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The regular season is winding down, which means the awards are nearly decided. We won’t find out until after the World Series who wins each of the major awards, of course, but votes must be cast before the playoffs even start. That means that while the final picture is not complete, it is awfully close. […]

The raw thought of betting on the NBA’s MVP award is pretty daunting. You’re trying to pick the single most valuable player out of all 450 or so currently on an NBA roster. When you look at who actually wins this award, though, it gets substantially easier. If we use LeBron James in 2012 as […]

Bill Belichick departing New England was surprising, even if it felt inevitable. Bill Belichick not finding a head coaching job this offseason was straight up shocking. But it should be no surprise if the greatest coach of all time finds himself on another sideline next season.  Belichick’s not doing a retirement media tour this year. […]

The 2024-25 Serie A season is back and back with a bang as the usual giants aim to fight for the title, while other clubs hope they can pull off what Bologna did last season and surprisingly qualify for the Champions League. Inter and Juventus look like the favorites to win the league on paper, […]

The Pac-12 is rebuilding its conference from the ground up, and the first wave of the multistep plan was to poach Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State away from the Mountain West. The Pac-12 officially added Utah State as the conference’s seventh member on Tuesday, and those five MWC programs will join the […]

The Atlanta Braves and New York Mets began what might be the most important series of the 2024 MLB regular season Tuesday night, with Atlanta taking the first game of the three-game set (ATL 5, NY 1). The series will not continue Wednesday and Thursday as scheduled, however. Those games have been postponed because of the […]

Is picking NFL games tough this year or what? Not just against the spread either. I was 7-9 straight-up last week after all the uncertainty of Week 3 that saw upsets galore and survivor pools get blown up. That dropped my straight-up record to 24-24, which tells you how crazy this season is so far. […]

Darvin Ham made a lot of perplexing decisions as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. The one that stood out the longer the 2023-24 season went on was his refusal to simply put his five best players on the court together at the same time. The Lakers went 21-22 in their first 43 games […]

UEFA Europa League action returns as Manchester United host FC Twente on Wednesday on Paramount+.. Twente enter Wednesday’s match sitting fourth in the Eredivisie table and they have clean-sheeted their last two opponents while collectively outscoring them 7-0. They visit a Red Devils team that is 11th in the Premier League standings and coming off of […]

The Mountain West Conference has successfully convinced UNLV and Air Force to remain in the league despite both teams being deep in conversations to jump ship to other leagues, sources told CBS Sports late Wednesday night. UNLV was considering an exit for the Pac-12, while Air Force was fielding interest from the American. After negotiations, the MWC is expected […]