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The Panthers are adding to their quarterback room behind starter Bryce Young. Per reports, Carolina is inking former Eagles, Raiders, and Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett to a one-year deal worth up to $7.5 million with $4 million in guaranteed money. He has mainly been a backup the past two seasons after two seasons as a […]
Rumors of a rare rivalry blockbuster surfaced after the NHL trade deadline, and Sportsnet insider Nick Kypreos says Matthew Knies may have been right in the middle of it. According to Kypreos, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens held serious discussions about a potential deal that would have sent shockwaves through the league. The speculation gained traction after Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes revealed his team came extremely close to completing a trade that would ha...
The Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t done making moves on the first day of legal tampering. Per Jordan Schultz, the Steelers are signing former Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle. The South Carolina product rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of the last two seasons, averaging just under five yards per rush in each season. This […]
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The Las Vegas Raiders signed linebackers Nakobe Dean and Quay Walker in free agency. Let’s take a look where the position stand as free agency starts.: New free agent added: Nakobe Dean, Quay Walker Free agent who departed: Jamal Adams is signing with the New York Jets. Free agent who returned: None. Current free agents: […]
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There is growing talk about a spat between Tristan Jarry and his Edmonton Oilers teammates from practice last week. On Monday morning’s edition of his latest 32 Thoughts podcast, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman alluded to it when discussing the Oilers. “There’s a lot of talk out there about Jarry got into it in practice with some…
The Ravens made their first signing off an external free agent early on Monday, agreeing to terms with offensive guard John Simpson on a three-year, $30 million contract. Simpson played in Baltimore in 2023 before joining the New York Jets, but he’ll now be reuniting with the Ravens. Here is the Baltimore Beatdown staff’s reaction […]
It's been a couple of years now that people around the sport have questioned how long Brady Tkachuk will remain in Ottawa with the Senators . Rumors hit a fever pitch again after the Olympics, when the Team USA Gold Medal winner returned to play games in Canada and was met with boos and negative reactions around the country north of the border. The Senators' captain vehemently denied any ill-feelings and professed his love for the team. But according to insider Pierre LeBrun in The Athle...
You couldn’t have written a better script for Flyers winger Alex Bump. From missing the initial calls from the Flyers saying he was getting called up for Saturday’s game against Pittsburgh, to scoring his first National Hockey League goal, to getting a paper mask after the game thanks to Nic Desaluriers’ luggage snafu, it was one to remember. It sounds like Bump isn’t going to be one-and-done, or two-and-done if head coach Rick Tocchet’s statements after practice Monday is any measuring stick....
The New York Jets will head into the 2026 offseason facing a familiar question: who will start at quarterback? Several names could enter the conversation through free agency or trades, but when you narrow the field based on scheme fit, cost, and the realities inside the building, three veterans stand out as the most logical […]
The Edmonton Oilers made two trades the week of the trade deadline, but there was another big piece to their core that general manager Stan Bowman allegedly discussed moving. That player is Darnell Nurse, according to The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta. He published a column Sunday night discussing what trades did and didn’t happen across the…
The Philadelphia Flyers (a not-so-good team in the NHL) are hosting the New York Rangers (a bad team in the NHL) on Monday night as we count down the days left in this season. And these two teams aren’t bad and mediocre in an exciting way — so this might be a slog to watch. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP+ 📻: 93.3 WMMR Pregame reading Jamie Drysdale got into his first career fight at the game on Saturday, and he loved every second of it. Just anot...
Today the Texas Rangers take a day trip over to Peoria, AZ for a Cactus League matchup against the National League’s San Diego Padres. Recent signee Andrew McCutchen is in the lineup at DH for his spring debut with the Rangers. Taking the mound for Texas will be RHP Trey Supak, who is 29 years […]
The first round of postseason basketball is in the books for Ohio State women’s basketball. After the Buckeyes missed a top-four spot and double-bye, head coach Kevin McGuff’s side won its first two games only to earn the right to face the nationally No. 2 ranked UCLA Bruins in a repeat outcome from their regular […]
On March 9th in 2009, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson called for a measurement of Jason Spezza's stick, down one goal with two minutes to play. Suspecting something was afoot, the Senator snapped his stick and headed for the bench. Referee Stephane Auger followed the forward and confiscated the contraband. Making no secret of shaving his blades, as described in this interview one year
On March 9th in 2008, Washington Capitals rookie center Nicklas Backstrom had the misfortune of scoring an extremely untimely own goal against goaltender Cristobal Huet, breaking a deadlocked game to give their archrival Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 lead with 28 seconds to play. Adding insult to injury, the blunder was credited to Ovechkin's nemesis-in-chief, notorious Washington Capitals killer
The Philadelphia Flyers’ biggest splash at the trade deadline wasn’t selling off a bunch of aging veterans for whatever draft picks they could pry from the hands of the top teams around the NHL — bad news for some fans. But, they took the step to clear up space for potential top-end winger prospects in the future and bet big on a former top draft pick figuring it out in their system. By bringing in David Jiricek from the Minnesota Wild, they have possibly solve some of their problems on t...
Texas Rangers at San Diego Padres, March 9, 2026, 1:10 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Peoria Sports Complex – Peoria, AZ Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. GB community, this is your thread for today’s game. Enjoy!
The Minnesota Wild have noticeably elevated their game against top-tier opponents over the past couple of weeks, and they’ve done it right as the playoff race has tightened around them. Minnesota has gone on a 9-2-2 run over its last 13, a stretch that includes a 5-2 road win in the league-lea...
Pablo Torre hosts comedian Jay Jurden on his podcast, peeling back the homophobic bravado some men are increasingly using in sports. The post Why are gay slurs making a comeback in sports? Pablo Torre and Jay Jurden find out appeared first on Outsports .
The Edmonton Oilers acquired Vasily Podkolzin on Aug. 18, 2024, from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2025 (114th overall). The Oilers actually re-acquired the pick from Vancouver when the Oilers traded Evander Kane to Vancouver on Day 2 of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. To date, the trade has worked…
After Monday’s practice, head coach Craig Berube discussed his line shuffle at forward, Morgan Rielly’s season, whether he might rest players down the stretch, and the path back to competitiveness for the Maple Leafs. What went into the line shuffle up front? Berube: We are not producing enough, right? We are not getting enough goals. […] The post Craig Berube on the path back to competitiveness for the Leafs: “I believe we have a good core and a lot of good players here… It’s just been a d...
It’s the end of era in New Orleans, as Demario Davis, one of the best free agent signings in Saints’ history is headed back to the New York Jets. Davis is set to sign a two-year, $22 million deal that includes $15 million fully guaranteed, per reports. For the last 8 years, Davis was the […]
The Chicago Blackhawks host the Utah Mammoth on Monday night as the two play for their second of three meetings in March. The Blackhawks last played the Mammoth on March 1, which was also the last time the Hawks won a game ( a 4-0 shutout win for Arvid Soderblom ). Utah made a large splash ahead of the trade deadline by trading for defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, sending Olli Maatta, forward prospect Jonathan Castagna, and three second-round picks in the 2026 draft to the Calgary Flames in r...