Stadium Rant • 22nd April 2025

Overreactions To Each NBA Playoff Series After Game 1

The 2025 NBA Playoffs have begun, with great matchups and major storylines in the first round. While it is difficult to say that Game 1 can decide a series, it gives a glimpse into the form, mindset, and ability of each team. Overreacting to each series might not be representative of the results, but they do paint a picture of what can be expected in the following games. While some of the playoff series this year will likely be over in four or five games, others are poised to go down to the last...

Stadium Rant • 22nd April 2025

Nico Harrison Needs To Stop Talking

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison has been under extreme scrutiny after trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for a package surrounding Anthony Davis. While Harrison has consistently said he felt he made the right move for the team, his recent public comments have only seemed to backfire. Harrison, who seemed to play the leading role in trading Doncic away from Dallas, most recently said that he didn’t know how much the five-time All-NBA player meant to Mavericks...

Stadium Rant • 15th April 2025

2025 NBA Playoffs: Top 6 Players With Legacies On The Line

The 2025 NBA Playoffs are finally here and set to deliver some amazing matchups and potential legacy-defining moments for the league’s top players. For some, like LeBron James, Steph Curry, and Nikola Jokic, another championship would add to their already stacked resume as some of the best players the game has ever seen. For others, like Jimmy Butler, James Harden, and Donovan Mitchell, securing their first championship will greatly impact how their careers are seen for a long time. While it cer...

Stadium Rant • 12th April 2025

Nikola Jokic 'It Was Not A Discussion' On Malone Firing

Following the team’s first game after firing head coach Michael Malone, Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic gave insight into his knowledge of one of the most surprising moves of the NBA season. In what was his first public message after Malone was fired, Jokic said that he knew about the move a little before everyone else. Malone, who helped lead Denver to a championship in 2023, was let go with just three games left in the 2024-25 regular season. David Adelman was elevated to interim head coach i...

Stadium Rant • 7th April 2025

Southampton Relegation Sets Premier League Record

With a 3-1 loss to Tottenham on Sunday, Southampton became the quickest team in English Premier League history to be relegated. With a current record of two wins, four draws, and 25 losses, their 10 total points are on pace to be the lowest amount in EPL history. Shortly after their latest record-setting loss, Southampton announced that they would part ways with head coach Ivan Juric, who had been with the team since December. He managed only to get one win while heading the team, and it is the...

Stadium Rant • 4th April 2025

Ja Morant Can't Stop Making Finger-Guns, Hits Winner Vs Heat

Ja Morant has now been fined $75k by the NBA after making more finger-gun gestures in a game against the Miami Heat on Thursday night. This comes after Morant was under investigation from the league after making similar gestures against the Warriors just days ago. He has also been punished by the NBA after multiple instances of showing guns on Instagram live videos. While Morant simultaneously can’t seem to stop making these finger-gun gestures, his play on the court doesn’t seem to be affected....

Stadium Rant • 2nd April 2025

Real Madrid Pull Off Stunner In Copa Del Rey Semifinals

Real Madrid is on to their 40th Copa del Rey Final in team history, but they didn’t cruise through the semifinals to get there. In the semifinal matchup against Real Sociedad, Madrid played an epic second game and came out on top in extra time. They had a 1-0 aggregate lead going into the game, and the lead bounced back and forth multiple times in the second half. Sociedad scored in the 93rd minute to send it to extra time in what was the fourth goal in a 20-minute stretch. Antonio Rudiger score...

Stadium Rant • 2nd April 2025

Torpedo Bat Equivalents Within The Rules Of Other Sports

The New York Yankees have gotten out to a hot start in the 2025 MLB season, and it looks like their new ‘torpedo bat’ has been essential to that success. The Yankees hit a franchise-record nine home runs against the Brewers and have a total of 24 runs in their first three games, causing a massive interest in their new bats. The torpedo bats were designed by a physicist from MIT and are made to optimize the ‘sweet spot’ on the bat, which is an enlarged area with a wider barrel closer to the handl...

