The Sports Grind

Ezekiel Elliott’s return to the Dallas Cowboys isn’t new news, but he met with the media yesterday and said that he feels like he has a lot left to contribute. Getting back to the NBA Playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Clippers have a big Game 5 tonight that will give one team an advantage to close the series. As the guys are going to be taking some time off the rest of the week and through next week, they take a lo...

Baseball is about a month into the season, so it is time for the occasional look around the diamond. In Los Angeles, Mike Trout is injured once again and looking to miss more than a month. Houston has struggled out of the gate but is riding a three-game winning streak and just sent a former MVP to the Minor Leagues. In the NBA Playoffs, the Milwaukee Bucks got a scrappy win over the Indiana Pacers and the Philadelphia 76ers up...

It has been more than a week since Ryan Garcia defeated Devin Haney, but the buzz around the surprising win isn’t going to fade quickly. The victory puts Garcia in a great position to entertain a number of options for his next contest, including a foe from the UFC. Last night in the NBA Playoffs, the Denver Nuggets eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers for the second consecutive year. With the loss, LA could be in for a shake-up, and L...

Continuing with the 2024 NBA Playoffs, the Los Angeles Clippers lost Kawhi Leonard going into Game 4 but still got the win to tie the series with the Dallas Mavericks. If the Clippers can find a way to win, Paul George’s contract negotiations will get a strong boost. Speaking of that series, Tony Brothers has been behind some poor officiating and Calvin wants an age limit for referees. Staying with the Western Conference, the Oklah...

All offseason, the Dallas Cowboys have known the running back position was one of need and entered the 2024 NFL Draft in the same spot. Despite rating Texas’ Jonathan Brooks highly, Jerry Jones & Co. didn’t take him or anyone else through the seven rounds, signing Ezekiel Elliott today instead. In the NBA, the first round of the playoffs is still rolling for everyone except the Phoenix Suns and Minnesota Timberwolves after Anth...

Just because the NFL was holding the draft, the NBA wasn’t taking the night away from the 2024 NBA Playoffs. In LA, the Lakers saw their season all but come to an end as the Denver Nuggets came from behind again to get the win and put LeBron & Co. on the brink of elimination. A moment toward the game that didn’t escape viewers at home was D’Angelo Russell who was caught on his cellphone and snacking at the end of the bench whil...

There were a number of teams on Thursday night that were obviously going to select a quarterback. The Atlanta Falcons weren’t among those ranks but still took advantage of the talent pool, drafting Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth-overall pick despite giving Kirk Cousins $100M in guaranteed money last month. It was a selection that has sparked debate across the country and the guys were no exception, sitting on different sides of ...

There’s not a league in America with more pull than the NFL, and that showed on Thursday night in Detroit as a record crowd showed up in the Motor City for the 2024 NFL Draft. That wasn’t the only record set on the night with a historic run of offensive players taken consecutively in the first round, spearheaded by the quarterback class. The Chicago Bears had a great evening, taking Caleb Williams first overall and then snagging Ro...

With the NFL Draft just hours away, the Denver Broncos are finally going to get a glimpse at what the second year of the Sean Payton era will bring. Cody Roark of Mile High Sports joins the show to share his analysis on what the Broncos might be doing in the draft, especially with the 12th overall pick. Diving into the prolific quarterback class, the guys discuss which players they think will have the most success by Year 5 and who...

With the 2024 NFL Draft just 24 hours away, there’s a lot of moving and shaking across the league as teams continue to work their current rosters. The Detroit Lions were big spenders, signing tackle Penei Sewell to the largest tackle contract in the league and extending wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown to a big new deal. It is the latter move that has Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys feeling the heat as CeeDee Lamb’s future remain...

Tonight the final set of “Game 2s” goes down, with the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Boston Celtics aiming for a 2-0 lead in their respective series. In college football, a monumental decision was made as the Heisman Trophy Award has reinstated Reggie Bush among its own. Over to the NFL, the 5th-year option for the 2021 NFL Draft class is next week, and the Broncos were among the first to get busy, securing Patrick Surtain II for t...

Caitlin Clark may be the biggest thing to happen to the WNBA since it was created, or at least that’s the way she’s being marketed. After going first overall in the draft to the Indiana Fever, her jersey has reached NFL numbers and now she’s inked the largest endorsement contract for a professional woman’s athlete, and with Nike to boot. The pressure on her to deliver is reaching astronomic levels. In the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks ...

When the NFL season starts this fall, it is looking like Bill Belichick won’t be on a sideline. ESPN did an inside story on “The Hoodie” and details are out that Robert Kraft likely tanked Belichick’s shot at being the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Dawning a new era in the NFL, Andy Reid is looking to helm the Kansas City Chiefs for the foreseeable future as he chases Belichick’s legacy. The Kansas City Chiefs reportedly signe...

A listener question at the start of Hour 2 brings things back to the Denver Nuggets who are off to a strong start on their title defense. With Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, is the Mile High City showing signs of taking the “new dynasty” title from the Golden State Warriors? Staying with Denver, Joker delivered blow after blow to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night and one of his brothers landed a shot of his own in the stands. ...