Steve Silverman Articles - Page 24

The Utah Jazz endured the most difficult of seasons. After dropping their season finale to the Minnesota Timberwolves by a 116-105 margin, they clinched having the worst record in the NBA. The Jazz finished the season with a 17-65 record, one game worse than the Washington Wizards who closed the year with an 18-64 record. […]

The Boston Red Sox got beaten up in a recent home series against the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston lost the first three games of the series before salvaging the finale in extra innings. While the last game of that series was going on, Red Sox television announcers Dave O’Brien and Will Middlebrooks breathed a sigh […]

Skip Bayless is the master of the hot take. The sports commentator and talk-show host is known for his opinions that regularly draw both applause and anger from viewers and readers who take in his opinions. On the eve of the final round of the Masters, Bayless offered his opinion that third-round leader Rory McIlroy […]

The Red Sox are hoping to return to glory in 2025, and a big part of their hopes revolve around their starting pitching rotation. The biggest move they made in the offseason was trading for powerful left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox, and he is off to a notable start with his […]

Rory McIlroy has been waiting more than 10 years to fulfill his career aspirations of completing golf’s grand slam by winning all four major tournaments. He needs to win the Masters to finish that journey, and McIlroy started the third round of the first major of the 2025 season as though he would not be […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been searching for a winning starting quarterback for years. Head coach Mike Tomlin knew he had a winning signal caller on his hands when Ben Roethlisberger was under center, but the Steelers have been badly lacking since the conclusion of the 2021 season. The Steelers were hoping that former Pittsburgh Panther […]

The Boston Red Sox have been forced to make a move at the backup catcher position after the fractured little finger suffered by starter Connor Wong. Boston has signed former All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal to a minor league contract. If and when the Red Sox bring him up to the big-league level, he will play […]

The Philadelphia Flyers look like a new team since they parted company with former head coach John Tortorella in late March. They have won four of their five games since Tortorella’s dismissal, and their last game was an 8-5 triumph over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers were led by youngster […]

It has been a season to forget for the Boston Bruins. One of the league’s best and most consistent teams for decades, the Bruins are fighting to stay out of last place in the Eastern Conference this season. One of the reasons for their fall from grace has been injuries, and they will not have […]

Shedeur Sanders is going to be one of the stars of the upcoming NFL Draft. He figures to be a high first-round draft choice, possibly going as high as the No. 3 pick and getting selected by the New York Giants. “The problem with Shedeur is if you don't think he's a top ten pick, […]

This is an NHL regular season to remember for the league’s Senior Skatesmen. While Alex Ovechkin has commanded the majority of the headlines as he has chased down Wayne Gretzky and is now in a first-place tie with the Great One for most career goals in the history of the league, Sidney Crosby continues to […]

Cooper Flagg has been widely recognized for his accomplishments with the Duke Blue Devils this season. His achievements have now reached an historic level as he won the 2025 Wooden Award as the best player in college basketball. Cooper Flagg joins elite company as the fourth freshman to win the Wooden Award behind Kevin Durant, […]

The Boston Red Sox believe they have their new ace of the pitching staff in Garrett Crochet. Acquired in the offseason from the Chicago White Sox, Crochet came to an agreement with the Red Sox on a 6-year, $170 million deal earlier this week, and he came through with a dominant effort shortly thereafter in […]

Aaron Judge is the standard bearer and the best player on the New York Yankees. If it were not for the presence of Shohei Ohtani dominating for the Los Angeles Dodgers, it is quite likely Judge would be recognized as the best player in Major League Baseball. ALL RISE FOR THE JUDGE 🧑‍⚖️ Aaron goes […]

The Boston Red Sox started the season slowly with three losses in their first four games on the road against the Texas Rangers. None of their big hitters — including newly acquired Alex Bregman — were able to come through in clutch hitting situations. Manager Alex Cora knows it’s a long season and there was […]

The Golden State Warriors have shown dramatic improvement since the franchise traded for Jimmy Butler earlier in the year. The team was viewed as a borderline playoff participant before Butler was acquired from the Miami Heat. The Warriors have risen to the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference, and head coach Steve Kerr’s team […]

The Dallas Cowboys go into every season with the hope of winning the NFC East title and making a long run in the playoffs. The teams’ many fans have largely been disappointed for years, and the 2024 season was no exception. The Cowboys won the NFC East crown in 2023 and while they got smoked […]

The Auburn Tigers are going to the Final Four following their 70-64 triumph over Michigan State, becoming the last of the top seeds to advance to the tournament’s semifinal games in San Antonio. The Tigers were led by Johni Broome, who scored 25 points and added 14 rebounds despite taking a fall in the second […]

Baltimore Ravens placekicker Justin Tucker is still in limbo as the team is awaiting the finding of an NFL investigation on his behavior before it determines his future with the team. The record-setting kicker’s career is under a cloud following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Team president Sashi Brown addressed Tucker’s situation at the annual […]

The New York Yankees  are off to a spectacular start in the 2025 Major League Baseball season. They swept a three-game series at Yankee Stadium from the Milwaukee Brewers and Aaron Boone’s team blasted a record-tying 15 home runs in the first 3 games of the year. The New York Yankees have tied a major-league […]

