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MLB Trade Deadline Possibilities: What to Expect from American League & National League
With the MLB trade deadline closing in, here's what we can expect from buyers and sellers in the American and National leagues....
Grading 2024 NBA Free Agency's Biggest Offseason Moves
LeBron James stayed with the Los Angeles Lakers, but Paul George and DeMar DeRozan were on the move. Let's grade the best big NBA free agency moves....
Five NFL Players Who Could Be Really Disappointing in 2024
Maybe it's a player on the back nine of their career, or a player with lofty expectations, but these five NFL players could be really disappointing in 2024....
After Failing To Land Third Superstar, LeBron James Commits to Los Angeles Lakers for Just One Year
Rob Pelinka and the Los Angeles Lakers failed to find a third superstar, so LeBron James will become a free agent again next summer at 40 years old....
2024 NBA Free Agency Way Too Early Grades
While NBA news is still breaking, our staff gave some early grades on the NBA moves that have transpired thus far. ...
Reports: Paul George agrees to four year, $212 million deal with Philadelphia 76ers
After struggling to agree on an extension to stay with the Los Angeles Clippers, Paul George has agreed on a new contract with the Philadelphia 76ers....
Golden State Warriors Planning on Losing Klay Thompson in Free Agency: Where Will He Land?
The Warriors will lose Klay Thompson in free agency, but where will he end up signing? We took a look at three potential teams....
LeBron James Opts Out of Contract With Los Angeles Lakers, Has Opportunity To Do Funniest Thing Ever
After opting out of his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever....
Bronny James Forced His Way To Los Angeles Lakers By Threatening to Play in Australia
Bronny James and Rich Paul reached a new low, threatening NBA teams to not draft Bronny in order to get him to Los Angeles....
Lakers New Coach JJ Redick Done Podcasting, Didn’t Speak With LeBron James
Los Angeles Lakers new head coach JJ Redick said that he's done podcasting and he didn't speak with LeBron James about interviewing with LA....
How The Los Angeles Lakers Aced Their Head Coaching Search
The Los Angeles Lakers kept their options open before landing on JJ Redick as their next head coach....
Inexperienced JJ Redick Checks Every Box For Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers hired JJ Redick as their next head coach. He checks every box except for one......
No Sleepers, All Contenders in MLB's National League
There's a ton of contenders in the National League that will be feared come the MLB Playoffs....
This week in the NBA & WNBA March 09, 2024
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining basketball with their sweet outside strokes is all hot air? I’ll give you one: Josh Giddey. Now that his legal woes appear to be in the rearview mirror, the whispers about his liabilities in the Oklahoma C...
Minnesota and New York listened to the NBA on load management and guess what happened
The NBA’s annual battle of attrition that precedes the playoffs struck again as Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns is out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. It’s the same ailment that forced Philadelphia Sixers center Joel Embiid to the sidelines, and one that should be treated with a...
Are these Clippers Kenough?
It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees. Next up are the L.A. Clippers and the 2024 season possibly being the culmination of their decade of prosperity....
Don't count on the LA Clippers — they're sure to let you down
The Los Angeles Clippers have been a delightful surprise in the NBA since bouncing back from a rough start once James Harden joined the team at the end of October. ...
If you can’t trust Anthony Edwards, you can’t trust the Timberwolves
I’m not anti-analytics, because data matters, but there’s no way to factor in things like your best player missing tipoff because he was a late arrival, or a coach pulling his second-best player when he’s on pace for a 70 burger. The Minnesota Timberwolves are a very good basketball team, by record,...
It's make or break for the Los Angeles Clippers
Curses run deep. They fester in bloodlines, foundations and scorched Earth and are lamented in prose, lyric and declaration. From Shakespeare to Dostoevsky, curses are a part of the canon of human creativity. After the Boston Red Sox broke theirs in 2004 and LeBron James brought a championship to Cl...
Turns out America loves the Denver Nuggets
Most of the state of Colorado can’t watch the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets. However, the rest of America is enjoying the show. NBA insider/analyst Ethan Strauss dove into some viewership data for a recent post on his substack....