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Thursday night in the NBA will feature a Western Conference matchup between the Golden State Warriors and New Orleans Pelicans. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Warriors-Pelicans prediction and pick. The Warriors are coming off a horrible loss to the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday night. The Mavericks were honoring legend Dirk Nowitzki […]

Despite an avalanche of health issues, the Miami Heat are off to a terrific 24-15 start and look like a contender in the Eastern Conference. The offseason addition of Kyle Lowry has worked wonders, bringing another veteran with toughness and leadership to this well-coached roster already featuring stars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, though those […]

The Detroit Pistons will play the Memphis Grizzlies in an inter-conference matchup on Thursday evening. It’s time continue our NBA odds series with a Pistons-Grizzlies prediction and pick. The Pistons and Grizzlies will play on Thursday night as Memphis and Ja Morant look to keep rolling. Morant has been on fire of late, as the […]

We have an Eastern Conference battle between two rivals from the Atlantic conference. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Celtics-Knicks prediction and pick. Both of these two teams are struggling at this point in the season. Heading into the year, both teams had high expectations but are failing to succeed. They […]

The VALORANT community is eagerly anticipating the release of agent 18, who we now know as Neon. The lightning-quick new agent is the first Manila-based hero in the game—and she’s designed by a Filipino, too. As Neon’s trailer, Spark, dropped on Wednesday, fans immediately took notice of the Philippine-inspired elements all over the video, praising […]

League of Legends Season 12 is just beginning. And yet, even as early as the preseason, players complaints already arose, urging changes to the Chemtech Rift. Amid the controversy around the Chemtech Rift being much too strong, Riot actually shipped out a secret change to the map just as Patch 12.1 is about to go live. […]

Currently sitting at seventh place in the ultra-competitive Eastern Conference, the Toronto Raptors have started to find their way in recent weeks after a sluggish start to the 2021-22 NBA season. With championship head coach Nick Nurse continuing to find ways for the Raps to pull out wins and escape the bottom tier of the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers kept their hot streak alive Wednesday night in Orlando. After taking down the Magic by a final of 116-106, they are now winners of five straight. Here are some observations from the matchup.  1) Seth Curry sliding into point guard role nicely  With Tyrese Maxey entering health and safety protocol, the Sixers […]

The Charlotte Hornets had a huge 140-111 bounce-back win against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, thanks in large part to Kelly Oubre Jr. and the team’s on-point passing. Charlotte was clicking on all cylinders. They shot the ball 57 percent from deep, 59 percent form the field overall and had 39 assists. They can thank […]

After a slow start to their season, the Washington Football Team started to get their act together. They were playing at a high level after improving to 6-6 on the year. However, like so many teams this season Washington endured untimely injuries and a few of their star players being placed in COVID-19 reserve protocols […]

Surprisingly, the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday decided to waive big man DeMarcus Cousins before the deadline for veteran player contracts to be guaranteed for the season. The extremely penny-pinching move comes after Cousins had a mildly successful 17-game stint, showing he still can contribute to a contender. In his last game for the Bucks, he […]

Kyrie Irving has officially returned. After missing the team’s first 35 games of the season, we finally have some big three Nets basketball to analyze. Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Irving appeared in their ninth regular season game together in the same uniform, the first of this 2021-2022 campaign. Irving dropped 22 points, to go […]

The Houston Texans Week 17 performance against the San Francisco 49ers was one to forget. San Francisco had control of the entire game and Houston couldn’t get anything going. With the offseason approaching, we take a look at this Texans-49ers game with some of our Texans Week 17 takeaways in mind. Although Houston has been […]

The Tennessee Titans are going to be one of the last teams that any team in the playoff is going to want to face. They have an elite running game, an above-average quarterback, and arguably the best defense in all of football. Usually when a team has an elite running back and an elite defense, […]

The day has finally arrived when Kyrie Irving makes his much awaited, and in many ways controversial, return to the Brooklyn Nets. In second place in the Eastern Conference at 23-12, the Nets now trail the Chicago Bulls by two full games. But all eyes are on the seven-time All-Star, born in Melbourne Australia, set […]

Midway through this NFL season, the Buffalo Bills were the odds on favorite to win the Super Bowl. The Bills then lost a few games they were not expected to and became too dependent on Josh Allen. But the Bills have got their mojo back. Buffalo now controls their destiny toward winning the AFC East. […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are going to be in the playoffs after winning the AFC West. Unfortunately for the Chiefs, they will not have the number one seed so it will not be as easy as it possibly could have been for them. With all the  experience that they have, and having arguably the best […]

This matchup should be the most exciting to watch in the NCAA Wednesday night. It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Texas Tech-Iowa State prediction and pick. No. 11 Iowa State will host No. 25 Texas Tech for a battle in the Big-12 Conference. Iowa State is 12-1 this season and […]

Wednesday night in the Association will feature an interconference matchup between two historic franchises! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Spurs-Celtics prediction and pick based on Spurs Celtics NBA odds. We aren’t used to seeing these two teams with losing records. The San Antonio Spurs are currently 14-21 which is good […]

The Washington Wizards will host the Houston Rockets in an interconference matchup! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Rockets-Wizards prediction and pick based on Rockets Wizards NBA odds. The Rockets probably have the least experienced team in the entire NBA right now. Their roster is filled with a lot of guards […]

