San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones earned one of the escalators in his contract after helping the team win on Sunday Night against the Atlanta Falcons. Jones made $400,000 since that was his fourth win of the season. Jones can continue to earn more incentives, so long as he remains on the field. Of course, […]
From Niners Nation | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The fires are mild this summer. I know because we’ve journeyed east on schedule. It will be five years before my window for this time shrinks from a Carlos Vargas target to George Kirby’s. Five years til we go from seasons of adventure to a weekend in August, sandwiched between 80 of my baseball games […]
From Lookout Landing | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Here come the reinforcements. As the Edmonton Oilers continue to reel amid a three-game losing streak, the team delivered some good news Monday, announcing defenceman Jake Walman had been activated from the injured reserve. Walman, 29, has yet to appear this season for the Oilers dealing with an undisclosed injury he suffered in the pre-season….
From In the Pressbox | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Arizona Fall League has now finished their second week and the Mesa Solar Sox won three and lost three over the past week. That gives them an overall record of 4-6, which puts them in fifth place in the six-team AFL. However, they’re just three games out of first and a game and a […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Daily Mail’s Craig Hope has poured cold water on online speculation that Yoane Wissa suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. The insider confirmed on Thursday that the Newcastle United forward instead damaged his posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). “No, Wissa has NOT injured his anterior cruciate ligament, contrary to online rumours,” Hope wrote. “But I […]
From Coming Home Newcastle | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Choosing to believe in any kind of different outcome than one that has preceded not once, not twice, but three times before in exactly the same fashion may not be considered a rule of insanity. But we might be getting close. Last season Mississippi State finished 8-10 in conference play. The season before they finished […]
From Rock M Nation | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Let’s get right to the rest of this week’s Olympic Sports round-up: Field Hockey (10-4, 2-4) The Orange jumped out to a lead against #2 North Carolina, but the Tar Heels rallied for a 4-3 win. Bo van Kempen scored her ACC leading 20th goal of the season. Syracuse will head to Boston College on […]
From Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The last two weeks have been more of the circus in Chapel Hill. Somehow through all that, though, a football game was played that didn’t end till after 2 AM Eastern Saturday morning, and people that went to bed early woke up to the highlight of being able to once again laugh at UNC’s struggles. […]
From Tar Heel Blog | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Louisville has received a commitment from London Johnson, a 21-year-old point guard from the class of 2026. Johnson has spent the past three seasons in the G-League. According to multiple sources, Johnson plans on enrolling at U of L in December, and will be eligible to play during the 2026-27 season. Johnson is “expected” to […]
From Card Chronicle | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
AUDIO: VIDEO: On this episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss: Enjoy the raw Churros, Campeones! Did you enjoy these Churros? Get a more raw version once per week exclusively on Patreon.com/ChurrosyTacticas. Co-host and chief editor of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani, along with Diego Lorijn — Barca TV, […]
From Managing Madrid | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Chicago Bulls will begin the 2025-26 season without their leading scorer. The team officially announced on Monday morning that Coby White will remain sidelined with a calf strain. While he has resumed on-court activity, the team will look to re-evaluate him in two weeks. With the Bulls hosting their season-opener at the United Center on Tuesday, this puts White in line to miss at least their first six regular-season contests. It sounds as if the earliest he could return would be ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The number 22 has positive connotations for the Portland Trail Blazers. It was Clyde Drexler’s uniform number. The first franchise superstars–Geoff Petrie and Sidney Wicks–averaged 22 points per game during their Portland tenures. Unfortunately, 22 is also where the Blazers placed in the opening round of NBA Power Rankings for the 2025-26 season. Nestled between […]
From Blazer's Edge | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Hello there and welcome to the Big Ten Power Rankings! Each week we’ll rank how the teams across the conference are playing, in the hopes of seeing just who is a contender, and who is a pretender over the course of the season. The rules are few, but resolute: Teams are ranked by how they’re […]