Stadium Rant • 31st March 2025

Pistons-Timberwolves Fight Results In 7 Ejections

In what was perhaps the most prominent NBA fight of the year, the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves saw a total of seven combined ejections on Sunday night. After what started as a routine shooting foul on a layup, the two teams’ rage quickly turned into a full-scale scrum that bled into the courtside stands. For the Pistons, Isaiah Stewart, Ron Holland II, Marcus Sasser, and head coach JB Bickerstaff were ejected. For Minnesota, they lost Naz Reid, Donte DiVincenzo, and assistant coach...

Stadium Rant • 28th March 2025

Taylor Jenkins Fired By Grizzlies Right Before 2025 Playoffs

On Friday, it was announced that the Memphis Grizzlies fired head coach Taylor Jenkins. The change comes with the upcoming NBA Playoffs just weeks away. Jenkins spent the last six seasons as the Grizzlies’ head coach, setting a franchise record in total wins with three playoff appearances and one series win. Memphis was second in the West just two weeks ago, but after losing four of their last five games, they are now fifth in the conference standings. Jenkins’ final game coaching for the team c...

Stadium Rant • 28th March 2025

Yuki Tsunoda Set To Replace Liam Lawson At Red Bull

It was announced this week that Yuki Tsunoda would be moved up to drive for Red Bull in the upcoming Japanese Grand Prix. While Liam Lawson played the role of Max Verstappen’s teammate for the first two race weekends of the season, he will be bumped down to drive the Racing Bulls car going forward. Tsunoda has made his feelings public about wanting to drive for the most-winning team in Formula One this decade, and he’s now been given that chance. Red Bull has struggled to find a well-equipped te...

Stadium Rant • 27th March 2025

Predictions For The NBA End Of Season Awards

With the 2024-25 NBA regular season approaching its end, it is time to look at the players in line to win the league’s end-of-season awards. While some of these awards have been nearly set in stone since the All-Star break or earlier, other key awards are still up in the air. In a season dominated by a few players and teams, this year’s NBA awards highlight athletes around the league and their significant impacts on the court.Leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been putting up Michael Jordan-lev...

Stadium Rant • 26th March 2025

The Chicago Bulls Are Thriving, 8-2 In Their Last Ten Games

Despite sitting just ninth in the Eastern Conference standings, the Chicago Bulls have been one of the best NBA teams over the last month. The team traded away leading scorer Zach LaVine before the February 7th trade deadline, and after a six-game losing streak, they have now won eight of their last 10 games. Chicago is ranked first in the NBA in points per game in this stretch, and most recently has victories over the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets. While the Bulls are still fighting for...

Stadium Rant • 25th March 2025

USMNT In Shambles After Latest CONCACAF Performance

Under new head coach Mauricio Pochettino, the US men’s national team finished fourth in the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League with back-to-back losses to Panama and Canada. The tournament marked a new beginning with Pochettino now at the helm, but the disappointing losses don’t bode well for the upcoming 2026 World Cup. The USMNT has more players than ever currently on teams in Europe’s top five leagues, but their recent performances haven’t given fans hope for their immediate future in world soccer....

Stadium Rant • 24th March 2025

March Madness 2025: Recapping The Second Round

The second round of the 2025 NCAA men’s college basketball tournament is over, leaving 16 teams fighting for this year’s championship. While the tournament hasn’t seen as many upsets as in years past, it has brought exciting games and big-time matchups that have delivered thrilling moments.In what was perhaps the most-anticipated game of the second round, John Calipari’s Arkansas team held on to beat Rick Pitino’s Big East champion St John’s squad. Conference player of the year RJ Luis Jr. was s...

Stadium Rant • 20th March 2025

No. 12 McNeese Upsets No. 5 Clemson In First Round

The No. 12 McNeese State Cowboys were able to narrowly beat the No. 5 Clemson Tigers 69-67 in the first round of the 2025 men’s college basketball tournament. The Underdogs, coming in, ended the first half with a 31-13 lead, and though they were outscored by 16 points in the second, they finished victorious. Coming off the bench, Brandon Murray led the Cowboys with 21 points, four rebounds, three assists, and three steals. It was McNeese’s first win in the March Madness tournament after going 0-...

