Steve Silverman Articles - Page 2

There are 16 teams in the NHL’s Eastern Conference and the New York Rangers find themselves at the bottom of the standings. The Rangers don’t look like a last-place team when their roster is analyzed, but that’s just what they are. The Rangers have struggled badly when playing at home (5-13-4) this season, and the […]

The New England Patriots have passed all the tests they have faced to this point in the season. They earned the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs  and the AFC East title as quarterback Drake Maye came of age in his second year in the NFL and head coach Mike Vrabel instilled new life […]

The Buffalo Bills had every chance to let their season slip through their grasp in the Wild Card round against the Jacksonville Jaguars. They were on the road with an injury-riddled offense against one of the hottest teams in the AFC. They were trailing 24-20 late in the fourth quarter when Josh Allen took over […]

The Chicago Bears continue to write new chapters to their remarkable season and now they host the powerful Los Angeles Rams in the divisional playoffs. The Bears and quarterback Caleb Williams delivered a remarkable fourth quarter in their 31-27 triumph over the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round. Williams led the Bears to […]

The Los Angeles Chargers have had two solid seasons with Jim Harbaugh as head coach and two disastrous playoff appearances. A year after they were pummeled by the Houston Texans in the Wild Card game, the New England Patriots shut them down in the same round and ended their season with a 16-3 defeat. Something […]

The season ended in disastrous fashion for the Green Bay Packers. After losing their last four games of the regular season, the Packers thought they were getting a break when the Philadelphia Eagles lost their final regular-season game and finished as the No. 3 seed in the NFC playoff structure. That meant the Chicago Bears […]

The San Francisco 49ers were clear underdogs in their Wild Card game with the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Not only did the Niners have to fly into the Eastern time zone to play a road game, but the Eagles were also well-rested since Nick Sirianni rested nearly all of his key players in […]

There are a lot of angry Green Bay Packers fans following the team’s 31-27 loss to the Chicago Bears in the Wild Card game. The Packers had dominated the game int he first half, going up and down the field with little trouble, and quarterback Jordan Love was tearing up the Chicago defense. Green Bay […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars had high hopes of going on a long run in the postseason after a brilliant regular season that saw them go 13-4 and win the AFC South division. However, they were unable to take advantage of their home field status in the Wild Card round as they dropped a 27-24 decision to […]

The Green Bay Packers concluded the season by losing their last 5 games. None of those losses was worse than the final one, as they dropped a 31-27 decision to the Chicago Bears in Saturday night’s Wild Card game at Soldier Field. The Packers dominated the game in the first half and took a 21-3 […]

The Los Angeles Rams escaped with their lives and a victory in their Wild Card meeting with the Carolina Panthers when quarterback Matthew Stafford came through with a pair of 4th quarter touchdown passes to secure a 34-31 triumph and advance to the divisional playoffs. Stafford hit tight end Colby Parkinson with a 19-yard TD […]

The Boston Bruins have been fighting to remain in playoff contention this season as head coach Marco Sturm’s team looks for consistency. The team’s usual formula is to score 2 or 3 goals and hope the defense and goaltending can keep opponents from putting the puck in the net more than that. It's a double […]

The Ottawa Senators are fighting for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and while they have a winning record at 20-18-5, they are in last place in the Atlantic Division. As they prepare to host the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers Saturday night, they are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games and […]

The Carolina Hurricanes are the top team in the Metropolitan Division as they take the ice Saturday against the Seattle Kraken. The Hurricanes have split their last 10 games, going 5-5-0, but they still lead the second-place New York Islanders by 4 points. The Hurricanes got some excellent news at their morning practice as star […]

The U.S. Olympic hockey team has unfinished business. It was less than a year ago that the Americans were in the championship game of the 4 Nations Face-Off against Canada at the TD Garden in Boston. The U.S. went toe to toe with the Canadians in that game and the title was not decided until […]

The New Jersey Devils have been one of the most disappointing teams in the NHL. At the start of the season, they appeared to be one of the favorites to win the Metropolitan Division and possibly represent the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals. However, this has been a season where preseason expectations mean […]

There has been plenty of conversation about the ice surface that will be used by the Olympic hockey players in Milan, Italy. In recent months, there have been dire forecasts that Santagiulia Arena would not be up to the standards of NHL arenas that so many of the Olympians are used to playing in. The […]

It seems the Philadelphia Eagles are one of the forgotten teams as this year’s playoffs get underway. While they won the NFC East once again and they are the defending Super Bowl champions, they do not seem to be getting much respect at this point in the year. The Eagles did have several lulls during […]

One of the star players who left the PGA Tour nearly 4 years ago would like to rejoin the organization. Brooks Koepka was one of the best players in the world when he decided to join the Saudi Arabia-based LIV Tour in 2022. Koepka has split from LIV and sources indicate that he would like […]

