Steve Silverman Articles - Page 9

The U.S. Olympic hockey team has unfinished business. It was less than a year ago that the Americans were in the championship game of the 4 Nations Face-Off against Canada at the TD Garden in Boston. The U.S. went toe to toe with the Canadians in that game and the title was not decided until […]

The New Jersey Devils have been one of the most disappointing teams in the NHL. At the start of the season, they appeared to be one of the favorites to win the Metropolitan Division and possibly represent the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals. However, this has been a season where preseason expectations mean […]

There has been plenty of conversation about the ice surface that will be used by the Olympic hockey players in Milan, Italy. In recent months, there have been dire forecasts that Santagiulia Arena would not be up to the standards of NHL arenas that so many of the Olympians are used to playing in. The […]

It seems the Philadelphia Eagles are one of the forgotten teams as this year’s playoffs get underway. While they won the NFC East once again and they are the defending Super Bowl champions, they do not seem to be getting much respect at this point in the year. The Eagles did have several lulls during […]

One of the star players who left the PGA Tour nearly 4 years ago would like to rejoin the organization. Brooks Koepka was one of the best players in the world when he decided to join the Saudi Arabia-based LIV Tour in 2022. Koepka has split from LIV and sources indicate that he would like […]

The Green Bay Packers have something of a problem. They are going into hostile territory Saturday to play the Chicago Bears in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The Packers have not won a game since they defeated the Bears by a 28-21 margin in Week 14. The Packers have lost 4 straight games […]

The Oregon Ducks have their sights set on winning the national championship, and they are just two steps away from reaching their goal. However, those steps will be the most challenging of the season. First, they must beat top-ranked and Big Ten champion Indiana in the Peach Bowl Friday night. This is a huge game […]

One of the most surprising developments of the 2025 season was the rise of the Carolina Panthers in the NFC South Division. The Panthers may not have had a winning record at 8-9, but it was good enough to win the division title. They had the same record as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the […]

The New Jersey Devils are supposed to be one of the most explosive and dangerous teams in the NHL’s Eastern Conference. Instead, they are going through one of their worst stretches in recent memory and they have absorbed some painful beatings in recent weeks. #NEWS: We've activated D Simon Nemec off injured reserve. pic.twitter.com/xgedR5bQJO — […]

The St. Louis Blues endured a long night in their meeting with the rival Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center Wednesday night. The Blues got off to a sharp start when they scored inside the first 30 seconds, but the game quickly got out of hand as the Blackhawks rolled to a 7-3 triumph. Chicago […]

The New York Yankees will have multiple goals for the 2026 season. The first thing they want to do is get back to the top of the American League East Division. The Toronto Blue Jays slipped by the Yankees last year and were in charge of the World Series until there was one out in […]

If the Buffalo Bills are going to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars and go on a run in the AFC playoffs, they are going to have to ignore a key football truism. Football is a team game and that the play of a superstar is not enough to help a team win any game — let […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers made the playoffs as a result of a lucky miss by Baltimore Ravens PK Tyler Loop at the conclusion of the Week 18 game between the two bitter rivals. If Loop had been successful on his 44-yard field goal attempt as time expired, the Ravens would be getting ready to host the […]

The New England Patriots are once again one of the elite teams in the NFL. They have risen from the bottom of the AFC East to the top spot and they have become the No. 2 seed in the AFC behind the Denver Broncos. The Patriots appear to be prepared for the battle and should […]

The Chicago Bears have had a tremendously successful regular season. They were a last-place team a year ago, and that led to the team hiring Ben Johnson as their new head coach. It was clear from the moment he was hired that his primary job was turning No. 1 draft pick Caleb Williams into a […]

The Green Bay Packers may be going into the playoffs with a 4-game losing streak, but they are breathing easier as they prepare for their Wild Card game against the Bears. That’s because the Philadelphia Eagles gave away the final game of the season and lost to the Washington Commanders. If the Eagles had won […]

Alabama had high hopes of playing a competitive game and coming out with a victory over top-ranked Indiana in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl. The thought for head coach Kalen DeBoer’s team was that if the Crimson Tide could offer a fairly productive ground attack and hold the Hoosiers in check […]

Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog is likely to miss significant time after crashing into the goal post during the second period of the team’s 2-1 loss to the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar was able to provide some detail after Landeskog needed help getting to the Colorado dressing room following […]

The Chicago Bears are going into the NFC playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the conference. They are also going into the postseason with a 2-game losing streak. A week after dropping a 42-38 decision to the San Francisco 49ers on the road in Week 17, the Bears returned to Soldier Field and suffered […]

The Chicago Bears are going to the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the NFC. They had a chance to finish as the top seed, but they lost that opportunity with a loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Week 17 and they followed that up by losing the regular-season finale to the Detroit […]

The Cincinnati Bengals finished yet another disappointing season as they dropped the last game of the year to the Cleveland Browns. The Bengals were unable to hold on to a late lead and the Browns won the game 20-18 when PK Andre Szmyt kicked a 49-yard field goal on the final play. The Bengals finished […]

