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For Beef.   A little bit of a long one today, but if you stay with me, I promise it’s worth it. I’ve thought about writing this one for a few Stumps now, but every time I start, I don’t really know what to write or how to write it. In the evolving world of sports, it’s not just professional leagues anymore. We’ve got minor leagues, rec leagues, content creators, everything you can imagine. Social media has given a platform to so many cool creators to share a little piece of w

There is so much we could go over today. The NFL playoff picture is WILD right now. College Football Saturday was awesome. The NBA has plenty of storylines. But no. We’re talking about D3 Scranton, and their Women’s Basketball Program. Before Division 3 Scranton Women’s Basketball was set to face off against Division 1 Pitt this past weekend, the odds were not in Scranton’s favor. Before the game, the Lady Royals were given a 0.1% chance to win over Pitt. I’m trying to think

Judge, Ohtani, win MVP // via MLB We’ve still got our Friday Fifteen today! A LOT to discuss…let’s roll: ⚾ This season’s AL and NL MVPs were announced last night. It was a tale of two races, with one being a runaway, and the other up for discussion. Shohei Ohtani won the NL MVP, winning his 4th in the last 5 years. Domination! In the AL, Aaron Judge had the metrics, but Cal Raleigh had the fireworks, hitting the most HR in a single season by a catcher ever (60). It was Judge

All-Star games in professional sports have really lost their fastball. The NFL has moved away from the Pro Bowl game itself altogether because of how unserious it was. The highlights of NBA All-Star weekend usually are the 3-point and Dunk contests. Yesterday, Adam Silver made an announcement that could change this for the better. On February 15th, there will be a new format of the All-Star game. The league has been tinkering with this for almost a decade now. After moving aw

In different eras of any sport, you have your usual suspects that are the MVP candidates throughout the entire season. Recently, it’s been Mahomes, Allen, and Lamar. One way or another, you will see those names at the top. In basketball, it’s been Jokic, Giannis, and now SGA, who have been regulars in the top 3. The 2025 NFL Season is doing something a little different! If I asked you who you would give the MVP to after 10 weeks in the regular season, who would you say? The b

Friday 15 Time…  🏈 Let’s start with Thursday Night Football from last night. I always try to keep it real with you all. Been a little ill these last 48. Right around kickoff, I shut my eyes for a few. No joke I woke up with a minute left in the fourth and saw that the score was 10-7. I think it’s safe to say I missed an absolute SNOOZER! Broncos move to 8-2! 🟠  Do you know who the best team is in the East right now? The CHICAGO BULLS 🔴! At 6-1, these guys are firing on all

The name Eliud Kipchoge is to marathon running what Michael Jordan is to basketball. It’s what Michael Phelps is to swimming. It’s what pancakes are to breakfast. After running in the NYC Marathon this past weekend, one that he dominated in his prime, Kipchoge has announced his next adventure! In his competitive running career, Eliud Kipchoge has 2 Olympic Gold Medals (2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo), 11 World Marathon victories, the record for fastest marathon under competitive con

🧱 Little Things in Big Moments No matter the sport, activity, or occupation…as the stakes rise, so does the importance of the little things. The mundane. If you want stakes, how about the bottom of the ninth with bases loaded in Game 7 of the World Series in a tie game on your home turf? 🤯  We all had that moment at the park or on the driveway where we were pretending it the championship game, and we just had to make one shot. We do the fake countdown… ”3….2…..1…..HE SHOOTS

To choose just one thing to highlight today would be a disservice to sports in general. There’s so much to discuss, react to, and preview across MANY different sports. Let’s start…in Toronto! ⚾️ The Toronto Blue Jays are 1 game away from winning the World Series . The series heads back to Toronto tonight with the Jays up 3 games to 2. It was a statement 6-1 win in Game 5 that has brought them this close. If tonight is the last game of the season, what a ride it has been! It’l

