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The Cleveland Browns pulled off a big upset on Thursday night when they knocked off the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-19 in a snowy, mucky game in Cleveland. The Browns were buoyed by two rushing touchdowns by Nick Chubb and a heroic fourth-down touchdown run by Jameis Winston. Winston scrambled out of the pocket and did his […]

Although Nick Saban may have retired from coaching and moved onto the media scene, he still doesn’t forget when he feels like he’s been wronged. In 2022, Alabama missed out on a berth in the four-team College Football Playoff in favor of 12-1 TCU who was coming off of a close loss in the Big […]

Coming off of a brutal road loss against Purdue on Friday, Alabama didn’t have any time to sulk. Playing difficult games against ranked opponents in non-conference play has become a staple of the Nate Oats era in Tuscaloosa and this season is no different. On Wednesday, Alabama took on No. 25 Illinois at a neutral […]

Just hours after the news dropped that De’Anthony Melton will miss the rest of the season and undergo knee surgery, the Warriors’ backcourt depth took another hit. During Wednesday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, second year guard Brandin Podziemski got hit hard in the face while attempting to get a rebound and stayed down […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have emerged as an AFC contender as the 2024-25 NFL season races past the halfway point. On Sunday, the Steelers picked up a huge win over the Baltimore Ravens in an 18-16 slugfest to establish themselves as one of the teams to beat in the AFC. This win gave the Steelers a […]

UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma continues to establish himself as one of the legends of the sport on Wednesday night. The Huskies’ 85-41 win over Fairleigh Dickinson gave Auriemma his 1,217th win, passing Tara VanDerveer for the most wins in college basketball history. Of course, there was a big ceremony after the game […]

The Wisconsin football team is currently grinding through the final two games of the season in ana attempt to reach a bowl game. After a heartbreaking loss to Oregon on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin is now 5-5 and needs one win in the final two weeks to qualify for the postseason. Of course, while teams […]

The Philadelphia 76ers just can’t escape the injury bug this season. They came into Wednesday night’s action just 2-11 on the season, tied for the worst record on the Eastern Conference. Injuries play a large part in their struggles, as the 76ers have been without Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Paul George for portions of […]

As UConn women’s basketball sets out on its quest to secure yet another National Championship, head coach Geno Auriemma reached another unthinkable milestone. With the Huskies’ 85-41 victory on Wednesday night against Fairleigh Dickinson, Auriemma became the winningest head coach in college basketball history with 1,217 career wins. Auriemma passed longtime Stanford head coach Tara […]

The Golden State Warriors are off to a red-hot start to the 2024-25 season, but their rotation took a massive hit on Wednesday. Guard De’Anthony Melton, who has missed the last two games due to a sprained left ACL, is undergoing knee surgery and will miss the rest of the season, according to the team. […]

The Los Angeles Chargers have been one of the surprises of the NFL season so far in 2024, as Jim Harbaugh has them out to a 7-3 start in his first season as head coach. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year in Los Angeles, but Harbaugh has quickly built a team with a […]

The Los Angeles Lakers improved to 2-0 in NBA Cup play on Tuesday night with a 124-118 win over the Utah Jazz in Los Angeles. The story of this one was rookie Dalton Knecht, who earned the start and didn’t disappoint. Knecht finished the game with 37 points on 12-for-16 from the floor and 9-for-12 […]

Nebraska football is searching for answers as its season quickly slips away. Nebraska is now 5-5 after four consecutive losses and its hopes of reaching a bowl game for the first time under Matt Rhule are in serious jeopardy. After Nebraska’s third straight loss, an embarrassing showing at home against UCLA, the Cornhuskers made a […]

One of the stories of the NBA Draft was former Tennessee superstar Dalton Knecht falling all the way to the Los Angeles Lakers in the late teens. Fans and pundits couldn’t believe how one of the best players in college basketball slipped all the way down in the draft and now gets to team up […]

Marquette basketball is off to a hot start in 2024-25. Shaka Smart and the Golden Eagles announced themselves as early National Championship contenders on Tuesday night with a very impressive 76-58 win against No. 6 Purdue. Star guard Kam Jones has been at the center of the Golden Eagles’ success this season and is clearly […]

Before one of Ohio State’s biggest games of the season, it has lost one of its best players. Center Seth McLaughlin, a candidate to be an All-American at the end of the season, is out for the rest of the year with a torn Achilles, according to Joey Kaufman and Bill Rabinowitz of the Columbus […]

The Boston Celtics sent a message to the rest of the NBA on Tuesday night. Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics confirmed that they are still the team to beat in the NBA after knocking off the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-117 in NBA Cup play, handing the Cavs their first loss of the season. The Cavs came […]

One of the biggest games on the college football calendar is coming up on Saturday when No. 5 Indiana heads to Columbus to take on No. 2 Ohio State. Indiana is putting its undefeated record on the line on Saturday with a chance to send a message to the test of the country that it […]

The Week 13 College Football Playoff rankings are out, which means that debates are raging all across the nation about which teams are too high and which ones are too low. One of the teams at the center of those debates is Miami, who came in at No. 8 with a 9-1 record. Miami is […]

