AuthorSports & Athletics Editor
Alex Rivers has spent 15 years covering sports from the press box to the locker room. With a journalism degree from Northwestern and years of experience covering NFL, NBA, and UFC for regional and national outlets, Alex brings both analytical rigor and storytelling instinct to sports coverage. A former college athlete who still competes in recreational leagues, Alex understands sports from the inside. When not breaking down game film or investigating the business of athletics, Alex is probably arguing about all-time rankings or attempting (poorly) to replicate professional athletes' workout routines.
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SportsThe 2026 NCAA Tournament begins in Dayton with four First Four games, but the real story is a bracket loaded with blue-blood No. 1 seeds, dangerous mid-majors, and enough parity to make every office pool a coin flip.
SportsShai Gilgeous-Alexander tied Chamberlain's 126-game 20-point streak Monday. Tonight against the Celtics, he can own it alone.
SportsBaltimore's 13-hour pivot from a failed blockbuster to a $112 million signing reveals a front office built for chaos.
SportsItaly's 8-6 upset of the United States in WBC pool play exposed real problems with America's most stacked roster ever, and the Azzurri earned every run.
SportsAdebayo's 83-point eruption against the Wizards passes Kobe Bryant for the second-highest single-game total in NBA history and rewrites what we thought we knew about the Heat center.
SportsThe legal tampering period opened with Maxx Crosby heading to Baltimore, Tua released at a $99M dead cap hit, and the first $301 million salary cap reshaping how teams spend.
SportsDarell Hernaiz and Ozzie Albies made World Baseball Classic history with the tournament's first-ever walk-off home runs, capping a night that also saw Japan slug four homers to beat Korea.
SportsBuffalo added four players at the trade deadline, has won six straight, and Tage Thompson is on a 10-game point streak. After 14 years of futility, the Sabres are playing like a team that knows this is their moment.
SportsWith 22 All-Stars, both Cy Young winners, and Aaron Judge wearing the captain's armband, Team USA's World Baseball Classic roster is the most talented ever assembled. But talent wasn't the problem in 2023.
SportsWith the NBA's best record at 49-15 and a 100-game streak of 20-point performances that only Wilt Chamberlain can match, SGA is redefining what a repeat MVP season looks like in Oklahoma City.
SportsShohei Ohtani launched a grand slam in a 10-run second inning as Japan opened the 2026 World Baseball Classic with a historic rout, while Korea and Australia also advanced with convincing wins.
SportsWith the 3 PM ET deadline looming, Colorado's blockbuster for Nicolas Roy, Anaheim's Carlson acquisition, and Buffalo's aggressive spending spree define a deadline that reshaped the playoff race.
