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Despite a great season that will be forever remembered as one of the best in Houston basketball history, Kelvin Sampson and company are heading into the offseason with a sour taste in their mouths. Houston won the Big 12 Championship, both in the regular season and the conference tournament, and made a great run through […]

The San Diego Padres have been one of the best teams in the MLB this season as they battle tooth and nail with the Los Angeles Dodgers for supremacy in the NL West. The Padres even nearly matched the Dodgers’ unbeaten start, as the Friars won their first seven games on their way to a […]

Everyone who has seen Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic play in the past knew that he would be coming at the Dallas Mavericks with a vengeance on Wednesday night. Doncic has consistently played some of his best against teams or players who have wronged him or made him angry in some way, so a […]

Every game is crucial in the Western Conference right now as teams battle for playoff seeding during the final week of the regular season. The Golden State Warriors were surely feeling good about their chances of getting a win on Wednesday night against a struggling Spurs squad, but anything can happen in the NBA. Golden […]

The Boston Celtics have been humming along through the Eastern Conference and have been playing without many stakes for quite a while now. The Cleveland Cavaliers are far ahead in the top spot out East, but the Celtics have plenty of cushion between them and the rest of the Eastern Conference. That hasn’t stopped the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were locked in a tight battle with the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night before putting their foot on the gas in a way that only they can. LeBron James and Luka Doncic took over in the fourth quarter, stopping a furious Mavericks rally in its tracks in a crucial 112-97 win. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers picked up a very important 112-97 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night that is huge in their quest for the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. However, the game meant more than that for Luka Doncic and company, as the star guard was making his return to Dallas […]

The Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks are battling it out on Wednesday night in a very emotional American Airlines Center. In addition to all of the playoff ramifications that are on the line, the stakes feel even higher because of the reunion between Luka Doncic and the Mavericks and between Anthony Davis and […]

Emotions are running very high on Wednesday night as the Los Angeles Lakers are in Dallas to take on the Mavericks. Of course, this game marks the return to Dallas for Luka Doncic after he was shockingly traded to the Lakers a few months ago. After a very emotional pregame ceremony, including a tribute video […]

The NHL playoffs are right around the corner, and some of the best teams in the league are getting ready to make a run at the Stanley Cup. That has been difficult for the Edmonton Oilers, who have been dealing with injuries to both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl recently. Draisaitl is still out with […]

The NBA world blew up on Tuesday night when Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic was thrown out of his game against the Oklahoma City Thunder for picking up a pair of technical fouls. Doncic picked up the first technical for barking at an official, as he is prone to do, but the second one […]

The Colorado Avalanche have had an up-and-down season this year, leading them to flip a lot of key pieces over on the roster at the trade deadline. Now, the Avalanche head into the playoffs with their core of superstars and improved depth behind them in hopes that is enough to make a push for another […]

The final few games of the NHL regular season are starting to finish up and the playoff picture is taking shape. Some teams are battling for seeding while others are scrapping just to get into the wild card picture. The Vancouver Canucks fall into the latter category, and they need to get hot quickly in […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the midst of a heated playoff race after splitting a pair of games on the road against the West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder. The Lakers are still in the No. 3 spot in the West, but they must continue to tally wins in order to fend off a hungry pack […]

There’s no question that Houston basketball is still recovering from one of the most heartbreaking losses that you will ever see. Kelvin Sampson and company were just a play away from winning a national championship before falling to Florida 65-63 in the title game on Monday night in San Antonio. Such is life for every […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are battling for playoff seeding in a very tight Western Conference, but they have bigger things to worry about on Tuesday night. Promising rookie Jaylen Wells took a very scary fall during the Grizzlies’ clash against the Charlotte Hornets and landed awkwardly after being undercut by KJ Simpson. Wells was down on […]

As he plays out his 22nd season in the NBA, LeBron James continues to make NBA history on a regular basis. The Los Angeles Lakers star is still one of the best players in the NBA and is rolling toward yet another All-NBA honor at the end of the season. On Tuesday night, he continued […]

The Winnipeg Jets are having one of their best seasons in franchise history this season. As it stands, the Jets have the best record in the NHL and are trying to fend off a spirited push from the Dallas Stars for the top spot in the Central Division. While the present of the team is […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have cooled off just a little bit after their torrid start to the season, but they still sit in a good spot at 9-3 after 12 games. There has been some minor injury concerns surrounding the Dodgers so far this season, specifically to starting pitcher Blake Snell. Snell has been dealing […]

The Dallas Mavericks have had a nightmare season this year, from trading Luka Doncic to a barrage of injuries that followed the stunning deal. Despite all of that, Dallas has made it out to the other side and is now in the hunt for one of the final two spots in the play-in tournament in […]

