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Ryan Day and his Ohio State football program are looking to regain their footing as the Big Ten champions and as a team that has a shot at the National Championship. As they start the season, Day has a loaded team and it looks like they will be able to battle Georgia, Oregon and Texas […]

The New England Patriots are in a complete rebuild mode as they prepare for the 2024 season. Owner Robert Kraft made the difficult decision to fire Bill Belichick and that means the Patriots are in a new era with Jerod Mayo taking over as head coach. In some ways, when a team is at the […]

The Seattle Seahawks are going to have a different look and a new approach this season. Much of it has to do with the change the team made at the top as head coach Pete Carroll was dismissed at the end of the 2023 season and replace by Mike MacDonald. Carroll, 72, had been an […]

The Seattle Seahawks are beginning a new era this year as Mike Macdonald takes over at head coach after the 14-year tenure of Pete Carroll. There were some cracks in the foundation in recent years, but Carroll was the only coach in Seahawks history to win a Super Bowl and his enthusiastic attitude led to […]

The Boston Celtics are on the verge of winning their 18th NBA Championship after winning the first three games of their NBA Finals Series with the Dallas Mavericks. The Celtics registered a blowout victory in Game 1 of the series and two much closer wins since, and former Boston great Bob Cousy has had a […]

The Cleveland Browns are clearly a team that is on the rise. Head coach Kevin Stefanski saw his team contend with major injuries to quarterback Deshaun Watson and running back Nick Chubb, yet the Browns still finished with an 11-6 record and made the AFC playoffs as a Wild Card team. While the Browns got […]

The Detroit Lions are a team on a mission in 2024. They are coming off the best season they have ever had in the Super Bowl era as they won the NFC North title and two postseason games. While they fell short in the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers, head coach Dan […]

The Boston Celtics are one win away from capturing the 18th NBA championship in team history. They take a 3-0 lead into Friday’s Game 4 against the Dallas Mavericks. A win in that game on the road will complete the championship run. Even if the Mavs survive Game 4, the Celtic will have an opportunity […]

The St. Louis Blues endured a difficult season in 2023-24 as the team failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive year. General manager Doug Armstrong is clearly running out of patience with the team that won the only Stanley Cup in team history five years ago. The Blues could make a […]

When Brooks Koepka was one of the leading performers on the PGA Tour, he was known for his ability to come up with his best shots at the most important moments. The five-time major champion has also been outspoken about his play, the conditions of multiple golf courses and the tendencies of his opponents. He […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been one of the most predictable teams in the National Hockey League. Every season they are viewed as one of the most physically talented teams in the league and they regularly perform well during the regular season. But the playoffs are another story. Once the Maple Leafs reach the postseason […]

The New York Jets are expecting that the 2024 season will be one that sees them get out of the doldrums they have dogged them since the conclusion of the 2010 season. The Jets made it to the AFC Championship Game that season, but they have not even competed in a playoff game since then. […]

The New York Giants are hoping to get back on track in the 2024 season after backsliding in 2023 and failing to make the playoffs. They had multiple problems on both sides of the ball, but it was their offense that truly failed them. The Giants were 6-11 last year and they scored just 266 […]

The New York Giants received the news they were expecting Sunday when veteran tight end Darren Waller decided to retire at the age of 31. The Giants acquired Waller from the Las Vegas Raiders prior to the 2023 season with the hope that he could give them a significant upgrade for several seasons. That did […]

The New York Yankees have been having a dominant season as they have answered all questions throughout the first 66 games of the season. The Yankees have gotten excellent pitching, clutch hitting and solid defense since opening the season. The pitching appeared to be an issue when ace Gerrit Cole was sidelined with nerve inflammation […]

The third jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown went to an upset winner in Dornoch, as he earned first place in the Belmont Stakes and held off hard-charging Mindframe for the historic victory. Jayson Werth’s horse Dornoch just won the Belmont Stakes! https://t.co/NvdlHEIW1z — Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) June 8, 2024 Dornoch, co-owned by former Philadelphia […]

The New York Rangers were the best team in the NHL during the regular season. That fact offers little comfort to the team’s players, executives of their long-suffering fans. The Rangers were able to defeat the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but they were outplayed and defeated by the Florida […]

There is quite a bit of pressure on Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day every year, but it has multiplied quite a bit in recent seasons. Ohio State has lost three straight games to archrival Michigan, and Buckeyes supporters have run out of patience. But as the 2024 season approaches, there’s reason for optimism […]

The Chicago Bears have made quite a few headlines this offseason and there is optimism around a team that has not been to the NFL playoffs since the 2020 season and has not won a postseason game since 2005. The Bears have struggled on offense for multiple seasons, but they believe they have answered many […]

