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Ray Allen made one of the biggest shots of all time in Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals — a corner 3-pointer that tied the game at 95 with just over five seconds remaining on the fourth-quarter clock: “Bang!” Mike Breen cried out during ESPN’s telecast. “Tie game with five seconds remaining!” Allen’s shot […]

The day has come where fans are delighted to see the schedule of their favorite team be unveiled, with the Philadelphia Eagles’ schedule set for the 2019 season. Before the schedule release, we already knew the Eagles home games are going to be against the following teams: Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Washington Redskins Chicago […]

The NFL schedules are now out and fans are circling dates on their calendar for certain games. The Kansas City Chiefs are hoping for a repeat of their 2018 season in 2019 but with a different ending. The eight games at home for the Chiefs in the upcoming season are as follows: Denver Broncos Oakland […]

The Seattle Seahawks’ 2019 schedule is out and now that quarterback Russell Wilson got his much-deserved deal, the team can finally focus their attention fully on their 2019 season. Seattle will face off against the AFC North, NFC South, in addition to their NFC West rivals. They also get two potentially tough matchups with the […]

The Oakland Raiders are heading into a pivotal season. The Jon Gruden era didn’t start well, as Oakland went just 4-12 in 2018. In their last season in Oakland, the Silver and Black hope for a much better outcome. Raider fans finally got to see the official schedule for 2019, released on Wednesday: Everything you […]

The Denver Broncos’ 2019 schedule has been released and after an underwhelming 2018 season, they will look to rebound in 2019 with new quarterback Joe Flacco. Denver will face off against the NFC East, AFC South, in addition to their AFC West rivals as well as a notable matchup with the Cleveland Browns. The Broncos’ […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have had a rollercoaster offseason. They dealt with an unreal amount of drama surrounding Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell, but will soon get to turn the page. The start of the 2019 season can’t come soon enough for Steelers fans, and fortunately, we’re one step closer. The NFL released its full schedule […]

The Kansas City Chiefs took the league by storm last season. They had the league’s MVP, the AFC’s best record, and made it all the way to overtime of the AFC Championship Game. One Dee Ford offsides penalty away from the Super Bowl, they’re looking to run it back in 2019. They’ll have some tough […]

The date is finally here. The NFL released their full schedule Wednesday night, marking a huge milestone on the path back to NFL football. The Dallas Cowboys are coming off an overall successful season, albeit one that ended in disappointing fashion. Jason Garrett is heading into the final year of his contract as a lame […]

After a disappointing season last year the Minnesota Vikings have expectations that they can make it back to the playoffs. With the NFL’s 2019 schedule finally released we know the path Minnesota will have to take get back on top of the NFC North. There are a few intriguing games on the schedule that should […]

The San Francisco 49ers are hoping for more luck in 2019. Last season, hopes were sky-high with Jimmy Garoppolo under center. Unfortunately, starting running back Jerick McKinnon tore his ACL before the season began, and Garoppolo tore his a few weeks into it. Garoppolo’s injury effectively ended the season for the 49ers. They’ll try to […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are officially done with the Nick Foles era. They’re moving on with Carson Wentz, and won’t be counting on Foles for any late-season heroics this year. As they look to make it back to the playoffs for the third straight year, they’ll have some tough tests. With the NFL releasing its schedule […]

The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. The 2019 NFL schedule for the Green Bay Packers was leaked on Wednesday, ahead of the official release. Full #Packers schedule leaked: Wk1: @ CHI (TNF on NBC)Wk2: MINWk3: BroncosWk4: Eagles (TNF)Wk5: @ CowboysWk6: DET (MNF)Wk7: RaidersWk8: @ Chiefs (SNF)Wk9: @ LACWk10: CARWk11: ByeWk12: @ […]

Although the Utah Jazz have yet to clinch a spot in the playoffs, they are in a solid position to maintain their favorable seeding down the final stretch of the 2018-19 NBA season. It appears guard Donovan Mitchell has high expectations for this team in the postseason. Mitchell made an appearance at the Gateway to […]

Yahoo Sports senior writer Chris Haynes defended Lakers forward LeBron James on the set of Fox Sports 1’s Undisputed, going against perennial James critic Skip Bayless, who questioned his leadership after a Game 1 debacle in the NBA Finals. Bayless, a lifelong Michael Jordan admirer and apologist, intended to vault Kevin Durant above James, claiming […]

Philadelphia Sixers head coach Brett Brown feels his team could have threatened for the Eastern Conference crown after hitting stride at the end of last season, capable of reaching the NBA Finals. The coach and interim front office herald offered his most heartfelt ideals with reporters during his annual media luncheon. “Last year in my […]

Soon-to-be Hall of Famer Ray Allen was at the center of one of the most improbable comebacks in NBA Finals history, as a memorable corner three in Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals tied the game and sent it to overtime, allowing the Miami Heat to come back from the grave after being inches […]

The Boston Celtics came a game short of reaching the NBA Finals last season. In order to make that goal come true, franchise legend Paul Pierce claims the team will need two special factors to reach the biggest stage in the NBA postseason, according to Brian Robb of The Boston Sports Journal. “Obviously, based on what […]

