nuggets kept the good time rolling by crushing the NBA draft. The team took three players who will help keep the team at the top of the Western Conference in […]

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off on July 20, and we now know what the U.S. Women’s National Team roster looks like. There are plenty of familiar names on the squad like Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and Julie Ertz. However, there are also some surprising names that were left off. That list of USWNT […]

They can’t all be blockbusters. Just hours after the stunning Atlanta Hawks move of finally making a John Collins trade with the Utah Jazz, the team announced another roster move regarding the fate of Donovan Williams to much less fanfare. On Monday afternoon, the Hawks tweeted, “We have requested waivers on two-way guard Donovan Williams.” […]

Justin Jefferson skipped Minnesota Vikings OTAs this offseason as the superstar wide receiver awaits a new contract extension. The three-year veteran hasn’t been in the league long, but he’s dominated in his short time. The wideout is apparently looking for “Aaron Donald-type money” that will make him one of the highest-paid non-quarterbacks in the NFL, […]

Toronto Raptors star OG Anunoby is at a crossroads. He is entering the final non-option year of his contract, and the Raptors may be going in several different directions, so of which could lead to an OG Anunoby trade. At this point, we don’t know what will happen next in the career of one of […]

Overall, the Portland Trail Blazers had an excellent 2023 NBA draft in a vacuum. The team had Scoot Henderson, the second-best prospect in the draft, fall to them at No. 3 and made an awesome selection at No. 23, picking up Kris Murray from Iowa, who should immediately become a legit 3-and-D wing in the […]

The 2023 NBA Draft featured the most hyped prospect since LeBron James in 7-foot-5 French sensation Victor Wembanyama, and people tuned in to see this generational prospect. Thursday night had more NBA draft viewers for video and NBA social than any other draft, but it was in a specific way that shows how popular Wembanyama […]

All things being equal, Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers plan on having Brock Purdy as the starting quarterback in 2023. However, Purdy is still recovering from injury, which means Trey Lance has a chance to show his stuff as 49ers quarterback in OTAs. And one important player who Lance has impressed is superstar […]

Los Angeles Lakers’ free-agency will be crucial this offseason. The franchise is coming up to the end of its LeBron James, Anthony Davis window, and they need to make some moves for one last run. The team has Lakers’ free agents they need to re-sign, like Austin Reaves, and players they can target after the […]

The Los Angeles Chargers have a simple goal to start the season. The ultimate goal is to win a Super Bowl, but first, the team must try and beat the Kansas City Chiefs to the top of the AFC West. It won’t be easy. Winning the division is possible for Justin Herbert, Joey Bosa, Brandon […]

The 2023 NBA Draft is in the books, and the Indiana Pacers picks are Jarace Walker from Houston at No. 8, Ben Sheppard from Belmont at No. 26, Mojave King from G League Ignite at No. 47, and Isaiah Wong from Miami at No. 55. The franchise also made some shrewd trades and picked up […]

Chelsea is continuing its massive makeover this summer transfer window as the English Premier League club is letting another star walk out the door. This time, it is longtime captain Cesar Azpilicueta, who has reportedly agreed to a deal with Serie A giants Inter Milan. International football insider Fabrizio Romano is reporting that Chelsea wingback […]