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After weeks of grueling practices in the sun and a pair of games at home, the New England Patriots’ preseason Week 3 matchup comes against the Las Vegas Raiders on Friday. Ahead of the Patriots-Raiders game, we’ll be making our Patriots preseason Week 3 predictions. The two joint practices earlier in the week weren’t full […]

It has been a while since Ezekiel Elliott was the No. 1 option in the Dallas Cowboys’ offense. That didn’t stop Jerry Jones from gushing about the veteran running back’s importance to the team on Thursday’s special episode of First Take with Stephen A. Smith from The Star in Frisco, Texas. Jerry Jones on ⁦@FirstTake⁩ […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have made a trade! But not one involving Russell Westbrook. According to various reports, the Lakers will acquire veteran point guard Patrick Beverley from the Utah Jazz in exchange for Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson. It’s a straight-up transaction— no draft picks are involved. THT + Johnson seems like a lot […]

Jeanie Buss has witnessed the Los Angeles Lakers raise 11 banners since her father, Dr. Jerry Buss, bought the team in 1979. She understands the sky-high expectations of the rabid fanbase better than anybody — expectations that align with her own. Despite a dismal 33-win 2020-21 season, Buss is confident the Lakers can find their […]

Despite being a team that won four games last season, the New York Jets appear set with their 11 starters on each side of the ball ahead of the 2022 NFL season. Their training camp competition primarily is for backup roles and improving the depth on this Jets roster. There was legitimate competition for kicker […]

On Tuesday, LeBron James joined the chorus of NBA stars shouting out Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant on what would have been the Mamba’s 44th birthday. LeBron posted a clip on his Instagram from a trailer for the ongoing 10-part docuseries, Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers, in which LeBron discusses Kobe […]

A bevy of former teammates, peers, and stars from the NBA community — including Pau Gasol, Kyrie Irving, among others — took to social media on Tuesday to wish a happy 44th birthday to Kobe Bryant and pay tribute to the late Los Angeles Lakers legend. Kobe’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, posted a loving note to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have one open roster spot left, and they aren’t done wheeling and dealing. Now that the Kevin Durant (and Kyrie Irving) situation is settled, the Lakers will explore other places to send Russell Westbrook. How a Russ deal materializes — if it does — will ultimately determine if the Lakers have […]

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has been taken aback by the Las Vegas Raiders’ relatively new facilities in Vegas. On Monday, the longtime coach gushed over how he hasn’t seen anything like the Raiders’ facilities before in football. Belichick gushed over them again on Tuesday. “Facilities here are incredible. This is the Taj […]

Though most of their starters did not play, the New York Jets’ 24-16 preseason win against the Atlanta Falcons on Monday was still important for the coaches to assess players on the bubble, whether that be positioning on the depth chart or battling for a roster spot. The Jets did not play 15 of their […]

For every team each preseason, a surprise player seemingly comes out of nowhere to either push for a roster spot or even make their way onto the 53-man roster entering the regular season. Lil’Jordan Humphrey is that player for the New England Patriots this preseason. The fourth-year wide receiver has stood out in both of New […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have dramatically rebuilt their roster over the past two years. Their arena is undergoing its own massive renovation. The recently-renamed venue in downtown Los Angeles — the home to the Lakers, Clippers (for now), Kings, Sparks, and a host of live events — has broken ground on a multi-million dollar redesign […]

LaMelo Ball’s 21st birthday seemed like it took forever to roll around, but the Charlotte Hornets’ franchise player is finally old enough to consume alcohol. Well, legally at least. Now that Ball has hit that magic number of 21 years old, what are some birthday wishes he may have? He has already accomplished a good […]

FOXBOROUGH – The recent injuries to Tyquan Thornton and Kristian Wilkerson created even more intrigue in the battle for possibly the final receiver spot on the New England Patriots roster. If there is an open competition for it, Lil’Jordan Humphrey has certainly shined in the opportunity. In the Patriots’ preseason opener against the Giants, Humphrey […]

During Boston’s deep playoff run last season, Celtics star Jayson Tatum revealed that the injury he played through may have been more serious than many thought. In a one-on-one interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, Tatum explained his injury in greater depth. “I had a non-displaced fracture in my wrist,” he said. “I chipped a […]

Robert Saleh is unsure if he’s going to play his starters when the New York Jets host the Atlanta Falcons on Monday, but there will still be plenty of reasons to watch their second preseason game, so it’s time to make some bold predictions for it. “I’m torn on it,” Saleh said Saturday. “I wake […]

The New York Jets host the Atlanta Falcons in their second preseason game Monday ahead of the next round of cuts to the roster. The Jets need to reduce the numbers of players in training camp from 85 to 80 by Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. That’s a small number and should be easy to […]

FOXBOROUGH – The Patriots got their first win of the season, sort of. New England defeated the Carolina Panthers, 20-10, on Friday night, playing its starters for much of the first half. “It’s just another step in the process,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said following the win. “We’ve just got to keep grinding.” Here are […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James’ summer pro-am tour will continue with a trip to Seattle’s Crawsover Pro-AM on Saturday. The league’s host, three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year winner Jamal Crawford, exuberantly revealed the development on Friday afternoon. LeBron confirmed the news shortly thereafter. SEATTLE LETS GET IT!! Been over 15+ years since […]

