World class tennis makes its way back to Western Canada this week, as the Edmonton National Bank Challenger kicks off at the Royal Glenora Club in Alberta. The mixed event features some of the top young men’s and women’s players across the country. 16 spots are occupied by Canadians in the main draw of the…
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 Illustrated…
After 3 rounds played we can already see who rules in the Promotiedivisie and who belongs to weaker ones. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market. The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Uitsmijters (1-1) on the court of River T. on Saturday night. Visitors were defeated…
The Edmonton Oilers are reportedly set to sign defenseman Travis Dermott to a two-way contract. PuckPedia reports that the team will formally get a deal done with the defenseman, who was in camp on a PTO, but only after they do some roster juggling for salary cap purposes. PuckPedia notes: “Expecting #LetsGoOilers to formally sign…
European Ryder Cup Captain Luke Donald will be leading his team into the biennial competition as underdogs when they face the U.S. team at Bethpage Black in Farmington, New York on Sept. 26-28. Despite winning 10 of the last 14 matches, Donald acknowledges the difficulty of winning an away Ryder Cup, with the home team…
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) The New York Jets became the first team to fire their head coach this season. That’s not what one would expect from a Super Bowl-hopeful team, as bad as things looked with Robert Saleh there. However, that wasn’t much of a surprise to Stephen A. Smith. Talking on First Take, the…
Former U.S. men’s national team head coach Gregg Berhalter is on his way back to MLS. The Chicago Fire hired Berhalter as their new head coach and director of football, the club announced Tuesday. Berhalter has been without a job since being fired as USMNT head coach last summer following the team’s poor showing at…
Every pitcher begins an at-bat with a plan in mind. Sometimes, they execute the plan perfectly. Other times, things don’t go as expected. This was the case when Emmanuel Clase faced Kerry Carpenter in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the Tigers-Guardians ALDS. On the sixth pitch of the plate appearance, Carpenter hit a…
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Springfield Thunderbirds president Nathan Costa had a goal coming into October – give his fans some much-welcome news and get the season off to a good start. On Friday, the Thunderbirds and St. Louis Blues announced a long-term extension of their affiliation, shooing away any concerns about the team’s long-term…
Before it has even made landfall in the United States, Hurricane Milton is affecting professional golf. The LPGA announced Tuesday its Qualifying Stage Q-Series event, scheduled for Oct. 13-18 at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida, has been postponed. The decision was made because of the “potential impacts of Hurricane Milton, and with…
