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Before the 2018-19 NBA season got underway for the Los Angeles Lakers, the storied franchise seemed to have turned things around with a promising young core set to be led by the team’s biggest free agent acquisition since Shaquille O’Neal set to lead the way in LeBron James. Unfortunately, the team that has missed the […]

Over the past few years during this historic Warriors run, the team has enjoyed a deafening home-court advantage in Oracle Arena. However, this season, the last season at Oracle has not gone according to plan. The Warriors have lost 10 games at home this season, at 24-10. It is not just this season the defending […]

Coming into the 2018-19 NBA campaign, not many people expected the Los Angeles Clippers to be a playoff team. Gone were the days of Lob City, with Chris Paul now residing in Houston and Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan staking out in Detroit and New York, respectively. Yes, that Clippers team never made it past […]

In what has been a somewhat slow offseason up to this point, the MLB transaction wire has had its highs and lows ever since the World Series ended. While big trades have dominated the ticker, signings have pushed certain teams to higher win totals than previously projected. Here is the list of the ten best […]

After winning two straight NL East division titles in 2016 and 2017, the Washington Nationals bottomed out in 2018. A combination of injuries and a weak pitching staff saw the Nats finish with an 82-80 record, a 15-win decrease from the year before. By season’s end, Daniel Murphy and franchise mainstay Gio Gonzalez were both […]

In a top-heavy division, the Houston Astros have been the dominating team in a five-team race that has left the likes of the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners in the dust, needing a big rebuild to climb back into contention. After pushing the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series, the Astros eventually fell […]

The 2017 NBA Draft was supposed to feature one of the classes we had seen in quite a few years at that time. Markelle Fultz was considered a can’t-miss. Lonzo Ball was being compared to Jason Kidd. Josh Jackson was viewed as a versatile athletic freak. Fast forward nearly two years later, and most of […]

Every year the NFL Draft is filled with players with questionable pasts, and 2019 is no different. While most of these players have become better people since their respective incidents, there are some NFL teams who will just not draft players with off-field issues, no matter when they occurred. Here are five players who may […]

The Miami Dolphins are in the process of releasing a number of their veteran players in preparation for their rebuild. Their latest release came on Friday when they cleared $6 million in cap space by letting go of wide receiver Danny Amendola. Amendola originally had signed a two-year, $12 million contract in the 2018 offseason, […]

The NBA has changed for the better. Star players are realizing one star on a team can’t equate the value of two-or-three. LeBron James started this trend and Kevin Durant helped (unfashionably) to make it an acceptable practice. The old logic of star players doing it solo became obsolete and outdated. Sure, Damien Lillard and […]

The surprise team of the Western Conference is none other than the Denver Nuggets who didn’t make the 2018 NBA playoffs but are now one of the top teams in the league. Though they failed to show they have what it takes to take down the defending champion Golden State Warriors last Friday, the Nuggets […]

There are many reasons why the Los Angeles Lakers are no longer in the playoff hunt but one of the biggest reasons is their failed pursuit of Anthony Davis. It’s not incomprehensible to believe that the New Orleans Pelicans made them put their hopes up too much knowing that there really was no chance at […]

Indiana Pacers power forward/center Domantas Sabonis is a beast. But you’d already know that if you watched Pacers basketball with any type of regularity this season. He is a 6-foot-11 blend of deft passing touch, rebounding dominance and aggression on the offensive end of the court that appears to have been created specifically for the […]

Rival startups to the National Football League have all met a similar demise. Splashy on opening day, then an all too predictable limp to the finish and ultimate shuttering. The Alliance of American Football might be the one who not just survives, but succeeds as a tandem partner to their would be big brother. For […]

After a disappointing 6-9-1 finish to the 2018 season, the Green Bay Packers are gearing up for busy offseason as they attempt to bolster the roster in order to maximize the rest of Aaron Rodgers’ time with the team. Rodgers will turn 36 in December and has struggled with injuries for the past two years, […]

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 […]

The New Orleans Saints’ efforts to secure a Super Bowl crown have fallen just short the past two seasons. In 2018, it was the “Minneapolis Miracle.” Then, in 2019, it was that now-infamous non-call against Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman. New Orleans gambled on being able to reach the Super Bowl the past two […]

Just one year ago, the Jacksonville Jaguars were one win away from reaching the Super Bowl, falling a few plays short in Foxboro against the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game. With new quarterback Nick Foles under center for the 2019 season, there’s optimism that Jacksonville can put 2018 behind them and get […]

The Los Angeles Chargers’ 2018 season ended with a loss to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Patriots. Still, the Chargers finally made the playoffs with their 12-4 regular record and they won a playoff game over the Ravens. L.A. finished second in the AFC West and looked like a real Super Bowl contender throughout the […]

