Long before the season began, Illinois men’s basketball head coach Brad Underwood and his staff devised a training tool they believed would help optimize offensive efficiency. Each and every kind of shot a player might take was funneled into a grading system derived from easily understood imagery: a podium at the Olympics. Regardless of whether…
NFL free agency opened on Monday, and the deals have been fast and furious, so feel free to bookmark this page! Only three players received the franchise tag ahead of free agency, leaving nearly all 100 players on our top free agents list available to sign with any team without restrictions. Running back Kenneth Walker…
Selection Sunday is right around the corner, but many men’s college basketball teams around the nation still have work to do to hear their name called inside that 68-team field. That includes the 12 teams listed in the bubble of FOX Sports’ Michael DeCourcy’s latest NCAA Tournament bracket projection. The fate of those teams is…
We know that Tom Brady, Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow and Jayden Daniels will serve as the quarterbacks for two of the teams in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic. Now, we know who they’ll be throwing to, and some of the defensive players they’ll go up against. Several NFL stars from the past and present have…
For my final men’s Player of the Year Ladder of the season, I decided to take a step back and look at the full picture, ranking the top 10 players based strictly on their overall body of work. Injuries forced me to remove both Texas Tech’s JT Toppin and North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson from recent…
The proposed trade between the Raiders and Ravens that would send star edge rusher Maxx Crosby to Baltimore was axed Tuesday night, sending shockwaves across the NFL. The Raiders said the Ravens “backed out” of the trade agreement, adding that it would have no further comment at this time. However, Crosby didn’t pass his physical…
Two quarterfinal spots, three contenders. Pool B of the World Baseball Classic will go down to the wire with the USA, Mexico and Italy looking to advance to the next round. The USA beat Mexico, 5-3, in Monday’s game but lost to Italy, 8-6, on Tuesday. Italy and Mexico play each other on Wednesday. The…
Daikin Park (Houston) — In the fourth inning of Italy’s 8-6 stunner over Team USA, Jac Caglianone hit the Azzurri’s third home run of the game. Returning to the dugout, he put on the Armani jacket waiting for him, downed a shot of espresso and received the due baci greeting from Vinnie Pasquantino, who placed…
The Baltimore Ravens’ decision to call off the Maxx Crosby trade not only surprised the NFL world but also upset several people around the league. We surveyed several people around the league for their thoughts on Tuesday’s news that Crosby was going back to the Las Vegas Raiders (at least for now). The consensus was…
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take…
