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During the Buffalo Bills’ loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday, Josh Allen took a hard hit where his head smashed against the turf, forcing him to leave the game. Many assumed after watching the replay that Allen would be done for the day after the nasty spill, but that wasn’t the case. Allen quickly […]

New York Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr. is struggling so far this postseason, but that hasn’t stopped the Yankees from jumping out to a 2-1 series lead over the Kansas City Royals. Instead, it was the big bat of Giancarlo Stanton getting things done for the Yankees on Wednesday night. The other former Marlin on […]

The Kansas City Royals have made their American League Division Series against the New York Yankees more competitive than many people thought they could, but they still have plenty of work to do. On Wednesday night, the Royals got themselves in position to take a 2-1 series lead, but a Giancarlo Stanton home run in […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking to keep their season alive on Wednesday night in San Diego, and things are looking good. The Dodgers have jumped out to an 8-0 lead against the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the National League Division Series and look well on their way to forcing a decisive […]

The Philadelphia Phillies are entering an offseason of uncertainty after the New York Mets ended their season abruptly in the NLDS. The Phillies bullpen, which had been one of their strengths all season, failed them in Games 1 and 4 in this series, and their lineup lacked pop and consistency outside of their big names […]

After a successful regular season that saw them win the NL East and finish with the second-best record in the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies’ season went up in flames over the last two days. After splitting the first two games of the NLDS against the New York Mets, the Phillies dropped Game 3 on […]

The New York Mets advanced to the NLCS on Wednesday, as a Francisco Lindor grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning gave the Mets a 4-1 win over their division rival Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4. This win is the latest notch in an incredible run for the Mets, who have rallied from […]

The New York Mets had to scrap and claw through Game 4 to close out their division rivals, the Philadelphia Phillies, in the NLDS. After Alec Bohm squeaked a run across for the Phillies early in the game with a little dribbler in the infield, the Mets struggled to take advantage of many opportunities to […]

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman has been battling an ankle injury during the 2024 playoffs, and Dave Roberts’ hand has been forced after his star re-aggravated the injury during Game 3 on Tuesday night. After Freeman was initially in the Dodgers’ Game 4 lineup, he was scratched from the card about two hours […]

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has been battling a high ankle sprain since getting rolled up in the pocket in Week 2, but the star signal caller is on the mend. Despite re-injuring it in Week 3 against the Steelers, Herbert made it through the Week 4 loss to the Chiefs without any setbacks […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have gotten their preseason slate underway with a pair of home games against the Timberwolves and Suns, and have dropped the both. Now, it’s time for them to head out on the road to take on the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. LeBron James’ workload has been light so far this […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one game away from elimination after the San Diego Padres’ bullpen stifled them down the stretch of Game 3 in San Diego. The bullpen didn’t allow a run after the third inning as the Padres held on for the 6-5 victory to take a 2-1 series lead. Losing Game 3 […]

The NBA preseason is in full swing, and even though the stars on each team may not be at the forefront of the results on the floor, they are still finding their way into the spotlight one way or another. That was the case for Hawks guard Trae Young on Tuesday, even after playing just […]

Stephanie White and the Connecticut Sun saw their season come to an end on Tuesday, as they lost the decisive Game 5 of their semifinal series against the hot-shooting Minnesota Lynx on the road 88-77. The loss ends Connecticut’s season just one round short of the WNBA Finals for the fourth time in the last […]

The tightly-contested National League Division Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets was split after two back-and-forth affairs in Philadelphia, but the Mets made a major statement in Game 3. Pete Alonso and Jesse Winker went yard and Sean Manaea pitched seven stellar innings as the Mets took a 2-1 series lead […]

The National League Division Series between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers is full of drama, star power, and most importantly, hatred for one another. The two NL West rivals are not shy about the way that they feel about each other, and things have only heated up over the first two […]

The Carolina Panthers are scrapping and clawing to get back into the playoff picture, but things aren’t exactly goin to plan. The Panthers were blown out in humiliating fashion in Week 5, losing 36-10 on the road against the Chicago Bears. The offense has improved a little bit since Dave Canales benched second-year quarterback Bryce […]

The Padres are getting set to host Game 3 of their heated NLDS series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but some technical difficulties are impacting fans as the series flips back to San Diego. The Padres released a statement before the game stating that TicketMaster was experiencing technical difficulties and that fans were struggling to […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres are locked in a tight battle in the NLDS. The Dodgers won a tightly contested Game 1 at home before the Padres answered with six home runs on their way to a 10-2 blowout win in Game 2, and now the two bitter rivals are locked […]

The New England Patriots are finally handing the keys over to their rookie quarterback, as the team announced on Tuesday that No. 3 overall pick Drake Maye will make his first career start on Sunday against the Houston Texans. The move comes on the heels of the Patriots’ fourth consecutive loss, this time against the […]

