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2020 NFL draft: Ranking the top 100 prospects
For the past three decades, I’ve made thousands of calls to hundreds of scouts, coaches and personnel executives before the NFL draft. I’ve chased down game video on prospects, crunched numbers, made charts and tried to organize handwritten notes. The best part comes after conversations about the best scheme fit and disagreements about the best […]
Continue readingHow the NHL trade deadline altered the playoff landscape
The NHL trade deadline came and went, and we were treated to a flurry of moves of varying degrees of importance to the playoff races. For the most part, it was a pretty sensible deadline, in that the teams currently contending for playoff spots were the ones that generally added to their rosters at the […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: 1-31 poll, plus the player with the most to prove on every team
The stress of the NHL trade deadline is over, and it has been replaced with a completely different kind of pressure: trying to excel in the stretch run of the 2019-20 season. In this week’s NHL power rankings, we look at some of the players under the most pressure as the games tick down to […]
Continue readingWay-Too-Early College Football Top 25: LSU loses ground, Clemson still No. 1
With spring practice on the horizon, national signing day (both of them) in the rear view, and the FBS coaching carousel finally winding down (apologies to Colorado), it’s a great time to update the 2020 Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings. The four College Football Playoff teams — Clemson, LSU, Ohio State and Oklahoma — continued to […]
Continue readingLightning’s Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov combine for 4 points in return
Both assisted on Brayden Point‘s 21st goal of the season in the third period, and Kucherov buried an empty-net goal, as the Lightning pushed their winning streak to 10 games with the afternoon victory. Stamkos assisted on that final tally. With 83 points, the Lightning have moved within one point of Boston for the No. […]
Continue readingLightning’s Nikita Kucherov suffers lower-body injury vs. Penguins
Kucherov got tangled with teammate Tyler Johnson in the second period. When he left the ice, Kucherov walked with a limp down the tunnel and to the locker room. Postgame analysis and highlight show airing each night throughout the season from Barry Melrose and Linda Cohn. Watch on ESPN+ Lightning coach Jon Cooper said after […]
Continue readingBiggest 2020 question for each Top 25 college football team
Every college football team — even those in the Top 25 — turns over its roster every year with graduations, transfers, etc. So those changes are offseason question marks, especially this time of year. The Tigers will be loaded on offense once again with Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne returning, but the biggest question in […]
Continue readingNBA trade talk and what might happen before the deadline
The fun thing about the trade deadline is that it’s a deadline — which spurs activity. Just when you think it’s barren, seven trades come across Woj’s Twitter feed in a two-minute span. The lead-up has been a tad dull. Bradley Beal‘s extension took him off the market until the offseason, removing a big name […]
Continue readingCollege football’s 100 best games of 2019: 40-21
In our second-to-last installment unveiling the top 100 games of the 2019 college football season, we go heavy into added context. Today’s list includes Rivalry Week games, high-impact bowls and a few controversial finishes. And a dance-off. Can’t forget the dance-off. Here’s what it took to prevent Memphis from finishing the regular season unbeaten: Three […]
Continue reading2019-20 College Football All-Bowl Team
The dust has settled, bowl season is (finally) over, and we have a new champ: LSU. But there’s a lot more to the college football postseason than the playoff and the title game. There are 40 bowls that provide endless entertainment and tons of fantastic performances. We highlight some of the best from bowl season […]
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