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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 […]

While they didn’t quite compete at the very top of the SEC or make a push toward the College Football Playoff last season, Vanderbilt football was still one of the biggest surprises in the sport. Clark Lea and company vaulted themselves right into bowl contention and cemented themselves as a very tough out with an […]

The 2025 MLB Draft was a stunner on Sunday, with the top of the draft totally turning over. The Washington Nationals and the Los Angeles Angels both shocked just about everyone with their first two overall picks leaving the presumed top prospects in the draft for the third and fourth picks. The Nationals got it […]

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz wasted no time after their epic French Open final to give tennis fans another Grand Slam final between them. The Wimbledon final on Sunday didn’t quite have the same drama that the Roland Garros final did as Sinner closed it out in four sets to win his first title at […]

In the latest chapter of the best rivalry of the next generation of men’s tennis, Jannik Sinner got his revenge on Carlos Alcaraz. Just five weeks after Alcaraz beat Sinner in the final of the French Open, Sinner won the Wimbledon title with a four-set victory over the Spaniard on Sunday on Centre Court. Sinner […]

The Seattle Mariners have grinned and battled so far this season and have put themselves in a position to make another run at the playoffs in a crowded American League down the back half of the season. However, the Mariners are firmly outside of the top group of contenders in Major League Baseball and could […]

Just a few weeks after their epic match in the French Open final, Jannik Sinner got his revenge on Carlos Alcaraz on the final Sunday at Wimbledon. The Italian won his first Wimbledon title and his fourth major overall with a four-set victory over the two-time defending champ, 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4. Jannik Sinner is […]

No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg didn’t get off to the best start in NBA Summer League with the Dallas Mavericks, but he quickly avenged himself. In his second Summer League game against the San Antonio Spurs, Flagg carried the Mavericks with 31 points on 10-for-21 shooting, knocking down a trio of 3-pointers in the […]

The Philadelphia Phillies have been one of the top teams in Major League Baseball so far this season and have a real chance to make a push at the World Series. With just one game left to go until the All-Star break, the Phillies are just a half-game back of the New York Mets in […]

The LeBron James contract situation has turned into a mini-saga this offseason as the Los Angeles Lakers star seems to be mulling his future. In a move very unlike him, James opted into his player option for next season, worth more than $52 million, instead of trying to get a long-term contract from the franchise. […]

As expected, the Philadelphia Phillies have been one of the top teams in baseball this season. Rob Thomson and company have used a very strong lineup along with one of the best starting rotations in baseball to take a very slim lead over the New York Mets in the NL East with just a few […]

The Milwaukee Brewers are one of the hottest teams in baseball heading into the All-Star break and have established themselves as one of the top teams in the National League as the Midsummer Classic approaches. After an 8-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night, the Brewers have now won five games in a […]

The Minnesota Twins have not had a great season so far, and now they are just trying to get to the All-Star break unscathed and get a chance to regroup for the second half of the season. However, they weren’t even able to get there without suffering an injury to a key player. Star shortstop […]

The Denver Nuggets’ offseason overhaul is nearly complete, but they still need the trade with the Sacramento Kings to acquire Jonas Valanciunas to officially go through. There was a bit of a hangup with Valanciunas’ contact and whether he would even be staying in the NBA, but now all signs are pointing to him being […]

Ever since Deion Sanders got to Boulder and became the head coach of Colorado football, the spotlight has been shining brightly on the black and gold. Everything that the Buffs did was under the microscope and dissected by the national media over the last two seasons, but that may be cooling off a bit. Of […]

Just hours after two-time defending champion dispatched Taylor Fritz in a close four-set match in the first men’s semifinal at Wimbledon, it felt like the end of an era on Centre Court. Novak Djokovic, the last man standing from the illustrious “Big Four” era, took the court hobbled and helpless against World No. 1 Jannik […]

Just a year ago, it looked like the Boston Celtics were set up to be the next dynasty in the NBA after winning the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. Now, just a year later, everything has come apart in Boston. The Celtics’ repeat bid was stymied by a pair of heroic comebacks from the […]

The Chicago Sky have started to get back on their feet after a disastrous start to their season, and the improved play of Angel Reese is a big reason why. After an inefficient, turnover-filled start to her season, Reese has settled in and become a much more effective offensive player while maintaining her elite production […]

The Atlanta Braves have been one of the most disappointing teams in baseball so far this season and find themselves in a big hole in the playoff race as the All-Star break approaches. Naturally, that has led to plenty of rumors and discourse about what the best path forward is for the Braves for the […]

The Indiana Fever got Caitlin Clark back in the lineup on Wednesday, and she had a heartfelt moment with one of her former teammates before the Fever took on the Golden State Valkyries. Former Iowa star Kate Martin has become one of the standouts in Golden State during its first season in the WNBA, and […]

Cleveland Guardians superstar Jose Ramirez has become one of the more under-appreciated players in baseball during the course of his excellent career, and this season feels like it is no different. As the Guardians have slipped down the standings and now find themselves far behind in the American League playoff picture, Ramirez and his teammates […]

The American men are down to just one player remaining on the men’s side at Wimbledon in 2025, as No. 10 seed Ben Shelton fell at the hands of the World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in Wednesday’s quarterfinal. Shelton and Sinner played three tight sets, but the Italian was the superior player in the clutch […]

Last season, Arizona State football took the Big 12 and the college football world by storm. After being picked to be one of the worst teams in the Big 12 coming into the season, Kenny Dillingham led the Sun Devils to an 11-3 record, a conference title and a berth in the College Football Playoff […]

The San Francisco Giants looked dead to rights in the second game of their three-game set with the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night, but Patrick Bailey had other ideas. The Phillies led 3-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, in large part thanks to a two-run homer from Kyle Schwarber, but the Giants […]

The Philadelphia Phillies have been on a tear recently, becoming one of the best teams in Major League Baseball and taking the lead in the NL East over the New York Mets in the process. Now, just before the All-Star break, Philadelphia is trying to prove that against another National League playoff contender in the […]

The Seattle Mariners didn’t have a lot going their way on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, but Cal Raleigh kept his incredible season rolling. Even with the New York Yankees leading the Mariners 10-1, Raleigh crushed another home run well over the short porch to cut into the lead in the eighth inning. Raleigh has […]

The Atlanta Braves were already figuratively limping toward the All-Star break in the middle of a mess of a 2025 season, and now they’re physically hobbled as the Midsummer Classic approaches as well. As it stands, the Braves have just two series remaining to get things right before the break and get some momentum coming […]

The New York Liberty and the Last Vegas Aces are battling in a matchup between the last three WNBA Champions on Tuesday night, and a clash that has become the premier rivalry in women’s basketball this decade. However, in this edition of the game, one of the stars of the show went down. Aces star […]

2024 was a Cinderella season for Arizona State football, but now the Sun Devils have made the transition from the hunters to the hunted. Kenny Dillingham and company are trying to build a powerhouse in Tempe, and last season’s run to a Big 12 Championship and the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl […]