Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Mendes: Why it’s time for NFL-style realignment in the NHLWe’re a week into a new NHL season and still grappling with some of the scheduling quirks of this pandemic-shortened season.The Montreal Canadiens and Vancouver Canucks will play three regular-season games in the span...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Mendes: Why it’s time for NFL-style realignment in the NHLWe’re a week into a new NHL season and still grappling with some of the scheduling quirks of this pandemic-shortened season.The Montreal Canadiens and Vancouver Canucks will play three regular-season games in the span...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams More NHL expansion, Patrik Laine trades, realignment quirks: Duhatschek mailbagWelcome to another edition of the mailbag in which I try to answer questions that may have arisen now that the NHL is in the second week of a complicated 2020-21 season. Once again, because there...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams More NHL expansion, Patrik Laine trades, realignment quirks: Duhatschek mailbagWelcome to another edition of the mailbag in which I try to answer questions that may have arisen now that the NHL is in the second week of a complicated 2020-21 season. Once again, because there...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams The Kyle Shanahan system: What Mike LaFleur’s Jets offense may look like in 2021The Jets liked Robert Saleh. A lot. They believed he was the perfect coach at the perfect time. Spirits tend to drop when you haven’t made the playoffs in a decade. Saleh’s starry vehemence, which...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams The Kyle Shanahan system: What Mike LaFleur’s Jets offense may look like in 2021The Jets liked Robert Saleh. A lot. They believed he was the perfect coach at the perfect time. Spirits tend to drop when you haven’t made the playoffs in a decade. Saleh’s starry vehemence, which...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Kravitz: Was I wrong about Deflategate? Six years later, it’s still complicatedHer name is Julie Marron and she’s the director of a recent documentary called “Four Games in Fall.” It’s about Deflategate, which began at 12:55 a.m. January 19, 2015, a few hours after the...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Kravitz: Was I wrong about Deflategate? Six years later, it’s still complicatedHer name is Julie Marron and she’s the director of a recent documentary called “Four Games in Fall.” It’s about Deflategate, which began at 12:55 a.m. January 19, 2015, a few hours after the...WW…

Better access. Deeper insight. Your teams. 7:22 PM UTC25 What does this mean?Lindsay Jones, senior NFL writer: Thomas earned this assignment by consistently being one of the highest-rated officials at her position this season. Her gender has largely been a non-factor since she was hired several years ago, an important reminder that women can work and succeed in football roles that were previously held exclusively by men.How did Thomas get here?Jones: Thomas became the NFL's first full-time woman official in 2015, after rising through the collegiate officiating ranks (in Conference USA) and...…Better access. Deeper insight. Your teams. 7:22 PM UTC25 What does this mean?Lindsay Jones, senior NFL writer: Thomas earned this assignment by consistently being one of the highest-rated officials at her position this season. Her gender has largely been a non-factor since she was hired several years ago, an important reminder that women can work and succeed in football roles that were previously held exclusively by men.How did Thomas get here?Jones: Thomas became the NFL's first full-time woman official in 2015, after rising through the collegiate officiating ranks (in Conference USA) and...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams LeBrun: Mike Babcock breaks his silence about firing, Marner, Franzen and moreMike Babcock is stepping back into the hockey spotlight on Sunday, though not in the way he was accustomed to for 30-plus years.In fact, it’s the first time in 33 years Babcock isn’t behind the bench...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams LeBrun: Mike Babcock breaks his silence about firing, Marner, Franzen and moreMike Babcock is stepping back into the hockey spotlight on Sunday, though not in the way he was accustomed to for 30-plus years.In fact, it’s the first time in 33 years Babcock isn’t behind the bench...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams ‘It’s a disease’: Colts’ Jim Irsay fighting mental-health stigma with campaignWhen the darkness of depression descended on the great novelist William Styron, he found inspiration and succor in music, specifically Johannes Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody.There’s a song that has the same...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams ‘It’s a disease’: Colts’ Jim Irsay fighting mental-health stigma with campaignWhen the darkness of depression descended on the great novelist William Styron, he found inspiration and succor in music, specifically Johannes Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody.There’s a song that has the same...WW…

