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If it wasn’t already a mess, the NBA’s award voting process is about to face another challenge. As it stands, Luka Dončić is not eligible for postseason awards. However, he intends to appeal that by using the Extraordinary Circumstances Challenge, citing him having to travel Europe for the birth of his child earlier this season. […]
The contest to be crowned Premier League champions has officially narrowed to a high-stakes, two-horse race. With only a handful of matches remaining, every tactical decision and injury update will shift the scales in predicting the Premier League run-in: Man City or Arsenal, who is most likely to win the league? Mikel Arteta’s side currently […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to pick up their second win in as many nights as they take on the Memphis Grizzlies on the tail end of a back-to-back. Like Sunday evening, the Cavs are resting several players with the playoffs fast approaching and their position mostly locked up. The Cavaliers are coming into this […]
Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages had five multi-hit games and reached base far more often than not against the Cleveland Guardians and Washington Nationals, and on Monday was rewarded with National League player of the week honors. Pages last week started with a pair of two-hit games, then three three-hit games in a row, before […]
From LSU to Ole Miss to now a destination yet to be determined is the story for Corey Chest according to a report from On3. The 6’8” sophomore will go to his third school in as many years, and last season he seemed to regress from his freshman season at LSU. He went from 6.1 […]
The Lakers got a double dose of bad news over the weekend as both Luka Dončić (hamstring) and Austin Reaves (oblique) are done for the regular season. Their status for the opening round of the playoff remains murky at best as well, although they’re both aiming to return as evidenced by Luka heading to Europe […]
The Chicago Bulls have fired General Manager Marc Eversley and Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas. Bulls President and CEO Michael Reinsdorf released the following statement: Eversley and Karnisovas were both hired before the 2020-21 season, with the Bulls going 224-254 since then. Their only winning season during that period was 2021-22, earning […]
Herald Neemias Queta for Most Improved: Jaylen Brown backs Celtics teammate’s award case Celtics notebook: Nikola Vucevic looks rusty, but feels ‘pretty good’ in return Celtics dominate fourth quarter to secure season sweep of Raptors Globe Tatum, Celtics pull away late to beat Raptors, move closer to 2-seed: 6 takeaways ‘I’ll do whatever it takes’: […]
Herald Neemias Queta for Most Improved: Jaylen Brown backs Celtics teammate’s award case Celtics notebook: Nikola Vucevic looks rusty, but feels ‘pretty good’ in return Celtics dominate fourth quarter to secure season sweep of Raptors Globe Tatum, Celtics pull away late to beat Raptors, move closer to 2-seed: 6 takeaways ‘I’ll do whatever it takes’: 1-on-1 with Celtics owner Bill Chisholm on spending, roster changes, and a new arena Nikola Vucevic returned for the Celtics, but is the...
Jaylen Brown has been named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the third time this season after leading the Celtics to a 3-1 week. The Celtics tallied wins over the Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, and Toronto Raptors, while averaging 31 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game. The Celtics’ only loss came in […]
While it’s now quite some time into the relative past, one of the big talking points, given hindsight, of Thursday’s game against the Thunder was the decision to play both Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves in the second half of a blowout. Given that the game was out of hand, the pair have played heavy […]
As the Minnesota Vikings approach the start of their offseason program on April 20, the most impactful question facing the franchise centers on the quarterback position. Whether the Week 1 starter is J.J. McCarthy or Kyler Murray would signal two very different philosophies about how the team views its identity and competitive window. The Vikings […]
It is Mock Draft season! Surely fans have read dozens, if not hundreds of mock drafts by this time of year. So, what’s one more? Here is what this schmuck thinks the Seattle Seahawks could do in the 2026 NFL Draft. First, let’s see how the first round shook out in this mock. I went […]
It looks as though the North Carolina Tar Heels have found their next head coach, and it’s a surprising name in former Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone. According to ESPN college basketball reporter Pete Thamel, North Carolina is set to hire Malone, who won an NBA Championship with Denver in 2023 before being fired two […]
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Happy Monday, everyone. Hope your week has gotten off to a nice start. As usual, there’s lots to get to on Hurricanes athletics, so let’s do it. 1) I have said before in this piece that Monday Musings is kind of like an open dialogue of my mind about whatever is going on with the […]
The words “last” and “final” continue popping up in descriptions of Blackhawks games, as Chicago wraps up the road portion of its 2025-26 season on Monday night in San Jose against the Sharks. A quick glance at the standings suggests that San Jose is the superior team, as a win in this game would insert the Sharks into a three-way tie for the second wild card spot with Nashville and Los Angeles, which already have 81 points in 76 games and San Jose at 79 in 75. But the minus-36 goal diffe...
With one week remaining in the regular season, the Portland Trail Blazers are trending upward. They’ve gone 8-2 in their last 10 games and are tied for eighth place in the Western Conference. Plus, for the first time since 2021, the Blazers are guaranteed to get some postseason action — and at least one home […]
We’ve hit the home stretch and there’s still a lot to be determined. The Charlotte Hornets only have three games left, but there is still a lot of room to move either up or down between now and the end of those three games. The Hornets are currently 8th in the Eastern Conference, but just […] The post Hornets playoff watch for the final week of the season first appeared on At The Hive .
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter long weekend…I certainly am happy that I used a few holiday days to stretch it to a full 7 days without doing my day job. Moving on to look at the Western Conference’s wildcard race before action gets underway on Monday. The Winnipeg Jets are currently 3 points behind the Nashville Predators & Los Angeles Kings, who are tied for the 8th and final spot. The San Jose Sharks are only 2 points back of those clubs and 1 up on the Jets, while the St. Loui...
Welcome to Week in Review: a Monday feature that looks back at the week that was for the San Antonio Spurs, takes a look at the week ahead, and more. Enjoy! Week 23: The Spurs swept an easy three-game road trip against the slumping Heat and tanking Grizzlies and Bucks, becoming the first team in NBA […]
Following a weekend of catastrophic injuries that saw their star backcourt ruled out for at least the regular season, the Lakers still had a game to play on Sunday in Dallas. The ripple effects of this will reverberate not only through the summer but also force an already thin roster to completely restructure its style […]
The Portland Trail Blazers take on one of their toughest remaining opponents tonight, traveling to Ball Arena to take on Nikola Jokic and the burgeoning Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets Report The Nuggets are very, very, very good at basketball. It is bad writing practice to use the word “very” as an amplifier, much less use […]
As the 2026 NFL Draft approaches, fans and analysts will be firing up their mock draft machines in hopes of creating a perfect first round; however, ESPN writer Bill Barnwell has taken a different approach. In his latest mock draft, he instituted an all-trade policy where every pick must be moved. While for some teams, […]
Time is linear: At least, in terms of human perception. Little else is. An NBA career is certainly not always linear. There’s a tendency to falsely assume it will be. A rookie is bad on league-wide standards, and we accept it. They improve incrementally until year three, when they’re officially good, and then continue to […]