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The Chicago Blackhawks are once again near the bottom of the NHL in 2024-25. The Blackhawks fired head coach Luke Richardson due to some poor performances on the ice. And Chicago has seen star forward Connor Bedard struggle at times this year. This is despite the team’s efforts to surround him with veterans such as […]

This was always going to be a tough season for the Columbus Blue Jackets. They had a new coach and a new general manager coming off a last-place finish in the Metropolitan Division. And then tragedy struck the team, as Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew passed away in August. They are on their way […]

The state of Arizona and the southwestern region has embraced Devin Booker ever since the Phoenix Suns selected him 13th-overall in the 2015 NBA Draft. Since then, he’s moved into second place on the Suns’ all-time scoring list and is likely to surpass Walter Davis this season with 485 points left to go. In honor […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are on the road to take on the Atlanta Hawks Monday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Timberwolves-Hawks prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Here are the Timberwolves-Hawks NBA odds, courtesy of FanDuel.  NBA Odds: Timberwolves-Hawks Odds Minnesota Timberwolves: […]

The Boston Red Sox traded for Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox this offseason. After a year as the ace of the worst team in baseball history, Crochet is now in the American League East. He is the biggest addition Boston has made this offseason and will have high expectations. We have the Garrett […]

The Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins are on two completely different trajectories heading into the 2025 campaign. Their Jesus Luzardo trade further demonstrated exactly what both franchises value most. The Phillies acquired Luzardo and catcher Paul McIntosh in exchange for prospects Starlyn Caba and Emaarion Boyd. Luzardo will now slot into the middle of Philadelphia’s […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hit the road to face the Dallas Cowboys in Week 16. This Sunday Night Football matchup is huge for the Bucs, who currently lead the NFC South. Dallas is clinging onto slight playoff chances and needs a win to stay alive. Ahead of this important NFC matchup, we’ll make our Tampa […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are currently going through a rough patch of losses and their team’s vocal leader Anthony Edwards has been sounding the alarm of a change that needs to occur in the Twin Cities. In the meantime, Edwards and the team over at Adidas continue to reinvent his debut signature sneaker as they constantly […]

Upon releasing new colorways of his latest signature Nike KD 17, Phoenix Suns All-Star Kevin Durant and Nike are working on bringing back some previous silhouettes from his illustrious sneaker line with the brand. Arguably his most popular model of all-time, the Nike KD 4 has recently seen a resurgence in terms of retro releases. […]

The San Jose Sharks have made some big moves on the trade front within the last few months. The Sharks traded for Jake Walman in a deal with the Detroit Red Wings around the NHL Draft. Then, they traded for then-Edmonton Oilers defender Cody Ceci. More recently, the Sharks traded goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to the […]

Bowling Green’s injury report is much longer, with eight players listed as questionable or out for this game. Some questions could be about the transfer portal, which may help Arkansas State steal a victory or cover in this matchup. The teams finished with identical records and placings in their conference, as Arkansas State was fourth […]

The Pitt Panthers (7-5) and Toledo Rockets (7-5) head to Ford Field for the GameAbove Sports Bowl the day after Christmas. It is time to continue our college football odds series with a Pitt-Toledo prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Pitt-Toledo Last Game – Matchup History These two […]

Former NFL superstar and current Fox Sports NFL analyst Michael Vick was announced as Norfolk State’s next head coach on Friday afternoon following weeks of speculation. But, Sacramento State was indeed a contender for Vick, as reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday afternoon. Sacramento State, which reportedly promised an expansive NIL budget and outlined […]

The Seattle Kraken missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024. It was an unfortunate turn of events for a team that had a lot of promise entering the year. Unfortunately, a lack of depth was their undoing last season. The Kraken sought to surround their players with more talent and went out to sign Chandler […]

NEW YORK – Off the heels of yet another promising start to the season, Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves is gearing up for this years Christmas celebration in the NBA when his Lakers visit the Golden State Warriors. Last year’s Christmas Day games were Reaves’ first opportunity to showcase his signature Rigorer AR1 sneakers […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Cal-San Diego State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Cal-San Diego State. The San Diego State Aztecs will try to avoid stepping in a pothole on the Saturday before Christmas. San Diego State has lost to Oregon and Gonzaga but has beaten […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Bucknell-Gonzaga prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Bucknell-Gonzaga. Gonzaga has played a very challenging schedule, but now the Zags downshift for a cupcake game just before Christmas against Bucknell. Gonzaga has not done what it hoped to do in nonconference play. The […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Oregon-Stanford prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Oregon-Stanford. Oregon plays another former Pac-12 opponent in the new world of conference realignment. Oregon played USC and UCLA in a pair of Big Ten games with a Pac-12 flavor a few weeks ago. The […]

