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The Texas Rangers scored a run but the Orion Arm Athletics scored two runs. No doubt about it, the Rangers made some mistakes today. First of all, they played a baseball game while up only one game above .500. As we know, that’s a guaranteed loss. If you’re asking me, given the circumstances, they probably […]
The Edmonton Oilers are heading into Game 4 against the Anaheim Ducks, and there’s no point in sugarcoating the position they’re in. The boys are down 2-1 in the series, they’ve given away two winnable hockey games, and now they’re backed into a corner where the margin is basically zero. Lose again, and you’re staring…
The Carolina Hurricanes completed a dominant series sweep of the Ottawa Senators with a 4- 2 victory in Game 4. The Canes advanced to the second round while never trailing in the series. In a physical and penalty-filled contest, Taylor Hall emerged as a difference maker. His goal opened the scoring in the second period, […]
Kevin Durant may have played his last game against the Lakers these playoffs. According to Shams Charania of ESPN, Kevin Durant will not play in Game 4 with a bone bruise in his sprained ankle, an injury that will sideline him for weeks. Shams went on to report that Durant was at the team’s facility […]
The Colorado Avalanche have battled through three tightly contested games thus far in their first-round series, emerging victorious despite, among other things, the stifling defensive tactics employed by the Los Angeles Kings. With a victory today, the Avalanche can be the first team in the Western Conference to advance to the second round of the […]
With the 2026 NFL Draft officially behind us, it’s time for all of the Really Smart Football People™ around the internet to draw their final conclusion about how each team’s draft class is going to perform, because these things are always accurate and nobody has ever gotten any of these things wrong in the past. […]
The Minnesota Wild needed every second of overtime to finish off the Dallas Stars, and Matt Boldy delivered the payoff with a late-tip-in that gave the Wild a 3-2 win in Game 4. It was the kind of playoff game that felt close from the opening faceoff to the final shot. Both teams traded chances, mom...
It’s a pivotal game for the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night, one that could determine their fate in the 2026 NHL playoffs. Win, and they retake home ice advantage over the Anaheim Ducks. Lose, and they face a 3-1 series deficit that would force a do-or-die Game 5 in Edmonton on Tuesday. After mounting a…
Last Sunday, I laid out my paths to victory for the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks. A quick peek at those factors through three games… Edmonton: Better defensive team since the Olympics Reliable structure Break the forecheck Centre ice depth Team experience Oh boy… How about for the Ducks? Anaheim: Dostal cementing himself Ducks flip…
Games 6-10 | Games 11-15 | Games 16-20 | Games 21-25 | Games 26-30 | Games 31-35 1. #10 Miami 24 #2 Ohio State 14 – December 31, 2025 If you aren’t a fan of seeing the Miami Hurricanes having success, you may want to look away. Miami has ascended to the top of the ACC, and they have the wins to prove … Continue reading »
It’s Oregon Duck Sunday Split-screen as the Baseball and Softball teams both are in action at Noon. Discuss all the action here: Softball Where: Jane Sanders Stadium, Eugene, Oregon When: 12 PM Watch: B1G+ Listen: KWVA Baseball Where: PK Park, Eugene, Oregon When: 12 PM Watch: B1G+ Listen: Oregon Sports Radio Network
The 2026 NFL Draft is in the books. Each year the Jets select new additions to their team in the Draft. Of course, those prospects impact the players already on the team. Let’s talk about the Jets who gained and lost most from the class of 2026. Winners Josh Myers Myers is pencilled in as […]
First-place in the American League West is up for grabs in this morning’s series finale between the Athletics and Texas Rangers. Following an 8-1 win in Friday’s series opener, the A’s blew an early 3-0 lead in yesterday’s 4-3 defeat. A win in today’s rubber match ensures a successful road trip for the A’s, who […]
Edmonton Oilers assistant general manager Bill Scott is a busy man these days. As the Oilers battle with the Anaheim Ducks in the first round of the 2026 playoffs, Scott is now set to interview with a second team for a vacant general manager’s seat. His first came in late March with the Nashville Predators,…
Northern Hemisphere Athletics @ Texas Rangers Sunday, April 26, 2026, 1:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed RHP J.T. Ginn vs. RHP Kumar Rocker Today’s Lineups ATHLETICS RANGERS Nick Kurtz – 1B Brandon Nimmo – RF Shea Langeliers – C Joc Pederson – DH Tyler Soderstrom – LF Corey Seager […]
We are going to see a different lineup Monday night when the Philadelphia Flyers take the ice for Game 5 against the Penguins in Pittsburgh and it’s After suffering a disheartening loss in Game 4 on Saturday night, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet has decided to shake something up voluntarily for the first time in this series. Aside from needing to put in defenseman Noah Juulsen on the bottom pairing because Emil Andrae suffered a minor injury — and kept him there even after Andrae recovere...
Ninety seconds into the second half of last night’s 112-98 Knick win in Atlanta, cosplay analyst Reggie Miller declared the Hawks “on a heater.” In that minute and a half, they’d scored five points, cutting a 14-point deficit to nine. Reggie Miller is full of shit. Was as a player, is as an announcer. He […]
Ottawa hockey isn't finished just yet
On home ice for last night’s Game 4, the Flyers learned in real time how difficult it is to sweep a playoff series in the National Hockey League. With a chance to take care of business and close out the series tidily in four games, the Flyers instead delivered their flattest showing of the postseason — lacking intensity at times, looking bogged down by the Penguins’ forecheck, and struggling to get much of anything going in the way of dangerous scoring chances. It was a game in which they...
Dutch legend Ruud Gullit has revealed the one piece of advice he would give to Barcelona superstar Lamine Yamal that could help him during his career. Yamal is currently one of the most high-profile footballers in the world due to his meteoric rise and the sparkling performances he’s put in for Barcelona and Spain since […]
Through the first three games of their first-round matchup against the Anaheim Ducks, the Edmonton Oilers have scored 12 goals, averaging exactly four goals per game. If you consider the fact that Connor McDavid has been far from his best, producing only two points thus far, this is a rather encouraging fact for the Oilers….
Welcome to another edition of the Public Skate, folks! The Bruins and Sabres are back at it this afternoon, fresh off of enjoying two days off after Game 3 on Thursday. The B’s should be playing with a level of desperation facing the prospect of going back to Buffalo in a 3-1 hole, but there’s […]
Texas Rangers lineup for April 26, 2026 against the A’s: starting pitchers are Kumar Rocker for the Rangers and J.T. Ginn for the A’s. Texas plays the series finale against the A’s this afternoon. It is kind of a big game…the difference between winning two straight series and not, the difference between a winning week […]
My buddy in the Midwestern quadrant of Blogsville occasionally writes posts in haiku form. I’m not sure where this comes from. He’s not Asian although, by the looks of it, he may have been born a giant panda bear in Continue reading NBA First Round Playoff Haikus →
A mid-second-round pick in the 2019 draft, Marina Mabrey was never guaranteed anything in the WNBA. But she put in the work between her rookie and sophomore years, and had her best friend and college roommate Arike Ogunbowale in her corner. Mabrey and Ogunbowale, of course, won the national championship together as members of the […]