Aside from the LeBron James migration to Los Angeles and the Kawhi-Spurs divorce, the DeMarcus Cousins to Golden State Warriors news would be one of the most talked about situations this offseason. Yes, it is not breaking news or a surprising issue any more. The Golden State Warriors will now have at their disposal an […]

The Golden State Warriors managed to check the last empty box in their four-year duel with the Cleveland Cavaliers, a clean sweep. Short of a Game 1 that went to overtime, the Cavs looked drastically overmatched by a team that retained its potent firepower, clearly lacking the presence of perennial All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving […]

The 2018 NBA Finals is officially in the books with the Golden State Warriors coming away victorious for the second straight year with Kevin Durant leading the way. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers had an incredible run throughout the NBA playoffs with LeBron James playing perhaps the best basketball of his career, it wasn’t enough to […]

Russell Westbrook innocently uploaded a video of himself singing along to a song on social media. But some think there might have been more to it. Take a look at the video first: https://twitter.com/World_Wide_Wob/status/1005468537937383424 Westbrook’s is singing along to Ice Cube’s No Vaseline. The lyrics he shared in the video are as follows: Goddamn, I’m […]

Stephen Curry is one of the stars of the Golden State Warriors and has played in four straight NBA Finals. The team has won three of them, and still, Curry hasn’t been named Finals MVP. That isn’t a bother for Curry, who cares about giving it his all, and the team having success. Via NBA […]

The Golden State Warriors managed to finish their sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the entire series was who between point guard Stephen Curry and small forward Kevin Durant would take home Finals MVP. For the second year in a row, Durant was named the […]

The Golden State Warriors grabbed their second straight NBA title after completing a four-game sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers after a convincing win in Game 4 on Friday night. Golden State’s dominating effort over Cleveland saw All-Star forward Kevin Durant lead the charge offensively to earn his second straight NBA Finals MVP award. According to Rachel […]

President Donald Trump made yet another predictable move — saying he won’t extend an invitation to whichever team wins this year’s NBA Finals. “I didn’t invite LeBron James, and I didn’t invite Steph Curry. We’re not going to invite either team,” Trump told reporters before departing for Canada, where he will participate in the G7 Summit, […]

LeBron James could make or break the conversation of becoming the greatest of all-time in just one night. Tonight, as he takes the floor in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, The King could keep his case for remaining in that conversation by grabbing a win at home, or ruin it forever by getting swept […]

The Golden State Warriors survived a tough shooting night from Stephen Curry last night to win Game 3 of the NBA Finals over the Cleveland Cavaliers. If that wasn’t a tough feat to overcome, then what’s to come may be even tougher, at least according to Curry, Curry believes Game 4 will be the toughest […]

Kevin Durant went off last night in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. KD led the Warriors to a crucial victory over the Cavaliers to take a commanding 3-0 lead, putting the Cavs in a hole that no team has ever crawled out of in NBA history. Durant was the main reason for it last […]

An anonymous Cleveland Cavaliers player believes their fate in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors would be much different if Kyrie Irving there with them. According to Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, the player thinks the series score would be the same, except in their favor. “We’d be up 3-0 if Kyrie was […]

The Golden State Warriors are once again up 3-0 on the Cleveland Cavaliers, putting them at the verge of elimination for a second consecutive year at the biggest stage, the NBA Finals. And while this series has been rather smooth ride for this team, Kevin Durant suggests the Warriors will need to play perhaps their […]

These 2018 NBA Finals were supposed to be the time when Stephen Curry could claim a much-eluded Finals MVP award after Andre Iguodala earned the honors in 2015 and Kevin Durant did last year after dropping 30-plus-point games in each of his five outings against their fierce rivals, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Following a 43-point eruption […]

Draymond Green has outfits planned for this entire NBA Finals, hoping to make a statement on and off the court with his fashion sense, but the Golden State Warriors forward is hoping he won’t have to make use of them all. Green made headlines last year when he wore a European look with some shorts […]

Kevin Durant did it all in Game 3 for the Golden State Warriors. He had a monster game scoring the rock, hit the shot that was the dagger with under a minute left to go in the game, and he also trash talked some sad Cleveland Cavaliers fan. With 6.3 seconds left in the game, and […]

Kevin Durant might just have stripped Stephen Curry of his much-expected Finals MVP award following a gigantic 43-point performance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, putting him much closer in the race than most through through the first two games of the series. Durant’s supernova Game 3 has “clutch” written all over it The […]

Right after Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors nailed a 3-pointer from way downtown, his teammates Draymond Green and Stephen Curry immediately ran towards him and started yelling. After the game, they revealed that their yelling just wasn’t for show. It actually had a legitimate purpose. As reported by Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated, […]

In Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Cleveland Cavaliers veteran guard J.R. Smith had one of the biggest mental blunders in league history as he dribbled out the final 4.7 seconds of a tied game in the fourth quarter after grabbing a rebound just feet from the basket. The play has obviously drawn a ton […]

The dynamic duo of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant have had to endure stretches of one without the other between the last two seasons. Durant’s first season with the Golden State Warriors in 2016-17 saw him have a lengthy absence in eerily similar fashion, as Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat landed on his knee, causing […]

Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala will be a game-time decision tonight for Game 3 of the NBA Finals vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers. Head coach Steve Kerr went on to add that he thinks it is likely that Iguodala will play. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said there’s a good chance Andre Iguodala will play in […]