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The Oklahoma City Thunder had an impressive season as they clinched the number-one seed in the Western Conference. Heading into the offseason, the Thunder will be looking to add the missing pieces to make it to the NBA Finals. The Thunder have a great core in place, as they finished the season with a 57-25 […]

The Houston Astros take on the San Francisco Giants. Our MLB odds series has our Astros Giants prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Astros Giants. Will the Houston Astros be able to turn their season around before it is too late? That is one of the biggest and most intriguing questions of a […]

The Oakland Athletics take on the San Diego Padres. Our MLB odds series has our Athletics Padres prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Athletics Padres. The San Diego Padres are in position for a National League wild card spot. That’s the good news for the Padres through more than two months of play […]

The Chicago White Sox take on the Seattle Mariners. Our MLB odds series has our White Sox Mariners prediction and pick. Find out how to watch White Sox Mariners. The Chicago White Sox are living through a nightmare right now. They’re almost 35 games under .500 in the second week of June. They’re almost certain […]

The Toronto Blue Jays take on the Milwaukee Brewers. Our MLB odds series has our Blue Jays Brewers prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Blue Jays Brewers. The Toronto Blue Jays are trying to swim uphill. They are trying to get to .500 and then rise above the break-even mark. This is not […]

The Dallas Stars acquired defenseman Chris Tanev at the NHL Trade Deadline to improve their defense. Dallas already had a stingy defense that many teams struggled to beat. Adding one of the best shutdown defensemen in the league certainly made them better. But Tanev may have surpassed what was expected of him after the trade. […]

It wasn’t pretty, but the Boston Celtics managed to take home Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday. Despite a sub-par shooting night from several players, other factors in the team’s performance garnered them a 105-98 victory, resulting in a 2-0 series lead. To dive into the details of Game 2, maybe a quick […]

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever take on the Connecticut Sun. Our WNBA odds series has our Fever Sun prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Fever Sun. A lot of national headlines have come from Caitlin Clark’s exclusion from the 2024 United States Olympic women’s basketball team. The debate about whether Clark […]

The Montreal Canadiens are the most storied franchise in NHL history. They have more Stanley Cups than any team in the league. In fact, they have nearly double the number of championships that the Toronto Maple Leafs have. Their championships are more than double the number of the Detroit Red Wings. And the amount of […]

On Sunday night, Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks took on another challenging NBA Finals matchup against the Boston Celtics. After losing Game 1 by nearly 20 points, Dallas closed the gap in Game 2. Still, the Mavs fell 108-95 after a stout display from Boston. Several areas are to blame for Dallas’ Game 2 […]

The Philadelphia Flyers had quite the 2023-24 campaign. On one hand, it was rather successful given the circumstances. Philadelphia competed for a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs almost out of nowhere. Many expected the team to be near the bottom of the standings. And yet, they were in a playoff spot nearly all season […]

Oscar Wilde once said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, mediocrity can pay to greatness.” I want to start by saying that I don’t believe the University of Colorado Boulder is mediocre. Nor do I believe that the university or Deion Sanders are intentionally trying to turn themselves into an HBCU. But I do […]

The Edmonton Oilers had high hopes heading into the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers, however they suffered a 3-0 Game 1 loss. Head coach Kris Knoblauch figured out Edmonton’s lineup at the Western Conference Final’s midway point with the right mix of defense pairings and forward depth. The loss didn’t show how the […]

The Denver Broncos will have elevated expectations in 2024 in year two under head coach Sean Payton. The Russell Wilson experiment in Denver did not work out, with the team releasing the QB this offseason and eating a monster dead cap hit. The Broncos made several frugal moves in free agency to fill holes on […]

The Dallas Mavericks were on a high after their impressive Game 5 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. A one-week break before Game 1 of the NBA Finals turned out to be a massive disappointment for their franchise as the Mavericks got blown out by the Boston Celtics, 107-89. The Celtics had a terrific game plan […]

The Los Angeles Rams have reloaded their roster this offseason and hope to make another trip to the playoffs in 2024. One year after a disappointing 5-12 season, the Rams made the playoffs but lost a narrow game to former franchise QB Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions. The Rams will be without Aaron Donald […]

Another classic Air Jordan sneaker will return next year as Jordan Brand and Nike are beginning to announce their retro releases for the upcoming calendar year. After a number of previous retro releases, the Air Jordan 5 will return in its most popular colorway, made famous by Will Smith on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. […]

The 2024 Baltimore Ravens have a lot of big names on the roster, from MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson to the recently-added All-Pro running back Derrick Henry. However, if the Ravens are true Super Bowl contenders this season, they will need contributions from their unheralded players as well, like Deonte Harty and David Ojabo. The Ravens’ […]

The Las Vegas Aces take on the Los Angeles Sparks. Check out our WNBA odds series for our Aces Sparks prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Aces Sparks. The Las Vegas Aces are the reigning WNBA champions, and while they have delivered some strong performances this season — such as a convincing […]

