Just as many expected. The Edmonton Oilers are winning early on this season on the strength of good defensive play and sound goaltending. Through the first week of the season, the Oilers lead the NHL with a 1.33 GAA (goals against average), while ranking 25th in goals per game at 2.67. The Oilers have three…
From In the Pressbox | 4 months ago | 1 read
Craig Breslow is losing another member of his front office. Devin Pearson, the Red Sox director of amateur scouting since 2023, will be following Paul Toboni to the Washington Nationals. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe) As director of amateur scouting, Pearson was heavily involved in the draft and building up the farm system. That work obviously […]
From Over the Monster | 4 months ago | 3 reads
This week’s Power Poll topic came about in honor of what has effectively become James Franklin Week here at OTE. In our Slack, I mentioned that if I were James Franklin, I’d take my $50 million and flit off to a castle in Italy, never to be seen or heard from again. This lack of […]
From Off Tackle Empire | 4 months ago | 3 reads
It’s a quick trip to middle America for the Colorado Avalanche for a showdown with the Columbus Blue Jackets, who are in search of their first victory on home ice during this 2025-26 campaign. The Avalanche, on the other hand, have gotten off to a blazing start this season, collecting at least a point in […]
From Mile High Hockey | 4 months ago | 2 reads
During the FIFA window, Muhammad Kudus put on a display for Ghana. He can really ball, and we all saw his elite skill set during the October internationals. Kudus is certainly in the “cannot be dropped” from the first team category right now. Picking him up from West Ham United this summer was a very […] The post Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Starting XI vs Aston Villa appeared first on The Sports Bank .
From The Bank | 4 months ago | 0 reads
With the playoffs quickly approaching, every result down the stretch will be magnified and be crucial for the NWSL playoff picture. From matchday 24, KC Current made another big statement and the remaining playoff picture gets even murkier after San Diego Wave and Orlando Pride pick up much-needed wins. And the Washington Spirit’s superstar left […]
From All For XI | 4 months ago | 0 reads
Date: Saturday October 18, 2025 Time: 7:00 PM (ET) TV: ESPN+ The Quick Hits As the second half of the 2025 FCS season gets underway, #3 Tarleton State (7-0) is sitting as pretty as anyone in the country right now. The Texans just keep on winning and are one of the few undefeated teams and […]
From Underdog Dynasty | 4 months ago | 0 reads
Many moons ago, I lived overseas underneath a military dictatorship. Rights were repressed and freedom of speech was halted. The media was controlled and many of the nation’s people lived in fear, remembering all too keenly the coup that had Continue reading Unadulterated Signs of Impending Authoritarianism, or A Day at the Movies →
From Sports Chump | 4 months ago | 5 reads
That was far more pleasant than the first couple of games of this series. The story of the first two games was that, though the Jays didn’t strikeout much, they weren’t hitting the ball hard. Yesterday there were a lot of hard hit balls by the Jays: 14 balls hit at over 100 mph. It […]
From Bluebird Banter | 4 months ago | 7 reads
To say that the Astros’ 2025 outfield situation was chaotic would be an understatement. Between injury, position switching, matchup issues and outright ineffectiveness, the Astros used the following players in the outfield: Jose Altuve, Cam Smith, Chas McCormick, Jake Meyers, Mauricio Dubon, Yordan Alvarez, Cooper Hummel, Jesus Sanchez, Taylor Trammell, Zach Dezenzo, Zach Cole, Kennedy […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | 4 months ago | 1 read
Welcome to The Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup (that we didn’t already talk about in another article) with some sophomoric humor and daily distractions thrown in for good measure. And if there’s something we missed, be sure to talk about it in the comments. SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN The WVU women’s soccer team hits the road tonight to […]
From The Smoking Musket | 4 months ago | 1 read
The United States Men’s National Team have completed their October window, drawing 1-1 against Ecuador on October 10th and beating Australia 2-1 on Tuesday night. The USMNT looked better across the window against two teams that have already qualified for the 2026 World Cup, and Mauricio Pochettino will look to take a lot of positives […]
From Stars and Stripes FC | 4 months ago | 0 reads
Poor Fred VanVleet. He was one of the key catalysts of the culture change for the Houston Rockets, alongside head coach Ime Udoka and the traded away Dillon Brooks. The Rockets finally looked poised to pay off all of the hard work they’ve put in and actually be title contenders, and VanVleet goes down with […]
From The Dream Shake | 4 months ago | 2 reads
Good win to close out the preseason. Next time they take the court, it will be for real against the 76ers. Raptors fans are funny. They trashed their own team way more than they did the Celtics. Poor Scottie Barnes. He really got a lot of hate from the fans. And, they sent a lot of love toward the Celtics, especially Pritchard and White. I do think the Celtics are going to be fun to watch this season. My favorites are in bold. What ar...
