Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-Cast The mystery surrounding Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki’s free agency is starting to become a little more clear after teams have reached out to express their interest in the talents of the young, budding ace. With the international signing period approaching rapidly, we might know the fate of where Sasaki will join … Read more
Ohio State (11-2) may have suffered a humiliating flag-planting defeat at the hands of their archrivals Michigan, but they didn’t let that setback obscure the overall goal of winning the National Championship. They snuffed out Tennessee’s passing offense (14-of-31, 104 yards, 0-to-0 ratio) rendering the Vols unable to climb out of an early 21-0 first … Read more
49ers star Deebo reveals his votes for NFL MVP, OPOY awards originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Deebo Samuel’s picks are in. The star 49ers wide receiver revealed who he believes should win NFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year on the latest episode of his “Cleats & Convos” show. “If it ended … Read more
Three teams have booked their tickets to the College Football Playoff semifinals. Who will be the fourth? The final game of the quarterfinals — the Sugar Bowl showdown between Georgia and Notre Dame — was postponed to Thursday after a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans in the early hours of Jan. 1 … Read more
Jalen Milroe will not be back at Alabama in 2025. The Crimson Tide QB announced Thursday that he was declaring for the NFL Draft. Milroe has already earned his undergraduate degree and was a redshirt junior in 2024. He was able to return for another season of college football since he played in just four … Read more
Patrick Surtain II of the Denver Broncos has had a great season. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) Usually, NFL Defensive Player of the Year is determined to some extent by sacks. That’s the stat that gets the voters’ attention. Patrick Surtain II has been so good at cornerback for the Denver Broncos, he might be … Read more
DETROIT — Last Sunday, Minnesota quarterback Sam Darnold entered the victorious Vikings locker room and was greeted by his teammates, who promptly doused him with water and then lifted him off the ground. It was something pure and special, out of a jubilant NCAA March Madness upset or perhaps a Hollywood movie where eyes would … Read more
At the conclusion of every fantasy football season, it’s a good exercise to look back at what circumstances led to your ultimate fate — whether you walked away with a first-place trophy or reigned supreme in your league’s Toilet Bowl. Perhaps the most important aspect of taking the time for that self-reflection is to look … Read more
Don’t just assume that because a team is eliminated from the playoff race, or have their seed clinched and will be playing backups, that they have nothing to play for. It’s a fallacy and the betting lines for the season finale usually reflect it. The line will always shade a bit to the teams in … Read more
ATLANTA — It’s rough for any game, any season to come down to a penalty flag. But it’s arguably rougher when a season turns on a penalty flag that wasn’t thrown. Texas’ 39-31 win over Arizona State in double overtime at the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day was an instant classic, by far the … Read more