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Almost all of the top teams in college basketball have rolled through the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and now they are all going at it in the Elite Eight. On Sunday, No. 2 seed Tennessee basketball and No. 1 seed Houston are tipping off the day in Indianapolis after Duke and Florida […]

The NFL Draft is less than a month away and big boards all over the country are shuffling around. As Pro Days start to come to an end, NFL teams are finalizing their draft boards. One of the biggest risers on many boards since the end of the football season has been Missouri offensive tackle […]

The Baltimore Orioles are looking to get back to the playoffs in 2025 and avenge a disappointing Wild Card loss to the Kansas City Royals last season. While doing that, they could be looking to get a little bit younger in the middle of the lineup. Ryan Mountcastle has been a mainstay at first base […]

The coaching carousel in college basketball has been hot ever since the season ended, with high-profile openings being filled all over the place. New Mexico basketball lost its head coach, Richard Pitino, when he left to go to the Big East and be the new head coach at Xavier. Now, New Mexico has found its […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are trying to get back into the postseason in 2025 after a very underwhelming 2024 campaign. One of the biggest additions that they made in the offseason in order to do that was the move to bring in starting pitcher Max Scherzer on a one-year contract in free agency. Scherzer’s debut […]

In just the third season with Jon Scheyer at the helm, Duke basketball is back in the Final Four. After a very disappointing loss to NC State in the Elite Eight last season, top-seeded Duke dominated No. 2 seed Alabama 85-65 in Newark to advance to the final weekend in San Antonio. A lot of […]

Just as the NCAA Tournament is winding down in college basketball, the transfer portal is heating up. In what has become the new norm, the biggest mid-major stars from around the country are looking to move up and capitalize on the open market in the portal. A lot of times, that means the blue bloods […]

One of the most highly-anticipated matchups of the Elite Eight in this NCAA Tournament was the heavyweight battle between Duke and Alabama. Despite some moments from the Crimson Tide, the final result of the contest never seemed to be in doubt on Saturday night as the Blue Devils ran away with an 85-65 win. Alabama […]

The MLB season of officially underway and teams across the league are settling in with their new rosters as they look to make a playoff push in 2025. The Boston Red Sox made one of the most high-profile additions of the offseason when they signed former Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman to a three-year, […]

Despite losing Angel Reese to the WNBA, Kim Mulkey has built another LSU women’s basketball powerhouse. The third-seeded Tigers kept on rolling on Friday night, surviving a heavyweight battle against No. 2 seed NC State 80-73 to advance to the Elite Eight once again. The two teams traded the lead back and forth throughout the […]

It took until the final game of the Sweet 16 for March Madness to deliver a truly classic, last-second finish in the third round of the tournament, but the last game on Friday night lived up to the hype. Top-seed Houston basketball stunned Purdue in the final seconds with a sweet inbounds play to get […]

2024-25 has been an incredible season for Michigan State basketball, and the Spartans are still rolling. Despite a slow start, second-seeded Michigan State came back and played a strong second half to pull off a very tight 73-70 win over No. 6 seed Ole Miss in the Sweet 16. Tom Izzo and company really had […]

One of the most highly-anticipated games of the Sweet 16 was a clash between a pair of conference rivals. Tennessee basketball and Kentucky went at it in Indianapolis on Friday night for a spot in the Elite Eight in a clash of two teams who are awfully familiar with each other. Kentucky surely came into […]

The Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament is in full swing, but the offseason has started for more than 300 college basketball programs across the country. Mick Cronin and UCLA basketball have already turned their attention to next season after a blowout loss to Tennessee in the second round on Sunday. On Friday, UCLA landed […]

Despite a very tonight upset scare from fourth-seeded Maryland, South Carolina women’s basketball showed its championship mettle once again. The Terrapins led 60-59 late in the fourth quarter, but the Gamecocks came up big in the closing minutes to pick up a 71-67 win in the Sweet 16 and advance to the Elite Eight. South […]

It’s unusual for there to still be fallout from a trade nearly two months after the transaction is completed, but for a trade with the magnitude of the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis swap, the ramifications will last much longer than that. Anthony Davis may have been in Dallas for a while now, but he is still […]

The progression of spring football games in college football will have to wait. Deion Sanders and Colorado football tried to push the envelope this offseason by scrimmaging with another team during their spring game, and Fran Brown and Syracuse turned out to be a willing dance partner. Unfortunately, the NCAA is not on board. The […]

Over the last five years, Drake basketball has become one of the premier programs in college hoops. The Bulldogs have reached the NCAA Tournament in four of the previous five seasons and got a big upset win over No. 6 seed Missouri in the Round of 64 this year. Of course, when you have that […]

The New England Patriots are transitioning into a new era of the franchise. Drake Maye got them started on that path with a strong rookie season, and now Mike Vrabel has replaced Jerod Mayo as the team’s head coach heading into 2025. Vrabel has wasted no time putting his imprint on the team. He is […]