The Green Bay Packers are about to put the end of the regular season behind them. They closed the year with a 16-3 defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings and they lost their last 4 games. Nevertheless, the Packers (9-7-1) are going to playoffs as the 7th seed in the NFC playoff structure, […]

The Minnesota Vikings headed into the home stretch of the season with a disastrous 4-8 record and they were buried in last place in the NFC North. But instead of accepting their fate and continuing their losing ways, they closed the season with 5 consecutive wins and finished the season with a winning 9-8 record. […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a new all-time goal-scoring leader. Auston Matthews scored a pair of goals Saturday night against the New York Islanders, giving him 421 goals in his career. The 28-year-old center is in his 10th-year with the storied franchise. He passed Hall of Famer Mats Sundin when he buried his second goal […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers did their part in Week 18 by handing the Carolina Panthers a 16-14 defeat, and now they are rooting for the New Orleans Saints to take down the Atlanta Falcons. If the Saints are victorious, the Bucs will win the NFC South title. "I am [a Saints fan] tomorrow." @PSchrags with […]

Japanese right-handed pitcher Kona Takahashi had strongly considered moving on to Major League Baseball after pitching with the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball. The Houston Astros recently signed Lions pitcher Tatsuya Imai, and they had also considered Takahashi for their pitching staff. As a result, Takahashi is returning to the Lions. Takahashi had […]

Just call the semifinal round of the College Football Playoff the Nick Saban Invitational. All four head coaches of the remaining teams in the CFP were assistants on Saban’s staff at one point or another. Curt Cignetti of Indiana and Dan Lanning of Oregon will meet each other for the second time this season January […]

It is the dream of nearly every player in the National Hockey League to play well enough to earn a position on their country’s Olympic team. That is certainly the case for Jason Robertson of the Dallas Stars. He has been one of the league’s top scorers this season with 24 goals and 24 assists. […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide had some kind of divine help when the 12 teams that were selected to compete in the College Football Playoffs were revealed in early December. No doubt that Kalen DeBoer had a good team but the Crimson Tide was not a great unit by any stretch. At the time of their […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have endured a miserable season and Pete Carroll’s return to head coaching in the NFL has been a flat-out disaster. As the Raiders prepare to close their season with a home game against disappointing Kansas City Chiefs, Carroll says he is hoping his team can end the season with a rare […]

The Los Angeles Chargers (11-5) had a chance to make their regular season-ending game against the Denver Broncos turn into a battle for the AFC West crown. However, when they lost to the Houston Texans in Week 17, that chance disappeared. The Chargers will be playing postseason football, but they will do it as a […]

While the announcement of the U.S. Olympic hockey team gained most of the headlines, European hockey powers Sweden and Finland also announced their rosters Friday for the 2026 Olympic hockey competition. Representing Sweden at the #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics… 🇸🇪 pic.twitter.com/4zkB5heEgs — NHL (@NHL) January 2, 2026 The roster for Finland at the #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics is here! […]

The U.S. Olympic hockey team announced its roster for the upcoming games in Italy, and the roster is very similar to the one that represented the United States last year in the 4-Nations Face Off. However, general manager Bill Guerin made a few changes as he revealed that Tage Thompson, Clayton Keller and Seth Jones […]

Ohio State was in the midst of what appeared to be a brilliant season. They were 12-0 after beating Michigan in the final regular-season game and that was truly a significant development. Michigan has turned into a nightmare assignment for head coach Ryan Day after the Wolverines had won 4 games in a row from […]

Alabama took the field at the Rose Bowl as 7.5-point underdogs to Indiana in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game. The Hoosiers had delivered a brilliant 13-0 season heading into the game and they had beaten Ohio State in the Big Ten title game. The Crimson Tide came into the game with an 11-3 record […]

Even though Indiana had reeled off 13 consecutive victories and had beaten Ohio State in the Big Ten title games, there were still a number on non-believers as Indiana prepared to play Alabama in the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff at the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. After all, Indiana is known […]

The Green Bay Packers (9-6-1) are struggling as they come to the end of the regular season. They have lost 3 games in a row as they are preparing to play the Minnesota Vikings in the regular-season finale. Injuries will limit the players the Packers can put on the field in that game, but they […]

Team USA got some good news at their New Year’s Day practice session when 19-year-old Cole Hutson resumed skating with his teammates. The explosive Hutson is expected to return to the lineup Friday when Team USA faces Finland in the World Junior Championship quarterfinal matchup. Hutson was removed from the ice on a stretcher last […]

The Chicago Blackhawks have been slumping recently and that is primarily due to the absence of center Connor Bedard. The 20-year-old star was placed on Injured Reserve due to an upper body injury. The Blackhawks were just 1 point out of a Wild Card spot when Bedard suffered his injury, but they have slipped to […]