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James Harden is in limbo. Last season, he was all in on taking a pay cut in an effort to give the Philadelphia 76ers cap flexibility to sign glue guys who would put them over the edge come playoff time. A year later, he's the acetone on their franchise continuity. His constant bellyaching stemming from Daryl Morey's...Read more...

Apparently, all it takes to convince American hoops players to represent their country is an insult or a loss at the FIBAs. Whether it was Noah Lyles, the B team's fourth-place finish, or the human instinct to ape the cool kids, Team USA looks to be loaded for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.Read more...

Heading into Week 5 of the 2023 NFL season there still isn't a team that's jumped out ahead of the pack as the clear-cut favorite being head and shoulders above the rest. We always hear the word parity, and we see it even at the top with the best teams. Nobody looks like a world-beater who could reel off eight or nine...Read more...

Obviously, it's never a good winter in Buffalo. And winter never stops, so I'm told. Anyway, the one thing that can make the time pass in the darkest months on the shores of Lake Erie is a hockey team worth watching. Kids, the Buffalo Sabres will very much be worth watching this season. So the residents may only need...Read more...

It's been nearly three weeks since the body of Myrtle Brown, 73, was discovered, battered and bruised in a creek behind her home in suburban Chicago. Law enforcement has ruled the death a homicide, but appear to be no closer to catching the killer than they were when Brown's death was first announced.Read more...

As someone who was programmed to watch college football every fall Saturday from birth, the on-campus pregame show (now plural) was the background noise to my morning routine. It's always fun to see how drunk college kids get just to stand outside and scream on cue for three hours. All of the analysis, sob stories,...Read more...

In the modern history of golf, no female has made a cut on a PGA Tour event. Only Babe Didrikson Zaharias has done it ever, playing all four rounds at the 1945 Phoenix Open, and Tucson Open. And as Lexi Thompson becomes the seventh woman to play in a PGA Tour event next week, on a sponsor's invitation to play in the...Read more...

Immaculate Grid has been a hit with baseball stat geeks since its launch in April. While the stats puzzle has since expanded to basketball, football, and hockey, it's still baseball that makes the game what it is. So if you need help filling out your daily grid, give these stats a look.Read more...

Despite the rumors, Urban Meyer isn't going to be the next head football coach at Michigan State. Despite logic, let's not act like Michigan State hasn't turned itself into a place where many would welcome him with open arms. Drawing the line at Meyer after employing Larry Nassar and Mel Tucker isn't proof that things...Read more...

It is not easy being Evan Neal. Yes, he is a young and wealthy starter for the New York Giants, a dream for many. However, search his name in Xwitter during a Giants game and it gets ugly.Read more...

MLB and Rob Manfred don't really have to care what happens in the wildcard round. Their only aim was to provide more playoff baseball, good or not, because its mere existence netted them more TV cash. So the fact that MLB will get no Game 3s, no interesting storylines, and barely any drama, following the inaugural...Read more...

So far, James Harden is playing nice for the Philadelphia 76ers at their training camp in Fort Collins, Colo. ESPN's Tim Bontempts reported that he arrived on Wednesday, the second day of camp, and is participating in practice." The 76ers even posted photographs on social media of Harden high-fiving a 76ers employee....Read more...

A great team is only as strong as its weakest link. At least that's the consensus among every motivational coach I've ever heard. But for the sake of this space, it's true for NBA contenders as well. I'll examine the weak spots in some of the most iron-clad lineups in the NBA entering the 2023 season from...Read more...

Russell Westbrook is one of the more polarizing NBA players of his era. From his fashion sense to his questionable play on the court at times, Westbrook is often in headlines for one reason or another. Westbrook walks around with a rough exterior, and for good reason. But underneath, there's a down-to-earth person...Read more...

I'm told tennis is up there with golf on the list of leisure activities that aren't as calming as they're intended to be. While any miscue during a round of 18 is technically an unforced error, they're documented in tennis, and there is a cumulative effect as the slight screwups can build to a moment of eruption.Read more...

Call it an all-around epic fail.Read more...

Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis is ready to rock and wants all the smoke with the defending NBA Champion, Denver Nuggets, and their MVP Nikola Joki. Davis also claims to have a goal of playing 82 games this season. Neither of those things are likely to end well for the eight-time All-Star.Read more...

The Philadelphia 76ers are entering one of the most important seasons in franchise history, as reigning MVP Joel Embiid desperately wants to contend, and edges ever so closer toward disgruntled. The Sixers have been a soap opera for going on five years (if not longer), and each attempt to build around the All-NBA...Read more...

One way to definitely not make your fans feel better about a season in which their team's growth flattened out instead of turning into the juggernaut promised is to tell them that's the plan all along. But that's what Seattle Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto felt was the best salve for the sting of the M's puking away a...Read more...

Immaculate Grid has been a hit with baseball stat geeks since its launch in April. While the stats puzzle has since expanded to basketball, football, and hockey, it's still baseball that makes the game what it is. So if you need help filling out your daily grid, give these stats a look.Read more...

If you've been, you know, out in the world this week, you've probably heard that Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, and numerous other best sellers, has a new book out this week, Going Infinite, about the rise and fall of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and it's founder, Sam...Read more...

The NFL doesn't care about Taylor Swift - or women. Like most men, the NFL only cares about what Taylor Swift - and women - can do for them.Read more...

Our long national nightmare is over. The Minnesota Twins won a playoff game.Read more...

