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The Las Vegas Aces have gotten off to a somewhat slow start this season, and that continued into the first three quarters against the Washington Mystics in their home opener on Friday night. After taking an early lead, the heavily-favored Aces trailed for nearly the entire game heading into the final few minutes. Despite the […]

The New York Knicks were fighting for their lives in Game 2 on Friday night, desperately needing a win after falling apart and losing Game 1 despite having a massive lead in the final minutes. Jalen Brunson had a monster game in Game 1 despite the loss, finishing with 43 points while carrying the Knicks […]

The Indiana Pacers are playing with house money on Friday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals after stealing Game 1 with an incredible 138-135 comeback win in overtime. That gave Indiana the opportunity to take Game 2 and go back home up 2-0 in the series. Unfortunately for the Pacers, they have […]

Friday was a very sad day for sports fans around the world, as one of the most iconic shows of this century came to an end. ESPN aired its final episode of Around the Horn on Friday afternoon before the show officially comes to an end. For the final episode, ESPN brought back some of […]

The Minnesota Twins seem to struggle with injuries year in and year out, and this season is no different. Star shortstop Carlos Correa was the latest of the bunch, missing some time with a concussion. Correa suffered the injury back on May 15 when he collided with Byron Buxton in the outfield and has missed […]

The Indiana Pacers have become one of the stories of the playoffs this season, coming back from deficit after deficit to get improbable win after improbable win. On Wednesday night, they pulled off their best Houdini act of the bunch, coming back from down 14 points with less than three minutes to go to beat […]

The 2024-25 Indiana Pacers just never say die. In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks seemed to be in full control as they looked to take a 1-0 lead in the series. However, the Pacers stormed all the way back to escape with […]

The rivalry between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks is one of the best in the NBA and goes back through decades of playoff battles. On Wednesday night, the latest edition of Pacers-Knicks in the playoffs got underway in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Both teams went back and forth in […]

The Edmonton Oilers and the Dallas Stars are battling in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals, again with a berth in the Stanley Cup Final on the line. Game 1 in Dallas has been a roller coaster affair, with both teams trading the momentum back and forth throughout the night. Oilers star Leon […]

After a very competitive first half, things got away from the Minnesota Timberwolves very quickly in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder have one of the best defenses of the modern era in the NBA, and it was on full display on Tuesday night. Timberwolves star Anthony […]

The Los Angeles Angels are scrapping and clawing to stay in the playoff picture as they hover just below .500. Of course, the goal when Mike Trout went down with a knee injury was to just hang around in the AL West race. Since then, the Angels have been treading water until their star player […]

Much of the buzz surrounding Bill Belichick and North Carolina football has been about everything but what’s happening on the field. Belichick and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson have spent plenty of time in the news, but that doesn’t mean that the legendary head coach isn’t still building out his roster for his first season in […]

The New York Mets have ben making headlines in the last few days, but not for much of what they’ve been doing on the field (though that hasn’t been great either). Instead, everyone is focused on Juan Soto and what he thinks of being a Met as they psychoanalyze his every move. Soto caught a […]

The Florida Panthers showed no signs of any fatigue from their grueling seven-game battle with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. Just 48 hours after silencing the city of Toronto in Game 7, the Panthers strolled into Carolina and crushed the Hurricanes 5-2 in Game 1 to open the Eastern Conference Finals. Instead of […]

The  Minnesota Timberwolves stuck with the Oklahoma City Thunder for the better part of three quarters in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday night, but they didn’t have it in them to hold off the top seed all night. The Thunder went on a massive run in the second half to blow […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Oklahoma City Thunder are in a tight battle in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, but Oklahoma City is sticking around despite all three of its biggest stars struggling mightily to score the ball. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is having an especially tough time and is just 2-for-13 from the field […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Oklahoma City Thunder are going at it in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday night, and emotions are running high on both sides. The series is already getting chippy, and the superstars on each side are not immune to it. During the first quarter, Wolves star Anthony […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have had a lot of time off since eliminating the Golden State Warriors in five games, and now it’s time for them to get the Western Conference Finals underway against the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the meantime, the Timberwolves have been watching the Thunder grind out a brutal seven-game series against the […]

One of the teams under the most pressure heading into the 2025 season is Texas football. Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns have suffered painful losses in the College Football Playoff semifinals in two consecutive seasons after Ohio State ended their run last year in the Cotton Bowl. Of course, the quarterback is going to steal […]

As college basketball teams begin to put their rosters together for next season, many players are waiting to hear if they will get an extra year of eligibility. Now, Tennessee basketball’s Zakai Zeigler is firmly in that group. On Tuesday, Zeigler filed a lawsuit seeking an extra year of eligibility, according to On3 Sports. Zeigler […]