Talk about one for the ages. Man oh man this Series was great after 2 games, and what took place after that is something you would have to see to believe. Usually baseball highlight videos are 12-15 minutes. This one is 33 MINUTES! If you didn’t get a chance to watch this one, highly recommend skimming through this highlight video to see the second longest game in World Series history! Here are some of the wild numbers associated with this game: 18 - The number of innings i

Maybe I’m speaking prematurely, but this series between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays already has the makings of one that could go the distance! What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Fireworks! The one game winner-take-all system is great, and it works for a lot of sports (Super Bowl, March Madness, College Football etc.), but there’s something special about two teams going head-to-head in a 7 game series. Especially the fire power is as good as wh

The NBA offseason is weird! It really feels like not too long ago the Thunder won in Game 7 against the Pacers, and now here we are starting a brand new season! Yesterday the NBA season kicked off in OKC with the Thunder hosting the Houston Rockets. Honestly I could spend this entire section today talking about how the NBA is back on NBC! It’s going to be a new-look everything this season. Mike Tirico on the call. The scoreboard on the bottom. The halftime crew having Melo an

A Stump Story won’t do this one justice, but twice this week we got to see a peek behind the curtain of Courtland Sutton talking about the late Bronco great Demaryius Thomas (DT), who was one of the great receivers of the 2010s, and passed away in 2021 at the age of 33. The late great Demaryius Thomas was inducted into the Denver Broncos Ring of Honor yesterday. He was a Denver great and was very deserving of this accolade. One thing that doesn’t get talked about enough in pr

In an NFL landscape with numerous young guns leading their teams at QB, a Thursday Night Football showdown between 41-year old Aaron Rodgers and 40-year old Joe Flacco was exactly what we needed for a Throwback Thursday Before we get going here, THIS is one of our favorite videos here at SGS HQ! It fits the situation of a great Flacco joke from Ravens fans. I don’t know what is left to be said about Joe Flacco, he’s been in Cincy for 10 days, had to play 2 games, and just had

We have had A LOT of things happen these last 7 days! I’m talking Stumpets, Championships, and a lot more. I think today is a perfect day for a mid-week recap: 🏆️ 🏀 The WNBA Season concluded with the Las Vegas Aces winning their third championship in four years! That is dynasty level greatness. A’Ja Wilson was fantastic, but it was others such as Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, and Dana Evans who showed up to help the Aces bring home the chip! That’s all she wrote from the 2025

AP Photo // Eric Verduzco You know what they always say…There are two times when you have to fasten your seat belt. The first is when you get into a car (naturally). And then the second is when you are about to face-off against Rico Dowdle in a revenge game. If that’s the case…you best buckle tf up! CMC. Saquon Barkley. James Cook. Derrick Henry. These are some of the household names when it comes to NFL running backs. In a league with 32 different teams, each of which have t

Al Bello // Getty Images Confusing time to be a New York sports fan right now. Here’s something that isn’t confusing: Cam Skattebo ran for 3 TDs last night as the Giants THUMPED the reigning Super Bowl Champs If there was any consolation prize for what happened in the Bronx on Wednesday night, what happened 24 hours later in MetLife stadium wan’t to bad. The Eagles came into East Rutherford with vengeance on their mind of their bad loss at home against the Denver Broncos. The

FS1 Broadcast “Aaron Judge is a regular season player”. This was the narrative coming into Game 3! What do the great ones do in the face of elimination? They show up! WOW! Yesterday night the Yankees were down 6-1 heading into the bottom of the third inning in Game 3 of the ALDS. They had gotten the breaks beaten off of them in the first two games and it looked like it was going to be the same story in Game 3. The Blue Jays had their number all year, why would anything be dif

I think it’s only right that some days we do a full recap of what just went down in the world of sports. We had a jam packed weekend of action! Here are all the bullet points to know! NFL 🤯 Undefeated no more! Two big Stumpsets yesterday with the Broncos beating the Eagles in Philly, 21-17, and the Pats beating the Bills in Buffalo, 23-20! The league is WIDE OPEN! 🏈 Some more Stumpsets for you! The Cam Ward led Titans got their first win of the year against the Arizona Card