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The Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets begin the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday at Ball Arena. As with the Miami Heat-Boston Celtics series, it’ll be a rematch of the 2020 conference finals in the bubble. The Lakers won in five, although LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and Michael Porter Jr. are […]

The 2023 Western Conference Finals between the No. 7 seed Los Angeles Lakers and No. 1 seed Denver Nuggets tips off Tuesday at Ball Arena. The stakes, intrigue, and quality of play both teams are bringing into this bubble rematch are Mile High. The Nuggets have been the class of the West all season, while […]

The most important players for the Los Angeles Lakers in their Western Conference Finals matchup against the Denver Nuggets are, wait for it … LeBron James and Anthony Davis. The depth the Lakers have accrued has refreshingly eased the playmaking/scoring burden from LeBron and AD, but they’ve won two rounds, first and foremost, because of […]

Former Glory kickboxing world champion Cedric Doumbe was a hot commodity when he turned to MMA after his kickboxing career was finished. He finished his Glory career as the 2-time welterweight champion with a professional kickboxing record of 75-6-1 (45 KO). "CÉDRIC DOUMBÉ PROMISED US A KNOCKOUT AND IT ONLY TOOK SECONDS TO DELIVER IT" […]

At UFC 288 we saw the return of Kron Gracie after on the shelf for over 3 years. Normally when a fighter takes a long extended period of time off they come back a better version of themselves but that wasn’t the case with Gracie. Dana White reacts to Kron Gracie’s UFC 288 performance: ‘It […]

Draymond Green wants to finish his career where it started. He was always likely to decline a player option for 2023-24 in favor of one more big-money, multi-year deal that takes Green through his mid-30s. The preseason punch to Jordan Poole put his status with the Golden State Warriors in grave doubt. Even after a […]

What the Golden State Warriors looking like heading into the 2023-24 season relies greatly on what Bob Myers decides to do this offseason. The Warriors’ general manager and president of basketball operations has been directly responsible for the dynasty this organization has formed through the years and after a disappointing exit from the postseason this […]

On Tuesday night, the full 2023 NBA Draft order will be determined via the draft lottery. However, this night also marks the start of something magical for one franchise, as whoever ends up with the top pick in this year’s draft gets Victor Wembanyama. There are always questions being asked about who could potentially go […]

The Miami Heat have been the story of the 2023 NBA Playoffs thus far, as they now find themselves in the Eastern Conference Finals as the 8-seed in the conference. Defeating the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks, the Heat are four wins away from making it back to the NBA Finals, but Tyler […]

Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue is the “No. 1 option” for the Phoenix Suns in their search for a new head coach, Shams Charania said on FanDuel TV program ‘Run It Back.’ Longtime NBA reporter Marc Stein reported the Suns were “expected to explore the feasibility” of bringing Lue to their team. According to […]

The Milwaukee Bucks squared off against the Phoenix Suns in the 2021 NBA Finals with the Bucks taking the series and winning their first championship since 1971. Flash-forward two years and both Mike Budenholzer and Monty Williams, who coached against one another in this championship series, are free agents and looking for new head coaching […]

The Golden State Warriors had already drafted Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson prior to Bob Myers becoming the general manager of the team in 2012. But as soon as Myers took control of the front office, the Warriors became a dynasty.  The former NBA agent controlled the 2012 NBA Draft for the Warriors, a night […]

BOSTON — Joel Embiid had the chance to deliver a statement win to the Philadelphia 76ers and get them into the Eastern Conference Finals. Instead, the greatest chapter of his career ended with a pitiful passage as he shrunk in the moment against the Boston Celtics, losing in blowout fashion in Game 7 as the […]

It’s tough to win the respect of a Boston crowd, but Celtics star Jayson Tatum did so with ease during a blowout Game 7 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. The four-time All-Star put on a historic performance that got the TD Garden rocking and sent the Sixers packing. Tatum put up an insane 51 points, […]

BOSTON — The Philadelphia 76ers’ Game 7 implosion against the Boston Celtics is another notch in the belt of Doc Rivers’ playoff failures. He now falls to 6-10 all-time in Game 7s and has lost his previous five. After another blown 3-2 lead and premature exit for his Sixers, questions about his job security are […]

BOSTON – The Philadelphia 76ers’ season is over. In a Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics, Joel Embiid played one of his worst games and the Sixers got run off the court at TD Garden. A season so full of promise is now over, leading to an offseason stuffed to the brim with questions. […]

Matt Brown responds to Conor McGregor’s comments about the knockout record being tied this past weekend. Brown turned back time this weekend at UFC Charlotte with a brutal first-round knockout against Court McGee. He timed a beautiful right-hand counter that sat down McGee that follow-up shots weren’t even necessary. MATT BROWN DID THAT 😮 #UFCCHARLOTTE […]

The two best words in sports: Game 7. The Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics duked it out at TD Garden looking to advance in the 2023 NBA playoffs. With legacies and a crucially important season at stake — and on the 10-year anniversary of Sam Hinkie officially becoming Philly’s general manager — the Sixers got […]

Draymond Green has the option to hit free agency this summer. Immediately after the Golden State Warriors’ dreams of winning back-to-back titles were dashed for good by the Los Angeles Lakers, though, the veteran big man expressed a desire to remain with the only team he’s ever known for the duration of his Hall-of-Fame career. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have only themselves to blame for stagnant crunch-time offense down the stretch of Game 6 that largely ignored Joel Embiid and prevented them from eliminating the Boston Celtics. After a revealing tidbit about the league’s internal officiating report from that heartbreaking loss, though, rest assured Philly faithful—not to mention players and coaches—will […]

