With the World Series firmly in the rearview and winter meetings fast approaching, teams around the MLB are gearing up for the most important stretch of the offseason. Many front offices will be looking to bolster their existing rosters in hopes of a postseason push come next fall, while others are stuck firmly in rebuilding…
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in part because of Walker Buehler and his October performance. After a brutal season coming off Tommy John surgery, Buehler struggled in the NLDS against the Padres. By the end of the postseason, he was closing out the clinching game to win the title. As Walker Buehler…
Despite already leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a World Series title in 2020, in some ways the Dodgers’ 2024 championship was redemption for manager Dave Roberts. There have been numerous calls for Roberts’ job, especially after the Dodgers were eliminated from the postseason in the first round in 2022 and 2023. Even after leading…
Shohei Ohtani quickly won over Los Angeles Dodgers organization and fanbase in his first season with the team, and the sky-high level of popularity is perhaps matched only by Decoy. The love for Ohtani’s dog began early this year and snowballed into a ceremonial first pitch, their own bobblehead and enjoying the World Series parade…
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in part because of the addition of Jack Flaherty. The LA native started the season with the Tigers and went to his hometown team in a deadline deal. After winning a game in the World Series and NLCS, he is a free agent once again. Jack Flaherty’s…
Three years ago, the results of voting for 2021’s NL Cy Young award were announced. The top of the ballot featured a somewhat controversial battle between the elite rate production of then-Brewers ace Corbin Burnes and the volume offered by Phillies ace Zack Wheeler, with Burnes ultimately taking home the trophy. Finish just below them…
The Los Angeles Dodgers had two main agendas when they signed Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani to record-breaking contracts last offseason, build a better team to win a World Series and to capture the heart of an entire nation. After winning their eighth championship in franchise history, the Dodgers can emphatically check off part one….
After a 23-13 win over the Titans that improved the Vikings to 8-2 for the second time in his three seasons as head coach, Kevin O’Connell got to give another one of the post-victory locker room speeches that have become weekly appointment viewing for fans. “Through ten football games, you guys are 8-2,” O’Connell said…
Vikings tight end Josh Oliver has an ankle injury that will require further evaluation, head coach Kevin O’Connell said following Sunday’s win over the Titans. The severity of the issue is unclear, but we should know more on Monday. “He’ll just need to be evaluated,” O’Connell said. “We’ll see what that looks like as we’re…
At 7-2, the Minnesota Vikings came into their game on Sunday vs the Tennessee Titans as one of the top teams in the NFC standings. But they also entered week 11 as a team on the decline in most NFL power rankings, after they failed to score a touchdown in a 12-7 victory over a…
Sam Darnold completed 20 of 32 passes for 246 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for another score, and the Minnesota Vikings posted a 23-13 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday afternoon in Nashville. Jordan Addison and Cam Akers had one touchdown catch apiece for Minnesota (8-2), which won its third game in a…
The Titans had long odds to start. It didn’t help that every big call — some of them questionable — went against them in a 23-13 loss to the Vikings. Minnesota improved to 8-2, while Tennessee fell to 2-8. Referee Clete Blackman and his crew had a tough day, making it much tougher on the…