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The Big 12 has been lurking in the background as a conference this season while the SEC and the Big Ten take center stage, but it takes center stage on Saturday in Week 11. No. 7 BYU goes on the road to take on No. 8 Texas Tech in a battle between the top two […]

Week 9 in the NFL was a bit of a wild one, with close finishes up and down the slate on Sunday. Unfortunately, the prime time games were duds, with the Ravens, Seahawks and Cardinals all dominating in front of a national audience. Now that the season is at the halfway point, all focus shifted […]

Halloween is in the past and the calendar has flipped to November, meaning it’s almost College Football Playoff season. Heading into Week 11, college football fans can throw the AP poll to the side and turn their attention to the CFP rankings which will ultimately help determine their team’s fate at the end of the […]

The NFL season is officially at the halfway point with nine weeks in the books. Week 9 was a wild one, making up for a relative snoozer of a Week 8 with a wild Sunday. Both windows were full of close finishes, with a statement by the Seahawks capping the night off. The Commanders, who […]

Trade deadline day in the NFL is officially here, and teams have until 4 p.m. EST to make their final moves as they gear up for the one stretch of the season. Some smaller deals have been trickling in throughout the last few weeks, but things are expected to heat up on deadline day. Unsurprisingly, […]

The ACC has been as chaotic and unpredictable as you can get from a conference so far this season, and there are still a number of teams with their eyes on the conference title and a spot in the College Football Playoff. One of those teams in Louisville football, which has a very good chance […]

The Tennessee Titans have been an absolute trainwreck so far this season and have already fired head coach Brian Callahan. Rookie quarterback and No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward has shown flashes of what he can do, but he hasn’t been able to get the offense off the ground as a whole. Those issues on […]

The calendar has officially flipped to November, and the first College Football Playoff rankings will be released heading into Week 11. Halloween weekend was spooky for some playoff contenders, while others passed big tests with flying colors. The picture at the top of three of the major conferences, with the exception of the Big Ten, […]

Things haven’t gone as planned so far in Big Ten pay for Nebraska football, which entered the season with College Football Playoff aspirations but now is just fighting for bowl positioning. On Saturday night, a potential upset bid took a wrong turn in the worst way possible. Starting quarterback Dylan Raiola was forced to leave […]

So far this season, Auburn football has been one of the most disappointing teams in the SEC despite being competitive in nearly every game. However, in Week 10, things hit rock bottom and now big changes are being made. Auburn lost to Kentucky 10-3 at home on Saturday night, dropping to 4-5 on the season. […]

The NFL trade deadline hasn’t quite had a big blockbuster trade just yet, but one could be on the horizon in the final few days before it hits. One of the players that could be on the move that has a chance to change the Super Bowl picture this season is Miami Dolphins edge rusher […]

The NFL trade deadline is quickly approaching, and after Week 9 wraps up teams are going to have to make some final roster decisions with some of their most coveted players. Contenders are looking to gain any edge they can while some teams at the bottom of the standings are moving on from veteran pieces […]

The rivalry between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills has been one of the best rivalries in all of sports during the 2020s, with the two AFC elites meeting multiple times in just about every season since Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen both emerged as two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. […]

The Toronto Blue Jays kept their momentum going in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday night, taking down the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 to take a 3-2 series lead and move within one win of a championship. Toronto’s offense got the night started, as Davis Schneider ripped a home run off of Blake […]

The Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves went at it on Wednesday night in a clash of two shorthanded squads, and it ended up being a regular season classic. The Lakers built a 20-point lead in the second half thanks to the hot shooting of Jake LaRavia before the Wolves mounted a comeback to […]

The NFL trade deadline is almost here, and the shuffling around the league has already started with some fringe pieces being moved around. As the Nov. 4 deadline gets closer and closer, contenders around the league are trying to make any move possible to boost their Super Bowl chances. The Los Angeles Rams are one […]

The Los Angeles Rams don’t quite sit at the top of the standings in the NFC through eight weeks, but they certainly look like one of the best teams in football and a Super Bowl contender so far this season. Matthew Stafford and the offense have ben humming and the defensive front is strong, covering […]

The Atlanta Hawks came into the 2025-26 season with. lot of intrigue surrounding them thanks to the addition of Kristaps Porzingis and a number of young wings who were expected to improve. In an Eastern Conference that is depleted with the injuries to Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton, Atlanta was one team who came into […]

A pair of 6-2 SEC teams will square off on Saturday night when No. 18 Oklahoma heads to Knoxville to take on No. 14 Tennessee in what is essentially a playoff game, but the two teams are heading in opposite directions coming into this game. Tennessee took a frustrating early-season loss to Georgia at home […]

