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The New York Liberty had a chance to show up and put their foot down on Wednesday night, as the Phoenix Mercury faced elimination in Brooklyn in front of the Liberty fans in Game 2. However, the momentum from winning a tough Game 1 on the road in overtime did not carry over for the […]

After losing a very close Game 1 in overtime at home, the Phoenix Mercury came to Brooklyn on Wednesday night with their backs against the wall and their season on the line. You could feel that desperation right from the opening tip, as the Mercury crushed the New York Liberty 86-60 on the road to […]

The future of Connor McDavid has taken over the news cycle in the NHL this offseason as he enters the final year of his contract with the Edmonton Oilers. After losing in the Stanley Cup Final in two consecutive seasons to the Florida Panthers, questions continue to surround McDavid’s future in Edmonton as he still […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are off to a 2-0 start in 2025 despite not looking great coming off of their Super Bowl victory, but the final score is what matters. The Eagles have and no problems there, dispatching the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs in a pair of one-score games. However, coming out of the […]

Liu football is 3-0 on the young season with a pair of quality wins over Clemson and Florida, but head coach Brian Kelly has still been taking heat in the wake of the Tigers’ Week 3 win over the Gators. After the game, Kelly snapped at a reporter who asked about the LSU offense, which […]

The SEC is looking stacked once again this season, with plenty of the top teams in the country getting to play each other week in and week out in the toughest conference in college football. Despite some poor showings from teams like Alabama and Florida early in the season, other squads like Ole Miss, Vanderbilt […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are off to a solid 1-1 start to the 2025 season as they look to keep their streak of seasons at .500 or better going. The offense got off to a fast start in a Week 1 win over the New York Jets before struggling a bit against a very good Seattle […]

The transfer portal has been a big topic of discussion in college sports in recent years, especially in college football. Multiple transfer windows have left coaches, players and fans all confused about what the rules are and when players were allowed to jump ship. Now, the NCAA is trying to get that under control and […]

After a year of heartbreak at the Grand Slams, Aryna Sabalenka once again cemented herself as the No. 1 player in the world with a triumphant victory at the US Open. With that win, Sabalenka secured her fourth major title and her second consecutive crown in New York while taking a big lead in the […]

Everyone’s schedule is a gauntlet in the SEC, but LSU football arguably has the toughest of the bunch. Not only do the Tigers have their usual conference slate to contend with, but Brian Kelly and company opened the season with a trip to the other Death Valley to knock off Clemson. After winning the Death […]

One of the biggest surprises of the college football season so far is the fall of Notre Dame football. The Irish are off to an 0-2 start after a pair of narrow losses to open the season, and now their College Football Playoff hopes are slim just one season after making a run all the […]

For a few years now, defense has been the big problem with LSU football. Jayden Daniels led an explosive offense during his time with the Tigers, but the defense let him down during his Heisman Trophy campaign. Garrett Nussmeier experienced a similar problem in 2024 despite leading one of the top offenses in the nation. […]

Week 2 of the NFL season started off with another statement from the Green Bay Packers that they are Super Bowl contenders and finished with a couple of scratchy Monday Night games, but plenty happened in between. From controversial calls, an overtime thriller, a reunion that didn’t quote go according to plan for Ben Johnson […]

Week 1 of the NFL season is always sort of a feeling-out process, but teams start to show us who they really are in Week 2. This year, that came with plenty of dramatics and tight finishes at the end of some very entertaining, high-scoring games. Who had an overtime classic between the Cowboys and […]

The Kansas City Chiefs had a lot of questions coming into the 2025 season after a blowout in the Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles, but even their biggest skeptics have to be a bit surprised at the way this fall has started for Patrick Mahomes and company. Following a 27-21 loss to the Los […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers were looking to improve to 2-0 on Sunday with a win over the Seattle Seahawks, but they were unable to come out on top of another wild game. The Seahawks trailed 14-7 into the second half, but they exploded for 24 late points on their way to a 31-17 win on the […]

Coming into the 2025 season, Clemson football was projected to be a national title contender. The Tigers had a lot of momentum coming off of an ACC Championship and a College Football Playoff berth last season, but they have not been able to capitalize on that this year. Despite a down couple of years since […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have had plenty of problems on their roster in recent years, but the quarterback has not been one of them. Joe Burrow has emerged as a superstar, but he has unfortunately suffered from multiple injuries during his career. On Sunday, another ailment popped up. During the first half of the Bengals’ Week […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers got to 1-0 in a fashion very unlike them in Week 1, winning a shootout against the New York Jets to get in the win column in Aaron Rodgers’ first game in black and gold. In Week 2, they may be able to put up some more points against the Seattle Seahawks. […]

After making a run all the way to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game last season, Notre Dame football didn’t get off on the right foot in 2025. In a renewal of an old rivalry that is among the best in college football, the Fighting Irish lost a very close 27-24 battle against Miami […]

