Steve Silverman Articles - Page 17

Carlos Alcaraz was on the ropes of his heavyweight championship battle at the French Open with Jannik Sinner. He was certainly down — but not out — when he trailed badly late in the fourth set. However, despite facing a deficit of 2 sets to 1 while trailing 3-5 and serving at love-40,  Alcaraz never […]

Justin Jefferson has done an excellent job of establishing himself as one of the elite receivers in the NFL. As Jefferson prepares for his sixth season with the Minnesota Vikings, he knows he can make the toughest catches under the most difficult of circumstances. However, Jefferson will be working with his third starting quarterback in […]

The Boston Red Sox have not lived up to expectations this season, but they have one of the highest rated prospects in their organization. Roman Anthony is considered the top professional prospect throughout the minor leagues, and the Red Sox are likely to promote him from Triple-A Worcester at some point this season. The Sox  […]

The Boston Red Sox want to turn their season around after falling to fourth place in the American League East. They sent their ace pitcher Garrett Crochet to the mound Saturday night in their first series of the year against the New York Yankees. “Knowing you’re playing the Yankees, who are always good, you got […]

The Boston Bruins have been one of the NHL’s most consistent and successful teams. Prior to this season, they had been to the Stanley Cup playoffs in eight consecutive seasons. Going back to the 1967-68 season — Bobby Orr’s second year with the team — the Bruins had made an appearance in the postseason 49 […]

Aryna Sabalenka was the heavy favorite in her French Open championship match against Coco Gauff, but the American’s resilience and Sabalenka’s unforced errors prevented her from winning the title. Sabalenka appeared to be on her way to an easy victory when she opened the match by winning four of the first five games and racing […]

The New England Patriots are hoping that new head coach Mike Vrabel can bring about a major turnaround in the team’s fortunes. The Patriots have finished in last place of the AFC East in each of the last two years, and the one-time NFL powerhouse has a long way to go before it can win […]

The New England Patriots have been struggling for multiple seasons since the end of their dominant championship run. Tom Brady last put on a Patriots uniform in the 2019 season and Bill Belichick is beginning a new chapter to his career with the University of North Carolina football team. Head coach Mike Vrabel is trying […]

The Boston Red Sox have not had much to feel good about this season, as the team that was expected to fight for a playoff spot and possibly contend for the American League East title has fallen to fourth place in the division. After a halting start, the team has fallen into a deep hole […]

There were quite a few rumblings during the latter stages of the Dallas Stars playoff run that Peter DeBoer needed to direct his team to the Stanley Cup — or at least a spot in the Finals — if he was going to remain as the team’s bench boss. That did not happen, as the […]

Former Boston Red Sox folk hero Kevin Millar still has faith that manager Alex Cora can turn the struggling team around despite the many problems Boston has had through the first third of the season. Much was expected of the Red Sox this season after they acquired star pitcher Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White […]

Major League Baseball’s pre-eminent slugger is not going to take part in the 2025 Home Run Derby at Truist Park in Atlanta prior to this year’s All-Star Game. Aaron Judge has once again declined to participate in the fan-pleasing event. Judge won the Home Run Derby as a rookie in 2017 but he has failed […]

The 2024-25 season was a disaster for the Boston Bruins. This perennial playoff team stumbled badly at the start of the season and head coach Jim Montgomery was fired early in the year. After a brief surge that indicated a return to playoff form was possible, the Bruins fell of a cliff in the Eastern […]

The Florida Panthers are not about to panic after losing Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals to the Edmonton Oilers. This is their third consecutive trip to the championship round and they are the defending champions after beating the Oilers in seven games a year ago. However, there were some troubling moments in the […]

Evan Longoria is going to retire from baseball, and he will say his goodbye in the uniform of the Tampa Bay Rays. Longoria has had a 16-year career in the Major Leagues, and the first 10 of those seasons were with the Rays. He became the first recognizable star the franchise had, and he played […]

The Boston Bruins have been all about consistency. Going into the 2024-25 season, they had made the playoffs every year since the 2016-17 season. They had been to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2019 and set the league record for most points and most wins in the 2022-23 season. While they were not expected to […]

The Chicago Cubs have been the dominant team in the National League Central Division through the first two months of the 2025 season. Prior to the Cubs’ series-ending Sunday afternoon game against the Cincinnati Reds, manager Craig Counsell and Chicago’s North Side team welcomed WNBA basketball legend Candace Parker to Wrigley Field. there's a WNBA […]

When it comes to explosive receiving talent, it’s difficult to find any wideout who can change a game quicker than Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins. He has had brilliant seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Dolphins. His game-changing speed is a major factor that can help the Dolphins get on the scoreboard […]

The Boston Red Sox have fallen badly throughout the month of May. Manager Alex Cora’s team suffered a pair of major injuries as star 3rd baseman Alex Bregman suffered a quad pull that is expected to keep him out at least two months. Bregman has been Boston’s best player in the first two months of […]

