[ad_1] (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) The San Francisco 49ers, last year’s Super Bowl hopefuls, are off to a rocky start this season with a 1-2 record. Injuries to key players have been the main culprit, throwing a wrench in their plans. Christian McCaffrey, their star running back, is sidelined with calf and Achilles issues,…
[ad_1] Reading between the lines of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ second preseason game, a 2-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators, it becomes clear that coach Craig Berube was testing line combinations and defensive pairings to understand his team’s depth and capabilities better. While the first preseason game focused on assessing the core players, Game 2…
[ad_1] The Presidents Cup begins on Thursday at Royal Montreal Golf Club. The best-on-best match-play tournament sees 12 American golfers take on 12 players from around the world, excluding Europe. Here’s what you need to know ahead of the elite men’s golf event: FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME — Despite the high quality of…
[ad_1] With the playoff fields in both leagues nearly set, we here at FanGraphs are turning our focus to how teams set up for October. Jay Jaffe has covered the best players at each position among the contenders, with a run down of the worst positions in each league still to come. Dan Szymborski looked…
[ad_1] International Team captain Ernie Els listens to captain of the U.S. team Tiger Woods speak during a news conference ahead of the 2019 Presidents Cup in Melbourne, Australia.(William West/AFP via Getty Images) The Presidents Cup has an added twist to its daily match selection process. Each captain is joined by his assistants and they…
[ad_1] Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Barcelona star Lamine Yamal indirectly played a role in Chelsea securing the signing of highly touted talent Estevao Willian. Willian is set to join Chelsea in the summer of 2025 upon turning 18 years old. This past summer, there was significant interest in Estevao, one of the…
[ad_1] (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) The Washington Commanders have surprised plenty of people by winning two of their first three games this season, and there is suddenly a trickle of optimism about what could be possible for them this season. They upset the Cincinnati Bengals on “Monday Night Football” thanks to rookie quarterback Jayden…
[ad_1] Leeds United cannot ‘rely’ on striker Patrick Bamford to stay fit enough to lead the line for them this season. That’s the view of the club’s former goalkeeper, Paul Robinson, who has been assessing the club’s forward options. Bamford has been with the Whites since the summer of 2018 and made a strong start…
[ad_1] The Edmonton Oilers will miss Evander Kane at the start of the season. His head coach, Kris Knoblauch, outlined what the team would miss during Kane’s absence and emphasized the importance of Kane’s physicality on the ice. Kane has built a reputation as a player who puts the opposing team on edge with his…
[ad_1] (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) The Dallas Cowboys’ run defense has been historically bad this season. They’ve allowed 557 rushing yards, and watching Derrick Henry — who they could’ve signed — run for 151 yards on them was just heartbreaking for the fans. That’s why even Micah Parsons had no choice but to admit…