Better access. Deeper insight. Your teams. 12:38 AM UTC25 What this means for the NHLScott Burnside, NHL senior writer: This final COVID-19 report before the start of the season marks a line in the sand in terms of how the NHL handles positive tests. Dating back to the bubble playoffs, the league would regularly report the number of players, tests and outcome of those tests. Starting Wednesday with the first five games of the pandemic-shortened season, the league will not only reveal those testing numbers but will for the first time identify players who have tested positive. That...…Better access. Deeper insight. Your teams. 12:38 AM UTC25 What this means for the NHLScott Burnside, NHL senior writer: This final COVID-19 report before the start of the season marks a line in the sand in terms of how the NHL handles positive tests. Dating back to the bubble playoffs, the league would regularly report the number of players, tests and outcome of those tests. Starting Wednesday with the first five games of the pandemic-shortened season, the league will not only reveal those testing numbers but will for the first time identify players who have tested positive. That...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Melo’s advice, Kyrie’s shot and adapting to the game: A Q&A with Iman ShumpertIman Shumpert spent only 13 games with the Nets last season, but his presence provided Brooklyn a solid perimeter defender, something a struggling Nets defense has lacked at times this...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Melo’s advice, Kyrie’s shot and adapting to the game: A Q&A with Iman ShumpertIman Shumpert spent only 13 games with the Nets last season, but his presence provided Brooklyn a solid perimeter defender, something a struggling Nets defense has lacked at times this...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams The NHL’s top 10 regression candidates for 2020-21Which NHL players could be primed to take a step back in 2020-21?It’s not the most positive and optimistic topic to sink our teeth into. It’s more exciting to talk about who’s ready to break out or bounce back, but it’s equally...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams The NHL’s top 10 regression candidates for 2020-21Which NHL players could be primed to take a step back in 2020-21?It’s not the most positive and optimistic topic to sink our teeth into. It’s more exciting to talk about who’s ready to break out or bounce back, but it’s equally...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Sharks’ Evander Kane files for bankruptcy with $26.8 million of debtThe lengthy list of athletes who squandered millions of dollars only to file for bankruptcy has a new member, San Jose Sharks left winger Evander Kane. Despite signing a seven-year, $49 million contract...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Sharks’ Evander Kane files for bankruptcy with $26.8 million of debtThe lengthy list of athletes who squandered millions of dollars only to file for bankruptcy has a new member, San Jose Sharks left winger Evander Kane. Despite signing a seven-year, $49 million contract...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Rockets Film Room: Why does James Harden stand back at midcourt?Glenn Robinson III stood ahead of James Harden, looking back at his Rockets teammates signaling coverages. Harden did not have the ball. Instead, he stood mostly idle, tiptoeing toward the perimeter and out of...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Rockets Film Room: Why does James Harden stand back at midcourt?Glenn Robinson III stood ahead of James Harden, looking back at his Rockets teammates signaling coverages. Harden did not have the ball. Instead, he stood mostly idle, tiptoeing toward the perimeter and out of...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams LeBrun: Jay Bouwmeester quietly retires from NHL but is healthy and happyThe 2020-21 season begins this week without one of the smoothest skaters the game has ever seen.Jay Bouwmeester retired, not that he made any big deal of it — that’s not his style. But he made that clear...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams LeBrun: Jay Bouwmeester quietly retires from NHL but is healthy and happyThe 2020-21 season begins this week without one of the smoothest skaters the game has ever seen.Jay Bouwmeester retired, not that he made any big deal of it — that’s not his style. But he made that clear...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Top 100 NHL players: The Athletic’s Player Tiers — from Connor McDavid to Jamie BennAn email was sent out to 20 or so people in the NHL. The request to this group of coaches, executives and analysts was a little more complex than usual. For starters, it included a color-coded...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Top 100 NHL players: The Athletic’s Player Tiers — from Connor McDavid to Jamie BennAn email was sent out to 20 or so people in the NHL. The request to this group of coaches, executives and analysts was a little more complex than usual. For starters, it included a color-coded...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Introducing our new NHL podcast: What to expect from The Athletic Hockey ShowIn the very first journalism class I attended at Carleton University in the fall of 1994, the debut assignment was to interview a fellow student.I was paired with a wiry kid wearing blue jeans and a...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Introducing our new NHL podcast: What to expect from The Athletic Hockey ShowIn the very first journalism class I attended at Carleton University in the fall of 1994, the debut assignment was to interview a fellow student.I was paired with a wiry kid wearing blue jeans and a...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Why does George Kittle love Filip Forsberg so much?It is one of Predators Twitter’s greatest mysteries.Occasionally, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will send a tweet about the Predators — most of which mention Filip Forsberg — to his roughly 163,700 followers.How...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Why does George Kittle love Filip Forsberg so much?It is one of Predators Twitter’s greatest mysteries.Occasionally, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will send a tweet about the Predators — most of which mention Filip Forsberg — to his roughly 163,700 followers.How...