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The Carolina Panthers are planning to sign free agent running back Rashaad Penny, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Details of the contract have not emerged, but Penny is slated to join his third NFL team in his seventh season in the league. Penny spent last year with the Philadelphia Eagles after signing a one-year […]

There will be a new center snapping the ball to Jalen Hurts this season for the Philadelphia Eagles, but that doesn’t mean longtime starter Jason Kelce won’t be around the team. The 13-year veteran who finished his career starting 167 consecutive games (including the postseason) retired in March after spending his entire NFL career with […]

It’s hard to argue there’s a baseball team on the planet right now that’s hotter than the Philadelphia Phillies. Owners of the best record in Major League Baseball, the Phillies have been on a tear over the last three weeks. That continued Sunday night with a 5-4 win over the San Francisco Giants. The win […]

It’s not uncommon to see Patrick Beverley’s name in the news during the NBA season. Even more so when his team, the Milwaukee Bucks, is in the middle of an intense first-round battle in the NBA playoffs. Beverley’s antics off the court is what got him in the headlines on Thursday night though which took […]

Almost every MLB team is dealing with injuries to their pitching staff during the 2024 season. Aces and relievers alike are dropping like flies and it is due to more than just arm injuries. Texas Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi left his start on Thursday in the sixth inning after feeling tightness in his groin. “It […]

Tiger Woods hasn’t played in the U.S. Open since 2020 and his entrance via winning majors expired for the 2024 edition of the tournament. As long as he’s able to play he’ll likely get the invitation and with his verbal commitment to be in the field at Pinehurst the United States Golf Association announced Thursday […]

It’s always hard for an athlete to look in the mirror and face some hard discussions about what could have been better after being eliminated from the playoffs. The Winnipeg Jets are having those tough moments after losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The series featured several […]

The Philadelphia Phillies boast one of Major League Baseball’s best starting rotations. The group has accumulated the most fWAR of any starting rotation in the MLB. Leading that core in Philadelphia is Zack Wheeler, the 34-year-old ace who has pitched like a perennial Cy Young candidate in 2024. That continued for Wheeler in his latest […]

Every MLB team is bound to go through injuries during the season. No team has quite had to deal with what the Boston Red Sox have had to go through in 2024. The Red Sox recently lost first baseman Triston Casas to injury, the fourth infielder to hit the injured list for Boston. As the […]

April MLB games are sometimes hard to complete thanks to the unpredictable spring weather in the United States. There are always bound to be several postponements and delays thanks to a thunderstorm or some rainfall. Tuesday’s NL West contest between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers was delayed for nearly two hours, but not […]

An overtime playoff game can be nerve-wracking for all parties. The stakes are raised even higher when it involves the possible elimination of a team. That was the case in Game 5 of the first-round series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. The Bruins were a goal away from ending […]

A team as talented as the Atlanta Braves is built to overcome injuries to their star players. Atlanta won the 2021 World Series without Ronald Acuna Jr. The Braves plan to compete for a title again this season and will have to do it without ace Spencer Strider. The loss of Strider put a bit […]

Few players under 23 years of age have captivated the MLB landscape like Elly De La Cruz has. The Cincinnati Reds shortstop is off to a blistering hot start, posting a .980 OPS in 29 games. What he’s doing on the base paths is perhaps his most impressive feat. De La Cruz has 18 steals […]

After six seasons and over 65 starts with the Dallas Cowboys, Michael Gallup has found a new home. The veteran wide receiver is signing a one-year deal worth up to $3 million with the Las Vegas Raiders, sources tell Adam Schefter. Gallup is coming off his worst season yet as a pro. He did not […]

The St. Louis Cardinals have been without a familiar face in the lineup since Opening Day. Outfielder Dylan Carlson, who is an everyday player when healthy, is slated to begin a rehab assignment in the minors this week, the team announced on Monday. Carlson injured his shoulder on March 25, three days before the 2024 […]

It may be another 10 years before Tom Brady NFL rumors stop completely, as we have our latest circling the trending news topic bars. Brady commented earlier this month on a potential return to the NFL for him as a player in the event a team goes through a midseason injury with their quarterback group. […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars ranked eighth in receiving yards last season, making the passing game the identity of their offense. After losing top receiver Calvin Ridley via free agency, the Jaguars signed Gabe Davis and drafted Brian Thomas Jr. in the first round, revamping the skill players on offense. Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke isn’t done […]

A lot has gone wrong for the Los Angeles Lakers in their first-round series against the Denver Nuggets. LA has blown double-digit leads in all three games in the series to trail three games to none and faces elimination the rest of the way against the defending champs after a second-half collapse in Game 3 […]

The Miami Marlins scratched left-handed pitcher Jesus Luzardo from his Friday start after he experienced elbow discomfort on Thursday, the team announced. He will undergo further testing to determine the extent of the injury. Luzardo, 26, is in his sixth MLB season and fourth with the Marlins after Miami acquired him via trade during the […]

The Philadelphia Eagles might’ve thought they hit the jackpot Thursday night with the way the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft unfolded. Sitting at pick No. 22, it was widely expected that the Eagles would try to move up to secure a top-end defensive talent. Philly stayed patient though and it paid off as […]

