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When watching Georgia football this season, it wasn’t hard to find its glaring weakness. Despite still being an elite team and winning the SEC Championship, the Bulldogs didn’t have the talent at wide receiver to compete with the best of the best in college football. That weakness was a big part of an inept offensive […]

One of the biggest surprises in college football this season as the success of South Carolina. The Gamecocks started the season just 3-3, but finished the regular season with six consecutive wins to move right up to the brink of the College Football Playoff. Even though Shane Beamer and company missed out on the 12-team […]

The free agency period in Major League Baseball is raging on as teams make big moves left and right to improve their rosters. On Tuesday, one of the biggest names on the market found his next home as legendary starting pitcher Justin Verlander agreed to a one-year deal with the San Francisco Giants, according to […]

The 2024 season didn’t end how Oregon football and its fans expected as the Ducks were crushed by Ohio State 41-21 in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl. Oregon came into the game as the only unbeaten team in the country, but Dan Lanning and company have wasted no time turning the […]

After Georgia football lost to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Sugar Bowl, the usual attrition of an offseason at an elite program immediately began. There is also a large amount of roster turnover at a school like Georgia, which has a lot of NFL talent in the starting lineup and […]

The NBA trade market is heating up earlier than usual this season. Some teams are adding role players as they look to establish themselves as contenders while other teams are shopping some of their veterans as their struggles compound into the new year. One of those teams that has not been playing their best basketball […]

One of the hottest names on the MLB trade market this offseason is Nolan Arenado. Arenado has had some bad luck with winning during his career, as he was stuck with the hapless Colorado Rockies for a large part of his time in the Major Leagues right before joining the St. Louis Cardinals as they […]

The Lincoln Riley era at USC hasn’t gone according to plan so far, as the Trojans have continued to get worse and worse since Riley has been there. In 2024, a disappointing season ended with a 7-6 record and fans are starting to look at the former Oklahoma head coach a little bit sideways. It’s […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have landed on their feet after a disastrous start to the 2024-25 season, and now they’re busy working their way back up the Eastern Conference standings. On Monday night, the Bucks’ task got a bit tougher as they look to snap a two-game losing streak. Forward Khris Middleton will miss the game […]

The New England Patriots are the story of the NFL on Monday after stunningly firing head coach Jerod Mayo shortly after their regular season finale. Getting a win on the final Sunday of the regular season wasn’t enough to save Mayo’s job, as he was out as head coach very shortly after the Patriots knocked […]

The Miami Dolphins’ season ended with a thud on Monday when they lost to the New York Jets 32-20 in Week 18. The Dolphins entered the day with a slim chance to make the playoffs, but those hopes quickly went out the window as the Denver Broncos crushed the Kansas City Chiefs’ backups 38-0 in […]

The Baltimore Raves still had business to attend to on Saturday, but for the most part it felt like they were basically going through the motions in their 35-10 win over a depleted Cleveland Browns team. With the win, the Ravens secured the AFC North title and at least one home playoff game. The win […]

The New England Patriots wasted no time getting their offseason started on Sunday as they fired head coach Jerod Mayo just hours after the regular season finale wrapped up. The move came as somewhat of a surprise after Mayo went 4-13 in his first season as head coach with a roster that nobody is going […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have gotten hot recently and have moved up into the top six in the standings in the Western Conference, but they suffered a frustrating loss to the Houston Rockets on Sunday night 119-115. The Lakers trailed by as many as 22 in the first half of this game on the road, […]

The New England Patriots’ season didn’t go as planned, as Jerod Mayo’s team quickly fell out of the playoff picture early in the season. The Patriots changed quarterbacks and trudged through numerous weeks of uncompetitive football as one of the worst teams in the NFL. Now, just hours after the end of the Patriots’ season, […]

There wasn’t much to play for for a lot of teams during the day slate in Week 18, as plenty of fanbases around the NFL have turned their attention to mock drafts and free agent rumors. One of the biggest games of the day featured the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who needed a win to clinch […]

Coming into this season, the main selling point around UConn women’s basketball was that they were finally healthy. Paige Bueckers had a healthy offseason, Azzi Fudd was coming back and the Huskies would be able to finally have a season where they could mesh together and ramp up to make a run at a National […]

The Buffalo Bills have already locked up the No. 2 seed in the AFC, and now they are just trying to get some momentum and stay healthy heading into their first playoff game in a week. On Sunday, they are playing a relatively meaningless Week 18 game against the New England Patriots. The Bills let […]

The Green Bay Packers are just playing for playoff seeding in Week 18 against the Chicago Bears, but the main goal coming into the game was to get hot and avoid injury before the postseason begins in less than a week’s time. Unfortunately for Matt LaFleur and company, they have not been able to stay […]

The New York Jets and Aaron Rodgers have had a rough two years together and the team hasn’t gone anywhere with the future Hall-of-Famer under center. After missing the entire 2023 season with a torn Achilles, the Jets are just 4-12 and have bee one of the most dysfunctional teams in the NFL all season […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are using Week 18 as a rest week for a lot of their best players. Nick Sirianni and company already have the NFC’s No. 2 seed locked up while the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions will battle for the top spot on Sunday night. As a result, a lot of the […]

The San Antonio Spurs and the Denver Nuggets split their home-and-home on back-to-back nights this weekend, which feels right considering the way that both games went down. First, the Spurs upset the Nuggets on Friday night in Denver with a frantic comeback and some questionable late-game decisions by the Nuggets. Denver got its revenge on […]

One of the biggest stories of this MLB offseason is where Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki will choose to sign. While teams around the league get their starting rotations sorted out for next season, some of the league’s most iconic organizations are waiting to see if Sasaki chooses to join their club. Now, those teams may […]

The Atlanta Hawks are an intriguing team with a lot of young talent that is starting to mesh and gel together in 2024-25, making them one of the most interesting teams in the Eastern Conference. One of those emerging young pieces is forward Jalen Johnson, who has taken the leap as a potential All-Star this […]

The focus of the Miami Heat’s season has devolved from what is actually happening on the basketball court to what is happening off of it. The Jimmy Butler situation in Miami has quickly gone from bad to worse, and now the Heat star has officially requested a trade out of Miami. After Butler’s trade request […]

The College Football Playoff is down to its final four teams, while bowl season rages on around the rest of the country. On Friday, one of the funnier bowl matchups went down in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl between Minnesota and Virginia Tech. After a four-quarter defensive struggle, Minnesota came out on top in a comfortable […]

The Denver Nuggets’ frustrating season was perfectly encapsulated on Friday night. Nikola Jokic was phenomenal, but the Nuggets struggled to find lineups that gelled together. When Jokic was on the floor, the Nuggets outscored the Spurs, but the bench got crushed in the minutes he sat. In the end, the Spurs knocked off the Nuggets […]

In a blockbuster Big Ten matchup on Thursday night, Illinois basketball took the college basketball world by storm. The Fighting Illini walked into Eugene and dominated the Oregon Ducks 109-77. Brad Underwood and company put on a show offensively with one of the highest-scoring outputs of the season. Illinois put on an offensive laser show […]

The Indianapolis Colts are shockingly out of playoff contention after dropping a very winnable game against the New York Giants last Sunday. The Colts needed to win out to have a chance to make the playoffs, and now their hopes of making the final bracket have been dashed. Part of the reason that the Colts […]

The Dallas Cowboys have ben depleted by injuries this season, as their flaws have gotten worse and worse as their stars have been forced to miss time. Dak Prescott has missed the second half of the season due to a hamstring injury and CeeDee Lamb has been shut down for the season with a shoulder […]

The Jimmy Butler saga in Miami has gone from bad to worse, as the Heat star has now been suspended for seven games after publicly stating his displeasure with the franchise after their 128-115 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. Shortly after the press conference, where Butler stated that he was unhappy playing […]

After fostering what seemed like very realistic playoff hopes at the start of the season after a 4-2 start. the Chicago Bears’ season has gone off the rails. The Bears have lost 10 games in a row to drop to 4-12 and have been one of the worst teams in the NFL over the last […]

The Baltimore Orioles took a big hit this offseason when they were unable to retain starting pitcher Corbin Burnes. Burnes was one of the best pitchers in baseball and helped lead the Orioles to the playoffs as a Wild Card team, but his gem in the first round series wasn’t enough to get the Orioles […]

The narrative coming into the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Sugar Bowl on Thursday was that Notre Dame still couldn’t beat the big boys and knock off a traditional powerhouse. Marcus Freeman and the Irish put all of that noise to bed with a convincing 23-10 win over Georgia to advance to the semifinals. […]

Even in a heartbreaking loss to Texas in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl on Wednesday, Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo became a college football hero. Skattebo led a massive comeback by the Sun Devils in the fourth quarter and nearly did enough to get the win for his team. During […]

Despite coming into the game as the No. 1-ranked team in the country and the only undefeated team left in the College Football Playoff, Oregon’s biggest nightmares came to fruition on Wednesday. Dan Lanning and the Ducks got crushed in the CFP quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl 41-21 against Ohio State. This was a rematch […]

The Denver Nuggets have had a rocky season so far, but star center Nikola Jokic is still playing like an MVP and dragging the Nuggets to win after win. Even while the rest of his teammates are inconsistent and banged up, Jokic continues to stuff the stat sheet and carry this Nuggets squad. On Wednesday […]

Head coach Kenny Dillingham and Arizona State took a devastating loss to Texas in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl on Wednesday. Despite mounting a heroic fourth quarter comeback, Dillingham and the Sun Devils fell to Texas in double overtime. Arizona State needed everything in the tank to get back into this […]

The first day of 2025 ended top being the Jeremiah Smith coming out party. During the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl, the young Ohio State star dominated No. 1-ranked Oregon all day and helped lead Ohio State to a 41-21 win and a spot in the semifinals at the Cotton Bowl. Smith […]