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We’ll keep track of every time a Dodgers player is optioned to the minor leagues during the 2026 season. Details on these transactions can also be found on our 40-man roster tracker, but here we will chronicle every specific time a player gets sent down, relative to the limits set by MLB. Major League rule […]
DETROIT — One game changes everything. Judgment day has been delayed as the Cleveland Cavaliers ran the Detroit Pistons out of their own building in a lopsided 125-95 Game 7 victory. For the first time since 2018, the Cavs are heading to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavaliers went all-in on this core when they […]
1. LEVI COLWILL (7.4) Colwill has been back for just three games, and he’s finished on the player ratings podium in all three: second, third, and now first. Our Man of the Match in the FA Cup final, as Chelsea kept Manchester City at bay … except for a goal that interim head coach Calum […]
The term “meteoric rise” is a bit of a misnomer, though most people already know that. Meteors fall (And yet if you point this out, you are a pedant? The world is cruel to those brave enough to obsess over wording tell the truth). However, it is quite the fitting turn of phrase for baseball, […]
Charlotte Knights 15, Norfolk Tides 3The Knights (22-23) bats exploded for 15 hits, scoring as many runs to defeat the Tides (18-27) and split this week’s series. Duncan Davitt made his seventh start of the season, and though he’s held an elevated ERA of more than seven, he was able to lower it slightly today […]
Player Ratings: Sevilla 0 – 1 Real Madrid Thibaut Courtois—8.5: Made six saves and kept Sevilla out during their early wave of pressure. Dani Carvajal—5.5: Looked a step slow at times when marking Oso. Antonio Rüdiger—6.5: Quiet overall, which is generally a good thing for a defender. His distribution was very solid. Dean Huijsen—7: Strong […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers watched the Fro dominate another Game 7, beating the Detroit Pistons and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. Donovan Mitchell 26 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 0 turnovers I said it in my recap. I repeated it […]
Rasmus Hojlund is set to join Napoli in a permanent €44million (£38m; $51.4m) transfer from Manchester United this summer, after the Italian club secured Champions League qualification for next season. The Denmark international’s season-long loan move to Napoli included a conditional obligation to make the move permanent should Antonio Conte’s secure a place in Europe’s […]
The roulette wheel keeps spinning on the Portland Trail Blazers’ search for a potential new head coach. Seemingly every week now a crop of new names arises, most of them from the relatively-inexpensive ranks of NBA assistant coaches. This week is no exception, as Jake Fischer is reporting in his latest substack [subscription required] that […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers did it again, capping off a thrilling series by crushing their opponent in Game 7. Credit to the Detroit Pistons — but the Cavs are all winners tonight. Let’s go over today’s winners. WINNER – Donovan Mitchell The best players in the league aren’t immune to criticism — they respond to it. […]
A tumultuous season for the Liverpool Women has finally come to it’s conclusion, with another loss against Arsenal in front of the Anfield fans after a brace from Alessia Russo and a third from Mariona Caldentey. Zara Shaw came off the bench and scored her first league goal in front of the Kop, a Liverpool […]
Barcelona star Raphinha has paid tribute to Robert Lewandowski after Sunday’s 3-1 win over Real Betis in La Liga. The game was Lewandowski’s final match at Camp Nou as a Barcelona player, and the Brazilian says the striker has been an example to the whole team. “Since arriving at the club, Lewy has contributed so […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers won’t be able to celebrate their Game 7 victory over the Detroit Pistons for long. They’ll have less than 48 hours to turn around and play the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday. All games in the Eastern Conference Finals will be on either ESPN […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers have punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they’ll take on the New York Knicks in a series that starts on Tuesday. New York’s path to the Conference Finals was far less stressful than Cleveland’s. Their first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks went six games, but the Knicks were firmly […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers booked their tickets to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2018, defeating the Detroit Pistons behind a dominant Game 7 showing. Cleveland’s process was strong from the jump. Donovan Mitchell got them rolling with his playmaking, racking up 5 assists in the first half as the Cavs had 10 […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers set a franchise record by using 40 different pitchers in 2024, then did it again in 2025. This was after using 39 pitchers in both 2021 and 2023. Here are all the pitchers who appeared in a game for the Dodgers in 2026, starting with Yoshinobu Yamamoto on opening day through […]
Outside of drafting two hall-of-famers in a row in John Stockton and Karl Malone, the Utah Jazz jumping to #2 in the 2026 could be considered the second-best stroke of luck in franchise history. But it’s so much more than simply jumping in the lottery. If we’re just looking at that in a vacuum, it […]
Rate your Sounders on their 2-0 home loss.
©Colette Lewis 2026--Athens GA--Virginia's Dylan Dietrich was one point from going down 4-1 in the third set of the match that would determine the NCAA Division I National Championship Sunday afternoon at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia. But a deciding point with Texas's Sebastian Gorzny serving at 3-1 turned the tide, with the nation's top-ranked player riding
Padres 8, Mariners 3 Super Boy: J.P. Crawford, .02 WPA Superbolide: George Kirby, -.18 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day:
Real Madrid snatched a 1-0 win at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium on Sunday in the penultimate fixture of the LaLiga season. A first-half goal from Vinicius Jr. was the difference between the two sides. Alvaro Arbeloa oversaw his last away game as Real Madrid manager. Dean Huijsen impressed from the back. He had 107 touches, […]
The 2026 Rockies appear poised to win more games than they did the past couple seasons, but realistically, they are only fighting to avoid 100 losses. That’s improvement, but the season is clearly a transitional one attempting to set the stage for a more exciting future. Given that, let’s imagine a world where we could […]
D-backs 8, Rockies 6 [Guest recap]
It was an emotional afternoon at the Metropolitano, to put it mildly. So much so that Antoine Griezmann himself was moved to tears in the pre-match festivities before his 500th Atlético de Madrid appearance. The tributes to the club’s all-time leading scorer included: Atleti started out slowly, and perhaps the distractions from the Griezmann festivities […]
Welcome to the first edition of Lynx Weekly! Our new Lynx Weekly series will be published each week, looking back at the week that was for the Lynx and providing some notes, analysis and more on what we saw from Minnesota that week. This format will replace our traditional recaps published after each game, but we […]
The San Francisco 49ers start their season on prime-time playing the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia. This marks the first time in NFL history that there is a game in Australia. The Australians are getting a fun one, too, as Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay usually deliver a fun contest more often than a […]