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Minnesota hosts No. 13 Wisconsin on Wednesday night! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Wisconsin-Minnesota prediction and pick. Wisconsin comes into this matchup fresh after a dramatic win over unranked Michigan last time out. Both coaches seemed to have not agreed with the end of the game plan and it […]

When the Philadelphia 76ers take the court in Minnesota this Friday, their lineup will look much different. After using the All-Star break as added time to rest and recover, James Harden is expected to make his debut for his new team.  Along with adding another All-Star into the mix, Harden’s presence will give the Sixers […]

The NCAA continues Wednesday night with this elite Big-12 matchup! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a TCU-Texas prediction and pick. TCU comes into this game (17-8) on the season and (6-7) in conference play. They are one of the better teams in the competitive conference but played far better outside […]

The Denver Broncos got off to a promising start to the 2021 campaign, winning their first three games before the struggles started to kick in. Amid shabby play from Teddy Bridgewater, and a subsequent injury that knocked him out for a few weeks, neither he nor Drew Lock looked like a reliable option under center […]

The Los Angeles Kings will stay in Arizona as they look to take on the Coyotes yet again for the second straight game. These teams faced off on Saturday where the Kings came out on top 5-3. Since then, the Kings have been able to rest and await this game while the Coyotes hosted the […]

The Montreal Canadiens will welcome the Buffalo Sabres into Canada for a rivalry matchup between the two teams at the clear bottom of the Atlantic Division. After making a Stanley Cup final appearance last season, the Montreal Canadiens have gone the complete opposite direction as they are last in the league with 29 points. The […]

What a classic rivalry we have tonight as the Detroit Red Wings take on their 2000s era arch-nemesis, the Colorado Avalanche. Even though these teams are in different conferences now and rarely play each other, there is a lot of history between these two franchises and both of the respected fan bases hate one another […]

The NCAA continues Wednesday afternoon with this elite Big East matchup. It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Xavier-Providence prediction and pick. Xavier is a very good basketball team when they play outside of the conference. The Musketeers are (17-9) on the season which is great, but are just (7-8) in […]

A divisional rivalry matchup takes place in Dallas tonight as the Stars play host to the Winnipeg Jets for round three out of four of this divisional series. The last two times these teams met, the home team walked away with the two points, however, both games also went to overtime or shootout. Both teams […]

While many Pokemon fans have their attentions focused on possible Gen IX news or even Pokemon Unite updates, there’s one game in the franchise that received a flurry of updates this week ahead of Pokemon Day. That game is none other than Pokemon Cafe ReMix, the rebranded and revamped form of Pokemon Cafe Mix, a […]

Andrew Wiggins has been a revelation for the Golden State Warriors this season. His success has been a testament to the internal development and strong team culture that they’ve built over the past decade in the Stephen Curry era. Wiggins has turned himself into an All-Star, making good on the potential he’s had even before […]

Over the past two years, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has made the leap from All-Star to superstar. Each year, he continues to add to his game and has cemented himself as a top-five player in the league. His meteoric rise has landed Embiid in the MVP discussion for the second straight season. After falling […]

At this point in his career, Kevin Durant’s Achilles injury is undeniably a thing of the past. Prior to his return to the court, there were whispers about how much this potentially career-altering injury would affect the Brooklyn Nets superstar once he comes back. Well, KD has completely thrown that narrative out the window. There’s […]

The Orlando Magic entered the 2021-22 NBA season without any lofty expectations. After trading away All-Star center Nikola Vucevic and former no. 4 pick Aaron Gordon at last season’s trade deadline, the Magic directed their ship towards a full on rebuild. If their main goal this season was to secure more ping pong balls in […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have had a solid season, making a real run towards the NBA Playoffs. They currently sit in seventh place in the Western Conference with a 31-28 record. Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards are both playing at a high level, guiding the Timberwolves to a great season thus far. KAT is averaging 24.4 […]

Thanks to his strong play throughout the season, Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid has emerged as the top candidate for this year’s Most Valuable Player title. On Sunday, the Sixers big man came out with a highly-impressive 36-point performance during the 2022 NBA All-Star Game as he further established his claim for the MVP award. […]

The New York Jets have struggled to the tune of five straight losing seasons. However, New York has found a head coach with potential in Robert Saleh as well as the man they believe to be their quarterback of the future in Zach Wilson. Plus, the Jets are armed with the fourth pick in the […]

LeBron James remains the biggest name in the NBA, but for Stephen A. Smith, he is no longer the face of the league. The veteran sports commentator is giving that honor to Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry, who impressed everyone with his performance during the All-Star Game. Smith dropped his latest take on ESPN’s […]

The Villanova Wildcats are set to face the UConn Huskies. Check out our college basketball odds series, which includes our Villanova UConn prediction, odds, and pick. Villanova spent much of the season looking like a non-contender for the Final Four and the national championship. Coach Jay Wright is one of the best coaches in the […]

The 2021 season didn’t exactly go as the Jacksonville Jaguars thought it would. A disastrous few months under former head coach Urban Meyer set the tone for the year, as the Jags ended with a 3-14 record, the worst mark in the NFL. The silver lining is that the Jaguars have every single possible resource […]

