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After back-to-back losses in the College Football Playoff semifinals, expectations are sky-high for Texas football this fall. Arch Manning is officially the starter under center and the Longhorns have slotted in nicely as the No. 1 team in the preseason Coaches Poll. One of the biggest questions surrounding Texas coming into 2025 is the wide […]

Very few teams in Major League Baseball have been struggling more than the New York Yankees lately, as Aaron Boone and company continue to slide down the standings as the playoffs get closer. One of the reasons for that has been the struggles of the bullpen, and that continued on Tuesday. The Yankees’ relievers let […]

The Arizona Cardinals are looking to get back in the playoffs after a disappointing 2024 season that saw them flame out during the second half of the season, and Jonathan Gannon is changing up Arizona’s preseason approach to try to get better results this fall. The Cardinals were one of the many teams that didn’t […]

There is a huge spotlight on the Chicago Bears this season coming into the second season of the Caleb Williams era and the first season with Ben Johnson as head coach, and the pads are officially on as training camp heats up. The Bears suffered a scare on Tuesday when starting tight end Cole Kmet […]

The Chicago Sky have had a disastrous season plagued by injury and the deficiencies of a roster that is not good enough, especially in the backcourt. Now, those injuries have reached the best player on the team, Angel Reese. Reese has been sidelined recently with a nagging back injury, and she will miss Tuesday night’s […]

Things have not gone according to plan over the last few seasons for the Indianapolis Colts, and now they enter a pivotal year for a lot of important figures in the franchise in 2025. General manager Chris Ballard, head coach Shane Steichen and quarterback Anthony Richardson all have a lot at stake heading into this […]

The New York Giants are gearing up for the 2025 season with their very crowded quarterback room, and the race got clarity when the first unofficial depth chart of the season dropped on Tuesday. While Russell Wilson is the expected starter, both in camp taking reps with the first-team offense and on the unofficial depth […]

NFL training camp means time for fans to see what they have in their teams for the upcoming season, but it is also time for some position battles to be sorted out. Those competitions will be decided over the course of the preseason leading up to the regular season at the start of September, but […]

The calendar has officially flipped to August and the hype is already building for college football season at the end of the month. This season, fans have one of the best matchups of the season to look forward to right off the bat when Ohio State takes on Texas. The Buckeyes and Longhorns are already […]

There are always unfortunate injuries at training camp, but very rarely do you see a scary moment involving a coach like the New England Patriots did on Monday. During practice, defensive coordinator Terrell Williams left on a cart after appearing to suffer from a medical issue. A stretcher was brought out for Williams, but he […]

The Cleveland Browns’ quarterback competition has gotten plenty of attention during training camp this year, and as always the spotlight is following Shedeur Sanders. The son of Colorado head coach and NFL legend Deion Sanders is used to the spotlight being on him throughout his football career, and that has not changed since he was […]

The Cleveland Browns have arguably the most high-profile quarterback battle in the NFL during training camp, with four plausible starters battling it out. Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett are the veterans in the room, and Cleveland drafted Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel in the third round and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round of the NFL […]

The Atlanta Falcons have a quarterback controversy of sorts, but not a quarterback competition. Michael Penix Jr. is the cemented starter in Atlanta after taking over for Kirk Cousins late in the 2024 season, but now the Falcons must decide what to do with the veteran backup. Unfortunately for Falcons fans, they won’t get to […]

The Minnesota Twins have struggled this season, prompting them to go into a full-scale rebuild at the trade deadline at the end of July. Just about any veteran contributor was up for grabs as the Twins loaded up on prospects and pieces for the future while sending a lot of their best current players to […]

The move that the Houston Astros made at the trade deadline wasn’t necessarily one that everybody expected, but it was one that got everybody’s attention. Carlos Correa is back in Houston after a huge trade with the Minnesota Twins that reunited the infielder with his old team. While a lot of the talk was around […]

The Boston Red Sox are surging as the calendar turns to August this season, but they got some devastating news on one of their best pitchers on Saturday. Starter Tanner Houck, a consistent force in the rotation for Alex Cora and company, needs Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of this season and […]

The Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds were going at it in the Speedway Classic on Sunday after the rain cut Saturday night’s main event short. The two teams picked things back up on Sunday morning with almost the full game to play, but a damper was put on things on the Atlanta side pretty […]

The Minnesota Lynx made a big swing on Sunday morning, attempting to distance themselves from the field by making a trade with the Dallas Wings for DiJonai Carrington. In return, the Wings got former No. 2 overall pick Diamond Miller, veteran wing Karlie Samuelson and a second-round pick in the 2027 WNBA Draft. Carrington is […]

The Houston Astros failed to get the pitching help that they wanted at the trade deadline, which passed last Thursday without a single new pitcher coming into Houston. Instead, the Astros opted for more bats, acquiring Carlos Correa and a pair of other position players in three separate trades before the cutoff passed. Now, the […]

