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It has already been a fun start to the 2019-20 college basketball season, and there are a lot of things that already stand out about the new campaign. We’ve seen incredible freshman performances, incredible team performances, and incredible referee performances. Yes, I know some of you won’t agree with the latter of the group, but […]

Nate McMillan and the Indiana Pacers have gotten off to a 4-4 start to the 2019-20 NBA season. After a major offseason of change, the team was expected to be a contender in the Eastern Conference this season, especially when Victor Oladipo returns from his ruptured quad that he suffered last year. The Pacers are […]

The Boston Red Sox had a tremendously disappointing season in 2019. Not only did they fail to make the playoffs, but they also spent the latter half of the year dealing with internal dramas. Former president Dave Dombrowski was fired after bringing Boston’s payroll to a whopping $234 million (the highest in the majors), and […]

Stephen Curry broke his left hand, Klay Thompson tore his ACL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, Kevin Durant no longer resides in the Bay Area, and Draymond Green and D’Angelo Russell are nursing day-to-day injuries. Fair to say this isn’t how the Golden State Warriors envisioned the 2019-20 season unfolding? Now the […]

Coming into the season the Sacramento Kings were one of the young exciting teams in the NBA. Expectations increased for the Kings since they finish ninth in the western conference last year. Due to the NBA’s newfound parity, a playoff berth seemed viable for the Kings this year. Furthermore, with the Golden State Warriors seemingly […]

The Cleveland Browns are now 2-6. The team has had no shortage of disappointing seasons since their return in 1999, but this is absolutely the worst. The preseason Super Bowl hype was always ridiculous, but almost no one expected the Browns to play as poorly as they have. Baker Mayfield has regressed. The defense is […]

With its incoming recruiting class and the addition of treasured graduate transfer in Kerry Blackshear Jr., the Florida Gators are expected by many media members to make the Final Four and truly compete for a title this season. We detailed earlier this offseason how the conference favorite in Kentucky might not win the SEC and […]

The NBA is still very much up for grabs, with less than a month’s worth of games played, but there are five teams distinguished with surprisingly good performances due to either rookies, team ball, or changing the trajectory of a franchise’s future. 5. Miami Heat The Miami Heat are tied for first in the Eastern […]

The Dallas Cowboys entered the 2019 NFL season believing their defense was right on the cusp of becoming elite. Despite fairly strong showings through the first three weeks, however, the team was promptly humbled by Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers —not a huge surprise— and then the New York Jets —much bigger surprise. In those […]

With MLB free agency officially underway, we are likely to hear a plethora of rumors in the coming days about potential suitors, contract scenarios, possible trades, etc. This free-agent market is pretty solid, with the deepest position certainly being starting pitcher. Gerrit Cole is obviously the biggest name available, but there are plenty of other […]

The New York Yankees need to spend money. Yes. I seriously just said that about the team that has historically spent more money than any other franchise in the sport. The Yankees were bounced out of the ALCS by the Houston Astros for the second time in three years last month, and while there were […]

Golden State Warriors forward Eric Paschall shocked the NBA world on Tuesday, becoming the first rookie to score more than 30 points, surpassing Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant with a career-high 34 points and 13 rebounds in a win over the Portland Trail Blazers. That performance could be the start of his Rookie of […]

NFL Week 9 saw the Miami Dolphins win their first game of the season, while the New England Patriots lost for the first time in 2019. The San Francisco 49ers (8-0) are the lone undefeated team, while the 0-8 Cincinnati Bengals are the league’s only winless squad. In this week’s edition of NFL takeaways, we […]

For the pitcher that has put together his best season in his career and one of the best seasons for a starting pitcher in the history of baseball, Gerrit Cole has got to be looking directly at how many Brinks trucks teams will be willing to back up to his house this winter. Playing on […]

Stephen Strasburg cemented himself as one of the greatest postseason pitchers ever with a historic string of performances this October. Strasburg went 5-0 across five starts and one relief appearance for the Washington Nationals, including a pair of wins in the World Series that helped him earn the World Series MVP Award as the Nationals […]

Yes, the most notable highlight of the young 2019-20 NBA season for the Minnesota Timberwolves has been Karl-Anthony Towns getting into a fight with Joel Embiid. This comes after Towns, Jimmy Butler, and the Timberwolves had their ugly falling-out last season, which concluded with the organization trading Butler and finishing with a losing record (36-46). […]

The Brooklyn Nets are struggling to begin the 2019-20 NBA season. However, Kyrie Irving is showing why he was in such high demand this offseason. But still, what seems to be hurting the Nets’ chances of winning? And can they right the ship before it’s too late? One of the main issues for the Nets […]

Is this the season the dominance of the Golden State Warriors fall short? In truthfulness, yes. Without Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson, experts knew it was going to happen. However, that doesn’t mean they have to go down quietly. Even with Stephen Curry and newly acquired All-Star guard D’Angelo Russell, the Warriors’ season will only […]

The saying is that running backs have a shelf life of five years in the NFL. If that’s the case, then Todd Gurley is approaching his expiration date. However, as defenders have found out, Gurley is not your average RB. Over his career, Gurley has rushed for over 4800 yards and 50+ touchdowns in 4.5 […]

