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One of the biggest college basketball showdowns of the week is going down on Tuesday night as Kentucky is looking to pick up a huge conference win on the road against Tennessee. Mark Pope and the Wildcats got off to a good start in the first half in Knoxville, but Tennessee battled back to take […]

The Las Vegas Raiders went with one of the more high-profile names in this head coaching cycle, hiring longtime Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll to lead the next era of the franchise. Carroll has a proven track record of rebuilding teams from scratch, and he will have to do that again with the Raiders. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were one of the most talked about teams in the NBA coming into this season after a massive offseason that saw them acquire star forward Paul George. However, things haven’t gone to plan so far this year. A combination of injuries to all three of Philadelphia’s stars combined with a lack of […]

The NBA trade deadline is just over a week away and all eyes are on the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler as everyone waits to see where the star forward will end up after his third team-imposed suspension of the season was handed down earlier this week. However, Butler may not be the only star […]

It was the same old story for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2024. Despite making a big quarterback change in the offseason and another one in the middle of the season, the Steelers still flamed out late in the season and got crushed by the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs. Now, […]

In one of the most bizarre coaching searches in recent memory, the Jacksonville Jaguars took the long way to hiring Liam Coen as their new head coach. Coen has quickly risen up the ranks in the NFL and established himself as one of the best play callers in the league in his first season pushing […]

The Detroit Lions had one of the best regular seasons in franchise history this year, but it all came to a sudden, screeching halt in the playoffs. After a first-round bye as the top seed in the NFC, the Washington Commanders shocked the NFL world with a 45-31 win in Detroit in the Divisional Round. […]

The Kansas City Chiefs pulled out yet another instant classic in the playoffs on Sunday. With the Buffalo Bills in town for yet another critical postseason game, the Chiefs found a way at the very end to beat the Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship Game and advance to their third consecutive Super Bowl. Patrick […]

The NBA trade deadline is quickly approaching and some of the leaves most marquee franchises are right at the center of trade discussions. Of course, the Miami Heat have been leading the trade headlines due to Jimmy Butler’s trade request, but Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis also urged the Lakers to trade for a […]

The Dallas Cowboys made unquestionably the most surprising move of this head coaching cycle when they promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to be their new head coach. Schottenheimer wasn’t viewed as a traditional head coaching candidate coming into this cycle, but he emerged as a late candidate in a Cowboys search that got off to […]

Even after all of the criticisms that they have faced this season, the Kansas City Chiefs are headed back to the Super Bowl. The Chiefs came out on top of yet another instant classic playoff battle with the Buffalo Bills, pulling out a late 32-29 win in the AFC Championship Game. Patrick Mahomes was nearly […]

The Dallas Cowboys shocked just about everyone when they announced that former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer will be their new head coach. Many fans didn’t like the hire while other pundits questioned Schottenheimer’s inexperience in the role. Since that stunning move, things have gotten a bit better in Dallas as it has filled out its […]

The New England Patriots wasted no time making a coaching change this offseason as they fired former head coach Jerod Mayo as soon as the season ended. Within just a few days, Mike Vrabel was the new head coach and he immediately started building out his staff. On Monday, Vrabel made a number of key […]

One of the first massive shakeups of the WNBA season went down on Sunday night when a blockbuster trade involving Kelsey Plum and Jewell Loyd went down. Loyd is heading to the Las Vegas Aces, Plum is headed to the Los Angeles Sparks and the No. 2 pick in the WNBA Draft is going to […]

2024-25 has been a rocky year for Indiana basketball, as the Hoosiers are fighting for their NCAA Tournament lives in every game. After making a ton of high-profile additions in the transfer portal, Indiana took a while to gel together and start playing some good basketball. Things have gotten a little bit better in Big […]

The 2025 NBA trade deadline is quickly approaching as teams look to finalize deals to improve their rosters before Feb. 6. Contenders are looking to stack their rotations before the final stretch of the regular season and the playoffs while some of the teams at the bottom of the standings are making moves with an […]

The Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders are going at it in an NFC Championship Game rubber match in Philly, and tempers are predictably flaring. The two division rivals are battling it out for a spot in the Super Bowl, so it makes sense that tensions would be high between the two teams. On the […]

During its quest for a three-peat, UConn basketball has struggled a bit to find its footing consistently this season. Dan Hurley and the Huskies have been up and down and are now trying to pick up wins in Big East play without star freshman Liam McNeeley, who is out with an ankle injury. On Saturday […]

Illinois basketball has had to deal with its fair share of adversity recently, and that hasn’t stopped this week. Brad Underwood and the Illini lost one of their best players when star center Tomislav Ivisic went down with mono, leaving Illinois without one of its most skilled players. After the diagnosis was announced, fans went […]

