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On Saturday, Coco Gauff collected her second Grand Slam title and first at the French Open, knocking off Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to lift the trophy in Paris. Everyone was thrilled for Gauff as she fell to the clay on match point, including Spike Lee sitting in the stadium and Gauff’s parents in her […]

The Golden State Warriors made their big splash at the trade deadline this season, acquiring Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat to pair with Stephen Curry. The duo worked out very well and got the Warriors into the second round of the playoffs before a hamstring injury to Curry cut their title chase short. While […]

The Phoenix Suns are in a transition period after a very disappointing season that saw them not only miss out on the playoffs in the Western Conference, but the play-in altogether. Injuries played a part in that, but the roster and specifically the core of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal did not work […]

The Toronto Raptors were a mainstay in the Eastern Conference playoffs for many years, but they have fallen out of the conversation in recent times. Last year, Toronto finished just 30-52 and missed out on the play-in even in a weaker Eastern Conference. This offseason, the Raptors are looking to get back in the mix. […]

The Phoenix Suns are officially moving forward with the next era of their franchise after hiring former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Jordan Ott to be their next head coach. Now, the focus turns to how the Suns can reshape their roster to get back in the playoff picture in a very competitive Western Conference. One of […]

The Florida Panthers survived an instant classic with the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night to even the Stanley Cup Final at a game apiece. After a hectic first 27 minutes of overtime between two squads that are about as evenly-matched as it gets, new Panthers acquisition Brad Marchand was the hero. The former Boston Bruin, […]

College sports is headed in a new direction after the House settlement passed on Friday night following a long battle between the NCAA and the House. The ruling will have massive implications on the structure of college sports moving forward, and other changes are already coming as a result of the domino effect. One of […]

The titanic rematch between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers has more than lived up to the hype so far. In Game 1, the Oilers won at the end of the first overtime on a goal by Leon Draisiatl, and Game 2 was arguably even better. After a back and forth affair that saw […]

The landscape of college sports has been in constant change over the last few years, and now a major development has taken place that will ensure it is never the same again. On Friday night, Judge Claudia Wilken approved the House settlement in the House vs. NCAA lawsuit. The biggest point in the settlement is […]

Oregon football will be hungry to avenge a very bitter end to its season in 2024-25. After an undefeated regular season and a Big Ten Championship, the Ducks got thrashed by Ohio State in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl. Now, Dan Lanning and company have some work to do to rebuild […]

The Edmonton Oilers are trying to take command of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers. After winning a 4-3 epic in overtime in Game 1, the Oilers have a 3-2 lead at the end of an action-packed first period in Game 2 at home on Friday night. While the Oilers will be thrilled […]

In order to be the best, you have to beat the best. On Friday, Jannik Sinner did just that in the French Open semifinals, knocking off the great Novak Djokovic in three very close sets, 6-4 7-5 7-6(3). With the win, Sinner advances to his first final at Roland Garros with a chance to lift […]

Novak Djokovic is arguably the greatest of all time in the sport of tennis, but even some of his best tennis in 2025 wasn’t enough on Friday. The 38-year-old legend came up short in the semifinals of the French Open against top-seeded Jannik Sinner in three tight sets, 6-4 7-5 7-6(3). At his age, there’s […]

The Edmonton Oilers got the upper hand on their Stanley Cup Final rematch with the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night, as a Leon Draisaitl goal at the end of the first overtime gave the Oilers a 4-3 victory in front of their home fans. Draisaitl’s goal in the final minute of the first overtime, his […]

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers did not disappoint, as the two best teams in hockey went at it in a tightly-contested battle with the upper-hand in the championship series on the line. At the end of a long, hard-fought overtime period, Leon Draisaitl was the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers had a cursed season in 2024-25, and now they have to rebuild around Joel Embiid and Paul George as they try to get back into contention in the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia has two very promising young guards in Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain, and they still have one of the most talented […]

The New Orleans Saints are heading into a season of uncertainly after a roller coaster of an offseason. After it was revealed that quarterback Derek Carr had a shoulder injury that was going to keep him out for most or all of the 2025 campaign, the veteran signal caller suddenly retired from the game. While […]

The Denver Nuggets are just entering a crucial offseason for the team, with plenty of tough decisions to be made about many key players and coaches. Some of those decisions about coaches and front office members have been made already after the team fired head coach Michael Malone and Calvin Booth near the end of […]

After a long wait since the end of the conference finals, the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers is officially underway. The rematch of the championship series from last season is one of the most highly-anticipated finals in recent years, and it wasted no time providing fans with some fireworks. […]

For much of the 2025 season, there have been doubts surrounding Novak Djokovic and whether he could still compete at the very end of Grand Slams against top players. The Serbian put all of those questions to rest on Wednesday night in the French Open quarterfinals, when the sixth-seeded Djokovic took down No. 3 seed […]

