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NHL Expected To Pay Out $300 Million In Signing Bonuses As Scheduled

On Wednesday, numerous NHL players who are due signing bonuses on July 1, will receive those bonuses. That means that an approximate $300 million will be paid to players across the league.  Of that $300…

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NFL To Cut 2 Weeks Of Preseason – Could Cut It All

The NFL is beginning to take precaution as the 2020 season looms. It was announced Wednesday that week 1 and week 4 of the NFL preseason have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

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Patriots To Sign Cam Newton To Compete For Starting Job On A 1-Year Deal

After many discussions in regards to what team Cam Newton would sign following his release from the Carolina Panthers back in March, we now finally have an answer as the New England Patriots signed the…

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Hawks’ Vince Carter Officially Announces Retirement From NBA After 22-Seasons

With the NBA announcing plans to restart its season a couple weeks ago, the Atlanta Hawks were one of the eight teams not included in the season restart as they had been eliminated from possibly…

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Liverpool Wins First Premier League Title In Record Fashion

Thursday’s Manchester City loss to Chelsea 2-1 ultimately had a lot more riding on it than anyone thought. With the loss, Man City was officially ‘eliminated’ from the English Premier League Title, meaning that Liverpool…

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Brooks Koepka & Webb Simpson Drop Out Of Travelers Championship Due To COVID-19

With the return of golf this past month, many on the PGA tour are at risk of being exposed to the virus. The fear of contracting the virus has gotten to Brooks Koepka and Webb…

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Novak Djokovic Tests Positive For COVID-19

After receiving criticism for numerous tennis players testing positive for COVID-19 at his exhibition tournament, Novak Djokovic has now tested positive for the virus himself. The number-one tennis player in the world is the fourth…

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MLB To Implement 60-Game Season To Start Mid-July

After the MLB Players Association voted against the league’s offer for 60-game with full prorated salaries, MLB made a decision that has been long awaited. It will be implementing a 60-game season with the agreement…

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Brett Favre Compares Colin Kaepernick To Pat Tillman

NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre has compared Colin Kaepernick and his legacy off the football field to that of former All-Pro Pat Tillman. For context, Tillman left the NFL in 2002 to go…

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49ers’ Wide Receiver Deebo Samuel To Miss 12-16 Weeks With Broken Foot

One of the biggest reasons for the success of the San Francisco 49ers during the 2019 season was because of the emergence of then rookie wide receiver Deebo Samuel. Unfortunately for Samuel and the 49ers,…

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MLB Offers 60-Game Season With Full Salaries To MLBPA

On Monday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said that he was not confident in there being a 2020 MLB season. That does not mean that the league and the MLBPA are not continuing discussions in starting…

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Rob Manfred Rejects MLBPA’s Offer For 70-Game Season

After the MLB Players Association offered a 70-game season with full prorated salaries, MLB and commissioner Rob Manfred were quick to shoot that down. In a statement, Manfred explained this decision. “I told him 70…

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English Premier League Returns After 100 Day Break [Results]

After 100 days since the last English Premier League game back in March, the English soccer league returned Wednesday with two games. Aston Villa took on Sheffield United, and Manchester City squared off against Arsenal played later…

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Daniel Berger Wins Charles Schwab Challenge, First PGA Tour Event Since March

After having its season canceled following the first round of The Players Championship back in March, the PGA Tour returned with the Charles Schwab Challenge. Daniel Berger came out victorious, going 15-under par, winning in…

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NASCAR Bans Confederate Flags From Races, Bubba Wallace Praises Move

On Monday, NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace said that he wants NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag from races in order to fight racism and show support for the protests across the country.  On Wednesday, a…

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MLB Proposes 76-Game Season To MLBPA, Players Say It’s Worst Offer To Date

As expected, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have been going back and forth in regards to negotiations for starting the 2020 season since being pushed back due to the coronavirus…

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Trump Attacks Roger Goodell’s Video Support Black Lives Matter Protests

After numerous notable NFL players posted a video calling for the NFL to support their players in peaceful protests, the league responded with a video featuring commissioner Roger Goodell saying that the league condemns racism…

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Texas Head Coach Tom Herman Discusses ‘Double Standard’ For Black Student-Athletes

University of Texas head football coach Tom Herman said that there is a “double standard” by fans toward black student-athletes.  Herman said that while fans might cheer on black student-athletes on the field, off the…

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Saints’ Drew Brees Apologizes For Remarks On Protests

On Wednesday, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees gave his thoughts on the protests taking place across the country and protests in the NFL.  Brees said that he would “never agree with anybody disrespecting the…

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MLB Players Seeking 114-Games – With No Pay Cuts – To Start Season

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have gone back and forth in negotiations as to how they will start the 2020 season. First the league offered significant pay cuts for the…

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Twins’ Max Kepler Apologizes For Wearing ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Mask

Max Kepler, the Minnesota Twins player, was raised in Germany for the greater portion of his young life. In Germany police officers wear green, unlike in the United States where they wear blue. When Keple…

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