From CelticsGreenBlog.com celtics fans only! | 4 months ago | 3 reads
Texas A&M hits the road for the first time in SEC play this Saturday, traveling to Fayetteville for the first time in over a decade to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks. As the Ags look to stay undefeated on the season, we reached out to Jacob Davis of Hogs on SI to get some insight on […]
From Good Bull Hunting | 4 months ago | 0 reads
The Iowa Hawkeyes begin a brand new season with a brand new coach and overhauled roster for the first time since 2011. Before we jump into the quotes & highlights from yesterday’s media day, let’s take a look at the new threads Iowa will be sporting this season. The Hawkeyes keep the same lettering style […]
From Black Heart Gold Pants | 4 months ago | 0 reads
With just under a week until the Bucks tip off their 2025–26 campaign in Milwaukee and their preseason concluded, the front office has begun the process of paring down their standard roster to 15 players (note that two-way players, like the recently-signed Alex Antetokounmpo, aren’t included in this). As Jack discussed earlier this morning, there […]
From Brew Hoop | 4 months ago | 2 reads
I’ve been a Pokemon fan for just as long as I’ve been a Red Sox fan. With the release of Pokemon Legends Z-A for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 today, I thought it could be fun to match up Red Sox players with their Pokémon counterparts and put a team together. Note that […]
From Over the Monster | 4 months ago | 1 read
Long discussed as a fun “what if” scenario in bars and around water coolers throughout the Kansas City metro area, the idea of a Kansas City Royals downtown stadium is slowly becoming a reality. Over the last few years, there’s been so much information doled out piecemeal as an immense amount of work gets done […]
From Royals Review | 4 months ago | 10 reads
San Diego is still reeling from the surprise retirement announcement of Mike Shildt as the Padres manager. The organization stated the search for a new skipper will begin immediately. But it should start and end with the hiring of Bruce Bochy. His experience and proven track record make him the ideal choice for a team […]
From Gaslamp Ball | 4 months ago | 2 reads
Dwight Powell, backup center and by far the longest tenured Dallas Maverick, has become quite the culture and chemistry guy for this team going into his 12th season in Dallas. Last May, then Maverick Spencer Dinwiddie, who went to the Charlotte Hornets this summer, called Powell a “standout voice in the locker room” through adversity. […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 4 months ago | 1 read
We’ve got a special guest to help us preview the Syracuse-Pittsburgh game. Obnoxiously Pitt Girl is a Pitt alumna and member of the Sickos Committee and she agreed to answer our questions about a rivalry that has had its fair share of Sickos moments. TNIAAM: After the losses to West Virginia and Louisville, did it surprise fans to […]
From Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician | 4 months ago | 0 reads
This is a column to check in on the rest of the football world, but since it’s 2025 in America I will beat you over the head with The Agenda, which in case you’ve forgotten is “Big Ten Superiority Unless It’s Funny.” THE AGENDA MVP: Northwestern Wildcats I struggled with this because there were several […]
From Off Tackle Empire | 4 months ago | 1 read
Heading into the 2025-2026 off-season, could you name how many players the Rays will have reach free agency? There’s a couple “trick question” type answers in there, as Brandon Lowe (age-31) has a $11.5M club option with a $500K buyout, and Closer/MLBPA player rep Pete Fairbanks (32) has a $7M club option with a $1M […]
From DRaysBay | 4 months ago | 0 reads
Multiple outlets report that the IBF has ordered Liam Paro to face Paddy Donovan in a welterweight final eliminator, with Donovan calling it the result of a successful appeal on the part of manager Keith Sullivan. Donovan (14-2, 11 KO) has dropped two straight to now-reigning titlist Lewis Crocker, but if anyone deserves some slack […]
From Bad Left Hook | 4 months ago | 0 reads