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The San Antonio Spurs own one of the most impressive streaks in the history of professional sports, as they have made the playoffs an incredible 21 years and a row. During that span, the Spurs have won five titles and have made it to six NBA Finals, and in the first 20 years of that […]

At the start of the 2018-19 NBA season, it was widely believed that the Golden State Warriors would win their third straight championship, especially after they signed DeMarcus Cousins to a one-year deal. These Warriors looked unstoppable on paper — they can field in a five-man lineup of five All-Stars. “We might as well hand […]

We are now only a couple of months away from the NFL Draft on April 25th. Teams are still doing their due diligence on every prospect that can be selected. The Los Angeles Rams are a team who holds seven draft picks currently. They were awarded a couple of compensatory picks from last free agency. […]

This wasn’t supposed to be a rivalry. There was virtually nothing to suggest that Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki would become rivals but it happened nonetheless. During All-Star Weekend, Wade and Nowitzki played their final All-Star Games and were given honorary jerseys to commemorate the momentous occasion. The Miami Heat guard is definite about retiring, […]

The Green Bay Packers have 10 total selections in the upcoming 2019 NFL Draft, including two first-rounders. Coming off of a very disappointing season that saw their head coach of 13 seasons fired before their regular season finale, the Packers will need to make quality selections in order to get back to being the playoff […]

The New England Patriots just got done winning their sixth Super Bowl in the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era. Their off season is off to a rough start. Robert Kraft has been in the news for issues unrelated to football. In New England, they are used to such drama. If there is one thing that the […]

It’s very rare that trading away a top-15 player in the league improves your team. But, when the Minnesota Timberwolves parted ways with Jimmy Butler in a trade that sent him to the Philadelphia 76ers in early November, they did just that. Butler’s presence in Minnesota was toxic. Dating back to when it became public […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have had their share of struggles this season, as they are on track to be the first LeBron James-led team to miss the postseason since The King’s rookie campaign. Underneath that facade, a duo of forwards, Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram, have emerged as star sidekicks to James. Kuzma’s ascension came […]

The Miami Heat beat the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night after a thrilling end. Heat legend Dwyane Wade added to his legacy by draining a three at the buzzer for the win. The three pointer was wild for a number of reasons. First of all, the Heat weren’t supposed to beat the Warriors (even […]

Only 22 games are left in the Los Angeles Lakers schedule, but they are still three games behind the San Antonio Spurs for the eighth and final slot in the 2019 NBA Playoffs. Ahead of them are the Sacramento Kings and they are tied with the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 29-31 record. This was not […]

The Oakland Raiders will once again hear their name connected to every big name on the trade block this offense. Oakland’s history includes many instances where they traded for players who other teams under valued. These rumors will get even louder this season as the Raiders hold five picks in the top-100 picks in the […]

The NFL offseason has already begun with a trade already happening between the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens. The deal includes Joe Flacco heading to Denver for a mid-round pick. That will not be the only trade to occur this offseason—as we have a couple of other players who could be moved when the […]

Wesley Johnson, Darrell Arthur, Kelly Olynyk and Joe Harris. At first glance, a seemingly random selection of unexceptional, run-of-the-mill NBA players. There is, however, a common bond shared by all four members of this quartet – at some point of their careers, each of them has won the elusive Most Average NBA Player award. The […]

By now the Brooklyn Nets have gone from just a nice surprise to a legitimately good team. Leading the charge is the former second-overall pick, D’Angelo Russell. For the longest, the Nets have been looking for that superstar player to build around. With how Russell has been playing this year, it seems like Brooklyn has […]

The final stretch of the season is underway, and the Philadelphia 76ers are in a position to make the playoffs once again. They are currently one of the top four teams in the Eastern Conference, and are expected to get better after the moves they have made during the trade deadline. All thanks in major […]

Earlier this week, Golden State Warriors head coach complimented former Warriors coach Don Nelson, saying that the winningest coach in NBA history was “ahead of his time.” Nelson was a guy who was always thinking outside the box, and it led to quite a bit of criticism throughout his career. But there was one player […]

In a division that has been mostly dominated by one team as of late, the American League Central has the potential to become a much more interesting race in 2019, simply due to the ever-evolving dynamic of an arms race across the league. Money drives business, and that rings true in the Majors as well, […]

The division that represented the National League in the 2018 World Series, the NL West has a ton of firepower in it, even before the announced signing of Manny Machado with the San Diego Padres. Bringing an influx of talent into this division and to a team that is not named the Los Angeles Dodgers […]

After ranking as one of the best prospects in all of Major League Baseball for multiple years, Chicago Cubs infielder Javier Baez burst onto the primetime stage during the 2016 playoffs. The combination of promise Baez has shown with the glove and the bat has paid off in strides, as he first electrified Cubs fans […]

Coming off a magical season that ended with another World Series title for the franchise, the Boston Red Sox have visions of a repeat on their minds going into Spring Training in 2019. Coming off a championship victory, there are surprising moves that can make or break clubs in their first season post-championship. Riding on […]

