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We’re either headed home, or headed to the Sweet 16. Rick Pitino’s Red Storm is what’s standing in the way of moving on. The game tips off at 4:15pm Jayhawk Time on CBS. At John’s is currently a 3.5 point favorite. Rock Chalk!
New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez is in concussion protocol, head coach Mike Vrabel said Monday morning. “How long that lasts I don’t know, but when you don’t return to the game — when they don’t let you go back in the game that would put you in the protocol,” Vrabel said. “So wherever that […]
Today, the Utah Royals and Washington Spirit of announced the trade regarding, midfielder Narumi Miura. URFC sent $180,000 in allocation funds to complete the trade. “Narumi stepped into an important role in her first season with the Spirit last year and was a key part of our success,” said General Manager Nathan Minion. “We’re grateful […]
The annual Cubs Convention will be held his weekend, Friday through Sunday, Jan. 16-18, at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. Hopefully, the Cubs will have announced the Alex Bregman signing by then and he’ll make his first appearance as a Cub. Beyond that, at this year’s convention many events will be focused on the club’s 150th […]
What have they got to lose? Besides a lot of games against lottery teams, that is. It’s getting frustrating, isn’t it? I tried to warn against panic. Perhaps that was projection. It may have been an ill-advised attempt at manifestation. It feels awfully trite now. The Rockets have lost three straight and four of their […]
After the Eagles lost to the 49ers, head coach Nick Sirianni was asked about the performance of Offensive Coordinator Kevin Patullo, and he only noted that there would be time to evaluate everyone. It shouldn’t take long for the organization to consider moving on from Patullo given the long list of offensive struggles this season, […]
Houston’s first road Wild Card game in franchise history is upon us. The Texans are bundling up for the game and hopeful playoff run as it will dip just below freezing in Pittsburgh tonight. One of these team’s season will become unbundled; either Houston’s eight-game winning streak will come to an end or Mike Tomlin’s […]
Happy pre-national-championship-game-week Monday, Miami fans! I keep saying each Monday is better and better, because it is. Only two Mondays are better than CFP semifinal Monday, and this is one of them. But enough of that rambling. Your Miami Hurricanes are playing the Indiana Hoosiers for the national championship a week from today. There are […]
After a successful opening weekend on the indoor track, Northwestern cross country and track returned to competition for the first time in over a month, opening 2026 at the University of Chicago’s Phoenix Invitational this past Saturday. Racing in a variety of distances and mid-distance events, the Wildcats emerged victorious in all four events that […]
While the Eastern Conference wildcard race is tight with all of the teams at or above .500, the Western Conference wildcard race is tight, but much weaker. There are some teams climbing above .500 and playing well, but it seems just as tough to make the playoffs. The St. Louis Blues are one of the teams in the running, but have been falling out of the race. They are now four games under .500 and six points back of a playoff spot with two extra games played. There continues to be plenty of play...
Ann-Renée Desbiens is not from Quebec City, but it is the city where she went to high school and played minor hockey. She had 120 friends and family at Sunday’s game, and left it with a 26-save shutout and more importantly a big three points. “From a coach’s standpoint, it felt like nothing was getting by her tonight,” said Montreal head coach Kori Cheverie. The Montreal Victoire defeated the Vancouver Goldeneyes 1-0 at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City. Nicole Gosling scored her f...
On today’s episode, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun go over the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ 104-103 win over the San Antonio Spurs, the road loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and much more: — The battle between Anthony Edwards and Victor Wembanyama on Sunday was an instant NBA regular-season classic. The game was filled with heavyweight punches from […]
Up next for Arsenal FC is a short trip across town to take on Chelsea, the club from which they bought striker/attacking midfielder Kai Havertz a couple years ago. This League Cup semifinal clash comes at a very interesting time, as Havertz will forever be an icon in southwest London. Maybe the German forward didn’t […] The post Arsenal Team News at Chelsea: Kai Havertz, Piero Hincapie, Riccardo Calafiori, Cristhian Mosquera appeared first on The Sports Bank .
In the preseason, Associated Press voters left Ohio State women’s basketball off the preseason top 25. The Buckeyes were a team full of questions and a team with a massive roster overhaul. Now, in Week 10 of the 2025-26 season, the Scarlet and Gray continued to climb up the rankings and now sit at No. […]
Notre Dame has the best returning secondary in the country for 2026 with all four starters back and another brilliant recruiting class — but they wanted to add even more depth from the transfer portal moving forward. On Monday, Notre Dame has its public commitment from Michigan Wolverines defensive back, Jayden Sanders. Sanders is a […]
Somehow, some way, the San Francisco 49ers are moving on to the divisional round of the NFC playoffs. Despite key mistakes, another devastating injury, and the second-half incompetence of the Philadelphia Eagles’ offense, the 49ers held on for a 23-19 victory to survive and advance and take on the Seattle Seahawks next week. There were […]
The Miami Dolphins are almost assuredly not keeping Tyreek Hill now that Mike McDaniel is gone.
It’s no secret to anyone reading this that Mizzou is in something of a bind on the defensive end of the ball. Despite having one of the country’s premier coordinators in Corey Batoon, this year’s excellent Mizzou defense is… well, gone. The Tigers starting outfit has been decimated by eligibility, the NFL draft and the […]
Winter break is almost over and I’m definitely getting the Sunday scaries right now. But the good news is— this is our last non-traditional column before we return to the regularly scheduled programming that is traditional ‘Photos of the Week!’ This week, we’re doing another “outtakes” version like this one from October. Keep reading to […]
Welcome back 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. Next up, a (mostly) second baseman who may or may not be on the trading block. Who is he […]
Trouble has been brewing for quite some time with Main Street Sports Group (MSSG), the company behind FanDuel Sports Network (“FanDuel” — not to be confused with the other FanDuel, which is a gambling outfit), home of dozens of professional sports teams’ regional broadcasts, including the Atlanta Braves. Late last year, MSSG failed to make […]
While there is still another week of the transfer portal, let’s try and make some sense of the 2026 Syracuse Orange roster as it stands right now. Today we’ll do the offense and tomorrow, defense and special teams. Quarterback: Steve Angeli, Amari Odom, Rich Belin, Joseph Filardi, Zaid Lott Angeli’s return from injury will be […]
When you’ve won three World Series titles in a row, it might feel tempting to rest on your laurels and run it back with the same group that brought such an extended period of success. However, the Yankees’ five-game romp of the Mets in the 2000 Subway Series masked many of the holes on the […]
Baseball writers are currently mulling over this year’s Hall of Fame candidates, with selections to be announced on January 20. None of us at Royals Review has a vote, but who would we vote for if we did? You can see the list of eligible candidates and their career statistics here. Here are our ballots, with […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates are showing a bit more aggression in free agency this offseason by making some signings and trades to help improve the offense. Adding players like Brandon Lowe, Jake Mangum and Ryan O’Hearn shows an initiative to be better on offense. The team has also been connected to New York Yankees outfielder Cody […]
If you didn’t like watching B1G basketball in the last week, you probably should stop watching college basketball altogether. This week featured three losses by top-25 teams, three overtime games, and seven one-possession games, and frankly, most of the close games weren’t supposed to be close at all. If this week was a true tone-setter […]