by Zak Drapeau 10/12/2025 Sportz Nation Graphic by NFL Welcome To My First NFL Mock Draft of the 2025-26 Season. I will keep this header brief but I want to give a few notes about this exercise and about the class as a whole: Draft Class Notes 1. This draft class is not very good especially in the top end. 2. This Quarterback class is not good compared to years prior. With no one running away with a QB1 ranking, watch for the first non-QB #1 selection since Travon Walker in

Credit to Trade Brains I mean, what a start to the weekend! After a WILD sprint race on Saturday, round 19 of the 2025 F1 season has started off with a bang. We finally saw McLaren carnage, which was a long time coming, as well as Max Verstappen cutting into the Drivers' Championship deficit a little bit more. With the way the COTA in Austin, Texas, is laid out, truly anything can happen come Sunday. Now, before we get into my bold predictions (and I've got some bold ones coo

Credit to Clutch Points Week 7 of the NFL season is officially underway, as the New England Patriots will travel to Tennessee to take on the 1-5 Titans. This matchup also marks Head Coach Mike Vrabel's first game back in Tennessee since his firing by the team. So, even though the matchup may be one-sided on paper, this one is personal for the Patriots. With that, let's get into what this Sunday will look like in Tennessee. Injury Report Credit to Matthew J Lee/Boston Globe st

By Joel Piton · 10/17/25 · Sportz Nation The NBA season is set to tip off in just five days, and yet it doesn’t feel real that some of the league’s most familiar names won’t be on the court. Annually, a handful of veterans and role players linger on the market, but this season’s list still feels jarring. With preseason and training camps wrapping up and rotations taking shape, the reality is setting in: it's time to start picturing a season without these players in uniform. T

by Zak Drapeau 10/17/2025 Sportz Nation So the common pick for "Game of the Week" for Week 8 is either College Gameday's pick of Ole Miss at Georgia or Tennessee at Alabama . Since coverage of those two games will be abundant all week, I've decided to give light to what I would consider will be the most competitive game of the week, Washington at Michigan . A battle of Big 10 teams who need this win to keep playoff-hopes alive, this game will have an insane atmosphere in An

by Zak Drapeau, Matt Hylen, and Joe McLaughlin 10/16/2025 Sportz Nation Quarterbacks (Zak Drapeau) Photo by Grant Halverson/ Getty Images 1. Jayden Daniels at DAL 2. Dak Prescott vs WAS 3. Patrick Mahomes vs LV 4. Jared Goff vs TB 5. Baker Mayfield at DET 6. Caleb Williams vs NO 7. Jalen Hurts at MIN 8. Matthew Stafford at JAX 9. Justin Herbert vs IND 10. Justin Fields vs CAR 11. Drake Maye at TEN 12. Bo Nix vs NYG 13. Jordan Love at ARI 14. Daniel Jones at LAC 15. Trevor L

by Matt Hylen and Zak Drapeau 10/16/2025 Sportz Nation Start 'Em (Matt Hylen ) Quarterback Credit to AP Photo/Ian Walton Caleb Williams vs NO Caleb Williams has proven a lot of doubters wrong this season, which I think continues in Week 7. After posting a 252-yard and 2 total TD performance last week, Williams is primed to keep the momentum going against a poor Saints team that allows the 4th most points to QBs. Justin Fields vs CAR Though the Jets have been abysmal this sea

Photo by Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP The Toronto Blue Jays came into Game Three hoping that a change of scenery will lead to some offensive fireworks, and it did. It came from some surprise contributors at the bottom of the Blue Jays. It did not start off well for the Blue Jays to start. In the second inning, Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez launched his third home run of the postseason to give his club an early 2-0 lead. The Blue Jays responded an inning late