The New York Yankees will be thrilled that this current three-game set against the Detroit Tigers is almost over, as the first two games have not even gone close to how they planned it. After Detroit shredded the New York bullpen in a 12-2 rout on Tuesday night, the Yankees’ relievers once against struggled to […]

Colorado football opens Big 12 play this week against Houston in prime time on Friday night, and the Buffs are still looking to steady themselves after dropping the season opener to Georgia Tech at home and then looking shaky at times in a comfortable win over Delaware on Saturday. The Buffs were one game away […]

The New Orleans Saints started their 2025 season off with a loss, but it may have been a more encouraging performance than some people expected. The Saints got off to a slow start against the Arizona Cardinals, but they did stage a late comeback before falling short 20-13. Despite the loss, Spencer Rattler looked like […]

The Detroit Lions were one of the most interesting teams coming into the 2025 season after losing both of their coordinators, Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn, this offseason. Coming into Week 1, everyone wanted to see how Dan Campbell and company would manage without their two play callers. Well, the new era of Lions football […]

Florida football has a lot to prove coming off of a shocking upset loss at the hands of South Florida on Saturday in Gainesville, but the schedule isn’t getting any easier for Billy Napier and company. Now, the Gators have to hop right into SEC play and take on No. 3 LSU in Death Valley […]

Week 2 wasn’t the most convincing performance for Ole Miss football, but any SEC road win is a good one. Despite looking sluggish and struggling on offense for most of the day, Lane Kiffin and company pulled out a gritty 30-23 win over Kentucky in Lexington. Late in that game, Ole Miss suffered an injury […]

Perhaps no team had a worse Week 1 in the NFL than the Miami Dolphins, who came into this season with high internal expectations. Despite an explosive supporting cast around Tua Tagovailoa, the Dolphins were crushed by the Indianapolis Colts 33-8 and are now 0-1 on the young season. Miami still has plenty of time […]

The Dallas Cowboys have been looking for help on the edge ever since trading Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers, and they tried to address that by bringing in veteran defensive end Jadeveon Clowney for a visit on Wednesday. Clowney worked out for the team, but he left Dallas without receiving a contract, according […]

The New Orleans Saints didn’t get their 2025 season started off the way they wanted to, losing the season opener 20-13 at home against the Arizona Cardinals. Despite a late rally led by Spencer Rattler, the Saints couldn’t quite get in the end zone at the end of the game and now sit at 0-1 […]

Arkansas football is flying under the radar a bit in 2025, in part because of relatively tame preseason expectations and in part because the Razorbacks have not been tested yet during the non-conference slate. Arkansas has taken care of business against its lesser opponents, picking up a 52-7 win over Alabama A&M and a 56-14 […]

After a stellar 2024 season, Oregon football has not yet been tested in the 2025 season but it has still looked very formidable through two games. The Ducks took on Montana State, one of the best FCS programs in the nation, and crushed them 59-13. Then, Lanning and company took on Oklahoma State, which has […]

The Milwaukee Brewers are rolling toward the playoffs in the National League and are trying to secure the top seed and home-field advantage in the playoffs over the final few weeks of the regular season. At the moment, the task at hand is knocking off the Texas Rangers in a three-game set in the Lone […]

One of the marquee games in Week 2 of the NFL slate comes on Thursday Night Football when the Green Bay Packers host the Washington Commanders in a battle between two NFC playoff teams last season and a pair of teams expected to be contenders in 2025. The Packers looked great in their Week 1 […]

It’s time to overreact to Week 1 of the NFL season, and a select few fanbases should be planning parades after their teams’ great performances in their season openers. There were also plenty of losers in Week 1, including poor showings by the Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans and another collapse in the fourth quarter […]

The NFL is back! Week 1 delivered in the best way, with great games coming down to the wire in all four primetime windows and throughout the Sunday slate. Some teams with high expectations soared through their openers. The Green Bay Packers looked like the Super Bowl contenders everyone was hoping for in a destruction […]

The New England Patriots were supposed to feel different in 2025 with new head coach Mike Vrabel replacing Jerod Mayo, but Week 1 wasn’t a great start to that trend. Despite a decent start, Vrabel’s Patriots looked a whole lot like Mayo’s Patriots on Sunday in a 20-13 home loss to the Las Vegas Raiders […]

The Week 1 slate in the NFL delivered all day on Sunday after a pair of great prime time games to open the season, but nothing stacked up to the Buffalo Bills’ epic comeback over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football. Despite trailing by 15 points with less than five minutes to go, Josh […]

Despite a controversial offseason that saw them lose quarterback Nico Iamaleava to UCLA in the spring transfer portal, Tennessee football has picked up right where it left off last season. The Volunteers opened the season with a very impressive victory over Syracuse, especially on offense, before destroying East Tennessee State in Week 2. Head coach […]

The Buffalo Bills were left for dead with about five minutes to go in their Week 1 Sunday Night Football clash against the Baltimore Ravens, but nobody told Josh Allen and company that. Allen led a furious rally in the final minutes, marching the Bills on three consecutive scoring drives to give his team an […]