When the Pittsburgh Penguins return from the 2026 Olympic break, they will have five games before the 2025-26 NHL Trade Deadline. Given where they are in the standings, and the way they have played for the better part of the past two months, the Penguins seem to have positioned themselves as potential buyers, or at […]
From PensBurgh | 2 days ago | 0 reads
If the Ohio State Buckeyes needed another proof point for WRU in the NFL era, Jaxon Smith-Njigba just handed them one. In early February, he didn’t merely become another former Buckeye receiver thriving on Sundays. He became the headline, the league’s Offensive Player of the Year. Smith-Njigba posted a dominant regular season where he led […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land | 2 days ago | 0 reads
It was a tough weekend for the Edmonton Oilers’ AHL affiliate Bakersfield Condors as they dropped both games in the home-and-home to the Ontario Reign in regulation. Leaving the weekend without a point gives the Reign an eight-point swing in a tight Pacific Division race. Before the weekend started, the Condors were sitting at 55…
From In the Pressbox | 2 days ago | 0 reads
From Jason Robertson’s shocking omission to Bill Guerin’s “right players” philosophy, the Banter crew unloads on Team USA’s controversial Olympic roster.
From Blueshirt Banter | 2 days ago | 1 read
When No. 1 and No. 2 in a sport play each other, it’s always a noteworthy occasion. At the very least, it’s a chance to see the perceived best in the sport go head-to-head in a battle for in-the-moment supremacy. But it can also be something more, as you never know when a top-ranked matchup […]
From Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician | 2 days ago | 0 reads
I remember this press conference vividly as I had it streaming live in the background while writing my postgame recap for the Seattle Seahawks’ 21-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Once I heard Ernest drop the first “F Bomb”, I did a double-take. After the second one, I was grinning from ear-to-ear and backed […]
From Field Gulls | 2 days ago | 4 reads
Over in Japan’s NPB, every team has a new slogan for the season. The slogans set out the team’s hopes, goals, and attitude. They hype the fans up. They’re fun. Thanks to the nature of the Japanese language, there’s also fun tricks to be had with the slogans, too: for example, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks […]
From The Good Phight | 2 days ago | 0 reads
It depends on who you ask. Everyone around here has an opinion on the Dallas Cowboys and everything that goes on with them, and given that we are at a time of year where there are a lot of questions that means that there are all sorts of answers. Today’s question is simple: What is […]
From Blogging The Boys | 2 days ago | 0 reads
The highs and lows of college basketball can come and go very quickly. Unfortunately for the Hubert Davis-led Tar Heels over the past five seasons, the latter have come much too often. Just days after a thrilling victory over a one-loss Duke team, Carolina gave an uninspired effort in Miami to end their five-game winning […]
From Tar Heel Blog | 2 days ago | 0 reads
After perhaps one of the strangest seasons Nebraska baseball fans have ever witness, Will Bolt returns for his seventh turn as the head coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. After a long trip to the west coast early last season, the Big Red never seemed to find the consistency and success that most observers believed was possible […]
From Corn Nation | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Pitchers and catchers have reported to Yankees spring training, with all position players soon to follow. This will be an especially interesting lead-up to Opening Day because 2026 camp happens to coincide with the World Baseball Classic, which is being held for the first time since 2023. Samurai Japan will be looking to defend their […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 2 days ago | 0 reads
North Dakota State football has been winning for more than a decade. To the surprise to most of the world-at-large, yes, the jump from FCS to the FBS level was a surprise. But being who and what the Bison are and have been, the remainder of the world was saying, “It’s about time to rise […]
From Mountain West Connection | 2 days ago | 0 reads
We’ve yet to hear from Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, but on Thursday afternoon, we’ll get our first chance to hear from the coach. Petzing will be joining our Midweek Mailbag live at 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday to answer all of our questions—including some fan questions that can still be submitted here. Best […]