Darrell Green was a staple in the Washington Commanders franchise for two decades, putting together a Hall of Fame career as a stalwart in Washington’s secondary. 16 years after he earned his gold jacket and 22 years after his retirement from the NFL, Green is receiving the highest honor a Commanders player can get from […]

The Vegas Golden Knights have picked up right where they left off in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Following a 3-1 win in Game 2 of their first-round series against the Dallas Stars, the defending champs carry a 2-0 series lead back home with them to Vegas after snatching two victories in Dallas. The highlight of […]

It’s finally draft day and with that comes even more speculation as to which prospects will be selected during Thursday’s first round. There won’t be a surprise at No. 1 with USC quarterback Caleb Williams slated to be the first name off the board when the Chicago Bears are officially on the clock. Chicago’s second […]

Max Fried might not be the first name people think of when they are discussing the league’s most consistent pitchers. The Atlanta Braves lefty is in that conversation though and he brushed aside a poor start to the 2024 season with a brilliant pitching display on Tuesday night in Atlanta. Fried threw a complete game […]

The Vancouver Canucks did not pass their first test in the Stanley Cup Playoffs without starting goaltender Thatcher Demko, dropping Game 2 of their first-round matchup to the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Tuesday. Vancouver has to find a way to win without Demko as the 28-year-old is now week-to-week with an undisclosed injury, the Canucks […]

The New Jersey Devils announced Tuesday that forward Timo Meier is slated to have offseason surgery on his shoulder. The surgery will be performed by team doctors. It is not expected to keep Meier out for the start of training camp in September. In his first full season with the Devils, Meier scored 28 goals […]

There is no shortage of talent at the wide receiver position in this year’s NFL Draft, with three clearcut leaders of the pack in LSU’s Malik Nabers, Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr. and Washington’s Rome Odunze. Ask three people who they think is the best of the trio or which one has the highest ceiling […]

Last September, Texas Rangers rookie Evan Carter burst onto the scene with a two-month stretch any first-time big-leaguer would dream of. He capped it off with a World Series ring, but the 2024 season hasn’t been kind to the 21-year-old. Carter entered Sunday with a .194 batting average having registered more strikeouts than hits at […]

The money keeps coming in for Shohei Ohtani as the Los Angeles Dodgers star inked a long-term endorsement deal with sports technology company Rapsodo. Rapsodo announced the deal on Monday with a short video on X and the caption “For the one who lives, eats, and breathes baseball.” According to its website, Rapsodo is “a […]

With pitching injuries becoming a daily occurrence in the MLB this season, Cincinnati Reds right-hander Frankie Montas got some unfortunate luck during his abrupt start on Sunday. Montas was struck on the forearm by a ball at 101 mph off the bat of Taylor Ward in the first inning of the Reds’ 3-0 win over […]

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Merrill Kelly was scratched from his scheduled start on Sunday after feeling discomfort in his right shoulder, per D-backs beat writer Steve Gilbert. Although he underwent an MRI in San Francisco on Saturday, Kelly is slated for a second MRI in Phoenix on Monday, per ESPN. Kelly experienced the sensation while […]

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Thursday night that it’s launching an investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing Colorado Rockies hitting coach Hensley Meulens sitting in the cockpit of a United charter flight the team was on, per Chris Vanderveen. The since-deleted video, which Meulens posted on his Instagram account, shows the 56-year-old […]

Justin Verlander is slated to make his first start of the 2024 season on Friday when the Houston Astros open a three-game series against the Washington Nationals, per Astros manager Joe Espada. The long-anticipated debut comes perhaps sooner than some expected, but the Astros needed some good fortune and feel Verlander’s return can help right […]

Following a 6-4 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday – the third defeat in a four-game series against the AL Central leaders – Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora emphasized the need for his team to improve defensively. “It sounds repetitive, but we have to play better defense,” Cora said, per ESPN. “That’s the […]

It’s no secret that the Chicago Bears will probably select Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in next week’s NFL Draft. Which player is taken immediately after Williams is still a mystery, but the Washington Commanders aren’t keen on moving the pick via trade. Commanders general manager Adam Peters told reporters Thursday that […]

In the age of social media, it’s hard to keep things under wraps. Such is the case for NFL teams trying to plan official reveals for their new uniforms. The Detroit Lions are the latest team to get their jerseys leaked, but unlike most franchises in this situation, the Lions expected this and played into […]

Although out of the public eye other than posting short videos on social media for much of the last year, OJ Simpson’s death on April 10 was a significant story that swept the country. Simpson passed at the age of 76 after a battle with prostate cancer with his health rapidly declining over the last […]

The final day of the NHL regular season consisted of multiple milestone watches across the league’s four games in action on Wednesday. The Tampa Bay Lightning’s 6-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs was the main event, as superstars Nikita Kucherov and Auston Matthews vied for their 100th assist and 70th goal of the season, […]

Bill Belichick won’t have a coaching job in the NFL for the first time since 1975 this year, but he’s already dipping his hand in what could be his next line of work. The legendary head coach will be part of “The Pat McAfee Show Draft Spectacular” during the first round of the 2024 NFL […]