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NFL - Super Bowl week! Chiefs vs. Buccaneers


Who has the advantage?


QB - Mahomes vs Brady

RBs - Hilaire and Bell vs Jones and Fournette

WRs - Hill Hardman Watkins vs Evans Godwin Brown

TEs - Kelce vs Gronk

OL

DL

LB

Secondary

Coaching



Who will win?

What will this mean for legacies?


Mahomes

Andy Reid

Brady





Sports Video Game News


MLB the Show


Fernando Tatis Jr. on cover

Cross platform!



EA College Football


Name, Image, Likeness

Likely a few years out.

What do we expect?







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NFL - Playoffs are set and will start this weekend


JAN 24


Tampa Bay Bucs vs Green Bay Packers @ 3pm est

Kansas City Chiefs vs Buffalo Bills @ 6:40 pm est



Who you got winning? And why

Super bowl Feb 7.

Phillip Rivers retiring after 17 years

Who will be retiring this offseason? (GAME)


Tom Brady?

Drew Brees?

Larry Fitzgerald?

Frank Gore?

Rob Gronkoswki

Adrian Peterson?

Big Ben?




NBA -


HUGE TRADE sending James Harden to the Nets from Houston.


Nets receive: G James Harden from Rockets | 2024 second-round pick from Cavs

Nets trade: C Jarrett Allen & F Taurean Prince & rights to Aleksandar Vezenkov (57th overall pick in 2017) to Cavs | G Caris LeVert, F Rodions Kurucs, three first-round picks (2022, 2024 and 2026) & four first-round pick swaps (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027) to Rockets

Rockets receive: G Caris LeVert, F Rodions Kurucs & three first-round picks (2022, 2024 and 2026) and four first-round pick swaps (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027) from Nets | G Dante Exum & 2022 first-round pick (via Milwaukee) from Cavs

Rockets trade: G James Harden to Nets

Cavs receive: C Jarrett Allen, F Taurean Prince & rights to Aleksandar Vezenkov (57th overall pick in 2017) from Nets

Cavs trade: G Dante Exum & 2022 first-round pick (via Milwaukee) to Houston | 2024 second-round pick to Brooklyn

Nets are 9-6

Thoughts on what they can do with this team?

Make them a title contender?




MLB - Free Agency


NOTABLE NAMES


George Springer signing with Blue Jays 150M for 6 years

DJ LeMahieu going back to Yankees for 90M for 6 years

Liam Hendricks going to White Sox for 3 year 54M

Carlos Santana going to Royals for 17M for 2 years (just signed wade today)



STILL WAITING ON SIGNEES


Trevor Bauer

JT Realmuto

Marcell Ozuna

Marcus Semien

Nelson Cruz





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NFL - Playoffs are set and will start this weekend


Saturday Games


Colts vs Bills

Rams vs Seahawks

Buccaneers vs Washington



Sunday Games


Ravens vs Titans

Bears vs Saints

Browns vs Steelers



KC and GB have first round byes


NCAA Football


National Championship Between #1 Alabama and #3 Ohio State


NBA - beginning of the season. Any surprises so far?


Surprises?


76ers are 7-2

Toronto Raptors 1-6 (last year 53-19)

Phoenix Suns 6-2 (last year 34-39)



Any favorites this year so far?


MLB - BIG trade


Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco for Ahmed Rosario SS, SS 22 yr old Andres Gimenez, Josh Wolf (12 on CLE), Isaiah Greene (16 on CLE) both call up ready in 2023.

THOUGHTS?



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NFL - Basically ¾ of the way through the NFL Season. Four weeks left! Time to recap/look forward!

Thursday night game tonight - NE vs. Rams

How has the league handled COVID?

Major surprises of the season

Mark

Steelers - I don’t think they’re the same quality as the other 11-1 team (Chiefs) but still impressive nonetheless.

Miami Dolphins - 8-4

Browns to an extent. 9-3 and second in their division. 

Trevor

 Browns are 9-3 and looking at the playoffs

Patriots still 6-6, thought they would be lower

Bills back to 9-3

Dolphins 8-4? Tua going nuts

Major disappointments of the season

Mark

AFC South - just not as good top to bottom as I thought. Houston in particular is disappointing.

Baltimore Ravens only at 7-5 and 3rd in their division.

NFC East - no explanation needed.