Elijah Moore had himself a day when the New York Jets scrimmaged the Atlanta Falcons on Friday, drawing raves from quarterback Joe Flacco and coach Robert Saleh. The second-year wide receiver made one juke after a reception that was so off the charts that it spun the Falcons defender completely around: This move from @e_moore03 […]

Brady Quinn is no fan of Zach Wilson nor the media that covers the New York Jets quarterback. And he proved it with a blistering verbal assault on Fox Sports Radio earlier this week. “I’ve not seen a quarterback get more love for doing less from the media than Zach Wilson in a long time,” […]

The Denver Broncos are slated to face the Buffalo Bills in Week 2 of the preseason. In their first outing of the preseason, the Broncos soundly beat the Dallas Cowboys. While it was a low-scoring affair, the Broncos seemed to be firing on all cylinders, both offensively and defensively. With Saturday’s preseason game approaching, it’s […]

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers officially announced that LeBron James has signed a two-year contract extension. The press release included a laudatory statement from Lakers general manager and vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka. “LeBron is a generational basketball player who has proven to be even more impactful as a human being,” Pelinka […]

New York Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur had a blunt assessment of how Zach Wilson’s development will be stunted with the quarterback set to miss a chunk of training camp and possibly the start of the regular season after knee surgery Tuesday. “If you want to be good at football, you have to play football,” […]

Zach Wilson was back at the New York Jets’ training complex two days after surgery on his right knee, and coach Robert Saleh said the quarterback will start Week 1 against the Baltimore Ravens if he’s “ready to go.” Right now, that appears to be a long shot, considering that the season opener is three […]

The NBA is back in just under two months, and the Boston Celtics will resume their hunt for Banner 18. After coming so close to winning it all last year, the Celtics were bound to have some highly touted games, and the release of the 2022-23 NBA schedule confirmed that in a major way. Our […]

The NBA’s 2022-23 season schedule has officially been released. Fans lining up to watch Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and the LA Clippers can start to plan for their trips to Crypto Dot Com Arena. Let’s not waste any time and jump right into my personal five must-watch games in the 2022-23 regular season. The LA […]

Rejoice! Following a discordant drip of leaked individual matchups — and literally seconds after LeBron James signed an extension — the full 2022-23 NBA schedule was officially released. Yes, all 82 games! Let’s dive in. Despite being projected to finish towards the bottom of the playoff picture, the Lakers, unsurprisingly, will play 39 times on national […]

The Golden State Warriors’ regular-season road to back-to-back titles and an unbelievable fifth championship in nine seasons has been revealed. Two of their most high-profile games of on that journey—opening night against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers and Christmas day versus Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies, both at Chase Center—were reported before […]

FOXBOROUGH – It was fight night (or in this case, morning) again between the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers at joint practice on Wednesday. A couple of the same players were involved in Wednesday’s fracas, too. Patriots receiver Kristian Wilkerson, who was at the center of Tuesday’s fight, was on the wrong end of […]

Well, he did it. Minutes before the release of the 2022-23 NBA schedule on Wednesday afternoon, LeBron James agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told various outlets. The second year (2024-25) will be a player option, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, allowing LeBron to […]

Andrew Wiggins has already been vindicated. It’s not enough to suggest the Golden State Warriors wouldn’t have won the title without him. The former No. 1 overall pick lived up to that billing on the game’s biggest stage, functioning as arguably his team’s second-best player against the big, versatile Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. […]

The Charlotte Hornets have not made many moves in the 2022 offseason. The Hornets were busy during the 2022 NBA Draft and gave Cody Martin a new deal, but that is about it. They have a solid young team around LaMelo Ball and have some good complementary veterans alongside him, so there’s hope for this […]

FOXBOROUGH – DeVante Parker was the Patriots’ biggest acquistion this offseason. Nearly three weeks into training camp, he’s been responsible for some of the biggest plays. That started on Day 1, when Parker made multiple leaping touchdown grabs that drew “ooohs” and “aaahs” from the crowd. That hasn’t been the case every day for the […]

FOXBOROUGH – The Patriots might have had their strongest practice yet in training camp on Tuesday. That wasn’t the biggest story from the first of two joint practices with the Panthers, though. Three fights broke out during Tuesday’s practice, with one of them escalating to the point that three players were ejected. Patriots receiver Kristian […]

Duane Brown has a message for those questioning his ability and desire heading into his 15th NFL season after the tackle signed with the New York Jets this week. “I don’t play the game just to be out there,” Brown said Tuesday after his second practice with the Jets. “I want to play at a […]

FOXBOROUGH — The New England Patriots ramped up the physicality in their first practice of camp, literally. New England hosted the Carolina Panthers for the first of two joint practices on Tuesday before Friday’s preseason game. Here are seven observations from Tuesday’s practice. New England Patriots Practice Observations Fights galore Tuesday was the first practice […]

Zach Wilson received the best possible news following knee surgery Tuesday, and it’s possible the New York Jets quarterback could be back in 2-4 weeks. It is believed that Wilson has a bone bruise and had minimal damage to the meniscus in his surgically repaired right knee. The plan was for just a meniscus trim, […]

With the 2022-23 NBA season approaching fast, the Christmas Day schedule was recently released ahead of the full NBA schedule release on Wednesday. It’s not surprising that the Charlotte Hornets are not on that Christmas schedule. The NBA Christmas Day slate is out, per @ShamsCharania Which game are you MOST excited for?? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/ygdb2jz1Sq — […]