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams LeBrun: 7 landing spots for Pierre-Luc Dubois that make senseWhat’s rather fascinating in the aftermath of Pierre-Luc Dubois’ trade request becoming public is how teams around the league react to it.Some teams want to check in on something like that right away to figure out...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams LeBrun: 7 landing spots for Pierre-Luc Dubois that make senseWhat’s rather fascinating in the aftermath of Pierre-Luc Dubois’ trade request becoming public is how teams around the league react to it.Some teams want to check in on something like that right away to figure out...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Ranking NHL’s best under-23 stars: Dahlin, Pettersson or Lafreniere at No. 1?In the three months since my last NHL prospect list, most major leagues have played games and we had a World Junior Championship tournament.While we await the start of the NHL, AHL, WHL and OHL...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Ranking NHL’s best under-23 stars: Dahlin, Pettersson or Lafreniere at No. 1?In the three months since my last NHL prospect list, most major leagues have played games and we had a World Junior Championship tournament.While we await the start of the NHL, AHL, WHL and OHL...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Anaheim Ducks coach Dallas Eakins on D.C. riot: ‘It literally sickens me’Born in Florida, Dallas Eakins spent much of his childhood and teenage years in Canada. But the Anaheim Ducks coach has lived the majority of his adult life in the United States, first playing pro hockey...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Anaheim Ducks coach Dallas Eakins on D.C. riot: ‘It literally sickens me’Born in Florida, Dallas Eakins spent much of his childhood and teenage years in Canada. But the Anaheim Ducks coach has lived the majority of his adult life in the United States, first playing pro hockey...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Inside the numbers: Crowning the 2020 NFL Most Valuable PlayerWelcome to the third annual MVP column. In the prior two seasons, our choice has matched that of the voters: Patrick Mahomes in 2018 and Lamar Jackson in 2019. Will this process lead to the same choice as the voters...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Inside the numbers: Crowning the 2020 NFL Most Valuable PlayerWelcome to the third annual MVP column. In the prior two seasons, our choice has matched that of the voters: Patrick Mahomes in 2018 and Lamar Jackson in 2019. Will this process lead to the same choice as the voters...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams How Dave Randorf became Lightning’s new play-by-play voiceThe first time Dave Randorf called a game in Tampa, he made himself a prescient promise.It was in the spring of 2003 and Randorf was calling games for Canada’s TSN. The Lightning were playing the Capitals in the first...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams How Dave Randorf became Lightning’s new play-by-play voiceThe first time Dave Randorf called a game in Tampa, he made himself a prescient promise.It was in the spring of 2003 and Randorf was calling games for Canada’s TSN. The Lightning were playing the Capitals in the first...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Best and worst of the 2021 world juniors: NHL scouts vote for stars and flopsThe 2021 IIHF’s Under-20 Men’s World Championship, aka the world juniors, concluded in Edmonton Tuesday.This was the all-star ballot I was asked to submit before the gold medal game results were...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Best and worst of the 2021 world juniors: NHL scouts vote for stars and flopsThe 2021 IIHF’s Under-20 Men’s World Championship, aka the world juniors, concluded in Edmonton Tuesday.This was the all-star ballot I was asked to submit before the gold medal game results were...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Jerami Grant’s Detroit decision is a story of power structure, and empowermentTo understand Jerami Grant’s decision to come to Detroit as a free agent this offseason, you must first learn about the two separate entities that make up who he is.There’s Jerami...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Jerami Grant’s Detroit decision is a story of power structure, and empowermentTo understand Jerami Grant’s decision to come to Detroit as a free agent this offseason, you must first learn about the two separate entities that make up who he is.There’s Jerami...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams What does new assistant GM Jason Botterill bring to the Seattle Kraken?Jason Botterill does not know for sure, but there could come a day when he sifts through the box scores of his 88 NHL games to see whether or not he ever played against Ron Francis.One...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams What does new assistant GM Jason Botterill bring to the Seattle Kraken?Jason Botterill does not know for sure, but there could come a day when he sifts through the box scores of his 88 NHL games to see whether or not he ever played against Ron Francis.One...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Lombardi: Trevor Lawrence makes Jaguars’ coaching job the most appealing openingWhen the final whistle blew on the field in Indianapolis to officially end the Jaguars’ dreadful 2020 season, Jacksonville made a decade’s worth of history. The loss to the Colts in...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsAtlanticMetropolitanCentralPacificAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams Lombardi: Trevor Lawrence makes Jaguars’ coaching job the most appealing openingWhen the final whistle blew on the field in Indianapolis to officially end the Jaguars’ dreadful 2020 season, Jacksonville made a decade’s worth of history. The loss to the Colts in...WW…