Minnesota Vikings

Trevor

 Ravens at 7-5

Texans at 4-8

Falcons 4-8

Division by Division Breakdown (https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings)

AFC EAST

Buffalo Bills 9-3

Miami Dolphins 8-4

New England Patriots 6-6

New York Jets 0-12 (eliminated from playoff contention)

AFC NORTH

Pittsburgh Steelers 11-1

Cleveland Browns 9-3

Baltimore Ravens 7-5

Cincinnati Bengals 2-9-1 (eliminated from playoff contention)

AFC SOUTH

Tennessee Titans 8-4

Indianapolis Colts 8-4

Houston Texans 4-8

Jacksonville Jaguars 1-11 (eliminated from playoff contention)

AFC WEST

Kansas City Chiefs 11-1 (clinched playoff berth)

Las Vegas Raiders 7-5

Denver Broncos 4-8

Los Angeles Chargers 3-9 (eliminated from playoff contention)

NFC EAST

New York Giants 5-7

Washington Football Team 5-7

Philadelphia Eagles 3-8-1

Dallas Cowboys 3-9

NFC NORTH

Green Bay Packers 9-3

Minnesota Vikings 6-6

Chicago Bears 5-7

Detroit Lions 5-7

NFC SOUTH

New Orleans Saints 10-2 (clinched playoff berth)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7-5

Atlanta Falcons 4-8

Carolina Panthers 4-8

NFC WEST

Los Angeles Rams 8-4

Seattle Seahawks 8-4

Arizona Cardinals 6-6

San Francisco 49ers 5-7

Playoff Picture (https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings/_/view/playoff)

AFC Right Now (before Thursday night football game on 12/10)  - top four seeds are division winners.

1. Pittsburgh

2. Kansas City

3. Buffalo

4. Tennessee

5. Cleveland

6. Miami

7. Indianapolis

First Three Out: Las Vegas, Baltimore, New England

First Round matchups as of now:

Pittsburgh has a bye

#2 KC vs. #7 Indianapolis

#3 Buffalo vs. #6 Miami

#4 Tennessee vs. #5 Cleveland

NFC Right Now (before Thursday night football game on 12/10) - top four seeds are division winners.

1. New Orleans

2. Green Bay

3. Los Angeles Rams

4. New York Giants

5. Seattle

6. Tampa Bay

7. Minnesota

First Three Out: Arizona, Chicago, Detroit

First Round matchups as of now:

New Orleans has a bye

#2 Green Bay vs. #7 Minnesota

#3 Rams vs. #6 Tampa Bay

#4 NY Giants vs. #5 Seattle


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NBA Notable Trades (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30298702/nba-trade-tracker-grades-details-every-deal) Chris Paul to the Suns Bogdan Bogdanovic to the Bucks Jrue Holiday to the Bucks Dennis Schroeder to Lakers Rumors James Harden, Russell Westbrook both could be traded. Draft Tonight Free Agency - starts on Friday. 2020-21 Tentative Schedule Dec. 11-19: Preseason games Dec. 22-March 4: First half of regular season March 5-10: All-Star break March 11-May 16: Second half of regular season May 18-21: Play-In tournament May 22-July 22: Playoffs NCAA Football Big movement in the last few weeks with new conferences getting started ND beating Clemson in OT without Trevor Lawrence Clemson #4 so not out of playoffs ND up to 2 (UNC SYR WAKE games left) #9 Indiana at Ohio State #3 (find out how good the Hoosies actually are) #7 Cinci at UCF (5-2) #10 Wisconsin at #19 Northwestern Kansas State at #17 Iowa State Mississippi State at #13 Georgia #14 Oklahoma State at #18 Oklahoma BUNCH OF GAMES CANCELLED OR POSTPONED NFL Last Week Colts/Titans - big win for the Colts! Dolphins - win again! 3-0 under Tua. Bills/Cardinals - hail mary win by the Cardinals! Still two quality teams Rams/Seahawks - Seahawks are starting to slide a bit. On a two game losing streak. Division Leaders as of Now (https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings) AFC East - Buffalo Bills (7-3) AFC North - Pittsburg Steelers (9-0) AFC South - tie; Colts and Titans (6-3) AFC West - KC Chiefs (8-1) NFC East - Eagles (3-5-1) NFC North - Packers (7-2) NFC South - Saints (7-2) NFC West - three-way tie. Cardinals, Rams and Seahawks all at 6-3. Interesting Games this Week Arizona at Seattle - Thursday Tennessee at Baltimore - Sunday Green Bay at Indianapolis - Sunday Kansas City at Las Vegas - Sunday Night  Rams at Tampa Bay - Monday Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week


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NFL


Seattle @ Buffalo

Chicago @ Tennessee

Miami @ Arizona

New Orleans @ Tampa Bay

Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week



NCAA Football


Surprising rankings


Cincinnati Bearcats no.6 3-0

Indiana Hoosiers no. 13 (2-0)

Coastal Carolina (4-0)


Beating opponents 161 to 64





PAC 12 back in play!

Games coming up to watch


FRIDAY - #9 BYU @ #21 Boise State

#23 Michigan @ #13 Indiana

#8 Florida VS #5 Georgia

#14 Oklahoma State @ Kansas State

#1 Clemson @ #4 Notre Dame





MLS SOCCER


Playoffs starting soon

Top 8 from both divisions


Eastern


Philadelphia Union (13-4-5)

Toronto FC (13-4-5)

Columbus Crew SC (11-5-5)

Orlando City SC (10-3-8)



Western


Portland Timbers (11-5-5)

Sporting Kansas City (11-6-3)

Seattle Sounders FC (10-5-5)

Minnesota United FC (8-5-6)



The 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2020 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons)






The playoffs will begin on November 20 and conclude with MLS Cup 2020 on December 12


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