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The Tampa Bay Lightning appeared to be one of the NHL’s most dangerous teams in the final weeks of the regular season. At one point in the season, the Lightning appeared to be in jeopardy of missing the playoffs, but they rode the hot hand of Nikita Kucherov and leadership of Steven Stamkos to secure […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins surged at the end of the regular season and made a run at the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Despite a record of 8-2-2 in their last 12 games, the Penguins failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Pittsburgh had made the NHL postseason for 16 consecutive […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a familiar position as they take on the Boston Bruins in their first-round series of the Stanley Cup playoffs. They find themselves trailing by a 2-1 margin to their long-time rivals after dropping Game 3 at home on Wednesday night. Star forward William Nylander has been conspicuous by his […]

As the 2023 college football season kicked off in late August and early September, it was clear that Marvin Harrison Jr. was the best receiver in the nation. The Ohio State star had demonstrated excellent hands, route-running ability, the courage to come through in the clutch and a certain level of confidence that fewer players […]

The New England Patriots appeared to be a team that was in control of the 2024 NFL Draft. It seemed clear that the Chicago Bears would select Caleb Williams with the No. 1 pick and the Washington Commanders would take Jayden Daniels with the second pick. The Patriots were in position to draft North Carolina […]

There is little doubt that Charlie Woods would like to follow in his father’s footsteps when it comes to a career in golf. The younger Woods has been playing alongside Tiger Woods in a number of televised events over the years, and he has displayed a golf swing that has many excellent attributes and could […]

Everything is heightened during the NBA playoffs. The intensity coming from the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics has been notable as physical play has picked up from the often-routine regular season. In addition to the teams’ players and coaching staffs, fan reaction has gone over the edge as well. While both teams have been […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are often the subject of the blame game in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Despite having one of the most exciting and offensively explosive teams in the NHL, they have failed regularly in the postseason. While they start every playoff season with hope, they end it with regret. The Maple Leafs are […]

After weeks of hyperbole and theorizing what will happen on Draft Night, the big event is finally at hand. Commissioner Roger Goodell will go to the lectern in Detroit on Thursday night and introduce the next generation of potential NFL stars to the nation. The Chicago Bears have been in control of this offseason and […]

The Chicago Bears have the No. 1 pick in the draft and the Washington Commanders will pick second. However, the New England Patriots may control the 2024 NFL Draft with the No. 3 pick. The Bears and the Commanders are in the same position as the Patriots, as both of those teams need quarterbacks. The […]

The NFL Draft is days away, and the time has grown critical for the Minnesota Vikings. The primary need for the team remains the same — finding the team’s quarterback of the future. The departure of Kirk Cousins during free agency to the Atlanta Falcons meant that finding their next quarterback had to come in […]

Caleb Williams is likely to hear his name called first at the start of the NFL Draft Thursday night. When the NFL convenes its annual selection meeting in Detroit, the Chicago Bears have the first pick, and they are almost assuredly going to make the USC quarterback the No. 1 pick in the 2024 Draft. […]

There is little doubt that the Minnesota Vikings need to come up with their next quarterback in the 2024 draft. Just who that quarterback will be has yet to be determined. The quarterback choice will undoubtedly be the most important decision the Vikings make over the upcoming draft weekend, but it will not be their […]

The Boston Red Sox have been fighting hard to overcome preseason expectations that they would be a last-place team in the American League East. After opening the season with a 7-3 road trip, they struggled to a 3-7 homestand. The one consistency to the team’s performance to this point in the season has been a […]

It’s important to differentiate between the Ted Lindsay Award that goes to the NHL’s Most Outstanding Player and the Hart Trophy which is awarded to the league’s Most Valuable Player. It is a very difficult and narrow differentiation to make, but the Hart Trophy is one that has team implications, while the Lindsay Award is […]

The Boston Red Sox celebrated the 20th anniversary of their World Series championship team during their most recently completed homestand. Dave McCarty, a member of that championship team, died Friday after a cardiac event at the age of 54. Our hearts are heavy with the passing of Dave McCarty. Playing 3 seasons with the Red […]

The Miami Heat made it all the way to the NBA Finals last year against the eventual champion Denver Nuggets. This year they will be hard-pressed to get past the play-in round. “This is something we want to do for him…we’re going to make sure we do everything we can to win this game.” Jaime […]

Make no mistake about it, the Toronto Maple Leafs are Canada’s team. There are other Canadian teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs, including the Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets. But it’s the Maple Leafs who have become the team that represents the hopes and dreams of a majority of Canadians, and that means […]

What are the Vikings going to do at the quarterback position in the upcoming draft? It is clear they have to make a key move at the position after losing starting quarterback Kirk Cousins to the Atlanta Falcons in free agency. Characterizing the departure of Cousins as a loss may not be accurate or fair. […]