The Anaheim Ducks are working through a rebuild in 2024-25. As a result, they have been rather active on the trade front. And they haven’t pigeonholed themselves into making a certain type of move. The Ducks traded veteran Cam Fowler to the St. Louis Blues recently. Prior to that, the Ducks traded for veteran Jacob […]

Thursday night’s outing was definitely painful for the Denver Broncos. On the verge of claiming a playoff spot, the team suffered a 34-27 loss at the hands of the Los Angeles Chargers. Denver failed to capitalize on a halftime lead, as a quiet second half resulted in a come-from-behind victory for their foes. This, in […]

The Buffalo Sabres are in a bad spot right now. Buffalo entered play on Friday with losses in 11 straight games. Unfortunately, the bad luck continued on Friday when they fell to the Toronto Maple Leafs on home ice. The slump has sparked trade discussion around players like Dylan Cozens and Bowen Byram as the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kansas State-Wichita State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kansas State-Wichita State. There are a number of in-state college basketball games on Saturday, and this is one of them. It’s a matchup of teams which have a lot to prove and a […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Temple-Rhode Island prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Temple-Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Rams are not unbeaten, but they are 10-1 through 11 games this season. Archie Miller, who led Dayton to the 2014 Elite Eight and eventually became Indiana head coach, […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Utah-Iowa prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Utah-Iowa. This isn’t a battle of heavyweights, but it’s a great occasion to measure two teams and see how they fare against each other. It’s Big 12 versus Big Ten. One season ago, it would […]

The St. Louis Blues have been quite active on the trade front in recent days. First, the Blues traded for veteran defender Cam Fowler in a deal with the Anaheim Ducks. On Wednesday, they traded defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joesph back to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for future considerations. And recent reports involving Brandon Saad indicate […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Green Bay-Drake prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Green Bay-Drake. The Drake Bulldogs are creating a special season under new coach Ben McCollum. Drake is one of the big stories of the nonconference portion of the college basketball campaign. The Bulldogs are […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Marquette-Xavier prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Marquette-Xavier. The Xavier Musketeers are simply playing games down to the final minute far too often. They defeated South Carolina State at home by only three points, which does reveal something about Sean Miller’s team: […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a North Florida-Florida prediction and pick. Find out how to watch North Florida Florida. The Florida Gators have become a wrecking ball this college basketball season. They are a surprising 11-0 and have answered every challenge which has come their way. One of the bigger, […]

The Nashville Predators took NHL Free Agency by storm over the summer. Fans are all well aware of the moves this team made. Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault signed to bolster the Predators’ top-six forward group. And Brady Skjei joined Nashville on a seven-year contract to give the team a defensive partner for captain Roman […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Duke-Georgia Tech prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Duke-Georgia Tech. ACC basketball enters conference play with so many questions hanging in the air. The conference got shredded in nonconference action over the past seven weeks. It memorably lost 14 of 16 games […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Colorado State-Nevada prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Colorado State-Nevada. The Mountain West Conference had a great 2024 season in college basketball. Can it do the same this time around? At the start of a conference season, so many possibilities exist in […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a DePaul-Northwestern prediction and pick. Find out how to watch DePaul-Northwestern. The DePaul Blue Demons got a taste of the Big East earlier this week against St. John’s. DePaul was blasted by the Red Storm, the predictable product of playing predominantly inferior opponents in November […]

The Utah Jazz and Brooklyn Nets haven’t had a great 2024-25 campaign. The Jazz are 14th in the Western Conference, while the Nets are tenth in the Eastern Conference. It has been an equal matchup between the two organizations, as they split the season series in 2023-24 and have won five games each over the […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have made some moves already in the 2024-25 season. The Penguins traded Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals in what some believed signaled the beginning of a rebuild. Later, Pittsburgh swung a trade with the Nashville Predators to acquire forward Philip Tomasino. Despite these early moves, Pittsburgh surely isn’t done tinkering with […]

Ryan Lindgren and the New York Rangers are not having a great time on the ice by any means. New York entered play on Friday having lost 11 of their last 14 games. And it seems as if the sky is falling on a Rangers team that made the Eastern Conference Finals back in late […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Queens-Ole Miss prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Queens-Ole Miss. The Ole Miss Rebels are part of an SEC which has been astoundingly great — not good, but great — in college basketball so far this season. How great has the SEC […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Arizona State-UMass prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Arizona State-UMass. Arizona State ran into the Florida Gators‘ buzzsaw earlier in December. Now the Sun Devils will try to bounce back against UMass. Keep in mind, bettors: This game is in Massachusetts, but […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Villanova-Creighton prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Villanova-Creighton. The Creighton Bluejays are a very confusing team. They are good enough to beat Kansas, and bad enough to lose to Nebraska. They are good enough to have earned preseason discussion as a potential […]

Air Force has struggled this year, while Boise State has been playing well and is one of the best teams in the Mountain West. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Air Force-Boise State prediction and pick. Air Force is 3-8 this season, with notable wins against Jacksonville State and Stony […]