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The Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder wasted no time getting back in the swing of things this NBA season, as the two Western Conference contenders played a double-overtime classic on opening night. In the end, it was the defensive champion Thunder coming away with a hard-fought 125-124 victory after a back-and-forth affair that […]

The Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder got the NBA season started off with an instant classic on Tuesday night, with the Thunder coming away with a dramatic 125-124 win in double overtime. The Thunder were getting their feet wet after a long playoff run that culminated in an NBA Championship, while the Rockets were […]

As the playoff picture starts to take shape after Week 7 of the NFL season, some surprising teams are starting to join the usual suspects at the top of the standings. In an interesting twist, the NFC is the more difficult conference this season as the AFC deals with injuries to some of its top […]

Thanks in large part to a London game and a pair of Monday Night Football games, all of which featured entertaining playoff teams, the meat of the Sunday slate in Week 7 of the NFL season was a bit of a snoozer. Bad quarterbacks permeated multiviews all around the country as some teams ascended and […]

One of the themes of this college football season is that there doesn’t seem to be one or two dominant teams in the country. There are dominant units, sure — Ohio State’s defense tops the list — but 2025 has brought a sense of parity that we have not had in the sport before the […]

A loaded slate of prime time games in Week 7 left NFL fans without much to enjoy during the Sunday morning slate, where bad quarterback play permeated screens all around the world. However, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t much to take away from a sleepy slate of games. The Raiders, Dolphins and Titans got absolutely […]

Over the last four seasons, the Jay Norvell era at Colorado State has been an absolute disaster. This season, that hit a fever pitch as the Rams have benched their quarterback and are off to a 2-5 start after losing 31-19 at home against Hawai’i on Saturday night. On Sunday morning, Colorado state decided it […]

The second half of the college football season is in full swing and Week 8 is in the rearview. Miami, Texas Tech and Ole Miss saw their undefeated records take a hit over the weekend, while traditional SEC powers Alabama and Georgia solidified their place at the top. Elsewhere, the fringes of the CFP picture […]

One of the most intriguing games on the Week 7 NFL slate will come as the final matchup of the week, as the Houston Texans make the trip up to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Seattle Seahawks in a late-night Monday Night Football battle. The game comes as the second leg of a […]

The Atlanta Falcons have been one of the harder teams to get a read on so far this NFL season, but now their spot in the NFC hierarchy is becoming clearer. A lot of the uncertainty about the Falcons stems from one result: a stunning 30-0 loss to the Carolina Panthers back in Week 3. […]

Week 7 felt like a pivotal week in the college football season, with eye-opening results all over the country that will impact the College Football Playoff picture Some teams established themselves as contenders and others fell out of the picture with brutal losses (talking to you, Florida State). There was plenty of action across the […]

Kansas State football has been one of the most disappointing teams in all of college football this season, but it still has time to turn things around. However, it better get started on Saturday in Week 7 against TCU in a Big 12 clash that is crucial for both teams. Kansas State is currently 2-4 […]

One of the biggest games on the Week 7 slate in college football pits two rivals against each other. Oklahoma football and Texas football will square off in the Red River Rivalry on Saturday, with very different but equally important implications for both sides. The biggest story coming into this game has been off the […]

The Las Vegas Aces took a stranglehold on the WNBA Finals on Wednesday night, holding off a furious comeback from the Phoenix Mercury to win 90-88 and move within one win of a third WNBA title in four years. The Aces controlled the game for most of the night despite playing in front of a […]

The New York Yankees are heading home in unceremonious fashion after dropping Game 4 of the American League Division Series 5-2 on Wednesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays never trailed in Game 4, taking a lead in the middle innings and then extending it before calmly closing the Yankees out. Yankees star […]

The Buffalo Bills have looked like one of the best teams in football so far this season, which is not a surprise to many. Josh Allen looks like the frontrunner for the NFL MVP, which would be his second in a row, and the Buffalo offense can rack up points on nearly anybody. The Bills […]

The Phoenix Mercury were forced to try to claw back into the WNBA Finals in Game 3 on Wednesday night in front of their home crowd after dropping the first two games against the Las Vegas Aces. The Mercury were trailing for most of the night, and they were forced to complete their late comeback […]

The Milwaukee Brewers didn’t show any signs of rust in the National League Division Series after having a week off with the best record in baseball. The Brewers dominated the Cubs in Games 1 and 2 at home to move within one win of advancing to the NLCS. On Wednesday, the Cubs showed that they […]

One of the biggest games on the Week 7 college football slate is one of the best rivalries in the sport. On Saturday afternoon, Oklahoma and Texas will take the field at an evenly-split Cotton Bowl for the Red River Rivalry, one of the best traditions in sports. The two teams have very different vibes […]

