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Connor Bedard will play his first preseason game with the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, ushering in a new era in the Windy City. Gone are the perennial superstars and three-time Stanley Cup champions Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. No longer are the Hawks a constant threat to come out of the Western Conference come […]

Let’s start this bold predictions piece with a bold prediction: the 2023-24 Edmonton Oilers are the best team in the Western Conference without a recent Stanley Cup. To put it more simply: the Oilers are one of the premier squads in the West, along with the Colorado Avalanche (2022 SC champions) and Vegas Golden Knights […]

If you talk to any Ottawa fan about the goal for the Senators 2023-24 season, you’ll probably hear the same thing over and over: make the playoffs. The Senators haven’t qualified for the dance since advancing to the Eastern Conference Final in 2017, and fans across Canada’s national capital are itching for April hockey in […]

After missing over half of the 2022-23 season due to hip surgery, Washington Capitals star forward Nicklas Backstrom made a massive revelation from training camp on Wednesday. “I’m 100 percent,” the Stanley Cup champion confirmed to the Associated Press this week. “I’ve done everything I can this summer. I worked really hard and really excited […]

The Calgary Flames have lost their 2019 first-round pick before the puck drops on the 2023-24 season, after Jakob Pelletier suffered a shoulder injury in the team’s preseason tilt against the Seattle Kraken on Monday night. Pelletier was injured in the home half of a split-squad exhibition game at the Saddledome in Calgary, after he […]

It’s been a long few seasons for Ottawa Senators forward Josh Norris, who played just eight games in 2022-23 after suffering a shoulder injury that necessitated surgery and ended the 24-year-olds campaign. But after an offseason of recovery and rehab, the young star took a step in the right direction at training camp on Wednesday. […]

The Philadelphia Flyers have been one of the more interesting teams over the last 13 years in terms of playoff success. After making an incredible run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2010, the Flyers lost two tough second-round battles the following two seasons. From the 2012-13 campaign until the end of 2020, Philly rotated […]

It genuinely is hard to picture how the 2023-24 NFL season could have gotten off to a worse start for Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos. Not only 0-3, they are coming off one of the most embarrassing losses in league history after a 70-20 beatdown at the hands of the Miami Dolphins in Week […]

The best player on the Anaheim Ducks roster remains without a contract after the team and star forward Trevor Zegras were unable to get an extension hammered out ahead of training camp. Zegras remains away from the team as he awaits a new deal; the restricted free agent joins defensemen Jamie Drysdale as the only […]

The fact that Evgeny Kuznetsov remains a Washington Capital with training camp underway is somewhat surprising considering the Russian was on the trade block this summer and officially requested a move. It was always going to be difficult to deal the 31-year-old, as he’s making over $7 million AAV for the next two years and […]

It’s been a nightmare season for Nolan Arenado’s St. Louis Cardinals, who came into the 2023 campaign with high expectations and were out of the running for a playoff berth by mid-August. This will be the first year without playoff baseball in Missouri since 2018. The 32-year-old Arenado was officially shut down with lower-back spasms […]

After nearly two years away from game action, Philadelphia Flyers forward Sean Couturier was back on the ice with his teammates in the squad’s first preseason contest on Monday night. The 30-year-old underwent back surgery twice since 2021, and hasn’t played a regular-season game since December of that year. “I’ve been waiting for this moment […]

The San Jose Sharks were a perennial Stanley Cup contender for over a decade, advancing to the Stanley Cup Final in 2016 and knocking on the door of Western Conference supremacy various other times in the 2010s. But after being one of the top teams in the NHL for so long, it only made sense […]

Pittsburgh Penguins fans rightly wondering where Erik Karlsson and Kris Letang will play with the man advantage during the 2023-24 season got their answer on Monday — head coach Mike Sullivan confirmed that both defensemen would see time on PP1 to start the year. “The power play is very important to Erik and Kris,” Sullivan […]

Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens were unable to remain undefeated in Week 3, losing a nailbiter to the Indianapolis Colts in overtime to fall to 2-1. Jackson believes his team should have won the game in the extra frame, especially as the Ravens were a field goal away from the victory with 3:25 remaining […]

The Miami Dolphins put the National Football League on notice in Week 3, absolutely destroying the Denver Broncos 70-20 and putting up the most points in a league game since 1966. Tua Tagovailoa’s team is already looking like the class of the NFL, and the young star explained the decision not to try to break […]

The Los Angeles Chargers finally got a win under their belt in a thrilling 28-24 victory against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 3 — but they may have lost Mike Williams in the process. “Remains to be seen today whether or not Mike Williams escaped major injury, he’s going to have an MRI today, but […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to string together wins as October baseball approaches — and infielder Miguel Rojas proved on Sunday that the team is having fun while doing it. Rojas was mic’d up during the second inning of the Dodgers’ 3-2 walk-off win against the San Francisco Giants, and politely let the ESPN announcers […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are one of the only National Hockey League teams that have won a Stanley Cup in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. They’ve been a Stanley Cup contender for the better part of 30 years, led by past superstars Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr, and a few of the game’s most marketable current […]

Joe Burrow’s status for Week 3 is the biggest storyline heading into a Cincinnati Bengals-Los Angeles Rams clash on Monday Night Football. The superstar quarterback is day-to-day due to an ankle injury, and his ability to take to the field will go a long way in determining whether the Bengals can avoid the nightmare 0-3 […]

