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Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre’s charity donated to University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation while he pushed for state funds
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre’s charity, Favre 4 Hope, donated more than $130,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation from 2018 to 2020, according to tax records obtained by ESPN on Wednesday. During this same period, Favre was trying to raise money for a new volleyball stadium at the university, where he played […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey dynasty ranks: What will the NHL look like in 2027
Well, we know their age. We also know what kind of production they have put up in the past. But beyond those two criteria, we don’t really know a whole lot. We can certainly guess a lot. In January 2018, ESPN asked me to do the first one of these dynasty rankings. While I didn’t […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: Championship week best pickups
If the Toronto Maple Leafs pull away from the Tampa Bay Lightning a little more over the next couple of games, they might be in a position to rest toward the end of the season. The Calgary Flames might be in a position soon where their seeding won’t change, but they still might need to […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings update: Underrated defenseman picks
In an attempt to illustrate this, let’s look at fantasy points in the league since Jan. 1. Kris Letang leads all NHLers with 71.4 fantasy points since Jan. 1, so that is our pinnacle for production. What we are looking at here is production of fantasy points by other players in only the hit and […]
Continue readingBoston Bruins’ Brad Marchand’s six-game ban upheld by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman
Marchand was suspended by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Feb. 9 for punching and high-sticking Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry. Since the suspension was longer than five games, Marchand had the chance to appeal to Bettman. That hearing was held Wednesday. Marchand can continue his appeal to a neutral arbitrator, although a decision […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings update: Top pickups for the week ahead
Evgenii Dadonov, W, Vegas Golden Knights: So this is how the Knights get Jack Eichel under the salary cap. Mark Stone is going the Nikita Kucherov route and going on long-term injury reserve to clear the space for Eichel’s Vegas debut Wednesday. If Stone has to be sacrificed to the long-term injured reserve for Eichel […]
Continue readingBoston Bruins winger Brad Marchand calls his actions ‘stupid’ but not ‘suspension-worthy’
Brad Marchand did not hold back when addressing his six-game suspension for roughing/high-sticking Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry. The Boston Bruins winger was banned after an incident late in Tuesday’s game between the Bruins and Penguins, where Marchand punched Jarry in the head and then, while being escorted off the ice by an official, struck […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings update: How to prep for the trade deadline
The wrinkle here, however, is that unless you have a league manager that adjusted your settings, the default fantasy trade deadline in ESPN leagues is March 18. That will add an additional level of speculative moves required in order to capitalize on player movement. And you do want to try to capitalize on it. A […]
Continue readingBoston Bruins’ Brad Marchand faces hearing, possible ban
Brad Marchand will have an in-person hearing with NHL Player Safety Wednesday night for roughing and high sticking against Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry. Because it’s in-person (via Zoom), any suspension levied could be five games or more. Marchand was already banned three games this season for slew footing Oliver Ekman-Larsson and has been suspended […]
Continue readingBoston Bruins’ Brad Marchand suspended career-high 6 games; repeat offender status cited as factor
Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand has been suspended six games for roughing and high sticking against Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry. NHL Player Safety announced the ban Wednesday night following an in-person hearing with Marchand earlier in the day. Marchand was already suspended once this season, for three games, when he slew footed Oliver Ekman-Larsson. […]
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