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The Portland Trail Blazers are almost exactly one-third of the way through their 2025-26 regular season schedule. A 10-16 record doesn’t look as good as they’d hoped at this point in the season, but injuries have played a part, and six games under .500 isn’t an insurmountable deficit. Still, it’s fair to call the beginning […]
From Blazer's Edge | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The NBA Cup Final features an exciting Spurs vs Knicks matchup where Jalen Brunson tries to lead New York over Wemby and San Antonio in Las Vegas. Can Brunson fill up the box score? Will Wemby steal the show? Let’s take a quick look at the Spurs vs Knicks odds and player props for each team’s star from Sin City. Spurs vs Knicks Odds Dec 13, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) flexes in front of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Cason Wallace (2...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
The NBA world at large has been quietly salivating over some of the top-tier talent expected to be available for next summer’s draft. There’s a lot of talent coming available next summer. So let’s jump into an updated mock draft — my first run at the first round here at BN! Freshman North Carolina power forward Caleb Wilson has vaulted into my top three, after being projected to go fourth in Tab’s mock draft last week . That’s usually where he’s hovering around recent mock drafts. M...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers flip-flopped in the No. 2 and No. 7 seeds this week and have a crucial matchup on deck on Saturday at Soldier Field. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Rams have a huge road matchup against the Seattle Seahawks to open Week 16 on Thursday Night Football. That, and more, in this week’s NFL playoff picture check-in. NFL Playoff Picture AFC Playoff Picture: Broncos Clinch Berth, AFC South Getting Tight Note: Division leaders are bolded, playoff ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
The Chicago Blackhawks travel north to Toronto as the Blackhawks and Maple Leafs each try to put an end to a two-game losing skid. The Leafs’ season to date has been defined by inconsistency and unmet expectations: instead of sitting comfortably in the Atlantic mix, they find themselves a handful of spots outside the playoff picture, stuck in the muddled middle of the Eastern Conference. The wins haven’t come in bunches, defensive lapses have been a recurring issue, and the overall produc...
From Second City Hockey | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Knicks. Spurs. Bring. It. On. Mike Brown On the impact of elimination games:“Being in an environment like this, it’s a great experience for all of us, especially having the feel of a single-elimination game. There was no, ‘Hey, let’s go get them tomorrow,’ or, ‘Let’s figure it out.’ Everybody kind of hangs on to that […]
From Posting and Toasting | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Last week, after defeating the Atlanta Falcons in a rather dominant manner, the Seahawks maintained the same average power ranking. Could a sloppy victory over grandfather, Philip Rivers and the Indianapolis Colts potentially drop the Seahawks down? Surprisingly, the five national media sites did not overreact to the close game against the Colts. Of the […]
From Field Gulls | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Welcome to Finals Week, where the staff of Hammer & Rails works to create content while no games are actually happening. It’s not quite the desert of mid-June, but as the players work fervently on cashing in more NIL deals and increasing their brand Finals this week there is not a lot of actual sports […]
From Hammer and Rails | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
After the morning skate, Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill confirmed that rookie defenseman Artyom Levshunov will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday night in Toronto. Levshunov was late getting to the rink for practice on Monday, so it was disciplinary — not based on his play. This is another reminder that this season is about setting standards for everyone involved. I like the move by head coach Jeff Blashill. It helps that the Blackhawks called up a seventh defenseman before th...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Pistons fans were trashing their own players and when that player did something good, it's like they always liked them. Calling Payton Pritchard an angry hamster cracked me up. They complained so much about the Celtics shooting threes while they shot almost as many. All the complaints about the Pistons being targeted by the refs when they take the 2nd most free throws in the league and the Celtics take the fewest. My favorites are in bold. What are yo...