The New York Yankees have been one of the worst teams in baseball since the All-Star break, with avoidable errors haunting them time and time again. As a result, the men in pinstripes have not only fallen out of the top spot in the AL East, but they have dropped below their hated rival the […]

The St. Louis Cardinals are lingering around in the National League playoff race this season, but they still decided that this version of the roster wasn’t going to be enough to compete for a title. St. Louis president of baseball operations John Mozeliak sprung into full rebuild mode at the deadline, offloading star closer Ryan […]

The Houston Astros had a busy trade deadline, but not in the way many people thought they would. Houston came into July seemingly needing pitching help, both in the form of starters or relievers, but they ended up beefing up the batting order instead. The Astros made waves when they agreed to bring back shortstop […]

The Houston Astros had a quieter trade deadline than many anticipated, with the exception with the high-profile reunion with star shortstop Carlos Correa in a blockbuster trade with the Minnesota Twins. Now, Correa is reunited with Jose Altuve in Houston as the two of them chase another World Series together. The Astros were also mulling […]

The Minnesota Lynx have been on a revenge tour ever since dropping the WNBA Finals last season, and now they have strengthened their championship chase with a big trade. On Sunday morning, Minnesota acquired guard DiJonai Carrington from the Dallas Wings for a package centered around former No. 2 overall pick Diamond Miller, according to […]

No team went more all-in than the San Diego Padres at the trade deadline this season, and one of their big-name additions got his first action with the Friars on Friday night. With the Padres trying to close out the first game of a three-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals, Mike Shildt turned to […]

The MLB trade deadline was a hectic one this year, with big names flying all over the league as contenders loaded up to make a push toward the playoffs. However, there was arguably no bigger deal than the Philadelphia Phillies acquiring closer Jhoan Duran from the Minnesota Twins. Duran is one of the top closers […]

The Colorado Rockies have had a season to forget so far, but they continue to add more and more brutal performances to the ledger as the season starts to enter its final phases. However, none of them may stack up to the disaster that took place on Friday night. Playing against the Pittsburgh Pirates — […]

The Los Angeles Kings have become a consistent presence in the Western Conference as a team that contends for a playoff spot nearly every year, but they have continued running into the same ceiling. That ceiling is the Edmonton Oilers, who have eliminated Los Angeles in four consecutive seasons in the first round of the […]

The Micah Parsons contract situation with the Dallas Cowboys has been dragged out across the entire offseason, and now it has reached a fever pitch. On Friday, the star pass rusher officially requested a trade from the franchise due to the inability to reach an extension with the franchise. In a message that he posted […]

The Houston Astros are trying to keep up in the Major League Baseball arms race at the trade deadline, as big names get sent all over the league. Houston hasn’t made a big move just yet, but its big swing could be just on the horizon. The Astros need pitching help, and they could be […]

With less than 24 hours to go before the trade deadline, the Eugenio Suarez sweepstakes finally have a winner. The Seattle Mariners are getting their hands on the prized third baseman after agreeing to a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks to bring the slugger back to the Pacific Northwest, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. “BREAKING: […]

The Cincinnati Reds are an interesting team to watch at the trade deadline this season, and now they are making a move in the shadows to bolster their starting rotation. Late on Wednesday night, with just under 24 hours to go until Thursday’s cutoff, the Reds made a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays to […]

The New York Yankees are still right in the playoff picture this season, but they have started to become the victim of a lot of self-imposed mistakes during games that have seen them fall out of first place in the AL East. The Yankees have become error-prone, both on the stat sheet but also mentally, […]

The Detroit Tigers have been slumping badly of late after a red-hot start to the season, and now they are looking to right the ship as the calendar gets closer and closer to August. That long slump recently could be a silver lining of some sort for the Tigers. On one hand, they don’t want […]

The Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros have both been very active around the trade deadline this season, and now the two division rivals are going after another key player. The two contenders, who are both locked in a battle at the top of the AL West, are targeting Minnesota Twins infielder Willi Castro in […]

The SEC has some of the best quarterbacks in the country, but those elite signal callers will also have plenty of talented SEC wide receivers to throw the ball to when the season gets going at the end of August. There are plenty of great returning players on the outside, headlined by Alabama star Ryan […]

The New York Mets, despite plenty of ups and downs, have been one of the best teams in all of Major League Baseball so far this season, but they know they will need to stay healthy in order to stay at the top of the NL East and make a push for a World Series. […]

There has been a healthy amount of staff turnover for Colorado football in the last few years under Deion Sanders, but he enters year three with a plethora of experienced former NFL players and coaches on his staff. Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur and defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, both of whom are highly-respected former NFL assistants, […]

There is a lot of optimism around Florida football coming into this fall, and star quarterback DJ Lagway is a big reason why. A 2024 season that started with Gators fans calling for head coach Billy Napier’s job ended with Lagway putting on a show as a true freshman, getting fans fired up for his […]