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The Los Angeles Lakers were a play-in team again in 2023-24, and their playoff run lasted five games. Given that it was LeBron James‘ 21st season, you might think that the team would have responded by making a big, win-now trade, or perhaps a series of smaller, but significant ones. This is not what has […]

Getty Images You can argue who mixed martial arts’ greatest female fighter is, but there’s no denying Cris Cyborg is the sport’s most decorated champion regardless of gender. Cyborg put more distance between her contemporaries at PFL Battle of the Giants by winning her fifth title in a major MMA promotion. Cyborg ascended to new […]

The National Football League is full of surprises and historic oddities every single week. Take a gander at this: The entire NFC North division stood as the top four in the NFL in point differential after Week 6 in the following order: the 5-0 Minnesota Vikings (+63), the 4-1 Detroit Lions (+60), the 4-2 Chicago […]

Getty Images PARIS — Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain future has been settled in the final few days of the October international break with the Spanish head coach agreeing to extend his stay at Parc des Princes until 2027. Although the French champions have not yet made the news official, the 54-year-old has earned and maintained […]

Bakhram Murtazaliev spent years waiting to get a shot at the IBF junior middleweight championship before finally winning the title in April. On Saturday night, he got a statement win in his first title defense, battering Tim Tszyu for a third-round TKO. Tszyu entered as a clear favorite according to the gambling odds, but the […]

The 2024 MLB postseason continues Saturday night with Game 5 of the ALCS between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. The Yankees won a thrilling Game 4 on Friday and are one win away from their first pennant since 2009. They have three chances to win one game to get to […]

Getty Images Michel Pereira had Anthony Hernandez in terrible trouble for about 30 seconds, but it was the only time “Fluffy” had anything to worry about. Hernandez smothered, overwhelmed and pummeled Pereira for nearly 25 minutes at UFC Fight Night on Saturday. Hernandez weaponized his renowned cardio to set multiple UFC records. “Fluffy” set new […]

It’s momentum time for me picking games. After a slow start, the sports betting pace has picked up as I went 8-6 against the spread and 12-2 straight up last week. That takes my ATS record to 46-43-3 and my straight-up record to 51-41. I’ll take it.  This week features a lot of high-profile games, […]

What’s wrong with Mikal Bridges? That’s the question many in the NBA world are asking after one of the New York Knicks‘ major offseason acquisitions went 0 of 10 from behind the arc in the team’s preseason finale against the Washington Wizards on Friday night. Bridges is a career 37.5% shooter from downtown, and since […]

USATSI After a comeback victory, there’s a new holder of the MLS record for most points in a season in Inter Miami after defeating the New England Revolution 6-2. The Herons were behind 2-0 early, but thanks to Luis Suarez, they were able to level the score by halftime against the Revolution. Once Benjamin Cremashchi […]