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The Houston Astros had a busy trade deadline, but not in the way many people thought they would. Houston came into July seemingly needing pitching help, both in the form of starters or relievers, but they ended up beefing up the batting order instead. The Astros made waves when they agreed to bring back shortstop […]

The Houston Astros had a quieter trade deadline than many anticipated, with the exception with the high-profile reunion with star shortstop Carlos Correa in a blockbuster trade with the Minnesota Twins. Now, Correa is reunited with Jose Altuve in Houston as the two of them chase another World Series together. The Astros were also mulling […]

The Minnesota Lynx have been on a revenge tour ever since dropping the WNBA Finals last season, and now they have strengthened their championship chase with a big trade. On Sunday morning, Minnesota acquired guard DiJonai Carrington from the Dallas Wings for a package centered around former No. 2 overall pick Diamond Miller, according to […]

No team went more all-in than the San Diego Padres at the trade deadline this season, and one of their big-name additions got his first action with the Friars on Friday night. With the Padres trying to close out the first game of a three-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals, Mike Shildt turned to […]

The MLB trade deadline was a hectic one this year, with big names flying all over the league as contenders loaded up to make a push toward the playoffs. However, there was arguably no bigger deal than the Philadelphia Phillies acquiring closer Jhoan Duran from the Minnesota Twins. Duran is one of the top closers […]

The Colorado Rockies have had a season to forget so far, but they continue to add more and more brutal performances to the ledger as the season starts to enter its final phases. However, none of them may stack up to the disaster that took place on Friday night. Playing against the Pittsburgh Pirates — […]

The Los Angeles Kings have become a consistent presence in the Western Conference as a team that contends for a playoff spot nearly every year, but they have continued running into the same ceiling. That ceiling is the Edmonton Oilers, who have eliminated Los Angeles in four consecutive seasons in the first round of the […]

The Micah Parsons contract situation with the Dallas Cowboys has been dragged out across the entire offseason, and now it has reached a fever pitch. On Friday, the star pass rusher officially requested a trade from the franchise due to the inability to reach an extension with the franchise. In a message that he posted […]

The Houston Astros are trying to keep up in the Major League Baseball arms race at the trade deadline, as big names get sent all over the league. Houston hasn’t made a big move just yet, but its big swing could be just on the horizon. The Astros need pitching help, and they could be […]

With less than 24 hours to go before the trade deadline, the Eugenio Suarez sweepstakes finally have a winner. The Seattle Mariners are getting their hands on the prized third baseman after agreeing to a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks to bring the slugger back to the Pacific Northwest, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. “BREAKING: […]

The Cincinnati Reds are an interesting team to watch at the trade deadline this season, and now they are making a move in the shadows to bolster their starting rotation. Late on Wednesday night, with just under 24 hours to go until Thursday’s cutoff, the Reds made a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays to […]

The New York Yankees are still right in the playoff picture this season, but they have started to become the victim of a lot of self-imposed mistakes during games that have seen them fall out of first place in the AL East. The Yankees have become error-prone, both on the stat sheet but also mentally, […]

The Detroit Tigers have been slumping badly of late after a red-hot start to the season, and now they are looking to right the ship as the calendar gets closer and closer to August. That long slump recently could be a silver lining of some sort for the Tigers. On one hand, they don’t want […]

The Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros have both been very active around the trade deadline this season, and now the two division rivals are going after another key player. The two contenders, who are both locked in a battle at the top of the AL West, are targeting Minnesota Twins infielder Willi Castro in […]

The SEC has some of the best quarterbacks in the country, but those elite signal callers will also have plenty of talented SEC wide receivers to throw the ball to when the season gets going at the end of August. There are plenty of great returning players on the outside, headlined by Alabama star Ryan […]

The New York Mets, despite plenty of ups and downs, have been one of the best teams in all of Major League Baseball so far this season, but they know they will need to stay healthy in order to stay at the top of the NL East and make a push for a World Series. […]

There has been a healthy amount of staff turnover for Colorado football in the last few years under Deion Sanders, but he enters year three with a plethora of experienced former NFL players and coaches on his staff. Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur and defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, both of whom are highly-respected former NFL assistants, […]

There is a lot of optimism around Florida football coming into this fall, and star quarterback DJ Lagway is a big reason why. A 2024 season that started with Gators fans calling for head coach Billy Napier’s job ended with Lagway putting on a show as a true freshman, getting fans fired up for his […]

The Las Vegas Aces haven’t lived up to their lofty standard so far this season, but A’ja Wilson has still looked like one of the best players on the planet despite the ups and the downs. On Tuesday night, she put together some of her best ball yet to start the game against the Los […]

The MLB trade deadline is quickly approaching, and the baseball world is zeroing in on a few teams who could potentially be sellers and send some of their top players to contenders. The Minnesota Twins are one of those teams, with a plethora of players dealing with trade rumors all around them. Of course, being […]