Where to begin with the Redskins. This is a team that had their season derailed by injuries for the second year in a row. Devastating injuries at key positions not only cost them 2019, but it could cost them for much longer. The Redskins have had recent success in the draft with Jonathan Allen, Daron […]

The Oakland Raiders had everyone’s phone buzzing with the notification that they traded for Antonio Brown just a couple of days ago. Many people quickly took to social media to give their two cents for both sides of the trade. The deal includes the Raiders trading a third and a fifth-round pick to the Pittsburgh […]

CLUTCH Summary: NBA free agency has come and gone, with Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green kicking ‘trade Draymond’ narratives to the curb, signing a lucrative with the franchise.  Even with that being the case, as the NBA is a silly group, should the Warriors ever reconsider the trade Draymond narrative? Twitter says one thing, […]

Monday night will feature a matchup between two of the most rugged defenders in the NBA when Marcus Smart’s Boston Celtics take on Patrick Beverley’s Los Angeles Clippers. You would be hard-pressed to find two scrappier players in the league, so that beg questions the question: Just who is the scrappiest player in the NBA? […]

It’s hard for most NFL teams to consistently stay towards the top of their division, conference or whatever. And it can be just as hard to back up an outstanding regular season with another one the following year. Such is parity at the NFL level. Last year’s upstart team, poised to be a Super Bowl […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is widely considered the greatest shooter to ever lace up the sneakers. One particular skill that separates Curry from other shooters and scorers is his ability to relocate when he gives up the ball and get wide-open looks by doing it. The relocation shots Curry takes can happen in transition or […]

The 2018 NFL season didn’t end well for the New Orleans Saints. After a stunning loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship Game, fans in the Big Easy turned to lawsuits and petitions to settle a score not resolved on the field of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. This happened, mind you, after another […]

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is having a good sophomore campaign. He is averaging 16.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists over 31.1 minutes per game while shooting 45.2 percent from the floor, 36.8 percent from 3-point range and 87.0 percent from the free-throw line. Those are very solid numbers that any second-year player would […]

LeBron James is immersed in of one of the most tumultuous times of his career. His first year with the Los Angeles Lakers is not exactly going according to plan. Not only have the Lakers been unable to add another star to put alongside James, but it doesn’t even look like Los Angeles is going […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have not exactly hit home runs in finding other star players to put alongside LeBron James. Paul George spurned them for the Oklahoma City Thunder. The San Antonio Spurs refused to trade them Kawhi Leonard. It doesn’t look like the New Orleans Pelicans are going to send Anthony Davis their way, […]

When it comes to Anthony Davis trade rumors, the list of potential destinations has pretty much been limited to four teams: the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the New York Knicks. Obviously, there are reasons for that: Those teams either have the assets to trade for Davis or the […]

Touted as “the next LeBron James,” Ben Simmons burst onto the NBA scene last year, averaging 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists per game. This season, he has his Philadelphia 76ers prominently wedged into the race for the Eastern Conference crown. Boasting a record of 41-24 and currently the fourth seed in the East, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2018-2019 season with playoff expectations. A roster built around a $154 investment in LeBron James was meant to finally end the team’s playoff drought. Instead, injuries, botched front office moves, and horrid defense have virtually torpedoed any hopes of a postseason berth. Even James struggled at times this season, […]

The Detroit Pistons have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA since the month of February. They have jumped up to the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 32-31, and are 10-2 in their last 12 games. Blake Griffin has done his part as usual, even those his numbers […]

There has been no shortage of drama in the 2018-2019 NBA campaign. NBA Twitter has lived up to its knee-slapping meme and GIF-centric reputation on a nightly basis. Beat reporters have spilled nuggets of juicy information to the public. Some of the league’s most outspoken athletes haven’t needed a messenger, delivering harsh post-game diatribes about […]

It sounds simple enough for the New York Giants. All the Giants need to do is send off three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to the San Francisco 49ers in a deal that would see the Niners exchange the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft for the Giants’ own selection […]

NFL Draft season is officially upon us and teams are continuing their extensive research on all of the prospects in this year’s draft. The draft is one of the best ways to add depth or replace a lost player in the NFL. This draft is going to be an important one for plenty of teams. […]

There’s a lot of rumors about the Arizona Cardinals wanting to take Kyle Murray with the first overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. The rumor mill for this has been spinning for months after new head coach Kliff Kingsbury’s comments came out that he would take the Oklahoma quarterback with that pick if he […]

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is known for many things around the league. He is a big tight end who parties, gets hurt easily, and dominates on the field when healthy. Gronkowski is coming off one of the worst statistical seasons of his career while failing to play 16 games for the seventh-straight […]

Kyler Murray has finally made his decision. The Oklahoma quarterback played this past season with intentions of playing professional baseball, at least that is what everyone thought. He was selected ninth overall in the 2018 MLB Draft. Murray got the chance to play college football this season, and took advantage of the opportunity. The junior […]