Scottie Scheffler is trying to put his controversial arrest in mid-May while participating in the PGA Championship behind him. All charges stemming from the incident were subsequently dropped, but photos of both the bruise suffered by the arresting officer and torn clothes have been released by the Louisville Police Department. LMPD has released a bunch […]

The Minnesota Vikings decided to change the direction and the face of the franchise during the 2024 NFL offseason. It is a move that has taken courage and has been applauded at several levels throughout the NFL. However, discarding Kirk Cousins and failing to re-sign pass rush specialist Danielle Hunter may prove to be quite […]

The Edmonton Oilers have made it to the Stanley Cup Final and depending on what side of the fence you look at it from, it was either a long time coming or a complete surprise. The Oilers have Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, who may be the NHL’s modern version of Wayne Gretzky and Mark […]

A new era is about to begin for the Minnesota Vikings. General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O’Connell came to the conclusion during the past two seasons that veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins may have been a great guy in the locker room with impressive passing statistics, but he was not going to be […]

Golf may have its next dominant champion as Yuka Saso won the the U.S. Women’s Open title at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club Sunday, firing a 2-under 68 in the final round to capture the title. The 22-year-old Saso has already won the U.S. Open twice in her career. https://twitter.com/uswomensopen/status/1797392226185580863 Saso also won the 2021 U.S. […]

The Boston Celtics are all about the serious business of trying to win the NBA Championship, a title that would be the 18th in team history. They will have home court advantage when they tip off against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 at the TD Garden Thursday night. The matchup features superstars Jayson Tatum […]

It stands to reason that rumors involving wide receiver Justin Jefferson of the Minnesota Vikings are going to pick up steam in the weeks to come. Jefferson heads into the 2024 season in the final year of his contract with the Vikings and the two sides have not worked out a new deal yet. You […]

The Green Bay Packers enjoyed a dynamic surge at the end of the regular season last year and that allowed Matt LaFleur’s team to go from below .500 to a winning record and a spot in the NFC playoffs. The Packers improved dramatically as the season came to a close, and they made the most […]

The Chicago Bears have endured five straight non-winning seasons since they won 12 games during the 2018 season. Despite their past struggles, many observers are expecting a big change from the Bears this season. They managed a 7-10 record last season, and they have added two eye-catching draft picks in quarterback Caleb Williams and wide […]

The New York Yankees (40-19) have played sensational baseball through the first two-plus months of the season, and they find themselves in first place in the American League East by 2.0 games over the defending champion Baltimore Orioles. One of the primary reasons has been their success with the bats, and nobody has been hotter […]

New York Mets fans of a certain age remember that there was a time when they had a team that was capable of inspiring fear in their opponents. In particular, the 1986 Mets were a dominating organization that combined pitching, defense, power hitting and situational hitting. The Mets would win the World Series that year […]

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys are coming off a season in which they unseated the Philadelphia Eagles and won the NFC East title. They went into the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the NFC, and the thought was that they would have an epic confrontation with the San Francisco 49ers for the […]

The Dodgers are in first place in the National League West, and they have a 6.5-game lead over the second place San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres. However, they are not on any kind of hot streak, having split their last 10 games as they prepare to host the Colorado Rockies Friday night. They […]

The Miami Dolphins had moments where they appeared to be a legitimate threat to have a special 2023 season that could have resulted in a run at the Super Bowl. The Dolphins won five of their first six games in 2023, and one of those victories was a 70-20 drubbing of the Denver Broncos. While […]

The moves and machinations of the NFL offseason are basically complete at this point. As teams move through minicamps and OTAs, the 32 head coaches in the NFL have a strong idea of who they will be leading in the 2024 season. While there will be additional moves throughout training camp, the major strengths of […]

The Boston Red Sox have been able to exceed expectations to this point in the year because their starting pitching has been much better than expected. Nick Pivetta has been a big part of the starting rotation, and he put his name in the team’s record book Thursday night when the Red Sox hosted the […]

The New England Patriots are several years removed from their run as an NFL powerhouse. Their GOAT quarterback left the team several years ago and is preparing for his broadcasting career. Their long-time head coach — often ranked with Vince Lombardi as the greatest of all-time — was dismissed at the conclusion of last season […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been one of the more interesting and active teams during the NFL offseason. While they made the playoffs last year, they were often underwhelming from an offensive point of view. As a result, they made several changes at the quarterback position. Former first-round draft choice Kenny Pickett was traded to the […]

Brady Skjei is approaching free agency. Once the Stanley Cup is handed out at the end of June, the NHL Draft and free agency will be the next big events on the league’s calendar. Skjei has become one of the most desirable players who will be available when free agents are allowed to sign new […]

The Kansas City Chiefs have become the dominant team in the NFL. They have won three Super Bowl titles in the last five seasons, and it seems clear that when the biggest game of the year is on the line, quarterback Patrick Mahomes will find a way to make the play that decides the game […]