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Saints power ranking entering Week 8

NFL.com – 28 (-3) “This was the first game this season where I think you can say Spencer Rattler truly didn’t play well. His four turnovers directly led to a Bears win, and after six losses in seven outings, the window for considering a QB change seems a little more ajar than before. Rattler really did a lot of good things […]

From Canal Street Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 3 reads

AFC North Preview, Week 8: Ravens desperate, Browns and Bengals seek momentum

Cincinnati Bengals (3-4) The Bengals snapped their losing streak last week with a wild 33-31 upset over the Steelers on Thursday night. At least for one game, their trade for veteran quarterback Joe Flacco was vindicated. The 40-year-old Flacco threw for three touchdowns and over 300 yards with no turnovers, out-dueling Aaron Rodgers to nearly […]

From Baltimore Beatdown | about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Zach Agnos showed promise despite a derailed season

Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). It’s […]

From Purple Row | about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Elephant Rumblings: Two new MLB managers out west

On the eve of the first pitch of the 2025 World Series, two west coast teams have announced their new managerial hires. Former A’s catcher Kurt Suzuki will take the helm of our AL West rival Los Angeles Angels. Suzuki has served as a front office assistant for the team for the past two years. […]

From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 3 reads

Cubs contracts: An extension proposal for Pete Crow-Armstrong

Before the 2025 season began, the Cubs reportedly approached Pete Crow-Armstrong with a contract extension offer: It’s unclear how many years and option years would have been included in such a contract, but nothing was done beyond that. And all of that happened either early in the 2025 season or perhaps before it even began. […]

From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 2 months ago | 2 reads

WVB: UCLA Recap

We’ve reached the midway point of the regular season for the Oregon Ducks Volleyball team in a tough conference this young Ducks team has shown they are already competitive in the best Volleyball league in the country, posting a 3-5 B1G record coming into Wednesday night’s clash and a 12-6 record overall. The Ducks travelled […]

From Addicted To Quack | about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Thursday Morning Links

Morning, all! The Rangers traded for Jake Burger last year in the hopes to improve on their weak 2024 offense, but things didn’t exactly work out as planned. Burger is aiming to turn things around in 2025 after undergoing wrist surgery. We also have a podcast that asks if the Mariners were the perfect team […]

From Lone Star Ball | about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Chargers Daily Links: Chargers-Vikings predictions thread

Good morning, Chargers fans! You know what to do! And now for today’s links. Chargers News: Five final thoughts ahead of Chargers-Vikings (Chargers.com) Check out the final Chargers injury report of Week Eight (Chargers.com) What does a path look like for the Chargers to beat the Vikings? (Chargers Wire) Kimani Vidal is a must-start in […]

From Bolts From The Blue | about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Special Group Think: Nick Caley stages of suck

I thought I could put away the stages of suck after two wins, but the pile of excrement the Texans left on the field brought it back. I have been asking about four different people in my stages of suck, but there is way too much to say and I wanted to give the masthead […]

From Battle Red Blog | about 2 months ago | 1 read

Virgil van Dijk Rallies Liverpool: “I Wanted to Say Some Things”

It will need a few more games to really say whether Wednesday night’s dominant 5-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt was a sign that this heavily overhauled Liverpool side have found their feet two months into the 2025-26 season or whether it was a one-off obliteration in the midst of an increasingly difficult run for the […]

From The Liverpool Offside | about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Notes: Amik Robertson explains difference between Kelvin Sheppard, Aaron Glenn

A few months into the season, Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard is quickly becoming known for  his infectious, run-through-a-brick-wall energy on the sidelines. It’s that type of explosive fire that sets him apart from former DC Aaron Glenn, explains Amik Robertson.  “I think Shep is a little more passionate … He understands me a […]

From Pride Of Detroit | about 2 months ago | 1 read

Chauncey Billups arrested for illegal gambling

Colorado Buffaloes legend Chauncey Billups was arrested Thursday morning in connection with a federal investigation into illegal gambling. NBC News reported that the arrest of Billups is related to a federal investigation into illegal gambling, with suspected connections to organized crime. Tom Winter reported that Billups alleged crimes were not related to games he coached. […]

From The Ralphie Report | about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Billups, Rozier arrested for gambling, per reports

Chauncey Billups, basketball Hall of Famer and current coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, and Terry Rozier, member of the Miami Heat, have each been arrested this morning by the feds on charges relating to illegal gambling, per multiple reports. Remarkably, the arrests are related to separate investigations — Billups is charged in connection with […]

From Lone Star Ball | about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Good Morning San Diego: Padres named as finalists for awards

Manny Machado, Jake Cronenworth named 2025 Silver Slugger Award finalists (Matt DeWalt – Gaslamp Ball) Machado (3B), Cronenworth (UTIL) named Silver Slugger finalists (Padres.com) One eye-catching prospect stat from each farm system (Sam Dykstra and Jonathan Mayo – Padres.com) Padres’ Manny Machado, Jake Cronenworth named NL Silver Slugger finalists (Jeff Sanders – U-T) https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6735473/2025/10/22/hagen-smith-anderson-brito-arizona-fall-league-pitchers/ (Keith Law – The...

From Gaslamp Ball | about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Pre-Snap Reads 10/23: Things the Seahawks need to work on

In Today’s Links: Jaxon Smith-Njigba and fated penalties, numbers of not from JSN’s 2025 break-out season, more reflection on the Seattle Seahawks’ win against the Texans on Monday, injury news and such from Coach Macdonald’s press conference yesterday, Anthony Bradford laments, Field Gull’ers Bryce Coutts and Michael Thompson breakdown the 2025 ‘Hawks season (so far) […]

From Field Gulls | about 2 months ago | 2 reads

The Daily Mauling: 10/23/25

Kansas Jayhawks News Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa aren’t feeding into the media hype about the two of them Lance Leipold claims he understands the stakes on Saturday Bill Self had some thoughts about G league players being NCAA eligible Travis Goff provided an update on KU’s various athletic programs Links! Trailblazers coach Chauncey Billups […]

From Rock Chalk Talk | about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Alabama Football 2025 vs. South Carolina: Previewing the Gamecocks Defense

While the Gamecock offense has been a slowly descending Hindenburg of a unit, their defense has continued to put out respectable numbers and performances this season, even if they aren’t quite the top-ten unit they were a year ago. Clayton White returns for his 5th straight season as the defensive coordinator, so at this point, […]

From Roll 'Bama Roll | about 2 months ago | 1 read