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has clearly established himself as one of the top-shelf QBs in the NFL early in his career. As a rookie, he set the NFL record for passing touchdowns and completions by a first-year quarterback at the time, and he has since been the constant driving force for a Chargers […]

The Arizona Cardinals pulled a rabbit out of a hat to potentially save their season on Sunday. After trailing their division rivals, the San Francisco 49ers, by multiple scores in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals rallied back to pick up a 24-23 win and get back to 2-3 on the season. The Cardinals offense has […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars finally got in the win column on Sunday, ending a four-game slide with a 37-34 win over the Indianapolis Colts. As they try to roll that momentum over into this week, they got some positive injury news. Head coach Doug Pederson said on Monday that tight end Evan Engram, one of the […]

The Las Vegas Raiders made the somewhat-controversial decision to roll with Gardner Minshew as their starting quarterback heading into this season, relegating youngster Aidan O’Connell to the bench after he started for them over the back half of last season. The Minshew experiment has been up and down over the first month of the season, […]

The Dallas Cowboys were all smiles on Sunday night after a heroic comeback effort helped them squeak out a 20-17 road win over the Pittsburgh Steelers to move to 3-2 on the season. The defense played well, the running game was revived, and Dak Prescott led a pair of clutch second half touchdown drives to […]

Georgia football got their season back on track on Saturday, bouncing back from a loss to Alabama with a comfortable 31-13 win over Auburn at home. However, head coach Kirby Smart was not pleased with the fans after the win, saying that he needed more crowd support and noise from the fans in Athens. Two […]

Ohio State football made a statement against one of the best defenses in the Big Ten on Saturday. They got off to a slow start offensively, but turned a 7-0 halftime lead into a 35-7 drubbing of Iowa in Columbus. The blowout was the latest in a string of convincing wins for Ohio State early […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are off to a stunningly poor start to the season. Their latest heartbreaking loss, a 41-38 overtime classic against the Baltimore Ravens at home, dropped them to 1-4 and severely hurt their playoff chances in a very competitive AFC. The Bengals had their chances to win on Sunday, and they held a […]

The New England Patriots got off on the right foot in 2024 with Jacoby Brissett at quarterback, getting an upset win in Week 1 against the Cincinnati Bengals. However, things have soured since then, as the Patriots have lost four games in a row and their offense has been unable to get the job done […]

The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in the midst of a heated National League Division Series, and the Padres evened things up on Sunday night with a convincing 10-2 win at Dodger Stadium. Predictably, the series is heating up, and emotions are high in the matchup between two teams that don’t […]

Arkansas and Vanderbilt took the SEC and the college football world by storm on Saturday by pulling two of the biggest upsets of the season to date. Vanderbilt pulled off a shocker in the afternoon when they upset No. 1 Alabama 40-35 in Nashville for their first-ever win over a top-ranked team. Arkansas followed suit […]

The New York Liberty and Sabrina Ionescu had revenge on their minds in these WNBA playoffs. On Sunday, Ionescu had a big game to help the Liberty close out the Las Vegas Aces in four games and avenge their loss in the WNBA Finals a year ago. Ionescu had a team-high 22 points and seven […]

The Deshaun Watson era with the Cleveland Browns hit a new low on Sunday. The Browns came into the game 1-3 and in desperate need of a win to save their season, but instead were run out of the stadium by the Washington Commanders in a 34-13 blowout. During the game, Watson appeared to walk […]

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton broke out in a huge way last season, becoming one of the household names in the league and leading the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals. Haliburton led the NBA in assists per game with 10.9 dimes a night, and consistently came up big at the end of games during […]

Through four weeks, Caleb Williams’ rookie season with the Chicago Bears had gotten off to a slow start. The offensive line was struggling, the run game was nonexistent and Williams was struggling to get on the same page as star receiver DJ Moore. It’s safe to say all of those things have been fixed in […]

C.J. Stroud has already become one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, and he is showing out in one of the marquee matchups of the NFL’s Week 5 slate. In the second quarter of the game between Stroud’s Houston Texans and the Buffalo Bills, the second-year star launched a 67-yard touchdown to wide receiver […]

Ohio State football is commonly brought up in the “WRU” conversation as the school that produces the best wide receivers, and they may have their best product yet on the current roster. True freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith is a human highlight reel that seemingly makes a circus catch for a touchdown on a weekly […]

Vanderbilt football has been living at the bottom of the SEC for many years now, but it appears that they’re starting to turn things around. On Saturday, they pulled off one of the biggest shockers in recent memory in college football when they knocked off Alabama 40-35 in Nashville. The win marked Vanderbilt’s first-ever win […]

The USC football team feels different than past iterations, but it is still clear that they have a few steps to make up in the team building process. As they transition into the Big Ten, USC has been more balanced and their defense has improved, and they had shown positive signs in the trenches through […]