• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Larry Brown Sports

Larry Brown Sports

Brown Bag it, Baby

  • Home
  • Blog View
  • NFL
  • NCAAF
  • NBA
  • MLB
  • Media
  • Headlines
  • Podcast

Rex Villas

Villas is a veteran sports writer based out of Manila, Philippines. He covers a variety of sports and leagues, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, college basketball and college football. He has been a sports writer for over 12 years and has over 15,000 published posts to his credit. In addition to his work for LBS, Villas serves as an associated senior editor at ClutchPoints and is a contributing write for Athlon Sports. He has won a basketball, baseball, and football championship in fantasy all within a year.

Collin Sexton holds a ball

Collin Sexton makes a startling revelation after getting stitches on his face

Collin Sexton isn’t a boxer by trade, but he might have received more stitches to the face than some combat sports practitioners. Sexton was sporting a bandage over his right eye as he spoke to reporters on Saturday. He sustained a facial …

Mike Elko with a hat on

Mike Elko had a choice word for Texas A&M’s offense in loss to Tennessee

The Texas A&M Aggies had a hard time moving the chains against the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday, leaving Aggies head coach Mike Elko summing up his team’s offense in one blunt word. “Pathetic,” Elko responded when …

UNC Asheville loses to Georgia Tech

UNC Asheville commits the most boneheaded mistake against Georgia Tech to lose the game

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs suffered one of the worst ways to lose a game.  Bulldogs junior guard Connor Dubsky hit a 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left in regulation to tie the score at 74-74 in Saturday’s game against the Georgia Tech Yellow …

Spencer Knight's stick gets stuck during a Blackhawks game

Blackhawks goalie Spencer Knight had an embarrassing snafu that led to a Jets goal

Things went from bad to worse quickly for Chicago Blackhawks goalie Spencer Knight during a game on Saturday against the visiting Winnipeg Jets at the United Center in Chicago, Ill. With around two minutes remaining in the second period, Knight went …

Doug Christie looking on

Doug Christie addresses his job security after Kings’ 1-11 start

The Sacramento Kings are off to a bad start to their 2026-27 NBA season, putting head coach Doug Christie under an even brighter spotlight and on an increasingly hot seat. But it seems like Christie is already used to the situation. “I think this …

Jayson Tatum in a Celtics jersey

Jayson Tatum’s dunk on LeBron James featured the oddest coincidence

Tuesday’s clash between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pa., had it all, from Jaylen Brown and his bête noire, Jayson Tatum, to Paul George turning back the clock with a vintage performance …

Rays third baseman Junior Caminero (13) celebrates in the locker room

Junior Caminero’s agent puts Rays on blast for paying star less than adidas

Junior Caminero’s agent went for it with a blunt callout of the Tampa Bay Rays. Rafa Nieves of Republik Sports did not mince words on social media, putting his client’s team on blast over the pay the star third baseman is receiving. …

Austin Reaves smirking while wearing a Lakers shirt

JJ Redick rules out a devastating Austin Reaves scenario

The Los Angeles Lakers have yet to determine the exact nature of the injury Austin Reaves suffered in Wednesday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, but head coach JJ Redick has already ruled out one devastating scenario. According to Dave …

Cam Heyward after a game

Cam Heyward had a blunt quote about the Steelers’ trade deadline inactivity

The Pittsburgh Steelers will continue to roll with the same roster they had before Tuesday’s trade deadline, and that’s entirely fine with defensive tackle Cam Heyward. The Steelers stood pat at the deadline, making no moves to bolster …

Keenan Allen before a Bears game

Keenan Allen clears up his ancient beef with Mike Evans

Keenan Allen has no time or interest in reigniting an old beef with Mike Evans. After all, they’re now teammates with the San Francisco 49ers. On Wednesday, Allen cleared the air about his social media spat with Evans back in 2020.  …

Kirk Cousins smiles

Kirk Cousins leaves a classy message for Fernando Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza is no longer in Kirk Cousins’ shadow, but he got one final message from his vet. Following the news that Cousins was traded by the Las Vegas Raiders to the Minnesota Vikings, the 38-year-old quarterback shared an Instagram post …

Connor Hellebuyck in Devils uniform

Jets pull the perfect troll job after Devils’ Connor Hellebuyck benching

The Winnipeg Jets sprinkled some more salt on the wounds of the New Jersey Devils after a win on Tuesday. On top of beating the Devils in Connor Hellebuyck’s return to his old stomping grounds at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, the Jets trolled …

Jakob Chychrun levels Nick Cousins

Video: Jakob Chychrun levels Nick Cousins with the most violent hit

Ottawa Senators forward Nick Cousins was on the receiving end of a painful hit from Washington Capitals blueliner Jakob Chychrun. As Cousins was trying to gain control of the puck along the boards in the Senators’ offensive zone with three …

Miami (Ohio) scoreboard

Miami (Ohio) penalized for a bizarre scoreboard stunt to confuse opponent

Some scoreboard tomfoolery got the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks punished by officials during their game against the Ohio Bobcats on Tuesday. Just before halftime of the contest at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio, Ohio kicker Brack Peacock failed to make a …

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looks on

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gives Damian Lillard the ultimate compliment

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder were stopped in their tracks by the Portland Trail Blazers, who got a vintage performance from Damian Lillard on Tuesday at Moda Center in Portland, Ore.  Even Gilgeous-Alexander showed his …

Paul George during warmups

Noah Eagle drops the hardest quote on Paul George

Paul George was balling out for the Boston Celtics on Tuesday, and Noah Eagle was doing the same for NBC Sports. Calling the game with NBA legend Reggie Miller, Eagle was spitting out some serious sportscasting poetry, and perhaps none was more …

Next

Sidebar

© 2026 · LB Sports Media Group Inc · Powered by Springwire.ai

Privacy Manager © 2026 · All Rights Reserved
  • X
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
  • About Larry Brown Sports
  • Contact
  • Editorial Process
  • Staff Writers
  • Privacy Policy
Dedicated to the memory of Nevil Vega