Arguably the biggest storyline that is still unsolved this offseason is surrounding Aaron Rodgers and the quarterback situations in both Pittsburgh and Minnesota. Rodgers is the most high-profile free agent still left on the market, and the Vikings and the Steelers seem like the most likely destinations. Of course, if the Vikings end up being […]

On the court, there are plenty of storylines to go around in the NBA. However, the most entertaining subplot to this season may be the ongoing beef between Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. The feud started when James confronted Smith at a Lakers game for comments that the TV […]

The New York Knicks are trying to fend off a spirited push from the Indiana Pacers for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture, but they’re also trying to get healthy before the postseason at the same time. Miles McBride has missed the team’s last three games with a groin injury, but […]

The Los Angeles Lakers badly needed a win coming into Wednesday night’s road contest against the Indiana Pacers. LeBron James had one of his worst games of the season for most of the night before coming alive in the fourth quarter and capping off the night with a heroic buzzer-beating tip-in to give the Lakers […]

The Cinderella will have to wait until next year, as most of the top seeds have rolled through the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and into the Sweet 16. All four top seeds are still battling for the title as well as three of the No. 2 seeds, and Auburn basketball is at the […]

Every once in a while in tennis, you get a result that absolutely nobody saw coming. That’s exactly what has happened this week at the Miami Open, where 19-year-old wild card Alexandra Eala has made a stunning run to the semifinals, catching the attention of Rafael Nadal in the process. On Wednesday, Eala put on […]

One of the potential darlings in this NCAA Tournament was Colorado State basketball, and the Rams certainly had the most tragic ending of any of the Cinderella candidates. Despite knocking off fifth-seed Memphis and leading for most of the second round against No. 4 seed Maryland, an incredible buzzer-beater by freshman Derik Queen sent the […]

The Golden State Warriors haven’t had much to complain about since trading for Jimmy Butler, but they have fallen on some harder times in the last week or so. Stephen Curry went down with a pelvis injury just under a week ago, and the Warriors got blown out by the Miami Heat 112-86 on Tuesday […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have been rolling this season, and that didn’t stop on Tuesday night. The Thunder walked into Sacramento and had absolutely no trouble dispatching the Kings in a 121-105 win. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had another great game in this one, finishing with 32 points on 10-for-23 shooting while adding seven rebounds and five […]

The biggest storyline in the NBA on Tuesday night was Jimmy Butler’s return to Miami. The Heat hosted the Golden State Warriors in an highly-anticipated clash that brought the former Miami star back to his old stomping grounds. The game turned out to be a dud, with the shorthanded Warriors unable to keep up with […]

Now that NFL free agency is settling down, all eyes are on the NFL Draft and how the prospects are shaping up in the weeks leading up to the league’s biggest offseason event. On Tuesday, Texas football held its Pro Day. All of the Longhorns’ top prospects got to show out in front of NFL […]

Immediately after Xavier basketball lost to Illinois in the Round of 64 of the NCAA Tournament, head coach Sean Miller left to be the new head coach at Texas. Now, Xavier has its new man at the head of the program. The Musketeers are hiring New Mexico’s Richard Pitino to be their new head coach, […]

The Dallas Mavericks have ben at the center of plenty of headlines this season as injuries and personnel changes have all but doomed their chances at making the playoffs. Even if Dallas is able to sneak into the play-in tournament, its chances of making a ton of noise feel low in the short-term. Nico Harrison […]

The transfer portal in college basketball has been unhinged since opening on Monday, and within the first two days of it opening some stars around the country have surprisingly entered their names in the portal looking for new homes. On Tuesday, North Carolina guard Elliot Cadeau hopped into the portal, according to Pete Nakos of […]

The New England Patriots have been spending big money in free agency this offseason, and they continued to do so on Tuesday. Seeking a new weapon in the passing game for Drake Maye, the Patriots signed free agent wide receiver Stefon Diggs to a three-year, $69 million contract according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “ESPN Sources: […]

Ever since he got fired from LSU amid a recruiting scandal, it was clear that Will Wade was on his way back to the highest level of college basketball. After one season off, Wade went to McNeese State for two seasons before accepting the head coach job at NC State after the 2024-25 season. NC […]

The Tennessee Titans hold all of the cards heading into the 2025 NFL Draft as the team holding the No. 1 overall pick. Plenty of options are on the table for Tennessee, including drafting a quarterback, picking the best overall prospect available or trading the pick. During the draft process, Miami quarterback Cam Ward has […]

NFL free agency has subsided for the most part and now teams have a clearer picture of the gaps that they need to fill in on the roster heading into the NFL Draft. For some teams, that meant going out and spending big money and for others it meant just keeping your guys around. The […]

The transfer portal is open in college basketball and the coaching carousel is on fire, with players and coaches all over the nation switching places and looking for new homes. Indiana basketball is one school that has lost a lot of key players from last season after the departure of head coach Mike Woodson. On […]

While NC State women’s basketball marches on through the NCAA Tournament, the men’s basketball program is looking forward to next season with Will Wade at the helm. The Wolfpack hired Wade to be the new head coach in Raleigh after an excellent two-year run at McNeese State, capped off with a run to the second […]