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The New Jersey Devils have high expectations for the 2023-24 season, and general manager Tom Fitzgerald believes that the sport’s highest prize is an attainable goal. “The standard has been set, expectations have been set and now it’s go time,” Fitzgerald told NHL.com’s Mike G. Morreale this week. “Our goal is to play the best […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers won their 11th game in a row on Thursday night, outlasting the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 behind Austin Barnes’ first home run of the 2023 season — and Nomar Garciaparra called it. “I’m going with Austin Barnes,” the former MLB shortstop said before the game. “I know he hasn’t had one, today […]

Major League Soccer might not yet be on the same level as Europe’s top leagues, but it is catching up — at least according to Lionel Messi. The global superstar spoke to media on Thursday for the first time since joining Inter Miami as a free agent back in July. “I think it has every […]

Julio Rodriguez has been nothing short of outstanding as the Seattle Mariners have climbed back into contention for an American League wild card spot — and he put on a show against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday afternoon. Rodriguez amassed five hits, including his 20th home run of the year, as the Mariners edged […]

The 2023 postseason expectations were sky high for the New York Rangers after acquiring Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko at the NHL Trade Deadline. After advancing to the Eastern Conference Final the year before and now equipped with an even better roster, it seemed that the Rangers had as good a chance as any East […]

The Carolina Hurricanes advanced to the Eastern Conference Final in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the team is arguably going to be even better next season after a few shrewd offseason moves. Canes GM Don Waddell signed sandpaper forward Michael Bunting and the best defenseman available on the free agent market in Dmitry Orlov […]

The Minnesota Wild are entering the 2023-24 season in a very uncertain spot. The squad as constructed on paper is good enough to make the playoffs, but the team hasn’t won a postseason round since 2015 — nearly a decade ago. Something needs to change for the State of Hockey in order to have postseason […]

After 12 seasons in the National Hockey League, Montreal Canadiens forward Paul Byron is hanging up the skates for good, according to La Presse’s Richard Labbe. The 34-year-old missed the entire 2022-23 season due to a hip injury. His four-year, $13.6 million contract signed back in September of 2018 expired over the summer. Habs GM […]

It’s no surprise to hockey fans that the Boston Bruins are going to look a lot different on opening night in 2023 than they did a year ago. The team has been absolutely gutted, most notably by the expected retirements of longtime faces of the franchise in Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci. Those two hanging […]

Just under two months after being arrested on a charge of driving under the influence, former West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins is entering a 12-month diversion program, according to the Associated Press. Huggins resigned from the program just a day after the arrest, and will now enter the program to resolve the drunk […]

When Edwin Diaz underwent patellar tendon surgery to repair a torn patellar tendon in March of 2023, it seemed almost impossible that the star closer would pitch again this season. Although that’s still nowhere near confirmed, Diaz threw off a mound in the bullpen on Wednesday, manager Buck Showalter told reporters. “[Edwin] threw down in […]

Although the National Hockey League’s offseason is usually peak time for tracking unrestricted free agents, there are always some intriguing names in restricted free agency each summer. That was especially true in 2023, as this year’s class of restricted free agents was headlined by Alex DeBrincat, Troy Terry and Vince Dunn, among others. With NHL […]

Vegas Golden Knights superstar Mark Stone played through a fractured wrist in the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers — and incredibly scored a hat trick in Game 5 to help his team win its inaugural championship. Stone confirmed on the Pat McAfee Show this week that he “took a whack” to his left […]

It’s been a difficult decade for the Winnipeg Jets, who have had a glaring lack of playoff success since relocating from Atlanta at the beginning of the 2011-12 season. A 2018 Western Conference Final is the best result in Manitoba, which, like 2023, ended in a five-game loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. Although the […]

It’s been just a day since former Louisville basketball commit Trentyn Flowers announced his decision to leave the school and go pro in Australia — and the 18-year-old has already received death threats, his mother confirmed on Twitter on Monday night. I will tolerate a lot of things….fans can be unhappy with this decision, but […]

David Krejci has only been retired for 24 hours, and the former Boston Bruin has already shut down a potential career in coaching. The 37-year-old was made available to reporters on Tuesday morning, and made it clear that that is not a path he will consider anytime soon. “There’s no way I can do what […]

Umpire Angel Hernandez lost again in his racial discrimination lawsuit against Major League Baseball after the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2021 ruling that granted the league a summary judgment, according to the Associated Press. “Hernandez has failed to establish a statistically significant disparity between the promotion rates of white and minority […]

The Ottawa Senators have failed to advance to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of the last six National Hockey League seasons — but head coach DJ Smith thinks the team is competitive enough to knock on the door in 2023-24. The squad has made significant changes to the roster for the second straight season, […]

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish made history against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night, becoming the all-time MLB strikeout leader among pitchers born in Japan. “With his 6th strikeout of the night, Yu Darvish brought his career total to 1,919,” tweeted ESPN Stats & Info. “That moved him past Hideo Nomo for the […]

With only six full NHL drafts under their belt, and boasting the title of 2023 Stanley Cup champions, it’s very fair that the Vegas Golden Knights have one of the weaker prospect pipelines in the league. But with a championship summer well underway, no one in Las Vegas is too concerned about that right now, […]

