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I’m glad that I’m not in charge of a professional sports team. It’s a lot of work, the pressure is intense, and at any given time a lot of people hate your guts. It is also significantly more complicated and nuanced than fans think it is–in a real-time, zero-sum world, you aren’t even guaranteed to […]
Roy Keane has never been one to mince words — and on the latest episode of Stick to Football, the former Manchester United captain called out Liverpool fans for booing Trent Alexander-Arnold during his return to Anfield as a Real Madrid player. Alexander-Arnold, who left Liverpool in the summer join Real Madrid, was met with […]
The Orioles announced their 2026 season schedule for promotions and giveaway items on Thursday afternoon. This is getting a much earlier start on the schedule compared to what the team has done recently. Each of the last two seasons, they did not do the announcement until January. The initial announcement about these items and dates […]
Well, it didn’t take long after declining Tyler Kinley’s option for the Braves to go ahead and do the same thing to Pierce Johnson. Like Kinley, Johnson was also acquired from the Rockies in a Trade Deadline deal, back in 2023. He was lights out after the trade (17/66/48 ERA-/FIP-/xFIP-), and because he checked a […]
Louisville Cardinals (1-0) vs. Jackson State Tigers (0-1) Game Time: 7 p.m. Location: KFC Yum Center: Louisville, Ky. Television: ACC Network Extra/WatchESPN Announcers: Kent Taylor (play-by-play) and Larry O’Bannon (analyst) Officials: TBA Favorite: Louisville by 38.5 Series: Louisville Leads, 3-0 Last Meeting: Louisville won, 62-45, on Nov. 20, 2010 in Louisville Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville Jackson State Statistics: Jackson State’s […]
For a second time this offseason, a former Washington National has become a manager. This time it is former reliever Craig Stammen, who got hired as the manager of the San Diego Padres. Stammen had a 13 year career, which was split almost evenly between DC and San Diego. Now he will be managing the […]
Today we got the answer to the question of who the next quarterback in the group is. The Arizona Cardinals signed Jeff Driskel to their practice squad today. From the team: The Arizona Cardinals Football Club today announced that the team has signed quarterback Jeff Driskel to the practice squad. The signing took place today at the Dignity Health […]
There are times when people can recognize a flaw in a roster. Some are easier to spot when considering the team, like “the Pirates need hitting”. The most common one that people point to is usually “not enough pitching” without really specifying what pitching is needed. It’s a catch-all phrase that really works in any […]
How Acquired Hayden Harris was a non-drafted free agent back in July of 2022. He is known for leveraging LinkedIn to get teams interested in signing him after the draft. What Were Expectations? There were not many expectations for Hayden coming into 2025. He was coming off of a dominant stretch for Mississippi back in […]
On this Patron-only episode of the Churros y Tácticas Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Diego Lorijn discuss: CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS Enjoy the raw Churros, Campeones! Co-host and chief editor of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani, along with Diego Lorijn — Barca TV, VIVA La Liga TV host, delve into La Liga’s hottest topics. We […]
Sunday’s matchup with the New York Giants seems like a winnable game for the Chicago Bears at home in front of the Soldier Field crowd. The Giants are 2-5 on the season, 0-5 on the road, and the Bears are four and a half point favorites. Still, quarterback Caleb Williams says Chicago won’t be looking past the Giants on Sunday, speaking at his weekly press conference, that there’s no “slouch game” in this league. “When you go out there and you play vs. those guys, you know, those guys...
The Braves didn’t do much at the 2025 Trade Deadline, for good reason: their season had already gone off the rails by late July. One they did do, with an eye for 2026: trade for Rockies reliever Tyler Kinley, whose services came with a $5.5 million option for the following season. Well, it turns out […]
The Arizona Fall League All-Star Game is just three days away and the league announced the roster for both teams and the National League had two Braves representatives make the squad. It is of no surprise that both Nacho Alvarez Jr., and Luke Sinnard both cracked the team – though Sinnard will be inactive for […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Week 9 off the strength of six takeaways, which the offense turned into 27 points. The Colts tried to make a late run, but a late interception from Daniel Jones to Joey Porter Jr. sealed the win for Pittsburgh. Ahead of that, though, the Steelers did give […]
An obvious decision has been as the Tampa Bay Rays have picked up Brandon Lowe’s $11.5M option for the 2026 season. Lowe, 31, has proven that when healthy, he is among the top offensive second basemen in all of baseball and he supported that assertion in 2025 as he hit .256/.307/.477 with 31 HR over […]
To start off. I spelled Feyereisen’s name on the first attempt from memory. Please clap. A very quick Google search for “Feyereisen meaning” gives you an entry from familysearch.org, a genealogy website of unknown quality or trustworthiness. They say that the name is from Luxembourg and Germany. It’s a combination of the words meaning fire […]
To be honest, there’s probably not going to be a ton to say about Oswaldo Cabrera’s 2025 season with the Yankees. While he did appear in over 30 games, not a ton notable happened to him, until something very unfortunately notable happened. It’s always been very easy to root for Oswaldo with his affable demeanor, […]
The Chicago Bears are looking to keep their winning ways going by taking on a New York Giants squad trying to find their way. In some ways, this Giants squad is reminiscent of recent Bears teams. They’ve been stuck in the mud with a coach that it seems like the fanbase is turning on, but […]
With an all-time classic World Series in the books, the offseason has begun. The free-agent market will officially begin today at 4 p.m. CT, giving teams a chance to try to knock the Dodgers off their pedestal. Here’s a look at the top 30 free agents available this winter, and my predictions for who will […]
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
Following a successful 2024 season, Reynaldo López entered the 2026 season looking to answer some questions with regards to his future as a starting pitcher. Would he be able to put it all together and deliver a repeat performance? Unfortunately, we never really got the answer to that question. Let’s get into it. How acquired […]
Jon Heyman, in the New York Post, tells us that Don Mattingly is leaving the Blue Jays. The story says that he is not retiring, but ‘looking for new opportunities’. Mattingly isn’t loved around here, getting, likely, too much blame for their terrible 2024 season (and no credit for the excellent 2025 season). I was […]
So, the quarterback circus going forward is now solved. Well, at least for the next four weeks. The back and forth between whether Kyler Murray and Jacoby Brissett would be the starting quarterback ended on Wednesday when the franchise placed Murray on IR in an effort to get him more time to heal for an […]
Coming into 2025, Chris Bassitt had played two of the three years on his big $63 million free agent contract. Chris was a late bloomer, he didn’t make the majors until he was 25 and had pitched in only 40 MLB games before his 30th birthday. Guys that don’t pitch a lot of innings in […]
Tuesday night saw Arsenal notch their eighth straight clean sheet across all competitions. In blanking Slavia Praha on the Gunners matched 1889 Preston and 1920 Liverpool as the only English clubs to make a run of no goals conceded in eight consecutive matches. A record that is over a century old has now been matched. […] The post Arsenal FC Starting Lineup Prediction at Sunderland appeared first on The Sports Bank .