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Milwaukee Brewers closer Devin Williams has established himself as one of the top relief pitchers in the MLB, but he could be on the move soon after the Brewers made a huge decision on his contract. The Brewers declined Williams’ team option, which means he will enter his final year with the team in 2025, […]

The Dallas Cowboys have had a terrible day on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons. Between fourth-down woes, injuries and a Falcons offense that is running them up and down the field, it has been a humiliating day as the Cowboys stare down another loss. Things went from bad to worse in the fourth quarter when […]

Sunday has been another disastrous outing for the Las Vegas Raiders, as the Cincinnati Bengals are blowing them out in the second half. After keeping pace with the explosive Bengals offense for a while, Cincinnati pulled away and is now leading by three scores as the clock winds down. During the second half, head coach […]

The Miami Dolphins are in desperate need of a win against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. The Dolphins are in danger of falling out of the playoff race just halfway through the 2024-25 season, as a combination of injuries and roster regression have left them 2-5 through seven games. The Bills have also dominated the […]

There was a very scary moment during the first quarter of Sunday’s matchup between the New Orleans Saints and the Carolina Panthers. Saints wide receiver Chris Olave was put on a backboard and carted off the field after taking a huge hit over the middle of the field. Chris Olave takes a nasty shot. Hope […]

USC football’s nightmare season continued to spiral out of control on Saturday night as they lost another brutally close game on the road, this time against Washington 26-21. USC had multiple chances to win the game in the fourth quarter, but they were stopped on fourth down in the red zone twice in the final […]

The Buffalo Bills have been cruising in recent weeks, but the task has become a little bit harder for them in Week 9 when they take on the Miami Dolphins in an AFC East battle. Star wide receiver Amari Cooper is inactive for the game due to a wrist injury, due to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. […]

Clemson football’s hopes of making a run to the College Football Playoff took a huge hit on Saturday night. With a chance to pick up a good win over a solid Louisville team, Dabo Swinney and Clemson were dominated for nearly 60 minutes in a 33-21 blowout loss that was uglier than the final score […]

The San Diego Padres’ agreement with one of their top prospects, Cesar Altagracia, has been terminated after it was revealed that he had falsified documents and lied about his age, according to Jorge Castillo and Alden Gonzalez of ESPN. “The teenager, who assumed the name Cesar Altagracia, verbally agreed to sign with the Padres for […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves got the better of the Denver Nuggets in a barnburner on Friday night. The Timberwolves closed the game on a 10-0 run to pick up a 119-116 win in a game where they buckled down on defense and found the necessary buckets when they became available. For center Rudy Gobert, the night […]

The Arizona Cardinals are having a surprisingly good season so far in 2024, scrapping their way to a 4-4 record thanks to a few last-second victories. As the NFL trade deadline approaches, the Cardinals are in an interesting place where they can choose to be sellers and give some of their veteran pieces away, or […]

The rematch of one of the best playoff series of last season hasn’t disappointed. The game between the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves was tightly-contested down the stretch in the fourth quarter. With the game hanging in the balance, Nuggets guard Christian Braun drove in the lane and dunked all over Timberwolves center Rudy […]

The game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night was tightly-contested and the game was in the balance until the final minutes. At the end of the game, tempers flared on both sides as multiple ejections were handed down while the Celtics pulled away in a 124-109 win. Former Celtic and […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have a fresh and different feel in 2024-25 with JJ Redick as the new head coach. They got off to a hot 3-0 start before losing two-straight games, but LeBron James and company were able to get things back on track on track on Friday night when they picked up a […]

The matchup between the Charlotte Hornets and the Boston Celtics got very testy during the fourth quarter on Friday night. With the Hornets trailing in a close game, forward Grant Williams ran straight through Jayson Tatum in an attempt to stop a Celtics fast break. Grant Williams has been EJECTED after this hard foul on […]

The Carolina Panthers are reeling of late, as they have lost five consecutive games after winning their first game with Andy Dalton as the starting quarterback. To make matters worse, the Panthers haven’t even been very competitive in most of their losses, including a 28-14 blowout against the Denver Broncos on Sunday where they trailed […]

In the middle of a season that was filled with turmoil and scrutiny, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson went down with a brutal torn Achilles that has ended his 2024-25 season. Watson was initially replaced by Dorian Thompson-Robinson, but longtime veteran Jameis Winston got the start in relief of Watson last Sunday against the Baltimore […]

To nobody’s surprise, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has been one of the best players in the NFL this season. Jackson has carried the team and driven one of the best offenses in the league even while the Ravens try to survive a defense that is still adapting without Mike Macdonald as the defensive coordinator. Following […]

Plenty of pieces and factors went into the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series title in 2024. Dave Roberts and company closed out the New York Yankees on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium in a five-game series that separated the Dodgers as the best team in baseball. Now, the task for Los Angeles becomes retaining and […]

