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Selling Hope: ETAs for NBA Lottery Teams to Become Playoff Contenders NBA

Bleacher Report. 20 mins ago.

The NBA is in a constant cycle of rejuvenation in which no team, no matter how crummy, stays that way forever.Eventually, everyone has a chance to ditch the lottery and make it back to the playoffs. It's only a matter of time. The question is: How much?The Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans and Minnesota Timberwolves all stood pat or geared up for another shot at a postseason s

2017 MLB Award Race Odds Updates with Just 1 Week to Go MLB

Bleacher Report. 31 mins ago.

One would think 25 weeks would prove ample time to settle MLB's major award races. Perhaps not.Heading into the season's final week, some of baseball's highest accolades remain up for grabs. The National League MVP is too close to call, and Aaron Judge is rapidly making up ground in the American League MVP picture.Even if the last string of starts does not alter anyone's thinking, neither league

Donald Trump continues to take shots at NFL over flag NFL

profootballtalk.com. 41 mins ago.

If the NFL was hoping Donald Trump would move on to another issue, they were mistaken. The President continued his war on the NFL via Twitter this morning, holding up NASCAR (where owners threatened to fire drivers or crew members who protested during the anthem) as the model for sporting displays of patriotism. So proud [more]

Jake Elliott on 61-yard game-winning field goal: Its all a blur NFL

profootballtalk.com. 1 hr ago.

Eagles rookie kicker Jake Elliott missed a 52-yard field goal in the second half of Sundays game against the Giants that might have made last-second fireworks unnecessary, but he more than made up for the miss. After a Carson Wentz pass to Alshon Jeffery left the Eagles on the Giants 43-yard-line with a second to [more]

Derek Carr wants all the blame for loss to Washington NFL

profootballtalk.com. 1 hr ago.

Nothing went right for the Raiders last night. But quarterback Derek Carr got all the money, so hes willing to take all the blame. Via Scott Bair of NBC Sports Bay Area, Carr was prepared to take all the criticism for his own and the teams awful showing in last nights 27-10 loss at Washington. [more]

Monday morning one-liners NFL

profootballtalk.com. 1 hr ago.

Offensive tweaks paid off for the Bills. Said Dolphins QB Jay Cutler, "That game was a wake-up call for us. We cant just roll out there and expect it to happen. We have to prepare." Patriots CB Malcolm Butler was back in an every-down role from the start of Sundays game. Rookie S Jamal Adams [more]

Some NFL owners condemn Trump, but most try not to fan the flames NFL

profootballtalk.com. 1 hr ago.

Almost every NFL owner released some type of statement responding to President Trump on Friday night urging them to fire "son of a bitch" players who kneel for the national anthem. As billionaire businessmen tend to do when the government tries to interfere with their businesses, those owners all indicated that they would not be [more]