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The New York Jets were the last winless team in the NFL, but they finally got on the board on Sunday with a dramatic 39-38 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 8. 2025 has been a tumultuous season for Justin Fields as the new quarterback in the Big Apple, but he showed out on […]

The Dallas Mavericks are one of the most interesting teams in the NBA this season, and it all comes down to their No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg. All eyes are on the former Duke star as he gets his feet wet in the pros, and he is starting to settle in through three games […]

Just a few short months ago, LSU football seemed to be one of the favorites to win the national title in 2025 after getting a road win over Clemson. Now, that win has aged like milk, and it turns out neither of those two teams were contenders in the first place. On Sunday, after LSU […]

On Saturday, Missouri football suffered more than just a critical loss for its SEC Championship and College Football Playoff hopes. Sure, a loss to Vanderbilt didn’t help matters in either of those departments, but an injury to quarterback Beau Pribula cast a dark cloud over the entire contest for the Tigers. Pribula suffered what appeared […]

It was a bit of a sleepy college football slate in Week 9, but there was still plenty of opportunity for teams in the College Football Playoff discussion to make a statement. Lines are drawn just about every week in the SEC, and that was no different on Saturday. Alabama staged a late comeback to […]

Just two weeks after knocking off the Philadelphia Eagles back in New York, the Giants were back in Philly to take on their division rival in the second leg of the season series on Sunday in Week 8. Unfortunately for New York, things took a turn for the worse in the first half. Running back […]

The Sunday slate during Week 8 of the NFL season is a little bit sleepy, but there is one marquee matchup in the afternoon in the Mile High City. The Denver Broncos and the Dallas Cowboys will do battle in one of the most crucial matchups of the week, and everything is shaping up to […]

The Chicago Bulls are in a rebuilding phase in 2025-26, but that didn’t stop them from getting in the win column on opening night. In front of a packed crowd at the United Center, the Bulls picked up a 115-111 win over the Detroit Pistons to get going in the right direction this season. Nikola […]

The San Antonio Spurs are one of the most intriguing teams in the NBA coming into this season, and it all comes back to Year 3 of Victor Wembanyama. The former No. 1 overall pick and French prodigy had his second season cut short due to a blood clot, but he is back with a […]

The Milwaukee Bucks got off on the right foot in 2025-26 on Wednesday night, holding off a late run from the Washington Wizards to get a 133-120 victory in front of their home fans. This is a bit of a new-look Bucks squad around Giannis Antetokounmpo this season. Damian Lillard is gone after suffering a […]

The New York Knicks got their 2025-26 season started off on the right foot on Wednesday night, taking down the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-111 in a season opener between two Eastern Conference contenders. Both teams came into the game shorthanded, but the Knicks staved off a second-half push from the Cavs and pulled away with a […]

One of the biggest matchups in Week 9 of the college football season is a top 25 SEC matchup that pits No. 3 and undefeated Texas A&M against No. 20 LSU. The Aggies have been one of the best teams in the nation so far this season, while LSU will be hungry coming off of […]

The Miami Dolphins have surprisingly been one of the worst teams in the NFL this season, and are off to a 1-6 start with questions looming around Mike McDaniel’s future with the team. Miami’s only win came against the currently winless New York Jets, so they have been largely uncompetitive in any game against teams […]

The WNBA is still expanding after adding the Golden State Valkyries for the 2025 season, and it will be adding the Toronto Tempo as its newest expansion team in 2026. Now, the Tempo have officially decided who will be leading them in the first season. The Tempo are going to hire former New York Liberty […]

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 […]