Barcelona and Spain winger Lamine Yamal is undoubtedly the most exciting 17-year-old in the world right now. After enjoying a breakout campaign with his boyhood club in the 2023-24 season, Yamal helped La Roja to the 2024 European Championship (EURO 2024), emerging as the Best Young Player of the Tournament. Many believe Yamal has the…
The St. Louis Blues have made two moves on the second day of NHL free agency, acquiring forward Mathieu Joseph from the Ottawa Senators and center Radek Faksa from the Dallas Stars. The deals were meant to add depth to their forward core, particularly in the bottom six. Joseph, 27, brings a defense-first approach to…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Nolan Schanuel’s dislike for day games, the Astros climbing back to .500 and closing in on the Mariners, the Mets reaching .500 and moving towards a playoff berth, Reynaldo López’s success and luck, Adam Duvall’s misfortune, the impact of “expected” stats on performance perception, Hunter Greene’s on-field vomiting incident,…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss whether Nike’s City Connect uniforms are losing their appeal, the Dodgers’ recent setbacks with injuries to Mookie Betts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Kyle Bradish, the imminent returns of star pitchers Gerrit Cole, Max Scherzer, and Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Correa’s impressive performance at the plate, Elly De La Cruz’s unexpected scoring…
The Edmonton Oilers have made some pivotal staff changes throughout the season. Two have had huge impacts and been instrumental in helping the Oilers make it to the Stanley Cup Final: hiring Assistant Coach, Paul Coffey, has completely transformed the Oilers’ defense into the powerhouse it’s become, and the emotional maturity seen by this Oilers…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss MLB’s decision to clear Shohei Ohtani and ban five other players for betting on baseball, including Tucupita Marcano’s permanent ban. They talk about MLB’s involvement, gambling ads, future implications, and more. Later on, they chat about Tommy Pham’s recent altercation, surprising demotions, league parity, trade rumors, memorable games, skills…
(Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) MLB closers have the unique opportunity to make grand entrances into games when called upon in the 9th inning, and many greats of the past such as Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, and Jonathan Papelbon had plenty of mystique and intrigue added to their appeal by having such fun entrances….
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With the 2024 NFL Draft in the rearview, the Miami Dolphins are gearing up for the upcoming season. The team selected seven rookies in the draft and added more in the early stages of undrafted free agency. Now it’s time to see how these new additions fit as Miami looks to contend in a crowded…
After a podcast preface by Ben Lindbergh about Mike Trout’s knee injury (sigh), Ben and Meg Rowley banter (4:19) about a weekend White Sox sweep, the overdue news that Nike is supposedly fixing the much-maligned MLB uniforms, follow-ups about rule rollbacks, ballplayer dirt ingestion, the “group Maddux,” and promotion/relegation, and the Twins’ summer sausage. Then…
