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With all the injuries, the San Francisco 49ers ran their record to 5-2 on the season and tied with the Los Angeles Rams, barring the result of Seattle vs Houston, atop the NFC West. You have to hand it to these 49ers; the effort is evident, the team is all the way bought in, and […]
For as badly as the Lakers flamed out of the playoffs in the spring, a number of things had to go wrong. JJ Redick took a lot of rightful blame for his stubbornness and rookie-like decisions. The team’s stars all shouldered blame for subpar performances as well. But one of the biggest areas of failure […]
A familiar face will help NBC welcome back the NBA during Tuesday’s opening night doubleheader. Following a two-decade-long hiatus, the network will officially take over as the league’s primary partner and kick off a new season by broadcasting Rockets-Thunder and Warriors-Lakers. As if the return of the famous partnership wasn’t highly anticipated enough, NBC announced a handful of months back that legend Michael Jordan would join the team as a special contributor . Exactly what that woul...
On Saturday, Jackson wrote about how Tyler Smith was reported to be the final cut from Milwaukee’s 15-man roster, which needs to be finalized in just under a half hour. Earlier today, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype mentioned that this weekend, the Bucks “gauged the trade market on Smith” but have yet to find any interested […]
The 2031 Women’s World Cup officially has a huge big from Concacaf. Today, U.S. Soccer, the Mexican Football Federation, the Jamaican Football Federation, and the Costa Rican Football Federation officially announced they are launching a joint bid for the 2031 Women’s World Cup. The announcement took place in New York City and hopes to celebrate […]
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Herald How ex-Knicks head coach helped Celtics in ‘awesome’ preseason visit Jaylen Brown full-go at practice, feels ‘great’ ahead of Celtics season opener Globe Celtics writers preview the season: Should they take a gap year? Should Jayson Tatum return? And who could be a surprise? CelticsBlog Celtics star Jaylen Brown provides update on hamstring Celtics […]
Herald How ex-Knicks head coach helped Celtics in ‘awesome’ preseason visit Jaylen Brown full-go at practice, feels ‘great’ ahead of Celtics season opener Globe Celtics writers preview the season: Should they take a gap year? Should Jayson Tatum return? And who could be a surprise? CelticsBlog Celtics star Jaylen Brown provides update on hamstring Celtics .com 2025-26 Roster Breakdown: The Wings NBC Sports Boston Seven bold Celtics predictions: A big Brad move, Tatum's return and mor...
The Minnesota Vikings will look to avoid their first losing streak of 2025 as they make a trip to the West Coast on a short week. In Week 8, the Vikings will head out to Los Angeles to face the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium, a scenario similar to one they faced last year […]
The Seattle Seahawks (4-2) have one more game before their bye week, and it’s under the bright Lumen Field nights on Monday Night Football. Their Week 7 opponents are the Houston Texans (2-3), who are coming off their own bye week and looking for a third successive win to offset their surprising 0-3 start. A […]
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After a tough loss in Week 7, the Minnesota Vikings will have a tall task ahead of them as they attempt to avoid their first losing streak of the 2025 NFL season. The early betting odds certainly reflect that sentiment. According to FanDuel, the Vikings are currently a 3-point underdog as they prepare to head […]
Soon, the LeBron James era will come to an end in Los Angeles. While he’s still on the roster, the franchise will get a glimpse of what the LeBron-less future holds as he’ll be sidelined into November with an injury. Coming into the preseason, the debate around the starting five largely came down to whether […]
If reading that header makes your brain hurt, I don’t blame you. Both games against the No. 20 Minnesota State Mavericks go in the books as a tie, but the Badgers prevailed in the exhibition shootout each night to send the fans home happy. This has turned into a nice little rivalry, with head coach […]
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Today was the deadline for first-round picks in the 2022 NBA Draft to reach rookie extensions with their respective teams, and the big player that met the criteria for Atlanta was last year’s Defensive Player of the Year runner up and reigning Most Improved Player, Dyson Daniels. With a few hours to spare, Shams Charania […]
The Denver Nuggets handled one of the only pieces of remaining business before the season tips off, with Shams Charania of ESPN… The post Report: The Denver Nuggets have signed Christian Braun to a 5 year, $125 million extension appeared first on Denver Stiffs .
The Wolves Didn’t Come This Far to Only Come This Far You can count the truly great Timberwolves seasons on one hand and still have fingers left to point at old scars. 2004’s Big Three run. The Ant-KAT breakthrough that torched Phoenix and toppled Denver. Last spring’s sequel where a disjointed regular season suddenly turned […]
The start of the NBA season approaching means it’s time for my favorite bi-annual tradition: depressing my co-workers by asking them long-term questions about the state of the Philadelphia 76ers. As a team that quickly went from title contenders to ping-pong ball hopefuls, there’s a lot of ways this season can go. So, I’ve given […]
Jaylen Brown practiced fully Monday and said he feels “great” after tweaking his hamstring Wednesday. Brown, who suffered the injury during the Celtics’ preseason finale against the Raptors, said “we’ll see” when asked whether he plans to play in the regular-season opener versus the 76ers this coming Wednesday. It appears his departure from the Toronto […]
As we sit on the precipice of the 2025-2026 NBA season, our Player Preview series continues with the man who has Houston Rockets fans having visions of downtown parades dance in their heads, Kevin Durant. In a previous preview I stated that Reed Sheppard might be the most important Rockets player this season, as they […]
The Portland Trail Blazers will begin their 2025-26 NBA Season on Wednesday night with an opening night tilt against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Over the summer we covered Portland selecting Yang Hansen in the 2025 NBA Draft, trading Anfernee Simons for Jrue Holiday, signing Damian Lillard after he was waived by the Milwaukee Bucks, and much […]
Chicago Bulls basketball is two days away. Brace yourself. To celebrate opening week, the Bulls officially unveiled their 2025-26 City Edition uniforms ! Fans will have to wait until December to get an on-court look at the newest threads, but the initial photos have already won me over. I’ve been critical of some jersey designs in the past, and I’m still not sure the NBA should be forcing teams to roll out something new every year. With that being the case, I love that they kept this ye...
Tyler Bertuzzi’s first season with the Chicago Blackhawks was solid overall. Bertuzzi finished the season with 23 goals in 82 games, the second-highest goal total of his career and the first time he appeared in all 82 games. But that didn’t come without discussion about his consistency. As Scott Powers wrote for The Athletic back on March 23, Bertuzzi’s saw stretches last season where he “had zero goals and seven assists in 20 games. Before that, he had 12 goals and five assists in 20 gam...
Over the weekend the Portland Trail Blazers shored up their future, signing guard Shaedon Sharpe to a four-year, $90 million extension and forward Toumani Camara to four years, $82 million. Reactions were generally positive in Portland, with Sharpe cast in the role of future scoring star and Camara described as part of the current backbone […]