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This season, outside of a couple hiccups, has gotten off to an excellent start for the D-Backs. After a three-game sweep at the hands of the Dodgers to open season, the team has reeled off a 13-7 record and lost consecutive games just once to the major league leading Atlanta Braves. But these last two […]
Barcelona star Ferran Torres aimed a savage dig at La Liga and their match officials after seeing a goal ruled out for offside during Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Celta Vigo at Camp Nou. Torres thought he had made it 2-0 in the second half when he volleyed home a great ball from Pedri but saw […]
Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Everton confirm that Jarrad Branthwaite will miss the rest of the season with a hamstring issue. “Everton can confirm Jarrad Branthwaite sustained a hamstring injury during Sunday’s Merseyside derby. The injury is unrelated to the hamstring area which required surgery in October, with a scan confirming no procedure is […]
The NFL Draft is in Pittsburgh in 2026, and the Seattle Seahawks enter this year with just four picks. Oh well, I guess a Lombardi Trophy is the consolation. This is not considered one of the stronger or deeper draft classes in recent memory, so maybe the Seahawks not having a lot of picks is hardly a […]
You might look at the league table and think Sunderland are a shoo-in to beat Nottingham Forest given they’re fighting it out near the bottom, but they’re in decent form and seem to be turning a corner – so, to give us the lowdown on Friday’s opponents, we’re joined by Matt from top Podcast and […]
On Tuesday, we talked about Cainings. The San Francisco Giants introduced Los Angeles Dodgers ace and international superstar Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the concept, with the most common type of Caining in existence. Call it the Standard Caining. In the Standard Caining, a pitcher has a very good game, but their offense doesn’t do enough. Because […]
The NFL Draft begins Thursday in Pittsburgh rumors have been swirling about which prospect teams will pick. The Minnesota Vikings have been linked to safety Dillon Thieneman and more recently to tight end Kenyon Sadiq, although not as strongly as Thieneman has been. However, there is no guarantee either prospect will be available when the […]
Take it from the captain himself: “It’s fine.” That should help alleviate the lumps in the throat for Edmonton Oilers fans worldwide after Connor McDavid appeared to have avoided a serious injury after a second-period scare in their 6-4 Game 2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. It happened when McDavid and defenceman Mattias Ekholm got…
It’s NFL Draft day. 257 players will watch their NFL dreams come to fruition from Thursday night through Saturday evening in Pittsburgh, PA, forever remembering the moment their name is called on stage. How many of those 257 will hail from the Sun Belt Conference? In 2025, the answer was one — the league’s smallest […]
Plenty of power. Not nearly enough pitching. That’s the story. The White Sox jumped out exactly how you’d want them to do. Back-to-back singles from Chase Meidroth and Miguel Vargas in the top of the first set the tone, and even after Munetaka Murakami went down looking, the pressure didn’t let up. Everson Pereira and […]
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel will miss Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday as he seeks counseling, he told ESPN. “As I said the other day, I promised my family, this organization and this team that I was going to give them the best version of me that I can possibly […]
The Edmonton Oilers were never going to go 16-0. On Wednesday evening, the Oilers and Anaheim Ducks played Game 2 of their first-round series, with the Oilers falling 6-4 thanks to a late Ducks goal to even up the series at one each. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. For…
Sunderland travelled to Villa Park on Sunday lunchtime with the race for European football firmly on following victory over a wounded Spurs side, but with Aston Villa fresh off a Europa League beatdown of Bologna in midweek, Régis Le Bris faced a tough ask to take points back to Wearside. Even though we twice came […]
The Wimbledon team of the late 80s and early 90s was something you had to see to believe. Folklore has painted the ‘Crazy Gang’ as a loveable bunch of rogues who played on the edge and upset the big boys. And look, some of that’s true. But the reality is they were often a thuggish, […]
To paraphrase the late warmonger Donald Rumsfeld, there are known knowns, there are known unknowns, and there are unknown unknowns. Over 20 years on, confusion still reigns among the British public as to what the United States Secretary of Defense actually meant (though apparently it is common parlance in the corridors of US power). The […]
Here’s everything you’ll need to watch the 2026 NFL Draft, otherwise known as the 91st Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting Where is the NFL Draft? The draft is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at Point State Park and Acrisure Stadium. When is the NFL Draft? 7:00 pm CT, Thursday, April 23 (Round 1) 6:00 pm […]
If you’ve ever been to a Notre Dame game—or even watched one on TV—you’ve likely seen it. The crowd, arm in arm, gently swaying. Voices rising together in a moment that feels both powerful and deeply personal. The alma mater. It’s one of my favorite Notre Dame traditions. There’s just something about it—the unity, the […]
Charlotte Knights 9, Nashville Sounds 4The Knights (10-12) wasted no time getting started on offense, scoring nine runs in the first two innings to even the series against Nashville (12-10). The Knights took full advantage of some subpar control from Sounds starter Quinn Priester. Rikuu Nishida led off the bottom of the first with walk […]
The Knicks head to State Farm Arena tonight for Game Three against the Hawks, tied 1-1 in their first-round playoff series. New York needs to reclaim momentum after blowing a 12-point fourth-quarter lead in Game Two and giving the series a queasy, slippery feeling. The Knicks entered Game Two with a 40-1 record when leading […]
A seven-game losing streak to the San Diego Padres was finally snapped as the Colorado Rockies delivered on all fronts to secure an 8-3 victory at Coors Field. Solid starting pitching and an offensive outburst for the lineup have now tied the series 1-1. With the win, the Rockies have secured their 10th win of […]
After the Toronto Marlies’ 5-0 win over the Rochester Americans in Game 1 of the playoff play-in series, head coach John Gruden discussed a great start to the playoffs, the special teams’ success, the decision to start Artur Akhytamov in goal, and why this year’s playoffs might be different from those in the recent past. […]
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In the first Philadelphia Flyers home playoff game – with fans – since 2018, the Flyers gave the home crowd plenty to cheer about as they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a physical 5-2 victory.
The Basics
First period: 4:18 – Evgeni Malkin (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby) (PPG)
Second period: 5:18 – Trevor Zegras (Jamie Drysdale, Porter Martone) (PPG), 9:06 – Rasmus Ristolainen (Noah Juulsen, Sean Couturier), 11:18 – Nick Seeler (Noah Juulsen, Sean Couturier)
Third period: 9...
Well it has rapidly turned into prospect week for the Braves’ rotation, as a 1.0 inning Reynaldo Lopez start on Tuesday in the middle of a stretch of 10 games straight sent the Braves’ pitching into a scramble to cover innings. An up and down 3.0 inning start from Didier Fuentes resulted in Thursday’s scheduled […]
After scoring one run on Tuesday, the Dodgers were shut out for the first time this season on Wednesday, with the San Francisco Giants silencing them 3-0. The Dodgers once again had a two-out walk in the first inning against the Giants, this time with Tyler Mahle walking Will Smith. Freddie Freeman skied one to […]