Beleaguered Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has barely been seen in public since he was arrested and arraigned last Thursday. Long-time friend and former boss Tyronn Lue told media, before the Blazers took on the Los Angeles Clippers, that Billups was alright, considering the circumstances. When you’ve known somebody so long, you can just […]
Game 3 of the World Series is tonight, with the series shifting to Los Angeles tied 1-1. Meanwhile, rumors abound regarding the Twins’ open manager position, with the top four candidates identified as Derek Shelton, James Rowson, Ryan Flaherty, and Scott Servais. The Past Week on Twinkie Town: Elsewhere in Twins Territory: In the World […]
Liverpool are not in a good place on the pitch at the moment, with Arne Slot’s Reds needing to improve in a number of areas including passing, creating chances, and defending. His Reds have now lost four Premier League games on the trot, including a home defeat against Manchester United and most recently a shambolic […]
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media during his usual press conference on Monday and provided a handful of updates on Indiana’s health heading into the matchup against Maryland. Just three Hoosiers were listed in the Big Ten’s availability report ahead of the game against UCLA: defensive back Bryson Bonds and running back […]
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 […]
When it comes to the NFL Draft discussion, players in the FBS have dominated the conversation. However, there is another brand of Division I college football also taking place and being done at a high level. Over the past decade, North Dakota State has dominated the FCS football landscape and they look to be favorites […]
There have been a ton of stories about Sunday night’s exhibition game between Duke and Tennessee, so here’s some more links. Make sure to read Scott’s story too! Go to the DBR Boards to find Blue Healer Auctions | Drop us a line
The Dodgers and Blue Jays are currently squaring off in the Fall Classic, each in the top five in MLB in payroll spending. The fiscal advantage enjoyed by certain clubs, particularly the Dodgers, is once again prominent. On the other hand, this postseason saw the Brewers – who play in a market smaller than Kansas […]
On Monday, Notre Dame released its depth charts for the upcoming game against the Boston College Eagles. The list of injuries is starting to pile up, but the number of players not available at all this week remains the four that we knew about. No real shakeups this week. OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS
Another week of Big Ten football has passed, and it is becoming increasingly clear where each team stands in the conference. With that, let’s get right into the games. As usual, we will start with the blowouts first and work our way to the best games of the weekend. The Blowouts No.2 Indiana 56, UCLA […]
The Mets are hiring Troy Snitker as their next hitting coach, according to reporting by Andy Martino of SNY. The team has not yet confirmed this news. The 36-year-old Snitker is the son of former Braves manager Brian Snitker and has served as a hitting coach in Houston with the Astros for the past seven […]
Going into Sunday, the Chicago Bears had a chance to rid themselves once again of the demons that haunted them in 2024, breaking through a (4-2) start with an additional win to match their 2024 win total seven games into the season. Instead, the team will leave Baltimore with many more questions than answers after […]
Over at The Athletic today , Jim Bowden ranks the top 50 MLB free agents, together with contract comps, predictions, and potential fits. I will offer my usual caveat: these types of articles can be interesting and informative in a broad sense – giving you a look at the landscape, overviews on players, very rough ideas on contract expectations, etc. You don’t want to take too much away from the specific Cubs mentions, for example, even if it’s interesting to see.
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When the Colorado Buffaloes and Arizona Wildcats take the field on November 1, it’ll be under the bright lights of Folsom Field, as the Big 12 announced that kickoff time for next week’s contest between the Buffs and Cats will be 5:00 p.m. MT. Colorado hasn’t been a stranger to night games this season, with […]
How you view Duke’s performance after two exhibitions says a lot about whether you are a “glass half full” or “glass half empty” fan. The optimistic bunch will be focused on two victories over power conference opponents in games that looked like exhibitions in name only. That, plus two transcendent performances from Cameron Boozer—had Sunday […]
Each week, we look at the opening odds for the Tennessee Titans. Each week, they are a double-digit underdog. This week, they are a 10.5-point underdog at home against the Los Angeles Chargers over at FanDuel Sportsbook. That number isn’t big enough. I wouldn’t bet the Titans at anything less than +21.5. The Chargers come […]
On Sunday night in downtown Minneapolis, the Minnesota Timberwolves opened their home schedule with a 114-110 win over the Indiana Pacers. Given the Pacers’ lengthy injury report, it was a game the Wolves needed to win. Despite Anthony Edwards playing just over three minutes, leaving the game with right hamstring tightness, the Timberwolves found a […]
College football week 11 broadcast details were released Monday and BYU-Texas Tech will kickoff at 12:00 ET Saturday, November 8 on either ABC or ESPN. Georgia at Mississippi State is the other ABC/ESPN option at the same time. BYU Basketball’s home opener versus Holy Cross is the same day at 7pm MT. This is BYU’s […]
Indiana fans are very confident that the Hoosiers’ football program has strong institutional support, according to the results of a poll we conducted last week: Of the fans who responded, 79% indicated they were “very confident” while 15% listed themselves as “mostly confident” in support for the football program. Just 4% responded that they were […]
The Phantoms, with a record of 4-2-1 and a third in the division points percentage through their first seven games of the season, are off to one of their more productive starts to a season since their relocation to the Lehigh Valley, but the road to get to this point hasn’t been an easy one.
In their busiest week in the schedule to date — that is, their first week with three games on the schedule — the Phantoms faced a wild bit of volatility in both play and results. Coming off of a huge ...
Backheeled explores the Sounders’ frugal — but effective — roster-building strategy.
Before the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 7 game against the Las Vegas Raiders, every member of our contributor panel picked the Chiefs to win. Half of them expected a blowout — and as a group, they thought Kansas City would win 33-18. While that aggregate prediction also called for a blowout, it nonetheless carried 36 […]
The Jacksonville Jaguars (4-3) will face the Las Vegas Raiders (2-5) at 4:05 p.m. EST on Sunday, Nov. 2, at Allegiant Stadium. According to FanDuel Sportsbook, the Jaguars are 3-point favorites and the total is set at 43.5 points. Both teams will be fresh off their bye weeks. “Obviously no one wants to go into […]
Christian Watson isn’t a particularly difficult player to understand. He’s big, he’s fast, and he actually has become a reliable catcher of the football after some rookie scuffles in that department. Metric after metric shows how important he has been, for years, in helping the Green Bay Packers beat man coverage. When he went out […]
The rest of the NFC West was on bye, and no one had to lift a finger to put the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams into first place. All the 49ers had to do was lose to the Houston Texans 26-15. I know some will comment how the Seahawks manhandled the Texans last week, […]