The Boston Celtics play their most important game of the season on Sunday afternoon, as they’ll take on the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The C’s were down in the series 3-2, but after tying it up in Game 6 they have an opportunity to advance in front of their […]

No more room for error. The Philadelphia 76ers couldn’t close out the Boston Celtics at home in Game 6. Now, they’re heading back up north for a Game 7 that will decide the legacies of many of the team’s key figures and the future of the Sixers franchise as a whole. The Sixers’ confidence level […]

We all know Bill Belichick has an affinity for lacrosse and lacrosse players. He may have found his latest lacrosse player to add to the New England Patriots. Former Virginia lacrosse player and current Premier Lacrosse League member Dox Aitken received an invitation for a tryout with the team at Patriots rookie camp, according to […]

The Phoenix Suns are looking for a new head coach. Phoenix fired Monty Williams after four seasons Saturday. Williams was a two-time Coach of the Year and led the team to the 2021 NBA Finals, but Phoenix suffered blowout losses in elimination games at home in each of the last two seasons. Suns owner Mat […]

The Phoenix Suns have parted ways with coach Monty Williams after four seasons. Williams was twice named the NBA’s Coach of the Year and led the franchise to the NBA Finals and a team-best 64 wins just years after they finished at the bottom of the Western Conference for three consecutive seasons. However, Suns owner […]

Francis Ngannou is the biggest free agent in all of combat sports right now and he hints at a massive announcement this upcoming week. Ngannou has been making all of his rounds to the various organizations about being their next big signing but we have yet to see anything materialize just yet. People in the […]

The former UFC men’s flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo was mulling over what to do next after losing his title against Brandon Moreno at UFC 283. We saw reports that Figueiredo was going to move up to bantamweight shortly after his title loss due to the weight cut just being a bit too much for him […]

UFC Charlotte delivered for the fight fans in North Carolina. It was a record-setting night as the Charlotte, North Carolina fans packed the house with a sold-out crowd that had the highest-ever attendance in UFC Fight Night history. #UFCCharlotte Gate: $2.09 millionAttendance: 18,712 (sold out and highest-ever attendance figure for a domestic UFC Fight Night) […]

It’s reductive to say the Golden State Warriors’ dreams of defending their title vanished back when Draymond Green punched Jordan Poole at practice. But the Dubs’ lack of connectedness on and off the floor was apparent throughout a tumultuous regular season. And it was then exposed for all to see on Friday night as the […]

Jonathan Kuminga’s postseason certainly didn’t go how anyone wanted—not him, Dub Nation nor the Golden State Warriors themselves. As he eyes a pivotal, potentially career-altering summer following a disappointing end to 2022-23, though, Kuminga is looking toward a beloved Dubs stalwart as inspiration to improve. The morning after the Warriors were eliminated by the Los […]

Jordan Poole scored seven points on 10 shots and missed each of his three tries from deep in his team’s Game 6 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, ending the Golden State Warriors’ brief playoff run struggling to the same damning extent he did throughout it. He averaged 10.3 points and 3.5 […]

Brittney Griner played her first professional basketball game in almost two years in the Phoenix Mercury‘s preseason game against the Los Angeles Sparks Friday night. Griner, who was detained in Russia for most of last year but released in December, recorded 10 points on 2-for-5 shooting (she shot 6 of 8 from the free-throw line) […]

The Los Angeles Lakers slayed the Golden State Warriors, 122-101, on Friday at Crypto.com Arena to advance to the Western Conference Finals. The triumphant victory was a culmination of a dramatic year of organizational changes and on-the-fly reconstruction around a team that began the 2022-23 NBA season by losing 10 of their first 12 games. […]

The Golden State Warriors crumbled against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, their dreams of winning back-to-back titles forcefully dashed with a 122-101 loss in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Here are three reactions from the Dubs’ all-too-familiar season-ending defeat to LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Lakers at Crypto.com Arena. These […]

The Golden State Warriors fell in Game 6 of their Western Conference Semifinals series to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. Questions are now being asked about what the future holds for the Warriors and there has been a lot of talk about what will happen with four-time All-Star and four-time champion Draymond Green. […]

Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams has led the team to one of its most successful stretches in franchise history. Since Williams was hired by the Suns prior to the 2019-20 season, they had an 8-0 stretch in the NBA bubble, reached the 2021 NBA Finals and achieved a franchise-best 64 wins last season. But the […]

In just his second NBA season in 2021, Deandre Ayton proved to be a massive X-factor for the Phoenix Suns and was one of the main reasons why they found themselves in the NBA Finals. Just two years later, Ayton’s time in Phoenix is very much in question after another disappointing playoff flameout. Losing in […]

The NFL schedule was released in its entirety on Thursday, and the New England Patriots have one of the league’s toughest schedules facing them in the 2023 season. The Patriots have the third-toughest schedule in terms of winning percentage of opponents from the 2022 season and has the toughest schedule based on its opponents’ projected […]

The Phoenix Suns got everything they could out of Cameron Payne in their season-ending 125-100 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals. But Payne, who had a playoff career-high 31 points on 12-of-16 shooting, said he could have emptied more from his tank if the team’s season continued. Cameron […]