The Chicago Blackhawks signaled they were going scorched-earth rebuild hours before last year’s NHL Draft on July 7, 2022. They dealt fan favorite Alex DeBrincat to the Ottawa Senators, landing 2022’s seventh (Kevin Korchinski) and 39th (Paul Ludwinski) overall picks in return, along with a 2023 fourth-rounder. Because of DeBrincat’s age and the fact he…
That’s a wrap on a tremendous career. Former Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson announced his retirement from the NFL in a thank-you video posted on June 3, putting a bow on a legendary career that spanned 14 years (2012-25) and included four teams. Here’s Wilson’s 14-year NFL career by the numbers: 1: Wilson is…
Every summer, NHL general managers gather in a collective exercise of structural self-sabotage known as unrestricted free agency (UFA). July 1 presents a seductive landscape: proven NHL commodities available for nothing more than the currency of a wealthy owner. There are no assets surrendered, no prospects traded, and no draft choices forfeited. It feels like…
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred worries the owners’ salary cap proposal could lead to a work stoppage like the one that caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and says the plan is needed because management concluded that the luxury tax system in place since 2003 no longer is working. Owners last week made their…
The last two World Cup winners came from Europe and South America, as France won it all in 2018 and Argentina won in 2022. Will this year’s FIFA Men’s World Cup emerge from one of those regions? Here are the latest World Cup regional odds as of June 4. This page may contain affiliate links…
The Minnesota Wild have entered the third week of their offseason, the same week that the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights will start their battle for the Stanley Cup. As that battle gets underway, Wild report cards will continue as well. Their goaltenders have been given their grades already, and the latest report…
The Buffalo Sabres are coming off a fantastic season where they won the Atlantic Division and were just one goal away from reaching the Eastern Conference Final. Now that the focus is on the offseason, they do still have a need on the roster, and that is another gamebreaker outside of Rasmus Dahlin, specifically within…
As the Vegas Golden Knights advance in the Stanley Cup Final, at the centre of their championship run is Canadian goaltender Carter Hart — whose journey has been highly successful on ice and deeply controversial off it. Through the first three rounds, his highlights include a 12-4 record with a 2.22 goals against average and…
The 2026 World Cup was supposed to be another waypoint on Lamine Yamal’s path to becoming a generation-defining superstar, but there is the genuine threat that an injury could deprive the tournament of one of its biggest names. The Spanish wonderkid made everyone sit up and take notice at Euro 2024, and two years on,…
While the Los Angeles Rams celebrated landing two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett in a blockbuster trade with the Cleveland Browns on Monday, rising edge rusher Jared Verse found himself going from the Super Bowl favorite to a team projected to have one of the worst records in 2026. Verse, who was a…
