Four goals scored, but only two points in two games at home for Reading, leaving Ben and Ross to debate whether this team has enough to make a playoff push in the second half of the season. New full-backs Ryan Nyambe and Haydon Roberts impress, while Ross thinks there’s still a glaring need in the […]
A triumph over Penn State gave Northwestern its second Big Ten win, offering a glimmer of hope in what has been a tumultuous conference season. Now, the Wildcats face Washington on Saturday, another Big Ten team with hunger that has shown the potential to battle elite programs this year. This matchup, like every remaining game […]
Kentucky Basketball is about to face a massive road challenge Saturday night at Bud Walton Arena vs. John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Wildcats are looking to right the ship after yet another Nashville nightmare. After winning five straight and giving us hope, the Cats (14-7, 5-3) find themselves right back in the muddy […]
The A’s are reportedly on the verge of extending another one of their young stars. Shortstop Jacob Wilson and the team have reportedly agreed to a seven-year extension that ties him to the team for the long haul: The deal will reportedly pay Wilson $70 million overall and gives the team a club option for […]
After a near miss against No.7 Michigan State in overtime at home, Rutgers men’s basketball will look to break their four game losing streak as they head out to Los Angeles to take on USC on Saturday. The Scarlet Knights game against the Trojans is the first part of their two game LA road trip […]
John Spytek doesn’t have to look far for offseason inspiration. The Las Vegas Raiders general manager can simply look at the New England Patriots — the AFC representative in Super Bowl LX — for a insight as he embarks on an integral offseason for the Silver & Black. New England went from back-to-back 4-13 seasons […]
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – With five teams tied for third place, each 5-4 in conference play, and with the next four teams lurking close behind (each within two games), this year’s normally competitive Coastal Athletic Conference has already produced even more parity than usual. However, two of the league’s perennial contenders – the UNC Wilmington Seahawks […]
We’re about 30 minutes late on the Bundesliga Open Thread but FC Köln vs Wolfsburg is still 0-0 right now so it basically doesn’t count. According to Predicting Ball (which has been recently updated and now splits fixtures by date and shows kick-off time in your timezone), there are several pretty close games this weekend, […]
With the Edmonton Oilers’ first three-game win streak of the season and the excitement packed into those games, if you could bottle all that energy into a morning drink, coffee companies would be out of business. The Oilers pulled off their first comeback from a three-goal deficit in the third period since 2022 with a…
As this UNC men’s basketball team was being put together after heavy turnover from last season, it was clear that perimeter shooting was a high priority for Hubert Davis and Jim Tanner. Kyan Evans was a deadly pull-up shooter at Colorado State last year; Luka Bogavac was a sniper in the Adriatic Basketball Association; Henri […]
The answer here, on the surface, is obvious: don’t allow runs. But what are the factors which go into a bullpen that’s good at run prevention? There are some obvious metrics which clearly have an impact. A high strikeout rate, for example: you can’t score, if you are carrying your bat back to the dugout. […]
For little over a decade now the Dallas Cowboys have been pretty consistent about how they choose to approach free agency year after year. They’ve chosen to shop from the “bargain bin” for about 11 years now and haven’t really paid an outside free agent over $6 million annually in that timeframe. This approach to […]
Sometimes in this job I feel a bit like Liz Lemon at the end of January. You’re telling me 2026 just got started? More than one half of Mizzou’s roster got turned over, yet we’re 8.5 percent of the way through the calendar year?? The transfer portal can do that to you. The fast and […]
For much of the season, Northwestern has faced plenty of criticism in three areas: late-game defense, rebounding and three-point shooting. It hasn’t necessarily been unwarranted — the Wildcats’ defensive breakdowns in the final minutes have cost them several games this season (most recently against UCLA), while NU’s 32.2% three-point shooting and 33.1 average total rebounds […]
The Chargers will have a ton of money to spend this offseason as their potential to reach over $100 million in cap space is high with just a few smart cuts to current contracts. Now that seems like a lot to work with — and it is — but the Bolts also have some in-house […]
The rumor mill will never stop churning on who/when/why/how Manchester United’s next big signing will be, but the indications recently have pointed toward a certain Mancunian in Blue who has made a name for himself down south in the capital. Chelsea’s Cole Palmer, a Wythenshawe native and boyhood United supporter, has had a hard time […]
Maryland women’s basketball’s gauntlet of ranked opponents has not gone the way it and head coach Brenda Frese would have hoped. The banged-up Terps have lost three straight, and four out of their last five games, including their most recent two in heartbreaking fashion in overtime. Due to its recent results, Maryland faces what many […]
Penn State has a host of players at the Senior Bowl this week — Kaytron Allen, Dani Dennis-Sutton, Zane Durant, Zakee Wheatley, and Nicholas Singleton are all representing the blue and white in Mobile, Alabama, Unfortunately for Nick Singleton though, his week has come to an end. He got hurt during Thursday’s practice, with Rich […]
Greetings, BBN! The midweek action has brought every team in the conference to either seven or eight games played, with Texas A&M leading the charge at 6-1 and LSU and Oklahoma bringing up the rear at 1-7. Arkansas, Alabama, and Vanderbilt all won Tuesday night to improve their positioning near the top of the standings, […]
The Cleveland Browns started training camp with five quarterbacks on their roster and a very open competition. In the end, the Browns traded away two of the quarterbacks, released one, added another, and kept both of the rookies. In the end, all five of the original quarterbacks started games in the NFL last year (their […]
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In another sign that spring training is drawing closer, today the Mariners announced their 2026 NRIs. If you’ve been with us for a while, you know that NRI stands for “non-roster invite”: that is, the players who are not on the 40-man who nonetheless receive an invite to spring training, and the perks (and per […]
Aston Villa head into the weekend just four points out of first place, so they are very much Premier League title contenders, full stop. You can stop debating if the Villans are in the race or not; they are. However, they do have a pretty long injury/fitness concern list. It is extensive enough that it […]
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IT’S SHOWTIME, BABYYYYYYYY. On Friday night, under the lights of Mizzou Arena, the no. 7 Missouri Tigers will welcome in no. 2 Louisiana Statue University for a battle of jungle cats. It’s an opportunity for the black & gold Tigers to get their first signature win of the season, after close losses to both Oklahoma […]
The 2026 World Cup is a few months away, and Mauricio Pochettino spoke some piercing words about the “duty” of players and coaches to comment on World Cup ticket prices. We discuss his comments on Episode 173. In a virtual press conference yesterday, Pochettino was asked whether FIFA was doing all it could to make […]