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Arizona’s cursed season has added one more injury-caused expletive. Coach Chip Hale announced Tuesday night that sophomore pitcher Smith Bailey is done for the remainder of the season The right-hander is dealing with “soft tissue stuff” in his throwing shoulder that caused him to leave his last start Saturday at Kansas after two innings, making […]
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: After a scheduled rehab outing Tuesday, Carlos Rodón is expected to make his next start in the majors, per Yankees manager Aaron Boone. He’ll take Elmer Rodríguez’s spot in the rotation, the top prospect who’s made two starts in the interregnum between Luis Gil’s demotion and Rodón’s activation. Fellow starter Gerrit […]
Arsenal Eye Marcus Rashford Transfer as Barcelona Stalls on £26m Deal | LiveScore Arsenal are reportedly eyeing a possible move for Marcus Rashford as Barcelona continue to stall on a deal for the on loan Manchester United forward. Raphinha is not for sale | La Vanguardia Barcelona have made it clear that Raphinha is not […]
2-time Super Bowl champion eyes 49ers as desired landing spot“I’d really like to play with my little brother, Fred Warner, with the 49ers,” Van Noy told Kay Adams. “I think they got something cooking over there. I know they love Joey Bosa because of Nick and all that—I get that. But I would love to […]
The Miami Dolphins have added plenty of new players to their roster and Jeff Hafley has stressed how important competition is. With all these new faces, there are going to be plenty of position battles to watch over the summer. The Dolphins have plenty of bodies in the cornerbacks room, but who are going to […]
The latest big news to hit the college hockey landscape, in case you haven't heard by now, is the NCAA's plan to "standardize" its age eligibility rules across sports. The plan will eliminate redshirts, giving everyone five seasons of eligibility over five years, without exceptions except in certain special circumstances (military duty, etc...).The biggest effect, however, will be on hockey, where...
Clarkson will become the first Division III school playing D-I ECAC hockey to announce plans to opt-in to the NCAA's revenue sharing model, beginning in 2026-27.The decision allows Clarkson to pay up to $20.5 million in revenue share money to players in its two D-I sports, men's and women's hockey. Though realistically Clarkson won't allocate that much, it gives the option to keep up with other programs...
This past Friday saw the NBA Draft Combine invite list, 73 names long, released, and it included three Illinois Fighting Illini. Shooting guard and Jerry West Award wiiner Keaton Wagler, point guard/combo guard Kylan Boswell and small forward Andrej Stojakovic. Wagler is set to become a top 10, maybe even 5 overall pick. Stojakovic, who […] The post Kylan Boswell: Strengths, Weaknesses of former Illini PG as NBA Combine Nears appeared first on The Sports Bank .
Atlético Madrid fell at the doors of a fourth Champions League final, losing the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final 1-0 in London and 2-1 on aggregate. Bukayo Saka turned in from close range on the stroke of half time after Jan Oblak had saved brilliantly from a Leandro Trossard shot which proved […]
Essentially, hump day is just running scissors out of the T-formation. Huddle up… THE NEW COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF? It feels like we are still in the create-a-player mode when it comes to the college football playoff. Every year there’s a tweak, or suggestion, or move — or something. In my own opinion, we should all […]
Leam Richardon’s got some work to do, hasn’t he? In the space of under a year, we’ve gone from a united fanbase who were behind the team, the manager and the ousting of the owner to now feeling completely disconnected with the team and the majority seemingly disillusioned with the manager. Maybe there’s a good […]
Monday night was nothing short of a game-changer in the Premier League title race. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola acknowledged it after the 3-3 draw with Everton: the race is out of their hands now. It is in the hands of Arsenal now, as Gunners legend Thierry Henry said while appearing on Sky Sports on […] The post Man City at Brentford Team News: Rodri, Ruben Dias, Jordan Henderson, Rico Henry appeared first on The Sports Bank .
As Liverpool FC’s season crawls to a slow and dissatisfying close, transfer rumours are heating up. First up, talkSPORT’s chief football correspondent, Alex Crook reports that Liverpool are weighing up an offer for Bournemouth’s Marcos Senesi. This rumour has already been covered, but Tottenham Hotspur were believed to be the leading frontrunners for his services, […]
Barcelona are back in action on Sunday in El Clasico with a home game against Real Madrid that could deliver the title for the Catalans. Hansi Flick’s side need just a point from the match to confirm top spot and head into the game with an brilliant record at home this season in La Liga. […]
Montreal Canadiens news and notes Ivan Demidov, Matthew Schaefer, Beckett Sennecke are the three finalists for the 2025‑26 Calder Memorial Trophy. [ NHL.com ] Previewing the second round matchup between the Habs and the Buffalo Sabres. [ Sportsnet | CBC | Daily Faceoff | The Athletic | Hockey I/O | La Presse ] Montreal vs. Buffalo is a series between two teams on their way to the top. [ La Presse ] Montreal’s big offensive weapons can get on track vs. the Sabres. [ Montre...
87 hitters have taken 100 PA so far in AA leagues so far this season. The best batting line among them belongs to the Blue Jays’ 2024 fourth round draft pick, Sean Keys. Keys played his college ball at Bucknell, putting up ridiculous numbers against pretty pedestrian Patriot League competition. He popped a bit with […]
Diego Simeone saw his Atletico Madrid side knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday night after losing 2-1 on aggregate to Arsenal. Atletico managed to find a way past Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the tournament, going through 3-2 on aggregate, and Simeone says the Gunners are the best team his side have faced […]
The Daily Merengue is a place where you can feel free to discuss all things football. Do not be alarmed by the overt RMCF bias. It’s in the name! Shoutout to the mods who do a fantastic job Kung_Fu_Zizou, Juninho, NeRObutBlanco, Felipejack, Ezek Ix and yours truly, Valyrian Steel. How would this work? Let’s not […]
As I was entering the ratings from this game into my trusty old Player Ratings spreadsheet, I noticed a pretty big error. I had not been including all the individual player ratings for the overall averages! The bottom five lines had gotten cut off at some point — as it turns out not only this […]
Perhaps the worst part of this new age of college football is the death to rivalries across the country. The tragedies began with conference realignment 15 years ago, and the big move by Nebraska to the Big 10, and it continues because of what the college football playoff has become. Notre Dame isn’t completely innocent […]
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Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Everton rumored with 26-year-old Galatasaray midfielder Gabriel Sara. [Inside Futbol via 3-4-3] “I’m here living my dream, playing for a great club, playing in the best league in the world and inside me, there’s no need to only play in one position. I’m happy to be on the pitch, […]
Even with Anthony Edwards on a minutes restriction, the Minnesota Timberwolves were able to come into the Frost Bank Center and steal both Game 1 and home court advantage from the Spurs. The style of play on display in that game was what was expected of the series from the outset: hard-fought, physical games that […]
Following the results of the NHL Draft Lottery, the Florida Panthers now hold the ninth overall pick in the 2026 Draft. The Toronto Maple Leafs won the first lottery and moved from fifth overall to first. The San Jose Sharks bumped the Panthers down a spot in the order by winning the second lottery and moving all the up from ninth to second overall. Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists to power the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild at Ball Arena on Tuesda...
The San Francisco Giants’ offense came to life on Tuesday, and it is critical that you understand that “come to life” is a relative term. Life, in living and breathing human being terms, may be binary, but in baseball parlance it is not. For the Giants, coming to life means they scored exactly five runs, […]
We are less than four months away from the start of the college football season, and (hopefully) a national championship run by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. That seems like more than enough time to talk about Notre Dame’s 2026 schedule over and over and over again. Over the course of the offseason, I plan […]