Category: Sports

 Is it March already? Nine ranked teams lost to unranked opponents on Saturday, headlined by a pair of losses by top 10 teams as well as another by Associated Press No. 24 Duke. Kentucky (11-6, 2-3 in SEC) began the day of upsets with a win at No. 5 Tennessee (14-3, 4-1 in SEC). The […]

Ja Morant grew wings on a brilliant defensive play Saturday night.   Morant got up and blocked Bennedict Mathurin’s layup two minutes and 15 seconds into the third quarter. The play was initially too good to be believed. Referees whistled the play dead for a goaltend but reversed the call upon review. The ball didn’t start […]

Zacha, 25, was acquired from the New Jersey Devils in an offseason trade last summer and agreed to a one-year, $3.5M deal as an RFA.  That would have walked him right to unrestricted free agency at the end of the season, and after a great performance so far, earned a serious extension. The defensive forward […]

In a season full of milestones and achievements, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin made more NHL history Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers.  Late in the first period, Ovechkin put a backhander by Flyers goaltender Carter Hart, securing the 17th 30-goal season of his illustrious career. Ovechkin matches Hall of Famer Mike Gartner for the most […]

Matthew Stafford already made it clear that he’d be returning for the 2023 season, and the Rams are prepared to make it official. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Rams are expected to pick up Stafford’s 2023 option bonus and 2024 salary by the third day of the league year. The two-year commitment will cost […]

Miami (9-8) sneaked into the playoffs after struggling in December. The Dolphins’ season will end Sunday in the wild-card round unless they pull off an improbable upset on the road against Buffalo. The Bills are a 13.5-point favorite, per OddsChecker. Here are three positives and three negatives from rookie head coach Mike McDaniel’s season:  Positives  […]

Although he’s in the middle of defending the team’s fourth NBA title in eight seasons, Draymond Green seems to sense what is ultimately inevitable. In an interview this week with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, Green was asked if it was hard for him to imagine the possibility of longer being on the Golden State Warriors. […]

Players, coaches and team owners were upset by the calls late in Mavericks-Lakers Thursday night. The NBA agreed. The NBA releases a Last Two Minute Report for any game that was within three points in the final two minutes of regulation or overtimes — as was the case in Thursday’s double-OT thriller. This one found […]

The right wrist injury that sidelined Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic on Friday has been “bothering him for a while,” head coach Michael Malone said before the game, per Mike Singer of the Denver Post. However, the team doesn’t seem to have any long-term concerns about that wrist issue, which doesn’t appear to be serious, Singer adds. While […]

Midway through the season, only two Canadian teams, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets, sit comfortably in playoff spots. The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames are fighting tooth and nail to hold down wild-card positions. The Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators have fallen short of elevated preseason expectations. The rebuilding Montreal Canadiens are who […]