Sunday, December 22, 2024

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Even in an odd year, the NBA trade deadline delivered on the excitement it usually promises. At 2 PM CST, the league office closed down all trading of assets for the rest of the year. The day started slow, but the late morning and afternoon were full of league-shaking moves in what was basically the eleventh hour. Despite all these...
University of Alabama. A national powerhouse in American football that will do whatever it takes to win the College Football Championship. This week, after being first in the SEC West, Alabama truly asserted its dominance over Ohio State, crushing them 52-24. Over the past years, Alabama has demonstrated its candidacy as the best football program in America, but the...
Following a delayed season that pushed back the draft by 4 months, the draft has finally been set for November 18th, with the Minnesota Timberwolves holding the first pick. Each NBA team will embark on a night that will hopefully end with them getting a new star. With a limited viewing window of prospects, this year is sure to...
"Touchdown Coleman, and the Falcons will add to their lead!" It was February 5th, 2017. The Atlanta Falcons had, what the world thought, an insurmountable 28-3 lead over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI. I sat there thinking "my team is about to become the champions of the world." But, I had a grim feeling that this...
The NFL season is finally here! We bring you the top fantasy performers of the week, more information on how teams are handling the Coronavirus, and we discuss the protests on the field along with the Cowboys' Week 1 loss. Top Fantasy Performers Josh Jacobs ran over the Panthers with 35.9 points. Davante Adams fired up the Packers' offense with 41.6 points. Aaron...
Since the MLB season is only 60 games long this year, I thought it might be appropriate to come out with this piece now, as we're just about halfway through the season. This MLB season almost didn't happen, and now that it did, the playoff picture for each league is starting to become a little bit clearer. However, there...
The victorious athlete, with sweat accumulating on his forehead under the intense stadium lights, graciously bounds to the top of the podium. Twenty years of perfecting his sport accumulate in that one moment as a glittering gold medal is placed upon his "Team USA" sweatsuit. Childhood days that could've been spent hanging out with friends or going to school...
The NFL is far from perfecting the non-bubble element to their 2020 season and here's why. Laboratory Studies The NFL had its biggest scare last weekend as the New Jersey lab came back with seventy-seven positive COVID-19 tests. Luckily, all seventy-seven of those tests were false positives after multiple retests. This caused many teams to re-evaluate their plans for heading in...

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