Every classic game at the end of a playoff or tournament game comes with two vastly different perspectives. On Monday night, Florida basketball is ecstatic after knocking off Houston 65-63 in an epic national championship game, but the Cougars are understandably devastated. Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson, who has done an excellent job with this […]

There are plenty of incredible feats to go around about this Florida basketball team winning a national championship, but it all starts with head coach Todd Golden. At just 39 years old, Golden did an incredible job leading this Gators squad all the way to the top of the mountain. There aren’t many like Golden […]

In an epic championship game on Monday night, Florida basketball trailed for most of the game before coming back to stun Houston 65-63 and cut down the nets as national champions. Like they did all tournament, the Gators came up with clutch stops and big baskets in the clutch to walk away on top. Walter […]

A Florida basketball team that rolled through the back half of the SEC and dominated the SEC Tournament didn’t have that same level of dominance in the NCAA Tournament. But it had heart. Florida came from behind in the second half for the fourth time in the tournament to knock off Houston 65-63 in the […]

The Dallas Cowboys decided to go in a different direction with their backup quarterback spot this offseason, letting both Cooper Rush and Trey Lance walk. To fill that spot, they made a trade with the New England Patriots to bring in talented gunslinger Joe Milton to back up Dak Prescott. Milton doesn’t have a ton […]

North Carolina was one of the most disappointing teams in college basketball this season, but it was still able to salvage a miniature postseason run thanks to a controversial NCAA Tournament berth. Hubert Davis and company crushed San Diego State in the First Four before Ole Miss knocked them out in the Round of 64. […]

The Las Vegas Raiders made what may have been the most stunning move of the offseason when they swung a trade with the Seattle Seahawks to acquire quarterback Geno Smith. The Raiders only had to send a third-round pick back to Seattle in return, and the move should immediately help them improve heading into 2025. […]

As the NFL Draft gets closer and closer, it seems very likely that the Tennessee Titans will select Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick. That makes the first pivot point of the draft the No. 2 pick, which is currently held by the Cleveland Browns. The Browns have a few different avenues that […]

The transfer portal is heating back up in college football and teams are filling out the final pieces of their roster as spring ball gets underway. Until the spring portal window officially opens and we get a new influx of transfers available, it is slim pickings on the open market. Bowling Green football, led by […]

The Golden State Warriors have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA since the trade deadline, when they acquired Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat in one of the biggest trades of the season. The Warriors seemed to be picking up steam as the fight to stay out of the play-in tournament in […]

Just as some of the contenders in the Western Conference are heating up, the Denver Nuggets are hitting one of their coldest spells in years. Michael Malone and company have lost four games in a row with the regular season winding down and are now in danger of being stuck in the play-in tournament for […]

No program in women’s basketball has seen more legends of the game come through it than UConn women’s basketball. The WNBA is littered with UConn greats who have helped build the Huskies into one of the most iconic brands in sports. On Sunday, UConn continued to add to its tally by crushing South Carolina 82-59 […]

The Final Four on the women’s side this year featured four evenly-matched teams on paper, leaving fans exited for the potential of some mouthwatering matchups. That didn’t play out, however, as UConn women’s basketball steamrolled through both UCLA and South Carolina to win the national championship. While it feels like UConn never really left the […]

UConn women’s basketball came into this NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed, but it comes out of it at No. 1. Geno Auriemma and the Huskies dominated all of their March Madness opponents, including a resounding 82-59 win over top seed South Carolina in Sunday’s national championship game. Paige Bueckers has been the star […]

The Aaron Rodgers free agency saga has dragged on into April now, even though there is a clear likely destination. The Pittsburgh Steelers are still the front runners to land Rodgers despite a drawn-out free agency that has been quiet in recent weeks. Despite the lack of noise surrounding the two parties, the Steelers still […]

The Boston Red Sox are just treading water to start this season, as they come into Sunday’s doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals with a 4-4 record on the season. However, the Red Sox have been picking up momentum, winning three straight games including a 13-9 victory to start this interleague series. Despite the hot […]

National semifinal day at the 2025 Final Four in San Antonio will go down in the history books as one of the best ever. A chalk bracket through the first two weekends of March Madness left us with all four No. 1 seeds — Florida, Auburn, Houston and Duke — in the Final Four, but […]

The SEC was one of the best single-season conferences in the history of college basketball in 2024-25, getting a record 14 teams into the NCAA Tournament. Its tournament champion, Florida, will play for a national title on Monday night while the rest of the league looks to catch up. LSU basketball was one of the […]

The race for the final wild card spot in the Western Conference was very competitive for much of the season, but the St. Louis Blues have risen above that group in recent weeks. The Blues are now securely in the top wild card spot with just a few games to go until the playoffs thanks […]