Category: Sports

The San Diego Padres have elevated themselves into big spender territory, and they’ll have to continue to spend big if they want to retain one of their best players. One reporter thinks it’s quite possible they will do so. The Padres signed Manny Machado to a 10-year, $300 million deal in 2019. He has performed […]

Our XFL power rankings will be your one-stop shop each week to find out what is the pecking order among the eight teams in the late winter-early spring professional football league. After three years away, a bankruptcy filing and then the league being sold to Hollywood superstar and WWE legend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in […]

On Tuesday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Durant had conversations with Nets owner Joe Tsai and GM Sean Marks regarding the franchise’s direction and ability to be a legitimate title contender.  Based on those discussions, Wojnarowski said the Nets intend to build around Durant and have no interest in moving him ahead of the trade […]

Plenty of people congratulated LeBron James on Tuesday for breaking the career scoring record, though the recognition from some people stands out above the others. A statement from Michael Jordan might carry more weight for LeBron. Jordan praised James in a statement issued to TMZ Sports on Wednesday. Jordan is fifth on the career points […]

“I want to tell Shaq … this evening because he felt I was shaming you or ignoring you. That would never be the case. You showed them what you were all about the way you crushed all the centers in the league for a couple of years there. I’m on your side, Shaq. Don’t ever […]

Andre Drummond is one of the greatest rebounders in NBA history. Dribbling? Not so much. Drummond stole a pass against the Memphis Grizzlies and led a two-on-one fast break. He went right at the much smaller Tyus Jones and tried to show off his skills with a Eurostep. However, Drummond does not have those skills. […]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set the record straight on his feelings about LeBron James surpassing him as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer Tuesday night with a letter he wrote for his Substack on Wednesday. He praised James for his “unbelievable drive, dedication, and talent to survive in the NBA long enough to rack up [38,390] points when […]

The Brooklyn Nets have been informing teams that they do not plan to trade Kevin Durant ahead of Thursday’s deadline, but they may also have a difficult time making moves to improve the roster around him. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said on his “Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective” podcast this week (via Bleacher Report’s Mike […]

Tuesday night belonged to LeBron James. But Timo Meier sure had himself a nice evening, too: two goals, one assist and the overtime winner for the San Jose Sharks over the Lightning. Not bad. And you can bet many other NHL teams were watching closely, Mr. Meier, because you are unofficially the belle of the […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis had a very odd reaction Tuesday night when teammate LeBron James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record. The unofficial NBA “GOAT” set the new mark by hitting a fadeaway jumper over Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kenrich Williams with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter. Folks on social media […]