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So far, the New Jersey Devils have had a busy start to free agency. First, they extended Nico Hischier with a five-year deal, then re-signed Nico Daws for another two…
Alarm clocks are going off across the country, Baileys is falling into coffees before the sun is fully up, and I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love it. Team Canada is back on the ice for Game 3 of the group stage against France, and while the boys have already locked up first…
Spain star Aymeric Laporte has been talking about Barcelona star Lamine Yamal and says he strikes fear into defenders all over the world. Laporta hailed the teenager’s dribbling ability and says that defenders simply have no idea what he’s going to do next when he gets on the ball. “With the ball at his feet […]
For the first time this season, Arizona did not have its full complement of rotation players available. And by the second half the Wildcats were down two of the eight that normally play. Yet with 3:25 to go in regulation the UA was up seven on Texas Tech and looked like it was going to […]
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s Valentine’s Day! (And if you forgot, you’ve still got a few hours to buy some flowers for that special person in your life.) Earlier today, the Colorado Rockies sent out their valentine to fans: So here’s tonight’s question for the Purple Row Night Owls: As we watch position players […]
By now, you’ve probably seen the video of Juventus directors Damien Comolli and Giorgio Chiellini along with manager Luciano Spalletti letting referee Federico La Penna know their opinion of the two yellow cards that Pierre Kalulu received in the first half of Saturday’s Derby d’Italia loss to Inter Milan. Once the final whistle sounded and […]
Andrew Thomas and Hassani Dotson seem to have the inside track.
We brought in the stats guy to find out.
A Brooklyn FC reduced to 10 players gave up a last-minute goal to end Valentine's Day with just one point on a night when they could have logged their second away win of the season.
The Ohio State Buckeyes (16-9) and the Virginia Cavaliers (22-4) traveled to the Music City of Nashville, Tennessee, for the Nashville Hoops Showdown. After a close battle and a back-and-forth game, the Buckeyes could not capitalize late in the game on offense and fell 70-66, falling to earn another Quad-1 victory. The main storyline coming […]
I know Nathan MacKinnon is focused on the task at-hand in Italy, and it makes sense when one considers that this is his first crack at an Olympic medal of any colour in his already well-decorated career. Personally, I would leave the hockey stuff alone for a day or two before the event started because it's Italy where food, culture, and history are all around those who are there! One of the things I really enjoyed while the pandemic raged was Stanley Tucci's Searching for Italy TV show that ai...
While Providence was spoiling for a fight, St. John’s was playing for a win. The sold-out Amica Mutual Pavilion crowd fans were expectedly belligerent against Bryce Hopkins as he made his return to Rhode Island. Somehow, that hostility from the stands bled into the action on the floor and created an unforgettable scene in Saturday […]
The Mid-American Conference was once college football’s most tight-knit geographic conference. Now the league pins its aspirations on Northern California. Sacramento State will join the MAC in 2026 as a football-only member. On Saturday, Feb. 14, the MAC presidents approved to add the California-based institution for the 2026 season, as first reported by Ross Dellenger […]
On a busy day in Tucson, the Arizona softball team played a doubleheader in the Bear Down Fiesta and pulled off a sweep. The Wildcats beat Coastal Carolina 9-1 in the opener and then Utah Valley 15-0 in the second, both via the run rule. “We were playing too tight from the beginning of the […]
The Boston College men’s hockey team got a last minute goal from Oscar Hemming and bounced back after a rough showing on Friday night to defeat Merrimack and salvage a split of their weekend series with a 4-2 win. Hemming scored his first goal since joining BC at the start of the semester with just […]
The Cleveland Monsters had a rough first period but were the better team on Saturday night, defeating the host Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4-2 in the return of Phantoms winger Alex Bump from injury. The basics First period: 0:53- Will Butcher (Justin Pearson, Mikael Pyyhtia), 8:34- Oscar Eklind (Zayde Wisdom, Garrett Wilson), 18:25- Tucker Robertson (Unassisted) Second period: 6:36- Mikael Pyyhtia (Luca Del Bel Belluz, Luca Marrelli) (PPG), 7:19- Hunter McKown (Unassisted), 12:45- Justin ...
Boston Celtics two-way player Ron Harper Jr. appeared twice in the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities, but fell short of leaving a mark on either competition. The 25-year-old participated in the Castrol Rising Stars mini-tournament on Friday and the Kia Shooting Stars competition on Saturday. Harper Jr. started at shooting guard for Team Austin in the […]
On Saturday, Feb. 14, Missouri athletes finished their regular season off in record-breaking fashion, delivering program bests and all smiles in Fayetteville and Boston. Valentine Invitational Results Women’s 5000m Successful Race Monica Wanjiku placed fourth overall in the 5000, with a time of 15:24.84 minutes. This result puts Wanjiku at the top-two program history for […]
From a school-record win streak to a rare skid. Life comes at you fast in the Big 12. Top-ranked Arizona lost its second consecutive game after opening the season 23-0, falling 78-75 in overtime to No. 16 Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon in the recently renamed McKale Center at ALKEME Arena. The Red Raiders (19-6, […]
Eighteen innings of baseball in one day is a lot for a team to handle — let alone in the first series of the season. That’s the situation Maryland baseball faced Saturday, after Sunday’s matchup with UNC Wilmington was pushed up due to forecasted inclement weather. But the Terps weathered the storm and split the […]
People might as well dub Miami the “Cardiac Canes” after Saturday’s thriller in Raleigh. The Hurricanes pulled off one of the season’s biggest upsets, using a late surge to secure a 77-76 victory over NC State Wolfpack. The matchup carried significant ACC implications. Entering the game, Miami sat just behind NC State in the conference […]
NBA All-Star Saturday, 2026 is in the books. Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers won the three-point shooting contest. The shooting stars competition was claimed by Jalen Brunson and the representatives of the New York Knicks. Keshad Johnson of the Miami Heat took the slam dunk contest. Here’s a summary of how the latter […]
The San Diego Padres got off to a good start with their first week of Spring Training for the 2026 season. From all reports, all the pitchers and catchers reported on time and healthy with multiple position players reporting early or on time and with no injuries noted. While the players were meeting one another […]
If the season ended today, UConn women’s basketball would be the top overall seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. On Saturday, the selection committee revealed its top 16 teams for the first time and put the Huskies atop their list. At 27-0, UConn is the last undefeated team left in the country. The defending national […]
Happy Valentine’s Day. I’d LOVE to see a Gopher win.
For a fleeting stretch inside Provident Credit Union Event Center, San Jose State (6-19, 1-13 MW) looked ready to give its home crowd something lasting. The Spartans found rhythm, shared the ball, and briefly seized control against a well-disciplined Grand Canyon squad (16-9, 9-5 MW). But as has too often been the case in a […]