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The Ryder Cup got a little too close for comfort for Team Europe on Sunday after a dominant first two days, but picking up the final few points needed to retain the trophy on foreign soil was a mere formality. In the end, after a difficult morning for some of the top European players, Shane […]

One of the up-and-coming teams in college football this season has been Illinois football, but Bret Bielema and company had to show their mettle and their resolve on Saturday. Coming off of a 63-10 loss on the road against Indiana, Illinois had to face a tough home test against No. 21 USC. The Illini controlled […]

The 2025 season didn’t get off to the start that Marcus Freeman certainly envisioned for Notre dame football, but the Irish are now trying to battle back from an 0-2 start and keep themselves in the College Football Playoff conversation. Notre Dame took a big step toward that on Saturday with a dominant 56-13 road […]

The Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black has not gone according to plan for Team USA, as the Europeans are poised to retain the cup heading into the final day with an 11.5-4.5 lead. As a result, Team Europe needs just 2.5 points from the 12 Sunday singles matches to win the trophy for the second […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are currently sitting at 2-1 on the season, but the vibes around them are much worse than that at the moment. Of course, a lot of that has to do with the injury to Joe Burrow that will keep the star quarterback out for most, if not all of the regular season. […]

One of the biggest surprises of the college football season so far has been Florida State football. The Seminoles have vaulted into the top 10 in the AP poll after a dominant win over Alabama in Week 1 and a couple of impressive, no-nonsense performances against lesser competition. Things don’t quite hit a fever pitch […]

Ohio State football passed a massive test in Week 1 when it knocked off Texas in front of its home fans, but it hasn’t played against any top competition since then. The Buckeyes now enter Week 5 with a 3-0 record and still are ranked at No. 1 in the AP poll, but have a […]

The Baltimore Ravens are all of a sudden in a must-win situation after falling to 1-2 with a Week 3 loss to the Detroit Lions on Monday night, and now they have to get things right on Sunday on the road against the Kansas City Chiefs. Unfortunately for the Ravens, they will have to get […]

After a couple of years of disappointing losses and subpar performances, USC football is flying a bit under the radar in 2025. Lincoln Riley and the Trojans haven’t played top competition yet this season, but they have cruised through their first four games to get to 4-0 and crack the top 25. On Saturday, Riley […]

Ole Miss football is off to a red-hot start in 2025, racing to 4-0 on the back of convincing wins over both Arkansas and Tulane in the last two weeks. On Saturday, the competition ramps up as No. 4 LSU makes the trip to Oxford for a massive SEC battle. One of the subplots to […]

The Dallas Cowboys have struggled mightily on the defensive side of the ball this season, and that his a big reason why they are off to a 1-2 start and already have a hole to dig out of this season. On Sunday, the Cowboys will get a chance to get back to .500 on Sunday […]

Coming into the 2025 season, a battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens would have been billed as a clash between two of the top contenders in the AFC, but the matchup has a much different feel coming into Week 4. Both the Chiefs and the Ravens come into this game at […]

Two of the best teams in the Big 12 squared off on Saturday in Salt Lake City, but one of them came out looking battered while the other looks like the clear favorite in the conference. Texas Tech dominated on both sides of the ball in a very impressive 34-10 road win, never missing a […]

The playoff picture and some individual award races are starting to take shape after Week 3 of the NFL season, and a couple of Week 3 games went a long way toward forming some of those narratives for those awards a month into the season. While teams like the Ravens, Patriots and Falcons struggled in […]

The NFL season is starting to take shape after three weeks, as some teams establish themselves as contenders and others quickly fall out of the playoff race. However, the water is still murky for a number of teams in the middle, some of which suffered very frustrating losses on a wild Sunday in Week 3. […]

Bill Belichick’s first season with North Carolina football has been a nightmare so far. The Tar Heels dropped to 2-2 with a disastrous 34-9 loss to UCF on Saturday, their second blowout loss to a Big 12 team this season. To make matters worse, starting quarterback Gio Lopez went down with an injury during the […]

Jim Harbaugh wasted no time making a big impact as the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, leading them to the playoffs in his first season despite low expectations. His second season is looking even better in the early stages, as the Bolts are off to a 3-0 start after a last-second 23-20 win […]

The Indianapolis Colts continued to keep the good times rolling on Sunday, picking up their first division win of the season in a 41-20 rout of the Tennessee Titans to get to 3-0 overall on the young season. The Colts were never in danger of this one, getting a pick-six off of Cam Ward in […]

Everyone in the college football world has had their eyes on Oklahoma football and quarterback John Mateer early in the season, and the Washington State transfer has not disappointed. The Sooners have had a pair of marquee games against Michigan and Auburn and have come through them unscathed, in large part thanks to Mateer’s heroics. […]

One of the biggest surprises in Week 4 of the college football season as Fran Brown and Syracuse football, who overcame a weather delay and an injury to quarterback Steve Angeli to upset Clemson 34-21 on the road and get to 3-1 on the season. Unfortunately, the joy of victory had quite the damper put […]

