Pauly McGuire

Pauly McGuire

Sports Writer  |  DENVER, CO

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Pauly McGuire is a Colorado-based sports writer, novelist, and jaded fan of the New York Knicks, Jets, Yankees, and Rangers. Pauly covers the NBA and NFL for OG, but he also specializes in events such as March Madness, the Iditarod, Tour de France, marble racing, and the Oscars. For nearly a decade, he covered the international poker circuit. His critically acclaimed 2010 book Lost Vegas chronicled working at the WSOP -- writing for Tao of Poker, Fox Sports, and Bluff Magazine -- during the wildest days of the poker boom. His most recent novels Guard This (2021) and Fried Peaches (2018) are currently available on Amazon.

LA Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma winds up for a dunk during the NBA Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend at Spectrum Center in Charlotte. (Image: Porter Lambert/Getty)

Kyle Kuzma Wins MVP of NBA Rising Stars Challenge

The NBA All-Star Weekend kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina with the Rising Stars Challenge, and Kyle Kuzma from the Los Angeles Lakers scored 35 points and won the MVP while leading USA Rising Stars to a 161-144 victory over the World Rising Stars. The Rising Stars Challenge featured the […]

Center Enes Kanter playing for the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in 2018. (Mike Strobe/Getty)

Enes Kanter Signs with Portland Trailblazers After Waived by Knicks

The New York Knicks waived disgruntled center Enes Kanter last week and he signed with the Portland Trailblazers after being courted by several teams in the Western Conference including the LA Lakers. The Knicks were unable to unload Kanter, 26, before the trade deadline. They could not find any teams […]

Arizona Cardinals QB Josh Rosen during a preseason game in Glendale, Arizona. (Image: Jennifer Stewart/Getty)

Kliff Kingsbury Chooses the Chosen Rosen Over Kyler Murray

Arizona Cardinals new head coach Kliff Kingsbury clarified that second-year quarterback Josh Rosen “is our guy”, even though the Cardinals also have the number one pick in the upcoming 2019 NFL Draft. The Cardinals drafted Rosen, dubbed the “Chosen Rosen” during his collegiate days at UCLA, with the tenth pick […]

LSU's Kavell Bigby-Williams is mobbed by his teammates after a game-winning shot against Kentucky in Lexington, KY. (Image: Mark Zerof/USA Today Sports)

LSU Stuns No. 5 Kentucky on Controversial Buzzer-Beater (Video)

In SEC conference action, #19 LSU (20-4) picked off #5 Kentucky (20-4) with a buzzer-beater, tip-in by LSU’s Kavell Bigby-Williams. Kentucky lost to LSU at home 73-71. Bigby-Williams beat the buzzer, but replays indicated he committed offensive interference. In addition to the controversial tip-in, officials blew numerous calls down the […]

Robin Duncan, left, Ernie Duncan and Everett Duncan shoot around at practice at Patrick Gymnasium in Burlington, Vermont. (Image: Brian Jenkins/Vermont Free Press)

College Basketball Watch: Three Duncan Brothers from Vermont

The Vermont Catamounts (19-5), led by the three Duncan brothers, are currently in first place in the America East and trying to win an automatic bid to March Madness for a second time in three years. Vermont posted ten straight 20-win seasons. They’re one win away from eleven straight. Last […]

Randy Carlyle in his second stint as head coach of the Anaheim Ducks during a game at the Pond in Anahaeim, CA.(Image: James Carey Lauder/USA Today Sports)

Limp Ducks Lose Seven Straight; Anaheim Fires Head Coach Randy Carlyle

The Anaheim Ducks, the worst team in the Western Conference, relieved Randy Carlyle of head coaching duties and installed general manager Bob Murray as an interim head coach. Murray has been the GM of the Ducks since 2006, but has zero head coaching experience. Randy Carlyle, 62, has the most […]

Duke freshman and leading scorer, RJ Barrett, shoots a three-pointer against Virginia at John Paul Johns Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Image: Ryan R. Kelly/Getty)

No. 2 Duke Easy Win Over Virginia, Frosh RJ Barrett Drops 26

In one of the biggest matchups of the college basketball season, freshman RJ Barrett scored 26 points for #2 Duke and the Blue Devils defeated #3 Virginia at home 81-71 Two of the top three teams in the country faced off in a game so special that NBA stars LeBron […]

Washington Capitals Tom Wilson and Ian Cole from the Colorado Avalanche tussle in a fight in Capital One Arena in Washington DC. (Image: Geoff Burke/USA Today Sports)

Hockey Fight: Caps’ Tom Wilson Buries Ian Cole from Avalanche (Video)

When the Ian Cole from the Colorado Avalanche leveled Eugene Kuznetsov from the Washington Capitals, Tom Wilson from the Caps took matters into his own hands that ended with an old-school hockey fight. The Caps held on to beat the Avalanche 4-3 in overtime. The Washington Capitals (20-18-6) recently turned […]