The Seattle Storm take on the Minnesota Lynx. Our WNBA odds series has our Storm Lynx prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Storm Lynx. The Seattle Storm are one of the two hottest teams in the WNBA right now, the New York Liberty being the other. The Storm have won six games […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers take on the New York Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball. Our MLB odds series has our Dodgers Yankees prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Dodgers Yankees. If you want to identify the American League MVP for 2024, we might have seen a 48-hour period in which that answer became […]

The Toronto Blue Jays take on the Oakland Athletics. Check out our MLB odds series for our Blue Jays Athletics prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Blue Jays Athletics. The Toronto Blue Jays have had two miserable months this season. The Jays are under .500 and look like a below-average team. It wasn’t […]

The Houston Astros take on the Los Angeles Angels. Our MLB odds series has our Astros Angels prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Astros Angels. The Los Angeles Angels are in the midst of an awful and prolonged hitting slump. It’s hard for great teams to maintain greatness over the full 162-game season […]

The Phoenix Mercury take on the Dallas Wings. Check out our WNBA odds series for our Mercury Wings prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Mercury Wings. The Phoenix Mercury have been true to their name. They have been mercurial this season. They are hard to predict, and they seem to change identities […]

The Washington Mystics take on the New York Liberty. Check out our WNBA odds series for our Mystics Liberty prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Mystics Liberty. The New York Liberty are beginning to look like the WNBA championship contender they were last season. It’s true that the Liberty have not had […]

In an interview with ABC11’s Travon Miles, Chris Paul went out of his way to show love to North Carolina Central head coach Levelle Moton. Moton is a notable basketball coach in the college ranks, having led his alma mater North Carolina Central to unprecedented success in his 15 seasons at the helm of the […]

It seems like Zahara Jolie has set an example for her siblings as recent news broke that her younger sister Shiloh has petitioned to legally change her last name from “Jolie-Pitt” to just “Jolie”. Zahara was the first child of Brad and Angelina to drop Pitt from their name when she announced herself at her […]

As the Atlanta Braves wrap up their weekend road series against the Washington Nationals, they’ll be making a big roster move for Sunday’s finale, per David O’Brien of The Athletic: “The Braves are calling up top prospect Hurston Waldrep to start Sunday’s series finale against the Nationals in Washington. Waldrep, 22, was a first-round pick […]

The New York Liberty had every reason to lose their Saturday matinee with the Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Instead, Sabrina Ionescu and company outlasted the only team ahead of them in the WNBA standings, winning 82-75 to improve to 10-2. “We understood this was a huge game for us, a statement game,” Ionescu said. […]

Alexander Zverev takes on Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open men’s singles final. Our French Open Final odds series has our Zverev Alcaraz prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Zverev Alcaraz. The 2024 French Open has arrived at its final singles match. Iga Swiatek is the women’s champion, living up to her billing […]

In a significant development for Call of Duty enthusiasts, a well-known insider has leaked that the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 may feature a much-needed overhaul of its User Interface (UI). This move could potentially address longstanding player frustrations with the complex and cumbersome menu system that has plagued recent installments of the […]

The Montreal Canadiens are looking to take a step forward in the rebuild after a tough 2023-24 campaign that saw the club finish dead last in the Atlantic Division. Although injuries played a role, it was a disappointing season for the Habs, who still haven’t made the playoffs since marching all the way to the […]

Although it’s probably not safe to say that Matthew Tkachuk and the Florida Panthers were just happy to get to the 2023 Stanley Cup Final, it is safe to say that it was a cinderella run that no one saw coming. The Cats were the final seed in the Eastern Conference and made a miraculous […]

The Denver Nuggets season came to a surprising early end after being dispatched by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. The Nuggets were fresh off of their first franchise championship win in 2023, but they were unable to defend their title. While their season shouldn’t be labeled as “unsuccessful”, […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees battle in a much-anticipated matchup between two of MLB’s best teams at Yankee Stadium. The series started on Friday night, with the Yankees attempting to extend their eight-game win streak. The Dodgers haven’t been in as good of form, winning just six of their last ten games. […]

The Atlanta Dream take on the Chicago Sky. Check out our WNBA odds series for our Dream Sky prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Dream Sky. The Atlanta Dream are 4-4, and the Chicago Sky are 4-5. These two teams inhabit the middle third of the WNBA. They are in the playoff […]

The New York Liberty take on the Connecticut Sun. Check out our WNBA odds series for our Liberty Sun prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Liberty Sun. The New York Liberty and the Connecticut Sun finally meet. This is a game WNBA fans have been waiting for. With the Minnesota Lynx and […]

The Minnesota Wild entered the 2023-24 NHL season with some optimism. Minnesota fell to the Dallas Stars in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. But big performances from Filip Gustavsson and Matt Boldy gave them hope for this year. Unfortunately, things did not work out for Minnesota. The Wild missed the playoffs after a disappointing season. […]

The Washington Capitals made the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but it certainly wasn’t easy. Washington struggled to score goals all season long. And these offensive woes continued to plague them in the postseason. In fact, the Capitals are the only team in this year’s playoffs to have been swept in four games. The Capitals hoped to […]