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Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but a late, if not spirited, Lakers comeback fell short as they ultimately lost to the Clippers on Thursday. It’s a common theme for the team in recent years to fall behind big, fake a comeback and make the score closer than it deserved to be. As was […]
The Lakers nearly pulled off an improbable comeback against the Clippers on Thursday before coming up just short, falling 112-104. After trailing by as many as 26 in the second half, the Lakers cut the deficit to two points, setting up a frantic finish. Despite an improved defensive effort in the second half, LA ran […]
Jesse Minter Returns Home: Ravens Bet on Defensive Mastermind to Revitalize Franchise The Baltimore Ravens have hired Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter as their fourth head coach on a five-year deal, ending a 16-day search following John Harbaugh’s stunning dismissal after 18 seasons. A HOMECOMING ROOTED IN URGENCY Minter, 42, spent his first […]
Sean McVay will coach in his third NFC Championship game with the Los Angeles Rams this upcoming weekend. He has already earned two Super Bowl berths since taking over as head coach in 2017 with a victory in 2021. From the turn of the millennium to 2016, the Rams made only a single Super Bowl […]
Pretty much same ol’, same ol’. In a series of tweets and podcasts Thursday, pundits suggested that with two weeks to go before the February 5 (3:00 p.m. ET) trade deadline, the Brooklyn Nets are unlikely to make a big deal involving either Michael Porter Jr. or Nic Claxton. As for Cam Thomas, there doesn’t […]
The Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams are fittingly playing for the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. In a year in which three NFC West teams made the playoffs with 12 wins, it felt inevitable that at least one would make it to Conference Championship weekend, and it’s appropriately the top two teams. This trilogy […]
The Seattle Seahawks are gearing up for their biggest game in a decade with lingering questions surrounding the roster, thanks to a lengthy injury report. All three of the Seahawks’ left tackles missed practice with lingering injuries for the second day in a row. Seattle’s head coach, Mike Macdonald, did give a favorable projection on […]
The Chargers will now have to find their second new coordinator of their offseason as Jesse Minter is being hired by the Baltimore Ravens to be their fourth head coach in franchise history. Minter called the Chargers defense for the past two seasons under head coach Jim Harbaugh. He followed Harbaugh from the University of […]
Another domino has fallen in the NFL’s 2026 coaching carousel, with the Baltimore Ravens announcing Thursday they have hired Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter as their next head coach. The news takes one of the offseason’s top coaching destinations off the board, as well as one of the Steelers’ head coaching candidates. Pittsburgh interviewed Minter […]
The Baltimore Ravens have hired Jesse Minter as their next head coach, per a team announcement. Minter, 42, was the Chargers defensive coordinator for the last two years and will now become the fourth head coach in Ravens franchise history. He was long considered the favorite to replace John Harbaugh, who was fired after the […]
As a Chicago Bears fan, do you ever find yourself thinking, Man, life’s just so much better when the Bears are good? Well, that’s how the National Football League feels, too. The Bears are a ratings juggernaut even when they are in the midst of a down year, so it’s no surprise that with Chicago […]
The Ravens are hosting Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady for an in-person interview for their head coaching vacancy on Thursday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Brady is the third apparent finalist to replace John Harbaugh. Outgoing Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver and Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter both interviewed in Baltimore this week, too. Brady’s offenses […]
This recent week of Lakers basketball was so dramatic that it makes HBO’s show “Winning Time” look like a reality TV show. On the court, we had bad losses like falling to the Hornets in a game they made LaMelo Ball look like prime Steph Curry, allowing him to hit nine 3-pointers. We also witnessed […]
For the third time in nine seasons as the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, Sean McVay will be coaching in the NFC Championship. McVay and the Rams have been here before and this is a stage of the playoffs in which he’s never lost. His first win came with controversy as the Rams […]
The Bears’ season ended in heartbreak Sunday night, but the stage couldn’t have been any bigger. According to numbers released by NBC Sports , the Chicago Bears’ divisional-round loss to the Los Angeles Rams delivered the most-watched NFL Divisional Playoff game in NBC Sports history, averaging 45.4 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital platforms, and NFL Digital properties. The thriller at Soldier Field only grew in audience as the night went on. Viewership increas...
And then, there were four. With the Divisional Round in the rearview, we have just four teams left in the NFL’s tournament to see who gets to play in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8. The NFC Championship game is a particularly interesting pier-sixer in that it has two teams that have already faced […]
Friday’s NHL slate features a likely competitive contest between the Seattle Kraken (22-18-9, -115 on the moneyline to win) and the Anaheim Ducks (26-21-3, -105 moneyline odds) at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+. You can watch the Kraken try to beat the the Ducks on ESPN+. Kraken vs. Ducks Game Info & Odds When: Friday, January 23, 2026 at 10 p.m. ET TV Channel: ESPN+ Live Stream: Fubo Live Stream: ESPN+ Where: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington Favorite: Kraken (-115) Underdo...
And then, there were four. With the Divisional Round in the rear view, we have just four teams left in the NFL’s tournament to see who gets to play in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8. The NFC Championship game is a particularly interesting pier-sixer in that it has two teams that have already […]
The Rams hope to have both Byron Young and Quentin Lake available for Sunday’s NFC Championship game against the Seahawks, although both are dealing with health issues this week. Head coach Sean McVay told the media on Thursday that Lake, who has an illness, returned to practice, but Young won’t practice due to a knee […]
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers outfield production in 2025 was lacking, making it a clear need this offseason. They compensated for that by adding Kyle Tucker, who was the consensus top free agent available, rated the No. 1 free agent at the beginning of the offseason by ESPN, FanGraphs, The Athletic, MLB Trade Rumors, Baseball Prospectus, […]
The Dodgers will have two games televised nationally by TBS in the first half of the season, the network announced on Thursday. TBS televises games every Tuesday night throughout the regular season. Their schedule through the end of June was announced on Thursday, covering the first 14 weeks of the season. The Dodgers’ two games […]
Tonight’s Lakers vs Clippers showdown at the Intuit Dome features an exciting battle for Los Angeles supremacy between a surging Lakers squad and a Clippers team desperate to climb back into the playoff picture. The Lakers (26-16) enter tonight as one of the West’s most balanced threats, led by the walking triple-double threat of Luka Doncic and the timeless impact of LeBron James. Meanwhile, the Clippers (19-24) are looking to leverage home court to snap out of a mid-season slump to prove the...
The Cleveland Browns search for their next head coach hit another bump in the road on Thursday. That is because Jesse Minter, who has spent the past two seasons as defensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Chargers, will not be attending his scheduled second interview today with the Browns. According to Mary Kay Cabot at […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach search continues as a handful of names seem to pull away from the pack. The Steelers have had in-person interviews with Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver, and former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator […]
Ok, I know it might not mean a whole lot in terms of where he plays next season, and pretty much everyone who watched it knew how special Caleb Williams’ TD pass to Cole Kmet was on Sunday night, but hearing Maxx Crosby get excited about it, well, got me excited too. On his podcast, “ The Rush “, Crosby talked about the improbable TD pass from Williams to Kmet to tie the game with just seconds left in the 4th quarter of Sunday’s Divisional Round matchup with the Rams. Obviously, the Bears...