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.

Duke freshman Zion Williamson throws down a dunk in a blowout against Eastern Michigan. (Image: AP)

Duke’s Zion Williamson Dunk Clinic (VIDEOS)

Only three games into the season, Duke freshman big man Zion Williamson keeps adding more thunderous dunks to his highlight reel. In an 84-46 blowout win against Eastern Michigan, Duke dunked the ball 14 times and Zion Williamson threw down several monstrous dunks. Zion Shines in Debut In three games […]

LeBron James exploded for 44 points against the Blazers and passed Wilt Chamberlin on the all-time scoring list. (Image: Harry How/Getty)

LeBron James Passes Wilt Chamberlin, Becomes NBA’s Fifth Top Scorer

With a free throw late in the fourth quarter, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers scored the 31,420th point of his career. In doing so, James passed Wilt Chamberlin to become the NBA’s fifth all-time leading scorer. LeBron finished the night with 44 points and the Lakers defeated the […]

For a brief period, the NFL partnered with Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, to design uniform skins for all 32 NFL teams. (Image: Epic Games)

Patrick Mahomes Killed (in Fortnite) by Player Wearing His Uniform

Patrick Mahomes, quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, played Fortnite for the first time in a while and he was killed by another user wearing his own uniform. Fortnite is one of the most popular games in the zeitgeist right now, with 83 million monthly users. It’s so popular that […]

The future home of the Raiders in Las Vegas will inevitably host a Super Bowl. But when? (Image: Tara Mack/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Legal Nevada Brothels Want in on Future Vegas Super Bowl Festivities

The NFL has yet to name a location for Super Bowl LX in 2025, but that hasn’t stopped sex workers at legal Nevada brothels from offering their support in helping bring the game to Las Vegas. New(ish) celebrity gossip website The Blast reported Sunday about licensed Nevada sex workers beginning […]

Medical staff attend to WR Cooper Kupp from the LA Rams, who torn ACL agains the Seattle Seahawks. (Image: Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Rams Lose Top WR, Cooper Kupp Out for Season with Torn ACL

One of the Los Angeles Rams’ top receivers, Cooper Kupp, is done for the season with a anterior cruciate ligament tear in his knee. Kupp injured his knee in the fourth quarter of the Rams 36-31 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. The Rams are 9-1 and looking to […]

Carmelo Anthony's run in Houston might last only ten games. (Image: Mary Altaffer/AP)

Carmelo Anthony’s Impending Exit from the Houston Rockets

Marc Stein from the New York Times reported that Carmelo Anthony’s time with the Houston Rockets “will soon be ending.” The Rockets started the season 5-7 and went from the highest-scoring offense in the league to the lowest scoring. Stein tweeted, “The Rockets have denied they are waiving Carmelo Anthony, […]

Former BYU star Jimmer Fredette playing in an exhibition game for the Shanghai Sharks against the Houston Rockets. (Image: Troy Taormina/USA Today)

Jimmer Fredette Scores 75 Points in Chinese Basketball League (VIDEO)

Jimmer Fredette, former BYU basketball star and former lottery pick, scored a career-high 75 points for the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese Basketball Association. Fredette, the 2011 College Basketball Player of the Year, scored 40 points in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough for the win. The Sharks […]

All-star Jimmy Butler finally got his wish when the Minnesota Timberwolves traded him to the Philadelphia Sixers. (Image: Getty)

Minnesota Timberwolves Trade Jimmy Butler to the Philadelphia Sixers

Thirteen games into the NBA season, the Minnesota Timberwolves finally honored Jimmy Butler’s trade request. The Wolves traded Butler and Justin Patton to the Philadelphia 76ers for Robert Covington, Dario Saric, Jerryd Bayless and a second-round pick. According to a report from ESPN, the Sixers are expected to sign Butler […]

The LA Chargers won five straight and are quietly making a run in the AFC West. (Image: Jake Roth/USA Today)

NFL Final Four Shaping Out, But LA Chargers Surging (VIDEOS)

The playoff picture is shaping up in the NFL, but LA Chargers (6-2) are making a strong case as a dark-horse candidate with a mid-season surge after winning five games in a row thanks to the leadership of QB Phil Rivers. Four squads emerged as the proverbial teams to beat […]

CC Sabathia will pitch one more season with the Yankees before retiring after 19 seasons. (Image: Elsa/Getty)

Yankees Re-Sign CC Sabathia to One-Year Contract Worth $8 Million

Left-handed pitcher CC Sabathia re-signed with the New York Yankees for a one-year deal worth $8 million. The 38-year old Sabathia, a member of the Yankees since 2009, will play his 19th and final season as a professional baseball player. CC’s Swan Song On Wednesday, Sabathia released a video declaring […]