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It’s been a long road to get here. It started in a warm September within the Wake Competition Center and Lenovo Center ice, it’s gone through preseason games, 82 regular season games, a three week break for the Olympics that saw each color of medal come back to the area, a quiet trade deadline, injuries, […]
Green Bay Packers replacement starting center Sean Rhyan, in for Elgton Jenkins, who has been on injured reserve since Week 11, went down with an injury on the Packers’ final drive against the Chicago Bears. Because he wasn’t able to get off the field under his own power in time, Green Bay had to take […]
NC State has made two more additions to its portal class: wide receiver Tyran Warren, formerly of Alcorn State, and interior offensive lineman Daniel Cruz, formerly of Texas. Warren led Alcorn State with 476 receiving yards and five touchdowns on just 25 catches in 2025—the Braves did not exactly feature a prolific passing offense, averaging […]
You could see it coming. Entering Sunday afternoon’s wild card match-up with the 49ers at Lincoln Financial Field, Eagles fans who had watched an entire season of uneven and frustrating performances that ultimately culminated with an 11-6 record and second straight NFC East title held onto the hope that the Birds would “flip the switch” […]
The Seattle Seahawks have had their bye week (with a couple of practices mixed in), and now it’s time to prepare for Saturday’s NFC Divisional Round showdown with the San Francisco 49ers. It’s not often that a team plays the same opponent twice in a row, but that’ll be the case for the Seahawks, whose […]
Today marks the official first day of preseason training.
Barcelona have confirmed that Joao Cancelo has passed his medical tests with the club and is set to sign officially with the Catalan giants on Tuesday. The Portugal international is returning to Barcelona for a second stint and will spend the rest of the season with Hansi Flick’s side. Here’s the club’s official statement “João […]
The San Antonio Spurs jumped out to an early lead against the Minnesota Timberwolves but could not finish strong as they fell to their Western Conference counterparts late in the game. Victor Wembanyama led all players with 29 points while Keldon Johnson chipped in 15 points off the bench. Luke Kornet along with Julian Champagnie […]
“It comes with responsibility,” Jordi Fernández said post-game Sunday. “Responsibility to take the shot when you open, responsibility to box out when you have to. Obviously, the 19 second chance points — once again, if we don’t rebound, we don’t win. We’ve been the number one defensive rebounding team for a stretch of games where […]
Moises Caicedo is suspended, yet again. The Chelsea midfielder has certainly had his share of disciplinary issues this season, and he’ll be banned from competing, once again, when Arsenal comes in for the League Cup semifinal (first leg) on Wednesday night. Caicedo has collected two yellow cards in the tournament, before the point of the […] The post Chelsea Team News vs Arsenal: Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella appeared first on The Sports Bank .
The Miami Dolphins fired Mike McDaniel rather unceremoniously, and now he's the hottest head coaching candidate on the market.
The Houston Texans released Darrell Taylor on Monday morning. Taylor, a pass rusher, was placed on the Injured Reserve in Week 9 after suffering an ankle injury. He was limited to four games and only 31 snaps this season. Taylor was activated from the Injured Reserve last week, but his release a week later might […]
On Monday, Green Bay Packers right tackle Zach Tom, who last played against the Denver Broncos in Week 15, revealed that he tore his patellar tendon in his knee and will have surgery to repair the injury soon, per Packers.com’s Weston Hodkiewicz. The good news is that it’s a partially torn patellar tendon instead of […]
New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez is in concussion protocol, head coach Mike Vrabel said Monday morning. “How long that lasts I don’t know, but when you don’t return to the game — when they don’t let you go back in the game that would put you in the protocol,” Vrabel said. “So wherever that […]
Today, the Utah Royals and Washington Spirit of announced the trade regarding, midfielder Narumi Miura. URFC sent $180,000 in allocation funds to complete the trade. “Narumi stepped into an important role in her first season with the Spirit last year and was a key part of our success,” said General Manager Nathan Minion. “We’re grateful […]
The annual Cubs Convention will be held his weekend, Friday through Sunday, Jan. 16-18, at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. Hopefully, the Cubs will have announced the Alex Bregman signing by then and he’ll make his first appearance as a Cub. Beyond that, at this year’s convention many events will be focused on the club’s 150th […]
What have they got to lose? Besides a lot of games against lottery teams, that is. It’s getting frustrating, isn’t it? I tried to warn against panic. Perhaps that was projection. It may have been an ill-advised attempt at manifestation. It feels awfully trite now. The Rockets have lost three straight and four of their […]
After the Eagles lost to the 49ers, head coach Nick Sirianni was asked about the performance of Offensive Coordinator Kevin Patullo, and he only noted that there would be time to evaluate everyone. It shouldn’t take long for the organization to consider moving on from Patullo given the long list of offensive struggles this season, […]
Houston’s first road Wild Card game in franchise history is upon us. The Texans are bundling up for the game and hopeful playoff run as it will dip just below freezing in Pittsburgh tonight. One of these team’s season will become unbundled; either Houston’s eight-game winning streak will come to an end or Mike Tomlin’s […]
Happy pre-national-championship-game-week Monday, Miami fans! I keep saying each Monday is better and better, because it is. Only two Mondays are better than CFP semifinal Monday, and this is one of them. But enough of that rambling. Your Miami Hurricanes are playing the Indiana Hoosiers for the national championship a week from today. There are […]
After a successful opening weekend on the indoor track, Northwestern cross country and track returned to competition for the first time in over a month, opening 2026 at the University of Chicago’s Phoenix Invitational this past Saturday. Racing in a variety of distances and mid-distance events, the Wildcats emerged victorious in all four events that […]
While the Eastern Conference wildcard race is tight with all of the teams at or above .500, the Western Conference wildcard race is tight, but much weaker. There are some teams climbing above .500 and playing well, but it seems just as tough to make the playoffs. The St. Louis Blues are one of the teams in the running, but have been falling out of the race. They are now four games under .500 and six points back of a playoff spot with two extra games played. There continues to be plenty of play...
Ann-Renée Desbiens is not from Quebec City, but it is the city where she went to high school and played minor hockey. She had 120 friends and family at Sunday’s game, and left it with a 26-save shutout and more importantly a big three points. “From a coach’s standpoint, it felt like nothing was getting by her tonight,” said Montreal head coach Kori Cheverie. The Montreal Victoire defeated the Vancouver Goldeneyes 1-0 at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City. Nicole Gosling scored her f...
On today’s episode, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun go over the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ 104-103 win over the San Antonio Spurs, the road loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and much more: — The battle between Anthony Edwards and Victor Wembanyama on Sunday was an instant NBA regular-season classic. The game was filled with heavyweight punches from […]
Up next for Arsenal FC is a short trip across town to take on Chelsea, the club from which they bought striker/attacking midfielder Kai Havertz a couple years ago. This League Cup semifinal clash comes at a very interesting time, as Havertz will forever be an icon in southwest London. Maybe the German forward didn’t […] The post Arsenal Team News at Chelsea: Kai Havertz, Piero Hincapie, Riccardo Calafiori, Cristhian Mosquera appeared first on The Sports Bank .
In the preseason, Associated Press voters left Ohio State women’s basketball off the preseason top 25. The Buckeyes were a team full of questions and a team with a massive roster overhaul. Now, in Week 10 of the 2025-26 season, the Scarlet and Gray continued to climb up the rankings and now sit at No. […]