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The NFL Offensive Player of the Year race is setting up to be one of the most competitive award battles throughout the rest of the season, with some of the best skill players in the world all off to great starts in 2025. Even though Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson don’t figure to be factors […]

The NFL season is nearly a quarter of the way through, and the cream is starting to rise to the top in 2025. As the calendar flips to October, it’s time to check in on the various award races around the league to see who is in line to contend for some of the sport’s […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are trending up after two consecutive wins to rebound from a stunning 0-2 start, and another stern AFC test awaits them in Week 5. One week after demolishing the Baltimore Ravens 37-20 at home, the Chiefs will head on the road to take on the 3-1 Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday Night […]

The Dallas Cowboys played arguably their best game of the season on Sunday night, but they weren’t able to come out with a win. In fact, the Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers tied at 40 in a Sunday night barnburner to get the Cowboys to 1-2-1 on the season. Now, the Cowboys have an […]

The New York Yankees came into Wednesday night with their backs against the wall, and they cam up big even if it wasn’t always pretty. In the end, the Yankees forced a decisive Game 3 against the Boston Red Sox with a 4-3 win in front of their home fans to even this Wild Card […]

The Dallas Mavericks are hoping for a fresh start in 2025-26 after a tumultuous season last year that was defined by the stunning Luka Doncic trade and a barrage of injuries. Nearly every key Mavericks rotation player, both before and after the trade, missed time with injuries, and that caused Dallas to miss the playoffs. […]

Despite a valiant effort to make a run through the playoffs, the Indiana Fever fell just short on Tuesday night in a crushing 107-98 overtime loss in Game 5 of the semifinals against the Las Vegas Aces. It’s impossible to put this Fever season in context without talking about the number of injuries that shook […]

The Indiana Fever’s Cinderella run through the WNBA playoffs has come to an end, as the Las Vegas Aces knocked them out in a tense 107-98 overtime game in Game 5 of the semifinals. The Fever put up a valiant fight to get through the Atlanta Dream in the first round and then push the […]

Thus far, Clemson football has almost unquestionably been the most disappointing team in college football over the first month of the season, and it currently sits at 1-3 heading into October. As it stands, Clemson’s College Football Playoff and national championship hopes are most likely over, with a pair of ACC losses already on the […]

The New York Yankees have their backs against the wall right away in this MLB postseason after dropping Game 1 of the Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Tuesday night. Now, the Yankees have to win the next two games to avoid elimination at the hands of their most hated rival […]

Week 4 in the NFL saw a couple of familiar teams resurface as potential contenders in the AFC, as well as a few wacky games in the NFC headlined by a tie between the Packers and Cowboys on Sunday Night. Two teams, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills, improved to 4-0 and are the […]

The NFL season is nearly a quarter of the way gone, and Week 4 was a wild one with matchups between contenders across the board. The Ravens got crushed by the Chiefs in a critical AFC battle, while the Colts picked up their first loss after missing a handful of opportunities on Sunday against the […]

For the first time all season, everything went right for the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in a 37-20 drubbing of the Baltimore Ravens in front of a raucous Arrowhead crowd. In a critical spot staring down a possible 1-3 start, the Chiefs played some of their best football on both sides of the ball […]

The Baltimore Ravens dropped to 1-3 on Sunday after a performance that was disastrous in more ways than one. John Harbaugh and company suffered a number of key injuries on both sides of the ball during a 37-20 rout at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs on the road. One of those injuries is […]

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 […]