The Green Bay Packers look like arguably the best team in the NFL so far this season, but they are already suffering from some injuries on the offensive line. After two weeks, the Packers were dealing with some problems with both Aaron Banks and Zach Tom, both of whom were limited in practice in the […]

After a very difficult start to the season, the Las Vegas Aces look like their championship selves once again. Despite a big scare in the first round against the Seattle Storm, the Aces rebounded from having their winning streak snapped in Game 2 to win a nail biting Game 3 and advance to the semifinals. […]

Just a week after both Virginia Tech and UCLA fired their coaches just three weeks into the season, another proud program continued its freewill into the sewer in college football. Wisconsin football dropped to 2-2 on the season with a 27-10 home loss to Maryland on Saturday. This resounding defeat, in which new quarterback Billy […]

After two seasons where Lincoln Riley and company faced heavily scrutiny throughout, USC football is flying a bit under the radar to start 2025. Despite the lack of press, the Trojans snuck into the top 25 following Week 3 and then backed it up with a strong 45-31 win over Michigan State in Week 4. […]

One of the marque matchups in Week 3 of the NFL season pits the Philadelphia Eagles against the Los Angeles Rams in a rematch from the Divisional Round of the playoffs last season. The Eagles got the better of the Rams on a snowy day in Philadelphia in January on their way to a Super […]

Just hours after another Los Angeles sporting legend, Clayton Kershaw, announced that 2025 will be his final season, another one of the longest-tenured athletes in Hollywood announced his plans to hang it up. Anze Kopitar, a hockey superstar for the Los Angeles Kings for nearly two decades, announced that 2025-26 will be his final season […]

The New York Liberty had a chance to show up and put their foot down on Wednesday night, as the Phoenix Mercury faced elimination in Brooklyn in front of the Liberty fans in Game 2. However, the momentum from winning a tough Game 1 on the road in overtime did not carry over for the […]

After losing a very close Game 1 in overtime at home, the Phoenix Mercury came to Brooklyn on Wednesday night with their backs against the wall and their season on the line. You could feel that desperation right from the opening tip, as the Mercury crushed the New York Liberty 86-60 on the road to […]

The future of Connor McDavid has taken over the news cycle in the NHL this offseason as he enters the final year of his contract with the Edmonton Oilers. After losing in the Stanley Cup Final in two consecutive seasons to the Florida Panthers, questions continue to surround McDavid’s future in Edmonton as he still […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are off to a 2-0 start in 2025 despite not looking great coming off of their Super Bowl victory, but the final score is what matters. The Eagles have and no problems there, dispatching the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs in a pair of one-score games. However, coming out of the […]

Liu football is 3-0 on the young season with a pair of quality wins over Clemson and Florida, but head coach Brian Kelly has still been taking heat in the wake of the Tigers’ Week 3 win over the Gators. After the game, Kelly snapped at a reporter who asked about the LSU offense, which […]

The SEC is looking stacked once again this season, with plenty of the top teams in the country getting to play each other week in and week out in the toughest conference in college football. Despite some poor showings from teams like Alabama and Florida early in the season, other squads like Ole Miss, Vanderbilt […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are off to a solid 1-1 start to the 2025 season as they look to keep their streak of seasons at .500 or better going. The offense got off to a fast start in a Week 1 win over the New York Jets before struggling a bit against a very good Seattle […]

The transfer portal has been a big topic of discussion in college sports in recent years, especially in college football. Multiple transfer windows have left coaches, players and fans all confused about what the rules are and when players were allowed to jump ship. Now, the NCAA is trying to get that under control and […]

After a year of heartbreak at the Grand Slams, Aryna Sabalenka once again cemented herself as the No. 1 player in the world with a triumphant victory at the US Open. With that win, Sabalenka secured her fourth major title and her second consecutive crown in New York while taking a big lead in the […]

Everyone’s schedule is a gauntlet in the SEC, but LSU football arguably has the toughest of the bunch. Not only do the Tigers have their usual conference slate to contend with, but Brian Kelly and company opened the season with a trip to the other Death Valley to knock off Clemson. After winning the Death […]

One of the biggest surprises of the college football season so far is the fall of Notre Dame football. The Irish are off to an 0-2 start after a pair of narrow losses to open the season, and now their College Football Playoff hopes are slim just one season after making a run all the […]

For a few years now, defense has been the big problem with LSU football. Jayden Daniels led an explosive offense during his time with the Tigers, but the defense let him down during his Heisman Trophy campaign. Garrett Nussmeier experienced a similar problem in 2024 despite leading one of the top offenses in the nation. […]

Week 2 of the NFL season started off with another statement from the Green Bay Packers that they are Super Bowl contenders and finished with a couple of scratchy Monday Night games, but plenty happened in between. From controversial calls, an overtime thriller, a reunion that didn’t quote go according to plan for Ben Johnson […]