The early part of the season has been both surprising and disappointing for the Boston Red Sox. The team opened the season with a West Coast road trip, and the Red Sox played quite well as they were far from home, winning 7 of their first 10 games. However, when they returned home to compete […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars would appear to have their quarterback of the present and future in Trevor Lawrence, and the two sides are currently talking about a contract extension that would keep the quarterback in Jacksonville for the foreseeable future. Lawrence is preparing for his fourth season in the NFL, and that represents the last year […]

The Boston Red Sox just completed an uninspiring 3-7 homestand after a surprising season-opening 7-3 road trip. Their losing ways at home dropped the 10-10 Red Sox into last place in the American League East, a position that was expected after an uninspiring offseason. Injuries have marked the first part of the season, but after […]

The Masters has proved to be a major celebration for Scottie Scheffler as the No. 1 player in the world earned his second title in golf’s premier event in the past three years. While Scheffler pulled away to earn the victory, Max Homa was left thinking about what might have been. He was in title […]

Scottie Scheffler has been the top player in the golf world throughout the 2024 season. His position of dominance became even more established as he won the Masters, taking the first major championship of the year by four strokes. The second Green Jacket in only five starts for Scottie Scheffler. #themasters pic.twitter.com/j80ve7gXqd — The Masters […]

The drama of Sunday afternoon at the Masters is usually a duel that includes the game’s top players and is not decided until one star makes a decisive shot on the 72nd hole and wins the green jacket. That was not the case at the 2024 Masters, because Scottie Scheffler seized control of the tournament […]

When it comes to scoring in the NHL, the league goes through surges and depressions, similar to an electronic sine wave. There have been times when the Art Ross Trophy was awarded with relatively low scoring totals, such as the 2014-15 season when Jamie Benn led the league with 87 points. Connor McDavid was on […]

The Big Ten was well-represented when it came to national awards this year in men’s and women’s basketball. The Purdue Boilermakers dominated the Big Ten throughout the season, had a great run in the NCAA Tournament that saw them get to the championship game and they had the top player in the country in Zach […]

There will be a changing of the guard at the conclusion of the season. Shortly after the Stanley Cup is skated around by the NHL’s championship team, the league will hand out is end-of-season awards. One of those honors will go to the league’s best defensive forward. The Selke Trophy has regularly belonged to Patrice […]

The New York Rangers are on the verge of completing an outstanding regular season. They have one game remaining before the start of the playoffs and they have a chance to win the President’s Trophy. If the Rangers can beat the Ottawa Senators in the finale of the regular season, they will have home-ice advantage […]

The top stories at the Masters involve the three players at the top of the leaderboard at the 36-hole mark as well as Tiger Woods setting a record by making the cut in his 24th Masters. Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa and Scottie Scheffler are leading the way after two rounds with scores of 6 under […]

Young Macklin Celebrini is expected to follow in the foot steps of Connor Bedard and get selected with the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NHL Draft after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Celebrini has been a superstar for Boston University in the Terriers’ just completed college hockey season. Boston University’s year came […]

The Boston Bruins knew that when they acquired Pat Maroon at the trade deadline from the Minnesota Wild, that he would not be able to play right away. Maroon was rehabbing from back surgery, and the Bruins were willing to wait until he was healthy enough to play his physical game against tough opponents. That […]

The 2023-24 season is becoming a remarkable year in terms of hockey achievement and the numbers that the top players are putting on the board. While nobody is approaching the level of peak Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, the foursome of Nathan MacKinnon, Nikita Kucherov, Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews are all making great arguments […]

The debate about the Norris Trophy seems to take place every year. Does the trophy for the NHL’s best defenseman go to an offensive superstar or a defensive stalwart? The facts are fairly simple. Throughout the years, the award has regularly gone to the game’s offensive stars. It’s much easier to look at the goal, […]

The pressure is on for the Toronto Maple Leafs once again. The playoffs are around the corner and the franchise will once again pick up the fight for its first Stanley Cup title since the ancient 1966-67 season. The NHL consisted of six teams the last time the Leafs won the Stanley Cup. The Leafs […]

The Boston Bruins have been playing under a cloud of failure dating back to last year’s playoffs. As they head into the final games of the 2023-24 regular season, they are in first place in the Atlantic Division and they have a solid chance of holding off the Florida Panthers for the division crown. Instead […]

The Masters represents the sport of golf’s opportunity to take center stage. The first major championship of the year has risen to the top of the golf rankings among Americans, and it is the tournament that all of the game’s top professionals want to win. It was not always that way, as the the U.S. […]

While many of the NFL’s veteran free-agent stars have already signed contracts for the 2024 season, defensive end Calais Campbell remains available. The 37-year-old Campbell has enjoyed a long and productive career in the NFL, having played nine years with the Arizona Cardinals, three years with the Baltimore Ravens, three seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars […]

The UConn Huskies are one day away from meeting Purdue in the NCAA Tournament championship game, and head coach Dan Hurley’s team has an excellent chance to win its second straight title. The matchup between huge centers Donovan Clingan of Connecticut and Zach Edey of Purdue will likely play a huge role in the outcome […]