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The vibes are much different around Indiana football coming into the 2025 season after a transformative first year under new head coach Curt Cignetti. After being a middling program in the Big Ten for years, Cignetti immediately launched the Hoosiers into contention and earned them a spot in the first 12-team College Football Playoff. Even […]

The tennis world was shocked recently when Venus Williams announced that she was returning to the WTA Tour, taking a wild card into the main draw of the Mubabala Citi DC Open in Washington D.C. Williams was not officially retired, but she had not played a match since March of 2024 in Miami. Her last […]

The level of expected success hasn’t quite been there for Matt Rhule during his two seasons with Nebraska football, but hope is abound as the calendar approaches August and the 2025 season gets closer and closer. If the Cornhuskers want to return to glory and compete for a Big Ten Championship this fall, it starts […]

Ohio State football comes into the 2025 season as the hunted after winning the College Football Playoff National Championship last season, running the expanded CFP gauntlet with very impressive wins over Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame. Now, everyone is gunning for the Buckeyes heading into 2025. While Ohio State was the first team to […]

Last season, Miami football just missed out on the College Football Playoff despite a very good season and a high-flying offense led by Heisman Trophy finalist Cam Ward. Now, however, Mario Cristobal and his staff are tasked with replacing Ward’s historic production in the offense in 2025. They quickly selected the man who has to […]

One of the surprise stories in college football last season was Indiana football under new head coach Curt Cignetti. In his first year in Bloomington after coming over from James Madison, Cignetti led the Hoosiers to an incredible regular season and a berth in the College Football Playoff. Now, Indiana has to deal with the […]

The Memphis Grizzlies and the Boston Celtics have been two of the most active teams this offseason, both making big trades that will swing the direction of their franchises. The Grizzlies got things started, responding to a first-round sweep at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder by trading star scorer Desmond Bane to the […]

The Edmonton Oilers are still reeling from their second consecutive loss in the Stanley Cup Final, both of them coming against the Florida Panthers. As it stands, the core of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl still has not won a Stanley Cup, and the franchise will be set on changing that in the very near […]

The SEC is a gauntlet each and every year in college football, and Auburn football is looking to thrust itself into that mix this fall. The Tigers have had a disappointing few seasons since Gus Malzahn left at the end of the 2020 season, and now the pressure is on them to improve in year […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have had an interesting offseason regarding all of their pass rushers, and first-round pick Shemar Stewart is right at the top of the list. The Bengals took a chance on the Texas A&M product and selected Stewart with the No. 17 overall pick in the first round, but he has yet to […]

The last high-profile transfer in college football this offseason has officially found a home. Former BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff has verbally committed to Tulane, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Retzlaff abruptly departed BYU after he was accused of sexual assault by a woman from an incident back in 2023. The lawsuit was dismissed and Retzlaff […]

The American Athletic Conference, formerly known as the AAC, is at the forefront of the news after undergoing a rebrand on Monday. It isn’t a major change, but the AAC is now rebranding to be called the American Conference, according to On3 Sports. That isn’t much of a change, as the league has been called […]

2025 has been a nightmare season for the Washington Nationals, leading them to fire both manger Dave Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo just a few months into the campaign. Things haven’t gotten much better for them since then, but that doesn’t mean that Washington doesn’t have anything to look forward to. Amid all the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are going through this offseason in a somewhat interesting spot as they try to build a championship roster for next season while they also focus on keeping long-term flexibility for the Luka Doncic era. Of course, LeBron James’ contract situation, and Rich Paul’s comments after James picked up his player option, […]

Most people would call the SEC the king of college football, but there’s no question that the Big Ten has been right on their heels in recent years. Especially after the recent conference realignment, specifically the addition of Oregon, the Big Ten is loaded with powerhouses that should make for an action-packed 2025 season. Ohio […]

The New York Mets struggled coming into the All-Star break, and now they are trying to build a little bit of momentum coming out of it. They have failed to do that so far, dropping each of their first two games at home against the Cincinnati Reds since returning to action. Now, the task at […]

The St. Louis Cardinals are still right in the middle of a very crowded playoff race in the National League, which has left them with some tough decisions to make at the trade deadline. At the moment, the Cardinals are right on the fringes of the postseason push, which means they can either be buyers […]

Major League Baseball is officially out of the All-Star break and the contenders are locked in on the second half of the season as they try to get to the top of their divisions and secure playoff position. For the Philadelphia Phillies, that quest did not get off to a good start, as they lost […]

2024 didn’t go as Alabama football would have hoped or expected, as the Crimson Tide missed out on the College Football Playoff after a disappointing 9-3 regular season. However, despite the relative lack of team success, Kalen DeBoer and company found their next superstar in wide receiver Ryan Williams. Williams merged as one of the […]

