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Nebraska football is searching for answers as its season quickly slips away. Nebraska is now 5-5 after four consecutive losses and its hopes of reaching a bowl game for the first time under Matt Rhule are in serious jeopardy. After Nebraska’s third straight loss, an embarrassing showing at home against UCLA, the Cornhuskers made a […]

One of the stories of the NBA Draft was former Tennessee superstar Dalton Knecht falling all the way to the Los Angeles Lakers in the late teens. Fans and pundits couldn’t believe how one of the best players in college basketball slipped all the way down in the draft and now gets to team up […]

Marquette basketball is off to a hot start in 2024-25. Shaka Smart and the Golden Eagles announced themselves as early National Championship contenders on Tuesday night with a very impressive 76-58 win against No. 6 Purdue. Star guard Kam Jones has been at the center of the Golden Eagles’ success this season and is clearly […]

Before one of Ohio State’s biggest games of the season, it has lost one of its best players. Center Seth McLaughlin, a candidate to be an All-American at the end of the season, is out for the rest of the year with a torn Achilles, according to Joey Kaufman and Bill Rabinowitz of the Columbus […]

The Boston Celtics sent a message to the rest of the NBA on Tuesday night. Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics confirmed that they are still the team to beat in the NBA after knocking off the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-117 in NBA Cup play, handing the Cavs their first loss of the season. The Cavs came […]

One of the biggest games on the college football calendar is coming up on Saturday when No. 5 Indiana heads to Columbus to take on No. 2 Ohio State. Indiana is putting its undefeated record on the line on Saturday with a chance to send a message to the test of the country that it […]

The Week 13 College Football Playoff rankings are out, which means that debates are raging all across the nation about which teams are too high and which ones are too low. One of the teams at the center of those debates is Miami, who came in at No. 8 with a 9-1 record. Miami is […]

Just two Saturdays remain before the conference championships are decided in college football, making the stakes higher and higher around the country each week. All around the nation there are teams struggling to crack their league’s title game and make their way into the top 12 in the College Football Playoff rankings. Week 12 was […]

2024 has been a dream season for Indiana football. The Hoosiers currently sit at 10-0 in Curt Cignetti’s first season in Bloomington with a massive top five showdown against Ohio State on the horizon. Indiana’s focus is certainly 100% on winning the Big Ten Championship and making a run in the College Football Playoff. However, […]

Over the past three seasons, the Kansas City Chiefs have been in a constant state of trying to reshuffle and add new pieces to their wide receiver room. Ever since Tyreek Hill was traded away, the Chiefs have lacked explosiveness on the outside. As a result, they have brought in a lot of names at […]

The Baltimore Ravens have a kicking crisis. Yes, you read that right. Justin Tucker has been one of the biggest weak links for the Ravens so far this season, and Sunday may have been his worst game yet. Tucker missed two field goals in the first quarter in what ended up being an 18-16 loss […]

The Las Vegas Raiders suffered a brutal 34-19 loss on Sunday at the hands of the Miami Dolphins. After this game, the Raiders have now lost six games in a row after a surprising 2-8 start and their playoff dreams are officially dashed. Despite the long losing streak, the Raiders are sticking with Gardner Minshew […]

The Chicago Bears just keep finding ways to lose. After a couple of disastrous losses over the last month, the Bears found another way to fall just short on Sunday in a 20-19 loss to the Green Bay Packers. After a late touchdown by the Packers put them in the lead, Caleb Williams led the […]

After suffering its fifth straight loss in heartbreaking fashion, Florida Atlantic football has decided to make a major change. Head coach Tom Herman has been fired in the middle of his second season with the program, according to Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports. The move comes on the heels of an 18-15 overtime loss against […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have had somewhat of a nightmare season in 2024-25. On Sunday night, a chance to jump back into the AFC. Wild Card race slipped through their fingers as they suffered yet another heartbreaking prime time loss in a 34-27 defeat against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Bengals fell behind in 27-6 early […]

The Tennessee Titans’ season went from bad to worse on Monday. After suffering yet another loss, this one against the Minnesota Vikings, the Titans got some crushing injury news. Linebacker Jack Gibbens, one of the bright spots in this losing season, suffered a lower leg injury on Sunday that will keep him out for the […]

The Seattle Seahawks season was minutes from being over on Sunday as they trailed the San Francisco 49ers by four points with the clock winding down. Just when things looked just about over, Geno Smith saved the season with a heroic game-winning touchdown drive, capped off with a 13-yard scramble inside the left pylon. With […]

The San Francisco 49ers let another game get away on Sunday to drop to 5-5 on the season. Kyle Shanahan and company completed the trifecta of heartbreaking losses against each of their division rivals with a last-second 20-17 loss against the Seattle Seahawks. With the loss, the 49ers are now one game back of the […]

