RENTON, Wash. — Aden Durde took a moment of reflection before answering my question about what’s next for the Seattle Seahawks’ dominant defense. Head coach Mike Macdonald was rightly credited for implementing the innovative scheme that led to building the best defense in the NFL last season, serving as the catalyst for his team’s Super…
The Los Angeles Dodgers are calling up top prospect Josue De Paula straight from Double-A, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. The Athletic was the first to report. De Paula is expected to get at-bats at designated hitter after Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced on Wednesday that Shohei Ohtani will be heading to the IL….
LOS ANGELES — It’s the start of practice, and Nate Scheelhaase has some pep in his step. Scheelhaase, the new Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator, is bouncing around the field. The 35-year-old pedals back into coverage, simulating a defensive back to give his tight ends a good look as they run routes with the quarterbacks,…
The Los Angeles Dodgers are placing two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani on the injured list, manager Dave Roberts said on Wednesday. “It’s the right thing to do,” Roberts said following the Dodgers’ 14-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, which Ohtani was sidelined for. “We tried to kick the bucket as much as we could.”…
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — On A.J. Brown’s first day as a Patriot, he witnessed Drake Maye interrupt his offensive coordinator. Maye did so politely, of course. Massachusetts may have adopted him, but he is still a southern gentleman. The topic of the meeting was “chunk plays,” the ones that served as fire-starters for the team’s offense…
LOS ANGELES — Another day, another ominous turn in the Shohei Ohtani health saga. Knee and bicep issues have already downgraded the two-way sensation to a one-way slugger for the remainder of the year. For the time being, though, he is neither. Ohtani’s insistence on trying to play through aches and pains for the last…
Lumen Field (Seattle) — The Seattle Seahawks avoided the heartbreak of losing on the night they unfurled their Super Bowl LX banner, scoring 13 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the visiting New England Patriots 13-10 in a Super Bowl rematch. The Seahawks struggled to contain quarterback Drake Maye and the Patriots early…
Michigan escaped a huge scare last Saturday, and now the books have responded. Should the Wolverines be that big of an underdog and at home? And when it comes to NFL Week 1, should the Browns — who’ve been in shambles since forever — be expected to put up a fight against a solid Jaguars…
It has been two full seasons since the last time we looked into the Toronto Maple Leafs’ prospect pyramid, back before the 2024-25 season. Having moved on from some of the veterans on the squad, the young core has become younger for the Maple Leafs with a number of players waiting in the wind for…
A.J. Brown’s first game with the New England Patriots was going well until the opening drive of the second half. The Patriots’ new star wide receiver departed Wednesday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks after suffering an ankle injury early in the third quarter. Brown was ruled questionable to return. The injury occurred when quarterback Drake…