From CelticsGreenBlog.com celtics fans only! | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The Minnesota Vikings and J.J. McCarthy have looked much better over the past two weeks. At a high level, the improved results are largely attributable to McCarthy’s play. His 5-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio in that span is a massive upgrade from the 1-to-3 ratio in his previous three starts. The team has also scored 65 points […]
From Daily Norseman | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Jarred Vanderbilt has had quite a time with the Lakers. He’s had highs like the 2022-23 season, where he was an integral part of a team that reached the Western Conference Finals. Then came bad luck with injuries, which have limited his availability over the last two years. Now that he’s healthy, he has been […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Boston Celtics went down in painful fashion against the Detroit Pistons on Monday night. Once again, a glaring hole at the backup big man spot — and the inability to corral defensive rebounds — reared its head in what is becoming a familiar trend in Celtics losses this season. Joe Mazzulla has attempted to […]
From CelticsBlog | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The Mavericks were 1-1 this past week and now sit in 10th place in the West. They beat Brooklyn (119-111) at home on Friday before going to Utah and losing a heartbreaker to the Jazz (140-133). Cooper Flagg led the team in scoring during these two games with 32 points per game. Daniel Gafford (ankle) […]
From Mavs Moneyball | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Two teams have officially clinched playoff berths for the 2025 playoffs. The Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams both clinched on Sunday evening further guaranteeing themselves another week of competition. 12 teams have already been eliminated; leaving nine teams from each conference fighting for the remaining six spots. Thursday Night Football of the Week 16 […]
From Turf Show Times | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
When it rains in Chicago, it pours. With not much to celebrate day to day for the Chicago Bulls, the one thing we’ve always had was Michael Jordan and his legendary run in the Windy City. But here comes Stephen Curry, breaking not one, but two Jordan records — with another major one approaching soon. So, what were the TWO Michael Jordan records broken? Let me read you the charges facing the Baby-Faced Assassin. On December 12, in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Curry ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
It is officially Jason Myers appreciation season. After putting up all 18 points for the Seattle Seahawks last week against the Indianapolis Colts, Myers is starting to get praise from all around the national media. From appearances on the Pat McAfee show, to winning NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November, to breaking […]
From Field Gulls | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
On today’s episode, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun break down the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ wins over the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings, as well as the recent play of Bones Hyland. — The Timberwolves have won six of their last seven games, but of done so in somewhat lackluster fashion. Does the “eye test” even […]
From Canis Hoopus | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Two 18-7 teams meet in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena tonight when the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs face off in the Emirates NBA Cup Final. The paths that brought them here could not look more different. Practically everyone predicted New York to dominate the Eastern Conference, while most pundits had […]
From Posting and Toasting | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The biggest 2026 NBA Draft storyline for the Washington Wizards has understandably been about who they will take with their own first round pick. The Wizards currently have the worst record in the NBA and are on track to have a 14% chance at the first overall pick and a 40.1% chance at getting a […]
From Bullets Forever | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Alrighty, this is a weird one. The Seattle Seahawks narrowly beat the Indianapolis Colts, so this is as close to doing an Enemy Reaction for a Seahawks loss as I’ve ever come. Not that the Seahawks haven’t had close wins before, but the thought of losing to 44-year-old Philip Rivers at quarterback as a two-touchdown […]
From Field Gulls | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
College basketball produced a great week last week, which lined up nicely with the Dallas Mavericks not playing a game for almost a full week. If you were able to tune into some of the games, you saw elite prospects and teams doing elite things. And although this week appears to be a little lighter […]
From Mavs Moneyball | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
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From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
The early betting lines are out for Week 16 in the National Football League, and the Minnesota Vikings find themselves in a role that they haven’t been in for a while: favorites. According to the folks from the FanDuel Sportsbook, the Vikings are an early 2.5-point favorite over the New York Football Giants in what […]
From Daily Norseman | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
I didn’t think I would be doing a Philip Rivers breakdown this season, but here we are! Let’s go play by play and review how he did in his return to the NFL after being retired for 5 years. Below are all his pass attempts from the game, which can be watched directly on Youtube. […]
From Stampede Blue | about 2 months ago | 3 reads