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The Minnesota Vikings signed veteran WR Jauan Jennings to a one-year deal. It’s an $8 million contract with incentives that could push the total value to $13 million. Jennnings is entering his sixth season after five good years with San Francisco. His big breakout was in year four when he was able to take advantage […]
New San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Raheem Morris spoke to the media for the first time on Thursday. Most know about Morris’s prior relationship with head coach Kyle Shanahan. But some may not realize that Morris coached Lynch during his early days in Tampa Bay. Morris said that he was close to Shanahan and Lynch […]
Hold on, I need to start this out with a pep talk to myself. Deep breaths. This is a safe space. We are among a few thousand of your closest friends. Even considering this will break your heart and brain and could quite possibly traumatize many others. But you are supposed to be a quasi-objective […]
Jauan Jennings won’t go down as a legend for a storied franchise like the San Francisco 49ers, but he had some incredible moments during his tenure with the Niners. “Third and Jauan” came through when the team needed him most. We’re going to look back on some of Jennings most memorable plays as a pro […]
The first inning of Andrew Painter’s start against the Athletics was a painful one. The first four batters all reached base safely and all scored thanks to home runs by Shea Langeliers and Brent Rooker. The pitch to Langeliers was a bad one, one that got appropriately punished, but the home run to Rooker wasn’t […]
Happy Friday A’s fans! The team came away with a series-salvaging win yesterday in the finale against the Phillies. The Green & Gold got their teeth knocked in on Tuesday, dropped a heart breaker on Wednesday, and finally broke out the bats in a blowout victory on Thursday. Now the team is off to Baltimore […]
In 2025, the Orioles and the Athletics were largely the same team. They finished within one game of each other (75 vs. 76 wins). They each sported young, promising stars—Gunnar Henderson for the O’s and Nick Kurtz for the A’s. And they were both largely undone by inconsistent pitching, with Baltimore finishing 26th in ERA […]
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The NFL draft is over and the Washington Commanders have reportedly made a big hire as the cycle moves on t0 2027 and beyond. Tim Gribble had been Washington’s director of college scouting for six years and was part of the front office for almost 25 years. He left 3 months ago to join the […]
Meet the Mets Thanks to their use of a lineup that looked like it belonged in a spring training road game and the continued inclusion of Craig Kimbrel on their roster, the Mets fell to the Rockies by a 6-2 score yesterday afternoon. As a result, they wake up today tied with the Giants for […]
Remember how the Phillies climbed out of their run differential hole with a 9-0 win over the Athletics the other night? That was fun. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
Former 49ers WR Jauan Jennings signs one-year deal with Vikings“The Minnesota Vikings have reportedly signed former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings to a one-year deal worth up to $13 million.” What the 49ers saw in De’Zhaun Stribling to select him No. 33 overall“OK, let’s go back to 2024 when Stribling was at Oklahoma […]
Right-handed pitcher Tyler Ferguson was acquired from the Athletics and sent to Triple-A Iowa. Right-hander Kenten Egbert was promoted from High-A South Bend to Iowa. Iowa catcher Casey Opitz was activated off the Development List. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were broadsided by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 4-2. Connor Noland gave the I-Cubs a solid […]
The Athletics finished off the three game series in a big way with the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon before packing up to head to Baltimore to finish up this road trip. Now that’s the kind of first inning we were hoping for. A walk, a bomb, a walk, another bomb and before the Philly fans […]
Former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings. The deal is worth $8 million. If Jennings hits all of his incentives, he’ll have an opportunity to earn up to $13 million. Jennings has earned over $18.5 million in his career. He’s been living on one-year deals for […]
It’s one start, only one start. Andrew Painter will make many more this season and over his big league career and hopefully, most of them end better than this. This start is probably an outlier in the grand scheme of things for a young pitcher who has to learn the sport. However, there was a […]
Neil Stratton of ScoutSpeak tweeted that the San Francisco 49ers are losing area scout Ryan Kessenich to the Washington Commanders, where Kessenich will serve as their Director of Scouting. Kessenich has been in the NFL for over two decades. He joins Adam Peters in a place where Kessenich’s scouting career began. He was an assistant […]
The Dallas Stars are navigating the offseason after a disappointing loss to the Minnesota Wild in Round 1. Priority number one for general manager Jim Nill is finding a way to tackle the contract situation of Jason Robertson. “So my plan is to reach out to his agent in the next week or so,” Nill…
Deebo Samuel is one of the top NFL free agents still available for the taking, with it now being May. With Samuel having a very strong resume and still being a solid player at this stage in his career, it should not take him much longer to land his next contract. Teams looking for help at the wide receiver position should be open to taking a chance on Samuel. Because of this, a new team is being connected to the seven-year veteran. In a recent article for Pro Football Focus , Bradley Loc...
The Seattle Seahawks’ new ownership group may be just like the old one: a team of basketball owners. On Thursday, Sportico reported that Aditya Mittal and Wyc Grousbeck, two investors in the NBA’s Boston Celtics, are assembling a bid to acquire the Seahawks from the Paul Allen Estate, which is led by Paul’s sister Jody […]
With the NHL Draft Lottery bringing some shocking results this week, it sure sounds like we are in store for some major trades next month in Buffalo. The Toronto Maple Leafs and San Jose Sharks shot up the draft board, with the Leafs winning the first overall pick, and the Sharks, once again, sitting in the second hole. Both teams are looking to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs next season, and there's certainly already been a ton of potential trades discussed throughout the hockey world. On Thur...
The San Diego Padres have had plenty of games that started this way. It was a pitcher’s duel for the whole of Matt Waldron and Adrian Houser’s respective outings. The two pitched through the first six innings giving up a solo shot each. But Houser was (surprisingly) lifted in the seventh after only 74 pitches […]
The Athletics will finish off the three game series with the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon before continuing this road trip in Baltimore. The A’s squandered a (lower case) quality start by Jeffrey Springs yesterday to add to a 1-4 last five games at home and on the road. But they hope to turn that around […]
Rams fans can watch their team’s Week 1 game against the 49ers on the same service that brought them Squid Game and Love is Blind: Netflix. According to the AP, someone with knowledge of the scheduling has reported to them that Netflix will air L.A.’s week 1 matchup against San Francisco from Melbourne, Australia on […]
Here are the lineups for the series finale against the Athletics. Let’s discuss! For the Phillies: For the Athletics: