Steve Silverman Articles - Page 7

The Detroit Lions were a determined team throughout the 2024 season. They played sensational football during the 18 weeks of  the regular season and they earned the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff structure. The Lions were the odds-on favorite to go to the Super Bowl for the first time in team history. Nobody […]

Hall of Famer Vince Carter had a brilliant 22-year career in the NBA and has his rightful place in the Basketball Hall of Fame. However, the honors have not stopped for the brilliant 6-6 forward from North Carolina. While he was with the Nets organization for just 5 seasons, he had his number 15 jersey […]

The New York Rangers had gone through a deep and somewhat inexplicable slump in November and December when the team made what appeared to be a minor trade with the Seattle Kraken. The Rangers acquired defenseman Will Borgen in December and sent forward Kappo Kakko to the West Coast. The move has apparently done wonders […]

The surprising trade that saw the Colorado Avalanche trade star winger Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes has been met with shock and some level of despair within the Avs’ locker room. Rantanen has twice broken the 100-point mark during his 10 seasons in Colorado, and he has teamed with Nathan MacKinnon and defenseman Cale […]

It seemed like a quiet Friday night in the NHL until Colorado Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland decided to make a major move by completing a three-way trade with the Carolina Hurricanes and the Chicago Blackhawks. The Avs traded high-scoring winger Mikko Rantanen to the Hurricanes and got Martin Necas back in return. Trade call […]

The Chicago White Sox are hoping for significant improvement in the 2025 season. They are coming off the worst season in modern MLB history as they finished last in the American League Central with 41-121 record that placed them 51.5 games behind the first place Cleveland Guardians. Improvement is the key to satisfying their fans […]

The Boston Red Sox have won the World Series four times since the the 2004 season, but they have largely been a mediocre team since their last title in 2018. After an outstanding first half of the season in 2024, the Red Sox slumped in the second half and finished with an 81-81 record. That […]

Aaron Rodgers has had one of the most brilliant careers of any NFL quarterback, and while the last two years with the New York Jets have not added to his legacy, his previous achievements with the Green Bay Packers ensure that his overall place in history is intact. Former Packers star linebacker Clay Matthews compared […]

Ohio State is basking in the glow of the national championship that the Buckeyes won Monday night by defeating Notre Dame by a 34-23 margin. The victory has been gratifying to the team, its supporters along with Ryan Day and his coaching staff. Ohio State overcame losses to Oregon and Michigan in the regular season […]

Alex Bregman has been one of the most talked about players throughout the offseason. While he did not sign with any team in the first wave of free agency, the long-time Houston Astros 3rd baseman has a strong history of coming through with big hits and key plays, and he remains a player who can […]

The Detroit Lions served notice during the 2024 regular season that they were on their way to their best season in more than 65 years. Head coach Dan Campbell’s team steamrolled their way to a 15-2 record that earned them the No. 1 seed in the NFC, a bye in the Wild Card round of […]

The Buffalo Bills are hoping to advance to the AFC title game against the Kansas City Chiefs, and they took a 21-10 lead into the locker room at halftime over the visiting Baltimore Ravens in their divisional playoff game. However, the Bills had an ominous injury when safety Taylor Rapp was carted off the field […]

The Philadelphia Eagles were teetering on the edge of giving up a big lead in the final moments of their divisional playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams. Matthew Stafford had already directed one late touchdown drive and the Rams had the ball on a 3rd-and-2 play from the Eagles 22 with 1:14 remaining. Instead […]

Marcus Freeman has a huge job in front of him as he takes the Notre Dame Fighting Irish into the national championship game Monday night. While he and his coaching staff have been strategizing ways to find a way to get the best of favored Ohio State, his roots go back to his time with […]

The Kansas City Chiefs have made it through the divisional playoffs once again, and they have advanced to the AFC Championship game. They moved forward as a result of a 23-14 victory over the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium. Head coach Andy Reid and his charges will host the winner of Sunday’s game between the […]

The Kansas City Chiefs have advanced to the AFC Championship as they attempt to win an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl, but their 23-14 victory over the Houston Texans in the divisional playoffs was not without controversy. The Chiefs appeared to benefit from a pair of roughing the passer penalties called on the Texans that […]

The Chicago Cubs are in the midst of an offseason that is designed to get them back to the National League playoffs for the first time since the 2020 season. One of the big moves they have made during the offseason was trading for slugging outfielder Kyle Tucker of the Houston Astros. That move is […]

This has been a difficult season for the Boston Bruins. They were expected to contend for the Atlantic Division title once again, but instead of battling the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the division lead, they find themselves hanging onto one of the Wild Card spots in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins […]

The Los Angeles Rams face a daunting task in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs as they must go cross-country to play the powerful Philadelphia Eagles. The Rams had earned a home game in the Wild Card round against the Minnesota Vikings, but the wild fires in Los Angeles forced the Rams to move […]

