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The New York Liberty and the Last Vegas Aces are battling in a matchup between the last three WNBA Champions on Tuesday night, and a clash that has become the premier rivalry in women’s basketball this decade. However, in this edition of the game, one of the stars of the show went down. Aces star […]

2024 was a Cinderella season for Arizona State football, but now the Sun Devils have made the transition from the hunters to the hunted. Kenny Dillingham and company are trying to build a powerhouse in Tempe, and last season’s run to a Big 12 Championship and the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl […]

The New York Knicks have finally concluded their long search for a new head coach, hiring former Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown to be the new head man in charge in the Big Apple. On Tuesday, Brown was introduced as the new head coach of the Knicks, replacing Tom Thibodeau after a disappointing exit in […]

The career of Grigor Dimitrov has been defined in a way by bad injury luck, but nothing stacks up to what happened on Monday at Wimbledon. The Bulgarian was putting on a vintage performance against World No. 1 Jannik Sinner, taking the first two sets to build a commanding lead and set the stage for […]

The Winnipeg Jets won the Presidents’ Trophy as the best team in the NHL during the 2024-25 regular season, but they came crashing down in the playoffs in the second round in a six-game loss to the Dallas Stars. Now, the Jets are once again left to go back to the drawing board and build […]

The “Big Four” era in tennis is a thing of the past, but Novak Djokovic is still at the top of the game even as his rivals have declined and eventually retired. In fact, no image proves Djokovic’s longevity more than the one on Monday when Roger Federer sat in the Royal Box on Centre […]

As the recruiting landscape in college football changes with the addition of NIL and now revenue sharing from the House settlement, some new powers are emerging. One of those potential programs on the rise is Texas Tech football, which has an emerging head coach in Joey McGuire and a wide recruiting base that has already […]

The Washington Nationals have not had the season that they certainly envisioned so far this season, and they made a drastic move to try to change their fortunes on Sunday evening. The Nats shockingly fired both manager Dave Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo in the midst of a poor season, leaving them in limbo […]

The Chicago Cubs have been one of the best teams in baseball so far in 2025, and they have the record to show for it. As it stands, the Cubs sit at 54-36 and have the second-best record in the National League, behind only the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers. However, Chicago knows that it […]

The Toronto Raptors surprisingly went in a different direction in their front office just after the NBA Draft. Longtime president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri was fired after spending 13 years with the franchise, leaving Toronto searching for a new face to lead its franchise into the future. While the end of the partnership came […]

The San Diego Padres have been able to hang around in the National League playoff race this season despite playing the entirety of it without one of their best arms on the mound, but they are now getting him back. Yu Darvish is nearing a return after missing the first few months of the season […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been heating up with the weather this summer and have finally created some distance between them and the pack of chasers in the NL West. At the moment, the Dodgers have an eight-game lead over both the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres in the division and are […]

The Denver Nuggets have had one of the best offseasons in the NBA so far as free agency winds down and NBA Summer League gets going. The Nuggets had success on the free agent market, but they also made a pair of key trades including the acquisition of Jonas Valanciunas from the Sacramento Kings. Shortly […]

After a tumultuous 2024-25 season, Kevin Durant is on the move once again. The Phoenix Suns honored their star scorer’s wish to be traded, sending him to the Houston Rockets as a part of a seven-team trade that will shake up the landscape in the Western Conference. In return for Durant, the Suns got Jalen […]

The Dallas Cowboys have more offseason drama as they try to get their roster back into playoff contention this summer. Just ahead of training camp beginning in late July, wide receiver and All-Pro return man KaVontae Turpin was arrested on marijuana and weapon charges, according to Jeff Kolb of Fox 4. The arrest took place […]

The New York Mets have been struggling a bit recently, and some of those problems are coming on the mound. New York doesn’t have the same depth in its starting rotation that some of the other World Series contenders around the league do, and the injury to Kodai Senga has amplified that. Senga has been […]

The Atlanta Braves came into the season with World Series expectations, but things have not gone according to plan so far. Injuries and overall inconsistency have doomed the Braves so far in 2025, and as a result they find themselves well outside the playoff picture at 39-49 as the All-Star break approaches. The trade deadline […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks are hovering right around .500 this season and will likely need a big run to make noise in the National League playoff race, but the front office has some tough decisions to make before they get to the home stretch of the season. As it stands, the Diamondbacks are in fourth place […]

The San Diego Padres are all smiles on this Fourth of July after crapping out a comeback victory, beating the Texas Rangers 3-2 one extra innings at Petco Park. Things weren’t always looking up for the Padres, but Jake Cronenworth gave them a win in the 10th inning with a walk-off single to drive in […]

The Houston Astros are showing no mercy on the Fourth of July at Dodger Stadium and are absolutely crushing the Los Angeles Dodgers, getting contributions from up and down the lineup. In the ninth, the Astros have built a monstrous 18-1 lead. As it has so many times in the phase for his teams, first […]

