The OG List returns! With March Madness upon us, we compiled a complete list of the NCAA men’s college basketball champions and winners, starting with 1939 and leading all the way up to the present day one-and-done era. The inaugural NCAA basketball tournament in 1939 included eight teams, with six […]
Cade Cunningham, the projected #1 pick in the upcoming 2021 NBA Draft, led the #12 Oklahoma State Cowboys to an upset victory over the #2 Baylor Bears in the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference Tournament. Oklahoma State won 83-74 and Cunningham led all scorers with 25 points. The Cowboys […]
The Philadelphia 76ers saw their entire season flash before their eyes when Joel Embiid crashed hard to the floor during the third quarter of Philly’s game against the Washington Wizards. Embiid, the leading scorer for the 76ers and current favorite to win the NBA MVP, suffered a knee bone contusion […]
Jayhawks down. The #11 Kansas Jayhawks became the fourth major college basketball program in the last 24 hours, and the first Big 12 team, to prematurely exit from their conference tournament due to a positive COVID-19 test from a player. Kansas and Texas were scheduled to meet semifinals of the […]
For the second day in a row, a team pulled out of the ACC college basketball tournament. The #16 Virginia Cavaliers (18-6) were ranked #1 in the ACC conference tournament, but withdrew after a player tested positive for COVID-19. Virginia and Georgia Tech were slated to meet in the ACC […]
The second half of the NBA season is underway with full slate of weekend games. The Denver Nuggets play back-to-back games against two Western Conference bubble teams, including the Memphis Grizzlies on the road at Grind City, and the Dallas Mavericks at home in Colorado. Steph Curry and the Golden […]
The San Antonio Spurs and LaMarcus Aldridge agreed to part ways, which means the Spurs will either trade him or buy out his contract if they can’t find a trade partner for him. Coming into this season, Aldridge averaged 19.5 points and 8.3 rebounds over his career. In 72 postseason […]
At the start of the second half of the season, four NBA divisional races — the Atlantic, Pacific, Southeast, and Southwest Divisions — are undecided and up for grabs. The stacked and hyper-competitive Pacific Division is a three-legged race among the LA Lakers, LA Clippers, and Phoenix Suns. The Brooklyn […]
After the NCAA canceled its men’s and women’s basketball championships last year, the return of March Madness in 2021 comes as a welcome treat for sports fans who missed out on their chance to fill out a bracket in 2020. But while there will be as much action as ever, […]
The Duke Blue Devils (13-11) were on the bubble of the 2021 March Madness college basketball tournament, but an outbreak of COVID-19 derailed their lackluster season. Duke withdrew from the ACC Tournament after one member of the team tested positive for COVID-19. Unranked Duke was slated to meet #15 Florida […]
Two more pro teams, the Las Vegas Aces and the Atlanta Dream, recently changed hands. The WNBA purchases are further evidence of a hyperactive sports franchise market. Even as professional sports continue to lose money due to the pandemic, teams are getting snapped up for top dollar. Predictably, billion-dollar sales […]
There are the best teams in the NBA, and then there are the best betting teams in the NBA, which are those that consistently cover the point spread. The Utah Jazz fit into both categories, with the top record in the league at 27-9 and the best ATS record with […]
Bettors have been fading two of the worst teams in the NBA because the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves struggled to beat the point spread in the first half of the season. The Rockets and Timberwolves are among the worst teams in the NBA ATS, along with the Indiana Pacers, […]
Victor Oladipo recently turned down a max-contract extension from the Houston Rockets, so it looks like the team will trade him to the highest bidder among interested parties such as the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, and New York Knicks. Did you know that Oladipo means “traded four times in […]
If you’re an NBA over/under totals bettor, then you’re aware that the New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings, and Brooklyn Nets are among the league’s top teams on which to bet the over. Meanwhile, the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers have two of the best defenses in the league, […]
While doing press for Coming 2 America, Eddie Murphy recently confirmed the truth behind an infamous urban legend about how Prince and his band schooled Eddie and his brother Charlie in a pick-up basketball game back in the 1980s. In 1985, Eddie Murphy and his older brother, Charlie, and friends […]
In the latest fresh batch of NBA trade rumors, the Miami Heat are on the hunt for a pure scorer, which is why John Wall and Bradley Beal are on Pat Riley’s radar. Beal doesn’t want to leave Washington, DC, or the Washington Wizards, but that doesn’t prevent his name […]
The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers started the season as the consensus favorite to win the 2021 NBA championship. At the All-Star Break, the Lakers are still the favorite to win the championship at +250 odds on the NBA futures board at DraftKings. The Brooklyn Nets are the second favorite […]
Free agency lasted a couple of days before six-time All-Star Blake Griffin signed with the Brooklyn Nets and went from the outhouse to the penthouse. The former #1 pick in the NBA Draft went from the worst team in the Eastern Conference to a championship contender and the second-best squad […]
The 2021 NBA All-Star Game tips off tonight in Atlanta, but two members of the Philadelphia 76ers will not be participating in the game due to COVID-19 health protocols and contract tracing. Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons will miss the All-Star Game because they received haircuts from a barber that […]
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