The weekend is here, or just about. Both pennants could be clinched before the next work day. The Phillies are looking to their future. Baseball keeps moving ahead, borne by the currents. Phillies news You’ve probably heard some of the news from the end of season press conference already, but here’s the main takeaways. Dave […]
From The Good Phight | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Bay Quake and other stories. Happy birthday to Johnny Klippstein* and other former Cubs. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths. “Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Another swing and a miss for me in the bold prediction factory. After thinking Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff would throw for over 300 yards and three touchdowns, Goff finished with two touchdowns and only 203 yards last week. That doesn’t mean I have to give up making bold predictions. I’ll get one right this […]
From Pride Of Detroit | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Once upon a time, the NBA exhibition season was eight games. When players were suspended or pay was pro-rated in some way (say for a 10-day contract), the salary was divided over 90 games, not the 82-game regular season schedule. While eight games isn’t much, it weirdly provided a surprising amount of information about what […]
From Bullets Forever | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Typically, NBA preseason basketball can feel like a bit of a snoozefest. For teams with a set-in-stone starting lineup and rotation, those exhibition games are a way to shake off the rust and get the roster warmed up before Opening Night arrives. However, for the Celtics, their preseason had its highest level of intrigue in […]
From CelticsBlog | about 2 months ago | 1 read
For those outside San Antonio, Project Marvel may not be on your radar. But here in San Antonio, it’s all over the place. In a nutshell, Project Marvel boils down to Propositions A & B on the November ballot. It involves building a new arena downtown for the San Antonio Spurs. So far, I personally […]
From Pounding The Rock | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland found out earlier this week that there are some similarities between playing basketball and making pizzas. “I was flipping the pizza dough a little bit, they said that’s like dribbling, so I was just trying to replicate that,” Garland said. “One guy was telling me when I was putting […]
From Fear The Sword | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
MLS Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano – San Diego FC vs. Portland Saturday October 18, 2025 – 6:00 PM PT/8:00 PM CT/9:00 PM ET – Apple TV Eredivisie Mateo Chavez – AZ Alkmaar vs. Ajax Saturday October 18, 2025 – 12:00 PM PT/2:00 PM CT/3:00 PM ET – ESPN Stephano Carrillo – 2nd Division – FC Dordrecht […]
From FMF State Of Mind | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Game notes Setting the scene One year ago, Houston and Arizona met on a November Friday night in Tucson as their disappointing seasons neared a conclusion. The Cougars and Wildcats, both in their first two years of Big 12 membership, struggled to acclimate to the league and posted identical 4-8 records. But 2025 is a […]
From Underdog Dynasty | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Optimism is growing and interest is raising for the players the Pittsburgh Penguins have in their organization who aren’t playing with their professional teams this season. The Pens made a bevy of draft picks this past June and have plenty other young players acquired that are worth tracking all across Europe and North America. Now […]
From PensBurgh | about 2 months ago | 1 read
TIME: 12:00 PM TV: ACC Network, ESPN+ ANNOUNCERS: Jorge Sedano (play-by-play), Rodney McLeod (analyst), Victoria Arlen (sideline) RADIO: UConn Sports Network; Varsity Network App; 97.9 Fox Sports, WGCH 1490 AM, WAVZ 1300 AM, WILI 1400 AM and 95.3 FM, WICH 1310 AM and 94.5 FM; Sirius/XM online streaming, XM 380 (UConn) ANNOUNCERS: Mike Crispino (play-by-play), Wayne Norman (color […]
From The UConn Blog | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Here are your links for today: Devils Links Against the defending champs on Thursday night, the Devils came back from a 1-0 deficit to take a 3-1 win. Jack Hughes, Timo Meier and Nico Hischier scored for the Devils. [Devils NHL] Home opener! A couple additions to the broadcast: *large sigh* On a contract extension […]
From All About The Jersey | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Welcome to Friday, folks! In classic Las Vegas fashion, you can forgive the Bruins and their fans if they woke up a little fuzzy this morning. It was a wild one at T-Mobile Arena, with the B’s ultimately falling to the Golden Knights, 6-5. Similar to the game against Tampa, the Bruins were far too […]
From Stanley Cup of Chowder | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
According to David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period , the San Jose Sharks are looking to add young blueline talent to pair with Shakir Mukhamadullin and rookie Sam Dickinson. With Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith, William Eklund and Michael Misa headlining the forward group and Yaroslav Askarov in net, management’s next phase is reinforcing the back end for the long term. That mandate tracks with recent behavior dating to last season, as the front office has been canvassing for young defenseme...
From NHL Trade Rumors | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
It has been seven years since the Pittsburgh Penguins selected Filip Hallander in the second-round of the 2018 NHL Draft. On Thursday, he finally scored his first NHL goal as part of their 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings. It’s been a long journey for Hallander to get here in his NHL career, especially […]
From PensBurgh | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The Miami Dolphins have a make-or-break game in Week 7 against the Cleveland Browns, and Miami’s defense will determine how ugly things get.
From Phin Phanatic | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The season is progressing quickly. Clemson is currently seventh in the ACC. Miami is not likely to lose a game, much less three, the rest of the way with the way they have been playing this year. That means that Clemson needs to work its way into the second spot in the ACC. It is […]
From Shakin The Southland | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
With the dust now settled, Hugo Gonzalez might just be the big winner of Boston’s preseason. The 28th overall pick from this year’s draft is in a crowded position group entering his rookie season, but alongside Josh Minott, his four-game preseason sample was largely a positive one. Gonzalez’s defense, rebounding and pure athleticism may make […]
From CelticsBlog | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Game notes Setting the scene Week 8 calls for a rematch of the 2024 American Conference Championship Game. Just a little more than 10 months later, Army (3-3, 2-2 American) and Tulane (5-1, 2-1 American) are ready to collide once again, although the setting makes the drastic shift from West Point, NY to New Orleans, […]
From Underdog Dynasty | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins visited the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night as the West Coast swing rolls on. It was anything but pretty for the Penguins early on, but goals on the power-play and penalty kill lifted the team to a 4-2 win over the Kings. […]
From PensBurgh | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The LSU Tigers face a really difficult task as they visit Nashville to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores. A once easy W has become a really tricky game for everyone in the SEC. From third down efficacy, player props, team defense/offense numbers, team totals and more, we will have a little bit of everything as […]
From And The Valley Shook | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Sky Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg has issued a couple of reports regarding Borussia Dortmund centre-back Nico Schlotterbeck, a player Liverpool FC have been linked to over the past week. The first directly addresses a potential pursuit from Liverpool: The second report then links the 25-year-old German international to Bayern Munich: Given that it’s Florian Plettenberg, […]
From The Liverpool Offside | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Results Kieron Conway will defend the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles against George Liddard in a main event from York Hall today in London. The DAZN stream will start at 2 pm ET. We’ll have live results updates and discussion in the comments section. Conway is making his second Commonwealth title defense and his first […]
From Bad Left Hook | about 2 months ago | 0 reads
The Houston Rockets look ready for next week’s season opener. They finished the preseason with a 4-0 record thanks to Thursday night’s 133-115 over the Atlanta Hawks. And while the majority of Houston’s starters sat, one potential starter still got the opportunity to show his stuff, and he sure responded. Reed Sheppard finished the night […]
From The Dream Shake | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Gameday 2 of the 2025-26 EuroLeague Women competition delivered a surprise loss to the reigning champs and a potential candidate for “Game of the Season.” It’s still early in the competition, but we can already see what teams won’t be able to remain as dominant as they were in previous seasons, and which new kids […]
From Swish Appeal | about 2 months ago | 0 reads