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With each passing NFL Sunday, two of the league’s major storylines remain the same: Christian McCaffrey’s unmatched dominance and the New England Patriots’ historically excellent defense. McCaffrey and the Patriots’ stingy defense are touched upon in this article, in addition to a rough outing from a veteran kicker and breakout performances from two talented young […]

Week 4 featured plenty of upsets. In fact, eight underdogs (according to Las Vegas point spreads) emerged victorious out of the 15 games on the slate. Let’s unpack another eventful weekend in the NFL with 10 takeaways from Week 4. 10. Jordan Howard comes alive, hangs 3 TDs on Packers Jordan Howard, who was traded […]

Eight NFL teams stand undefeated through three weeks of the 2019 NFL season. There are seven 3-0 squads, while the Detroit Lions currently hold a 2-0-1 record. This is the second time in @NFL history (1998) there were 8 teams unbeaten through three weeks. pic.twitter.com/sT3PrDCRcR — NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) September 23, 2019 On the […]

Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens cemented his legacy as one of the greatest receivers to ever play the position. The theatrical wideout known as T.O. also established himself as one the game’s most notorious showmen. Whether he was signing the game ball with a sharpie after scoring a TD or appearing in a bizarre […]

Week 1 of the 2019 NFL season has come and gone. Rather than overreacting to every teams’ first taste of game action, let’s unpack an uneven opening weekend — which saw seven contests decided by at least 14 points. Here are the 10 statistics that encapsulated the first week of the NFL year, the league’s […]

After forecasting the AFC’s division winners for the 2019 NFL season, let’s dive into predictions for the NFC. The New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams have won their respective divisions in each of the past two seasons. The Dallas Cowboys look to repeat as division champions—something they haven’t done since winning five straight NFC […]

The NFL season kicks off in a few weeks. It’s that time again when predictions are made for the upcoming year. The only constant in football seems to be the New England Patriots’ utter dominance of their division. That shouldn’t change this year, but who else will seize division titles in the AFC in 2019? […]

CLUTCH Summary: The 2019 NBA All-Star game featured five first-time All-Stars. Four of those players — Khris Middleton, Ben Simmons, Nikola Vucevic and D’Angelo Russell — came from the Eastern Conference. Nikola Jokic was the lone first-time All-Star from the Western Conference. Guys like Pascal Siakam, Jamal Murray, CJ McCollum, De’Aaron Fox and Jayson Tatum […]

CLUTCH Summary: The NFL is deep with wide receivers like Julio Jones and Antonio Brown. With the National Football League becoming so pass-heavy, the importance of wide receivers is greater than it has ever been before. With so much skill at the position, whenever trying to do a receivers ranked type of column, it’s important […]

Training camps have opened, which means the offseason has officially ended and we can get to a time-honored tradition: NFL Power Rankings. The first exhibition contest—the annual Hall of Fame Game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, OH—takes place on August 1st between the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos. Seven days later […]

Russell Westbrook’s tenure with the Oklahoma City Thunder is over. The eight-time All-Star and 2017 NBA MVP was traded earlier this month to the Houston Rockets in a blockbuster deal that sent Chris Paul, two protected first-round selections and future pick swaps to the Thunder. Sources: Pick protections in Thunder/Rockets, Russell Westbrook/Chris Paul trade: 2024 […]

Kawhi Leonard’s tenure in Toronto came to an abrupt end when the two-time NBA Finals MVP defected to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Raptors need a new player to spearhead the franchise. The defending champion Raptors are counting on Pascal Siakam, the league’s Most Improved Player of the 2018-19 season, to become the centerpiece of […]

The NBA free agency frenzy has ended. With the regular season two months away, this is a great time to determine where players rank among their respective positions. Center is an intriguing position to rank in today’s NBA. Despite the league featuring plenty of small-ball lineups, centers remain the backbone of most teams’ defenses. The […]

NFL training camps open across the league in less than two weeks. With that in mind, let’s take a look at five burning NFL questions, as we get one step closer to the 2019 season. Can Daniel Jones challenge Eli Manning for the Giants’ starting QB job? Eli Manning’s play has been trending downward for […]

The Los Angeles Clippers boast one of the most talented starting lineups in basketball after signing two-time Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and acquiring six-time All-Star Paul George in a blockbuster trade. Not to mention their new-look starting five, which is expected to include former All-Defensive First-Team guard Patrick Beverley, Landry Shamet and Ivica Zubac, will […]

The Boston Celtics’ starting center job is up for grabs. Al Horford manned the position for the majority of the past three seasons, but the 33-year-old defected to the rival Philadelphia 76ers in free agency. Horford sometimes started at the four when head coach Brad Stevens inserted Aron Baynes into the first unit, but the […]

New Orleans Pelicans forward Julius Randle is set to enter unrestricted free agency after declining his $9 million player option for the 2019-20 season. Pelicans‘ Julius Randle is not picking up his $9M player option for next season and will enter unrestricted free agency, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Randle is coming off his best […]

