The Chicago Blackhawks’ worst-case scenario took place on May 5 when they moved down from picking second to picking fourth in the Draft Lottery. However, things got even worse when the San Jose Sharks moved up a whopping seven spots and lucked out by drawing the second overall pick, behind the Toronto Maple Leafs, who…
TAMPA, Fla. — The parallel was already easy to make for Rueben Bain Jr. A consensus All-American who wreaked havoc at the front of a University of Miami defense but fell unexpectedly and landed in the middle of the first round with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? That was Bain two weeks ago, when the Buccaneers…
The Boston Bruins admirably made it to the postseason after a quick retool by general manager Don Sweeney. Adding talent such as Viktor Arvidsson, Fraser Minten, and Marat Khusnutdinov paid off handsomely during the regular season. Each player would find a way to make it beyond April and into a playoff spot. The team’s flaws…
The NFL has always been a quarterback-driven league where any signal caller with a pulse and a few highlight plays can command a hefty payday on the open market. The league-wide desperation has forced team builders to overpay for QB1 prospects with unimpressive résumés, ranking them as the highest-paid players on their teams. With an…
U.S. midfielder Tanner Tessmann will not play any more games for Lyon this season because of a muscle strain, coach Paulo Fonseca said Friday, in another injury concern for the Americans ahead of the World Cup. It wasn’t immediately clear how serious Tessmann’s injury is, with barely a month until the start of the tournament…
Connor McDavid, Nikita Kucherov, and Nathan MacKinnon were named finalists for the Hart Trophy on Friday, May 8. McDavid will be seeking his fourth Hart Trophy win, while both Kucherov and MacKinnon are looking to win for the second time. If McDavid should win the Hart for the fourth time, he will move into third…
The lingering NFL offseason question is on the way to being answered: quarterback Aaron Rodgers is taking a visit and is reportedly likely to re-sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But the catch is simple – what’s in it for Rodgers to re-sign? Well, that’s the question that Colin Cowherd wants the answer to, defending the…
ANAHEIM, Calif. — When White Sox special assistant David Keller made his annual scouting trip to Japan last August, Munetaka Murakami was among a list of top targets. But the odds of the White Sox actually signing the 25-year-old Nippon Professional Baseball superstar? “I thought it was like a 1% chance,” Keller, who runs Chicago’s…
Manchester City star Josko Gvardiol is back in training after four months out with a broken leg, with Pep Guardiola saying Friday he hopes the defender is ready to “make a good World Cup” with Croatia. Gvardiol underwent surgery after sustaining a fracture to his right leg in the 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the…
As the Montreal Canadiens battle through a high-stakes second-round series against the Buffalo Sabres, the atmosphere in Montreal is electric, not just for the present, but for a promising future that has been under construction. While the current roster has proven it can compete with the NHL’s elite, the true depth of the organization lies…
