Don’t look now, but the Toronto Raptors are suddenly one of the most fun teams to watch in the NBA at the start of this young basketball season. The Raptors currently have a record of 11–5 and hold the second seed in the Eastern Conference and have emerged as one of the most interesting teams in a conference turned upside down this year. With Tyrese Haliburton out for the year in Indiana and Jayson Tatum sidelined with an Achilles injury for the Celtics, who underwent major c

The Silcoff Selections are here for Week 12 of the 2025 NFL Season! Below are my records for my straight up and against the spread picks for the season thus far. Records Last Week: Straight Up: 10-5 Against The Spread: 9-4-2 Season Records: Straight Up: 101-62-1 Against The Spread: 76-85-3 Thursday Night Football: Buffalo Bills (7-3) @ Houston Texans (5-5) I Line: Bills -6 The Texans enter Thursday night on a two-game winning streak, but once again, they’ll be without CJ Stro

As the year winds down and we head into the final six weeks or so, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’ve learned about myself in 2025. There’s still time left, but these are the major themes that have really stood out. Some of them I’ve known for a while, but this was the first year I truly understood them. I honestly don't know why I am writing this now, but I wanted to put these thoughts out there while I still had them and they were fresh in my mind. So, here are the bi

The Kansas City Chiefs entered the season as Super Bowl favourites. Now, they sit at 5–5 and are in real danger of missing the postseason for the first time since 2014, and the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era. For a franchise that has been the most dominant in all of sports since the Golden State Warriors’ dynasty run in the NBA, this is uncharted territory. Their latest loss to the Denver Broncos not only dropped them to .500, but also created a significant uphill batt