It’s time for the WNBA All-Stars to show off their stuff at All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, and the best shooters in the world were on display on Friday night. In the end, the past two champions went at it in the final round with Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty and Allisha Gray of […]

Coming into the 2025 college football season, perhaps no player has as much pressure and attention on them as Texas football quarterback Arch Manning. That honor usually goes to a returning starter or someone tabbed as a potential top pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, but Manning is incredibly neither of those things. Still, the […]

Th Philadelphia 76ers and their fans are understandably thrilled to have VJ Edgecombe in the City of Brotherly Love after selecting him with the No. 3 overall pick in the NBA Draft. Edgecombe has finished showing out in the NBA Summer League and is now focused on his first season in the NBA. Edgecombe made […]

The Big 12 is one of the deepest leagues in college football, and while it may not have the same top-end talent that the SEC and the Big Ten has, there will be plenty of drama up and down the standings throughout the season. Last year, the race to Dallas for the conference title game […]

The Washington Commanders broke out in a massive way last season, coming within just one win of the Super Bowl before bowing out against the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game. Now, they are making big moves to get back to that spot and take it a step further. On Wednesday, the Commanders bolstered […]

The tennis schedule has died down for a few weeks after a hectic summer in Europe, culminating with the Wimbledon finals over the weekend. While Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner take their victory tours after conquering the grass in London, the focus of the ATP and WTA tours turns to the hard courts in North […]

The Indiana Fever are still right in the middle of the playoff race in the WNBA with just one game to of until the All-Star break, but now they have another Caitlin Clark injury to deal with. Just a few games after the star guard returned from a groin injury, Clark appeared to re-injure that […]

The Denver Nuggets came within just one game of beating the eventual champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs this spring, so they know they are close to title contention. a new front office headlined by Ben Tenzer and John Wallace showed that sense of urgency this offseason, attempting to shake things up to get […]

The MLB All-Star Game is all fun and games for the most part, but things got serious for the Arizona Diamondbacks and star third baseman Eugenio Suarez for a moment late in the game. Suarez was hit by a pitch right on the hand in the bottom of the eighth inning for the National League […]

The MLB All-Star Game was as dramatic as anyone could have hoped for in 2025, coming down all the way to the last tiebreaker. After the National League took a 6-0 lead early, the American League came all the way back to tie it at six through nine innings. This year, a home run derby […]

New York Mets star Pete Alonso has the power to blow open any game with one swing, and he did just that in the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Atlanta. With the National League leading 2-0 in the sixth inning thanks to a two-run double from Ketel Marte all the way back in […]

The Dallas Wings are doing their best to build some momentum heading into the All-Star break this season, and they will have a chance to do so on Wednesday against the middling Las Vegas Aces. That will be the Wings’ final game before the hiatus and will give them a chance to make up some […]

Major League Baseball is on a brief pause as the league descends on Atlanta for the All-Star Game on Tuesday night. While fans are locked in on the Midsummer Classic just a day after Cal Raleigh took home the trophy in the Home Run Derby, everyone now has an opportunity to reflect on everything that […]

Even last season, which he spent as the backup quarterback, the biggest storyline around Texas football was Arch Manning. That has not changed heading into 2025, where Manning is one of the top Heisman Trophy favorites heading into his first season as the starter in Austin. Steve Sarkisian is finally handing Manning the keys after […]

Conference realignment has been rampant across college sports in recent years, and that continued on Tuesday. Just a few days after it was announced that the Sun Belt was targeting Louisiana Tech as its 14th member, Sun Belt Conference CEOs officially voted the Bulldogs in according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Louisiana Tech will replace Texas […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are only getting stronger as they roll into the All-Star break and look toward the second half of the season as they try to repeat as World Series Champions again. Nothing about the first half of the season, where the Dodgers racked up an NL-best 58-39 record and sit at the […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are entering a new era of their franchise after a very difficult couple of seasons since breaking out as a Western Conference contender in 2022. Fast-forward a couple of years, the Grizzlies are coming off of getting swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder and trading […]

The Phoenix Suns underwent a much-needed shakeup this offseason, trading Kevin Durant after a disastrous 2024-25 season. They also appear to be closing in on a Bradley Beal buyout, so the team will look a whole lot different heading into 2025-26. In place of Durant, in comes Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks from the Houston […]

There are a ton of quarterbacks with a lot of buzz around them coming into the 2025 college football season, but very few of them are under the spotlight quite like South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers. The redshirt sophomore broke out onto the scene during his freshman season in 2024 and led South Carolina to […]

The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff was a success, as teams battled throughout the regular season to make it into the expanded field before providing fans with a dramatic postseason. However, the world of college football is already looking for tweaks and improvements. Expansion has been a hot topic once again this […]