The Green Bay Packers have something of a problem. They are going into hostile territory Saturday to play the Chicago Bears in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The Packers have not won a game since they defeated the Bears by a 28-21 margin in Week 14. The Packers have lost 4 straight games […]

The Oregon Ducks have their sights set on winning the national championship, and they are just two steps away from reaching their goal. However, those steps will be the most challenging of the season. First, they must beat top-ranked and Big Ten champion Indiana in the Peach Bowl Friday night. This is a huge game […]

One of the most surprising developments of the 2025 season was the rise of the Carolina Panthers in the NFC South Division. The Panthers may not have had a winning record at 8-9, but it was good enough to win the division title. They had the same record as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the […]

The New Jersey Devils are supposed to be one of the most explosive and dangerous teams in the NHL’s Eastern Conference. Instead, they are going through one of their worst stretches in recent memory and they have absorbed some painful beatings in recent weeks. #NEWS: We've activated D Simon Nemec off injured reserve. pic.twitter.com/xgedR5bQJO — […]

The St. Louis Blues endured a long night in their meeting with the rival Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center Wednesday night. The Blues got off to a sharp start when they scored inside the first 30 seconds, but the game quickly got out of hand as the Blackhawks rolled to a 7-3 triumph. Chicago […]

The New York Yankees will have multiple goals for the 2026 season. The first thing they want to do is get back to the top of the American League East Division. The Toronto Blue Jays slipped by the Yankees last year and were in charge of the World Series until there was one out in […]

If the Buffalo Bills are going to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars and go on a run in the AFC playoffs, they are going to have to ignore a key football truism. Football is a team game and that the play of a superstar is not enough to help a team win any game — let […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers made the playoffs as a result of a lucky miss by Baltimore Ravens PK Tyler Loop at the conclusion of the Week 18 game between the two bitter rivals. If Loop had been successful on his 44-yard field goal attempt as time expired, the Ravens would be getting ready to host the […]

The New England Patriots are once again one of the elite teams in the NFL. They have risen from the bottom of the AFC East to the top spot and they have become the No. 2 seed in the AFC behind the Denver Broncos. The Patriots appear to be prepared for the battle and should […]

The Chicago Bears have had a tremendously successful regular season. They were a last-place team a year ago, and that led to the team hiring Ben Johnson as their new head coach. It was clear from the moment he was hired that his primary job was turning No. 1 draft pick Caleb Williams into a […]

The Green Bay Packers may be going into the playoffs with a 4-game losing streak, but they are breathing easier as they prepare for their Wild Card game against the Bears. That’s because the Philadelphia Eagles gave away the final game of the season and lost to the Washington Commanders. If the Eagles had won […]

Alabama had high hopes of playing a competitive game and coming out with a victory over top-ranked Indiana in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl. The thought for head coach Kalen DeBoer’s team was that if the Crimson Tide could offer a fairly productive ground attack and hold the Hoosiers in check […]

Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog is likely to miss significant time after crashing into the goal post during the second period of the team’s 2-1 loss to the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar was able to provide some detail after Landeskog needed help getting to the Colorado dressing room following […]

The Chicago Bears are going into the NFC playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the conference. They are also going into the postseason with a 2-game losing streak. A week after dropping a 42-38 decision to the San Francisco 49ers on the road in Week 17, the Bears returned to Soldier Field and suffered […]

The Chicago Bears are going to the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the NFC. They had a chance to finish as the top seed, but they lost that opportunity with a loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Week 17 and they followed that up by losing the regular-season finale to the Detroit […]

The Cincinnati Bengals finished yet another disappointing season as they dropped the last game of the year to the Cleveland Browns. The Bengals were unable to hold on to a late lead and the Browns won the game 20-18 when PK Andre Szmyt kicked a 49-yard field goal on the final play. The Bengals finished […]

The Green Bay Packers are about to put the end of the regular season behind them. They closed the year with a 16-3 defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings and they lost their last 4 games. Nevertheless, the Packers (9-7-1) are going to playoffs as the 7th seed in the NFC playoff structure, […]

The Minnesota Vikings headed into the home stretch of the season with a disastrous 4-8 record and they were buried in last place in the NFC North. But instead of accepting their fate and continuing their losing ways, they closed the season with 5 consecutive wins and finished the season with a winning 9-8 record. […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a new all-time goal-scoring leader. Auston Matthews scored a pair of goals Saturday night against the New York Islanders, giving him 421 goals in his career. The 28-year-old center is in his 10th-year with the storied franchise. He passed Hall of Famer Mats Sundin when he buried his second goal […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers did their part in Week 18 by handing the Carolina Panthers a 16-14 defeat, and now they are rooting for the New Orleans Saints to take down the Atlanta Falcons. If the Saints are victorious, the Bucs will win the NFC South title. "I am [a Saints fan] tomorrow." @PSchrags with […]