The Indiana Fever came into this season with very high expectations, but the year hasn’t looked anything like they would have hoped so far. A lot of that comes down to injuries, specifically multiple ailments that star guard Caitlin Clark has been dealing with this season. Clark missed five games with a quad injury earlier […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t bring their best stuff on what ended up being a historic night at Dodger Stadium, but they still found a way to win as they so often do. Even a 4-2 deficit in the ninth inning wasn’t enough to keep Dave Roberts and company out of the win column as […]

Ohio State football got back in the winner’s circle last season, taking home the national title in the first season of the expanded College Football Playoff despite a rocky regular season. Now, Ryan Day and company are focused on backing that up and defending their title next season. Of course, the Buckeyes will be headlined […]

The Los Angeles Kings took a big hit on Tuesday on the first day of NHL free agency, losing standout defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to the New York Rangers. Gavrikov was given an offer that he couldn’t refuse, and will now be in New York on a seven-year contract worth $49 million in total. While Gavrikov […]

The New York Rangers fell out of Stanley Cup contention in 2024-25, missing the playoffs at the end of a very disappointing season. Now, they are hard at work in free agency trying to revamp their roster and rise back to the top of the Eastern Conference. New York took a big step in that […]

The New York Knicks are still searching for their next head coach after firing Tom Thibodeau following an Eastern Conference Finals loss to the Indiana Pacers, and they are checking all the boxes. New York has undergone an extensive search to figure out who their next head coach will be, interviewing multiple quality candidates. One […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vegas Golden Knights got the NHL offseason started with a bang a day early, agreeing to a blockbuster trade to send star forward Mitch Marner to Vegas. The deal came a day before Marner was set to hit free agency, and he got a brand new contract extension as […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are under a lot of pressure to improve this offseason, and they don’t have a ton of assets to help them do so. Ever since their first-round loss to the Indiana Pacers in the playoffs, there has been plenty of buzz about what will happen with star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo this offseason. […]

NBA free agency is about to open and the frenzy of player movement will take over the league in the coming weeks. Teams are eager to make big swings and improve their rosters, and the Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks are two teams trying to take a step up into the tier of contenders in […]

A major wrinkle got thrown into Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley’s impending free agency on Sunday when it was reported that the sharpshooter is being investigated for gambling on NBA games. All of a sudden, one of the league’s breakout players in 2024-25 and one of the best players on the market this offseason as […]

It’s back to the drawing board for the Toronto Maple Leafs this offseason after yet another disappointing playoff exit, this time in a Game 7 at home against the Florida Panthers in the second round. On Monday, the Maple Leafs made another move to improve their depth when they acquired forward Matias Maccelli from the […]

The civil case accusing BYU football quarterback Jake Retzlaff of sexually assaulting a woman in 2023 has been withdrawn, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The attorneys of Retzlaff and the accuser filed a joint motion to dismiss the case on Monday morning which is expected to be honored, per ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura. “The parties, by […]

The Sacramento Kings are in a bit of purgatory heading into next season after seeing the momentum that they built during the 2022-23 season completely go away. Now, De’Aaron Fox is gone and Zach LaVine is in, and the Kings are looking to get back to competing for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has already been a talking point this offseason after picking up his $52.6 million player option on Sunday. However, that decision along with comments from his agent, Rich Paul, have sparked all kinds of discussion in the 24 hours since the news broke. Paul’s comments raised concerns about a […]

The Dallas Mavericks were thrown a lifeline at the NBA Draft after trading Luka Doncic away last season, as they improbably landed the No. 1 overall pick and the chance to select Duke superstar Cooper Flagg. Now, with Flagg in the lineup, Nico Harrison and the Mavs finally have a chance to see out their […]

Just months after BYU football completed one of its best seasons in program history, it is all of a sudden facing turmoil and an offseason of controversy. Star quarterback Jake Retzlaff, one of the top signal callers in the Big 12 last season, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman back in 2023. Retzlaff has […]

The point guard market is one of the biggest things to watch for in NBA free agency this offseason as key veterans are expected to be moving around throughout the month of July. San Antonio Spurs point guard Chris Paul is perhaps the most notable of those names and plenty of teams are expected to […]

The Utah Jazz cleared up some space in their crowded backcourt on Sunday, and the Charlotte Hornets were the primary beneficiary. Just a day before free agency opens up, the Jazz sent guard Collin Sexton to the Hornets in exchange for center Jusuf Nurkic, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The Hornets will also get a […]

The Dallas Stars have been one of the top teams in the NHL for multiple years now, but they fired head coach Peter DeBoer after reaching a plateau. Dallas once again lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Finals this season, its third consecutive season bowing out in the final four. DeBoer is […]