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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 […]

Even in a loss to Texas in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl, Arizona State star running back Cam Skattebo put on a legendary performance. With Arizona State trailing 24-8 in the fourth quarter, Skattebo came alive. First, he threw a touchdown on fourth down to cut the deficit to just one […]

The Texas Longhorns pulled out a very narrow victory over Arizona State on Wednesday. It took Steve Sarkisian and Texas some extra time, but they were eventually able to sneak away with a 39-31 win in double overtime. After it looked like Texas was ready to run away with the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at […]

The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Peach Bowl was a classic between Texas and Arizona State. Despite Steve Sarkisian and Texas coming into the game as a heavy favorite, this one came down to the wire and featured one of the best finishes in the CFP era. In the end, Texas got the job […]

On Wednesday, Arizona State football suffered one of the most heartbreaking losses imaginable. Kenny Dillingham and the No. 4-seed Sun Devils fell 39-31 to No. 5-seed Texas in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl. Arizona State had a lot of chances to win this one in regulation, but the officials arguably took […]

Despite a frustrating season, Michigan football closed out 2024 with a bang. On New Year’s Eve, Sherrone Moore and the Wolverines pulled off a huge upset over Alabama 19-13 in the ReliaQuest Bowl. Michigan came into this game as a massive underdog, as it was playing without nearly all of its best players. Defensive tackle […]

On Tuesday, Alabama football went out with a whimper in the first season without Nick Saban manning the sidelines. Kalen DeBoer and the new-look Crimson Tide suffered a disappointing 19-13 defeat at the hands of Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl. This is Alabama’s fourth loss of the season, as DeBoer finishes his first season in […]

The Cleveland Browns have had a terrible season, as everything that can go wrong has gone wrong at almost every turn. The Browns enter Week 18 with a lowly 3-13 record, and many fans of the team have turned their attention to the NFL Draft, where the Browns are currently;y slated to have the No. […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers looked like they may be a dark horse contender in the AFC, but the last month has revealed some flaws that the team may not be able to get over as the playoffs quickly approach. One of those problems has been the offense. While Russell Wilson and George Pickens have been able […]

As the College Football Playoff rages on, Quinn Ewers and Texas are focused on one thing: getting a win over Arizona State in Wednesday’s Peach Bowl and advance to the semifinals. Ewers played done of his best games of the season in a first-round win over Clemson, and he is looking to keep that momentum […]

The Detroit Lions have had one of the best seasons in franchise history this season. Entering Week 18, Dan Campbell and company are sitting at 14-2 and have a home game on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings with the NFC North title and the No. 1 seed on the line. The Lions have continued to […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have had a disaster of a season. Injuries to nearly all of their top players have caused the 2024-25 campaign to spiral out of control quicker than anybody could have imagined, and now it’s time for the front office and the team to pick up the pieces and figure out the […]

The Miami football team was so close to reaching the ACC Championship Game and the College Football Playoff this season before a collapse in the season-finale against Syracuse ruined its hopes. The Hurricanes led that game 21-0 before seeing it all slip away in a crushing 42-38 loss. Miami finished as the second team out […]

When you check a Denver Nuggets box score, you’re almost expecting to see someone put up a triple-double. Nikola Jokic stuffs the stat sheet seemingly every night in Denver, and now Russell Westbrook is in the mix to give the Nuggets two of the best ever at putting up triple-doubles. During Monday night’s 132-121 win […]