If you thought the Texas Rangers were going to sit quietly after an 81-81 season that felt more like a hangover from their 2023 World Series title than a genuine defense of it, you haven’t been paying attention to General Manager Chris Young. On Thursday, the Rangers decided they were done playing nice with their…
After a brutal 6-11 finish and Patrick Mahomes dealing with that ugly ACL tear, Chiefs fans have been holding their collective breath. The dark cloud hanging over Arrowhead was about the looming question mark stamped on the locker of the greatest tight end to ever do it. Is Travis Kelce done? At 36 years old,…
After a few years wandering the National League wilderness, racking up frequent flyer miles between San Diego, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Cincinnati, and Chicago, left-hander Taylor Rogers is coming home. According to reports from The Athletic, the Twins are bringing the 35-year-old reliever back on a one-year, $2 million deal. Will this move work out? The…
After a few years in the wilderness, Bob Costas is going back to where he belongs. NBC Sports announced on Thursday that the legendary broadcaster is returning to the network that made him a household name. He isn’t coming back to anchor the Olympics or preside over the NFL, but he is returning to his…
The NFL is a quarterback’s league. The rules are designed to protect them, the paychecks are designed to spoil them, and the MVP trophy usually has a quarterback’s name engraved on it before the ballots are even cast. But every once in a while, a player comes along who is so undeniably electric, so vital…
Football has a nasty habit of giving you everything you ever wanted with one hand and snatching it away with the other. Just ask the Denver Broncos. On Saturday, Mile High was shaking. The drought was over. They had finally toppled the Buffalo Bills in an overtime thriller that felt more like a gladiator match…
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are finalizing a deal to bring in Zac Robinson as their new offensive coordinator. If the name sounds familiar to Bucs fans, it should. Robinson spent the last two years calling plays for the division-rival Atlanta Falcons. But the real story here isn’t about stealing a coach from a rival; it’s…
The regular season is in the rearview mirror, the playoff picture has been painted, and now we get to argue about hardware. The Associated Press dropped the names for the 2025 NFL awards finalists, and if you like chaos, redemption arcs, and running backs doing things that shouldn’t be physically possible, you’re in for a…
UPDATE: The New York Mets have acquired Freddy Peralta in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers. Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat are headed to Milwaukee. The Mets are expected to receive another pitcher in the deal. David Stearns, the architect who once pulled Freddy Peralta out of obscurity in a minor trade with the Mariners…
This week, the Minnesota Vikings and Defensive Coordinator Brian Flores managed to cut through the noise with a move that is as strategic as one of Flores’ signature blitz packages. Here is the situation: Flores has officially put pen to paper on a contract extension to stay in Minnesota. But he is still very much…