In a pregame interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Jim Owczarski before last night’s 131-115 win over the Chicago Bulls—snapping a five-game losing streak—Giannis spoke candidly about where his head was at as the trade deadline looms. Following some banter, Owczarski posed the two-time MVP a serious question: what do you want? “You know,” he […]
The Flyers, hitting the start of the month of February on a four-game losing streak and at the risk of heading into the Olympic break in free fall, managed to pull together a prompt shift in momentum. Picking up a reasonably tidy 4-2 win over their divisional rival Capitals, the Flyers lifted quite a major weight off of their shoulders, but still sit with a reminder that there’s work yet to be done.
Overcoming the noise
To deliver the understatement of the century, things have not be...
Baseball America released their farm system rankings, and they are not the only outlet to do so in the past week or so. ESPN and The Athletic have also put out their rankings. The general consensus is that the Nats farm system is in the middle of the pack, though that feeling is not universal. […]
The Dallas Mavericks are trading 10-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards. Citing unnamed sources in an X post, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that the Mavericks will ship Davis, Jaden Hardy, D’Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to Washington. In exchange, Dallas will receive Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, two […]
The new staff for the Arizona Cardinals is beginning to come together, and the first name we know will be on it is an interesting one. Tom Pelissero of NFL.com is reporting that the Arizona Cardinals are hiring Nathaniel Hackett as their offensive coordinator under Mike LaFleur. Hackett was in a similar role with the […]
The Royals will once again air ten games on free, over-the-air television, including the home opener on March 30 against the Minnesota Twins. The team is renewing its partnership with Gray Media and will air ten home games on KCTV5 in Kansas City. They are: This does not include the season opener against the Braves, […]
You can watch San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan during the pregame coverage of Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium on NBC. We haven’t seen Shanahan in his media hat. You know what else we haven’t seen? Shanahan throwing a football indoors and smashing a television. You’ll see festivities during Super Bowl week that […]
The Philadelphia Eagles are apparently looking for a new quarterbacks coach and Greg Olson is a “name to watch” for that position, according to a report from NFL insider Mike Garafolo. Olson (not to be confused with the former NFL tight end turned broadcaster Greg Olsen) has ties to new Eagles offensive coordinator Sean Mannion. […]
UPDATE [Wednesday, February 4, 2:15pm Eastern]: Blais has cleared waivers.
With the National Hockey League’s Olympic roster freeze going into effect on Wednesday, the Montreal Canadiens have placed forward Samuel Blais on waivers.
Blais has played 13 games for the Canadiens in the NHL with two goals and three assists, but his last game was on January 15. It is fair to assume he wouldn’t have played in the team’s final game before the break on Wednesday in Winnipeg, so he was sta...
The NBA Trade Deadline is approaching in the next 24 hours! Moves are flying fast and furiously. Keeping up with them is a whirlwind. This trade deadline tracker will give Blazer’s Edge Readers something to hold onto in the maelstrom! Trail Blazers moves and major NBA moves will still get their own, separate posts. Everything […]
The Dallas Mavericks have reportedly traded Anthony Davis, Jaden Hardy, D’Angelo Russell, and Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards in a deal that drastically helps wipe clean the organization’s salary cap sheet ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. According to reports by ESPN’s Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon, the team will receive from Washington: Khris Middleton, […]
Real Madrid defender Raúl Asencio has escaped a serious injury and is expected to be available when Los Blancos visit Valencia this Sunday, club sources told Managing Madrid. The Spanish defender has been playing through pain for weeks now and had to leave last weekend’s match against Rayo Vallecano at half-time. Luckily enough, he seems […]
The Sixers will let the Oklahoma City Thunder have another promising young sharpshooter. Jared McCain is being traded to the Thunder for a first-round pick (Houston’s 2026 first) and three second-rounders, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. Just, what a bummer after last season. This looks like simply a move to gain draft capital and free up […]
Manchester City aim to complete the job and secure a trip to Wembley as the League Cup holders arrive at the Etihad Stadium. Newcastle’s grip on the trophy is in the balance after losing the first leg 2-0 to the Blues and City will be eager to finish what they started and set up a […]
With the Los Angeles Rams having been so close to the prize in the past two seasons, there should be remaining confidence that the window is still open for another deep run. For 2026, the Rams have the nucleus of their roster returning, two Round 1 draft picks, and a good amount of spending cash […]
The Edmonton Oilers went 4-4 over a homestand that could’ve pushed them into first place in the Pacific Division. Instead, they got smoked 5-2 by the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rogers Place last night. Now they’re heading to the Saddledome for one more game before the Olympic break. Winning in Calgary won’t erase the frustration…
The primary objective for the Colorado Rockies is to solve a single question in 2026: How do you consistently win in Colorado? For over 30 years, the team has failed to find a suitable solution. Instead, winning was based on a hope that things would work themselves out and the answers would fall in their […]
Fandom is, almost by definition, irrational. “Fan” is short for “fanatic”, after all, and nobody every accused fanatics of being logical thinkers. We all have our biases, whether they’re unconscious or gloriously flagrant. We are not computers beholden to bWAR and fWAR, analyzing players, coaches, managers and owners based entirely on objective metrics. We have […]
Ninth in the series. Today we look at the Cubs’ veteran left fielder, Pittsburgh-area native and former Cincinnati Bearcat Ian Edward Happ is a figure of some controversy among Cubs fans, who decry his numbers while praising his numerical consistency. Happ has amassed a tidy 22.4 bWAR (20.6 fWAR) in a nine-year career in which he […]
We’re trying a new series at Royals Review, a daily mid-day question of the day to hear about your opinions on a fun or pressing question affecting the Royals or baseball in general. Chime in and drop your answers below! Every team has a few players who feel this close to being difference-makers. For the […]
Barcelona midfielders Pedri and Gavi have been back together again on the training ground as the duo continue to recover from injury. Gavi has been out for months after undergoing another knee operation, while Pedri is expected to miss around a month with a hamstring problem. In a post on social media, Gavi shared a […]
Previous Winner Caden Bodine, C22 | S/R| 5’10” | 200A (BAL) | .326/.408/.349 (133 wRC+) 49 PA, 0 HR, 0 SB, 5 BB, 8 K Drafted 30th overall in 2025, Bodine was acquired in the Shane Baz trade. He profiles as a relatively safe prospect thanks to 60 grade bat-to-ball skills, and comfortably-plus blocking and […]
This column is a lot more fun to write after Purdue wins games. That three game losing streak that knocked us from the top 5 and out of first in the Big Ten put a real damper on what was supposed to be a very special season. Fortunately, it still can be. Barring an absolute […]
We are just days away from Super Sunday, something the Cleveland Browns have never been a part of, despite winning multiple NFL championships prior to the creation of the Super Bowl. What used to be the final week in January now flows into February with the New England Patriots facing off with the Seattle Seahawks. […]
—Spread check: Louisville by 17.5. —ACC commissioner Jim Phillips says the tiebreaker for making the ACC football championship game will change for next season. —Ryan Conwell has been named to the Julius Erving Award (best small forward in college basketball) midseason list. —Jeff Brohm has been impressed by what he’s seen from Lincoln Keinholz over […]