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Portland Trail Blazers Have ‘Serious Interest’ in Jaylen Brown Trade: What Would Make It Worth It For Boston Celtics?

A new report claims the Portland Trail Blazers have “serious interest” in a Jaylen Brown trade. However, can they make […]

Kentucky vs. Auburn game thread and pregame reading

The Kentucky Wildcats will travel to the Plains to take on the Auburn Tigers on Saturday night. Sitting at 2-5 overall and 0-5 in conference play, the Cats are steep underdogs against the 4-4 Tigers. Auburn is a 10.5-point favorite over the Cats even as they’ve struggled this season. Both head coaches look like lame […]

WS 6: Dodgers 3, Blue Jays 1

G1: Blue Jays 11, Dodgers 4 G2: Dodgers 5, Blue Jays 1 G3: Dodgers 6, Blue Jays 5 (18) G4: Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 2 G5: Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1 G6: Dodgers 3, Blue Jays 1 G7: ? Dodgers - 003 000 000 - 3  4  0 Blue Jays - 001 000 000 - 1  8  0 The last World Series to that needed a Game 7 was in 2019, when the Nationals beat the Astros 6-2. The home team lost every game in that series. Since then, the World Series has been completed in six, six, six, five, and five games. Max...

Wizards vs. Magic GameThread

The Washington Wizards host the Orlando Magic tonight at 7 p.m. ET. Watch on Monumental Sports Network. Washington has a healthy roster because Bilal Coulibaly is back and let’s see what Matt Modderno and Jahadi White had to say about that yesterday. Let’s get a second home win, shall we?

Kicker Modeling: Part 1

As promised, I started working on a model to predict transfer portal kicker success. Here’s the prelude to this article in case you missed it. I originally focused training the models exclusively on players who entered the portal, but quickly found that the limited sample caused wildly inaccurate predictions with insufficient range to cover top-end […]

Canadiens vs. Senators: Game thread, lines, and how to watch

Game 12: Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators Start time:  7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada:  Sportsnet One (English), TVA Sports (French) Streaming: ESPN+, Sportsnet+ The Montreal Canadiens return home after earning three wins on their road trip. All three were claimed by Jakub Dobeš, with the one loss going on Samuel Montembeault’s record, though we all know how much of a role the officials played in the game in Edmonton. Nevertheless, Montembeault still allowed six goals in t...

World Series open thread: Game 7

This is it. The winner gets a trophy, a ring, and a parade. The loser gets to be sad like all the rest of us. The Dodgers forced this game in dramatic fashion following an exciting game-ending double play and now it’s up to Shohei Ohtani to help lead them to the promised land for […]

Immediate Reaction: Real Madrid 4-0 Valencia

Real Madrid 4-0 Valencia (Mbappé x2, Bellingham & Carreras). The wins keep on coming… Here is the reaction to the game. Other stuff: Player ratings, interviews and a podcast. The Clásico was won, but Dani Carvajal was lost as a result after picking up a knee injury. For the Valencia fixture, Trent Alexander-Arnold continued to be deemed unfit […]

Philadelphia Eagles trade for Jaire Alexander before Green Bay Packers game in Week 10

When the Green Bay Packers host the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football next week, there will be a familiar face wearing midnight green and white on the visitor’s sideline. On Saturday afternoon, the Eagles acquired cornerback Jaire Alexander from the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for a swap of late-round draft picks. Philadelphia sends a […]

Ravens trade CB Jaire Alexander to Eagles

The Ravens are trading Jaire Alexander to the Eagles for a 2026 sixth-round draft pick, per a team announcement. Baltimore will send a 2027 seventh-rounder to Philadelphia as part of the deal. Alexander signed a one-year, $4 million deal with the Ravens this past offseason after being released by the Packers. Despite hopes that he […]

Penguins/Jets Recap: Tough day for Silovs, Pens in loss to Winnipeg

Pregame The Penguins get Harrison Brunicke back in the lineup, Matt Dumba goes out. Also out for the game is Justin Brazeau (undisclosed upper body injury, day-to-day), which gets Philip Tomasino back in the action. Arturs Silovs takes his turn in net. First period Ugly start for the Penguins, Gabriel Vilardi finds himself come open […]

Pete Carroll compliments Sean McVay’s coaching tree

The Las Vegas Raiders and the Jacksonville Jaguars face off this weekend. Ahead of the matchup, Raiders coach Pete Carroll told reporters that Jags coach Liam Coen comes from the coaching tree Carroll respects the most—that of the Los Angeles Rams’ leading man Sean McVay: “He’s got all of the good stuff that’s going around […]

What Cooley’s Extension Means for Connor Bedard

Now that Logan Cooley got his massive extension from the Utah Mammoth, it begs the question as to what that means for Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks .  Cooley, 21, in his third NHL season, landed an eight-year, $10M AAV long-term deal after two terrific years to begin his career. Bedard, the No. 1 overall pick the year after Cooley's draft, is also in his third campaign, and had similar numbers over his first two years.  Insider Pierre LeBrun brings us up to date on the Bed...

Second Half Open Thread

Raise your hand if you knew this one was going to be a battle. The Florida Gators are playing hard for interim coach Billy Gonzalez, they’ve gotten the benefit of a couple of interesting calls, and the Bulldog secondary chipped in with a couple of blown coverages. A sloppy, slightly chippy thirty minutes of football […]

Duke 46, Clemson 45: Five Critical Plays

Duke traveled to Death Valley and beat Clemson 46-45 in a thrilling game. This was the first Duke victory in Death Valley in 45 years since a Ben Bennett quarterbacked squad won 34-17 on 10/18/1980. Nate Sheppard ran for a 3-yards touchdown with 40 seconds remaining to go in the game to pull Duke within […]

How the Spurs should handle De’Aaron Fox’s return

The San Antonio Spurs are off to their best start in franchise history, and the good news doesn’t stop with their 5-0 record. They’ve done it all without several key members of the team, including all-star guard De’Aaron Fox. The athletic point guard was expected to be out for the first couple of weeks of […]

HUSKERS GAME DAY: Are the Trojans’ Midwestern Road Woes Real?

Early in the week, the USC Trojans opened as a -6.5 point favorite against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on many betting lines as the teams began their weekly preparations for the Blackout tilt in Lincoln tonight. The Trojans are generally seen as deeper and more talented than the Cornhuskers and, if anything, the public opinion seemed […]

Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves are quickly forming a bromance

Lakers fans have been blessed to start this season. Five of LA’s first six games have featured a 40-point performance from their backcourt of Austin Reaves and Luka Dončić. The pairing is going back and forth with their record-setting starts to the season, but they’re also building quite the friendship as well. Fans first got […]