Steve Silverman Articles - Page 55

The Michigan Wolverines will start the college football season as the No. 2 team in the nation and they have high hopes of making a run at the national championship. They are a team that has a number of star players, including running back Blake Corum, wide receiver Cornelius Johnson, defensive tackle Kris Jenkins and […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been an elite team in the NHL for nearly a decade. They made the Stanley Cup Final in 2015, and they followed that appearance with two Stanley Cup titles in 2020 and 2021. There is little doubt that their core players have allowed them to stay at or near the […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is regularly thought of as the best coach in professional basketball, ranking with the game’s all-time greats including Red Auerbach, Phil Jackson and Pat Riley. There’s a lot more to Popovich’s game than analyzing talent and laying out the X’s and O’s when designing game strategy. Spurs big […]

Viktor Hovland stormed his way to the BMW Championship, taking the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoff by firing a record 61 in the final round in order to edge Scottie Scheffler and Matthew Fitzpatrick by 2 strokes in the tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois. Hovland has been close in […]

Dynamic Coco Gauff has been one of the rising stars in the WTA for the last few seasons. The 19-year-old defeated Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-4 to win the Cincinnati Open and gained the first WTA 1000 title of her career. COCO GAUFF WINS HER FIRST WTA 1000 TITLE 🏆 She is the youngest player ever […]

The Dallas Cowboys have high hopes of competing with the Philadelphia Eagles and potentially taking away their status as NFC East champions this year. However, nothing that happened in the Cowboys 22-14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the team’s second preseason game is going to make owner Jerry Jones and head coach Mike McCarthy […]

As the Minnesota Vikings prepare to defend their NFC North title in 2023, they appear to have one of the more dynamic offensive teams in the NFC. Start off with wide receiver Justin Jefferson and quarterback Kirk Cousins, and it’s clear that the Vikings have to be taken seriously. Jefferson is widely perceived as the […]

The Chicago Bears are intent on delivering a significant jump in the standings this season. They finished with the worst record in the NFL last season at 3-14, and that allowed them to gain the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft. Since they already had their quarterback of the present and future in Justin […]

Damian Lillard created one of the biggest splashes of the NBA offseason when he went forward with a trade request from the Portland Trail Blazers. Lillard has been the team’s star for the last 11 seasons, but the Blazers have not been a dominant team and the star guard would like an opportunity to compete […]

Ohio State is hoping to get back to the top of the Big Ten and regain another position in the College Football Playoff. To get back to the top of the conference, the defense will have to take a step up and the Buckeyes will have to find a way to beat Michigan after 2 […]

The Florida Panthers were one of the most impressive stories in last spring’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. It took them until the final days of the season to clinch a spot in the postseason, and they went into the playoffs as the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference. Despite that lowly status, the Panthers proved […]

The Chicago Blackhawks were the big winners of the NHL’s offseason. After a brutal season in which they struggled to score and were even worse at preventing goals, the Blackhawks won the lottery. The Draft Lottery that is. The Blackhawks did not have the worst record in the league — they were third-worst — but […]

Terron Armstead was carted off the field with a leg injury Thursday during a joint practice session with the Houston Texans. At the time, it looked like it was a scary injury that could require surgery, but NFL insider Ian Rapaport tweeted that Armstead will not need surgery and the big offensive tackle is working […]

The Minnesota Vikings don’t appear to have earned much respect in the last year. The team finished the 2022 season as the NFC North champions with a 13-4 regular season record, but they lost their home Wild Card game to the New York Giants. In that game, the defense made New York quarterback Daniel Jones […]

Julio Rodriguez is the go-to guy in the Seattle Mariners lineup and figures to maintain that position for years to come. He joined two of the team’s luminaries Thursday when hebecame the 4th Mariner in team history to reach 20 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season. Julio Rodriguez joined Alex Rodriguez […]

The Seattle Seahawks were in a very nice position last year at the wide receiver spot with big and powerful DK Metcalf and explosive Tyler Lockett. Both receivers had impactful seasons, and much of that was due to the unexpected success of quarterback Geno Smith. Prior to last season, Smith had endured a career of […]

Every team in the NHL has some degree of hope during the summer and once training camp begins. However, reality often takes hold and a veteran coach can get a good idea where his team stands less than a couple of weeks into the regular season. That was almost certainly the case last year for […]

It turns out that truth is not stranger than fiction. Perhaps it would have been if a proposed “cage match” between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg had come to pass, but it seems the two tech giants will not be meeting in any kind of physical confrontation. Apparently, Zuckerberg seemed quite serious about getting inside […]

The Chicago Bears appear to be in a position to put together a much better season than they did in 2022 when they finished with a 3-14 record. While that was the worst record in the league, it left them in the most advantageous draft position. The Bears knew they were in a strong spot […]

After cruising to a 4-run lead in the bottom of the 9th inning, the New York Yankees gave up five runs in and turned a sure victory into a devastating 8-7 defeat at the hands of the Miami Marlins. JAKE BURGER AND THE MARLINS SCORE FIVE RUNS IN THE NINTH INNING TO WALK OFF THE […]