After starting the season ranked No. 1 in the country, Texas football has been a bit underwhelming this season. However, Steve Sarkisian and company are still sitting with just two losses and likely control their own destiny to get into the College Football Playoff at the end of the year. After a fairly light few […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are now just two wins away from a world championship after evening the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the road on Tuesday night. After taking a gut-wrenching loss in 18 innings in Game 3, the Jays ran away with Game 4 in the late innings to get a […]

Coming off of a heartbreaking 18-inning defeat in Game 3 of the World Series, the Toronto Blue Jays showed off their resilience and mental fortitude on Tuesday night in Game 4. The Blue Jays went down a run early, but they came back to comfortably beat the Dodgers 6-2 and even the series at two […]

One of the most interesting teams in the NBA coming into this season is the New York Knicks as they try to settle in with a new head coach in Mike Brown. Not only are the Knicks managing staff changes after firing Tom Thibodeau following an Eastern Conference Finals loss last season, but they are […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are trying to rebound from a heartbreaking loss in Game 3 of the World Series, where they were beaten by the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 in an 18-inning classic on Monday night in Los Angeles. With that win, the Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the series and had Shohei Ohtani […]

Lines were drawn in Week 8 of the NFL season, as blowouts permeated throughout the slate of games on Thursday, Sunday and Monday alike. Some of it just made for boring football, while some of the other results showed us who is for real and who is not as a playoff contender this season. Take […]

There wasn’t a ton of drama and intrigue in Week 8 of the NFL season, but sometimes that’s what it takes to draw some hard lines in the sand about who is for real and who is not as the season reaches its halfway point. The week opened with a blowout on Thursday night, when […]

The New York Jets were the last winless team in the NFL, but they finally got on the board on Sunday with a dramatic 39-38 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 8. 2025 has been a tumultuous season for Justin Fields as the new quarterback in the Big Apple, but he showed out on […]

The Dallas Mavericks are one of the most interesting teams in the NBA this season, and it all comes down to their No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg. All eyes are on the former Duke star as he gets his feet wet in the pros, and he is starting to settle in through three games […]

Just a few short months ago, LSU football seemed to be one of the favorites to win the national title in 2025 after getting a road win over Clemson. Now, that win has aged like milk, and it turns out neither of those two teams were contenders in the first place. On Sunday, after LSU […]

On Saturday, Missouri football suffered more than just a critical loss for its SEC Championship and College Football Playoff hopes. Sure, a loss to Vanderbilt didn’t help matters in either of those departments, but an injury to quarterback Beau Pribula cast a dark cloud over the entire contest for the Tigers. Pribula suffered what appeared […]

It was a bit of a sleepy college football slate in Week 9, but there was still plenty of opportunity for teams in the College Football Playoff discussion to make a statement. Lines are drawn just about every week in the SEC, and that was no different on Saturday. Alabama staged a late comeback to […]

Just two weeks after knocking off the Philadelphia Eagles back in New York, the Giants were back in Philly to take on their division rival in the second leg of the season series on Sunday in Week 8. Unfortunately for New York, things took a turn for the worse in the first half. Running back […]

The Sunday slate during Week 8 of the NFL season is a little bit sleepy, but there is one marquee matchup in the afternoon in the Mile High City. The Denver Broncos and the Dallas Cowboys will do battle in one of the most crucial matchups of the week, and everything is shaping up to […]

The Chicago Bulls are in a rebuilding phase in 2025-26, but that didn’t stop them from getting in the win column on opening night. In front of a packed crowd at the United Center, the Bulls picked up a 115-111 win over the Detroit Pistons to get going in the right direction this season. Nikola […]

The San Antonio Spurs are one of the most intriguing teams in the NBA coming into this season, and it all comes back to Year 3 of Victor Wembanyama. The former No. 1 overall pick and French prodigy had his second season cut short due to a blood clot, but he is back with a […]

The Milwaukee Bucks got off on the right foot in 2025-26 on Wednesday night, holding off a late run from the Washington Wizards to get a 133-120 victory in front of their home fans. This is a bit of a new-look Bucks squad around Giannis Antetokounmpo this season. Damian Lillard is gone after suffering a […]

The New York Knicks got their 2025-26 season started off on the right foot on Wednesday night, taking down the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-111 in a season opener between two Eastern Conference contenders. Both teams came into the game shorthanded, but the Knicks staved off a second-half push from the Cavs and pulled away with a […]

One of the biggest matchups in Week 9 of the college football season is a top 25 SEC matchup that pits No. 3 and undefeated Texas A&M against No. 20 LSU. The Aggies have been one of the best teams in the nation so far this season, while LSU will be hungry coming off of […]

The Miami Dolphins have surprisingly been one of the worst teams in the NFL this season, and are off to a 1-6 start with questions looming around Mike McDaniel’s future with the team. Miami’s only win came against the currently winless New York Jets, so they have been largely uncompetitive in any game against teams […]