The Michigan State Spartans are set to face the Iowa Hawkeyes. Check out our college basketball odds series, which includes our Michigan State Iowa prediction, odds, and pick. The Michigan State Spartans, as college basketball odds experts know, are one of the most volatile and unreliable teams in college hoops this season. The Spartans are […]

Having players like Jonathan Taylor, Quenton Nelson, and Darius Leonard on an NFL team likely makes you, at worst, a Wild Card team heading into the postseason – yet the Indianapolis Colts somehow managed to not get into the playoffs with that core, setting up for a crucial 2022 NFL offseason. Many eyes are on […]

The Carolina Panthers should have one of the busiest offseasons in the NFL. Despite a 3-0 start to the season in 2021, the Panthers ended with an abysmal 5-12 record. There are plenty of areas on this roster that need tons of help, and general manager Scott Fitterer has the resources to make this offseason […]

The Miami Dolphins can go several different directions in the 2022 NFL offseason. With rumors swirling around Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, the Dolphins could swing for the fences and swing a trade for the star, though they’d be eating into their future draft capital by doing so. Armed with plenty of cap space, the […]

The Atlanta Falcons were one of the most surprising teams of the 2021 season. Expectations for this team were on the floor as they entered the campaign, but the Falcons managed to earn a respectable 7-10 record. Atlanta was one the cusp of making the playoffs for a couple of weeks, only to just miss […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are heading into the offseason with an unclear decision on their quarterback. While head coach Nick Sirianni said that Jalen Hurts is the guy for the job moving forward, trade speculations are looming over Philadelphia. Certainly, if the Eagles do acquire a veteran quarterback this offseason, Hurts will likely be involved in […]

Anfernee Simons didn’t quite see the gravity of his breakout season coming. Entering his fourth NBA season firmly behind Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum in the Portland Trail Blazers’ backcourt, he expected to play a supporting role for a contender instead of cementing himself as a budding star with Lillard watching from the sidelines and […]

The latest rumblings regarding Freddie Freeman’s free agency suggest that there’s a growing belief the former MVP won’t re-sign with the Atlanta Braves. Having failed to lock down a deal prior to the MLB lockout, it seems the Braves face a real chance at having to fend off competition for their franchise legend. ESPN’s Buster […]

The NCAA continues on Tuesday night with this elite Big-12 matchup! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with an Oklahoma-Texas Tech prediction and pick. The Oklahoma Sooners are at the bottom of the pack in the Big-12 Conference. This team has had a crazy stretch of games facing three-straight top-20 opponents. The […]

Tonight’s California hockey matchup features a Pacific Divisional rivalry as the Anaheim Ducks play host to the San Jose Sharks who are both on the wrong side of the playoffs as of now. The Ducks open up a six-game homestand tonight as they face the Sharks for the first time this season. It’s time to […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers started the offseason rather dramatically. To start, they lost in the Divisional Round to the new Super Bowl champions in the Los Angeles Rams. Then, their legendary quarterback Tom Brady announced his retirement from the league. Despite making it to the second round of the playoffs, Bruce Arians’ players expected more […]

One of the biggest debates in basketball is who’s the greatest basketball player of all time, and two names pop up frequently: Michael Jordan and LeBron James. If you’re a little older, you might even add Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. No matter who you roll with, everyone in this conversation has one thing in common: they all […]

The Philidelphia Flyers sit in 7th place in the Metropolitan Divison as they look to end their five-game losing streak at home against the Central Division’s 3rd place team, the St. Louis Blues. This is the first matchup between these two teams this year and they won’t see each other again until mid-late March. It’s […]

The Ottawa Senators are on the third-leg of their four-game homestand as they welcome the Minnesota Wild into their building tonight. Ottawa is coming off of back-to-back losses over the weekend while Minnesota is coming off of a huge win in Edmonton, beating the Oilers 7-3 on Sunday. With that, it’s time to continue our […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets are defending home ice tonight as they look to improve on their two-game winning streak against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs got crushed 5-2 last night against the worst team in hockey right now, the Montreal Canadians. Will they bounce back tonight in a back-to-back night matchup in Columbus? […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers previously saw a disappointing end to their 2021 season after suffering an early exit in the playoffs. After failing to defend their title, the team will now focus on the offseason where they will aim to address some of the holes on their roster. Luckily for the Bucs, they still have […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was rather vocal during NBA All-Star Weekend on a host of different topics. While LeBron didn’t flat out shade the Lakers front office or threaten to take off his purple and gold jersey anytime soon, he did speak out on a host of different topics that led to speculation […]

Aaron Rodgers’ future with the Green Bay Packers has already been a major question mark this offseason, and the superstar QB just added fuel to the fire with his latest Instagram post. While he did not mention anything about it being the end of his time with the Packers, several fans are thinking that might […]

The Cincinnati Bengals were told, time and time again, that they were not supposed to make the Super Bowl, were not supposed to make it past the giants in the AFC, were not supposed to win their division. Yet, Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, and the rest of the team just would not give in, even […]