A strange thing happened to the Minnesota Vikings last season. While they were in their first year under general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O’Connell, they they developed into a team that could win close games and play top-level football in the fourth quarter of tight games. This had been a major weakness […]

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been one of the NHL’s most dangerous and winningest teams in the last five seasons. They took home back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2020 and 2021, and they made it back to the Stanley Cup Final in 2022 before falling short against the Colorado Avalanche. The Lightning featured their usual […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been surging since the All-Star game, and they have been particularly hot in their last 10 games with 9 victories. Mookie Betts has been one of the players most responsible for their ascension to first place in the National League West and their 7.5 game lead over the second-place San […]

It’s one of the oldest pranks pulled by NFL veterans on their rookie teammates. This time it was the San Francisco 49er veteran players who attempted to put a scare in a pair of the team’s rookies. The prank involved a team dinner in Las Vegas, and the size of the bill scared the rookies. […]

Sam Burns clearly has had a fine year as he is competing in the FedEx Cup playoffs, and he is hoping to take advantage of that status by making a a startling run in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. After a couple of ordinary rounds to start the tournament — 73 and 70 — Burns […]

The news was never quite alarming to begin with, but when Joe Burrow suffered a strained calf early in training camp, it certainly was not good news for the Cincinnati Bengals. It was expected that Burrow would miss the majority of his work in training camp but that he would be in the lineup when […]

The New York Mets were forced to scratch shortstop Francisco Lindor shortly before they took the field Friday night against the first-place Atlanta Braves. The issue for the shortstop is right-side soreness, and he is scheduled to undergo an MRI Saturday. Francisco Lindor was scratched from tonight's game with right side soreness. He will undergo […]

The New York Yankees find themselves in last place in the powerful American League East, and one of the biggest issues they have faced this season has been their inability to score runs. As a result, they have been dependent on their pitching staff to keep them in games. Left-handed starter Nestor Cortes was one […]

The Los Angeles Angels have made a commitment to go for it and make a run at a playoff spot in the American League this year. Yes, the Angels have the best all-around player in the game in Shohei Ohtani, but they have been without slugger Mike Trout since breaking his hamate bone last month. […]

It will be a monumental moment for both Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat when he is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend. "I'm always about setting the bar, setting the standard. I like being the first to do stuff." 🔥@DwyaneWade reflects on becoming the first ever @MiamiHEAT drafted player […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins appear to be a team that wants to make another run at the Stanley Cup, but one that knows a change is coming. Perhaps the acquisition of high-scoring defenseman Erik Karlsson indicates that the Penguins believe they can get back into the playoffs and deliver a memorable run for their fans. In […]

When it comes to Christmas Day, it’s all about family, celebrations, time off from work and perhaps snow on the ground. From a sports perspective, the NBA takes the lead on that notable holiday. The 2023-24 season will see the NBA present 5 games for its fans, and it will save the best for last […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs may very well move into the role of favorites in the NHL’s Atlantic Division for the 2023-24 season. This has become a mature team that is capable of filling up the net on an every-night basis. They are loaded with stars like Auston Matthews, Mitchell Marner and John Tavares, and they […]

When LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were teammates with the Miami Heat, the two men forged a strong relationship in addition to winning NBA championships. Now that Wade is entering the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, James is continuing to support his friend and former teammate. YESSIR!!!!! HEAT NATION 🔥 STAND UP!! STANDING OVATION 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!!!! […]

The Minnesota Vikings are hoping that Year 2 of the Kwesi Adofo-Mensah-Kevin O’Connell regime is another season of progress. In many ways, the 2022 season could not have gone better for the regime. The Vikings were clearly a depressed team when Adof0-Mensah and O’Connell were hired because the previous regime ended in disarray. The Vikings […]

There is some unfinished business for the Philadelphia Eagles. They had a stellar 2022 season and dominated throughout the NFC. They used their spot as the No. 1 seed in the conference to roll through the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs and held their own in the Super Bowl until […]

Most fights that involve Major League Baseball teams include a lot of pushing, shoving, cursing and posturing. Fights that actually involve punches being thrown and connecting are very rare. That’s why the Saturday night fight between Jose Ramirez of the Cleveland Guardians and Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox is not likely to be […]

Gilles Gilbert, who played goal for the Boston Bruins from 1973 through 1980, died Sunday at the age of 74. R.I.P. Gilles Gilbert, age 74. Those of you who follow me on Facebook will find my 2009 visit with Gilles, who left Montreal with a perfect coaching record and never had more than six Bruins […]

Statistics regularly tell the story in the NBA, and sometimes they tell a shocking tale. Take the case of NBA legend Muggsy Bogues, who was a star in the NBA while playing from 1987 through 2001 for the Charlotte Hornets and 3 other teams. Bogues is widely known for his brilliant ballhandling and other accomplishments […]