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Matchday 15 of the UEFA Champions League Fantasy game arrives with the stakes higher than ever, and with only elite sides left in the competition, picking the right players can make or break your rank. Form, consistency, and knockout pedigree are now more important than ever, so this selection focuses on the most reliable performers […]
Anthony Joshua might fight Tyson Fury this year, but it won’t be next. The 36-year-old Joshua (29-4, 26 KO) will return to the ring on July 25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, facing Albanian-American club fighter Kristian Prenga. The idea is clearly for Joshua to shake any rust he may feel in what should frankly be […]
I haven’t taken a breath since 12 minutes into Game 2 when Victor Wembanyama took a spill and had a concussion. I think I passed out myself, and I am not sure what happened since. But I woke up and saw the San Antonio Spurs were up 2 games to 1, and Game 4 started […]
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum arrived at the free-throw line with 10:39 left in the fourth quarter in Sunday night’s Game 4 against the Philadelphia 76ers. There, his seventh foul shot gave the C’s a 30-point lead and sparked a tide-turn at Xfinity Mobile Arena. We want Boston! We want Boston! Celtics fans who made […]
The Denver Nuggets trail 1-3 against the Timberwolves, but Nikola Jokic’s history suggests this series may not be over yet.
Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver NuggetsDate: April 27th, 2026Time: 9:30 PM CDTLocation: Ball ArenaTelevision Coverage: NBC, Peacock Before we get to Game 5, the elimination stakes, the wounded Nuggets, and the suddenly very real possibility that Minnesota could end this thing in Denver again, we need to start with Donte DiVincenzo. Those 79 seconds of Game […]
Scoot Henderson may have had an injury-riddled regular season, but he has been a playoff standout for the Blazers.
Former Kentucky Wildcat and two-time NBA champion Rajon Rondo is reportedly in the running to be a NBA head coach. According to Marc Stein, the New Orleans Pelicans are largely considering Rondo for their HC position. He spent the 2017-2018 season as the starting point guard, averaging eight points and as many assists in 65 […]
How low can the vibes get before you reach a point of no return? We got pretty close to that after the demoralizing beatdown the Knicks got at the hands of the shorthanded Mavericks back on MLK Day in January to fall to 2-9 in their last 11 games. Even throughout all the frustration in […]
Talk about a tale of two halves! I’ll be honest, as halftime approached, I was comforting myself with the argument that this game represented an unfortunate but understandable stumble for a young, inexperienced team that was still coming off a critical Game 3 win without its superstar. It certainly wasn’t an ideal scenario, but I […]
The record-setting 2026 NFL Draft is behind us (as is the Blue-White Game), and we are well and truly off into this year’s off-season. There’s playoff hockey and basketball, as well as golf and baseball to fill our time over the next 4 months, but as always, we want football! So let’s look ahead to […]
When the Dallas Mavericks selected Cooper Flagg last June, the franchise was saved, but there were still questions about Flagg’s upside. Those questions were answered, as Flagg had one of the best scoring seasons for a teenager ever, and left no doubt about his future. Season Review Flagg’s season started off poorly, as he averaged […]
The 2024 Indiana Fever went 20-20. The 2018 Las Vegas Aces went 14-20. The 2016 Seattle Storm went 16-18. The 2002 Storm went 17-15. None of them made it past the first round of the playoffs. So should expectations really be that high for the 2026 Dallas Wings, as they, like those teams did, pursue […]
In Monday’s Brotherhood Playoff Action, RJ Barrett and Brandon Ingram helped lead Toronto past Cleveland, 93-89. Mason Plumlee and San Antonio took care of Portland, 114-93. Jayson Tatum and Boston smacked Philadelphia around, 128-96. Finally, Luke Kennard and Los Angeles fell to Houston, 115-96. Ingram had 23 for Toronto, while Barrett finished with 18 points […]
PHILADELPHIA — Payton Pritchard is sitting at his locker, his ankles submerged in ice. “I need another win on the way home,” he says, grinning. Neemias Queta chuckles and shakes his head. Pritchard, after all, is just a few minutes removed from the best individual playoff game of his six-year NBA career, a 32-point, 5-assist […]
Today the Iceman turns 74. That doesn’t seem possible, but it’s true. He moved here in 1974 in after being traded to the San Antonio Spurs by the Virginia Squires. This was in the final years of the ABA. Soon after the trade, Gervin became eligible for the NBA draft and was chosen 40th overall […]
The Hawks (2-2) had a listless Game 4 loss on Saturday meaning they’ve now squandered the home court advantage they picked up with their clutch win in Game 2. Certainly, there have been some disappointing performances from an individual player perspective. But let’s zoom out a tad and focus on a trio of tactics the […]
The ABA and the NBA merged in 1976, and one of the big reasons was Julius Erving. The ABA never really had any national television exposure, but everyone knew who Dr. J was. The afro, the kneepads, the dunks…everyone understood that he was a phenomenon, and that, once the 1976-77 season started, fans would get […]
Why did the Brooklyn Nets select Egor Dëmin at #8 in the 2025 NBA Draft? “I think the first and foremost was the IQ. We loved how he played the game, how he moved the ball, involved his teammates. He saw one, two plays ahead. Obviously the size for position, you know, is great, when […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t get the reputation of being playoff failures overnight. They’ve earned it through years of falling short in the biggest moments. Although their first-round series with the Toronto Raptors isn’t over by any stretch, Game 4 showed all the telltale signs of what has plagued this team in previous postseason runs: lack […]
The NHL playoffs are just over a week old and two teams are already gone. In both cases, the conference winners knocked off the last seed/second wild card team, with Carolina sweeping the Ottawa Senators and the Colorado Avalanche sweeping the Los Angeles Kings. Neither of those two are surprising, so thankfully the other series […]
I was watching Game Three of the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets series. My wife — who’s usually more interested in the National Anthem and the arena timeout entertainment — watched two possessions and said, “Do these guys understand this isn’t football?” In other words, someone who pays more attention to what Britt Waters […]
Natasha Cloud’s name headlines lists of the most-prominent unsigned WNBA free agents. Her lack of contract, however, is not the product anything sinister, with sources around the league telling The Athletic’s Annie Costabile that social media speculation that Cloud’s activism had deterred teams’ from signing her is not factual, but due to the normal dynamics […]
The Boston Celtics delivered a commanding 128–96 road victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, moving them just one win away from advancing to the second round. The Celtics received widespread contributions in this game, highlighted by the scoring heroics of Payton Pritchard. The Oregon product built on the clutch shots he hit in Game 3, pouring in 32 points […]
Ejections for Flagrant 2 fouls typically are pretty egregious and easy to understand. By definition, they involve excessive force, which rarely leaves doubt about an ejection. And yet, when Deandre Ayton was ejected for a Flagrant 2 foul on Alperen Şengün during the third quarter of Game 4, which the Lakers were already losing handily […]