The Tennessee basketball team fell just short in one of the best games of this college basketball season, dropping a true road game against No. 1-ranked Auburn in a 53-51 rock fight. Tennessee had a chance to win it at the end, but point guard Zakai Zeigler’s game-tying 3-pointer came up short. Despite the loss, […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are trying to get back to their second Super Bowl in three seasons, but they will surely want to come away with the win this time. They are just 60 minutes from getting back to the NFL’s biggest stage as they get ready to take on the Washington Commanders in the NFC […]

After reaching yet another Grand Slam final, Alexander Zverev fell just short once again on the sport’s biggest stage. This time, he was beaten comprehensively by No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 in the Australian Open final. These Grand Slam finals have become defining moments in Zverev’s career due to his inability to […]

Jannik Sinner’s dominance over the ATP Tour in 2024 was hardly an anomaly. The No. 1-ranked player in the world picked right up where he left off to start the 2025 season, taking home the Australian Open men’s singles title in dominant fashion while dropping just two sets along the way. Sinner capped off the […]

The Dallas Cowboys shocked everyone on Friday when they agreed to a new deal with offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to become their new head coach. This is a promotion for Schottenheimer, who has spent the last two seasons as the OC under Mike McCarthy. After a fairly brief coaching search after the Cowboys parted ways […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are starting to play some of their best basketball lately, and they are also getting very promising returns from their G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers. On Friday night, the Lakers’ G League squad picked up a big 122-110 win over the Portland Trail Blazers’ G League team, the Rip […]

The Dallas Cowboys made a stunning decision on Friday when they promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to be their new head coach. Schottenheimer will replace Mike McCarthy, who was let go at the end of the season as the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a new contract. From an outsider’s […]

It’s very difficult to turn a full rebuild in just one offseason in the NFL, but the Chicago Bears are looking to do just that by building out a star-studded coaching staff surrounding Caleb Williams. That process started with the move to hire former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson as the new head coach, […]

The Dallas Cowboys’ head coaching search is over, and Jerry Jones has come to a shocking decision. After interviewing with a few candidates outside the building, the Cowboys are promoting offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to be their new head coach, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. Schottenheimer has never been an NFL head coach […]

Ohio State football is still riding high after winning the National Championship with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame on Monday night, but the offseason is already in full swing for the Buckeyes. Players have started to announce their intentions for the offseason and beyond, with plenty of stars and starters leaving for the NFL […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are transitioning into a new era as they look to get back into a competitive spot in the AFC West. At the end of a disastrous 2024-25 season, the Raiders fired head coach Antonio Pierce and general manager Tom Telesco, and now they have replaced both of them. Just hours after […]

One of the biggest games on the calendar this women’s basketball season lived up to the hype on Friday as South Carolina knocked off LSU 66-56 in front of a sold out home crowd in Columbia. After LSU’s offense performed well in the first quarter, Dawn Staley’s squad suffocated the Tigers on the defensive end […]

The Chicago Bears landed the biggest fish in this head coaching cycle as former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson agreed to a deal to be the new head coach for the Bears. Johnson was one of the most highly-coveted head coaching candidates over the past two or three cycles, so this is a massive […]

Alabama football and Texas football both fell short of their ultimate goal this season, as Alabama missed out on the College Football Playoff entirely while Texas fell to eventual national champion Ohio State in the semifinals. Now, both schools are already doing the groundwork to get back to college football’s mountaintop. Both perennial powerhouses are […]

The Golden State Warriors seemed to have recovered nicely from their record-setting blowout loss against the Boston Celtics on Monday, as they jumped out to a big early lead on the road against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. The Warriors led the Kings 65-48 at halftime, but the second half was a completely different […]

The NFL season is down to four teams battling it out for the Super Bowl, including the matchup that everyone had been waiting for in the AFC Championship Game. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills will go at it in the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons, this time with a […]

The Jimmy Butler saga continues to rage on in Miami, and the whereabouts and desired of the star guard have become a bigger story for the Heat than their play in the floor itself. On Wednesday, the Heat suspended Butler for two games for missing a team flight to Milwaukee for the team’s game against […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a winning machine lately, and it looked like they had put themselves in an improbable position to pick up another victory on Wednesday night. After the Houston Rockets had taken a 13-point fourth quarter lead at home and seemed poised to close the Cavaliers out, but Kenny Atkinson and company […]

The Phoenix Suns are in desperate need of wins, and they got exactly that on Wednesday night with a 108-84 triumph over the Brooklyn Nets. The Suns’ stars came to play and carried their team to a comfortable victory that was much needed to block out all of the outside noise surrounding the team. Devin […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars were a little late to take a hint, but Shahid Khan and company parted ways with general manager Trent Baalke. The timing of the move was very surprising, as the Jaguars are in the middle of a head coaching search and had previously said that Baalke would be sticking around even after […]