The Detroit Tigers came into Wednesday with their backs against the wall, facing elimination against the Seattle Mariners after dropping Games 2 and 3 of the ALDS. For the first couple of innings on Wednesday, it looked like AJ Hinch’s ballclub was headed for an unceremonious exit from the postseason as Seattle took a 3-0 […]

One of the marquee matchups of Week 7 on the college football slate pits Oregon football against Indiana in a top-10 battle. Both squads were in the College Football Playoff a season ago and have already proven their mettle in 2025. Oregon got a win on the road against Penn State in the White Out […]

The Colorado Avalanche are looking to wipe the slate clean during the 2025-26 season after a disappointing playoff loss to the Dallas Stars last year, and they are off to a very good start on the road against the Los Angeles Kings on opening night. After a slow first period for the Avalanche, Colorado exploded […]

The New York Yankees came into Tuesday night facing elimination after dropping the first two games of the ALDS against the Toronto Blue Jays, and things were looking bleak when Toronto took a 6-1 lead in the third inning. However, the Yankees had other ideas. A monster Aaron Judge home run kickstarted a comeback as […]

The New York Yankees have their backs against the wall in Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Tuesday night. The Toronto Blue Jays dominated the first two games up north to take a 2-0 series lead and push the Yankees to the brink of elimination. Needing a win back in New York […]

Week 5 of the NFL season may have been the wildest one yet, and the story coming out of the weekend is unquestionably all of the blown leads across the league. Six different teams lost after holding double-digit advantages in Week 5, but the teams coming from behind deserve some credit as well. Some of […]

Week 5 of the NFL season was a wild one, with crazy finishes and blown leads all over the league. Some of them came as a surprise, while others were just rhetorical latest episodes in futility for some of the NFL’s troubled franchises. Who came out on the wrong end of Week 5? Let’s take […]

The NFL Offensive Player of the Year race is setting up to be one of the most competitive award battles throughout the rest of the season, with some of the best skill players in the world all off to great starts in 2025. Even though Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson don’t figure to be factors […]

The NFL season is nearly a quarter of the way through, and the cream is starting to rise to the top in 2025. As the calendar flips to October, it’s time to check in on the various award races around the league to see who is in line to contend for some of the sport’s […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are trending up after two consecutive wins to rebound from a stunning 0-2 start, and another stern AFC test awaits them in Week 5. One week after demolishing the Baltimore Ravens 37-20 at home, the Chiefs will head on the road to take on the 3-1 Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday Night […]

The Dallas Cowboys played arguably their best game of the season on Sunday night, but they weren’t able to come out with a win. In fact, the Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers tied at 40 in a Sunday night barnburner to get the Cowboys to 1-2-1 on the season. Now, the Cowboys have an […]

The New York Yankees came into Wednesday night with their backs against the wall, and they cam up big even if it wasn’t always pretty. In the end, the Yankees forced a decisive Game 3 against the Boston Red Sox with a 4-3 win in front of their home fans to even this Wild Card […]

The Dallas Mavericks are hoping for a fresh start in 2025-26 after a tumultuous season last year that was defined by the stunning Luka Doncic trade and a barrage of injuries. Nearly every key Mavericks rotation player, both before and after the trade, missed time with injuries, and that caused Dallas to miss the playoffs. […]

Despite a valiant effort to make a run through the playoffs, the Indiana Fever fell just short on Tuesday night in a crushing 107-98 overtime loss in Game 5 of the semifinals against the Las Vegas Aces. It’s impossible to put this Fever season in context without talking about the number of injuries that shook […]

The Indiana Fever’s Cinderella run through the WNBA playoffs has come to an end, as the Las Vegas Aces knocked them out in a tense 107-98 overtime game in Game 5 of the semifinals. The Fever put up a valiant fight to get through the Atlanta Dream in the first round and then push the […]

Thus far, Clemson football has almost unquestionably been the most disappointing team in college football over the first month of the season, and it currently sits at 1-3 heading into October. As it stands, Clemson’s College Football Playoff and national championship hopes are most likely over, with a pair of ACC losses already on the […]

The New York Yankees have their backs against the wall right away in this MLB postseason after dropping Game 1 of the Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Tuesday night. Now, the Yankees have to win the next two games to avoid elimination at the hands of their most hated rival […]

Week 4 in the NFL saw a couple of familiar teams resurface as potential contenders in the AFC, as well as a few wacky games in the NFC headlined by a tie between the Packers and Cowboys on Sunday Night. Two teams, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills, improved to 4-0 and are the […]

The NFL season is nearly a quarter of the way gone, and Week 4 was a wild one with matchups between contenders across the board. The Ravens got crushed by the Chiefs in a critical AFC battle, while the Colts picked up their first loss after missing a handful of opportunities on Sunday against the […]

For the first time all season, everything went right for the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in a 37-20 drubbing of the Baltimore Ravens in front of a raucous Arrowhead crowd. In a critical spot staring down a possible 1-3 start, the Chiefs played some of their best football on both sides of the ball […]