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The Golden State Warriors were able to hold down their home court for a 1-0 series lead against the Houston Rockets after two disappointments at Oracle Arena in the previous series against the L.A. Clippers. A close game throughout, this 104-100 win had it all: tough competition, a game-winning dagger, and drama — lots of […]

Kevon Looney has been a significant piece to the Warriors’ championship puzzle the past couple of seasons, his role expanding as the campaigns have rolled on. Looney’s play has been exceptional up to this point in the season, and made his mark in last season’s Western Conference Finals with his versatility and switchability on the […]

Kevin Durant’s surgical night against the L.A. Clippers saw him score a career-high 50 points in a playoff game, enough to bury them in Game 6 after squandering a pivotal chance to do so at home in Game 5. The Golden State Warriors forward has been impossible to guard in the last four games, and […]

Perhaps to the NBA’s displeasure, the two best and most-likely championship contenders in the West will meet in the second round. The rematch is set for the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets after they clashed in a seven-game duel last May. With Houston falling to fourth in the conference, it unlocked a path for […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are coming off of consecutive National League pennants. With a core group of young, emerging stars and wily veterans, the Dodgers have once again stormed out to 15-10 record entering play on Apr. 24. So as the reigning league champions and with (mostly) the same roster intact, they would seem to […]

Most known for their big spending and large payrolls, the franchises that make up the American League in the MLB also have solidified really good pipelines for youthful prospects that will eventually take over the game. Even the New York Yankees, who are commonly known for shipping out top prospects in order to acquire yet […]

The NBA is in the midst of the greatest talent boom in the history of the league. There are more star players than ever, particularly in the backcourt. Because of this, many players in today’s NBA are far less celebrated than they’d be had they been born ten years prior.  This generation will be remembered […]

Aside from the Sacramento Kings, no team has a longer active playoff drought than the Phoenix Suns. The rampant disfunction within their organization is a key reason why their last playoff series was the 2010 Western Conference Finals when Steve Nash, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Grant Hill were still playing. The firing of Igor Kokoskov is […]

PLAYA VISTA – Nearly two years ago, the L.A. Clippers and Houston Rockets completed the blockbuster Chris Paul trade. Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, and Montrezl Harrell were sent to Los Angeles and Paul was sent to Houston in the blockbuster deal. At the time, many figured that the Rockets won the deal getting a future […]

In what was an incredibly entertaining first round that saw the comedic draft strategy of the New York Giants drafting Daniel Jones in the top 10, following up by selecting nose tackle Dexter Lawrence from Clemson at pick 17, after trading away Damon “Snacks” Harrison last season (who is the best nose guard in the […]

Every year the first round of the NFL Draft is filled with surprises, and this year was no different. The first three picks were expected, but after that, craziness ensued. Here are the biggest surprises from Thursday night. 14. Clelin Ferrell going fourth overall Going into the Draft, the Oakland Raiders had a massive hole […]

The wait is finally over. The No. 1 prospect in Major League Baseball, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., will make his big-league debut for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night against the Oakland Athletics. Vlad Jr., who is the son of MLB Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, is the most-hyped prospect to come to the bigs […]

Think about the most difficult situation a basketball player could endure. We’ll make our hypothetical player a point guard, the most difficult position in basketball. This player is also a rookie, making his learning curve exceptionally steep. Now, let’s thrust him into the starting lineup of a playoff team. And for good measure, we’ll make […]

Perhaps NBA fans should have known that the Lob City experiment in Los Angeles was doomed from the very beginning. After all, the only reason that Chris Paul ended up with the Clippers was because the NBA and then-commissioner David Stern — who owned the Hornets at the time — blocked a deal that would […]

Every year, draft pundits and fans seem to have a pretty good idea of who teams will take in the first round of the NFL Draft, but on Draft night, there are always plenty of surprises. Here are five players who could sneak into the first round tonight. 5. Will Grier, QB, West Virginia A […]

This is Damian Lillard’s fault. The Portland Trail Blazers made quick work of the Oklahoma City Thunder in their first-round playoff matchup with a 4-1 series win. Lillard dominated his point guard counterpart Russell Westbrook and closed out the series in Game 5 with a 50-point outing which included the game-winning, series-clinching 3-point shot at […]

Despite a combined 91 points from Kevin Durant (45), Stephen Curry (24) and Klay Thompson (22), the Golden State Warriors fell short of a Game 5 win over the L.A. Clippers, instead taking a 129-121 loss in their home court of Oracle Arena once again. Durant shined, but others struggled, especially on defense, where this […]

The 2019 NFL Draft is finally here and, with so much mystery still surrounding the top of the board, there could hardly more intrigue going into the first round. With so much uncertainty around the opening 32 picks, this is a draft primed for some surprise trades and selections once proceedings get underway in Nashville. […]

Ever since the end of the 2018 NFL season, the league has acted like the New York stock exchange. The amount of trades that have been executed is astonishing. From Antonio Brown being traded to most recently Frank Clark. It feels like every week someone is being traded away from their team. The most recent […]