A player's mom throwing the first pitch at an MLB game, what a sweet story. Add to it the fact that her day at the mound is the first time that she has seen her son play in the big leagues, the story is worthy of a tissue dab to the corner of both eyes. Randy Arozarena's mom, Sandra Gonzalez, turned her heartfelt...Read more...

There is no antidote or vaccine available for Aaron Rodgers' brain worm infestation. He's always been a doofus of his own making. During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, a humbled Rodgers used his opportunity to applaud the New York Jets defense to insert a dig at Travis Kelce by referring to him as Mr. Pfizer."Read more...

C.J. Stroud is making it look easy. As we've seen firsthand, many recent rookie quarterbacks have struggled as they adjust to the NFL. The QBs atop the 2021 NFL Draft had their bumps, with Mac Jones - who has since twice been benched for Bailey Zappe - looking like the best of that bunch that season.The best...Read more...

There were several low points during the New York Giants loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night - the offensive line, the missed tackles, everything Daniel Jones did - but the most egregious play was the failed Tush push." It's one thing to copycat another coaching staff; this is the NFL after all. However,...Read more...

Kawhi Leonard is not happy about the NBA's new Player Participation Policy. In fact, Leonard seemed to take it as a personal jab by the association when asked about it during the Clippers media day. The so-called king" of Los Angeles is not impressed with the new rule and says it won't help him play more.Read more...

A season ago, the Philadelphia Eagles eased into the playoffs, and the No. 1 seed, behind Jalen Hurts, a great defense, and a favorable schedule. Their out-of-division matchups were the NFC North, and the AFC South; a combo almost guaranteed to net solid returns for really any organization. I say that because the...Read more...

The Penguins might be the most-watched team in the league this season. When you trade for the reigning Norris Trophy winner, surefire Hall of Famer, and d-man who changed how the position is viewed in Erik Karlsson, to add to your collection of three Hall of Famers already, fans are going to want to see the...Read more...

Here's your de facto American League Championship Series. Sorry to those in Baltimore, your luck will run out despite being undervalued the entire season. Postseason baseball is a different juggernaut. The Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins just don't have the firepower to keep up. And Houston could have some...Read more...

While Jamal Adams' concussed tirade at a concussion spotter is what's making the news this morning, what we really should be talking about is that we witnessed an event about as rare as this month's upcoming lunar eclipse: An NFL team handling a player's hit to the head properly.Read more...

There's nothing worse than an ending that doesn't offer a definite ending. Think The Sopranos cutting to black in the diner or Emmy-winning GLOW being canceled on a cliffhanger during the pandemic as the 94 MLB strike-shortened season of series finales. Last month, Winning Time ended with the Boston Celtics...Read more...

If Jayson Tatum, Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry, Draymond Green, LeBron James, Paolo Banchero, or Victor Wembanyama did what Josh Primo did, it would be the talk of the NBA as Media Days took place this week. But the NBA knows that, which is why most sports fans have no idea that the free-agent guard is about to sign a...Read more...

I get it. Daniel Jones' new contract guarantees him $82 million over the first two seasons. That is a lot of money for a player in his fifth year who has never averaged even seven yards per pass attempt for an entire season. After a surprise playoff appearance, and a Wild-Card Weekend victory, the New York Giants had...Read more...

The problem with hinging an entire league's reputation and financial fortune on one man is what do you do when that man isn't around? If you're MLS, you kind of shut your eyes, put your fingers in your ears, and pretend it's not a problem.Read more...

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This article is based on data from Sportradar. Text was compiled by an AI engine that was then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff.Read more...

This article is based on data from Sportradar. Text was compiled by an AI engine that was then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff.Read more...

This article is based on data from Sportradar. Text was compiled by an AI engine that was then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff.Read more...

This article is based on data from Sportradar. Text was compiled by an AI engine that was then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff.Read more...

This article is based on data from Sportradar. Text was compiled by an AI engine that was then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff.Read more...

This article is based on data from Sportradar. Text was compiled by an AI engine that was then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff.Read more...

This article is based on data from Sportradar. Text was compiled by an AI engine that was then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff.Read more...

It is a compliment to AEW's Wrestledream PPV on Sunday, and to the now-Adam Copeland's appeal and history, that his arrival in AEW was only one of the biggest, and most memorable moments of the show. That's how good the show was, perhaps the best AEW has ever run, and a testament to the former Edge's arrival feeling...Read more...

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler turned heads at the team's media day on Monday with his new emo Jimmy" look. Butler walked in with his hair straightened, covering one side of his face, which included piercings above one eye and lips, complete with black fingernail polish.Read more...

James Harden missed a golden opportunity by not attending the Philadelphia 76ers' media day.

The MLB playoffs start tomorrow, which still gives us a day to reflect on the season gone. MLB more and more would like its fans to focus on only October so they can demean, and hence pay less for, the regular season. But that's not how the game works, it's not how baseball fandom works, and there is still so much...Read more...

What is it about when Washington plays in Philadelphia? They have an even record at Lincoln Financial Field over the last four years and I get that's not impressive by itself. The Eagles have been one of the NFL's best teams over the last few seasons and dominant against the NFC. The public meeting place for the City...Read more...

The Dallas Cowboys are flying high again after demolishing the New England Patriots, 38-3. This Week 4 matchup was a breeze compared to last week against the Arizona Cardinals. And now Dallas faces its biggest test of the season as they travel west to face San Francisco.Read more...