Stadium Rant • 20th March 2025

Boston Celtics Sold For Record $6.1 Billion

On Thursday morning, it was announced that the Boston Celtics would be sold for a record $6.1 billion, the largest sale for a North American sports franchise in history. The previous owners, the Grousbeck family, bought the team in 2002 for $360 million. They’re now selling to Bill Chisolm, a managing partner in Symphony Technology Group for a record number. Wyc Grousbeck did announce last summer that he intended to sell his majority stake in the team, but the sale happening at the tail end of t...

Stadium Rant • 18th March 2025

Why Each Number One Seed Has A Path To The Final Four

Sunday night saw the release of the men’s college basketball March Madness tournament bracket, setting up the last few weeks of games to decide a champion for the 2024-25 season. Auburn, Duke, Houston, and Florida received the number one seed in each region of the bracket, and each has multiple reasons they are poised to make a run. Every year of the tournament sees unpredictable upsets and lower seeds advancing to the later rounds, but those at the top have the easiest path to making the Final...

Stadium Rant • 7th March 2025

The NBA's Top 3 Teams Look As Good As Ever

The Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, and Oklahoma City Thunder have been the best teams in the NBA this season, and each is looking stronger than ever heading into the final 20 games of the 2024-25 regular season. On Wednesday, the Cavs became the first team to clinch a playoff spot after a win against Miami. The Celtics set a team record with two 40-point performances from Payton Pritchard and Derrick White. The Thunder saw another monster performance from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander while comf...

Stadium Rant • 6th March 2025

Top 4 Storylines Heading Into The 2025 Formula One Season

The start of the 2025 Formula One season is less than two weeks away with car reveals and pre-season testing now in the books. With the start of a new year, there are always new storylines to follow, but 2025 has more than its fair share of plots that will keep fans’ attention. Of those include an inordinate amount of rookies and drivers on new teams, a historic title run by the reigning champion, and the new faces he’ll have to defend against. This year is also the last of a regulation set, wit...

Stadium Rant • 4th March 2025

Reactions To The Last CBB Rankings Before Conference Tournaments - Stadium Rant

Both Auburn and Duke stay atop the AP men’s college basketball rankings, while the rest of the list sees changes after a hectic week of games. Houston, Tennessee, and Florida round out the top five, and St. John’s moves up to sixth in what is their highest mark on the poll in more than three decades. Maryland and Louisville made the biggest jumps, while Texas A&M had the biggest drop, falling ten spots in this week’s rankings. Auburn is now ranked as the best college basketball team in the count...

Stadium Rant • 4th March 2025

Kyrie Irving Suffers Season-Ending ACL Injury & What It Means For The Mavs In 2025

If things weren’t already going bad for the Dallas Mavericks over the past month, things just hit an all-time low on Monday night. After a slew of injuries following the trade that saw Luka Doncic go to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving is the latest Mavs player to be out for an extended time. In the first quarter of the team’s Monday night matchup against the Sacramento Kings, Irving tore his left ACL, and he is expected to be out for at least the rest of the season. Irving...

Stadium Rant • 1st March 2025

Zion Williamson Records First Career Triple-Double Against Suns - Stadium Rant

Though injuries hampered his early career, Zion Williamson showed signs of his full potential on Thursday night, recording his first triple-double against the Phoenix Suns. Williamson had 27 points, ten rebounds, and 11 assists in a 124-116 win for the third straight win for the Pelicans. He has played only 22 games so far this year and is out of contention for any end-of-season awards, but he is averaging 24.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, and five assists in 28 minutes a night. In both high school and...

Stadium Rant • 28th February 2025

Popovich Meets With Spurs, Confirms No Return This Season - Stadium Rant

San Antonio Spurs head coach and president Gregg Popovich has been away from the team since November after he suffered a mild stroke. On Thursday, Popovich held an in-person meeting with Spurs players, confirming the news that he would not be returning to coach the team for the remainder of the season. The meeting was reported to be very emotional, as it was the first time he had met with his players since suffering the stroke. Popovich has been with the Spurs since 1996, coaching greats like Da...