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Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The Spurs have advanced to the second round of the playoffs […]
Last year Ben Johsnon had to assemble a whole new coaching staff, so this Chicago Bears offseason assistant coach tracker won’t be nearly as active as last year’s, but it will keep tabs on all the new hires, the departures, and, of course, the rumors and reports. Just scroll down to the bottom for all […]
The Wisconsin Badgers are in an unexpected place midway through their conference slate, as they’re on the bubble of the NCAA Tournament after starting the year as a Top 25 team. The Badgers have lacked the high-end wins that are usually required of a top-six seed, garnering only one Quad 1 win in six opportunities, […]
The UMD duo will be making their Olympic debuts for Sweden when the games begin on Feb. 5.
Cooper Flagg continues to impress, earning Western Conference Rookie of the Month for January. Flagg has been exceptional in his rookie year as he racks up record after record and January was no exception. In 12 games, he averaged 20.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. This is the third consecutive time he […]
I was so tired yesterday that I put the Knicks on and legitimately enjoyed watching them play a no-contest game against the Wiz Kiz with no stress baked into the affair. Now, for the drama and the nerves, here comes the NBA trade deadl—actually, scratch that. The Knicks ain’t trading for Giannis, fam. Here’s a […]
Most Valuable Promotions are taking their work to the UK for an April 5 card that will be headlined by a women’s lightweight unification match between WBC champion Caroline Dubois (12-0-1, 5 KOs) and WBO champion Terri Harper (16-2-2, 6 KOs). The pair will square off in a 10-round bout at Olympia Events in London […]
We will have one last Colorado Avalanche hockey game before some players head to Milan for the winter games, and it will be against the young, up-and-coming San Jose Sharks at Ball Arena. The Avalanche will be looking to tidy up a bit after a 2-0 defeat suffered at the hands of their old rival, […]
The New England Patriots coach continues his bit about cutting off his private parts with a comical boast of how big he is. The post Patriots coach Mike Vrabel would cut off half of his footlong to win the Super Bowl appeared first on Outsports .
The Iowa State gymnastics team competed in their second meet of the season on Sunday when they visited Denver for a Big 12 meet. The Pioneers picked up the conference win, beating the Cyclones 196.525 to 192.550. Denver was ranked No. 17 at the time of the meet. The meet was nationally televised on ESPN2. […]
For the first time since 2021 a Minnesota Golden Gopher alum is guaranteed to win a Super Bowl when the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks meet in Super Bowl LX Sunday night in Santa Clara, California. Nineteen previous Gophers have touched the Lombardi Trophy, and at the end of the night on Sunday that […]
Real Madrid were back on the grass at Valdebebas today, kicking off preparations for Sunday night’s La Liga clash against Valencia at Mestalla (9:00pm local time). After two days of rest following the win over Rayo Vallecano, Alvaro Arbeloa’s squad returned to Real Madrid City for a session that was as much about physical conditioning […]
The Barn 6:00 BTN Michigan State Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 10-12 (3-8)KenPom Rank: 82 Michigan State SpartansRecord: 19-3 (9-2)KenPom Rank: 10 After a disappointing loss to Penn State on Sunday, the Gophers bring their seven-game losing streak to the Barn to face#10 Michigan State. The Spartans under Tom Izzo have always been extremely challenging to beat […]
There are apparently some people who still think that Cooper Flagg is the product of hype, the latest Great White Hope, but the facts on the court show how lazy that sort of thinking is. Because Flagg is just killing it. These are some stats from the last three games: Over his last 10 games, […]
Signing Day may have lost some of its lustre in the age of the transfer portal, but Nebraska landed a genuinely important piece with the signing of defensive lineman Dylan Berymon. Berymon comes in at 6-foot-2, 330 pounds and carries an impressive four-star rating, ranked No. 124 nationally by 247Sports. He hails from Monroe, Louisiana, […]
The 2026 Pro Bowl Games took place on Tuesday night, with the NFC defeating the AFC in a flag football game by a score of 66-52. For the past several years, the league has abandoned the traditional Pro Bowl game that players took halfheartedly, but they had introduced skills challenges among various participants, including things […]
Throughout the season, it’s been a three-man race as to who has been the guy the Flyers have gone to all season. For most of the year it was Trevor Zegras. But he’s slowed down a bit on his points pace. Winger Travis Konecny has picked up the slack and now leads the team in points, yet even he’s had some games and moments that he’d like to have back. The one guy that has managed to be even keel most of the way — and been one of the brightest and biggest lights thus far — is goaltender Dan Vlad...
You do not win 12 games after sustaining multiple injuries at the foundational positions your team is built on without players performing above expectation. It’s easy to remember the bad plays and outcomes, but we often forget the backups who stepped up and filled in when they weren’t expected to play in the first place. […]
Fresh off taking charge of the business aspect of Twins baseball operations of the Twins, team owner Tom Pohlad has announced a partnership with Brasher Microform, a company specializing in DNA experimentation and cloning. “It’s in our identity: Twins,” Pohlad said. “We brought back Taylor Rogers, and he’s a twin. It seemed apropos to craft […]
It’s day three of our countdown of the top 25 prospects in the Cubs system. 11. Jostin Florentino. RHP. DOB: 12/01/2004. 6’0”, 175. International free agent (2023) Dominican Republic. One of the disappointing aspects of the Cubs 2024 minor league season is that while players at the top of the system graduated to the majors […]
Football starts in the trenches. That fundamental truth has been repeated so often it’s become a Hall of Fame coachspeak example. And yet, it remains a constant in football. Brian Schottenheimer seemed to understand that when he built out his offensive staff a year ago. Klayton Adams took the reins as offensive coordinator after spending […]
Folks, we’re almost there. Winter still has us in its icy grip here in the north, but a week from today, pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Lakeland. The anticipation of spring training is often followed by a minor letdown as March’s interminably long slate of Grapefruit League games grind by and the desire […]
As if the last part of our list wasn’t fun enough, we begin to see a major influx of tools as we enter our top 18 prospects. After adding the likes of Isaiah and Guanipa back in 2023, the Braves made serious changes to what kind of players they were looking to add which is […]
The Syracuse Orange women’s lacrosse team has enjoyed one of their best-ever runs of success in recent years. Under Gary Gait and Kayla Treanor, ‘Cuse made it to Championship Weekend three times in a four-year span from 2021-2024. But the graduation losses of the players that fueled those teams, among them some of the most […]
The Seattle Seahawks have made what is likely their final regular season roster change of the 2025 NFL season. Rookie tackle Amari Kight has been placed on injured reserve, while special teams ace and reserve linebacker Chazz Surratt is back from his IR stint. Barring injury or some other reason to sign someone on emergency, […]
Barcelona enjoyed a pretty quiet January transfer window with the highlights being the arrival of Joao Cancelo and the departures of Dro Fernandez and Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The Catalan giants may not have done much business but elsewhere some eye-catching transfers did take place, notably in the Premier League. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City signed Antoine […]