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Oklahoma’s Stunning National Title Run, Portal Buzz – Highway to Hoover Podcast

Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge put a bow on the Oklahoma story and take a peek at the transfer portal activity that has already happened.

Ranking the Big Ten Bowl Games

A total of twelve Big Ten football teams will be playing in the postseason this December and January including the three in the College Football Playoff. That means at least 12 postseason games, with hopefully a few more of follow if Oregon, Ohio State and Indiana can keep rolling past their initial games. That’s a […]

2026 Schedule of Events Released for Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

(Nashville, TN) Continuing the momentum of a year that brought some of the best racing and local rivalries at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, 2026 will continue to bring marquee events to the Music City. America’s Favorite… The post 2026 Schedule of Events Released for Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway first appeared on The MotorSportsNews.Net(work) .

Jets and Jeremy Ruckert agree to a contract extension

In a bit of a surprise, the Jets and tight end Jeremy Ruckert have agreed to a two year contract extension. Ruckert was picked by the Jets in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft. In his four years career, Ruckert’s contributions has been minimal. His first two seasons, he struggled to get ahead […]

The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will Be, 12/17: Shifting tides

That was a bad loss. Sometimes the simplest answer is the most correct one, and that seems to apply to whatever the hell it was that transpired in Toronto on Tuesday night, as the Blackhawks turned a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 loss to a Maple Leafs team that seemed ready for an implosion at the end of 40 minutes. It’s a bad loss, and the hours following it have found me in desparate attempts to avoid what’s probably my biggest pet peeve with sports media in 2025, which is how short-sighted ...

“Something’s missing” Former Premier League stars blast Mohamed Salah

Ian Wright and Paul Scholes have had their say on Mohamed Salah and they are both in agreement as to how Liverpool should handle his worrying displays. Mohamed Salah has been a phenomenal player for Liverpool over the years and he has been part of some fine attacking partnerships. The most iconic of these was […] The post “Something’s missing” Former Premier League stars blast Mohamed Salah appeared first on Paisley Gates .

Maxx Crosby is a tackle-for-loss machine

We love celebrating the greatness of Maxx Crosby here and it’s just so easy. With three games remaining in another miserable overall season for the Las Vegas Raiders, their superstar defensive end remains one of the very best players, regardless of position, in the NFL. He is a special player and has been an incredible […]

Wednesday open thread

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Everyone is wrong about Cooper Kupp

The Cooper Kupp hate is weird, man. The Seattle Seahawks currently utilize Kupp has their WR2 or WR3 behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba. That’s not his fault – the entire NFL is behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba. But all this commentary this season about Kupp “not being the player he once was” is overblown. In fact, an argument exists […]

MVP race could hinge on Thursday Night Football

If Matthew Stafford doesn’t win MVP this season, he could be the first quarterback to lose a race he should have been leading wire-to-wire, but those fears can be put to rest with one more dominant game and a win over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday. Or those fears will become a reality should the […]

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Saints Spotlight: Week 16 vs. Jets

This week, the New Orleans Saints host the 3-11 New York Jets in Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season—a game with significant draft-position implications. The player to watch for this matchup filled in seamlessly and impressed after being forced to step up in a depleted backfield: RB Audric Estime. With Alvin Kamara missing the […]

Daily Slop: 17 Dec 25 – Per PFF, Commanders have 7th-ranked OL in NFL

Commanders links Articles Pro Football Focus (premium content) NFL season-long statistical review ahead of Week 16: Team tiers, pass rates and more ESPN Commanders QB Jayden Daniels ‘super frustrated’ by season Against Minnesota, Daniels was shoved to the ground while pursuing linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel, who had intercepted him. Daniels landed on his left elbow […]

Can the Royals capitalize on a down Chiefs year? 

Kansas City sports fans are psychopaths, but, like, the “Midwest Nice” kind of psychopath. Plenty of places have affinity for a certain team–like St. Louis and the Cardinals, Chicago and the Cubs, Dallas and the Cowboys–but Kansas City is unique in that the city will support well-run teams with their whole chest no matter the […]

Player review: Joey Lucchesi

2025 stats: 38 G, 38.1 IP, 3.76 ERA, 3.53 xERA, 1.23 WHIP, .253 opp. BA, 7.28 K/9, 2.82 BB/9 Joey Lucchesi made his Major League debut for San Diego in 2018. He made nearly 60 Major League starts over his first two seasons before the 2020 season and an eventual trade to the Mets tossed […]

Cubs free agent target: Pete Fairbanks

Also by suggestion from the article I posted here Monday, let’s take a look at former Rays closer Pete Fairbanks, now a free agent. Fairbanks, originally a ninth-round pick of the Rangers in 2015 from the University of Missouri, was traded to the Rays in 2019. He’s been the Tampa Bay closer for the last […]

Oregon Volleyball 2025 Season Review

When former Ducks volleyball coach Matt Ulmer was hired by Kansas at the end of the 2024 season, Oregon’s volleyball program imploded with a diaspora of players leaving for other teams. The newest head coach, Trent Kersten, faced a daunting challenge, which was to put together a team from scratch and make them competitive. Oh, […]

Ha-Seong Kim staying with the Braves is a perfect fit

Ha-Seong Kim is with the Atlanta Braves for at least the 2026 season and hoo boy, this is a signing that they really needed. While Braves President/GM Alex Anthopoulos publicly stated that their primary focus was pitching (and while they haven’t picked up a starter yet, they have improved their bullpen with the addition of […]

Mizzou Gym Showcases Incredible Depth at Black & Gold Exhibition

Y’all, Friday was a great day. Stop Day for students, officially signaling the end of Fall 2025 coursework. My J-School promotion was officially announced at our faculty meeting. One of my friends signed, sealed and delivered his agreement to take an amazing [redacted] job at the University. My mom received what seems like good health […]