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The impending return of grizzled veteran Marc Gasol marks an interesting conundrum for head coach Nick Nurse, who must now decide who will get the nod at center from here on out. While Serge Ibaka is likely to keep his job, for the time being, Nurse must examine if he should eventually give the Spaniard […]

On Sunday, the Cleveland Browns coaching search finally came to an end, as reports confirmed the team will be hiring Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski as head coach. The mere fact that Stefanski is not Josh McDaniels angered many Browns fans, but the team stuck to its process, and because of that, Stefanski has […]

The Golden State Warriors have reached the halfway point of the 2019-20 NBA season and done so in a very different way than most expected. An injury to Stephen Curry and a slew of new, young faces have changed the scope of the season from the onset, quickly turning it from a hopeful postseason stint […]

When you’re 10-28, you’re likely going to be open for business at the NBA trade deadline. On the contrary, the New York Knicks are in the right frame of mind in wanting to retain their best player, Marcus Morris. Wednesday morning Yahoo Sports’ Vincent Goodwill reported that the Knicks intend to hold on to Morris, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been the NBA team that has ogled for Kevin Love the longest, yearning for the Lake Oswego High School star to return to his old stomping grounds. While a sharpshooting big is a fit in Portland, the Blazers would also be adding to the series of maladies that have haunted […]

The Boston Celtics lost Kyrie Irving, Al Horford, Marcus Morris, and Terry Rozier to free agency, and they’re 25-10 this season. This is yet another testament to head coach Brad Stevens’ system. Back in training camp the Celtics looked like a playoff team, but little more given the aforementioned departures. Irving was the driving force […]

Reflection is a great way for anyone to get a look at what they have done in the past and see how they have changed going forward into the future. Whether for good or for bad, MLB teams have had one full regular season (plus the playoffs for some) to reflect on the moves that […]

This past Monday, Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown made some comments that appeared to be a coach defeated. The 76ers were getting ready to play the Oklahoma City Thunder when he made this statement about 76ers point guard Ben Simmons: “And this is true,” he said with a smile. “Evidently I have failed, and […]

Luka Doncic is a star. Kristaps Porzingis has shown glimpses of stardom. Together, they give the Dallas Mavericks a younger version of the NBA’s best star duo, LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Bold? Yep, but there are so many similarities between these players. What can’t Doncic do? He’s a point forward who usually brings the […]

There has not been much for fans of the Detroit Pistons to get excited about this season, as with injuries to starters like Reggie Jackson, Luke Kennard and Blake Griffin and the lack of a reliable second unit, the team sits in eleventh place in the Eastern Conference, 3.5 games out of the playoffs. For […]

Derrick Henry powered the Tennessee Titans to a road victory over the New England Patriots Saturday night. The 6-foot-3, 247-pound tailback turned 34 carries into a whopping 182 rushing yards and one TD. He added a 22-yard reception in what was a one-man show on offense. In the modern-day NFL, passing has proven to be […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are on the clock. No, it’s not draft night but it might as well be. With the NBA trade deadline right around the corner, the Blazers are a team that keeps popping up in rumors. The reason for that is CJ McCollum. According to rumors, multiple teams are interested in the […]

The class of free agents that were free to choose their next teams in the offseason between the 2018 and 2019 MLB seasons was far and away one of the best crops of players that we had seen in a very long time. Heavy at the top with a large grouping of superstars looking to […]

The San Antonio Spurs are in an unfamiliar situation with the NBA trade deadline looming. Gregg Poppovich and crew own a mediocre 14-20 record and are in danger of missing out on postseason play for the first time since the 1996-97 campaign. With this in mind, it begs the question as to whether San Antonio […]

The Miami Heat currently own the fourth-best record in the entire NBA, led by their newly acquired star Jimmy Butler. Their 26-10 record is good for third in the Eastern Conference. Those who criticized Miami for giving the 30-year old a four-year, $140-million max this offseason have been silenced thus far. Butler has proven worth […]

When the Brooklyn Nets signed Kyrie Irving in the offseason, it signified they were ready to take a major leap forward. The signing of Kevin Durant signaled that they were ready to be a contender for the next few years. Although the Nets knew Durant wouldn’t play this season as he recovers from a torn […]

The story of Wild Card weekend is how the Tennessee Titans went to Foxborough and did something that has not been done since 2013. They took down the New England Patriots on their own field. Derrick Henry led the Titans to a 20-13 victory with 182 yards on the ground. He could not have done […]

Both small and large market teams love to cash in on their players early on in their careers, helping keep the costs low and the player control fruitful. But for MLB teams across the board, the move of extending their best prospects – even before they play a single inning on the MLB level – […]

By extending two core pieces of their youth movement, the Chicago White Sox are betting on the promise and upside of two of the best prospects to have been in the MLB in a long time, in Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert. And while the team’s determination to field a competitive team this season, their […]

Carmelo Anthony received a hero’s welcome upon returning to Madison Square Garden to face his former team, the New York Knicks on New Year’s Day. The Portland Trail Blazers forward poured in a season-high 26 points on 11-of-17 shooting, as the road crowd cheered for every bucket their former star got on Wednesday, as the […]

