Over the past nine seasons or so, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been led either by a group that valued analytics — as in Kyle Dubas and Brendan Shanahan — or by something closer to old-school, gut-feel hockey thinking under Brad Treliving and coach Craig Berube. Related: 3 Surprising GM Candidates for the Maple Leafs…
Texas Rangers left-hander Jacob Latz has a no-hit start this season, setting a franchise record over nine innings in his first five appearances. Opposing hitters were 0 for 28, one batter more than 27 outs needed for a full game, against the pitcher who turned 30 on Wednesday. The 66-season franchise’s previous record for consecutive…
Kylian Mbappe joined the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Ruud van Nistelrooy in an elite Champions League club after scoring in Real Madrid’s 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. The Frenchman brought up his 14th goal in Europe for the 2025-26 campaign to give…
Many American Hockey League (AHL) coaches hope to get their shot at becoming an NHL head coach. For Abbotsford Canucks bench boss Manny Malhotra, that time could come soon. Although this season did not turn out how Abbotsford wanted, Malhotra has proven to be a great minor league coach and won a Calder Cup Championship…
Jaxson Dart’s new offensive coordinator thinks the world of him. “When I got here to New York and got to meet him and started talking to him, you could tell right away that everything was true. This kid is different that way,” New York Giants offensive coordinator Matt Nagy said about Dart at a press…
The Premier League has officially guaranteed a minimum of five entrants for next season’s Champions League following a decisive set of European results. Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Sporting CP provided the final coefficient points required to ensure England finishes amongst UEFA’s top two performing nations for the second year running. Coefficient spot secured Arsenal’s narrow…
The Pacific Division is officially a dumpster fire, and last night’s Vegas Golden Knights–Vancouver Canucks game was Exhibit A. But this isn’t just about one sloppy contest; it’s about a season-long pattern where the division’s top teams look oddly mediocre, the basement squads are historically bad, and goaltending or luck paper over the deeper roster…
The running back position has become less and less valued in the NFL Draft in recent years. However, FOX Sports lead college football analyst Joel Klatt and NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay don’t want the value of the running back position to skew how good Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love is. In the most recent episode…
Let’s face it, we’re all a little tired of the Chicago Blackhawks. Given how often they’re on national television, how many of them were named to the National Hockey League’s Top 100 (despite questionable qualifications) and, of course, the league’s insistence on sending them to every single outdoor game ever, the NHL seems to view…
The NFL Draft isn’t just about the draft. It’s often a catalyst for another round of trades. Sometimes it’s just general managers swapping draft picks. But it’s also the perfect time to move valuable or unwanted players, too. So, to help those GMs out, here’s a list of one trade we’d like to see every…
