Time: 7:15 PM EST
Location: Madison Square Garden
TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, ESPN+, MSG, 102.5 The Bones
Odds: Lightning
Know the Opponents: Blueshirt Banter
Previous Meetings: Rangers 5, Lightning 1
For the second time in less than two weeks the Tampa Bay Lightning are skating under the lights of the World’s Most Famous Arena. Hopefully, the outcome is just a little different. An 0-for-7 performance on the power play and a lack of pushback doomed the Lightning to...
As we get closer and closer to the end of the 2026 MLB season, the impending lockout and CBA negotiations will begin to take center stage in the baseball world. Even now as the final four teams get the league championship series underway, we still received some drops of information regarding the negotiations between the […]
No player encapsulated the volatile nature of the 2026 Orioles better than outfielder Colton Cowser. In some ways, 2026 was a year of big growth for Cowser. He cemented himself as the everyday center fielder with a massive defensive leap that few saw coming. However, his offensive performance epitomized the biggest problems in this Orioles […]
Sticking with the rotation since there isn’t really much else to discuss… Didier Fuentes may or may not be ticketed for the rotation in 2027, assuming there is a 2027 season. Chris Sale can’t fend off Father Time forever, but he’s done a good job of it so far. Grant Holmes exists. Bryce Elder exists. […]
Game notes Setting the scene East Carolina and UAB have shared the American Conference for each of the last four seasons. Somehow, this is the first meeting between the programs since 2013. They met regularly in the late 2000s and early 2010s in Conference USA, and ECU dominated the series. The Pirates have won seven […]
I like to imagine a wised-up contrarian reading Ray Ratto's blog about the Milwaukee Brewers' Game 1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, which identifies a formula in the way the Brew Crew are progressing through the National League playoffs. It's not a vague, vibes-based formula that Ratto describes, either: He says Milwaukee's opponent scores first "but cannot make a big inning out of its opportunity;" he says the Brewers "catch up quickly" and then nose ahead; he says Milwaukee's starter ...
MiLB saw its attendance trends continue in 2026, as ballpark numbers dipped below a major threshold for the first time since the pandemic.
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Week 6 saw No. 1 go down in the Red River Shootout. Kentucky had a overtime win over LSU and UCLA stunned Oregon. It also had bad officiating stealing the spotlight from Alabama-Georgia. We are halfway through the regular season but still have a long way to go. Georgia 20 Alabama 17 – It was […]
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The NFL world has had a full day to process the end of Sunday’s game between the Washington Commanders and New York Giants, and everyone is still confused. The Commanders’ offense had the ball in Giants territory with a minute to play in overtime and seemed poised to drain the clock, spike the ball, and…
Meet the Mets Anth0ny DiComo identified three Mets prospects who could find themselves making a big impact for the 2027 squad. Tim Britton analyzed the effect that a salary cap would have on the Mets and explored the different types of teams that the organization could build with different budgets. Pete Sblendorio looked at the […]
The NHL's goalie market is an interesting place, as Connor Hellebuyck continues to sit around waiting for a trade to materialize, meanwhile in New York, the Rangers lost Igor Shesterkin for the season. In Buffalo, the Sabres have been trying for months to acquire Hellebuyck, but there's been some speculation that a big hold up in talks is that Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has the Jets on his no-trade clause, which covers five teams. What's come up in the last few days? It sounds like UPL doesn't...
2026 Veterans Day Celebration
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates Hall of Famers’ service to their country in the iconic Plaque Gallery, where military medallions honor those Hall of Famers who served at wartime. A total of 70 Hall of Famers – nearly 20 percent of all enshrined in Cooperstown – served in the Armed Forces during the Civil War, World War I and II, and the Korean War. Join the National Baseball Hall of Fame and ...
Geoff Pontes sifts through Stuff+ grades to highlight the top breaking balls in the minor leagues for 2026.
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Once again, the Braves are entering an offseason where many questions need to be answered. And unfortunately, many of those questions will be focused on how reliable talents already with the Braves will be moving forward. That of course spotlights all the injuries that some of the Braves most promising your arms have went through […]
The Dodgers somehow scored four runs in Monday’s game against the Brewers but it wasn’t enough as the game devolved into a bullpen game and they lost 7-4, and now head home down 2-0 in the NLCS. Bill Shakin of the L.A. Times ponders if the Dodgers should start playing baseball the way the Brewers […]
5-0 Always the best way to start these. The San Francisco 49ers are undefeated and have now collected three wins in the NFC West, two of which are away games. If you told me they were going to be 5-0, but they’d have the injuries they have, I’d have a hard time believing it. But […]
The Milwaukee Brewers have enjoyed several memorable moments from William Contreras during their postseason run, but his newest celebration has left some of his teammates puzzled. Following Milwaukee’s 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Monday’s Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, Christian Yelich stepped onto the field at American Family Field [...]
Three glaring roster weaknesses require outside help, and the Twins can't afford to repeat the same mistake as last offseason by ignoring their largest holes.
While it still hurts that the Yankees aren’t out there playing, you better soak the rest of the playoffs in. We only have, at most, three more days with more than one game, and we’re only guaranteed one more. Before you know it, we have only the World Series and then the long, cold winter […]
Remember the football movie “Friday Night Lights”? The movie took place in Odessa, Texas, where high school isn’t a sport, but a religion. The flick starred Billy Bob Thornton as the head coach of the Permian High School Panthers. In the Panthers’ very first game, their star running back Boobie Miles was having a magnificent […]
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Today’s Reflections YAY! Cleveland made the ALCS and won Game 1! Go Cleveland! (This is SO HARD to say, but) YAY! The Brewers won! They beat the Dodgers twice, the Evil Empire, Part II! GO Brewers! (ouch) There’s an article below that describes a major change to baseball that is being tested in the AFL […]
Michael Forret isn’t just a pitching prospect. He’s also a potentially fascinating science experiment. You’ve heard of Rays Pitching Magic, right? The Tampa Bay organization, currently battling for the American League pennant, has a reputation for sprinkling metaphorical pixie dust on their pitchers to suddenly transform them into unhittable behemoths. The Rays have worked their […]
It’s a slow news day. Jaylon Thompson wondered if Carson Roccaforte will push onto the 2027 roster after a 30 HR-30 SB season across AA and AAA. Roccaforte will have a chance to push Kyle Isbel in center field. Isbel is entering his final year of team control in 2027. He will also enter his […]