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Michael Jordan will always be synonymous with the Chicago Bulls. Same thing for Magic Johnson with the Los Angeles Lakers and Larry Bird with the Boston Celtics. But since the turn of the 21st Century, some teams have gone a decade without a face of the franchise (think the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic). On the...Read more...

The Oklahoma City Thunder have executed one of the shortest rebuilding periods in NBA history. Since the breakup of the Kevin Durant/Russell Westbrook pairing, leading into the current Thunder 2.0, only lasted three seasons of extreme tanking. Those losing efforts netted them the sixth pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, the...Read more...

The New York Knicks won the NBA trade deadline, fleecing the Detroit Pistons for Bojan Bogdanovi and Alec Burks. They added the backup playmaker and off-the-bench scoring they were missing to reach championship contention. Fully healthy, and despite their recent injury-induced hiccup, the Knicks can and will- you...Read more...

Damian Lillard cannot catch a break when Steph Curry is in the building hogging all the limelight. Lillard has to have developed either a chip on his shoulder or inferiority complex, after adding another notch in his Hall of Fame belt by being crowned 3-point contest champ for a second consecutive year -only to watch...Read more...

The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming off a season where they won 10 games and made the playoffs as they shuffled through three different quarterbacks. One-and-done in the postseason might not sound like an accomplishment, but for this team with that offense, a lot less was expected. Knowing the struggles at the QB...Read more...

We are simultaneously living in an age where the best to ever play are on their way out and the best who ever lived are authoring their geneses. Recency bias is running rampant in the early stages of 2020. This month, we've simultaneously witnessed the crowning of Patrick Mahomes and Caitlin Clark as the greatest...Read more...

NBA All-Star Saturday was a hit once again, but one of the main events may have missed the mark. The slam dunk contest at one time was the highlight of the entire weekend. Now it's hit or miss, year-to-year, whether we'll be talking about it for weeks or if it'll be forgotten by Monday afternoon. This year's contest...Read more...

The better player won. Steph Curry beat Sabrina Ionescu in their 3-point showdown at the NBA's All-Star Skills contest last night, 29-26.

Parker Byrd, a sophomore at East Carolina University who lost his leg in a boating accident two years ago, became the first person to play in a DI baseball game with a prosthetic leg.Read more...

For a sport that really loves to tout how tough its players are, hockey players don't seem to have much tolerance for anything that makes them feel bad in the slightest. At least on the ice. Morgan Rielly of Toronto was just the latest to wet himself when an opponent reminded him just a little too much that the Leafs...Read more...

If you think the Oakland A's have a lot of nerve in asking for taxpayers to fund their new stadium on the Las Vegas strip to the tune of $380 million in public funding, wait until you hear what the Royals are doing in Kansas City. - Julie DiCaro Read MoreRead more...

If every NBA player were awarded a mulligan season in their career, this would be the one Jordan Poole would choose to erase and make sure no one ever spoke of again. Entering the 2023-24 campaign, Poole's first in Washington, there were high hopes of what could be alongside Kyle Kuzma. We're just about two-thirds...Read more...

The NBA kicked off its All-Star weekend with a celebrity game where influencers, NFL players, and WNBA stars got to attempt the sport's first-ever eight-point shot. But the real innovation" for basketball came hours before Stephen A. and Shannon Sharpe's teams took the LED court.Read more...

Updated Feb. 17: Scot Pollard received a donor heart and the transplant was a success, according to his wife Dawn.

When I was in school, I had a friend who was a fantastic athlete (she still is). She was tall, thin, wore her hair short and could keep up with any of the guys in gym class and outperform 90 percent of them in just about any sport. She didn't wear makeup and her wardrobe consisted mostly of gender-neutral athletic...Read more...

OK, it's time somebody said something, and since no one else has, here we go. Shannon Sharpe, the Hall of Fame tight end has made quite a mark on the sports media landscape over the past several years. But lately, he's been wilding out to the point where it seems either Unc Shay Shay or Shannon may need some anger...Read more...

The S2 cognition test may go the way of the Wonderlic. According to a report from The Athletic one sports agency is directing its NFL Draft prospects to not participate in any cognition tests in their pre-draft process this year. The organization, Athletes First, emailed NFL teams last month to notify them of the...Read more...

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has announced his retirement, calling it once his contract expires at the end of the 2029 season. There are many people who are perfectly qualified to take over for him, so here are our top 10 choices for the next commish.Read more...

Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic will have domestic violence charges against him dropped due to his wife refusing to testify against him. He will be released on personal recognizance bail.Read more...

The Jimmy Garoppolo Era is over in Las Vegas, if it ever really began in the first place.Read more...

Caitlin Clark wasn't the only person who broke women's basketball records last night. The Iowa Hawkeyes star scored 49 points as she overtook the record for most points in NCAA women's basketball history. But another record fell, too.

A few pairs of shoes and a Jayson Tatum All-Star berth may have cost the NBA millions of dollars.Read more...

Perhaps you've played cornhole during a backyard BBQ, or at a tailgate before a college or pro football game.Read more...

After three years of pending lawsuits against dozens of women, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson may be forced to testify once again in one of the last remaining sexual misconduct cases against him.Read more...

Penn State trustees and high-ranking university officials are discussing naming the football field at Beaver Stadium after longtime coach Joe Paterno.Read more...

LSU running back Trey Holly was arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder in connection to a shooting at a Louisiana apartment complex that injured two people.

The annual post-Super Bowl commiserating over uncalled penalties on the NFL's biggest stage is a sign that the seasons are changing. In the days after the Super Bowl, that sweet Internet copium is a sign that the NBA's All-Star Weekend must be right around the corner. Finally, we'll have a major event where officials...Read more...

If you think the Oakland A's have a lot of nerve in asking for taxpayers to fund their new stadium on the Las Vegas strip to the tune of $380 million in public funding, wait until you hear what the Royals are doing in Kansas City.Read more...

Now that the world knows LeBron James was presented with the opportunity to become a Golden State Warrior, it's time to take a deeper dive into the situation. What this came down to was the Warriors front office calling James' bluff. LeBron is on record saying he'd love to play next to Stephen Curry one day, but once...Read more...

After years of holding out from the big money of LIV Golf, Tiger Woods said he isn't opposed to the Saudi government's Public Investment Fund being an investor in the PGA Tour.Read more...

The Wednesday shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade that left one dead and at least 21 injured began as a personal dispute, according to a statement from Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves.Read more...

The sports world was reminded of two important things over the last few months. One, Taylor Swift's presence is a game-changer. Two, the people who once claimed they'd never watch the NFL again because Black players kneeled, are bonafide liars.Read more...

There are two ways for a head coach to navigate a crushing Super Bowl loss: Take accountability for what went wrong, galvanize the unit and return with vengeance, or engage in friendly fire and burn the walls down. The San Francisco 49ers have opted for finger-pointing and scapegoating each other. Instead of heading...Read more...

Former England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney may be looking to make a pivot to the ring. The 38-year-old has had talks with a boxing promoter to participate in a Misfits Boxing promotion, according to ESPN.Read more...

The Golden State Warriors may not look like their usual, dominant selves, but Steph Curry's still got it.Read more...

It's time for the NFL to take a stand against gun violence after a week when this year's Super Bowl was bookended by two shootings. The second shooting happened on Wednesday at the end of the Chiefs Super Bowl parade in Kansas City. Some schools had closed so that students could attend the victory celebration, and...Read more...

One person was killed, and at least 14 were injured in a shooting that occurred at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade, according to reports.Read more...

Next to the OKC Thunder, the Minnesota Timberwolves have been one of the biggest surprises of the NBA campaign. They've been in control of or hovering near first place in the Western Conference for much of the season. But we may have seen a little bit of foreshadowing brought to us by Clippers star Paul George...Read more...

It's one of the toughest times of the NFL calendar. The end of the regular season has been unofficially dubbed Black Monday" for the head coaches, general managers, and coordinators who will ultimately lose their jobs. In some cases, a relationship has simply run its course, and a business-driven league demands...Read more...

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Closed mouths don't get fed, and Draymond Green took that philosophy to heart. This time around, Green took it upon himself to take the type of clumsy desperation heave he usually takes in games and wedges between the rim and backboard.Read more...

Kyle Kuzma has been seduced by the power of being the No. 1 option on an NBA team. As the leading scorer for the Washington Wizards, he's the closest thing to a star in the market. In the NBA, merely averaging 20 points per game makes you a star in the eyes of many. Ultimately, the goal is to win games, though, right?...Read more...

Michael Jordan is synonymous with the No. 23. Sure, he wore 45 when he returned with the Washington Wizards, but he always had the same jersey number with the Chicago Bulls - except for a lone game against the Orlando Magic 34 years ago today.

Allow me to address your concerns right off the bat. Yes, saying that Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is the worst Senator in America feels subjective at best, and like hyperbole for the sake of clicks at worst. But hear me out. I am confident you'll come to share my opinion, even in the day of other strong...Read more...

The Kansas City Chiefs entered elite company Sunday, becoming one of just seven franchises to win four Super Bowls. The Patrick Mahomes-Andy Reid dynasty has propelled Kansas City into one of the premier teams in NFL history. Check in to see where the rest of the league falls in the race for Lombardi Trophies.Read more...

Sports evict emotions, it's why we love them. And if you've ever been on a team, like a real team that was actually good and won something of importance, you understand that things can get heated in the huddle, in the locker room, or at practice. Competition and the will to win aren't passive traits. But for many,...Read more...

A tweet by San Francisco 49ers lineman Jon Feliciano about his Super Bowl LVIII injury replacement led to accusations of death threats between himself and Philadelphia Eagles rookie DL Jalen Carter.

The College Football Playoffs are finally opening up the potential for expansion. The College Football Playoff board of managers is set to vote on a new model for a 12-team playoff that would include the five highest-ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked teams.Read more...

Former NBA player Bryn Forbes was arrested on a family violence charge on Tuesday after allegedly assaulting the mother of his two children.Read more...

A dreary deadline almost saw a seismic transfer of power in the West, as ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne reported that the Golden State Warriors unsuccessfully tried to trade with the Los Angeles Lakers to acquire LeBron James.Read more...