The New York Yankees fell short in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday night, bowing out against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a dramatic 7-6 ballgame. With the win, the Dodgers took home the title four games to one and collected their second World Series in the last five years. After the game, […]

The New York Yankees fell apart in the middle of Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday night, and they never really recovered. Holding onto a five-run lead, the Yankees made a multitude of errors in the fifth inning and allowed the Los Angeles Dodgers to score five unearned runs to tie the game […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series title in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night mounting a massive comeback from 5-0 down in the fifth inning to collect a 7-6 win in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. The five-run comeback was the largest comeback in a World Series clinching win in MLB history, according to […]

After the Indianapolis Colts squandered multiple chances to pick up a massive division win against the Houston Texans in Week 8, head coach Shane Steichen made a shocking decision. Steichen announced that he is benching quarterback Anthony Richardson in favor of longtime veteran Joe Flacco. The fallout from the decision is understandably a big deal, […]

During the Memphis Grizzlies’ upset loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night, they suffered a pair of critical injuries on the perimeter. Guards Desmond Bane and Marcus Smart both left the game and did not return due to injuries, according to posts by the team on X, formerly Twitter. First, Smart went down with […]

The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t have the night they envisioned in LeBron and Bronny James’ homecoming, as the Cleveland Cavaliers jumped all over them right from the start of this one, taking a 20+ point lead early on and never looking back. The blowout did mean that Bronny James got to check in the game […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers turned to Jack Flaherty in Game 5 of the World Series in hopes that he would be able to close out the New York Yankees on the road and bring the championship home. After all, Flaherty helped the Dodgers get the win in Game 1 after a very solid outing on […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one win away from taking home their second World Series title in five years as they lead the New York Yankees 3-1 after losing Game 4. Outfielder Teoscar Hernandez has been one of the top contributors for the Dodgers, crushing 33 home runs in his first season in Los Angeles. […]

The New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers are locked in a World Series battle that feels a whole lot different after Tuesday night’s Game 4 than it did after the first three games. The Yankees picked up their first win of the series, cutting the deficit to 3-1. They still have a long […]

As Patrick Mahomes continues to dominate the NFL on the field with the Kansas City Chiefs, he also is still building his brand off of it. Mahomes already is apart of ownership groups of three professional franchises: the MLB’s Kansas City Royals, the MLS’s sporting Kansas City and the NWSL’s Kansas City Current. Now, he’s […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are off to a pretty hot start in 2024 under new head coach JJ Redick, winning their first three games before dropping one in Phoenix against the Suns on Monday. They have a difficult task in front of them on Wednesday night when they head to Cleveland to take on the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers saw their first chance to clinch the World Series come and go on Tuesday night as the New York Yankees’ bats caught fire and propelled them to an 11-4 win. Of course, the Dodgers will still be feeling good about their chances to being another title home to Los Angeles as […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves fell to 2-2 on Tuesday night after losing a Western Conference Finals rematch against the Dallas Mavericks 120-114 at home. The Timberwolves have had a scratchy start to the season after shaking up their roster in a major way this offseason, trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks for Julius Randle […]

The banged-up New Orleans Pelicans are taking on a short-handed Golden State Warriors team on Tuesday night, and they have picked up another key injury of their own in the process. Defensive ace Herb Jones, one of the best stoppers in the league, went to the locker room after suffering what appeared to be a […]

During Game 4 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a bizarre moment took place between Dodgers star Mookie Betts and a Yankees fan in the stands. When Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres hit a high fly ball just outside of the first base line, Betts leaped up […]

Tuesday night didn’t start great for Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. In a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals, the Minnesota Timberwolves got off to a greta start at home, with Anthony Edwards going on a historic heater in the first quarter. Edwards scored 24 points in the first quarter for the Timberwolves, […]

Texas Tech football squandered a major opportunity when they blew a 17-point second half lead in a one-point loss to TCU. A major factor in that loss was the injury to quarterback Behren Morton, who didn’t play in the second half after injuring his left shoulder. Thankfully for Texas Tech, it looks like the injury […]

Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is back on the court this season after missing two full seasons as he recovered from multiple knee surgeries, and now he’s going to be forced to miss more time. Despite the Bulls having Tuesday off, Ball showed up on the injury report with wrist soreness, and it was later […]

Cleveland Browns quarterback Jameis Winston has built a reputation as one of the best and funniest interviews in the NFL during his career. On Sunday, he got to complement his quotability with some very good play on the field as he led the Browns to a shocking 29-24 win against the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers already have one of the best defenses in the NFL as the season nears its halfway point, and they could be getting another key piece back in the lineup very soon. Cornerback Cameron Sutton, who has been serving an eight-game suspension, was reinstated on Tuesday, according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz. “Steelers […]