Category: Sports

In a piece from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sports columnist Lori Nickel this week, the scribe revealed that Antetokounmpo — who has become of the league’s biggest mental health advocates — faced a bevy of reasons as to why he almost stopped playing after six-plus standout seasons, but before he led the Bucks to the 2021 […]

The reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors had an up-and-down regular season: dominant at home but abysmal in away games, leading them to just narrowly miss falling into the Western Conference play-in tournament. One bright spot for the Dubs was the return to form for Klay Thompson. After sitting out most of the last three […]

New York Mets All-Star closer Edwin Diaz refuses to slam the door shut on possibly returning to the bump later this year following his devastating knee injury.  “If everything goes well, I think I can be back sooner than eight months,” Diaz told reporters on Wednesday ahead of the Mets’ afternoon home game against the […]

Two future contenders square off in the No. 9 vs. No. 10 game in the West. When the Pelicans host the Thunder, we’ll see two young stars swiped from Los Angeles teams (Brandon Ingram and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander). We’ll see what were two of the best defenses in the league this year, though OKC fell out […]

The Stockton, Calif. native spent 15 years fighting under the UFC banner with wins over Conor McGregor, Tony Ferguson, Anthony Pettis and Donald Cerrone, to name a very select few.  Diaz was involved in two of the biggest pay-per-view events in the company’s history, facing McGregor twice and garnering 1.317 million and 1.6 million buys, […]

Zion Williamson has been ruled out for the New Orleans Pelican’s play-in game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night, and some comments the former No. 1 overall pick made this week raised serious questions about where he is at in his recovery. Williamson has been out since he suffered a right hamstring injury […]

Raul Rosas Jr. was fast-tracked to the UFC.  He made his promotional debut after just six professional fights, and oh by the way, he just turned 18 six months ago.  His age is why UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley believes the UFC did him no favors by throwing him into the fire before he was […]

The Steelers made a little bit of a head-scratching move Wednesday morning when they announced the release of LB Jamir Jones. Is it a hint of what’s to come? Jones signed his exclusive rights tag earlier this offseason, which brings questions surrounding the release. The most popular idea seems to be that LB Bud Dupree […]

Israel Adesanya has beaten seven of the top 11 fighters in the UFC’s middleweight rankings, including multiple wins over two of them. The 33-year-old New Zealander became the first two-time middleweight champion in UFC history with his second-round knockout win over Alex Pereira at UFC 287 in Miami — a performance that Former middleweight contender […]

The Golden State Warriors, who have won four NBA titles in the past eight seasons, are starting to click. The defending champs have won eight out of their past 10 games and four of the past five on the road. It’s a finish reminiscent of last season, when they won their last five regular-season games. […]