For the first time in three seasons, the Minnesota Twins are back on top of the AL Central. After defeating the Los Angeles Angels 8-6 on Friday night, the 82-72 Twins will be playing postseason baseball in October. Barring a miracle, the Twins will be the American League’s No. 3 seed, meaning they’ll likely play […]

The Washington Capitals have suffered playoff heartbreak after playoff heartbreak in the Alexander Ovechkin era — but they broke through and won the Stanley Cup in 2018, so all past failures have been forgiven. But this has been a perennial regular season juggernaut that has failed to advance past the second round every season except […]

Michael Andlauer is officially the new owner of the Ottawa Senators, and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman believes the franchise is in good hands after the publicized sale process. “I don’t think there’s anybody who should have any concerns about the future of this franchise,” Bettman said on Friday while introducing Andlauer as the team’s new […]

Clayton Keller had a breakout season for the Arizona Coyotes in 2022-23, and the way he’s improving, general manager Bill Armstrong believes he could end up being one of the best players in franchise history. “Just being around him, [Keller] is a competitor,” Armstrong explained to NHL.com’s Amalie Benjamin ahead of the NHL Global Series […]

The Vegas Golden Knights advanced to the Stanley Cup Final in their inaugural season, shocking the hockey world and coming within three victories of claiming hockey’s top prize against Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in 2018. Five years later, and the 2022-23 iteration of the Knights finally got the job done, dominating in the […]

Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl are the two most important players on the San Jose Sharks roster after Erik Karlsson was traded to Pittsburgh this summer — but the longtime forwards might not be in California for too much longer. With the Sharks set to be one of the worst teams in the National Hockey […]

It’s been a tough first three weeks of the season for the New York Giants — but the first half of each contest has been an absolute nightmare for Daniel Jones’ team. In Week 1, the Giants trailed the Dallas Cowboys 26-0 at halftime. In Week 2, the Arizona Cardinals opened up a 20-0 lead […]

The Colorado Avalanche sorely missed Valeri Nichushkin for the final five games of their Round 1 series against the Seattle Kraken in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The talented winger was away from the team after an incident at a Seattle hotel that resulted in the 28-year-old going back to his home country of Russia. […]

Marc-Andre Fleury is preparing for his 20th National Hockey League season, and the three-time Stanley Cup champion isn’t ready to hang up the skates just yet. The well-liked goaltender spoke to the media as the Minnesota Wild opened training camp ahead of the 2023-24 campaign on Thursday. “I just told myself I would give myself […]

The San Francisco 49ers blew out the New York Giants 30-12 on Thursday Night Football in Week 3, and things got heated between the two teams right before the end of the first half. Although it looked like 49ers’ offensive lineman Trent Williams threw a punch at Giants’ pass rusher A’Shawn Robinson, he downplayed the […]

The Colorado Avalanche entered the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs with the full expectation of returning to the Finals for the second straight year. But after a shocking seven-game exit at the hands of the Seattle Kraken in Round 1, it’s been a longer offseason than anyone in Denver anticipated. Still, the possibility of a three-peat in […]

The Miami Marlins could have a huge piece of their starting rotation back for the end of the regular season, as reigning NL Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara will make a rehab start for the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp on Thursday. “Sandy Alcantara will start tonight for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. The Jumbo Shrimp are […]

Corbin Carroll has virtually locked up the National League Rookie of the Year Award as he continues an incredible season with the Arizona Diamondbacks — and the 23-year-old added some history to his inaugural campaign on Wednesday night. In the D-backs’ 7-1 win over the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field, Carroll stole two bases […]

Josh Donaldson has gotten off to an excellent start with the Milwaukee Brewers, highlighted by a three-run moonshot in Wednesday night’s 8-2 win against the St. Louis Cardinals — and his teammates are taking notice. “Ever since he’s been here, you could feel his presence,” Brewers outfielder Tyrone Taylor said after the game, per MLB.com’s […]

As another frantic NHL Free Agency period has come and gone, one important unrestricted free agent remains without a new team — three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Kane. The 34-year-old continues to rehab from hip surgery this summer, and according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, there’s one team that has significant interest in the […]

After playing through an ankle injury for the first two games of the Cincinnati Bengals season, superstar quarterback Joe Burrow received a positive update from coach Zac Taylor ahead of a crucial Week 3 matchup with the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. “It’s been an encouraging early part of the week,” Taylor told Rich […]

The Cleveland Browns have brought a familiar face back into the fold, signing Kareem Hunt to a one-year deal worth up to $4 million in the wake of Nick Chubb’s devastating knee injury in Week 2. Hunt has a chance to play when the Browns host the Tennessee Titans in Week 3 on Sunday afternoon, […]

Less than a day after the Chicago Bears released backup QB Nathan Peterman, the team is bringing the 29-year-old back into the fold. “The Bears have re-signed QB Nathan Peterman to the 53-man roster, per source,” reported NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero on Thursday morning. It’s an odd turn of events in Illinois after the Bears […]

The playoff hopes are fading for Giancarlo Stanton and the 76-76 New York Yankees, but despite being 8.5 games back in the AL wildcard race, the slugger isn’t giving up on the 2023 campaign just yet. “A lot of things I gotta work and adjust on,” Stanton said after the Yankees lost 6-1 to the […]