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Pelicans star Zion Williamson wants to put the league on notice for this upcoming NBA season. The All-Star forward, who has been hampered by injuries since being taken with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, is entering the upcoming season with a new mindset. “I’m out for straight vengeance,” Williamson said via […]

Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys defense has gone through a tumultuous last couple weeks, getting gashed on the ground in home losses against the New Orleans Saints (44-19) and the Baltimore Ravens (28-25). Now, the heartbeat of their defense, three-time All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons, is banged up. He departed the Cowboys’ “Thursday Night Football” […]

Rivalry matches can bring out the best in teams, but sometimes, it can also bring out the worst. What Preston North End vs. Blackburn Rovers lacked in goals last weekend, it made up for in red cards and a potential biting incident. In the 89th minute of play, Preston striker Milutin Osmajic got into a […]

In the wake of the Matthew Sluka brouhaha, one question started to ruminate: when will this come to college basketball? There’s always a trickle-down, and this snafu is no different. If the starting quarterback for an undefeated UNLV club can leave the team to preserve his redshirt amid an unprecedented NIL whodunit, then everything is […]

The Chicago Sky have fired head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after just one season, according to Annie Costabile. Weatherspoon, who was hired less than a year ago, went 13-27 in her first year in charge, as the Sky missed the playoffs for the first time since 2018.  Weatherspoon had spent multiple seasons as an assistant coach […]

For the second time in three years, the New York Yankees are AL East champions. New York clinched the division title with Thursday’s blowout win over the Baltimore Orioles (NY 10, BAL 1). The win also clinches a Wild Card Series bye and home-field advantage in the ALDS; the AL Central champion Cleveland Guardians also have a […]

Derrick Rose scored fewer points in the NBA than Harrison Barnes and averaged fewer per game than Antoine Walker. Like Brandon Roy, another ascending guard whose career was destroyed by injuries, he made only three All-Star teams. He never averaged eight assists or rated as a particularly effective defender. Even at his peak, he was […]

Getty Images Brandon Aubrey’s long-distance marksmanship traveled north to New Jersey for “Thursday Night Football” in Week 4 against the New York Giants.  The Dallas Cowboys‘s 2023 First-Team All-Pro kicker drilled a 60-yard field goal with 5:06 left in the third quarter to run Dallas’ lead to five, 17-12. It also improved his personal ledger in […]

It took a while but we’re reaching the business end of the MLS season. The top of the conferences are pretty set but at the bottom, there is quite a bit of scrambling happening. Most teams have three to five matches remaining but the line to get to ninth in leagues is a tight one. […]

The Pac-12’s membership offer to Memphis would have been a “bad” deal for the university, Tigers athletic director Ed Scott said Thursday, confirming, too, that the Pac-12 was only willing to cover $2.5 million of AAC’s $25 million exit fees.  “I’m bullish on Memphis’ future,” Scott said. “I think sometimes we get enamored by the […]