Month: October 2024

Look, I had to pick someone. This division is sadness. If the NHL had relegation, at least three-quarters of the league would probably be booted before the season started, just to save the time and travel costs. So, really, no one has expectations that I can bust. Vegas doesn’t even really have to be good, or awake, or even ambulatory, and still could sleepwalk to the conference final here. People think the Kraken will be good simply because the Knights were, but no one who actually looks at the roster and discovers there’s barely a top six there thinks so. Meanwhile, anyone outside of Anaheim and San Jose is probably sketching out a way their team could make the playoffs, and that includes Vancouver. I’m guessing. Canucks fans can be a pretty morose bunch, and whatever optimism the…

Yes, it's the 2011 bracket, and yes, it's taken a year. But life happens sometimes, you know? It's up to you, the voter, to decide whose name reigns supreme. Will it be Delorean Blow or Courvoisier Winetavius Richardson? Neptune Pringle III or Taco B.M. Monster? Vote now, because the 2012 tournament begins in like a week. [ Name of the Year] …

Originally published in Bloomberg View. The Champions League final, the biggest soccer match of the year—and, for that matter, the most watched sporting event on the planet—will be played this weekend at Wembley Stadium in London. In a sense, though, the winner has already been declared: Germany. The Champions League, for Americans unfamiliar with it, is a round-robin tournament featuring 32 of Europe’s top clubs. Think of it as the very rough equivalent of the NCAA’s March Madness basketball tournament, only it unfolds over the course of 10 excruciating months. (This is soccer, after all.) Matches are wedged between the various teams’ league games until there are just two clubs left. This year’s finalists are Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Both teams are German, an…

ESPN dropped a huge feature this morning that attempts to answer the eternal questions about the Kings: Can DeMarcus Cousins win in Sacramento, and who is to blame for the team’s ever-present dysfunction? You should really go read the entire thing. The piece gives good background on Cousins’s ever-fluctuating relationship with Kings brass, makes a fairly convincing argument that the “Boogie Tax”—the handful of plays a game Cousins completely blows because he’s mad about something—is high enough to offset much of his value, and reveals a few of his absolute worst behind-closed-doors eruptions. It’s January 2015, a few weeks after Malone’s firing, and new coach Corbin is presiding over a film session. The team has fallen off a cliff in recent games, and Corbin has cu…

Conference realignment is definitely confusing these days, but we're pretty sure Florida State is still in the ACC. In fact, yes, Florida State is still in the ACC; the Seminoles beat Georgia Tech 21-15 last year to win the ACC for the first time in seven years. According to this ring FSU won the SEC for the first time in ever. Menelik Watson, a second-round pick of the Oakland Raiders and former Seminole just tweeted a picture of the championship ring meant to commemorate Florida State's status as 2012 ACC Champions but unfortunately, it commemorates Florida State's status as 2012 SEC Champions, a claim Alabama may dispute. Update: Thanks to reader Jeff, we have evidence that suggests at least one player had the correct conference designation on his ring. Another lo…

Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas is probably not going to win this third-round match against Rafa Nadal at the Paris indoors. But he’ll always have this between-the-legs passing shot to look back on as a career highlight. [Tennis Channel] …

data-mm-id=”_o8dzxh4vu”>Those who have already written off the Cleveland Browns' 2019 season just found more reason to do so today after an almost unbelievable – yet totally Cleveland Browns – sequence in the first quarter of their game against the Buffalo Bills.Holding a 6-0 lead over the 6-2 Bills, the Browns looked to extend it with a touchdown, and were in prime position to do so from Buffalo's one-yard line. The following sequence may well be replayed in Freddie Kitchens' mind for the rest of his life.On first down, Baker Mayfield threw an incomplete pass to Odell Beckham Jr., which was wiped out by a defensive pass interference penalty on Jordan Poyer. The line of scrimmage is advanced half a yard.On first down…again…Nick Chubb went right tackle but lost two ya…

data-mm-id=”_9jnoxwsjh”>After some hemming and hawing over physicals and the general backlash the Red Sox were somehow shocked to receive over trading away a generational player, Boston is indeed sending Mookie Betts and David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers. ESPN's Jeff Passan had it first:BREAKING: The trade that will send Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers has been agreed upon, sources tell ESPN. Outfielder Alex Verdugo and shortstop Jeter Downs are among those who will go to the Boston Red Sox.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 9, 2020Ken Rosenthal adds:#Dodgers sending $10M with Maeda and receiving #MNTwins’ Comp B draft pick in 2020, source tells The Athletic.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 9, 2020It's clear the Red Sox are going into hardcore re…

data-mm-id=”_24subqwnm”>Sometimes there are celebrity couples you just always pull for. They may occasionally say stupid things on TV or post annoying photos on Instagram, but you just can't help but root for them as they attempt to navigate this crazy world in the bright spotlight fame creates. For Barstool Sports personality Dan "Big Cat" Katz, that couple was Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler. Like the rest of us, he was shocked, heartbroken and disappointed to learn the couple has decided to call it quits after 10 years of marriage. View this post on Instagram With great sadness, after 10 years together we have come to a loving conclusion to get a divorce. We have nothing but love and respect for one another and are deeply grateful for the years sha…