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The Boston Celtics are entering the All-Star break on one heck of a note, as they defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in a double-overtime thriller on Thursday night behind 39 points from Jayson Tatum. The win put the Celtics at 38-16, one loss behind the Toronto Raptors for second place in the Eastern Conference. This […]

Boy, was I wrong about this team. After the Toronto Raptors lost Kawhi Leonard this past summer, I saw them as a 5 or 6-seed in the Eastern Conference, at best. I figured their aging roster coupled with their lack of star talent would drop them out of contention and that the Raptors would even […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are in a similar position to where they were around this time a year ago: in first place in the Eastern Conference (and the NBA), looking nearly unstoppable. We are now at the All-Star break (jeez, that was quick), and the Bucks are an NBA-best 46-8. They are blazing through most of […]

The Boston Celtics came away with a thrilling 141-133 double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night in what may very well have been the best game the NBA has seen this season, and now, the Celtics can head into the All-Star break feeling pretty darn good about themselves at 38-16. While Boston […]

Those of you who grew up watching the NBA in the ’90s surely have vivid memories of the intense rivalry between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers. Patrick Ewing. Reggie Miller. Spike Lee. It had it all. The Knicks and Pacers met six times in the playoffs between 1993 and 2000, with the two […]

On January 26 we lost a star in Kobe Bryant, his beautiful daughter, and seven others in a tragic helicopter crash. The Lakers legend left his imprint on our generation and will continue to live on through those who have inherited that Mamba Mentality. After having some time to reflect upon the death of Kobe […]

By setting the record for the quickest tenure by a manager for the New York Mets in their storied history – no MLB games managed before parting ways – Carlos Beltran has placed a target on his back. But his mistreatment of the game that has given him everything and then some speaks to a […]

On Tuesday, ESPN’s Nick Fridell appeared on The Jump and said that there are those around the NBA who are beginning to believe that Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns is not elite. That is an awfully peculiar sentiment for a guy who is averaging 26.5 points and 10.8 rebounds per game while shooting 50.8 […]

In the midst of the recent release of wide-reaching changes for the MLB postseason that are being discussed, the sport of baseball is seemingly straying further and further away from what has made it such a beloved sport, and more importantly, one that brings people from different walks of life together. From being America’s Pastime […]

At the turn of the century, the NBA All-Star game only featured two players not born in one of the 50 states. Tim Duncan, who was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, represented the only international player on the Western Conference roster. Likewise, Democratic Republic of the Congo native, Dikembe Mutombo played alongside a team of […]

The NBA trade deadline is over and the Atlanta Hawks made a power move. With the addition of Clint Capela, the Hawks are building toward a bright future and that begins next season. With Trae Young and John Collins, the Hawks already had two young building blocks. Now, Capela is that third piece needed for […]

How can the New York Giants right their ship and be contenders for the 2020 NFL season? Well, it all starts with their offseason moves. Armed with the 4th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, the Giants have a few holes they will need to fill. Will they go receiver, tight end, defensive line, cornerback […]

In a shocking twist that could turn the fortunes of the sport of baseball and the MLB on its head, a reported change is coming to the structure of how the MLB postseason picture plays out. And shockingly enough, the motive behind it seems to be a financial one. According to Joel Sherman of the […]

With the 2020 Summer Olympics set to take place in Tokyo, Japan between late July and early August, the United States is surely primed to dominate the competition in a variety of different events — men’s basketball included. Only recently, Team USA narrowed down its list of players to 44 finalists with the 2020 Sumner […]

Believe it or not, there are only two months left in the 2019-20 NBA regular season. By this point, we have a large enough sample size to gather some legitimate information. We pretty much know which teams are good, which teams are meh and which teams just stink at this stage, and the same goes […]

The NBA trade deadline has come and gone, and the Philadelphia 76ers are better off than they were before. The Sixers managed to swing a deal with the Golden State Warriors for Glenn Robinson III and Alec Burks. They aren’t big names, but they’re just enough to walk away as a clear winner of the […]

On the day of February 6th, 2019, the day of the trade deadline, the Detroit Pistons found themselves at 19-34 and 10th in the Eastern Conference. The team is 3.5 games out of the eighth seed, but they’re also 5.5 games out of the last place in the conference. Ed Stefanski and the Pistons were […]

The 2020 NBA trade deadline featured some last-hour deals that could change the postseason outlook for some teams, and the long-term trajectory for other clubs. Andre Drummond and D’Angelo Russell were the only former All-Stars to be moved. Drummond was sent to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a salary dump deal, singling the center’s days as […]

LeBron James simply dominating the league is well documented in the NBA history books. He made eight straight Finals appearances, a feat only four other men have accomplished. On the way to this impressive achievement, James has left a path of bodily destruction in his wake. A group of  guys who’ve had their entire careers […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves finally got their prized target in D’Angelo Russell after several days of constant insistence with the Golden State Warriors front office in packages centered around forward Andrew Wiggins. Following undoubtedly the biggest splash of an otherwise quiet trade season, here are some grades to see how these teams fared: Timberwolves: A+ Received: […]

