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This is the year for Josh Allen and the Bills to win their first Super Bowl
While the NFL is in the middle of its most dead period of the offseason, the 2024-2025 NBA season just came to a close with the Oklahoma City Thunder winning their first championship since the team moved away from Seattle and rebranded from the Supersonics. It’s always cool to see history being made in that…
Aaron Rodgers is once again thinking about retirement
Here we go. Again. After weeks of speculation, Aaron Rodgers finally let the world know where he was going to play football next season, signing a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. If you thought, however, that would be the end of Rodgers news this summer you would be wrong. Because the veteran quarterback made…
The NFL’s defensive evolution is all about speed to power
We can all picture it. It’s Week 12, and the Philadelphia Eagles are playing the Los Angeles Rams. Jalen Hurts goes to pass, but somehow, someone has felled the mighty Jordan Mailata at left tackle. All 6’8, 365 pounds of Mailata was put on his butt as Hurts escaped the pocket. Rookie Rams’ EDGE Jared…
‘Surviving Ohio State’ is difficult to watch, but the survivors deserve for us to bear witness
Content warning: This story, and the ‘Surviving Ohio State’ documentary, contain references to and descriptions of sexual abuse and assault that may be disturbing for readers and viewers. I’ve lived in the Atlanta metro area for almost 20 years, but I’m an Ohio State fan, born and bred. I learned the words to Carmen Ohio…
F1 news: Why Williams is smart to bet on James Vowles
Williams is off to a strong start this Formula 1 season, as they currently sit at the front of the midfield. After ten race weekends, the team has accumulated 55 points, which is good enough for fifth place in the F1 Constructors’ Championship standings and surpasses their combined totals from 2023 and 2024. Now their…
The Noah Lyles vs. Tyreek Hill race that was never going to happen is not happening
The highly anticipated 50-yard sprinting showdown between Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles and NFL superstar Tyreek Hill is off. At least for now. After Lyles secured a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Summer Games, the two speedsters began poking each other, and that has yet to let up. Shortly after Lyles secured gold, Hill…
Collin Murray-Boyles is NBA Draft’s analytics darling who wants to prove he can fix his shot
Joshua Staley knew he was getting a smart and skilled player when Collin Murray-Boyles showed up as a freshman at AC Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Staley had coached Murray-Boyles’ older brother James to a state championship five years earlier, and always knew Collin to be a basketball obsessive. For Murray-Boyles to make…
Joe Pavelski is quite talented on and off the golf course
There are different levels of seriousness when it comes to picking up golf after playing a professional sports. Some athletes look at golf as a hobby. It helps them pass the time while exercising. There is certainly no harm in that. Others appear to want to translate their on-field/court/ice disposition to the links. They take…
Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is the gleeful villain the NBA Finals needs
The ball touched his hands about 10 feet behind the half-court line with 6.4 seconds left to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Cason Wallace picked him up at the logo with Alex Caruso cautiously watching to offer help if needed while staying with his assignment, Pascal Siakam. One hesitation dribble moved him…
Gold Cup predictions: Here’s why backing the USMNT against Trinidad is a safe bet. Here’s why
After a pair of lackluster performances from the U.S. men’s national team ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, it appears there’s no where for head coach Mauricio Pochettino’s men to go but up. Losses in a pair of tune-up games against Turkey and Switzerland, find the U.S. eager to get back to winning ways against…