There is absolutely nothing quite like it. The smell of freshly cut grass, the terrifying realization that your favorite team’s bullpen is still a disaster, and the beautiful, irrational hope that this year might actually be the year. The long, cold winter is finally in the rearview mirror, and Opening Day is officially knocking on…
Death, taxes, and Joe Flacco throwing a gorgeous deep ball off his back foot in an NFL stadium. These are the only true guarantees in life. In a move that should have every executive in Cincinnati breathing a massive sigh of relief, the Bengals are bringing back their grizzled veteran. According to league sources, Flacco…
In a league where depth is king, the Falcons have officially decided that one star running back with the last name Robinson simply is not enough. Atlanta is bringing in veteran bruiser Brian Robinson Jr. on a one-year, $2.5 million deal, adding a punishing downhill presence to a backfield that already features the electric Bijan…
If you walked into a Philadelphia sports bar back in Nov. 2019 and told the regulars that the guy the Phillies just acquired for minor-league Infielder Curtis Mead would one day be the $107 million anchor of a championship-caliber rotation, you would have been laughed right out of the building. But baseball is a funny,…
The NFL offseason is usually a stressful, anxiety-inducing time for football fans. You spend months watching your favorite team carefully build a championship roster, only to watch free agency and salary cap gymnastics threaten to tear it all apart. But if you bleed neon green and college navy, you can finally exhale. The Seahawks front…
The New England Patriots have officially inked veteran Cornerback Kindle Vildor to a one-year deal. It is the kind of under-the-radar transaction that doesn’t usually cause a massive seismic shift on social media or lead off the evening sports shows, but it’s the exact type of gritty, depth-building move that wins football games in late…
Howie Rose, the legendary New York Mets radio broadcaster who has painted the corners of our imaginations for nearly four decades, is hanging up his headset. The 72-year-old Queens native announced that this upcoming campaign will be his swan song in the booth. For a guy who grew up sitting in the upper deck of…
According to reports from NFL Network insiders, veteran signal-caller Carson Wentz is heading back to the “Twin Cities” on a fresh one-year deal. That’s right. Wentz is packing his bags for another winter in Minnesota. But he is not walking into a quiet, settled locker room. Instead, he is stepping right into what might be…
If you were watching NFL games back in 2012, you probably still have a slight eye twitch whenever someone brings up the phrase “replacement refs.” It was a bizarre, chaotic three weeks of professional football that culminated in the infamous “Fail Mary” game, where the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers engaged in a jump-ball…
Most NFL fans probably assumed he was already retired, sitting on a beach somewhere enjoying the good life. But on Wednesday, veteran Wide Receiver T.Y. Hilton made it officially official. After 11 seasons, four Pro Bowl selections, and a whole lot of burnt defensive backs trailing in his wake, “The Ghost” is formally disappearing into…