With the 2026 Winter Olympics concluded, the San Jose Sharks are just about ready to get their season back underway, and they’re about to take on a new experience for the home stretch. For the first time in years, the Sharks are pushing for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the final weeks of the season….
INDIANAPOLIS — New Cleveland Browns coach Todd Monken raved about the “elite” skills he’s seen from Shedeur Sanders. Only he hasn’t seen enough to hand him the starting quarterback job. In fact, Monken declared it an “open competition” for that job, presumably between Sanders, Dillon Gabriel and Deshaun Watson — and possibly even others. It’s…
Team USA is bringing its best roster, the Dominican Republic is once again oozing with talent and Venezuela’s lineup can contend with anyone, but until proven otherwise, Japan still sits on the throne as the kings of international competition. Japan has dominated the World Baseball Classic unlike any other country, winning the tournament in three…
Benfica’s appeal against the provisional suspension handed to Gianluca Prestianni has been rejected, meaning the Argentine will miss the second leg of the Champions League knockout round play-off against Real Madrid on Wednesday night. The 20-year-old has been accused of racially abusing Brazilian winger Vinicius Junior during the first game last week. Prestianni accused of…
Though it’s controversial, winning championships is what many will point to when separating very good athletes from the greatest of all time. Tom Brady, widely regarded as the best NFL quarterback of all time, won seven Super Bowls in his career. Michael Jordan won six NBA championships, while in hockey, Wayne Gretzky was able to…
National League Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes lost four strikes to challenges in his first spring training start. Skenes struck out four and walked four over 2.1 innings for Pittsburgh on Wednesday against the Atlanta Braves, who were 4-for-4 against the right-hander on challenges to get called strikes overturned to balls. The 53-pitch outing…
The Colorado Avalanche wasted no time making a trade once the Olympic trade freeze had been lifted. On Tuesday, the team sent defenseman Samuel Girard to the Pittsburgh Penguins and a second-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft for defenseman Brett Kulak. There appears to be more beneath the surface for what the Avalanche intends…
Finland won the bronze medal in the 2026 Winter Olympic men’s hockey tournament, and it was another reminder of what works about best-on-best hockey. In the bronze-medal game, Finland scored four goals in the final period to solidify a 6–1 win over Team Slovakia. Related: 3 Takeaways From Finland’s 6-1 Bronze Medal Win Over Slovakia…
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Edmonton Oilers are reportedly looking for a number-four defenseman. Meanwhile, Nazem Kadri has let the Calgary Flames know that he’d like to be traded. Sidney Crosby is out for four weeks, and are the Vancouver Canucks getting any serious offers for Elias Pettersson? Pierre LeBrun of TSN posted, “It’s…
Shohei Ohtani captured the MVP in the 2023 World Baseball Classic after leading Japan to its third WBC title in the most spectacular fashion. The superstar struck out Mike Trout — his former teammate on the Angels — before being crowned the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Will two-way Shohei take home the trophy…