Arizona State was one of the surprises of college football last season, but now everyone knows what to expect from the Sun Devils. Kenny Dillingham is building a winner in Tempe, and his squad enters the 2025 season as one of the favorites to win the Big 12 and get back to the College Football […]

The Big 12 takes a lot of criticism across college football for not having the firepower at the top of the conference that some of the other leagues, like the Big Ten and the SEC do, but it arguably has more parity than any of them. The conference projects to be very deep once again […]

The contract situations that the Cincinnati Bengals are dealing with have been one of the biggest stories of the NFL offseason so far, with the Trey Hendrickson saga still ongoing. The star defensive end is still searching for a new contract, but he is now planning to attend training camp without one. Hendrickson will report […]

As the trade deadline on Thursday gets closer and closer, Arizona Diamondback star Eugenio Suarez looks like the face of the midseason cutoff for deals to be made. At the moment, Suarez is the biggest name that seems to be available, but his status got a bit more complicated on Monday. Suarez went down with […]

The North American hardcourt swing is officially underway as tennis pros get ready for the U.S. Open in New York at the endgame of August. Canadian Leylah Fernandez got her summer swing started off with a blast, dominating Anna Kalinskaya in the final of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Sunday for her first title […]

On Monday, Colorado football coach Deion Sanders revealed that he has been suffering from bladder cancer this offseason after an invasive tumor appeared. Following a procedure to remove his bladder, Sanders is cured from the cancer and is ready to go at fall camp for the 2025 season. Deion Sanders' medical team says the football […]

NFL training camp is underway and teams have already started to trim their rosters down as they get ready for cut day after the final preseason game. While there is still a lot of football to be played before that point, the moves have already begun. The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the teams that […]

The Chicago White Sox have improved on their historically bad 2024 season, but they still have not had a ton to cheer about this season. Now, other teams are hot on the phones as they look to teams like the White Sox to try to add quality veterans before the trade deadline on Thursday. It’s […]

The Chicago Bears are under the microscope heading into year two of the Caleb Williams era, and every move that the team makes is being closely monitored as everyone waits to see if they can improve under new head coach Ben Johnson. Coming into Williams’ rookie year, the narrative was that he had plenty of […]

Starting pitching is at a premium in Major League Baseball, and that’s never more on display than at the trade deadline. Contenders around the league are seemingly always scrambling for starting arms at the deadline, and that is no different in 2025 as Thursday’s cutoff approaches. The Chicago Cubs are one of those teams, and […]

The Tennessee Titans are entering a new era of their franchise this season with No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward as the starting quarterback. The Titans settled on the former Miami star as the top pick after he had an excellent season with the Hurricanes in 2024, finishing as a Heisman Trophy finalist. Ward was […]

The Dallas Cowboys always seem to have some sort of drama floating around them, and this training camp is no different. While the Cowboys are gearing up for the 2025-26 season, star pass rusher Micah Parsons’ contract situation is all anyone can talk about. Parsons still has not signed an extension as he prepares to […]

The Houston Astros are firmly in the group of contenders in Major League Baseball, all of whom are looking to upgrade at the trade deadline by poaching some of the top available bat and arms in the league. Houston started the season on a tear and is still right at the top of the AL […]

Nobody in baseball is as hot as the Toronto Blue Jays at the moment, who improved to 17-4 in the month of July with a very impressive victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night. The Jays have now won three in a row against the AL Central leaders and will go for the four-game […]

The Kansas City Royals are scrapping and clawing for playoff position in the American League, but as a below .500 team they could very well end up being sellers at the upcoming trade deadline. There are a handful of Royals players, specifically pitchers, that other contenders around Major League Baseball will find valuable on the […]

The SEC is absolutely loaded with talent each and every year in college football, and the 2025 season should be no different. There are a number of rosters who will feel like they can compete for a conference title and a spot in the College Football Playoff this season, and the quarterbacks are a big […]

The Miami Dolphins turned plenty of heads this offseason when they traded cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for a package centered around star safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. The decision to trade Ramsey was expected, and the Steelers were always a logical landing spot as a team that needed more secondary help. However, […]

The Kirk Cousins experiement with the Atlanta Falcons didn’t go as expected last season, as the former Minnesota Vikings standout had one of the worst campaigns of his entire career in 2024 before being benched late in the season for Michael Penix Jr. In free agency before the 2024 season, Cousins signed a four-year, $180 […]

The Atlanta Braves have had a nightmare season so far in 2025, and another injury was added onto the end of the list on Saturday night. Starting pitcher Grant Holmes started having some elbow soreness during his start against the Texas Rangers in the fourth inning and left the game at the conclusion of the […]