Rasmus Dahlin replaces Tage Thompson in All-Star Game

One of the NHL’s top defensemen is headed to the All-Star Game. The NHL announced that defenseman Rasmus Dahlin will replace Tage Thompson in the All-Star activities in Florida, taking place this Friday and Saturday. Thompson left Buffalo’s game on Wednesday against Carolina with an upper-body injury. No details about the severity are known right […]

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Chandler Parsons critiques LeBron James, taken to task by Twitter

Screenshot: FanDuel TV In case you missed it, we had Chandler Parsons sighting recently, and it wasn’t on an NBA team’s injured reserve list. The oft-injured former NBA player is no longer on a roster in the Association if you can believe that. Now that his play days are officially over, Parsons can be seen […]

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Damar Hamlin first public speaking appearance on Masked Singer

Damar HamlinImage: AP Less than a month since he went into cardiac arrest on Monday Night Football, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin made his first public speaking appearance since the incident on Tuesday night as a surprise guest at a taping of FOX’s upcoming season of The Masked Singer. Per TMZ Sports, Hamlin attended the […]

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The NHL will always be a niche sport

Toronto Maple Leafs’ Wayne Simmonds (24) and Boston Bruins’ A.J. Greer (10) fight during the third period, Feb.1, 2023, in Toronto.Image: AP There is no fanbase that can whipsaw from beseeching the masses to watch their sport to getting pissed off at any mainstream coverage or attention quite like hockey fans. Any discussion of hockey’s […]

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Virginia JV basketball coach pretends to be 13-year-old student

Adult sensibilities don’t belong in youth sports. Grown people take sports way too seriously. Countless times overzealous parents, coaches, and spectators have tainted the purity of amateur sports. An assistant coach on the staff of the junior varsity basketball team in Portsmouth, Virginia recently attempted to pull off a dumb 21 Jump Street con. The […]

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Phoenix’s Super Bowl promo pic goes overboard with Photoshop

I don’t know why anyone is surprised when a city putting on the Super Bowl goes overboard trying to make sure its streets are clean before hosting thousands of fans and hundreds of media members. There are levels to lengths that they go, and it varies from allegedly euthanizing stray dogs (turns out, that was […]

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Chad Johnson gives pro athletes a crash course in frugality

Chad JohnsonPhoto: AP “Frugal” would be one word to describe Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson during his playing career in the NFL. During a recent sit-down interview with Shannon Sharpe on his “Club Shay Shay” podcast, Johnson revealed his secret to holding onto most of his earnings from football. So, Johnson, a former NFL star, isn’t above […]

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How haters will remember Tom Brady in retirement

Image: AP Nick Foles has a career record of 29-29, but he’s 1-0 against Tom Brady in the Super Bowl and that’s all that matters! The Philadelphia Eagles were supposed to keel over and die in 2017 following the devastating injury to starting quarterback Carson Wentz. Wentz was an MVP candidate throughout most of the […]

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Don’t expect AT&T Stadium to host a Super Bowl any time soon

AT&T StadiumPhoto: Getty Images Jerry Jones championed the construction of Jerry World — AT&T Stadium — to host major sporting events far and wide, not simply for eight or nine Dallas Cowboys home games per year. His building hosted a Super Bowl in 2011 but weather problems in the Metroplex made that one a miserable […]

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Calder Trophy update: Say hello to Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

It seems like winning Rookie of the Month has actually been a bad thing. Shane Pinto won it in October, scoring six goals in eight games, but he only has six in the past 42 and has fallen out of contention for the Calder Trophy. Logan Thompson won it the next month, and while he […]

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