Skip to main content

Latest

Sports blog entries from across the web

⇧ Trending

Exploring Potential Jaylen Brown Landing Spots After Celtics Burn Bridges With Their Star

Here are four potential Jaylen Brown landing spots if the Celtics decide the bridge is too damaged after the Giannis talks.

Browns roster: Most underrated performer this season

The Cleveland Browns’ defense as a whole has performed well this season, even though there have still been many ups and downs. It is easy to highlight players like Myles Garrett for what they bring to the table, especially coming off his five-sack game against the New England Patriots. Looking at the rest of this […]

What are you most looking forward to this offseason?

Monday is a day to replace the suffering of the weekend with the suffering of the workweek. Let’s think about something other than suffering. On Saturday, Mark Bowman helpfully reiterated the list of key dates for this offseason. Combine that with the Braves needing to make a managerial hire and potentially reshuffling their coaching staff, […]

Wild Finally Win a Game, Snap Losing Streak

That's Wild The Minnesota Wild are not going to lose every game for the rest of the season! Thanks to the Vancouver Canucks having their own massive problems, the Wild snapped a five-game losing streak after taking on the team from up north at home over the weekend. [Pioneer Press] And...

Hoerner’s Value, Keller’s Future, Mutual Options, and Other Cubs Bullets

Please tell me you watched the Bears game yesterday. That was UNREAL . One of the wildest games in years, with the Bears blowing a huge lead late – in large part because of a brutally bogus call on a should-have-been-game-ending-pick-6 – and then somehow summoning the moxy to turn it right back around into a last-minute win. The MLB offseason has officially arrived, and this is the slate of dates and deadlines if you missed it or want to brush up. The first wave of deadlines comes on Th...

A viewer’s guide to college basketball’s opening week in the Horizon League

Horizon League basketball is officially back in season, and the season is getting underway with a bang. The league’s opening week slate features matchups with non-Division I opponents, intriguing mid-major opponents and road games against ranked opponents. If you’re looking for what to watch to learn about the conference in the first week of the […]

Beyond the Box Score: Julian Sayin’s NFL comparison, Buckeyes’ red zone offensive play sequences

Over his last two games, Julian Sayin has completed 56-of-65 passes for 709 yards, eight touchdowns, and no interceptions. Sayin’s accuracy is remarkable, and it’s drawing comparisons to one of the NFL’s most accurate quarterbacks. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes are a team driven by Sayin and their wide receiver tandem of Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate, […]

Monday open thread

Head to the comments section to share your thoughts and join the conversation. You can sign up for a commenting account below and we have full-time moderators to enforce the Community Guidelines.

BSD MVP: Running Backs

It’s rinse and repeat here at Black Shoe Diaries with our weekly MVP award. Once again, Penn State lost – and once again there weren’t many bright spots outside of Kaytron Allen. Well, until at least Nicholas Singleton showed some of the things that we’ve expected all year long. So, though Penn State lost 38-14 […]

Monday Morning Texas Rangers Update

Good morning. Evan Grant offers up an early offseason projection which sees the Texas Rangers moving on from Marcus Semien. Speaking of Semien, Kennedi Landry notes that the veteran claimed the first ever Gold Glove award for a second baseman in franchise history. It was Semien’s second Gold Glove award, but first with Texas. Jeff […]

Monday Mailbag: Why do the Oilers always struggle in October?

Good morning, everyone, and a happy Monday to you all. As always, I’ve got a brand new mailbag ready to go after taking your questions and sending them to the crew for their take. This week, we’re discussing why the Oilers keep fumbling their way through October, goal differentials, goaltending numbers, and more. If you’ve…

‘The Birds Eye View’

Clicking on the newsletter will allow for full screen viewing and zoom functionality. If ‘readability’ becomes issue may offer option to receive newsletter via email each week. Let me know in comments your feedback. ***************************** (Mobile Friendly Version) In what seems to be a somewhat common occurrence for this team, we watch the offense come […]

Where does this World Series rank?

Instant takes about how great a World Series is is the new norm. We live in an age where everything has to be ranked, from sports teams to Halloween candy. Nothing can simply exist any longer. It needs to be placed in some kind of strange pantheon among all other subjects that are tangentially related. […]

MLB

What the Detroit Lions are saying about offensive struggles

Without a doubt, the biggest storyline out of the Detroit Lions’ loss to the Minnesota Vikings was their poor offensive showing. After starting the game with an impressive six-play, 72-yard touchdown drive, here’s how the following seven drives went: Over those seven drives, the Lions averaged 2.27 yards per play. By the time they got […]

Barcelona receive ‘important loan offers’ for Roony Bardghji 

Barcelona have reportedly received “important loan offers” for summer signing Roony Bardghjj ahead of the January transfer window. According to Diario Sport, clubs are already sniffing around the 19-year-old, with Stuttgart and Porto two of the sides believed to be interested. Roony signed in the summer from FC Copenhagen and has gone on to make eight […]

Can Malik Thomas make the jump to ACC stardom?

When Ryan Odom and his staff were putting together their first roster this offseason, one commitment made more waves than the others: San Francisco transfer guard Malik Thomas. Rumors had emerged beforehand about the potential match of Thomas and the Virginia Cavaliers, but whether or not Thomas would in fact wind up in a UVA […]

How to Watch: UNC Men’s Basketball vs Central Arkansas

It’s the start of a new college basketball season, and this one feels like it could be pivotal for the Carolina men’s program. It’s hard to imagine Hubert Davis won’t be shown the door if he delivers another underwhelming season. It’s nearly impossible to imagine how a search for his replacement would unfold under the […]