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Five Biggest Takeaways After NFL Preseason: What We Learned in 2024 Preseason
The 2024 NFL Preseason is officially in the books, and these are our five biggest takeaways as the regular season nears....
Five NFL Players Under the Most Pressure in 2024
The NFL preseason is officially underway. As the regular season grows closer, these five NFL stars have the most pressure to perform at a high level in 2024....
Why to Watch 2024 NFL Preseason
The NFL Preseason is oftentimes underwhelming, but this year, there's plenty of storylines and reason to turn into the preseason....
Bears QB Caleb Williams pushing to play Thursday in Canton
No. 1 pick Caleb Williams wants to be on the field when the Chicago Bears kick off the preseason Thursday night in Canton, Ohio, as part of the Hall of Fame weekend festivities.,Before Chicago's legendary return specialist Devin Hester is enshrined along with the 2024 Hall of Fame class on Saturday,...
10 Fantasy Football Questions Entering NFL Preseason
As your fantasy football draft grows closer, and NFL teams are reporting to training camp, we take a look at the top 10 questions fantasy managers should be monitoring this preseason....
2024 NFC North Predictions: Detroit Lions Defend Crown, Minnesota Vikings Finish Last
The NFC North is widely expected to be one of the best, most competitive divisions in the NFL, here's how we see things shaking out....
NFL Rookie of the Year 2024 Best Odds & Predictions For Offensive & Defensive Awards
These are our best betting odds and predictions for NFL Rookie of the Year future bets....
Five NFL Rookies With The Most To Prove in 2024 Season
These five NFL rookies have a lot of pressure to succeed early on in their professional football careers....
OKC's Sam Presti is an overrated draft savant
Sam Presti is the only NBA executive ever to draft three future MVPs and he did it in three consecutive drafts. It’s a maniacal stroke of luck and an exercise of risk/reward, chance and foresight. By doing so, Presti at the time guaranteed short-term success for the soon-to-be relocated Seattle Soni...
Long live North Carolina—Duke
The North Carolina Tar Heels won their first outright regular season ACC title in seven years with an 84-79 win over archenemy Duke on Saturday. The annual season finale for the conference is one of the best things going in college basketball, yet there’s a sinking feeling that fans should relish th...
15 most memorable men's March Madness moments since 2000
With March Madness approaching, we are entering the best time of year to be a college basketball fan. To usher in a new year of upsets, stellar performances and champions, here are 15 moments from 2000 to now that are some of the most memorable moments in March Madness history. ...
Dalton Knecht and Reed Sheppard could do something not seen since 1974
This year’s NBA Draft has been dubbed the weakest since the Cleveland Cavaliers wasted the first overall pick on Anthony Bennett. There’s no consensus prize, or catchy tank phrase. Just the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards, and Portland Trail Blazers vying to see who can most e...
Zion Williamson thinks he’s slick, but we know he won’t ever be in the Dunk Contest
Each year following NBA All-Star weekend, we discuss the slam dunk contest for at least two to three weeks afterward. Whether it’s good, bad or somewhere in the middle, the conversation surrounding it blazes on for some time. Now we get Zion Williamson fanning the flames dunk contest banter, with hi...
15 NBA players we wish competed in the Slam Dunk Contest
The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is on life support. The G-League’s Mac McClung has won the contest for a second year in a row. Despite Boston’s Jaylen Brown attempting to bring stars back to the iconic event, his dunks were relatively unimpressive. ...
Do the Thunder have a Josh Giddey problem?
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...
Dejounte Murray hurt an NBA ref's delicate feelings; wound up with a T
Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray found out the hard way Saturday night about getting on an official’s bad side. During Atlanta’s 114-102 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, Murray was given a technical foul during a timeout while sitting on the sideline. Apparently, NBA referees have resorted to handing o...
It's 2024, the NFL Draft process shouldn't take this long
The NFL Draft cannot get here soon enough. In its effort to monetize every second of every month, we have to wait and sit through months of speculation and evaluation with narratives conjured out of dead air. What are the Bears going to do with Justin Fields? Why are all the elite athletes opting ou...
Kevin Garnett accuses LeBron James of doping; 'Cream Abdul-Jabbar' rises to the top; Jordan Poole hits rock bottom
Could Bronny James score a bucket against his father, LeBron? Kevin Garnett certainly doesn’t think so. - Criss Partee Read More...
Every No. 1 NFL Draft pick since 2000
The NFL Scouting Combine is the first sign for everyone to get serious about draft talk. It gives football fans just under two months to prepare for a new name to walk across the stage as Roger Goodell says, “With the first overall pick…” Will they become the new face of the league? Or will they fla...
Will the real Zion Williamson please stand up?
Zion Williamson’s tantalizing game made him a household name after one season at Duke where he established a new NCAA record for 2-point field goal percentage. Up until this juncture in his career, Williamson has been a gas-guzzling, flying tank in a league stacked with electric convertibles. As a r...