Wednesday night in the Association will showcase a great Eastern Conference matchup. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Nets-Pacers prediction and pick. The Brooklyn Nets continue to be the talk of the Eastern Conference at this stage of the season. The Nets are 23-12 on the year and are in second […]

Wednesday night in the NBA will showcase this Eastern Conference matchup. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a 76ers-Magic prediction and pick. The Philadelphia 76ers continue to be right in the middle of the pack in the Eastern Conference. Their 19-16 record is good for sixth place in the East. The Orlando […]

There’s a lot of entertaining players to watch in the NBA. LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Ja Morant, and Stephen Curry, to name a few. But there’s another member of the Golden State Warriors who is very fun to watch, and no, it isn’t Klay Thompson. It’s Draymond Green. People might love to poke fun at […]

League of Legends is kickstarting 2022 with a spunky new champion soon to join its roster. Fans first got a glimpse of the new champion back in the Netflix trailer for Riot’s hit animated series Arcane. Hailing from Zaun, Zeri will be making her debut on Summoner’s Rift very soon. Here’s what we know so far […]

It’s so secret this season has not been kind to Philadelphia 76ers talent Tobias Harris. Between injuries and health and safety protocol, he struggled to get in any rhythm on the court. Constantly being in-and-out of the Sixers lineup has taken a hit on his production as well. After having a career year where many […]

Would a Las Vegas Raiders-Jim Harbaugh marriage make sense? Well, we’ll touch on that in a second. The 2021-22 NFL season has been anything but ideal for the Las Vegas Raiders, they’ve definitely had their ups and downs to say the least. Between the Jon Gruden controversy, their streaky play, and adjusting to Rich Bisaccia […]

The Los Angeles Chargers came away with an integral win in Week 17 over the Denver Broncos. They dominated from start to finish, which kept their playoff hopes alive. It was a 34-13 victory, which was a much-needed bounce-back win. They were coming off of a shocking loss to the Houston Texans. Los Angeles has […]

With one game remaining on their schedule against the lowly Houston Texans, the Tennessee Titans find themselves in a bit of a pickle. If they win this game, they are assured of the number one seed in the AFC, thus securing a week off during the divisional round. They would normally want to have “all […]

Any fan of the NFL that has followed former Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown from the time he got his first big contract up until Sunday’s meltdown, is not surprised by anything that has happened. From crying his way into a trade from the Pittsburgh Steelers to his helmet issues at 2019 training camp […]

The Carolina Panthers lost a tough game to the New Orleans Saints in Week 17, 18-10. This was another disappointing week for the Panthers organization and fans are starting to grow angry about the lack of success that they have had and everything that Matt Rhule has done for this. Their offense found little to […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trailed the New York Jets with two minutes remaining, no timeouts and 93 yards to go. Tom Brady then led his team on a game-winning drive, hitting Cyril Grayson for a 33-yard touchdown with 15 seconds left. Normally, that would have been a crazy story on how Tom […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars got embarrassed in Week 17 against the New England Patriots, 50-10. No matter how bad the Jaguars have been this season, this is an inexcusable loss and they should feel embarrassed for what they put out on the field. In most of their losses this season, they were at least somewhat competing […]

The Atlanta Falcons lost to the Buffalo Bills 29-15 in Week 17. After the Falcons-Bills game, we’ll be releasing our Falcons Week 17 takeaways. The Falcons came into the game with a tough task ahead of them: stopping Bills quarterback and MVP candidate Josh Allen. Atlanta did a good job of stopping Allen through the […]

The Denver Broncos‘ Week 17 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers had massive playoff implications for the squad.  Ultimately, the game marked the end of their season as they failed to come away with a win. Los Angeles’ run defense squandered the ground attack from the Broncos, who were thrashed in just about every facet […]

The San Francisco 49ers‘ Week 17 matchup against the Houston Texans gave football fans another early glimpse at rookie quarterback Trey Lance. Lance was making just his second career start in the game against Houston, due to a hand injury sustained by starter Jimmy Garoppolo. The convincing 23-7 victory should have Niners fans fired up, […]

Pete Carroll’s squad finally appeared to shake off the rust during the Seattle Seahawks Week 17 matchup with the Detroit Lions. Amid what has been an utterly disappointing season in Seattle, the team rallied for arguably their best performance of the season when they took down the Lions. The offense was sharp and while the […]

The New England Patriots were able to come away with a commanding Week 17 win against a below-average Jacksonville Jaguars team, 50-10. This was the best that the Patriots have looked all season long and they did it at the perfect time because the playoffs are right around the corner. Let’s take a look at […]

The Cleveland Browns Week 17 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers was always going to be a challenge, especially given the importance of the game for their opponents. In what was likely Ben Roethlisberger’s final home game at Heinz Field in front of the crowd in Pittsburgh, there weren’t many people outside of Cleveland rooting for […]

The New York Giants pathetically lost to the Chicago Bears 29-3 in Week 17. The Giants’ historically bad offense weighed them down while their defense made the Bears own offense look like one of the NFL’s best. Not only that, but Giants fans were treated to a wild postgame rant by head coach Joe Judge. […]