Month: October 2024

The Chicago Cubs are having their victory parade today, and the city decided to dye its river blue in order to help set a festive mood. Pretty cool! But wait, how does the river turn that color? I’ll tell you how: some poor schmucks from the plumbers union have to go down there and spray blue dye everywhere. It does not appear to be a fun job: Save some smoked meats for these guys, Cubs fans. Relatedbetting payout calculatorparlay calculatormoneyline bet calculatorsports betting half pointsquarter kelly calculatorsports betting hedge calculatorwhat does spread mean in bettingover/under bettingwhats a parlay in bettingwhat does round robin mean in bettingwhat is +ev bettinghedging bets …

That was a hell of a trade deadline. Talented young players changing teams, high-value draft picks changing hands, contending teams adding pieces, decent teams squadding up and trying to start something—today hit every note you're looking for in a trade deadline dogpile, and had the courtesy of doing it all at once and damn near killing the beat writers. Here's a rundown of all of the trades from today. Goran and Zoran Dragic to Heat Danny Granger, Justin Hamilton and two first-round picks to the Suns Shawne Williams to Pelicans The only live body in this deal is Goran Dragic, who is 28, very good, and fits a gaping, pus-filled, Chalmers-filled hole in the Heat's roster. Dragic's going to opt out after this season, and the Heat have one more year of Deng and Wad…

The Dallas Stars look to continue their recent home success when they host the Chicago Blackhawks on New Year's Eve. Dallas is 6-1-0 at American Airlines Center during December, including a 5-4 overtime win against the Blackhawks on Friday night in the first of a five-game homestand. After the Blackhawks, Dallas, which is 6-1-1 in its past eight games overall, will host Montreal, Colorado and Nashville. "I think the key is not looking too far ahead and not overlooking any of these teams," Stars coach Pete DeBoer told the team's website. "As long as we keep our heads in the right space and approach each game as we have recently." Things got off to a promising, if shaky, start on Friday night. The Stars fell behind 2-0 in the first period but rallied …

Jonathan Taylor is no longer enrolled at Alabama, and the defensive lineman can’t re-enroll, AL.com reported today. It also pointed out that although the university isn’t calling this an expulsion it sure sounds like one. Taylor was arrested Saturday on domestic violence charges and afterward kicked off the football team. The next day, the woman who accused Taylor recanted her story, but authorities said they were still investigating what happened because there was other evidence (injuries on the woman’s neck, a hole punched in a closet door). A Tuscaloosa sheriff’s office lieutenant said, “I believe something happened.” Deborah Lane, associate vice president for university relations, wouldn’t specifically say Taylor was expelled. But AL.com reporter Melissa Brown poin…

data-mm-id=”_7hdqkc4cm”>In what will likely amount to a death knell for their championship aspirations, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin told reporters today that Ben Roethlisberger would miss the remainder of the season with an elbow injury. The longtime franchise signal-caller will be replaced by Mason Rudolph, and expectations for Pittsburgh have plummeted from playoff contenders to probable AFC North bottom-feeders. It’s tough for Steelers fans to swallow, but unless Rudolph turns into a superstar or the defense takes an unprecedented leap to elite status, this season is pretty much a wash.That’s not where their problems could end, though. Roethlisberger had a great statistical season last year, but anyone who has watched him play over the last decade and change will tell …

data-mm-id=”_c44q8r8az”>The New York Jets' circus continued today as the team fined Quincy Enunwa $27,900 for missing treatment this week. Enunwa is currently on the injured reserve. Given everything that’s going on around the team I thought this could’ve been handled so many different ways. I’ve spent my time with the team trying to build myself up to be dependable and hardworking so this shit hurts. pic.twitter.com/xEUZV69rAJ— Quincy Enunwa (@QuincyEnunwa) November 15, 2019According to his tweet thread, he missed two days of treatment because he took his veteran wife out for lunch on Veterans Day and he had an emergency at home. He did not notify the team until after he missed treatment. So this is one of those things were neither party involved is really right. Enunwa s…

data-mm-id=”_wxkx77smu”>The Detroit Lions need other NFL teams to believe they're actually willing to draft Tua Tagovailoa and the most effective way to do that have Matthew Stafford trade rumors swirl. And swirl they did late Wednesday night as WDIV-TV reported talks of sending the franchise out of town have been underway for weeks. The article is incredibly short and cites sources close to the team. It also includes screen shots from Kelly Stafford's Instagram in which she comments on speculative articles about her husband's potential landing spots outside of Detroit. Considering the goal of drumming up interest in swapping the third overall pick — or even having a team trade up to No. 2 with Washington — a conspiracy theorist would have no problem connecting the dot…

data-mm-id=”_6cghom98u”>Thursday night brings audiences the first edition of NFL Network's Thursday Night Football in 2020. The Cincinnati Bengals, led by 2020 first overall pick Joe Burrow, take on former No. 1 pick Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns in a battle to get to .500. Coverage will be plentiful, kicking off at 3 p.m. ET when TNF First Look airs, hosted by Andrew Siciliano. When 6 p.m. ET comes around, Colleen Wolfe, Steve Smith Jr., Michael Irvin, and Joe Thomas take the virtual stage for the first time in 2020 for NFL GameDay Kickoff, the pregame show for Thursday Night Football the last few years. Usually at this time on Thursday, the crew is setting up their set on-site in whichever city is hosting TNF that night. This year, of course, everything changed. Now, S…

data-mm-id=”_km99e79g1″>The second half of the NBA's slightly shortened 2020-2021 season starts on Wednesday. There is a lot of time for teams to shuffle around near the top, middle and bottom of both conferences, but at this point, some things have become clear. We know who will have the best shot at the top pick and if we're honest with ourselves, we know who can win the title. The second list is much smaller.There are a lot of fun, feel-good or interesting storylines for teams in the middle of the pack. Stephen Curry's Warriors, Damian Lillard's Blazers, Luka Doncic's Mavericks and Nikola Jokic's Nuggets are all fun and could give any team some trouble, but they are not contenders. Then there are the "contenders," quotation marks intended. For…