The NFC North is without a doubt the most competitive division in the NFL, and Thursday night presents a marquee divisional matchup. With the Detroit Lions currently leading the division at 11-1, the 9-3 Green Bay Packers are looking to avenge their 24-14 loss earlier this year. Since losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2, the Lions…
On Sunday, as the Detroit Lions look to add healthy players to an injury-riddled defense, news they were signing three-time Pro Bowl safety Jamal Adams to their practice squad landed as surprising. After asking the Tennessee Titans to release him earlier this season, amid another injury, he was awaiting an opportunity to join a playoff contender. Adams…
The NFL’s single-season rushing record, set by Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson in 1984, is 2,105 yards. Several rushers over the past 40 years have come close to breaking it, most notably former Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in 2012, who came up nine yards short (2,097). Now, 12 years later, the chase…
Casey Sadler, former reliever for the Los Angeles Dodgers, has announced his retirement at 34. He shared the news through an extensive statement on social media, accompanied by a heartfelt screenshot expressing gratitude to those who supported him throughout his career including baseball fans, young players, his parents, coaches, and his agent. “This year has…
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in 2024 and are already gearing up for 2025. However, they did not make an initial attempt to keep one of their key players around. The Dodgers could not have won the World Series without the contributions of Walker Buehler. However, they did not extend him a…
Eric Karros and Mark Grudzielanek were traded to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Todd Hundley and Chad Hermansen on this day in Los Angeles Dodgers history in 2002. The Cubs also received cash considerations as part of the deal, and Karros waived his no-trade clause that was acquired by becoming a player with 10-and-5…
Adam Thielen received a pass from Bryce Young late in the first half. The Carolina Panthers wide receiver bobbled it, secured it, and fell to the ground in bounds. He seemed, on replay, to have possession with a knee and then an elbow touching in bounds. The call was ruled incomplete, and the replay somehow didn’t overturn…
At the end of the 2023 season, Jack Flaherty went from a frontline starter with the Cardinals to a fringe bullpen piece for a Orioles team that was swept in the ALDS by the eventual World Series champion Rangers. Flaherty signed a one-year, $14 million deal with the Tigers looking to re-establish himself as an…
Braden Fiske is strictly a defensive player for the Los Angeles Rams but he made a play on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints that could lead Sean McVay to rethink that. In the first quarter, Fiske scooped up what looked like a fumble and returned it 58 yards for a touchdown, only for the…
Major League Baseball capped off their 2024 season with a wildly successful playoffs that culminated with a World Series win by the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees. Of note, viewership for the World Series drew a combined 29.7 million average viewers in the United States and Japan. Game 2 had an average…
According to The Athletic, Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is set to get back $325,000 worth of baseball cards as part of the ongoing legal issues involving him and his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Between January and March of 2024, Mizuhara, 39, purchased the cards onlinewith the intent to re-sell them . The cards…
The Los Angeles Dodgers made a splash in free agency by signing Blake Snell to a five-year contract, slotting him into a starting rotation with the potential to be among the league’s best. Snell’s $182 million contract with the Dodgers includes a $52 million signing bonus and roughly $65 million in deferred salary. The acquisition…