The Super Bowl is back in the AFC for the fifth time in six years. Andy Reid led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first championship in 50 years, so where does that put him on the AFC coach power ranking? The AFC is very top heavy when looking at its list of coaches. There […]

The Dallas Cowboys will enter the free agency period looking to sure up any holes on both sides of the ball. While Dak Prescott is a top priority, what’s next for the Cowboys? The defense is in dire need of a few pieces and the offense will look to retain Randall Cobb and Amari Cooper. […]

There was a huge overhaul of head coaches in the NFL after the season. The NFC East is a division that saw three of its four teams hire new head coaches. The NFC is an extremely competitive conference with some of the best coaches in the league. Here are the power rankings of the current […]

With the Kansas City Chiefs crowned Super Bowl champions, we can now give our undivided attention to the 2020 NFL Draft. While there is slightly over two months until the event, there is plenty of time for teams to conduct research on the players they would like to add to their rosters. For the sake […]

As is very clearly seen in not just the sport of baseball but in each and every professional sport, money talks very loudly and clearly when it comes to teams determining their best courses of action moving forward. With the recent trade of Mookie Betts from the Boston Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers […]

After months of speculation, the Boston Red Sox finally parted ways with former American League MVP right fielder Mookie Betts on Tuesday night. The Red Sox will send Betts and veteran left-hander David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-team deal that also involves the Minnesota Twins. Former Dodgers outfielder Alex Verdugo will […]

The NBA trade deadline is less than 24 hours away, with the Los Angeles Lakers rumored to be one of the top-tier teams around the league strongly considering making a deal before the buzzer sounds at noon PST on Feb. 6. The rumors have been swirling in Los Angeles, while the city and the franchise […]

The 12-player, four-team trade between the Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, and the Denver Nuggets was a late-night splash, unlike anything the league had seen in the last two decades. Now that the water has settled, let’s take a look at which teams came out on top of this wild trade, roughly 36 hours […]

The Philadelphia Eagles were an injury to Carson Wentz away from proving a lot of people wrong. While things didn’t go as planned, Howie Roseman can now begin to get the team back on track this offseason with some great signings. One of their biggest concerns is on the defensive side of the ball, especially […]

In 2019, the Chicago White Sox were one of six MLB teams that had a payroll south of $100 million – four of those six teams did not make the postseason, with the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays being the two exceptions. For a team that plays in a large market but is overshadowed […]

In 2019, the Cincinnati Reds had first baseman Joey Votto ($25M), left-handed starting pitcher Alex Wood ($9.65M), and right-handed starter Sonny Gray ($7.5M) as their three highest-paid players on the roster. In 2020, the Reds have Votto ($25M), right-handed starter Trevor Bauer ($17.5M), and right fielder Nicholas Castellanos ($16M) as their three-highest paid players. Safe […]

Nothing is a given at the NBA trade deadline. With that said, the New York Knicks seem poised to be sellers. Who could be on the move? Where could they go? Here are landing spots for potential trade candidates. Wayne Ellington to the Philadelphia 76ers 76ers receive: Wayne Ellington Knicks receive: Mike Scott, 2020 second-round […]

New York Knicks President of Basketball Operations Steve Mills was fired on Tuesday, nearly 48 hours before the potentially wild NBA trade deadline on Thursday at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. ET. Mills, 60, first started with the Knicks organization in 2000 as an executive in the “sports business” wing of the Madison Square Garden Company. […]

For the second time in as many games, the Philadelphia 76ers were embarrassed by an Eastern Conference contender on Monday night, as the Sixers were routed by the Miami Heat by a score of 137-106. That loss came two days after losing to a Kemba Walker-less and Enes Kanter-less Boston Celtics team by 21 points. […]

The February NBA Trade deadline presents one last shot for contending teams to add that one last piece to bolster their title hopes. Rebuilding teams, too, have a chance to jump-start their squad in preparation for the next season. With the 2019-20 trade deadline just around the corner, expect teams — those contending for the […]

LOS ANGELES – When the Los Angeles Clippers traded away Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets, the team did its best to recoup players who could help mold their future. Out went Paul, in came Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, and Montrezl Harrell. The Clippers knew exactly what they were getting in Patrick Beverley: a ferocious […]

Damian Lillard placed the Trail Blazers squarely on his shoulders in his team’s run to the 2020 NBA Playoffs. Against the odds, he led Portland to the 8th seed in the Western Conference standings, earning a matchup with 1st-seeded Los Angeles Lakers. It wasn’t easy reaching this point, though, as the Blazers had to fight […]

Zach LaVine has been sensational this season, but can he make the 2019-20 NBA season more memorable for the Chicago Bulls by leading them to the playoffs? A few weeks ago the Bulls were 13-26, rotting near the bottom of the Eastern Conference; they’ve been playing better since. Winning six of their last 11 games, […]

While the MLB season is right around the corner, not everything is sunshine and rainbows for players. Injuries, unfortunate dry stretches, and just bad play can take a player that is looking to put together a solid season and turn them into someone who is sitting on the bench or even worse, out of a […]