The mere concept of trading Russell Westbrook might be too fraught for the Oklahoma City Thunder to fathom. No player in the league, with the ever notable exception of Damian Lillard, is more synonymous with his team than the Thunder’s superstar point guard. He was a reckless rookie for the Thunder’s 3-29 start during their […]

The Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers both finished off their respective first-round Eastern Conference playoff series last night, setting up a second-round matchup with the second and third-seeded teams in the conference. This is one of two incredibly intriguing second-round battles in the East, and while the Raptors are the favorites, there are some who […]

The clutch factor is often used to describe where the greatest players of all time rank amongst each other. Last night, Damian Lillard hoisted a three-pointer so far beyond the line that nicknaming him “Logo Lillard” makes sense. When that 37-footer found the bottom of the net, however, it makes sense to call him the […]

With the first round of the NFL Draft set to kick off Thursday at 8 PM, we will finally get the answer to a question that has been asked for nearly two months; just how high will D.K. Metcalf being a Combine marvel get him drafted? The physical specimen, designated as a wide receiver, looks […]

Young superstars are dominating both the American and National Leagues in the MLB, helping increase the popularity of the sport in a time that they need it the most. Being able to relate to the younger generation is a very useful tactic for the sport of baseball, and marketing this sport to its strengths can […]

Just days away from the 2019 NFL Draft, former Arizona State defensive linemen Renell Wren took some time to reflect on every experience over his five seasons on campus in Tempe, Arizona for the Sun Devils. “When I took my official visit in 2013, as soon as I landed, I fell in love with the […]

There are some really great edge rushers in the 2019 NFL Draft. Nick Bosa, Josh Allen, and Brian Burns are all likely to be top-10 picks, with Montez Sweat and Clelin Ferrell also first round prospects. But there is one player who was a member of that group up until the NFL Combine. Florida’s Jachai […]

Another regular season has gone by and Kemba Walker is once again sitting at home wondering what could have been. Instead of playing against the best teams in the game in the playoffs, Walker is left to ponder his future in the league months before he officially becomes a free agent in July. When he […]

The Utah Jazz have made the playoffs in each of Donovan Mitchell’s first two seasons, which is good. They even made the second round last year, which was impressive. However, for the second straight spring, the Jazz are about to be eliminated by the Houston Rockets in a series that was not even close, and […]

All reports lead us to believe that the Miami Dolphins will wait until the 2020 NFL Draft to grab their future quarterback. It makes sense for a ton of reasons. In their not-so-subtle way, the Dolphins have made it pretty clear that they are in rebuilding mode. Some would go as far as to call […]

The Los Angeles Clippers were one of the biggest surprises in the NBA this season, winning 48 games and making the Western Conference playoffs. Sure, they are about to be eliminated by the Golden State Warriors, but that does not detract from the terrific year they have had. Of course, this is considered by most […]

There was a buzz at this year’s NFL Combine, and much of it surrounded Ole Miss wide receiver DK Metcalf. The buzz originally generated ahead of the Combine when a photo of Metcalf surfaced on Twitter. To put it mildly, Metcalf is in tremendous shape, and he blew people away when he let it be […]

The 2019 NFL Draft is mere days away at this point. With that in mind, everyone analyst is scrambling to make up their mock drafts. Meanwhile, NFL teams are attempting to finish their draft board and get a clear picture of who they want to take. Round one of the 2019 NFL Draft is set […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder had high expectations entering their playoff run. The chips seemed to be falling their way. They were going to be playing a Portland Trail Blazers team without their starting center, Jusuf Nurkic. The Thunder had swept the Blazers and won all four games against them in the regular season. And OKC […]

The Philadelphia 76ers’ appearance in the 2001 NBA Finals is viewed as a testament to the greatness of Allen Iverson more than anything else. He averaged 32.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.1 assists, and 2.4 steals per game during that fabled playoff run, dragging his defense-first team not just through two seven-game series in the Eastern […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder find themselves in familiar territory once again in the month of April. The Russell Westbrook-led Thunder are on the verge of their third consecutive first-round playoff exit, losing to the Portland Trailblazers Sunday night 111=98 to fall behind 3-1. Westbrook has proved to be a tremendous success in the regular season. […]

The Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks both swept their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series, setting up a clash that most of us have been waiting for all season. Now, the team that many expected to have the best record in the East will take on the team that actually ended up having the best record […]

The summer free agency frenzy is just a few months away and though the NBA is in the midst of the postseason, one can’t help but get excited for the future of the league. That’s because the 2019 offseason promises to shake the very foundations of the league with a number of past and present […]

Draftniks are always looking for NFL players to compare college prospects to, and every now and then a player has a perfect pro comparison. But Ohio State’s Nick Bosa is on a different level here; he is so identical to his older brother, Los Angeles Charger Joey Bosa, that they could pass for football clones […]

There’s 8:31 left to go in the fourth quarter, and Blake Griffin is hobbling over to the scorer’s table to balance himself. He just grabbed his own rebound – twice – to drop in point 27 against the Eastern Conference’s best team. The play resulted in a rolled right ankle, and the All-Star forward wincing […]