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Matt Jackson is a Hillsboro High School graduate (go Burros) where he lettered in both track and football. After graduating from Hillsboro, Jackson committed to play football at Eastern Kentucky over several other FCS offers. While at EKU he was a candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award for best FCS defensive player and was the winner of Phil Steele's ASUN Conference Defensive Player of the Year Award. In his final year, 2022, he...

In a whirlwind couple of days, the NBA went from crowning the Oklahoma City Thunder as champions to welcoming its next group of young men into the league with the NBA Draft. We’re now a few days into NBA free agency. The results of the draft and free agency won't be known for years to come. Still, it's fun to take an educated guess at who are the biggest winners and losers of this year's NBA Summer. 

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The NBA Draft is now one week away, with the intel starting to flow on the potential picks and trades which could shape how Wednesday goes from start to finish. As NBA teams continue the process of evaluating talent and building the blueprint of their roster, a massive trade has already shifted the landscape of the offseason. With that being said the Mavericks are on the clock!

Check out Episode #570 as @JaiHov , @JEasley84 , @Lock_...

We're back for another year to draw pro comparisons for the projected lottery prospects in the 2025 NBA draft, which runs from June 25-26. The goal here isn't to draw a perfect comparison for each of the 14 projected lottery picks (we'd be guaranteed to be wrong). This exercise serves as a lens to think about a prospect's future role, examine his range of potential outcomes, and consider which areas of development a...

The 2025 NBA Finals are here and the playoffs have already given us several weeks of hard-fought series and team and individual performances that have defined the era and its narratives. There are certainly memorable moments to come, but the postseason has already given us more than enough to sort through.

Check out Episode #568 as @JaiHov , @JEasley84 , @Lock_Tha_Great and @FSP_Wezzy analyze the 2025 NBA Finals and hand out awards ...

The OKC Thunder remain odds-on favorite to win the NBA Finals at -750 after rolling past the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference finals. Following the Indiana's loss to the Knicks in Game 5 on Thursday, the Pacers still have a 3-2 series lead and the second-shortest odds to win the title at (+700).

Check out Episode #567 as @JaiHov , @JEasley84 , @Lock_Tha_Great and @FSP_Wezzy analyze the 2025 NBA Finals and interv...

There are still four months until the 2025 regular season opens, but, In the coming days and weeks, NFL teams will begin laying the foundations of what they hope will be successful seasons. Some NFL OTAs (organized team activities) began last week, and the rest will get underway Monday or Tuesday.  This is the time of the year where fans start to get a little bit jittery about the roster questions their teams haven't yet resolv...

The 2025 WNBA season officially tips off on Friday, and every team will be in action this weekend to start what should be an important season in the league’s history. The pressure is on for the league to follow up on what was a historic 2024. We'll have plenty of predictions this week on who will win it all, and who will take home individual trophies, but we have a few other predictions (some wild, some not ) of what will happe...

As the 2025 NBA playoffs start, it’s time for FSP to stir up arguments, as it's a time of comparing player statistics, creating a playoff-style format to determine the best player in the NBA.  Our esteemed panel has come together to rank the top 8 players in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference based on their 2024-25 stats/performance.

Same Criteria As Last Year:

1. OFFENSE

2. DEFENSE

3. TEAM IMPACT

4. INDIVIDUAL ACCOLA...

As the 2025 NBA playoffs start, it’s time for FSP to stir up arguments, as it's a time of comparing player statistics, creating a playoff-style format to determine the best player in the NBA.  Our esteemed panel has come together to rank the top 8 players in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference based on their 2024-25 stats/performance.

Same Criteria As Last Year:

1. OFFENSE

2. DEFENSE

3. TEAM IMPACT

4. INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES

5. *T...

As the 2025 NBA playoffs start, it’s time for FSP to stir up arguments, as it's a time of comparing player statistics, creating a playoff-style format to determine the best player in the NBA.  Our esteemed panel has come together to rank the top 8 players in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference based on their 2024-25 stats/performance.

Same Criteria As Last Year:

1. OFFENSE

2. DEFENSE

3. TEAM IMPACT

4. INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES

5...

The Dallas Wings are on the clock. The 2025 WNBA draft, which will be held in New York City on April 14. It should be a wild first round, considering the Mystics have three of the top six picks in the WNBA Draft. With so many moving parts and a talented draft class, here’s how the first round could shake out come Monday.

Check out Episode #561 as @JaiHov , @JEasley84 , @Lock_Tha_Great and @FSP_Wezzy are unveiling our 2025 WNBA Mock...

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. 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.

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NFL comparisons are far from a perfect process, but they serve valuable purposes. When looking at measurables, metrics, and tape to come to those comparisons, it's not only a good way for our community to get a better sense of what the prospect could be in the transition from college to the NFL; it also brings another type of archetype to the evaluative process. Last week we took on the task of comparing the offense side of the...

Preparations for the 2025 NFL Draft are in full gear. As the collective focus turns to the offseason and the draft, we're here to get you up to speed on the top players you need to know. NFL comparisons are far from a perfect process, but they serve valuable purposes.With the draft a little over a month away, let's take a look at player comparisons  for some of this year's top draft prospects.

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The NFL’s legal tampering window of free agency opened Monday, clearing way for a flurry of activity. Add in a handful of trades and still more mega-extensions for players at the top of their positions.

Check out Episode #557 as @JaiHov , @JEasley84 , @Lock_Tha_Great and @FSP_Wezzy are discussing the winners and losers from the start of 2025 NFL free agency. #FSPSTYLE.

**Full Sport Press Episode #557 Breakdown**

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While the NFL isn’t even a month removed from crowning the Philadelphia Eagles as Super Bowl LIX champions, free agency is already upon us. On Tuesday, the window to use franchise and transition tags closed, with only Tee Higgins (Cincinnati Bengals) and Trey Smith (Kansas City Chiefs) being given the former designations. Now, with free agency’s tampering period starting March 10 before the new league year officially begins at 4 p....

The NFL free agency signing period unofficially begins on Monday, March 10 at noon ET. Before then, there will be notable extensions and franchise-tagged players (by March 4) that come off the veteran open market. Even with some early activity, there still will be plenty of big-name unrestricted free agents available for any team to sign. On this episode we are here to predict where the top offensive free agents should land, includ...

We are officially done with All-Star Weekend Festivities and into the second half of the NBA season. After a one-week hiatus, the NBA regular season is back in a big way.While All-Star weekend was a bit of a letdown. The second-half stretch run, which is only about 35% of the regular season, is sure to live up to the hype. 

What should fans be monitoring as teams gear up for the playoff push? These ten storylines will define the res...