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The BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot was revealed Monday. The ballot this year features 14 returning players, including Billy Wagner and Andruw Jones along with 14 first-timers — the big names there being Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia. Here are eight things to know and/or watch with the ballot this year. Keep in mind we’ll […]
The Jacksonville Jaguars have been spiraling for much of the 2024 NFL season, to the point team ownership entered Sunday’s Week 11 matchup with the Detroit Lions ready for potentially sweeping changes. Coach Doug Pederson is well aware of the mounting pressure, telling reporters after a 52-6 loss to Detroit that he has no sense […]
The Los Angeles Lakers announced Monday that Pat Riley will be honored with a statue at “Star Plaza” outside Crypto.com Arena. Riley, who won six championships with Los Angeles — one as a player (1972), one as an assistant coach (1980) and four as head coach (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988) — will be the eighth […]
The 2024-25 NHL season is officially underway with a few weeks in the books. With the season now over a month old, a few teams are dealing with significant injuries. Earlier this month, the Maple Leafs placed Auston Matthews on injured reserve due to an upper-body injury. The move was retroactive to Nov. 3, and […]
The U.S. women’s national team will close out the calendar year in Europe with two friendlies against England and the Netherlands. Head coach Emma Hayes has named a 24-player roster for the upcoming matches, with over 70,000 tickets already sold for the USWNT’s meeting against England at Wembley Stadium on Nov. 30. The national team […]
Expectations are quite a thing, huh? Just two years ago, Mike Elias and his front office were the toast of Baltimore. The Orioles had emerged from a radical rebuild to win 83 games and were set up quite well with a good big-league roster and a loaded farm system. They won 101 games and the […]
Nothing typifies the rapid vacillation between “winner” and “loser” than Jayson Tatum’s whirlwind couple of days this weekend. On the final possession of the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game against the Toronto Raptors, Tatum worked himself into a wide-open, potential game-winning midrange jumper from just above the free throw line. Unfortunately he missed it by […]
By Luck Wilson, OKC Sports Radio The Langston Lions roared to an impressive 42-0 victory over Arkansas Baptist this weekend, with quarterback Torrence Bardell delivering yet another electrifying performance. For the second consecutive week, Bardell threw five touchdown passes, cementing his status as one of the top players in the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC). With this win, the […]
The Week 11 NFL schedule comes to a close with the Dallas Cowboys hosting the Houston Texans at AT&T Stadium on Monday Night Football. Kickoff is at 8:15 p.m. ET. Houston wide receiver Nico Collins (hamstring) does not carry an injury designation heading into MNF and will be fully available. All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb […]
By the time the final whistle blew at Red Bull Arena on Sunday marking the end of the last NWSL quarterfinal, the most unsurprising semifinal bracket was set. The top four teams in the regular season – Orlando Pride, Washington Spirit, NJ/NY Gotham FC and Kansas City Current – were now the last four teams […]