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We have a little over a month until the NBA wakes up from its late-summer siesta. When players start reporting to team facilities for preseason activity, we’ll see some big names in unfamiliar (and even unexpected) places. LeBron James and Jaylen Brown in Philadelphia. Giannis Antetokounmpo in Miami. LaMelo Ball in Minnesota. Maybe Kawhi Leonard…

Sitting at No 6 in TheHockeyNews.com’s Toronto Maple Leafs prospect ranking is Alexander Bilecki

A year ago, Indianacoach Curt Cignetti told CBS Sports that the day of $40 millioncollege football rosters had arrived. 

You only get one chance to make a first impression, and for rookie NFL quarterbacks, their best chance at that impression comes in the preseason. This year, the Cardinals’ Carson Beck and the Panthers’ Haynes King got things off to a sizzling start in the Hall of Fame Game. Beck — a third-round pick out…

Coming in at No. 9 of TheHockeyNews.com’s top 10 ranking of Toronto Maple Leafs prospects is Tyler Hopkins

In March, I ranked the 15 worst contracts in the NBA. Some of those rankings aged well. Joel Embiid was overpaid then and he’s overpaid now. Some of them do not. The ranking committee offers its sincere apologies to NBA champion Karl-Anthony Towns, who just had one of the greatest statistical playoff runs in league…

It’s been more than three decades since a Canadian NHL team hoisted the Stanley Cup, which was the Montreal Canadiens in 1993. Canadian fans are hoping that the drought ends in the upcoming 2026-27 season

In addition to 2026 snubs Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft and Eli Manning, a slew of other big names will be eligible for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2027. 

Winning big games has always separated contenders from pretenders, but the 12-team College Football Playoff has eliminated nearly every hiding place. More access comes with greater scrutiny, and coaches who consistently stumble against ranked competition do not last long in the championship conversation. 

As has become customary in recent years — particularly with the expanded postseason making it more difficult to distinguish who should be buying and selling — most MLB teams waited until the final 48 hours to ramp up their trade activity. More than 30 trades were executed on deadline day alone Monday, with another handful…