The New England Patriots are a long way from the team that was the scourge of the NFL when Bill Belichick was the head coach and Tom Brady was the team’s leader under center. While the glory days of the Patriots are not quite ancient history, the team has been moving in the wrong direction […]

The new-look Boston Red Sox are hoping to add to their starting pitching staff in the coming weeks when Lucas Giolito is able to take his spot in the rotation. Giolito has started the season on the 15-day injured list to start the season. He threw a bullpen session Friday and manager Alex Cora says […]

It was a record-setting day for the New York Yankees and a day to forget for former Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes. The Yankees bashed nine home runs as they pummeled the Milwaukee Brewers 20-9 in the second game of the season. Aaron Judge led the way by drilling three home runs at Yankee Stadium. AARON […]

The NFL calendar continues its steady and unending march. The first phases of NFL free agency have come and gone, and while most teams continue to search for bargain players that fit well on the roster, it’s time for the 32 teams in Roger Goodell’s dominion to concentrate on the NFL Draft. That includes the […]

The Chicago Bears have been one of the most active teams since the end of the 2024 NFL season. The biggest move was the hiring of Ben Johnson as head coach. He was the architect of the Detroit Lions offense, a unit that was largely unstoppable for the majority of the season. Since the Bears […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are widely acknowledged to be the best team in baseball. The defending World Series champions have gotten off to a solid start by beating the Chicago Cubs in their first two games of the season when both teams opened the season in Tokyo, and they defeated the Detroit Tigers in their […]

The Boston Red Sox made several huge moves in the offseason to improve the team. The biggest move among position players was the signing of former Astros star 3rd baseman Alex Bregman to upgrade the lineup. While there is little doubt that Bregman’s strong right-handed bat appears to be a huge weapon to have at […]

The Minnesota Vikings have not slammed the door shut on Aaron Rodgers just yet. It seems that they would like to turn their quarterback responsibilities over to J.J. McCarthy for the coming season and that’s just what they will do if last year’s first-round selection is healthy and able to handle the responsibilities that head […]

Sidney Crosby continues to prove he ranks with the greatest players in the history of the National Hockey League. While his Penguins languish in the standings, Crosby continues to put eye-opening and record setting numbers on the scoreboard. He scored his 26th goal and 80th point of the season in the first period of Thursday […]

The Boston Red Sox are hoping to put an improved team on the field in 2025 after adding starting pitchers Garrett Crochet and Walker Buehler along with All-Star 3rd baseman Alex Bregman. They have gotten off to an encouraging start after opening the season with a 5-2 road victory over the Texas Rangers. However, the […]

The Boston Bruins have been one of the most successful teams in the NHL throughout the past decade. They have been to the playoffs  every year since 2016-17, making the Stanley Cup Finals in 2019 and setting the league record for wins and points in 2023. However, they have fallen apart in recent weeks and […]

The New England Patriots were a last-place team in the AFC East in 2024, but they are determined to avoid that fate in 2025. The Patriots have been quite active in free agency, signing DT Milton Williams from the Philadelphia Eagles, WR Stefon Diggs from the Houston Texans, CB Carlton Davis from the Detroit Lions, […]

The Philadelphia Flyers are enduring another losing season and they will miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive season and the sixth time in the last seven years. The only time they made the playoffs was in the Covid-altered 2020 season. The Flyers began the year with some degree of optimism because they […]

The Duke Blue Devils are playing the way a No. 1 seed is supposed to execute. Duke rolled to an 89-66 victory over 9th-seeded Baylor in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and moved on to the Sweet 16 with its second consecutive blowout victory. It was another solid day for freshman superstar Cooper […]

The Boston Bruins have endured a painful 2024-25 season that is almost certain to see them on the outside of the NHL’s Eastern Conference playoff structure for the first time since the 2015-16 season. The Bruins got off to a halting start when goaltender Jeremy Swayman held out for the majority of the team’s training […]

The Boston Red Sox have made some major moves since the end of the 2024 season and they appear to have a solid chance of returning to the playoffs in 2025. The big moves included adding starting pitchers Garrett Crochet and Walker Buehler along with All-Star 3rd baseman Alex Bregman. Crochet and Buehler figure to […]

The St. Louis Blues are fighting hard to get into the Stanley Cup playoffs and they took care of business Saturday afternoon as they registered a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. While the win helped the Blues climb into eighth place and the final spot in the Western Conference playoff structure, the victory was […]

The St. John’s Red Storm had a brilliant season under head coach Rick Pitino but it all came crashing down in the second round of the NCAA Tournament as the Arkansas Razorbacks put on an impressive defensive performance to pull off a 75-66 victory. The Red Storm played a strong defensive game and Pitino’s team […]

As the Duke Blue Devils prepare for their second-round game in the NCAA Tournament against 9th-seeded Baylor, head coach Jon Scheyer opened up about the nickname he was given during his high school and college days as a basketball star in the Chicago area. NBA veteran Patrick Beverley had referred to Scheyer with the nickname […]