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The San Francisco 49ers squeaked out a narrow win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday as kicker Jake Moody knocked in a 44-yard field goal as time expired to win it 23-20. Moody’s game-winner turned around what was an otherwise brutal day for the kicker. After missing more than a month due to an […]

Eli Drinkwitz and Missouri football hung onto their two-loss record and top 25 ranking with a dramatic win against Oklahoma on Saturday night to improve to 7-2. After Oklahoma took a seven-point lead with just two minutes left, backup quarterback Drew Pyne led a touchdown drive to tie the game in under one minute, capping […]

It appeared certain that the Kansas City Chiefs were going to pick up their first loss of the season on Sunday. After the Chiefs took a late two-point lead against the Denver Broncos, Bo Nix drove his team all the way down into chip shot range. Sean Payton let the clock wind down and sent […]

A Chicago Bears season that looked extremely promising just a few weeks ago has quickly turned sour. After a heartbreaking loss to the Washington Commanders on a last-second Hail Mary, the Bears were blown out by the Arizona Cardinals in Week 9. The team hit rock bottom on defense when they allowed a 53-yard touchdown […]

The Boston Celtics are finally getting closer to full strength. After a four-game absence due to a left hip flexor strain, Celtics star Jaylen Brown is getting ready to make his return on Sunday against the Milwaukee Bucks. It seems like Brown won’t have to ease himself back into things at all. He will play […]

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara has been one of the few bright spots this season on a Saints team that has quickly gone off the rails in recent weeks. The Saints have lost seven games in a row and fired head coach Dennis Allen after a disastrous loss to the Carolina Panthers in […]

Oregon football continued to roll through its schedule on Saturday, cruising past Maryland in a comfortable 39-18 win at Autzen Stadium. Quarterback Dillon Gabriel continued his stellar season and his push for the Heisman Trophy, scoring three touchdowns and playing a very clean game in the win. Gabriel also made some NCAA history in the […]

The New York Giants are trying to work their way back into the game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, and for a few short minutes it looked like they would have to do it without one of their best players. Star wide receiver Malik Nabers took a hard fall and hit his head on […]

Georgia football took a very disappointing loss on Saturday against Ole Miss in one of the marquee games of the weekend. Carson Beck and the offense couldn’t get much of anything going in this one, and the Rebels controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball on their way to a season-changing […]

Missouri football pulled off an improbable victory in one of the most entertaining finishes of the season on Saturday against Oklahoma. After what was a slugfest for most of the game, the two teams combined for four touchdowns in the final 3:18. Missouri scored the final two touchdowns of the game after Drew Pyne led […]

Oklahoma football is trying to make the most of a season that got away from it a little bit during the month of October. Three consecutive uncompetitive losses — against Texas, South Carolina and Ole Miss — took Brent Venables and the Sooners out of SEC title contention and left them battling just to become […]

New York Giants edge rusher Brian Burns is getting ready to take on his old team, the Carolina Panthers, in Week 10 in Munich, Germany. Burns was traded to the Giants from the Panthers this offseason, and New York gave him a massive contract extension immediately after acquiring him. As Burns gets ready to take […]

Kansas basketball picked up a win in one of the marquee matchups of the non-conference schedule this college basketball season. Bill Self and the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks held off a furious rally from No. 9 North Carolina to get a 92-89 win in front of a raucous crowd at Allen Fieldhouse. With this win, Self […]

One of the NBA’s best rivalries of the last few years was renewed on Friday night when the Phoenix Suns took on the Dallas Mavericks. As it usually does when these two teams face off, this game came down to the final seconds as the two teams battled back-and-forth down the stretch. A Jusuf Nurkic […]

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham is taking the leap in 2024-25. During a tightly-contested battle between the Pistons and the Atlanta Hawks, Cunningham put the team on his back and decided that he wasn’t going to let his team lose. With the Pistons trailing 121-120, Cunningham drained a tough floater over Dyson Daniels and Jalen […]

Ole Miss football has been hanging onto its playoff hopes for dear life over the last few weeks, and it gets a massive chance to thrust itself right back into the postseason conversation on Saturday. Lane Kiffin and the Rebels host No. 3 Georgia with a chance to pick up a marquee win and get […]

Missouri football has had somewhat of an odd season so far, but it still finds itself on the fringes of the SEC title picture with a month to go in the regular season. Missouri has looked unimpressive at times and uncompetitive at others, but the Tigers enter Week 11 at 6-2 with just a pair […]

LSU football has a de facto playoff game this weekend when it takes on Alabama in a huge SEC showdown on Saturday night in Baton Rouge. This game will renew one of the best rivalries in college football, and the two have played some instant classics in recent years. Ahead of the big game, LSU […]

In its first season in the Big 12, Arizona State football has been one of the big surprises of the 2024 college football season so far. Kenny Dillingham and company have shocked team after team, and the Sun Devils have already clinched bowl eligibility at 6-2. This weekend is going to be a bit tougher […]