From Black Shoe Diaries | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Albert Pujols won’t be the next manager of the Angels, according to a report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Heyman writes that Pujols and the club have broken off talks due to differences between the sides regarding “coaches, resources, and compensation.” The Athletic’s Sam Blum reports that while circumstances could change, it’s believed…
From RotoFeed | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The 2025-2026 Alabama Crimson Tide basketball season is almost upon us, and it’s fair to say that this is a transitional season, though not a team that finds itself completely rebuilding. Long-time stalwarts like Mark Sears and Grant Nelson have moved on, and the Portal claimed some quality players that are a better fit elsewhere […]
From Roll 'Bama Roll | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
On October 20th in 2005, Vancouver Canucks voices John Shorthouse and Tom Larscheid won $20,000 in the 50/50 draw benefiting local charities for children during a home game against the Phoenix Coyotes. Having played the popular lottery at every Canucks home game since they began working together in 1998, the giddy pair celebrated their first ever 50/50 win with four minutes remaining in the
From In the Pressbox | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Following the Kansas City Chiefs’ 31-0 dismantling of the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon, Arrowhead Pride user Belohawks scoured the Internet for the most appropriate news headlines. Division Win = Joy Multiplied Arrowhead: where math is fun! Raiders’ Week Is: Animosity, Bitterness, Spite, Venom… In other words: hostility, acrimony, detestation, loathing… OktoberFEAST Fun festival […]
From Arrowhead Pride | about 2 months ago | 1 read
As the Astros construct their 2026 team over the off-season, their assessment of promising rookies’ performances will be an important input. A.J. Blubaugh is one of the more promising 2025 rookie pitchers. His 2025 pitching at the major league level definitely showed promise. But the sample size is small (32 innings) and his potential role […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
They may sound like sports cliches – but for the Brooklyn Nets – imitation is the highest form of flattery. And there’s no need to reinvent the wheel when the defending NBA champions just laid out the formula. When the Brooklyn Nets recently hired Oklahoma City Thunder director of amateur scouting Acie Law IV to […]
From NetsDaily | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Photo Courtesy of UNM Athletics New Mexico Holds Off Nevada’s Challenge in a 24-22 Home Victory The New Mexico Lobos narrowly beat Nevada 24-22 on Saturday night at University Stadium for their homecoming game. They relied on a steady ground game and crucial defensive stops to earn their first Mountain West Conference victory of the […]
From Mountain West Connection | about 2 months ago | 1 read
It is the ninth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let us review past years: To make sure we give the SSS readership a strong vote in our South Side Sox Top 100, we’re going to run five or 10 polls before kicking off our Top 100 Prospect countdown. Ideally, we […]
From South Side Sox | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
As the Padres search for a replacement for retiring manager Mike Shildt, they’re setting their sights on a big name: future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols. According to a report from Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Pujols is set to interview for the position with the Padres, though it’s not yet known when…
From RotoFeed | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Lately I suspended the anti-game ball post after Jets losses. The team has being beaten so thoroughly that it was difficult to find any standouts. Pretty much everybody earned an anti-game ball. But after the Week 7 loss to the Carolina Panthers, I have decided that at least for this week we can give out […]
From Gang Green Nation | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Associated Press released its All-American Team Monday and AJ Dybantsa was one of five players that made the exclusive team. He is the lone freshman. Below are the five players and their vote totals out of 57 voters. Kansas’ Darryn Peterson got the nod as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, but Dybantsa […]
From Vanquish The Foe | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
In a match scheduled for Tuesday, Karolina Muchova (No. 21 in rankings) will take on Maya Joint (No. 32) in the Round of 16 at the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis. In this matchup against Joint (+225), Muchova is the favorite with -300 odds. Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Info Tournament: The Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Round: Round of 16 Date: Tuesday, October 21 Venue: Ariake Coliseum & Ariake Tennis Forest Park Location: Ariake, Japan Court Surface: Hard Maya Joint vs. ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | about 2 months ago | 1 read