The Denver Broncos are one of the NFL’s surprise teams in 2024, as an elite defense and a constantly improving offense have the Broncos chugging toward the playoffs. After a very rocky start to the season, Bo Nix has continued to improve week after week as the season goes on. Sunday might be Nix’s best […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ nightmare season continues to get worse. On Sunday, the Jaguars were absolutely humiliated by the Detroit Lions in one of the biggest blowouts that you’ll ever see in an NFL game. Despite putting a field goal on the board on their opening possession, the Jaguars fell to the Lions 52-6. The 46-point […]

Jannik Sinner has officially completed one of the greatest individual tennis seasons in the sport’s history. Sinner collected his eighth title of the season, this one on home soil at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Taylor Fritz in the final on Sunday. Sinner completed a dominant run […]

Throughout the first five seasons of his career, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson has set record after record. Jefferson has been the most productive wideout in the NFL since he came into the league and has established himself as a potential all-time great. During Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans, Jefferson set a new […]

The Denver Broncos have put themselves right in the middle of the AFC Wild Card race on the back of their elite defense. Their next chance to solidify that position as a wild card team comes on Sunday when they take on the Atlanta Falcons, but they will have to do it without one of […]

The Miami Dolphins are desperately trying to go on a run down the back half of this season and sneak into the playoffs. That journey continues with Sunday’s matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders, where the Dolphins need a win to keep pace in the AFC Wild Card race. During the game, the Dolphins’ running […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been struggling a bit this season as they try to build chemistry with a new starting lineup, but Anthony Edwards has remained as one of the bright young stars in the NBA. That was on full display on Friday night when Edwards scored 36 points to lift the Timberwolves to an […]

The Chicago Bears offense has been an abject disaster lately, and things officially hit rock bottom in Week 10. After a 19-3 loss to the hapless New England Patriots, the Bears elected to fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron after a few consecutive frustrating performances. Waldron was certainly a large part of the problem with the […]

After finding itself in the top 15 in the first edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, LSU football has seen its season spiral out of control over the last two weeks. An embarrassing blowout loss at home against Alabama in Week 11 knocked the Tigers outside of the top 20, Brian Kelly and LSU […]

One of the biggest NFL games so far this season will kick off on Sunday morning when the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Baltimore Ravens. Both teams come in with seven wins on the season, so the result of this one will have huge implications in the AFC North and the AFC Wild Card races. […]

Georgia football responded to adversity once again on Saturday night, dominating the final three quarters to defeat No. 7 Tennessee 31-17 in Athens. With the win, Kirby Smart and company are in prime position to reach the College Football Playoff and potentially win the SEC Championship. This win showed Georgia’s resilience, as it responded with […]

The Golden State Warriors continued to keep the good times rolling on Friday night, picking up a 123-118 win that was much more comfortable than the final score suggests. The Warriors were in complete control for the entire second half of this one, leading by as many as 24 points as they coasted to the […]

The Sacramento Kings came up on the short end of an overtime classic against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. After a frantic Kings comeback in the fourth quarter, Anthony Edwards steadied the Timberwolves in overtime and led them to a 130-126 win. This is a difficult loss for the Kings to take, but it […]

The Golden State Warriors are continuing their red-hot start to the season on Friday night, as they have built a healthy lead over the Memphis Grizzlies as they look well on their way to a 10-2 start to the season. However, all is not necessarily well with the Warriors. During the game, forward Lindy Waters […]

The Washington Commanders are on a bit of a slide recently after a red-hot start to the season, losing two straight games in just five days to drop to 7-4 on the season. Shockingly, the Commanders’ offense struggled all night against a Philadelphia Eagles defense that has been playing like one of the best units […]

Even in his 22nd season in the NBA, LeBron James continues to raise the bar. During Friday night’s NBA Cup game against the San Antonio Spurs, James recorded a triple-double for the fourth consecutive game early in the third quarter. This is the first time in James’ NBA career that he has recorded a triple-double […]

Tennessee football has been peppered with positive injury news on Friday just when it needed it the most as the Volunteers get ready for arguably the biggest game of their season against Georgia. After it was announced that starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava will start on Saturday, the news broke that wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr. […]

The Houston Rockets have been one of the pleasant surprises of the NBA season this year, as Ime Udoka and company are off to an 8-4 start on the season. They are having a lot of success despite a very young team led by Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green. Oftentimes, a young team that its […]

The Seattle Seahawks have had massive problems on the offensive line all season long, and those problems got worse on Friday. Ahead of a huge division matchup with the San Francisco 49ers, head coach Mike Macdonald announced that starting center Connor Williams has decided to retire, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. “Seahawks starting […]

The Detroit Pistons took a heartbreaking loss against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, falling 127-120 in overtime. The Pistons had a big lead early in the game, and Ron Holland had a chance to win it from the free throw line in regulation, but they ultimately came up short. They could’ve used as many […]

In his 22nd season in the NBA, LeBron James continues to rewrite the record books. After a relatively slow start in 2024-25, James has kicked it into high gear about a month into the season, and he was back at it again on Wednesday night. With the Memphis Grizzlies in town, James put on another […]