D’Angelo Russell is a wine guy. In August, he revealed to GQ that he’d been to Napa to learn more about good wines. Wine, Russell noted, was something that kept coming up for him in various dinners and activities, so naturally he wanted to learn more about it. And if fine wine gets better with […]

In 37 seasons, Bob Huggins has won 860 games. He will be a hall of famer. That makes last season much more of an aberration. West Virginia was a dumpster fire train wreck, finishing 15-21. The Mountaineers started last season missing the best guard in school history (Jevon Carter), had two starters dismissed and another […]

With their 104-102 win over the New York Knicks on Friday night, the Boston Celtics improved to 4-1 in the early stages of the season, which, if you can believe it or not, is actually their best start since the 2010-11 campaign. The Celtics were a wild card coming into this season, as no one […]

It didn’t take long for Houston Rockets superstar James Harden to dust off some of the rust he had entering the new campaign. After starting the new season with a combined shooting of 18-of-63 overall (28.6 percent) in Houston’s first three games of the season, the former Most Valuable Player winner looked like his old […]

The Golden State Warriors are not used to this. Not at all. Stephen Curry underwent surgery to repair his broken left hand on Friday, an injury he suffered on Wednesday during the midst of the Golden State Warriors’ double-digit home loss to the Phoenix Suns. That specific loss dropped the Warriors to 1-3, and on […]

The Cleveland Browns travel to Mile High Stadium to take on the Denver Broncos in Week 9. Cleveland is on a three-game losing streak, and head coach Freddie Kitchens’ seat is warming up. The team is not performing anywhere near expectations, and penalties, questionable coaching decisions, and a lack of discipline have the fanbase on […]

The college basketball season is finally here. We can do away with preseason projections, worthless power rankings and spending time on social media arguing about dinosaurs. Assuming people argue about dinosaurs. Deadspin is dead. At the time of this writing, its name lives on, but it’s essentially gone the way of the aforementioned dinosaurs. Following […]

It’s worth noting and illustrative that five years ago Chris Beard had finished a two-year gig as coach at Division II Angelo State. He goes into his fourth season at Texas Tech secure as one of the top coaches in the country and paid like it – a new six-year contract extension worth more than […]

The Milwaukee Bucks certainly aren’t getting off to any torrid undefeated starts this season. Through four games, the Bucks are a modest 2-2, with both of their losses coming as a result of blown leads. On Oct. 26, they blew a 21-point edge in an overtime loss to the Miami Heat. On Wednesday night, they […]

Members of the media in the Atlantic Coast Conference voted for the Duke Blue Devils as the favorite to win the league this season. It’s the fourth straight season they have been picked to win the regular season crown and it could be the fourth consecutive season they disappoint the media. Here are three reasons […]

Texas brings in more revenue than any Division I athletic department. The expectation for the coaches it employs is winning Big 12 titles (minimum) with a national championship the biggest goal. The men’s college basketball team won the NIT last season but being the best of the rest hardly matters in March Madness storylines. What […]

Let’s be honest: Football Sundays and Basketball Wednesdays are great anywhere there’s a comfy chair, a remote and your team on the screen. But if you’ve never cheered on a football or basketball game in Las Vegas—you’re missing out, big-time. With legendary sports books, tremendous sports bars and, by the looks of it, more televisions […]

The bad news for TCU is that five plays left via transfer, there are nine new faces on the roster and only five players return from last season’s NIT semifinalist. The good news is that one of those departures wasn’t coach Jamie Dixon. A native of Southern California, Dixon was a top target in UCLA’s […]

As current Washington Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon looks to finish out his 2019 season with a World Series ring, the superstar hot corner specialist is going to be one of the hottest commodities on the free agency market this winter. With a copious amount of suitors wanting to shell out the big bucks to […]

Year one of the Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving era in Brooklyn will be devoid of Kevin Durant — as the 2013-14 NBA Most Valuable Player Award recipient is expected to miss the 2019-20 season due to an Achilles tendon injury. In the meantime, the Brooklyn Nets will look to build off their 2019 playoff appearance. […]

The two best words in sports: Game. Seven. After a thrilling World Series filled with momentum swings and victories for the road team in each of the first six contests, the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros will square off on Wednesday night in a winner-take-all Game 7 at Minute Maid Park. Here are some things […]

The NFL season is roughly half complete and it’s abundantly clear that the NFC is far superior to the AFC. There are five NFC teams with six or more wins, while the 8-0 New England Patriots are the only team in the AFC with more than five victories. The Patriots and San Francisco 49ers (7-0) […]

With one team (Kansas, naturally) favored to finish on top of the Big 12 standings, the other nine teams figure to scramble to finish in the top half and hopefully earn an NCAA Tournament bid. There are several teams that could surprise, and Oklahoma State is on the dark horse list. The Cowboys are coming […]

Trae Young was supposed to make a jump in his second year in the league. After a strong rookie season, Young was expected to continue to grow and lead a young Atlanta Hawks team, even if they only get to 30 wins or so. But after just a few games, it’s clear that Young is […]

The Streak died at age 14, a victim of fate and karma, not tragedy. Last season, for the first time since 2004, Kansas didn’t finish on top of the Big 12 standings. Injuries, attrition and a dysfunctional roster led to the Jayhawks finishing behind co-champions Kansas State and Texas Tech and a second-round NCAA Tournament […]