A trade in the NBA, perhaps more so than the trades in any other major professional sports league based in North America, can only be examined through the prism of what each organization wanted to accomplish in the transaction. The goals of a contender trying to add another piece for its postseason run are different […]

No changes are expected at the traditional Nathan’s Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest following the sale of the parent company. Smithfield Foods of Virginia, a subsidiary of the WH Group of China, is finalizing a deal to purchase Nathan’s Famous in a $450 million transaction. A spokesperson for Smithfield told Front Office Sports […]

Tensions were running high at the Australian Open on Thursday, Jan. 22, after Naomi Osaka beat Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, to advance to the third round. Osaka met Cirstea at the net for the customary handshake and exchanged words after Cirstea appeared visibly upset by the four-time Grand Slam champion shouting ‘Come on’ between […]

The College Football Playoff continues to dominate TV viewership ratings. According to ESPN, Monday’s national championship game between Indiana and Miami averaged 30.1 million viewers across the network’s ‘megacast’ offerings, making it not only the most-watched game of this CFP, but also the most-watched non-NFL sporting event since the Chicago Cubs defeated Cleveland in Game […]

Stanford Cardinal men’s basketball will have to endure the remainder of their season without their senior second-leading scorer Chisom Okpara. The school announced that Okpara suffered a lower extremity injury during the 70-55 loss to Virginia on Jan. 10 and will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season. The senior forward averaged 13.9 points, 3.9 […]

In last week’s NHL power rankings, the question posed was when the next domino would fall – and we got our answer with Rasmus Andersson going to the Golden Knights and Kiefer Sherwood going to the Sharks. The Olympic trade freeze is in just two weeks, and serving as the NHL’s unofficial trade deadline, perhaps […]

AI-assisted summary Deion Sanders has been rebuilding his roster after a 3-9 season, securing 42 commitments from transfer players. Sanders confirmed his relationship with actress Karrueche Tran on the Season 2 debut of his talk show. Sanders uses his streaming talk show as a unique recruiting tool to connect with potential players and their families. […]

Late Basketball Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant put on one of the most unfathomable scoring performances in NBA history two decades ago tonight. Peek-a-boo. 81 points. Bryant torched the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 22, 2006 to achieve the second-highest scoring feat ever, behind only Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game. He was on a heater. Bryant shot […]

One of the most dramatic contract sagas in NWSL history has finally ended. The Washington Spirit announced on Thursday that star forward Trinity Rodman has re-signed with the team through the 2028 season. Rodman’s agent told ESPN that the new deal worth more than $1 million per year makes her the highest-paid player in league […]