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The Houston Rockets are entering the 2026-27 NBA season with renewed championship expectations, but can Kevin Durant be the difference-maker for the young core?
The 6-5 Carolina Panthers are tied with the 6-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the win column. They trail by one game by their divisional records (2-1 compared to 2-0) and have an opportunity to take sole possession of the lead in the NFC South with a win over the San Francisco 49ers tonight. Does that […]
The Cleveland Browns versus the Las Vegas Raiders? A duo of 2-8-0 teams? You can bet that outside the stadium, there would be plenty of very cheap tickets for sale. You know, buy one – get three free type of deals. Geez…. RELATED: BROWNS VS. RAIDERS WEEK 12 FINAL SCORE It would be a game […]
Welcome to the 2025-26 edition of Smash or Pass, in which we examine potential free agent and trade targets to determine whether the Red Sox should pursue them and what it would take to land them. Today we look at a rotation-lengthening option out of Philadelphia. The Red Sox need starting pitching. You can never have […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A statement win on the road. Illinois went south for its toughest early season test, defeating Florida State in Tallahassee on Sunday afternoon. The road environment was no deterrent to the Illini, who dominated the game, from early to late, resulting in an 86-63 victory. The pace set by the opening quarter […]
The Florida Panthers (11-9-1) will play a one-off road game tonight and make their only stop in Music City when they face the struggling Nashville Predators (6-11-4) at Bridgestone Arena A sloppy start and an off night from Sergei Bobrovsky doomed the Cats in Saturday night’s 6-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. Down 4-1 early in the second, the Panthers replaced Bobrovsky with Daniil Tarasov and closed the gap to one on goals from Mackie Samoskevich and Sam Reinhart. Unfortunately, they coul...
The Pittsburgh Penguins suddenly have themselves a whack of goaltending depth. We know which backstop the Pens would ideally like to ship out of town, Tristan Jarry. But sometimes, the best laid plans don't come to fruition. According to Penguins insider, Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now , it just might be another netminder that would make the most sense to trade. He notes that with young Sergei Murashov off to an excellent start to his career thus far, GM Kyle Dubas might w...
Pittsburgh earned the biggest win of the weekend, giving them a real chance to win another ACC Championship. SMU dominated and is poised to return to the ACC Championship game if they can win out West. No Bowl for You! 17. Syracuse (3-8 [1-6] Prev 17): Syracuse has not won a game since their early-season […]
It was a closer battle than many people expected, but the Detroit Lions squeaked out an overtime win against the New York Giants. On Pride of Detroit, we’ve got a full recap amd highlights from Jeremy Reisman, five winners and seven losers from John Whitcar, and six takeaways from Brandon Knapp. The now 2-10 Giants […]
Kansas Jayhawks News KU soccer’s postseason run ended with a loss to Duke yesterday The KC Star gives you the takeaways and implications from KU football’s loss to Iowa State Saturday The Jayhawks play basketball today Links! This has officially been the Phoenix area’s wettest fall on record Newsweek breaks down Thanksgiving travel weather, state […]
Bear in mind that it’s just November and things can change, but both Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg are currently leading candidates for NBA Rookie of the Year. What’s really wild is just how closely their statistical profiles parallel. If you can’t see the chart below, you can compare them with these links: Knueppel || […]
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This was a tough road loss. No loss is easy, but the Lady Hokies just couldn’t deal with JMU’s rebounding. Tech couldn’t contend with a smothering defense, combined with continued intermittent Hokie offensive woes. This One Stings. I was not able to watch the game, I ended up having to watch the play-by-play on the […]
Even though Week 12 still isn’t even over, it’s very obvious who the NFC’s playoff spots will come down to. Both NFL Pro’s data and the New York Times’ playoff predictor have the following teams with less than a two percent chance of making the postseason: the Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Commanders, […]
As expected, the Kentucky Wildcats took a tumble in the latest college basketball rankings. Kentucky is down to No. 19 in the latest AP Top 25 Poll. The Coaches Top 25 Poll has the Cats at No. 18. The CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 has Kentucky at No. 21. DRatings has the Cats ranked […]
The New England Patriots hung on to win a sloppy game against the Bengals in Cincinnati on Sunday. It wasn’t always pretty, and some of the injuries they sustained might come back to hurt them later in the season, but they still managed to keep their win streak alive, and, at least until next week, […]
Sidney Crosby has recorded his 500th career multi-point game. Crosby scored a goal and an assist during Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Seattle Kraken, marking the 500th time in his career he’s scored more than one point in a game. Now in his 21st NHL season, Crosby has registered 500 career multi-point games in […]
Colts loss @KC not a killer! Steichen & Jones MUST be better v Texans! Pacers tonight
On Nov. 17. 2024, Ohio State women’s basketball took on the Belmont Bruins. The year prior, the Buckeyes sailed to an easy 29-point win in the first game of a two year home-and-home series. But in Nashville, Tennessee on that November 2024 day, the waters were anything but calm. The Scarlet and Gray needed then-freshman […]
Barcelona have been hit by a series of injuries to key players so far this season which has seen stars such as Joan Garcia, Gavi, Raphinha, Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, Pedri and Alejandro Balde all sidelined. A new report from The Athletic has now delved into the situation and come up with a pretty damning […]
After a chaotic two legs Tigres Femenil have been crowned champions of Liga MX Femenil. The Amazonas overcame a three goal deficit in the first leg and Diana Ordóñez scored the lone goal to claim their seventh trophy. This loss is number five for Club América under head coach Angel Villacampa. The first leg was […]
There are times when the baseball calendar crawls to a stop. Employees working for the team are people too and they are likely using some of the time this week to take a break and do family things. Makes sense. The last major transaction in baseball that I can remember during Thanksgiving week was when […]
In his postgame press conference Friday night, Jaylen Brown said he believed the Celtics “went through the motions” in a loss to the Nets. Sunday night against the Magic, the Celtics looked like a team that got the message. It got somewhat dicey at the end, as a 26-point lead suddenly shrunk to six, but […]
If yesterday’s 3-1 victory over Cremonese had happened in Matchday 1 rather than Matchday 12, Roma fans would have been frothing at the mouth with visions of Gian Piero Gasperini’s attack overwhelming the entire league and ending the club’s decades-long Scudetto drought in one fell, entertaining swoop. But a funny thing happened over the past […]
Maryland men’s basketball is set to take part in the Players Era Tournament in Las Vegas as part of the tournament’s rapid expansion. The tournament started in 2024 with a unique premise: $1 million guaranteed for each team, with more money set to be split among the winners. Now, the Player’s Era has expanded from […]