The Chicago Cubs have been in the market for a hard-hitting player who can drive the baseball and hit home runs. After they traded outfielder Cody Bellinger to the New York Yankees, it appeared the Cubs would have a legitimate interest in signing 3rd baseman Alex Bregman in free agency. The hard-hitting Bregman has spent […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers once again have their man. Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki is joining the Los Angeles Dodgers as the hurler has announced that he is joining the World Series champions. Hey Jeff can you speak out about how unfair this coming season is gonna be for the rest of the league — […]

It appears that slugger Pete Alonso’s time with the New York Mets may be growing short. The two sides had been talking for quite a long time, and the Mets reportedly made a last-ditch offer to Alonso that he turned down. "I'm not convinced the Mets want Pete."@Ken_Rosenthal thinks if the Mets really wanted to […]

Bob Uecker was known for his outstanding sense of humor that came to the forefront in movies like “Major League” and “Major League 2” along with his appearances on the Tonight Show and the sit-com Mr. Belvedere. However, the man whom Johnny Carson dubbed as “Mr. Baseball” was a baseball play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee […]

The Minnesota Vikings had a dream season for 17 weeks of the NFL season. They had winning streaks of 5 and 9 games, and they went into the final game of the regular season with a chance to earn the No. 1 seed in the NFL playoffs as well as the NFC North title. That […]

The Houston Texans are facing perhaps the most daunting task of the NFL’s divisional playoff round as they go to Kansas City to face the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday. Texans RB Joe Mixon is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game at Kansas City. pic.twitter.com/nvQR3xLlCU — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January […]

Notre Dame (14-1) has a lot to be proud of as it prepares to play in the National Championship game against Ohio State (13-2). The Fighting Irish have been on a roll under head coach Marcus Freeman, winning 13 games in a row since suffering a September upset against Northern Illinois. Their latest win came […]

The Chicago Bears have been searching for the answer for years. Whether the position is quarterback or head coach, they have been looking for a return to glory that would give them an opportunity to win their first Super Bowl since the 1985 season. The Bears may have found their quarterback in Caleb Williams, and […]

The Denver Broncos made it into the playoffs as the No. 7 seed in the AFC playoff structure. Head coach Sean Payton’s team exceeded expectations throughout the season and earned its postseason spot with a 10-7 record. The Broncos won 5 of their final 7 regular season games to gain that playoff spot for the […]

The season ended in brutal fashion for the Pittsburgh Steelers after an excellent start. Mike Tomlin’s team rocketed off to a 10-3 start before losing their last 4 regular season games and then going meekly down the drain in the playoffs against the Baltimore Ravens. The Dallas Cowboys were bad from the start as Mike […]

The Los Angeles Chargers went into their Wild Card playoff game with the Houston Texans as 3-point favorites even though the game was played at NRG Stadium, the home of the Texans. The expectations were that Los Angeles quarterback Justin Herbert would get the best of the Texans defense and lead head coach Jim Harbaugh’s […]

The Boston Bruins went into their game Saturday on the road against the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers with a six-game losing streak. While they were outplayed and outshot by the Panthers for large portions of the game, they got a lucky deflection in overtime on an attempted pass by David Pastrnak to earn a […]

The New York Yankees had a solid season in 2024 that allowed them to compete for yet another World Series title. However, after getting through the American League playoffs by beating the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Guardians, the Yankees fell apart in the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yankees getting over […]

The Boston Red Sox are going to have a new look to their pitching staff in 2025. Lucas Giolito hopes to take his spot at the head of the rotation for the American League East team. Giolito is anxious to show what he can do after missing the 2024 season after undergoing an internal brace […]

The Minnesota Vikings are hoping a Week 18 loss to the Detroit Lions will not derail their season. The Vikings finished the regular season with a 14-3 record and they had designs on earning the top seed in the NFC, gaining a bye week in the Wild Card round and winning the NFC North. However, […]

The slumping Boston Bruins have fallen out of the top three positions in the Atlantic Division and are barely hanging on to a playoff spot as the team moves into the second half of the regular season. This perennial contender is in danger of becoming an also-ran that misses the playoffs, an outlook that the […]

The Boston Bruins have long been one of the NHL’s top performing franchises, but the first half of the 2024-25 season has been something of a nightmare. A poor start led to the firing of head coach Jim Montgomery, and after a brief surge under interim coach Joe Sacco, the Bruins are currently in the […]

There is no doubt that Sidney Crosby will find himself in the Hockey Hall of Fame shortly after he retires as a player. But the 37-year-old Crosby is still playing sensational hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins and he continues to climb the ladder of the NHL’s all-time scoring leaders. SID IS MOVING UP THE RANKS […]

The Green Bay Packers enjoyed an excellent regular season but because they played in the brutally tough NFC North division, their 11-6 record was only good for third place and left them with the No. 7 seed in the NFC playoff structure. This appears to be a game where both teams should be able to […]

The Minnesota Vikings had a superb season, finishing 14-3 and second in the NFC North. They had the second-best record in the NFC, behind the Detroit Lions. As great as the season was for head coach Kevin O’Connell, Sam Darnold and Justin Jefferson, the regular season ended on a poor note as they got drummed […]