[ad_1] Brooklyn-based Jay Jaffe is a senior writer for FanGraphs, the author of The Cooperstown Casebook (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017) and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame analysis. He founded the Futility Infielder website (2001), was a columnist for Baseball Prospectus (2005-2012) and a contributing writer for Sports…
[ad_1] One of the best parts of team competitions is the home crowd. In the Ryder Cup, whether the competition is in the United States or Europe, the opposing team is going to deal with constant jeering, raucous applause and more from the fans. In the Presidents Cup, it hasn’t quite been that way. The…
[ad_1] U.S. women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes will be on the hunt for a new member on her staff. Twila Kilgore has left her role as assistant coach, U.S. Soccer announced Tuesday. Kilgore is leaving to pursue other coaching opportunities after serving as interim head coach from September 2023 to May 2024. Kilgore…
[ad_1] There was a little bit of panic in Toronto on Tuesday as Auston Matthews left the team skate early and didn’t return. It wasn’t clear at the time why he left as Mark Masters reported there was “no obvious issue”, but that didn’t stop Leafs Nation from assuming the worst. It turns out that…
[ad_1] Wow, what a week of football. We had teams that had no business of winning dominating teams they shouldn’t of. We had injuries to star QB’s effecting the outcome of games. We learned how valuable the QB position is for teams. How about desperation for the 0-2 teams that couldn’t afford to go down…
[ad_1] There’s a phrase in Italian, Stai zitto. It’s not a nice phrase, google has several results for how not nice it is. Christian Pulisic did the hand signal for this after scoring a goal in the Milan derby over the weekend. The Derby della Madonnina is a big deal. For one thing, it is…
[ad_1] Golf GameBook, the leading golf app, has successfully closed a €2.5 million funding round led by Spanish and Nordic investors, consolidating its position in the European market as the top golf app on the continent. Designed for all levels of golfers, the app supports 25 different game formats, making it the most dynamic and…
[ad_1] Photo: Christian Bonin The Iowa Wild have signed goaltender Dylan Ferguson to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Ferguson returns to the AHL after spending last season in the Kontinental Hockey League. He has appeared in 29 AHL games over parts of four seasons with Chicago, Henderson, Toronto, and Belleville, posting a record of…
[ad_1] Shang Juncheng and Zhang Zizhen nearly made it a Chinese double of titles on Tuesday when they respectively contested the Chengdu and Hangzhou crowns in front of partisan home crowds. But it was Shang who was successful when he beat the top seeded Lorenzo Musteti of Italy, 7-6(4) 6-1 to become the second Chinese…
[ad_1] (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) The Chicago Bears are looking to add more depth to the quarterback position. They only have Tyson Bagent behind Caleb Williams, so adding another veteran, even if it’s to the practice squad, shouldn’t hurt. With that in mind, they’ve brought in former Kansas City Chiefs QB Chris Oladokun for…
