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Coach of the Year is among the NBA’s more narratively-driven awards. Consider the following: the 2022-23 and 2023-24 Sacramento Kings were nearly identical in almost every respect. The 2022-23 version won two more games and had a net rating 0.8 points higher, but it also dealt with a few more injuries after having an unusually […]

After last week’s main event, it’s now time for the junior varsity dustup between North London and Manchester. Arsenal’s 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium had everything you would want from a clash of champions: high quality football, overwrought drama, enough incidents to have tided the punditocracy through even the most tepid of international breaks. […]

Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys defense has gone through a tumultuous last couple weeks, getting gashed on the ground in home losses against the New Orleans Saints (44-19) and the Baltimore Ravens (28-25). Now, the heartbeat of their defense, three-time All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons, is banged up. He departed the Cowboys’ “Thursday Night Football” […]

Rivalry matches can bring out the best in teams, but sometimes, it can also bring out the worst. What Preston North End vs. Blackburn Rovers lacked in goals last weekend, it made up for in red cards and a potential biting incident. In the 89th minute of play, Preston striker Milutin Osmajic got into a […]

Derrick Rose scored fewer points in the NBA than Harrison Barnes and averaged fewer per game than Antoine Walker. Like Brandon Roy, another ascending guard whose career was destroyed by injuries, he made only three All-Star teams. He never averaged eight assists or rated as a particularly effective defender. Even at his peak, he was […]

Getty Images Brandon Aubrey’s long-distance marksmanship traveled north to New Jersey for “Thursday Night Football” in Week 4 against the New York Giants.  The Dallas Cowboys‘s 2023 First-Team All-Pro kicker drilled a 60-yard field goal with 5:06 left in the third quarter to run Dallas’ lead to five, 17-12. It also improved his personal ledger in […]

It took a while but we’re reaching the business end of the MLS season. The top of the conferences are pretty set but at the bottom, there is quite a bit of scrambling happening. Most teams have three to five matches remaining but the line to get to ninth in leagues is a tight one. […]

“The scheme, man, it’s crazy.” Those were the words of 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy to Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores during on-field handshakes moments after Minnesota’s 23-17 win over San Francisco in Week 2.  Essentially, Purdy’s nod to Flores was the ultimate compliment an opposing quarterback can give to the defensive coordinator.  While the third-year […]

Tottenham Hotspur host Qarabag FK in a UEFA Europa League showdown on Thursday on Paramount+. The Premier League side enters Thursday’s home match having won three of their last five games across all competition. They host Qarabag FK, who are first in the Azerbaijan Premier League after winning five of their first six matches of the […]