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Jimmie Johnson found himself at the center of a lighthearted social media moment during the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, prompting a hilarious reaction from Dale Earnhardt Jr.
The Dodgers allowed nine runs in the sixth inning to turn a close Game 1 into a Blue Jays rout on Friday night. On Saturday in Game 2, Los Angeles will try to leave Rogers Centre in Toronto with a split. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was the rock of the Dodgers pitching staff this season, the only […]
Virginia Tech has had a rough season at 2-5, but for one night, they turned back the clock. They reminded us of the electric atmosphere it can be in Lane Stadium during a win. Virginia Tech knocked Cal 42-34, as they ran for over 350 yards. I’m interim head coach giving Phillip Montgomery high marks … Continue reading »
Virginia Tech has had a rough season at 2-5, but for one night, they turned back the clock. They reminded us of the electric atmosphere it can be in Lane Stadium during a win. Virginia Tech knocked Cal 42-34, as they ran for over 350 yards. I’m interim head coach giving Phillip Montgomery high marks … Continue reading »
The Dodgers got back to the World Series by riding a starting rotation on an otherworldly run this month. That earned Blake Snell extra rope in Game 1 but he tripped on it, and the Blue Jays pounced in a nine-run sixth inning in an 11-4 blowout on Friday night at Rogers Centre in Toronto, […]
Dodgers 4 Blue Jays 11 When you get nine runs in one inning, you generally win. The sixth inning was all we would really need. The sixth inning went: Just a terrific inning. Most runs scored in a single inning in the World Series since 1968. Trey Yesavage didn’t have his best stuff, but he […]
Washington went into Dallas and beat the Mavericks, 117-107. The Wizards’ bench played a significant role in the outcome of this game. It started ugly with the Mavericks going up by as many as 14 points. Towards the end of the first quarter, Tre Johnson and Cam Whitmore entered the game while Kyshawn George returned […]
Full disclosure: I am not an unbiased writer here. My mom went to Washington State. My dad went to Washington State. I was born and raised into the Crimson and Grey, which was really the only sports fandom— besides the Mariners— that it was emphasized that I will root for. Everyone else was extemporaneous. That […]
ter a scandal-wracked Thursday the Portland Trail Blazers will take the floor tonight against the Golden State Warriors. This will be the first game with Interim Head Coach Tiago Splitter at the helm. It’ll be interesting to see if the Blazers can keep up their furious pace—and constant substitution patterns—from their opening-night tilt versus the […]
The Pelicans provided a much tougher test for the Silver and Black tonight than the poorly constructed roster of the Mavericks on Wednesday. The combination of elite shooting and ball movement kept the Spurs defense off balance as the home crowd kept the environment hostile for the Spurs. It was a good learning experience for […]
They can’t all be hanging in The Louvre. Sometimes you have to find a way to to grind them out and the Devils did just that, taking down the Sharks 3-1 tonight on the strength of 2 PP goals from Dougie and a heavy dose of shot suppression. The word this season has been maturity, […]
No. 4 Maryland men’s soccer’s offense often circulates through the left flank, with Luca Costabile and Stephane Njike linking up in the attacking half. The duo creates waves of pressure with relentless crosses into the box, totaling six goals and five assists on the season. That rang true in Friday’s top-15 conference clash against No. […]
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It was a chilly day for a big ranked matchup between two Big Ten geographical rivals in Maryland # 11 and our # 17 Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Emily Nichols for Rutgers and Alyssa Klebassko for the Terps had a game duel for the ages at goaltender for each side today. Maryland had 9 total shots […]
In what is starting to feel like an annual occurrence, the Boston College men’s hockey team was defeated by Denver on Friday night, falling to the Pioneers by a score of 7-3. This was the fourth time in the last three seasons that BC has lost to Denver and while they were able to put […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers grabbed their first win of the season, seemingly despite their best intentions. The Cavaliers nearly coughed up a 25-point second-half lead to the lowly Brooklyn Nets before securing a 131-124 victory. This will go down as a win in the standings, but it was hardly one to feel good about for the […]
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Porter Martone is really good at this whole hockey thing. Tonight, he and the newly no. 1 ranked team Michigan State Spartans opened their weekend series with the Northern Michigan Wildcats, and Martone made his mark early and often. Coming off of a strong showing against Boston University , the Flyers’ 6th overall pick stayed hot, cashing in himself and picking up another helper. Just about midway through the first period, Martone was able to keep the...
Kenny Atkinson praised the Brooklyn Nets for how much trouble they gave his team last year before tipoff this evening. With Cleveland eyeing a Larry O’Brien and the Nets eyeing ping pong balls, they gave Cleveland more than any game preview expected, especially in November, when Brooklyn nearly ended their perfect start to the season. […]
Anytime the New York Knicks (2-0) beat the Boston Celtics (0-2) is a holiday at our house. Tonight at MSG, our heroes creamed them in the second quarter by 28 points, and that was enough to offset a shaky second half. Final score, Knicks 105, Celtics 95. Despite the team shooting 38% tonight, all the […]
I am so sure that consternation reigns/ rains. Though I like all Cardinal fans certainly was hoping for a better performance by the new look Louisville Cardinals, my u-trou are not in a wad after an exhibition against tough Kansas. More important than the anticipation by the pumped Friday night crowd was the anticipation and […]
The most anticipated Louisville men’s basketball season in some time got off on a sour note Friday night, with the Cardinals falling to visiting Kansas, 90-82, in exhibition play. The Jayhawks scored the game’s first nine points, and outside of a few minutes in the middle of the first half, the visitors pretty much controlled […]
Who says it’s just an exhibition game!? Friday night could not have been more perfect for Big Blue Nation, as the ninth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats manhandled top-ranked Purdue 78-65. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more satisfying exhibition win at any level of sports than this was, and for good reason. Exhibitions are typically for getting […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers won their first game of the season, knocking down the Brooklyn Nets 131-124. It wasn’t pretty at the end, but a win is a win. Cleveland started this game as you’d expect: up by double digits. The night followed this trend through three quarters, with the Cavs firmly in the driver’s seat […]
The Celtics fought really hard to get back into the game after losing the 2nd quarter by 28 points. However, they just were not able to overcome it as the Knicks beat them 105-95. Josh Hart returned to the Knicks lineup after missing their win on Wednesday against the Cavaliers. He did not start as […]
Nebraska held its annual wrestle-offs Friday at the Hendricks Training Complex in front of a wrestling room full of fans. Here is some of the action before we dive into things. Now, here are the weight-by-weight notes: 125 pounds Nebraska’s three 125-pounders competed in a round robin with a starting spot on the line. Redshirt […]
The Wildcats finally put on a show last time they took the field, but then they got a week off. Will that week result in rust, or in more improvement? We’ll see, but it had better be the latter if The Streak is to continue. The Game The Kansas State Wildcats (3-4, 2-2 Big 12) visit […]