Creighton basketball star Ryan Kalkbrenner got his senior season off to a scorching hot start on Wednesday night. With Creighton locked in a battle with UT Rio Grande that was much closer than expected, Kalkbrenner absolutely took over and carried the Bluejays to a 99-86 win. Kalkbrenner’s stats in the win are absolutely bonkers: 49 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers got humiliated by the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. The Grizzlies blew out JJ Redick and company in the second half on the way to a dominant 131-114 win. Lakers point guard D’Angelo Russell only played 22 minutes in the loss, which is a season low for the veteran. Russell found […]

The Denver Nuggets have had a very rocky start to the season after coming into it as Western Conference contenders, but they made a big-time statement on Wednesday night. Playing in front of their home fans at Ball Arena, the Nuggets handed the Oklahoma City Thunder its first loss of the season with an impressive […]

One of the biggest stories of this NFL trade deadline surrounded the Detroit Lions, who clearly have looked like the best team in the NFC through the first half of the season. The Lions came into the season with a need for an extra pass rusher, and that need was amplified after superstar defensive end […]

The Charlotte Hornets picked up a nail-biting win on Wednesday night, as Brandon Miller’s putback buzzer beater lifted the Hornets over the Pistons 108-107. With the win, the Hornets improved to 3-5 on the young season. They aren’t exactly the team to beat in the Eastern Conference, but this Hornets team has been one of […]

Hornets wing Brandon Miller was nearly the goat for the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night, and not in a good way. With his team leading the Detroit Pistons 106-105 in the final seconds, Miller was stripped by a Detroit defender and rookie Ron Holland went the other way to give the Pistons the lead with […]

New Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George has what some people would call a “revenge game” on Wednesday night as he plays his old team, the Los Angeles Clippers. George is in his first season in Philadelphia after signing there in the offseason once contract talks between he and the Clippers stalled out. George left Los […]

New York Jets rookie wide receiver Malachi Corley made headlines during last Thursday’s win over the Houston Texans for all the wrong reasons. On just his second career touch, Corley got the ball on a reverse and ran free around the right side with a free path to the end zone. Just before he crossed […]

The first edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings were released on Tuesday night, and fans and pundits immediately got their reactions off about which teams were too high and which ones were being disrespected by the selection committee. Indiana and BYU stuck out as two teams who have a strong case to be ranked […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers entered rare air this season after winning the World Series, collecting their second championship in the last five seasons. Their decisive defeat of the New York Yankees on the sport’s biggest stage was proof that the Dodgers as currently constructed have a leg up on the rest of the MLB. Even […]

The Colorado Avalanche have had a rocky start to the 2024-25 season. So far this season, Jared Bednar and the Avalanche have been plagued by injury, suspension and poor goaltending. They did pick up an impressive 6-3 win over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak and get back to […]

Colorado football has been one of the stories of college football this season, and now all of its goals are in front of it. Deion Sanders and the Buffs are 6-2 and have a legitimate, realistic chance to reach the Big 12 title game and earn a shot at making the College Football Playoff. While […]

The Kansas City Chiefs made big news around the NFL when they acquired wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins from the Tennessee Titans before the NFL trade deadline. Hopkins had a quiet year in Tennessee while managing a terrible quarterback situation, catching just 15 balls in six games. As it turns out, playing with Patrick Mahomes is […]

The Los Angeles Rams have battled their way back into the NFC West race after an injury-riddled start to the season. Recently, the Rams have gotten star wide receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua back and have responded accordingly, winning three games in a row. Now, the Rams are just a half-game behind the Arizona […]

The Los Angeles Angels had another disappointing season in 2024, finishing in last place in the AL West at 63-99. The roster was barren after two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani left for their crosstown rival Dodgers last offseason. Without Ohtani in the field, star outfielder Mike Trout was tasked with carrying a massive load for the […]

Despite having two losses on the season, Alabama football came in at No. 11 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night. Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide are notably ranked above a couple of one-loss teams such as SMU and Boise State and are the highest ranked team with two losses heading […]

The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2024 season were released on Tuesday night, and there was plenty of discussion about which teams were in the wrong spots in the aftermath of the reveal. One of the major storylines coming in was where BYU would be placed. The Cougars present an interesting case for […]

The college football regular season is winding down and the College Football Playoff picture is coming into focus. With a month to go in the regular season, it’s time for the selection committee to start ranking the top 25 teams in the nation each week. On Tuesday night, the committee released its first CFP rankings […]

On the opening day of the college basketball season, one of the sports biggest stars went down with an injury. During Saint Louis’ opening game against Santa Clara, star center Robbie Avila went down with an ankle injury and was helped off the floor, according to Jeff Goodman of Field of 68. Cause for concern […]

The NFL trade deadline is heating up and teams around the league are getting active as Tuesday’s deadline approaches. Contenders around the league are trying to add talent to make a playoff push while the bad teams around the league are collecting draft capital while unloading some of their veteran pieces. The Denver Broncos made […]