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Two Knicks appeared on the All-Star “Game” on Sunday. Neither won the thing, and only one made it to the final match. This is the first time all season someone involved with New York has failed to win a meaningless title. Jalen Brunson On Jeremy Sochan’s addition and what he brings: “Yeah, I’m very excited […]
There’s a famous story in sports about how in 1925 the first baseman for the New York Yankees, Wally Pipp, showed up to the ballpark with a headache. Miller Huggins, the Yankees’ manager, noticed this, and said “Wally, take the day off. We’ll try that kid Gehrig at first today and get you back in there […]
Meet the Mets With a fresh new cast on his hand after successful surgery, Francisco Lindor returned to Mets camp to an almost entirely new group of guys. Now that the 2025 Mets are scattered across the country on Johnny Appleseed’s path, Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor were given the chance to discuss the rancid […]
After digesting that Ben Rortvedt will now join fellow former Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes, a non-roster invitee, in New York Mets spring training camp, here are more baseball stories to begin your week. Roki Sasaki faced hitters, including Hyeseong Kim, on Sunday at Camelback Ranch, as he begins building toward his second year in the […]
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One of the most interesting pipelines in major sports, especially in baseball, is the transition from player to manager. Although the managerial ranks are always changing, there are plenty who used to play for their MLB teams, with the Yankees consistently having them on the top step of the dugout (Aaron Boone and Joe Girardi […]
Good morning Gang Green Nation! Happy Presidents Day. Enjoy the day off if you get one. The NFL Combine starts in just one week, and the free agency legal tampering period starts three weeks from today. It’s quiet for now, but things are about to heat up. With trades, free agency and the NFL draft […]
Here are your links for today: Devils Links Jack Hughes, friends: More Devils Olympic updates here: [Devils NHL] “According to a trusted NHL source, the New Jersey Devils are looking to make an impact ‘hockey trade’ that will shake up their roster and ‘send a message’ to their dressing room coming out of the NHL […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers took a big swing at the trade deadline by swapping Darius Garland for James Harden. Initial returns are positive. Harden showed up and blended in faster than anybody could have reasonably expected. His gifts in the pick-and-roll are obvious, and with them, Jarrett Allen is flourishing. Donovan Mitchell and Harden already have […]
Good morning, all! The oh-so-gradual preparations for the 2026 MLB season keep coming along, and today marks another small hurdle. Pitchers and catchers have already been in camp since at least Wednesday, and all position players had to report by yesterday. Well, today is the first full-squad workout. … … It’s OK. You don’t have […]
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: The Yankees are in an interesting spot with outfielder Jasson Domínguez in 2026. Domínguez is still young enough and his development would be best served by playing every day. However, it’s difficult—at least as of right now (we’re still over a month away from Opening Day and it’s best to expected […]
New Las Vegas Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak is continuing add to his coaching staff as he has hired Matt Robinson as his defensive backs coach according to ESPN. Let’s get to know Robinson some more: Current job: He was was by new New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh this offseason to be their […]
It’s Sunday once more, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! It’s the best time of the year: the start of spring training! Pitchers and catchers reported to camp this week, many of the position players have arrived, and this coming Friday, the Bombers will take the field […]
The itinerant offseason of Ben Rortvedt continued on Sunday, as the catcher was claimed off waivers by the Mets, and a case of unfortunate timing for the Dodgers. After September injuries to both Will Smith and Dalton Rushing, the Dodgers liked trade deadline acquisition Rortvedt enough to start him 19 times in 25 games down […]
We’ve been asking for all your questions about for our new Mailbag and will focus today on formation tweaks, Gavi’s return, and which Barça Atlètic players could still play a part this season. So without any further ado, let’s get started… Should Flick play a 4-3-3 with Frenkie as a single pivot just like he […]
Michael Porter is relaxing this weekend somewhere in the tropics. One might think that he’s toning down the anxiety from all those trade reports concerning him at the deadline… Probably not. It become quite obvious during the weeks leading up to the trade deadline that Michael Porter Jr. was not going anywhere, indeed not available. […]
On February 6th in 1998, Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Keenan and New York Islanders GM Mike Milbury traded talent sending Trevor Linden to Long Island in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan McCabe, and a third round pick in the 1998 NHL Draft (Jarkko Ruutu). The unpopular move was one of ten during a two month span, gutting the core of the Canucks. Brian Burke replaced Keenan as GM four months later
As an organizing principle, I don’t believe in ranking relievers highly (or at all, really) in good systems. Time and again, the efforts of the public baseball community to project reliever performance have been shown to be little more than random guess work. There are also just a higher volume of other good players in […]
Russell “Le Muscle” Martin is one of the greatest Canadian major leaguers of all-time. Breaking into The Show with the Dodgers in 2006, Martin came to the Yankees in December 2010, succeeding franchise icon Jorge Posada behind the plate. Martin played two solid seasons in the Bronx behind the plate before signing with Pittsburgh, where […]
Beyond all the talk of splitters, sweepers, seam-shifted changeups, and the like, the best pitch in baseball remains the most elusive. The riding cutter, most famously the pitch that carried Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, remains one of the hardest pitches to pick up for pitchers, and one of the toughest to handle for hitters. With […]
From Trocheck-to-Minnesota chatter to J.T. Miller catching strays and Braden Schneider drawing interest, the Rangers rumor mill is in full overdrive.
Some feathers were ruffled in the NBA this week by a couple of teams perceived to be tanking. That’s almost been an everpresent issue in professional sports with a draft. So that’s really not news but I did come across this quote by NBA Commissioner Adan Silver. “If teams are manipulating their performance in order […]
Meet the Mets Marcus Semien’s quiet leadership will be key in getting the Mets’ new infield to jell, writes Laura Albanese of Newsday. Semien is looking forward to a reunion with Bo Bichette and playing alongside Francisco Lindor, he said. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com provided his early spring training observations from Port St. Lucie. Edwin […]
The Minnesota Wild are gearing up to finally make an impact in the playoffs after acquiring Quinn Hughes and looking to do more. By do more, there is a high chance that a center is brought in. They feel they need an upgrade to be able to go toe-to-toe with the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche and actually make a deep run. The center depth is as follows: Ryan Hartman, Joel Eriksson Ek, Daniil Yurov, and Nico Sturm. Given the production and overall play, I only see one top-6 center, Eriksson ...
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