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It is officially football season. You knew that already. You see, I respect you as an audience member. I am a firm believer that doing so leads to the best relationship between creators and consumers. I appreciate when others share this sentiment. Chief among these people is Scott Hanson. Football fans know Scott from a […]

In Week 2 of 2025 the Carolina Panthers face the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale. Each week we’re diving into the NFL history books to highlight a unique or weird game when this same matchup happened in the past. October 14, 2007 — One of the funniest things in the last 20 years of the NFL […]

Tiana Mangakahia, who was known for her precise passing and incredible playmaking abilities while starring for Syracuse’s women’s basketball team, died on Thursday at the age of 30 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Her death was announced in a post on her Instagram account and also confirmed by Syracuse athletics. The post on her […]

Ola Aina has been ruled out until December after sustaining a hamstring injury. The defender was forced off in the 10th minute during Nigeria’s World Cup qualifier against South Africa, with the poor state of the Free State Stadium pitch believed to have contributed to the setback. Injuries have been a recurring challenge for Aina, […]

Paul Onuachu has a new teammate at Trabzonspor in Cameroon international Andre Onana. The Turkish club has completed the signing of Onana on a season-long loan until the end of the campaign. Trabzonspor is set to pay the goalkeeper’s full salary of £6 million and also give him a signing bonus. Paul Onuachu during the […]

Brighton & Hove Albion head coach Dario Vidosic has lauded new signing Chiamaka Nnadozie after the Nigerian goalkeeper marked her Women’s Super League debut with a clean sheet in a goalless draw against Aston Villa. Speaking after the match, Vidosic was proud of how his side’s debutants handled the occasion, singling out Nnadozie for her […]

Former Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi has voiced deep concern over Nigeria’s faltering 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. He warned that a second consecutive failure to reach the tournament would be a national disaster. Nigeria missed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and now faces the prospect of back-to-back absences. Mikel insists such […]

The Kawhi Leonard improper benefits scandal isn’t going away, despite the Los Angeles Clippers’ best efforts. New evidence has been uncovered by journalist Pablo Torre which implicates the Clippers in what appears to be a clear link between the basketball team and now-defunct carbon offset company Aspiration, which was reportedly paying Leonard $7 million a […]

Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football slate kicks off tonight to open Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season, with the Green Bay Packers hosting the Washington Commanders in a battle of NFC title hopefuls. And the prelude to the game will sound a little bit different. While Amazon Prime has used songs from guitarist […]

The first week of the NFL is in the books and so are our expert picks. In total our panel went 101-59 in the opening week, with our best picker finishing 12-4, with a median of 10-6 across the group. In the end the majority of us fell into the same pitfalls in Week 1. […]

Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season is here and we’ll be treated to an NFC battle featuring the Washington Commanders visiting the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay enters as a slight 3.5-point home favorite, with an over/under of 48.5. Both of these teams won their respective season openers last Sunday and are looking to […]

Update: Reed won’t return to Thursday Night Football, per Ian Rapoport. No receiver has seen a big bump in work after Reed’s departure, as nobody has topped four targets at this point in the game. Dontayvion Wicks appears to be the biggest beneficiary so far, but Jordan Love continues to spread the ball around fairly […]