Caleb Thielbar was one of Jed Hoyer’s better reclamation projects in 2025. After posting a 5.32 ERA in 59 relief appearances for the Twins in 2024 at age 37, Thielbar appeared done. But Hoyer and his team saw something they liked, so they signed Thielbar to a one-year, $2.75 million deal. And Thielbar had possibly […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
Welcome to the thread for Tuesday’s St. John’s men’s basketball matchup versus DePaul. Please be respectful in the comment section and do not share any illegal streams of today’s game. If you haven’t already, check out our game preview here. You can follow updates of Tuesday’s game on Rumble in the Garden’s official X account […]
From Rumble In The Garden | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
What are the odds? Saints march into Week 16 as 4.5-point favorites vs. the Jets Now way they make it three in a row… right? Tyler Shough admits to selling game-changing late hit vs. Panthers Maybe should have kept this one to himself. With several running backs down, Audric Estime gave the Saints a boost […]
From Canal Street Chronicles | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
The San Francisco 49ers offense was rolling on Sunday. You have to understand how much Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan care about punter Thomas Morestead, since they made sure he got an extra week of rest after the bye for the stretch run by not punting at all. Selfless act by Purdy and the entire […]
From Niners Nation | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
As Week 16 approaches, we rounded up the latest NFL power rankings to get a sense of how the Jaguars are viewed nationally. Any outside observations are especially interesting after Liam Coen’s comments from the postgame podium in Week 14. “This was a big game in a lot of ways, and I think our guys […]
From Big Cat Country | about 14 hours ago | 1 read
Although the Chicago Cubs have over the years made quite a practice of finding low-cost relief options and spinning them up into significant contributors, what they have done far less often is bring those relief options back after that year of contribution. If you want to take that as a sign that the Cubs really saw something special in Caleb Thielbar’s time with the team, you may feel free to do so. The Cubs are bringing him back: News: The Cubs are bringing back lefty Caleb Thielba...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
The Chicago Blackhawks travel north to Toronto as the Blackhawks and Maple Leafs each try to put an end to a two-game losing skid. The Leafs’ season to date has been defined by inconsistency and unmet expectations: instead of sitting comfortably in the Atlantic mix, they find themselves a handful of spots outside the playoff picture, stuck in the muddled middle of the Eastern Conference. The wins haven’t come in bunches, defensive lapses have been a recurring issue, and the overall produc...
From Second City Hockey | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
The year is about to conclude… and the best of the best, according to FIFA, have been announced! The best goalkeeper The Lioness’ and Chelsea goalkeeper, Hannah Hampton, has been chosen as the best in her category for 2025. The 25-year-old Birmingham native became only the second English player to win this prestigious award, following […]
From All For XI | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
The Miami Dolphins needed to beat their former teammates to keep their playoff hopes alive; instead, those players helped kick them out of the picture.
From Phin Phanatic | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
Background: The Outfield in 2025. Are all the outfield positions contributing to winning games? Let’s compare the 2025 Wins Above Average (WAA) for center field with the two corner positions. Data from Baseball Reference. While there was a decline in both, the decline was larger in center field, where Wins Above Average (WAA) broke through […]
From AZ Snake Pit | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
Knicks. Spurs. Bring. It. On. Mike Brown On the impact of elimination games:“Being in an environment like this, it’s a great experience for all of us, especially having the feel of a single-elimination game. There was no, ‘Hey, let’s go get them tomorrow,’ or, ‘Let’s figure it out.’ Everybody kind of hangs on to that […]
From Posting and Toasting | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
Last week, after defeating the Atlanta Falcons in a rather dominant manner, the Seahawks maintained the same average power ranking. Could a sloppy victory over grandfather, Philip Rivers and the Indianapolis Colts potentially drop the Seahawks down? Surprisingly, the five national media sites did not overreact to the close game against the Colts. Of the […]
From Field Gulls | about 14 hours ago | 1 read
The Blackhawks hit the road to swing thru some big Canadian markets and they start in Toronto without Connor Bedard . Obviously that isn’t ideal. But the Leafs are seventh in the Atlantic Division and have 33 points in 31 games; the Blackhawks have 32 points in 32 games. Toronto is allowing the second-most shots on net per game (31.5) in the NHL (the Hawks are fifth-worst at 30.3). The Leafs’ power play ranks 30th in the league. This is not a dominant Toronto team to fear going in. N...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
Dan Quinn was back behind the microphone before the Washington Commanders started their short week practice schedule. They are back home and hosting the Philadelphia Eagles for the first of two games between the NFC East rivals over the last three weeks of the season. Quinn announced yesterday that QB Jayden Daniels was getting shut […]
From Hogs Haven | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
Alright, a quick recap before we start. During their annual convention earlier this month, the WBC ordered no. 3 lightweight Jadier Herrera to face no. 1 Ricardo Nunez for the interim title. This is a rare case where such a fight is justified, as reigning champ Shakur Stevenson is challenging Teofimo Lopez for the super […]
From Bad Left Hook | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
Technically, a week before Christmas is still “before Christmas”. That’s the timeline head coach Jon Cooper gave reporters prior to the Lightning’s 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers when he was asked about the health of Andrei Vasilevskiy. On Tuesday, the Lightning made a couple of moves that would indicate that their all-world goaltender is ready to return to action. The team announced that Scott Sabourin and Brandon Halverson had been assigned to Syracuse . There does remain the chance t...