NBA fans rejoice! The back and forth turmoil is finally over. After a long and confusing offseason, reports have stated that Russell Westbrook has signed the dotted line on a one-year, $3.6 million veteran’s minimum deal with the Sacramento Kings. Entering his eighteenth season and joining his seventh NBA franchise, Westbrook brings energy, motor and experience to a team none of us would have guessed. What does this move mean for the Kings? Credit: Sarah Stier/GettyImages A n

by Zak Drapeau and Matt Hylen 10/15/2025 Sportz Nation Current Rankings C Alexandre Pantoja 1 Joshua Van 2 Brandon Moreno 3 Brandon Royval 4 Amir Albazi 5 Tatsuro Taira 6 Kai Kara-France 7 Manel Kape 8 Alex Perez 9 Asu Almabayev 10 Tim Elliot 11 Steve Erceg 12 Tagir Ulanbekov 13 Charles Johnson 14 Bruno Silva 15 Rafael Estevam _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Key Booked Fight Rumored Fight Zak and Matt's Hypothetical Fight ___________________________________ Ph

by Zak Drapeau 10/15/2025 Sportz Nation The Red Sox big Offseason Acquisition, 3B Alex Bregman will reportedly opt out of his contract and hit Free Agency after only 1 season on the team. Bregman's sole year in Boston was good and bad. Bregman only played 114 games thanks to a strained quad before the All Star Break but still had a productive season when healthy. Photo by Tim Heitman/Imagn Images His season included a .273/.360/.462 slashline. He had 18 home runs and 62 RBIs

Photo Caption: New England Patriots’ Kayshon Boutte securing a touchdown pass in New England’s 25-19 victory over New Orleans on October 12, 2025. Photo Credit: Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune. It was another great week of performances from players on the Waiver Wire last week. Rico Dowdle of the Carolina Panthers and Kendrick Bourne of the San Francisco 49ers are a couple of names on last week’s list that had great performances. They did so well that most people took them onto

by Zak Drapeau 10/14/2025 Sportz Nation 1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-1 Last Week: 30-19 Win vs SF Photo by Peter Joneleit/ Associated Press For the third week in a row we have a new #1 as the Buccaneers take the crown. Even without Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, Baker Mayfield is looking like the MVP of the league. With Todd Bowles taking care of the defense and Baker running the #6 offense, this team will be rolling and only getting better when they get healthy. ______________

With the NBA regular season set to tip off, it’s the perfect time to evaluate who the starting big is for all thirty teams. Formerly defined strictly by size and rim protection, today’s big men are as skilled as ever, so without a doubt, versatility comes largely into play when it comes to these rankings. From pure defensive anchors to floor-spacing shooters, every team relies on its starting center in a different way. Here we're predicting who will be the most effective whe

by Zak Drapeau 10/13/2025 Sportz Nation AP Poll (10/12 ) Zak's Poll 1. Ohio St 1. Ohio St 2. Miami 2. Miami 3. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Texas A&M 4. Indiana 5. Ole Miss 5. Alabama 6. Alabama 6. Texas Tech 7. Texas Tech 7. Ole Miss 8. Oregon 8. Oregon 9. Georgia 9. Georgia 10. LSU 10. Notre Dame 11. Tennessee 11. LSU 12. Georgia Tech 12. Tennessee 13. Oklahoma 13.Georgia Tech 14. Notre Dame 14. Texas 15. BYU 15. Oklahoma 16. Virginia 16. BYU 17. Vanderbilt 17.

by Zak Drapeau 10/13/2025 Sportz Nation The Patriots have now won 3 games in a row after their 25-19 road victory in New Orleans. With a 4-2 record, the Patriots are now right in the mix with the Bills for the AFC East crown depending on Buffalo's game tonight in Atlanta. Photo by Gerald Herbert/ Associated Press The game started off with bombs as both Chris Olave and Demario Douglas would haul in 50-yard passes in each team's first drives resulting in a 7-3 score. The scori

By Elias Meredith 10/12/25 Sportz Nation Photo by Kayla Wolf/AP Photo Saturday night, the Brewers finally broke through after a string of...

Credit to Clutch Points via clutchpoints.com After a stunning and breakthrough victory last week against the Buffalo Bills, the New England Patriots will look to keep the momentum going against the 1-4 New Orleans Saints. With optimism at an all-time high, it is games like this, in my eyes, that matter when a team is trying to become a legitimate playoff contender. So, with that being said, will the Pats get the job done at the Superdome? Let's talk about it. Injury Report Cr

Photo Caption: Stefon Diggs evading a tackle in New England’s 23-20 win over the Buffalo Bills on October 5, 2025. Photo Credit: Adrian...

by Zak Drapeau 10/10/2025 Sportz Nation The Dodgers have made it to the NLCS for the 2nd year in a row after their 3-1 NLDS victory over...