Unrestricted free agent Trevor Ariza turns 34 on the first day of NBA free agency (June 30). Despite his age, he will have plenty of suitors in free agency. The 6-foot-9 small forward posted impressive numbers last season—spending time with the lowly Phoenix Suns and the mediocre Washington Wizards—as he produced above his career averages […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are poised to select Ja Morant with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. The Murray State guard is reportedly meeting with Grizzlies representatives in advance of the Draft. Murray State’s Ja Morant — the projected No. 2 pick in the NBA Draft — is visiting the Grizzlies in […]

DeMarcus Cousins’ roller coaster season took a turn for the worst in the Golden State Warriors’ loss in Game 3 of the Finals. The banged-up Cousins had as many turnovers (three) as rebounds, posted a minus-12 net rating and missed six of his seven shots in a dismal 4-point outing. The Toronto Raptors frustrated him […]

There’s plenty of blame to go around after the Toronto Raptors failed to seize a commanding 2-0 series lead in the NBA Finals against the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors. The Raptors shot a lackluster 37.2 percent from the field, knocking down only 11-of-38 three-pointers (28.9 percent) in their Game 2 loss. They didn’t […]

The NBA Draft is less than a month away. The league’s new and enthralling lottery system established which teams will be making the first 14 picks of the 2019 NBA Draft. The New Orleans Pelicans won the NBA Lottery and will make the first selection on June 20 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The […]

The Golden State Warriors and the Portland Trail Blazers will square off in the 2019 Western Conference Finals. The two-time defending NBA champion Warriors have won the West in each of the past four seasons. Despite losing center Jusuf Nurkic to a gruesome season-ending leg injury, the third-seeded Blazers managed to reach their first conference […]

Jimmy Butler has a reputation of being a difficult person to work with, but he’s made a name for himself these playoffs as a clutch performer. Leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a 2-1 series lead over the Toronto Raptors, Butler has been most dominant playing point guard. When All-Star point guard Ben Simmons goes to […]

The New England Patriots selected 10 players in the 2019 NFL Draft. They also signed nine undrafted free agents, increasing their roster total to 88. For now, teams can hold up to 90 players. Come Aug. 31, the Patriots will be forced to trim their active roster to 53, which puts the spotlight on players […]

Ezekiel Elliott is one of the most recognizable faces in the NFL. The superstar running back of the Dallas Cowboys, Elliott led the league in rushing in his rookie year in 2016. He finished third in the league in TDs (15) in his first pro season, earned a Pro Bowl nod and a selection to […]

The Houston Rockets and Utah Jazz will meet in the first round of the 2019 NBA playoffs with the series beginning Sunday at Toyota Center at 9:30 p.m. ET. The Rockets finished the 2018-19 season with a 53-29 record, good enough for the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference. The fifth-seeded Utah Jazz posted […]

The Phoenix Suns could find themselves making the first selection of the NBA Draft for the second season in a row after grabbing center DeAndre Ayton with the No. 1 overall pick last year. If the Suns are gifted the top selection, they will almost certainly nab Duke freshman sensation Zion Williamson, who is fully expected […]

Earlier this week, Doc Rivers shot down rumors that he had interest of leaving the Los Angeles Clippers for the Lakers this offseason. Quashing the idea of him bolting to the Lakers, Rivers revealed the secret extension he agreed to with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. Rivers said he had an opportunity to opt out of his […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton has had his share of rookie growing pains. The eighth overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, and one of the superstars of the Summer League, Sexton struggled during the early months of the season. Through the first 13 games of his career, he posted just 12 points per contest […]

The New England Patriots are World Champions once again after winning their sixth Lombardi trophy in the past 18 seasons. Their focus now shifts to 2019 and defending their title. As with every NFL team, changes are coming to the Patriots this offseason. Left tackle Trent Brown, the anchor of the Patriots’ offensive line that […]

The Minnesota Vikings underachieved in 2018, finishing the year with a mediocre 8-7-1 record. A sexy preseason pick to win the Super Bowl, the Vikings missed the postseason altogether after reaching the NFC Championship the season prior. Despite signing Kirk Cousins to a three-year, $84 million fully guaranteed contract last offseason, the Vikings’ offense regressed. […]

The Dallas Cowboys struck gold by acquiring Amari Cooper from the Oakland Raiders in a midseason trade. Jerry Jones received plenty of flak for forking over the team’s 2019 first-round draft pick to land Cooper, but the Cowboys owner and general manager got the last laugh as Cooper dominated in nine games played, registering 53 […]

Brett Favre, the face of the NFL in the 1990s, played his way into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH in 2016, the legendary quarterback started an NFL-record 297 consecutive games—321 including the postseason—in his storied career. The three-time MVP and 11-time Pro […]

NFL free agency begins on March 13, which officially kicks off the 2019 offseason. The unknown landing spots of Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell brings intrigue, as two superstars are almost certain to be donning new uniforms next season. Former Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles is free to sign wherever, while the NFL Draft is […]