The 32-year Stanley Cup drought for Canadian NHL teams is still alive and well, and now there is only one team left who can out it to bed. The Edmonton Oilers are the last hope for Canada after the Toronto Maple Leafs got blitzed by the Florida Panthers 6-1 in Game 7 on home ice. […]

The NBA is down to its final four teams as the conference finals is ready to get underway. While the remaining teams may not be who everyone expected after surprising losses by the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, there are still a pair of great matchups in Knicks-Pacers and Thunder-Timberwolves to look […]

The Boston Celtics are out of the playoffs after a very disappointing second-round exit at the hands of the New York Knicks. While the Celtics were heavy favorites coming into the series, a combination of injuries and poor late-game execution doomed them and eventually put their title defense to rest. The biggest injury was obviously […]

The New York Mets and the New York Yankees went at it in the first edition of the Subway Series over the weekend, but the 2025 edition of the classic rivalry has a little bit of extra heat to it. Of course, former Yankees star Juan Soto left the pinstripes this offseason to sign a […]

The Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks are getting ready to do battle in the playoffs for a second consecutive season, this time with a berth in the NBA Finals on the line. Both teams are coming in with a lot of confidence, as the Pacers beat the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers and the Knicks […]

The Dallas Cowboys made a splash this offseason when they made a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers to acquire wide receiver George Pickens. After surprisingly passing on a wideout for the entirety of the NFL Draft, Dallas is now depending on Pickens to come in and give Dak Prescott another top target alongside CeeDee Lamb. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were rewarded for one of the worst and unluckiest seasons imaginable with the No. 3 overall pick in the NBA Draft when the lottery concluded. While the ping pong balls weren’t quite kind enough to land Cooper Flagg, they did give Daryl Morey a top-tier asset to work with this offseason. Philadelphia […]

The weekend at the PGA Championship was all about Scottie Scheffler, as the world’s top-ranked golfer showed off all of his skills on his way to winning his third major in a landslide. Despite an early charge from Jon Rahm on Sunday, Scheffler was the steadier down the stretch and ended up winning by five […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs battled back in Game 6 of their second round series against the Florida Panthers, stunningly forcing a Game 7 back in Canada. The Leafs had seized all of the momentum from the defending champions heading into the winner-take-all game, but none of that mattered when the puck dropped on Sunday night. […]

The Atlanta Hawks didn’t make the playoffs this season after getting knocked out in the play-in tournament, but Trae Young is still going at it with New York Knicks fans. The two sides have a longstanding rivalry going back to the playoff series between the Hawks and the Knicks back in 2021, but they have […]

The Denver Nuggets are trying to grit out a win in Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday despite dealing with multiple injuries to key players. The most notable of those ailments happened at the very end of Game 6, when Aaron Gordon went down with a hamstring strain. On Sunday morning, it […]

The Dallas Stars were dangerously close to having to go back to Winnipeg for a Game 7 in the second round against the Jets, but Thomas Harley came through as the hero. Just a few minutes into overtime, Harley netted a clutch goal to give the Stars a 2-1 victory and help them close the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are off to a hot start as they try to defend their World Series crown, and they made another move that shows their embarrassment of riches on Sunday. With infielder Tommy Edman returning from injury, the Dodgers have DFA’d longtime utility man Chris Taylor according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. […]

The Dallas Stars got the job done on Saturday night in Game 6 against the Winnipeg Jets, winning a tight battle 2-1 in overtime to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the third season in a row. The Stars looked like the better team on the ice over the first four games, but the […]

The Golden State Warriors saw their season come to an end in unfortunate fashion in the playoffs, as Stephen Curry’s hamstring injury ruined any chance that they had of getting past the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round. Curry was injured in Game 1, a Warriors win, and missed the next four games, all of […]

Just 18 holes remain in this PGA Championship, and an unsurprising favorite has emerged to lift the Wanamaker Trophy. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler carries a three-shot advantage into Sunday as he looks to close out his first PGA Championship and his third major overall. Scheffler didn’t have his best stuff at the beginning of […]

The Winnipeg Jets’ season is over after a crushing 3-1 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars on the road on Saturday night in Game 6 of their hard-fought second round series. The Jets were trying to battle back from a 3-1 deficit, but just couldn’t get over the line in Game 6 after winning Game […]

The second major of the golf season is in progress at the PGA Championship and Bryson DeChambeau is still searching for his first major outside of the U.S. Open. For a while during Saturday’s third round, it looked like he was going to be right in the mix at the top of the leaderboard heading […]

As the MLB season reaches its two-month point, teams around the league are starting to look at how they can improve their rosters as they try to make a run at the playoffs. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs have been two of the best teams in baseball so far in 2025, but […]