Luciano Spalletti is done with his few months back on his vineyard and hanging out with his favorite geese and ducks in the Tuscan sunshine. He is back in the game — and Juventus hope that he is the man who can, at the very least, get things headed in the right direction once again […]
Things are not going well for the Dallas Cowboys. After eight games, the team has only three wins. Their chances of making the playoffs grow slimmer with each week. Besides their inability to win back-to-back games, they have multiple things working against them. For starters, 13 of the 16 NFC teams (81%) also have at […]
The Miami Hurricanes clock in as the 10th-ranked team in the latest AP poll and have their first true road game of the season against the SMU Mustangs. This will be the first time the Hurricanes leave the state of Florida, as they travel to Texas for a big ACC matchup with a ton of […]
There’s a lot of talk about a lack of player-to-university commitment nowadays, but universities can’t seem to commit to their coaches, either. Billy Napier was fired as head coach at Florida football midseason. Brent Pry of Virginia Tech suffered a similar fate. James Franklin of Penn State, DeShaun Foster of UCLA, Mike Gundy of Oklahoma […]
The Minnesota Vikings have lost three of the five games since J.J. McCarthy went down with a high ankle injury. Carson Wentz did his best and kept the team afloat for a few weeks. McCarthy took a little longer than many expected to return from the injury. The last two weeks of Wentz were two […]
The players each year vote in a handful of awards for their peers in the Major League Baseball Players Association. No active Chicago Cubs were honored this time around, but I still wanted to share the results, which did include a couple former players with Cubs ties:
The MLBPAA honors the late Scott Sanderson and Don Baylor as recipients of the 2025 @MLBPA Curt Flood Award! An award presented by the Major League Baseball Players Association to honor former Players who, like Flood, showed...
The most wonderful time of the year is (sort of) here. Also, very happy to announce that the CC Podcast is now powered by LG&E. Direct link here.
The Steelers are in a bit of flux as we head toward Week 9 of the 2025 season. While in recent years, you could have set your watch to a Steelers collapse around late November-early December, Pittsburgh could be in the midst of the ground falling out from under them before Thanksgiving. The defense currently […]
For the 317th and 318th time in the long-standing rivalry, the Wisconsin Badgers and Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey teams will battle at the Kohl Center to kick off conference play. Bucky endured the season sweep last year against Minnesota, but looks to get back on top when they put their six-game unbeaten streak to […]
The Houston Rockets have struggled to get their offense into gear. Last year’s team wasn’t necessarily world-beaters on that end of the floor, but they were much better, even without Kevin Durant, one of the game’s greatest scorers ever. Even with the same double-big lineup, although Jabari Smith Jr. wasn’t a permanent starter, as the […]
The Washington Nationals have a new manager! According to multiple reports, the team has decided to hire Blake Butera, a former minor league manager and player development guru with the Tampa Bay Rays. My first reaction was ‘who is that guy’ and I am sure I am not alone. We will dive into who Blake […]
It’s another fun night around The Association!
The slate is a smaller one this evening, but we’re still set for four fun matchups, so let’s take a look at some NBA odds! Here’s the schedule for tonight’s NBA action:
Orlando Magic (1-4) at Charlotte Hornets (2-2) – 7:00 PM ET
Golden State Warriors (4-1) at Milwaukee Bucks (3-1) – 8:00 PM ET
Washington Wizards (1-3) at Oklahoma City Thunder (5-0) – 8:00 PM ET
Miami Heat (3-1) at San Antonio Spurs (4-0) – 8:30 PM ET
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We keep talking about how limited the options are for teams to make significant improvement via free agency . One name many Blackhawks fans have liked for a couple years — including me — is now off the market for the 2026 shopping season.
On Thursday, the Colorado Avalance signed forward Martin Nečas to a blockbuster contract. The deal is reportedly an eight-year, $92M extension ($11.5M AAV).
MORE MARTY PARTIES IN COLORADO pic.twitter.com/MmnzVEAgp5 — Colorado Avalanche (@Avala...
October was good to Marcus Jones. The New England Patriots cornerback has been named AFC Defensive Player of the Month to cap it off, the NFL announced Thursday. Jones, who was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week as the calendar turned, played an integral part in what followed. The slot corner recorded 20 […]
In the Boston Celtics season opener, they lost a heartbreaker to the Philadelphia 76ers, a one-point loss in which Payton Pritchard wasn’t able to convert on either of the two game-winning shot attempts he had. Payton obviously wasn’t happy with the end result, not only for missing the shots, but also for not finding one […]
Welcome to the third part in our preview of every Husky scholarship player this season. If you missed them you can find part one (primary ball handlers) and part two (other guards/wings) right there at those links. Let’s keep going with our players who might see time at the power forward spot this season. F/C […]
The Colorado Avalanche have locked up Martin Necas for the long term, agreeing on an eight year, $92 million deal at a whopping $11.5 million AAV. According to Elliotte Friedman , the contract is front-loaded with $60M in signing bonuses, and includes a full no-move clause for the first 7 years of the deal. It brings to an end, essentially, the long, drawn-out affair that began with the Avs’ sudden, shocking trade of superstar Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes for Necas la...
On Wednesday morning, the Detroit Lions inked star pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson to a f our-year extension worth $180 million . Hutchinson’s deal includes a $141 million guarantee. The annual average comes in at $46.5 million, making Hutchinson the second-highest-paid pass rusher in the NFL, just behind Micah Parsons and ahead of T.J. Watt and Myles Garrett. That’s bad news for the Chicago Bears.
Here’s a look at what elite pass rushers—who have reset the market in 2025—are making these da...
2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell After a fantastic and endearing start to his career as starting first baseman of the Red Sox, Triston Casas struggled both offensively and defensively before rupturing his patella a month into the season, and is now a question mark going forward. The Good There is no better example of a […]
We’re just days away from tipoff of the Ryan Odom era, and the Virginia Cavaliers will bring an almost entirely new cast of characters to the backcourt for Monday’s season opener against Rider. Like most of this UVA roster, the backcourt isn’t lacking in collegiate experience, but it will take time for all the new […]
This past Tuesday night I was unable to settle into sleep. I tossed and turned. I folded pillows, cuddled comforters, snuggled the dog. Nothing I was doing kicked the melatonin into over drive (I’m sure it had nothing to do with the Queen sized Prime Rib I attempted to eat just a few short hours […]
The Gay Games are headed to the remote city of Perth for the 2030 event, abandoning the vision of Olympian Tom Waddell.
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The Kentucky Wildcats were unable to end their SEC losing skid in last week’s blowout loss to Tennessee. Now, the Wildcats get one of their most winnable games left on the schedule on Saturday when they travel to The Plains to face the Auburn Tigers. Ironically, this will be a battle of two head coaches […]
It has often been said that there is no recession-proof program in college football, quite like Ohio State. The Buckeyes have been ranked in the AP Poll more than any team in the sport, and only Alabama has spent more weeks at No. 1. So, to celebrate the program’s indestructibility, the National Bobblehead Hall of […]
Fans want AOC back. Backup quarterback Aidan O’Connell is getting healthy and the Las Vegas Raiders will soon have a decision to make. This week, the team activated his 21-day window to remove him from the injured reserve. He has been on the IR since breaking his wrist in August in the final preseason game. […]