The latest on Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki: What we learned from the pitcher’s agent at the winter meetings

DALLAS — The baseball world is captivated by Roki Sasaki and where he’ll play in 2024. But Sasaki, it seems, is just as unsure as everyone else. Back in November, news broke that the 23-year-old Japanese phenomenon was readying himself for a stateside journey. Sasaki’s NPB team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, were expected to “post” … Read more

Trae Young makes his return to MSG, Jimmy Butler’s landing spots & Caitlin Clark is TIME’s athlete of the year

Subscribe to Good Word with Goodwill Vincent Goodwill and Dan Titus break down the Bucks’ win over the Magic in Tuesday night’s NBA Cup quarterfinals and preview Trae’s return to MSG as the Atlanta Hawks take on the New York Knicks in a tournament continuation of the rivalry. Vince and Dan then chat trade rumors … Read more

Four Verts: Falcons’ late-season collapse isn’t surprising, and how dangerous are the Seahawks?

(Yahoo Sports) The postseason is rapidly approaching, clearing up the image as far as teams that have a shot to make the playoffs over the final month of the season. This week’s Four Verts starts with a team that has, perhaps unsurprisingly, rapidly fallen down the standings after a month-long skid. Falcons blowing the divisional … Read more

Make fun of the so-called ‘worst college basketball team of all-time’ all you want. They have a bigger priority than winning

Only a few minutes into his team’s first practice of the 2023-24 season, Logan Strand already had an inkling that the months ahead might be grim. It was glaringly obvious to the Free Lutheran Bible College men’s basketball coach that most of his roster of 18-to-21-year-olds had hardly played before. Strand began assessing his team … Read more

Former Tulane QB Darian Mensah commits to Duke

Darian Mensah was Tulane’s starting QB in 2024. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) Duke moved quickly to secure its new quarterback. According to multiple reports including Rivals’ Devils Illustrated, former Tulane QB Darian Mensah has committed to the Blue Devils. Mensah visited Duke on Tuesday and his impending arrival comes as Duke’s 2024 starter, Maalik … Read more

QB Room: If the Eagles implode again, they can thank the latest self-inflicted nonsense pointed at Jalen Hurts

Two months ago, Jalen Hurts was a turnover problem. Two months later — turnover problems resolved — he’s a passing problem. And two months from now, if the Philadelphia Eagles haven’t won February’s Super Bowl, Hurts might end up being scapegoated as the root cause of all the franchise’s problems. That’s how the trajectory of … Read more