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Panthers’ Brady Tkachuk Trade Could Lead to Goaltending Bind

The Florida Panthers wait for the 2026 NHL Draft this weekend and the start of free agency on July 1. After watching the Carolina Hurricanes win the Stanley Cup, they…

What can Nikola Vucevic bring to the Celtics?

Everything seems to be official.   The NBA trade deadline has come and gone, and the Boston Celtics surprised most fans with their level of activity. Over a three-day span, Boston completed four trades, parting ways with Anfernee Simons, Xavier Tillman, Josh Minott, and Chris Boucher.   Each move carried meaningful financial implications, as the Celtics emerged from Thursday’s deadline below both the first […]

Love it or hate it, it’s time for Olympic Hockey

For some members of the Tampa Bay Lightning, a much-needed break in the regular season gets underway today. The NHL is officially shut down for the next few weeks as the attention of the hockey world shifts to Italy and the 2026 Winter Olympics. After 12 years, NHL players are back for a best-on-best tournament (minus, of course, the Russians) and the players are excited to be heading overseas for a chance to earn a gold medal, as well as locker room bragging rights. Even with Brayden Poi...

How Zak Kuhr turned the Patriots defense into an elite unit

When Zak Kuhr was hired by the New England Patriots as their inside linebackers coach, he didn’t even have a Wikipedia page. While that is obviously not a reflection of one’s professional abilities, it shows that Kuhr was anything but a household name when he reunited with Mike Vrabel last January. And while he is […]

A clear path to Chiefs’ offseason success includes Trent McDuffie trade

An offseason is like a choose-your-own-adventure book. Nobody knows where it will ultimately end up, but each decision has an impact on the next. The first critical decision of the Kansas City Chiefs’ offseason is to determine the future of cornerback Trent McDuffie. The choice must be made early and with conviction. Objectively, McDuffie is […]

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The Week Ahead In MSU Sports

Happy Friday. Okay so it was not a good past 7 days for our two basketball programs. Fortunately, the hockey team represented Sparta with a pair of road wins at Penn State. This week, the hockey team has another pair of games away from Munn against a highly rated opponent. And our basketball teams are […]

40 in 40: Domingo González, A Man Caught Between Worlds

Since I was a young child, I’ve had a deep pre-occupation with outer space, particularly the solar system. While the rest of the universe is obviously deeply fascinating, the solar system is so much more observable. We get to know stuff about it. That rocks. In particular, I’ve always been drawn to trans-Neptunian space – […]

Liverpool Team News: Gomez Possible

Joe Gomez is expected to train on Saturday, so has an outside chance of seeing some minutes should the team need him. Jeremie Frimpong, however, has not trained this week and so will be unavailable to face Manchester City, As such, expect to see a makeshift right back at the weekend, though Arne Slot did […]

Three Points: Manchester United vs. Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester United are back in action this weekend against Tottenham, and we’ve got another trio of pointers for the matchup. Here’s a look ahead at the rematch with United’s bogey team of the last year. Defensive Shape  United gambled against Fulham, and it paid off. United will have to do the same all season to […]

Real Madrid complete latest training session ahead of Valencia clash

Real Madrid returned to the training ground today at Valdebebas as preparations continued for Sunday night’s La Liga showdown against Valencia at Mestalla. With the season entering a decisive stretch, the squad is sharpening its focus for what promises to be a difficult away test. The session began out on the pitch with activation and […]

Buck Martinez Announces Retirement

Longtime Blue Jays TV announcer Buck Martinez announced his retirement this morning. Martinez joined the Jays’ booth as a colour commentator nearly 40 years ago, for the 1986 season. He moved down to the dugout to manage the 2001 and 2002 seasons. After leaving the team, he worked for seven years in the the Baltimore […]

Which WBC team are you rooting for?

We finally have all the World Baseball Classic rosters announced. John summed up the 16 members of the Mariners organization who will be participating in a different post, representing 11 of the 20 countries included in the WBC. You can see the full rosters here and since it’s Friday I really suggest digging in and […]

Yakov Trenin Is Making More Than One Type Of Impact

Every team wants to be "Tough To Play Against." Everyone knows that hockey comes down to scoring more goals than the other team, but front offices also want their teams to be able to win in the physical aspect of the game. Every year, we see teams target grinders in free agency and at the trade...

Deserving Players Still Left Off Canada's Olympic Roster

The familiarity factor for the Team Canada roster at the Olympics has been on another level. Doug Armstrong (GM) selected Jordan Binnington and Colton Parayko from his St. Louis Blues , selected Brandon Hagel, Brayden Point, and Anthony Cirelli from Jon Cooper's Tampa Bay Lightning , and the injury replacements, Sam Bennett and Seth Jarvis, both played on the 4 Nations team for Canada. On top of that, the defense selected were all the same and there were very few changes made to the roster, de...