The National Basketball Association will start this decade without one of the men responsible for its status as a global brand after David Stern passed away at 77. The former commissioner was an important figure in the history of the association, as his direction helped a league that was struggling to get viewers transform into […]

The New York Knicks need to escape the NBA’s cellar. A team can’t continually be in the bottom third of the NBA in wins and be competing for the number-one pick in the draft on a yearly basis and expect to magically turn a corner. The only way the Knicks are escaping this stagnated, rebuilding […]

The Cleveland Browns wrapped up their 2019 season last week with an embarrassing loss to the 2-14 Cincinnati Bengals. Cleveland finished 6-10, and will pick 10th in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft. The season began with the most expectations the team had since they returned in 1999, and the Browns didn’t come anywhere close to […]

While pitchers become the hottest commodities during the winter months for all MLB franchises, position players become just as important during the off months. And while pitchers can become harder to acquire due to their higher price tags and beefier trade packages, position players seem to be the easier grouping of players to deal with, […]

In their first season without Andrew Luck, the Indianapolis Colts finished 7-9. Their third-place finish in the AFC South comes one year after finishing 10-6 and advancing to the Divisional Round of the playoffs. While disappointing, the 2019 season presented many takeaways for the mediocre football team. If the Colts want to return to the […]

As the cream of the crop for MLB free agents have pretty much all found their teams for the 2020 regular season and beyond, the focus for teams now shifts towards upgrading through the means of the trade market. While the highest amount of movement in terms of trades occurs at the trade deadline, which […]

It’s easy to forget about Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes with so many great quarterbacks like Lamar Jackson and Russell Wilson this year. Mahomes just threw over 4,000 passing yards and 26 touchdowns to only 5 interceptions during a season where he dealt with multiple injuries, including two games missed with a dislocated knee […]

The Miami Dolphins will enter the 2020 NFL Draft in search of a new QB. No disrespect to Ryan Fitzpatrick and his amazing season, but the Dolphins need a face of the franchise badly. Nevertheless, thanks to the Baltimore Ravens and the success of Lamar Jackson, the Dolphins should have their guy in mind. With […]

The Dallas Cowboys finished one of the most disappointing seasons in recent memory Sunday with a 47-16 thrashing of the Washington Redskins. Despite the sound victory, the Philadelphia Eagles clinched the NFC East with a win in New York, sending Dak Prescott and the Cowboys to an early offseason. While the season may have been […]

Freddie Kitchens sealed his fate by losing to the Cincinnati Bengals in the season finale. The Cleveland Browns fired Kitchens Sunday night, not even bothering to wait until ‘Black Monday’ to dispose of the first-year head coach. Despite being the preseason favorite to win the AFC North, the Browns finished 6-10 and ended the year […]

To be clear, I don’t think that Karl-Anthony Towns is currently being shopped and it should be no surprise to anyone that he is being reported as “unhappy” with the Minnesota Timberwolves after recently losing 11 straight games and likely playoff hopes along with it. That being said, Towns could reach a point where he […]

The Detroit Pistons season has been extremely disappointing. After a playoff appearance last year, an All-NBA Third selection for Blake Griffin, an improved Andre Drummond, and an off-season that saw them add Derrick Rose, this season was supposed to be an improvement over the last. Instead, the Pistons find themselves nine games under .500 and […]

The Atlanta Falcons were viewed as a darkhorse Super Bowl contender by many going into this season, including myself. A former MVP at quarterback, a dynamic receiving corps, a healthier, improving defense; what’s not to like? Apparently, a lot of things, as the Falcons never even competed for a playoff spot this year and are […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are fresh off a win over their Staples Center rival Lakers. The Clippers showed the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed exactly what they are capable of when everyone is healthy. Their depth is a large reason why they survived a stretch without Paul George and it is also why they were […]

With all of the reported rumors circulating around the availability of Milwaukee Brewers’ star closer Josh Hader, for a small-market franchise, it is smart for them to at least look into what type of value the All-Star hurler could get this team. Money runs all professional sports, and that is very, very true in the […]

The Cleveland Browns entered the 2019 NFL campaign with Super Bowl aspirations. Instead, they are not even going to make the playoffs. With just one regular season game remaining, the Browns are 6-9 and are one week away from putting what has been a nightmarish year out of its misery for good. Pretty much everything […]

Two years ago, the Jacksonville Jaguars were one of the top up-and-coming teams in the NFL. They had a dominant defense, an exciting young running back and what seemed to be a competent quarterback. Those 2017 Jaguars went on to make it all the way to the AFC Championship Game before ultimately blowing a double-digit […]

The Miami Heat are back. After stringing together a handful of mediocre-to-subpar seasons, the Heat have returned to being a potent threat in the Eastern Conference. Currently 22-8, they’re the three seed in the East. When a team goes from being out of the playoffs to a top-seeded team, it’s usually because they brought in […]

The anticipation of the 2019 NFL season in retrospect had a lot of hits, but lots of misses, too. For the hits, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, and the Seattle Seahawks performed to expectations. For the misses, the Cleveland Browns didn’t live up to the expectations the NFL world set out for them while […]