From Pride Of Detroit | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning, BBN! This is exactly what Kentucky Basketball needed: a documentary taking us through this season. CBS released a sneak peek of “Kentucky Basketball CONFIDENTIAL,” which you can watch below, and some of the shots and speeches will get you fired up. It’s no secret that this year has been tumultuous, which is actually […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Several Pittsburgh Steelers alumni went back and forth on social media on Wednesday following controversial comments made by former linebacker Joey Porter. Appearing on Cam Heyward’s Not Just Football podcast, Porter went scorched Earth on Ben Roethlisberger. “The sh*t that [Roethlisberger did]… that we don’t talk about is crazy,” Porter said. “Like, out of anybody […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain | 2 days ago | 1 read
Pitchers and catchers reported yesterday and I’m already wondering whose turn it is to let us down. Not to be a Debbie Downer or anything, I’m just suspicious. Every A’s pitching stuff unfolds like an Agatha Christie novel to me. They stuff these large casts of characters in the bullpen, near the end of the […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 days ago | 0 reads
We’re less than a week removed from the Super Bowl, but one player who just missed out on a ring will be taking his talents from the New England Patriots to the Miami Dolphins. On Wednesday, it was announced that the Dolphins signed cornerback Miles Battle. Battle was on New England’s practice squad for the […]
From The Phinsider | 2 days ago | 1 read
As we get deeper into the offseason and talk about the San Francisco 49ers’ team needs, we’d be remiss if we ignored the draft picks that didn’t work out. Even in hindsight, there’s no shame in moving multiple first-round picks for a quarterback you identified to be franchise worthy. It didn’t pan out, but the […]
From Niners Nation | 2 days ago | 0 reads
After its win over third-ranked Connecticut last Friday, expectations for the Red Storm were rising. However, the coaches and players were careful to focus on “One game at a time”. Fans were talking about Tre Carroll of Xavier, who torched the Johnnies for 31 points in the first meeting in January. Who would draw the […]
From Rumble In The Garden | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Washington Wizards center Alex Sarr will miss approximately two weeks with a right hamstring strain, the team announced Thursday. Sarr, 20, was a late addition to Washington’s injury report and was held out of the team’s 138-113 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. He will miss the Castrol Rising Stars game this Friday and […]
From Bullets Forever | 2 days ago | 1 read
Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo was asked about the speculation surrounding Julian Alvarez and a potential move to the club earlier this week and responded by praising the Argentina star. “He’s a great player; for me, he’s one of the best strikers in the world. You can see the quality he has,” he said. He was […]
From Barca Blaugranes | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Manchester United Women enter the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds this week, with our play-off tie against Atletico Madrid getting under way on Thursday. Atleti finished below us in the league phase, so they will host the first leg, as we return to the Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcala de Henares, where we won 1-0 in […]
From The Busby Babe | 2 days ago | 0 reads
The San Antonio Spurs maintained their winning ways on a night both De’Aaron Fox and Victor Wembanyama dominated offensively and defensively (in the latter portion, at least). Fox led all players with 27 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals while Wembanyama had 26 points and 9 rebounds. Heading into the mid-season break, the Silver and […]
From Pounding The Rock | 2 days ago | 1 read
Despite being the most high profile member of the Flyers to get the call to the Milano-Cortina games, Travis Sanheim will have to wait at least one more game to make his Olympic debut. On the day that Sanheim’s Canadian team was due to take on Dan Vladar’s Czechia, he skated with the other scratches, indicating that he wouldn’t take part in Canada’s opening Round Robin contest. Canada/Czechia is two hours away Darcy Kuemper, Travis Sanheim & Seth Jarvis skated this morning…indicatin...
From Broad Street Hockey | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Morning, all! Wyatt Langford is being considered as an injury replacement for outfielder Corbin Carroll for Team USA, which would make him the fifth Ranger playing in the World Baseball Classic. Kumar Rocker has to commit to fully developing his changeup and to actually using it in games if he’s going to have an effective […]
From Lone Star Ball | 2 days ago | 0 reads