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The Wild Card round of the MLB playoffs has wrapped up and now it is on to the Divisional Round. This season in the MLB has been an exciting one with several teams and players putting on incredible performances. The Atlanta Braves once again put on a great showing behind the heroics of Ronald Acuña Jr. who became the...
So much of the fan experience when attending National Basketball Association (NBA) games lies outside of the scoreboard. For me personally, the atmosphere is largely decided by the music playing. For starters, if any player on the home team has ever released a song or has been featured in a song, it definitely has to be played, regardless if the...
With the 2023 NFL season now in the books, there is nothing to do but to look forward to the next. A new year means a buttload of new talent is bound to enter the league, and judging from an astounding year of college football, there is most definitely reason to be excited about this year’s class of prospects....
Courtesy of dfritzphotos via Instagram On Thursday, April 16, top California basketball senior Jalen Green took to Instagram live to announce his decision to skip college and become the first participant in the NBA G League professional pathway program. The Prolific Prep school shooting guard was an elite NCAA prospect, ranked...
This past week, Atalanta thrashed the formerly “Invincible” Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final. Despite being the clear underdog, Atalanta put Leverkusen on the back foot from kick-off to the final whistle. They pressed aggressively and didn’t give Leverkusen’s playmakers Florian Wirtz and Exequiel Palacios an inch of space. It suffocated their attack as Leverkusen struggled to...
The recent disappointment made by the USA national basketball team at the FIBA World Cup tournament has sparked some anger from fans and some talk from the rest of the league. After a press conference with U.S. track and field sprinter Noah Lyles, expressing his concerns on why the U.S. NBA players call themselves the “Champions of the World,"...
Veteran forward Jimmy Butler was getting accustomed to life with the Golden State Warriors after being traded last year. During his first full season with the Warriors, he has proven to be a great asset to the team. Butler had been a key offensive player for the Warriors, averaging 20.0 points, and 4.9 assists per game. With his impressive ability...
Opening Day for Major League Baseball (MLB) is just under a month away, beginning with the Dodgers vs. Padres in Seoul, South Korea. The historic games to be hosted in South Korea will surely be a big storyline as the MLB moves to grow the game internationally. However, for the Dodgers, it will be the first step in their...
With the NFL waiting for the preseason to start, rosters on every NFL team are pretty much set in stone, with the exception of the Green Bay Packers and the Aaron Rodgers drama. There were many interesting moves and acquisitions in the offseason, such as J.J Watt being traded to the Arizona Cardinals and the New England Patriots revamping...
It’s hard to believe that it's been almost three years since the infamous Euro 2020 final between Italy and England. As extra-time expired and the match headed to penalties, Italy’s giant goalkeeper Gianluigi Donarumma rose to the occasion. His clutch penalty saves against England’s Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka broke the hearts of everyone who thought, “It’s coming home!”...