The top of the American League East featured a pair of teams in the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees that won over 100 games in 2018, including three AL East teams that won at least 90 games. The Red Sox won a franchise record 108 games and defeated the Yankees in the ALDS […]

The Boston Celtics suffered yet another ugly road loss on Tuesday night, hardly even looking competitive from the second quarter on in their lifeless loss to the Toronto Raptors. The Celtics have now lost three games in a row, also including a horrible loss to the Chicago Bulls. It has been a weird season for […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in real danger of missing the playoffs, despite recent efforts to shake out a six-year drought from the postseason. Even with LeBron James; the four-year, $154 million investment the franchise made to bring the fans to the promised land, the Lakers still find themselves three games back of the eighth […]

When the New York Knicks finally parted ways with big man Joakim Noah after a disastrous stretch, it looked like it was the end for Noah. However, he then signed with the Memphis Grizzlies and is actually somewhat resembling his old self. Okay; the operative word there is “somewhat,” because, as well as Noah has […]

A few NBA teams are hoping to lose in order to win, and for these “chosen” few, the prize at the end of the rainbow could net them college basketball’s most captivating player, Zion Williamson. Regardless of Williamson’s recent injury, which has been reported as a right knee sprain, teams are praying to get a […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars went from Super Bowl contenders to pretenders in one season. In 2017, the Jags were possibly a catch away from upsetting the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game to winning just five games in 2018. What went wrong will be the question haunting the coaching staff, players, front office, and […]

The Kansas City Chiefs were on the brink of their first Super Bowl appearance in 49 years. Led by swashbuckling sensation Patrick Mahomes and a dynamic offense, the Chiefs attained home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. Their one glaring weakness, however, proved to be their downfall in the AFC Championship Game. All season long it […]

On Monday night, the Los Angeles Lakers suffered yet another demoralizing loss, falling to the lowly Memphis Grizzlies by a score of 110-105. Keep in mind, this was just two nights after the Lakers lost to a New Orleans Pelicans team that did not have Anthony Davis. With the defeat, Los Angeles fell to just […]

There’s more discussion in the NBA right now about the upcoming offseason than who’s going to be in the NBA Finals this spring; that’s how out of the control it has become. The future of Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving has been at the forefront of those discussions, but he’s not the only premier […]

There is no team in the NBA who has the embarrassment of riches the Golden State Warriors have. Sure, teams such as the 76ers, Thunder, Celtics etc. have made moves to counter what the Warriors have built. But their signing of DeMarcus Cousins this past summer just opened an entirely new can of worms. So far, […]

Since landing in Phoenix by way of a trade deadline deal with the Miami Heat, Tyler Johnson has played six games with the Suns and is soaking up plenty of minutes in the guard rotation for his new team. Though he is providing at least some kind of help for a roster desperately needing more […]

“I like how fast they play. … They just lack in experience in my opinion. I think they’re going to be one of those teams to be reckoned with soon,” said Warriors superstar Kevin Durant following the Golden State Warriors 125-123 win over the Sacramento Kings on February 21st. “It’s the fourth game we’ve deserved […]

Rumors have swirled that James Dolan would be open to selling the New York Knicks for the right price — so who would be in the market to buy? The rumors about the Knicks being up on the block for sale have dogged Dolan for many years. However, according to Newsweek, Dolan — who, in […]

Coming into the 2018-19 NBA campaign, the Indiana Pacers had it all. They had the All-Star in Victor Oladipo. They had the stout defense. They had the depth. No, they didn’t have the resume of the Boston Celtics. No, they didn’t have the rabid fanbase of the Toronto Raptors. No, they didn’t have the Philadelphia […]

The Houston Rockets defeated the Golden State Warriors again on Saturday (without James Harden, at that), marking their third win in three tries against the Warriors this season. Weird, considering the Rockets had posted back-to-back losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers before defeating Golden State this past weekend, but hey; so goes […]

When the Brooklyn Nets hired Sean Marks to be their new general manager in February 2016, the direction they had in mind was clear: to try and become like the San Antonio Spurs. Remember, Marks spent two seasons with the Spurs as a player and worked in their front office from 2012 up until accepting […]

The NBA buyout season is in full swing. Across the league, teams have waived players to free cap space, open roster spots for incoming players, or get rid of a veteran to allow a younger player the opportunity to absorb the minutes left behind by the older one. Other teams have gone thrift shopping, signing […]

Frank Gore will be 36 years old in May, but he hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. The surefire Hall-of-Famer has amassed over 18,500 total yards in his career with 95 total scores. After completing a one-year deal with the Miami Dolphins, Gore is looking to play at least one more year, and will […]

There’s no denying that the upcoming NFL free agency period will pose a major test for the Washington Redskins. Despite the fact that the ‘Skins stayed afloat and ended up going 7-9 in the 2018 regular season, their campaign and short-term future took a major hit when quarterback Alex Smith suffered a gruesome leg injury […]