The Colorado Avalanche are primed to be perennial Stanley Cup contenders for the next few seasons, led by three of the league’s best players in Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen. And the 2022 champs also have a decent prospect pool with multiple players with the potential to play in the National Hockey League […]

There was a time when the aging Washington Capitals had probably the most shallow prospect pool of any National Hockey League team. A perennial Stanley Cup contender, the Caps have had a tremendous run in the Alex Ovechkin era, winning a ring in 2018 and enjoying several Presidents Trophies over the last decade. But along […]

The New England Patriots have agreed to sign offensive lineman Micah Vanterpool, KPRC 2 Houston’s Aaron Wilson reported on Sunday. Vanterpool is the second USFL player added to the team’s roster in under 12 hours; the Pats signed CJ Marable over the weekend as well. The free agent and Hawaii native played for the New […]

It seems like the Nashville Predators can’t decide whether they want to blow it up and rebuild or try to compete for a postseason spot in the Central Division next season. They haven’t won a playoff round since 2018, the year after they made a run all the way to the Stanley Cup Final, losing […]

The New York Islanders have been one of the better teams in the National Hockey League over the past five seasons, advancing to back-to-back Eastern Conference Finals in 2020 and 2021 before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning. But reinforcements are not on the way for the Long Island franchise ahead […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have not had their top rookie on the field at all this offseason, but that could be changing soon after Josh McDaniels provided a positive update on Tyree Wilson on Thursday. “Not going to put a timeline on it but…if we keep headed in the right direction, it shouldn’t be too […]

The Texas Rangers continue to surge in the American League, winning eight straight games to remain in first place in the AL West — and reinforcements are on their way. Both catcher Jonah Heim and starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi are ahead of schedule in their respective injury recoveries, according to manager Bruce Bochy. “Some good […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed one of the top unrestricted free agent goaltenders left on the market, inking veteran Martin Jones to a one-year deal, Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reported on Wednesday. “Leafs have signed free agent goaltender Martin Jones to a one-year, $875,000 deal,” wrote Seravalli. “Quality insurance.” The 33-year-old spent the 2022-23 […]

It’s not very often that a juggernaut National Hockey League team also has a stacked prospect pipeline — but that’s exactly the position the 2023-24 New Jersey Devils find themselves in ahead of another hockey season. The Devils came within three wins of advancing to the Eastern Conference Final in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, […]

The Arizona Coyotes are one step closer to building a new arena after the team released a statement on Wednesday confirming that owner Alex Meruelo plans to purchase land in Mesa for a potential entertainment district. “We can confirm that Coyotes Owner, Chairman & Governor Alex Meruelo has executed a Letter of Intent to purchase […]

Mike Hoffman was a San Jose Shark for less than a day in 2018, and the 33-year-old is hoping that his second stint in the Bay Area will be much more fruitful than the first time around. Hoffman was traded from the Senators to the Sharks in June of 2018, and flipped to the Panthers […]

After two years off of professional hockey, Brandon Sutter is looking to make a National Hockey League comeback — and he’ll have the chance to do it with the Edmonton Oilers in 2023-24. Sutter is joining the Oilers for training camp in September on a professional tryout agreement, team reporter Bob Stauffer confirmed on Tuesday […]

Despite a solid outing from starting pitcher Miles Mikolas, the St. Louis Cardinals lost again on Tuesday night — and the veteran partly blames himself for the team’s continued struggles. “Guys like [Paul Goldschmidt] and myself — older guys who are team leaders — I feel like part of this is my fault,” Mikolas said […]

The Florida Panthers were the cinderella story of the 2022-23 NHL season, barely advancing to the postseason before making an incredible run all the way to the Stanley Cup Final. Although it was a storybook run for the South Florida franchise, the team can’t be expecting too much help from their prospect pool. It is […]

The University of Georgia has fired recruiting staffer Victoria Bowles, the individual who survived a car crash in January that killed Devin Willock and Chandler LeCroy, just under a month after she filed a lawsuit against the university’s athletic association. Bowles was dismissed because she “refused to cooperate with an internal investigation into the crash,” […]

It certainly wasn’t a deep goaltending class when the 2023 NHL Free Agency period opened, but there were some solid netminders available on July 1. Most of the top available goalies stayed with their current teams; that included Frederik Andersen and Antti Raanta, who both re-signed with the Carolina Hurricanes. Tristan Jarry stayed put with the […]

It’s been an offseason full of questions after Chris Kreider’s New York Rangers were eliminated in the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs — and the veteran forward is still feeling the heartbreak of the team’s defeat to the New Jersey Devils this past spring. “Like every guy on the team, I’ve got […]

The Florida Panthers were the cinderella story of the 2022-23 NHL season, barely advancing to the Stanley Cup Playoffs before making an incredible run all the way to the Stanley Cup Final. Although they were outclassed by the Vegas Golden Knights in the sport’s ultimate series, it was extremely encouraging that the core led by […]

Former Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Jaylen Nowell is one of the better free agents still available on the market, and although the Dallas Mavericks were reportedly interested in signing the 24-year-old, that no longer seems to be the case. “I know there were some recent reports that Jaylen Nowell from Minnesota is a potential target. […]