Just two Saturdays remain before the conference championships are decided in college football, making the stakes higher and higher around the country each week. All around the nation there are teams struggling to crack their league’s title game and make their way into the top 12 in the College Football Playoff rankings. Week 12 was […]

2024 has been a dream season for Indiana football. The Hoosiers currently sit at 10-0 in Curt Cignetti’s first season in Bloomington with a massive top five showdown against Ohio State on the horizon. Indiana’s focus is certainly 100% on winning the Big Ten Championship and making a run in the College Football Playoff. However, […]

Over the past three seasons, the Kansas City Chiefs have been in a constant state of trying to reshuffle and add new pieces to their wide receiver room. Ever since Tyreek Hill was traded away, the Chiefs have lacked explosiveness on the outside. As a result, they have brought in a lot of names at […]

The Baltimore Ravens have a kicking crisis. Yes, you read that right. Justin Tucker has been one of the biggest weak links for the Ravens so far this season, and Sunday may have been his worst game yet. Tucker missed two field goals in the first quarter in what ended up being an 18-16 loss […]

The Las Vegas Raiders suffered a brutal 34-19 loss on Sunday at the hands of the Miami Dolphins. After this game, the Raiders have now lost six games in a row after a surprising 2-8 start and their playoff dreams are officially dashed. Despite the long losing streak, the Raiders are sticking with Gardner Minshew […]

The Chicago Bears just keep finding ways to lose. After a couple of disastrous losses over the last month, the Bears found another way to fall just short on Sunday in a 20-19 loss to the Green Bay Packers. After a late touchdown by the Packers put them in the lead, Caleb Williams led the […]

After suffering its fifth straight loss in heartbreaking fashion, Florida Atlantic football has decided to make a major change. Head coach Tom Herman has been fired in the middle of his second season with the program, according to Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports. The move comes on the heels of an 18-15 overtime loss against […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have had somewhat of a nightmare season in 2024-25. On Sunday night, a chance to jump back into the AFC. Wild Card race slipped through their fingers as they suffered yet another heartbreaking prime time loss in a 34-27 defeat against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Bengals fell behind in 27-6 early […]

The Tennessee Titans’ season went from bad to worse on Monday. After suffering yet another loss, this one against the Minnesota Vikings, the Titans got some crushing injury news. Linebacker Jack Gibbens, one of the bright spots in this losing season, suffered a lower leg injury on Sunday that will keep him out for the […]

The Seattle Seahawks season was minutes from being over on Sunday as they trailed the San Francisco 49ers by four points with the clock winding down. Just when things looked just about over, Geno Smith saved the season with a heroic game-winning touchdown drive, capped off with a 13-yard scramble inside the left pylon. With […]

The San Francisco 49ers let another game get away on Sunday to drop to 5-5 on the season. Kyle Shanahan and company completed the trifecta of heartbreaking losses against each of their division rivals with a last-second 20-17 loss against the Seattle Seahawks. With the loss, the 49ers are now one game back of the […]

The Denver Broncos are one of the NFL’s surprise teams in 2024, as an elite defense and a constantly improving offense have the Broncos chugging toward the playoffs. After a very rocky start to the season, Bo Nix has continued to improve week after week as the season goes on. Sunday might be Nix’s best […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ nightmare season continues to get worse. On Sunday, the Jaguars were absolutely humiliated by the Detroit Lions in one of the biggest blowouts that you’ll ever see in an NFL game. Despite putting a field goal on the board on their opening possession, the Jaguars fell to the Lions 52-6. The 46-point […]

Jannik Sinner has officially completed one of the greatest individual tennis seasons in the sport’s history. Sinner collected his eighth title of the season, this one on home soil at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Taylor Fritz in the final on Sunday. Sinner completed a dominant run […]

Throughout the first five seasons of his career, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson has set record after record. Jefferson has been the most productive wideout in the NFL since he came into the league and has established himself as a potential all-time great. During Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans, Jefferson set a new […]

The Denver Broncos have put themselves right in the middle of the AFC Wild Card race on the back of their elite defense. Their next chance to solidify that position as a wild card team comes on Sunday when they take on the Atlanta Falcons, but they will have to do it without one of […]

The Miami Dolphins are desperately trying to go on a run down the back half of this season and sneak into the playoffs. That journey continues with Sunday’s matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders, where the Dolphins need a win to keep pace in the AFC Wild Card race. During the game, the Dolphins’ running […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been struggling a bit this season as they try to build chemistry with a new starting lineup, but Anthony Edwards has remained as one of the bright young stars in the NBA. That was on full display on Friday night when Edwards scored 36 points to lift the Timberwolves to an […]

The Chicago Bears offense has been an abject disaster lately, and things officially hit rock bottom in Week 10. After a 19-3 loss to the hapless New England Patriots, the Bears elected to fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron after a few consecutive frustrating performances. Waldron was certainly a large part of the problem with the […]

After finding itself in the top 15 in the first edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, LSU football has seen its season spiral out of control over the last two weeks. An embarrassing blowout loss at home against Alabama in Week 11 knocked the Tigers outside of the top 20, Brian Kelly and LSU […]