From Raw Charge | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
The Miami Dolphins embarrassingly fell out of the NFL playoff picture on Monday night when they were smacked around Acrisure Stadium by the Pittsburgh Steelers in a nationally televised game. Miami had no answers for their AFC North opponents and, despite a couple of late touchdowns, they were never close to competing in the game. […]
From The Phinsider | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
The Pittsburgh Steelers seemed to be at an obvious disadvantage against the Miami Dolphins without defensive tackle Derrick Harmon in the lineup against the ground attack led by running back De’Von Achane. However, the Steelers were more than ready for whatever the Dolphins threw at them, limiting Achane to just 60 yards on the ground. […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
Welcome to Finals Week, where the staff of Hammer & Rails works to create content while no games are actually happening. It’s not quite the desert of mid-June, but as the players work fervently on cashing in more NIL deals and increasing their brand Finals this week there is not a lot of actual sports […]
From Hammer and Rails | about 14 hours ago | 0 reads
The Wisconsin Badgers are seeing some more inside linebackers enter the transfer portal, as Antarron Turner is heading to the transfer portal after one season in Madison. Turner, a redshirt junior this past season, did not play in a single game this year after transferring in from Western Carolina. He was expected to be a […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter | about 15 hours ago | 0 reads
After the morning skate, Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill confirmed that rookie defenseman Artyom Levshunov will be a healthy scratch on Tuesday night in Toronto. Levshunov was late getting to the rink for practice on Monday, so it was disciplinary — not based on his play. This is another reminder that this season is about setting standards for everyone involved. I like the move by head coach Jeff Blashill. It helps that the Blackhawks called up a seventh defenseman before th...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 15 hours ago | 0 reads
The Chicago Bears injury report will be worth keeping tabs on this week. Not only are we on high alert since it is Packers Week, it is worth highlighting that there are a handful of Bears injury updates that we will monitor obsessively because they are potential game-changers. For good measure, that we’re adding to the mix that it is a short week with these two teams playing on Saturday complicates matters a bit. Bears injury updates ahead of Week 16 game vs. Packers ROME ODUNZE ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 15 hours ago | 0 reads
The Colorado Avalanche are all set for a matchup with the Seattle Kraken tonight at Climate Pledge Arena. Colorado comes in as most pundits pick for the best team in the league; meanwhile, the Kraken are struggling to get back to just being a .500 team. Can the Avalanche assert themselves and take care of […]
From Mile High Hockey | about 15 hours ago | 0 reads
One of the most popular strategies you’ll see for the Chargers in the early rounds of 2026 mocks will be them trying to fortify both sides of the trenches. Center and offensive guard are likely at the top of their needs list but I also wouldn’t be surprised if interior defensive lineman is also up […]
From Bolts From The Blue | about 15 hours ago | 0 reads
There isn’t much debate about which game matters most on Tuesday night’s NHL schedule. The Edmonton Oilers visit the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena, and what’s set to unfold has everything to do with the convergence of storylines that rarely align like this. Sidney Crosby sits at 1,721 career points, just three shy of…
From In the Pressbox | about 15 hours ago | 0 reads