The Chicago Bears have been in the same position for two consecutive years in the NFL offseason. A year ago they drafted quarterback Caleb Williams from USC with the No. 1 pick, and many observers said that move allowed the Bears to “win” the offseason. During the current offseason, the Bears signed former Detroit Lions […]

The Boston Red Sox are in the midst of a brutal stretch that has seen them fall to fourth place in the American League East and one that threatens to ruin their 2025 season. While there is plenty of time to get back into contention, a huge injury to newcomer Alex Bregman has robbed the […]

The Green Bay Packers have been a playoff team with Jordan Love under center in each of the quarterback’s first two years as the team’s starter. However, the standards are incredibly high in Green Bay after back to back sensational runs with Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers at quarterback. Love has demonstrated that he is […]

The Chicago Bears have already had two Organized Training Activities (OTAs) since the NFL Draft in April. The Bears also have their mandatory minicamp scheduled between June 3 and 5. Head coach Ben Johnson has his work cut out for him in his first year with the team. The Bears are coming off a 5-12 […]

After more than two years away from the NHL, 15-year Chicago Blackhawks veteran Jonathan Toews is planning to return to the league in 2025-26. Toews has been working out and sharpening his skills in recent months, and he told his agent Pat Brisson that he wants to return to competition. Duncan Keith believes if anyone […]

The Boston Bruins have been one of the most consistent teams in the NHL, but that tendency escaped them during the 2024-25 season. Not only did the Bruins fail to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2015-16 season, they finished in last place in the Atlantic Division. The Bruins had many flaws […]

The Boston Bruins have seen teams like the New York Rangers and the Chicago Blackhawks hire new coaches since the end of the regular season. The Bruins are still in the process of interviewing candidates, and while they are getting closer, they are still working out the details before they hire their next head coach. […]

Jonathan Toews has been out of the NHL since the conclusion of the 2022-23 season. The former captain of the Chicago Blackhawks left after a mysterious illness, but he is determined to make a comeback at the age of 37. The three-time Stanley Cup champion has let his agent know that he has been skating […]

The Boston Red Sox had high hopes at the start of the season. After signing All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman along with pitchers Garrett Crochet and Walker Buehler, the Red Sox thought they had upgraded their roster significantly. The fact that they had three highly respected prospects in Kristian Campbell, Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs had high hopes at the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs. They had finished in first place in the Atlantic Division, and the thought among many NHL experts was that the continued maturity of stars Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews along with the presence of hard-nosed head coach Craig Berube would […]

The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the most successful NFL teams in recent seasons. Their effectiveness coincides with the hiring of head coach Kevin O’Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. The Vikings went 13-4 in the 2022 season and won the NFC North that year, and they put together a 14-3 season last year […]

The Chicago Cubs (32-21) have been one of the most successful teams in the National League this season. The source of their success has been a relentless offensive attack that has seen them become the highest-scoring team in baseball, one that regularly sees its hitters drive the ball over the fence. Several of their victories […]

Tage Thompson skated in on Swiss star goalie Leonardo Genoni early in overtime and whistled a shot over the record-setting goaltender’s blocker and into the net. The goal gave Team USA a 1-0 victory and the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Championship, the first for the Americans since 1933. Team USA accepts the #MensWorlds trophy […]

No player in recent NFL history has tortured the Chicago Bears more than Aaron Rodgers. The former Green Bay Packers quarterback had a history of domination when he took the field in Chicago or Green Bay to play the Bears. Whether the Packers were on a winning streak or they were struggling, the sight of […]

The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers are in first place in the National League West. That’s where they usually are in nearly every season. But the Dodgers are being pushed hard in the division by the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres. The fourth-place Arizona Diamondbacks are within reach as well. […]

When a team holds its rookie minicamp, the idea is for the drafted players and the undrafted rookies to get their first taste of the way an NFL team organizes its practice sessions, the way coaches relate and teach the game and to get their first glimpse of the team’s playbook. It is rare for […]

Alex Bregman has been the best player for the Boston Red Sox through the first third of the Major League season. The team is going to have to get along without him for a significant portion of the schedule after he strained his quad muscle Friday night. Bregman had hope immediately after that the injury […]

Rafael Devers was the coldest player in the Major Leagues at the start of the season. He failed to get a hit in his first 21 at bats and struck out 15 times. As the 2025 season approaches the Memorial Day milestone, Devers may be the hottest hitter in the sport. The Red Sox slugger […]

The magical season of Alex Ovechkin may have come to its conclusion when the Capitals were defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. However, the honors continue to pile up for the Russian sharpshooter. After the 39-year-old scored 44 goals during the regular season and became the NHL’s […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder has gotten the early jump on the Minnesota Timberwolves in winning three of the first four games of the Western Conference finals. The first two games were in Oklahoma City and the Thunder won Game 4 in Minnesota. "[The Thunder] put that belt on the [Timberwolves], with the buckle… This series […]