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Jaguars drop in NFL power rankings entering Week 11

Jacksonville just blew a 19-point fourth quarter lead to Davis Mills and the Texans — trips to the water cooler haven’t been a little duller this week. Still, as head coach Liam Coen said Monday, the Jaguars have more games left to play. “This [past] game can’t beat us again. It can’t beat us on […]

NFC Playoff Picture: The 49ers are on the outside looking in

We’ve tracked these playoff pictures weekly to show how fickle these playoff races get. A couple of games ago, the San Francisco 49ers were sitting pretty in the No. 2 seed. Today, they are on the outside looking in of the NFC playoff picture. NFC Standings Contenders 1) Philadelphia Eagles 7-2 (6-1 in the conference)2) […]

Cubs walkoff heroes: Dave Owen, June 23, 1984

The date in the headline likely sounds familiar to you. Of course, it’s the date of The Sandberg Game, in which Ryne Sandberg burst on the national scene with a 5-for-6 performance that included game-tying home runs in the ninth AND 10th innings. The Cubs came from deficits of 7-1 and 9-3 to defeat the […]

A Possible Pitcher Acquisition

Inspiration. This AZ Snake Pit article identified four possible acquisitions for the Diamondbacks rotation.  It looked at quality start percentage, ERA+, seasons with 150 innings pitched, injury risk, and their fastball’s average velocity. Let’s look further at those four players.  Which pitcher would be most worth acquiring? The last article was published on 4 August. […]

Mitch Barnhart backs Mark Stoops, says Kentucky Football “taking steps” forward

Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart voiced full support for head coach Mark Stoops on Tuesday, saying he remains confident in the direction of the Wildcats’ football program following back-to-back SEC wins. Speaking after the Champions Blue LLC meeting, Barnhart emphasized that returning to consistent postseason play remains an expectation for the program. “That’s not just […]

Rams can’t stop adding tight ends

The Rams signed tight end Nick Muse to the practice squad on Tuesday, giving Sean McVay yet another option at the position moving forward. Muse may only be on the practice squad right now but his addition to the roster in any capacity is interesting given that L.A. already has four notable tight ends on […]

Joel Embiid to miss Tuesday’s game vs. Celtics

Well, at least it’s the other knee, that’s a positive right? In a bit of surprising news, Joel Embiid will be out for Tuesday night’s home game against the Boston Celtics. The team said the former MVP is dealing with right knee soreness. Embiid is being evaluated by team doctors and further updates will be […]

Game Preview: Capitals at Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes are set to face the Washington Capitals for the first time since last year’s second-round Stanley Cup Playoff series that saw the Hurricanes defeat the Capitals in five games to advance to the Eastern Conference Final. The reigning Metropolitan Division champion Caps have not quite positioned themselves well to repeat the feat […]

Celtics receive positive injury news ahead of 76ers game

PHILADELPHIA — Sam Hauser is available to play in Tuesday’s Celtics game against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Celtics’ sharpshooter was listed as probable with a right wrist sprain on Monday night, but was upgraded to available after shootaround on Tuesday. The Celtics held an optional shootaround at Temple University, and Hauser was in attendance. The […]

Norse Code Podcast Episode 585: False Starts

*****Download Link Here****** Episode Notes: Follow us on Twitter / Bluesky To listen to more, this is the link to that iTunes feed. If you can’t for whatever reason subscribe via iTunes, subscribe to via our RSS feed, which should support the RSS reader or podcast organizer of your choice. You can still leave a […]

Why “Win Now” is the Only Answer for the Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers are off to a 5-5 start to their 2025-26 NBA regular season. The record is an improvement on their performances in recent years, especially when considering signature wins against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets as part of the package. But .500 is a waypoint on the journey to success, […]

NY Jets: To Tank, or Not to Tank

It seems like every year New York Jets fans are asked to debate the same question. That is, should they root for the team “tank” to improve their draft selections, or to win every game left on the schedule. And after shipping away both Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner at the trade deadline, the question […]

How to Watch the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship: TV Coverage, Live Stream, Tee Times

Tune in to see competitors hit the course at the 6,828-yard, par-71 Port Royal Golf Course for the 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southampton, Bermuda from November 13-16, looking to earn a share of a $6,000,000.00 purse. Rafael Campos is the defending champ at the event. Ben Griffin shot -29 at the World Wide Technology Championship at El Cardonal at Diamante from November 6- 9, nailing down the first-place prize. Second place went to Sami Valimaki (-27). Watch the PGA Tour on F...

Some Teams Are Reportedly Looking at Bo Bichette for Third Base or Second Base

You may vaguely remember that, a few years ago, there were stray rumors about the possibility the Cubs could try to trade for Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette, rather than signing one of the big shortstops available in free agency at the time. The Cubs, of course, went on to sign Dansby Swanson. A year later, there were stray rumors about whether the Cubs might try again to trade for Bichette, this time to play third base. There hasn’t been much there since, in part because Bichette had su...

Angelo Leo vs Lerato Dlamini reportedly set for February 21st in Albuquerque

Lance Pugmire reports that IBF featherweight champion Angelo Leo’s next title defense will see him face Lerato Dlamini atop a February 21st ProBox show in Leo’s hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Leo (26-1, 12 KO) spent 2.5 years on the sidelines before racking up four wins in a nine-month stretch, capped off by a shocking […]

Matvei Michkov given new linemates at Flyers practice

The Philadelphia Flyers are having an up-and-down start to the month of November and with mixed results, sometimes some creativity in the lineup is needed. Head coach Rick Tocchet unveiled a new forward line that certainly raised a whole lot of eyebrows amongst the Flyers fan base on practice Tuesday morning. Matvei Michkov has been at the center of attention for not the right reasons through the start of this season — it’s been the focus of a whole lot of people to try and find a way to ...

Wisconsin vs. Ball State: 3 keys to win and prediction

Tuesday is another night under the lights at the Kohl Center, and the Wisconsin Badgers have a chance to keep building early-season momentum against the Ball State Cardinals. Greg Gard’s squad showed flashes of what this team can become in its last few outings, and tonight’s matchup is about consistency, discipline, and depth. The Cardinals […]

Michael Finley, Matt Riccardi to take over Mavericks’ basketball operations on interim basis

In the wake the firing of now former Dallas Mavericks’ general manager Nico Harrison, Michael Finley and Matt Riccardi have been tapped to run the team’s basketball operations on an interim basis. ESPN’s Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon were the first to report the interim replacements late Tuesday morning on X, formerly Twitter, before the […]

Genoa 2-2 Fiorentina: Player grades and 3 things we learned

Player grades David de Gea—7.5: Saved Lorenzo Colombo’s penalty and made a couple good saves in the second half. His inexplicable ramble around the penalty box during the second goal wasn’t great but Fiorentina doesn’t get a point from this game without him. Luca Ranieri—3: Yikes, man. Giving up a penalty like that, just purely […]