The Phoenix Suns finally found their new head coach on Wednesday, hiring former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Jordan Ott to lead the next iteration of the team. What Ott’s roster will look like is unclear at the moment as the Suns explore trade options for star wing Kevin Durant this offseason. Ott is a Michigan State […]

Two of the marquee teams in Major League Baseball are going at it in Los Angeles in a rematch of the NLCS from last fall. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets have delivered plenty of classics, and they did so once again on Tuesday night. At the end of a back-and-forth affair, […]

The Washington Mystics are in somewhat of a transition year after losing a lot of their more experienced pieces on the roster, including longtime superstar Elena Delle Donne to retirement, but there are some good signs to build off of early in the year. The Mystics had three picks in the top six of the […]

The Minnesota Twins are caught up in a late-night affair with the Athletics on Tuesday night, and they have now fallen on hard times despite holding onto 9-3 lead late in the contest. Twins starter Pablo Lopez was cruising along through five innings in this one, giving up just four hits and a pair of […]

The Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder are gearing up to go at it in the NBA Finals on Thursday night and the chatter is ramping up before the series gets going. Both teams are coming off of incredible runs to get to the championship series, though they got there in different ways. The […]

The Cincinnati Reds and the Milwaukee Brewers are squaring off in a crucial NL Central battle to start off the month of June. The Brewers started the series off with a 3-2 win in Cincinnati on Monday night, leaving the Reds in a position where they had to even things up on Tuesday night. They […]

The French Open is beginning to wind down and the best of the best are starting to battle it out with the season’s second major on the line. On Tuesday, the top half of the women’s draw got the quarterfinals started with some of the top players in the world, including Aryna Sabalenka and Iga […]

The Florida Panthers are entirely focused on the team heading into the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers, but there is still some individual love to go around. Star forward Aleksander Barkov was named the Selke Trophy winner as the best defensive forward in the NHL. Barkov didn’t win the award in any normal […]

The NFL season seems far away after the NFL Draft finished up in late April, but mandatory minicamp is already underway as teams across the league see what they’re made of with a few months until the games get underway. The Chicago Bears will be one of the teams to watch in 2025 with new […]

The University of Florida made a big change this summer when it poached former University of Michigan president Santa Ono to come be the president in Gainesville. The move was announced back in early May, and all indications were that Ono was coming to represent the blue and orange as the new head of the […]

In the first mens’ quarterfinal at this year’s French Open, No. 8 seed Lorenzo Musetti dispatched No. 15 seed Frances Tiafoe in four competitive sets, 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2. With the victory, Musetti reached his first career Roland Garros semifinal and his second Grand Slam semifinal after reaching the same stage at Wimbledon last summer. […]

The Carolina Hurricanes fell short of the Stanley Cup Final once again, losing in five games in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Florida Panthers. Now, the Panthers are headed back to their third Cup Final in a row while the Hurricanes are left to once again evaluate why they can’t get over the hump. […]

The New York Knicks surprised a lot of basketball fans on Tuesday when they shockingly decided to fire head coach Tom Thibodeau. The move came on the heels of the Knicks’ elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals at the hands of the Indiana Pacers. The news even spread all the way to Paris at the […]

The Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers are getting ready to go at it in one of the most highly anticipated matchups in the history of the Stanley Cup Final. The rematch of last year’s epic seven-game series, won by the Panthers, will draw the eyes of hockey fans and sports fans everywhere. Both the […]

Much of the attention surrounding the Americans in women’s tennis, especially coming into this year’s French Open, was focused on Coco Gauff. After all, the 2023 U.S. Open champion made the finals in both Madrid and Rome and is into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in great form. However, Madison Keys has been the queen […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are still recovering from a brutal loss in the Western Conference Finals for the second consecutive year, but they did get some good news about their future on Monday. General manager Tim Connelly seemed to confirm that he would be in Minnesota for the long haul amid rumors that he could be […]

The cream of the crop is rising at the French Open, and as usual that includes Coco Gauff. The World No. 2 advanced to the quarterfinals on Monday with a comfortable 6-0, 7-5 win over No. 20 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. Gauff has now reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in five consecutive years, an incredible […]

The college football offseason is in full swing, but on Wednesday the potential candidates for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in the class of 2026 was revealed. Plenty of stars such as Cam Newton and Aaron Donald both made the list, along with a number of other legends of the sport. The […]

The country of Serbia has been very prominent in the sports world over the last decade, with tennis superstar Novak Djokovic and Denver Nuggets standout Nikola Jokic dominating their respective sports. The two Serbian stars have become good friends over the years and often connect in the offseason or when Djokovic is in the United […]