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• Colorado Rockies game no. 85 thread: Colton Gordon vs. Chase Dollander

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The Rockies welcome the AL West-leading Houston Astros to Coors Field. Tonight, the Houston Astros (50-34) will play the Colorado Rockies (19-65) in the first of a three-game series at Coors Field. The Rockies’ 8-32 (.200) record at Coors Field is the worst home record in the Majors and tied for the worst start at home for a team in the Modern Era, j...2025
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• Ranking the greatest teams of the NFL's modern era: 2024 Eagles, three Super Bowl losers make the cut

These are the greatest NFL teams of the past 59 seasons...2025
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• Wimbledon gets rid of line judges in favour of electronic calls

John McEnroe — he of “You cannot be serious!” call-arguing fame — is quite all right with Wimbledon’s latest of many steps into the modern era, choosing technology over the human touch to decide whether a ball lands in or out....2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 81

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The Cubs split their series against the Cardinals behind their second straight shutout. Last year’s Rizzo Award winner, Shōta Imanaga, returned and threw five scoreless innings. A Cubs bullpen coming off of one of their worst stretches of the year stopped the momentum on a dime and didn’t allow a run in this series. The bullpen came up huge in this series. They kep...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: 40 games into his interim tenure, how does Schaeffer compare to Black?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, June 27, 2025 After eight seasons and 40 games, the Colorado Rockies fired Bud Black on May 11. The veteran manager who had served as an MLB manager for 18 years left the team worse than he found it when he took over in 2017. Of course, it wasn’t all his fault, but he couldn’t get the most...2025
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• Dodgers 3, Rockies 1: Vintage Kershaw quiets Rox bats in series finale

Photo by Isaiah Downing/MLB Photos via Getty Images Doyle homered but the Rockies have lost 10 straight to the Dodgers The Colorado Rockies entered the day looking to snap a nine-game losing streak against the Los Angeles Dodgers dating back to 2024. The problem, however, is that future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw stood in their way as the offense struggled to get much going on the day, ...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 79 thread: Jack Dreyer vs. Germán Márquez

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Rockies welcome the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers to Coors Field. Tonight, the Los Angeles Dodgers (48-31) will play the Colorado Rockies (18-60) in the first of a three-game series at Coors Field. Despite looking better in June with nine wins, the Rockies’ 60 losses in the first 78 games of a season are tied with the 1904 Washington Senators for th...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Thursday 6/19, 1:20 CT

David Banks-Imagn Images After a day’s delay for rain, the Cubs look for a series win over the Brewers. Thursday notes... MILESTONE INCOMING: The Cubs’ next home run will be their 100th of the season. If they hit it tonight, they will tie 1999 and 2021 for the fourth-fewest games needed to reach the century mark.No. 100 came in the fourth inning with nobody out in game number 74 in 1999 ...2025
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• Rockies 10, Nationals 6: So. Many. Homers.

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Rockies smashed their way to a 2-0 series lead. Update: After the game, Thomas Harding provided an update on Thairo Estrada: The #Rockies    said 2B Thairo Estrada left Tuesday's game with what was diagnosed as a right hand contusion and is day to day. Estrada was hit by a pitch. He missed the early part of the season with a right wrist fracture after being h...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 17, 2025 When Jake Bird strikes out a batter at Coors Field, a triumphant bird’s screech echoes across the ballpark. Lately, that sound effect has been getting a lot of work given that currently, Bird ‘s 52 strikeouts tie him for first with Griffin Jax among relievers. Of those Ks, 33 were at Coors compared to 1...2025
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• Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, June 17, 2025 When Jake Bird strikes out a batter at Coors Field, a triumphant bird’s screech echoes across the ballpark. Lately, that sound effect has been getting a lot of work given that currently, Bird ‘s 52 strikeouts tie him for first with Griffin Jax among relievers. Of those Ks, 33 were at Coors compared to 1...2025
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• Countdown to the season opener: Day 86 Trevon Diggs

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images We’re counting down to the season opener (Day 86) with some Cowboys history We’re counting down the days until the Dallas Cowboys battle the Philadelphia Eagles in the season opener of the 2025 NFL season. To pass the time and mark the days, we’re running through 100 Days of Cowboys. So sit back and enjoy some Cowboys history while we countdown to football....2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies voices are clamoring for change

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 9th, 2025 The Colorado Rockies are still not a good baseball team. While the sweep against the almost equally-moribund Miami Marlins was a lot of fun, the visiting New York Mets promptly put the Rockies back in their place over the weekend. Although there have been incremental and in...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies are historically bad, but where is Dick Monfort?

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 2nd, 2025 There has never been a team quite like the 2025 Colorado Rockies. They are fundamentally broken on every level. The starting pitching has the highest ERA in the league by over a full point and the fewest strikeouts. The bullpen fares better, but was one of the more overworked units in baseball to...2025
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• Cubs 13, Reds 6: Pete Crow-Armstrong does it again

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images The Cubs center fielder had his second six-RBI game... in a week. This Cubs team is starting to do really special things. Seriously, the Cubs had no business winning Friday’s game, not after Matthew Boyd had a rare bad outing, not after Julian Merryweather had another lousy relief appearance, not after they went into the seventh inning trailing by four. And ...2025
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• Phillies 2, Rockies 0: Márquez was excellent, but Rox offense was blanked again

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Márquez tossed seven strong as the Rockies suffered their eighth shutout of the season For the eighth time in 2025, the Colorado Rockies were shut out as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated them 2-0 to complete the four-game sweep. It was the first time that the Phillies have completed a four-game sweep at Coors Field. The Phillies outscored the Rockies ...2025
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• Rockies 10, Nationals 6: So. Many. Homers.
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images It’s just a business after all, right? This organization needs a fresh start, and it starts by breaking a few hearts. It starts with GM Chris MacFarland. When he makes the right moves on the battlefield, MacFarland comes off as a genius, but like most of your friends were while playing Call of Duty Zombies, the quick trigger finger would come back to bite th...2025
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Erik Spoestra can’t lose. If you forced me to define what I think makes a good coach in this modern league, my answer would be “Rigid flexibility”. It’s a paradox that demands being able to hold two things in your head at the same time, to understand two conflicting ideas can be true. If you’re too dogmatic, you live and die by the same double-edged s...2023
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• Terrell Owens Has One Person to Blame for Hall of Fame Snub: Terrell Owens
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2025
"More from BCB’s JohnW53: This was the Cubs’ 1,982nd game against the Dodgers since 1901, first year of the Modern Era."

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"Former Broncos Demaryius Thomas, Aqib Talib among first-year Modern-Era nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame"

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"Brooks Koepka joins Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus in history books with PGA Championship victory"

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"Joe Thomas, James Harrison, Darrelle Revis among modern-era nominees for 2023 Hall of Fame induction"

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"Anquan Boldin, Andre Johnson, DeMarcus Ware among 10 first-time nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame"

2020
"Troy Polamalu headlines the 2020 Hall of Fame modern-era finalists; Patrick Willis among notable snubs"

2019
"Simmons and Miller were inducted via the “Modern Era” veterans committee, a 16-person panel focusing on people whose largest contributions to the sport fell between 1970…"

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"UCF's Griffin lifts 20 reps with prosthetic hand"

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"Former longtime Tigers teammates, right-hander Jack Morris and shortstop Alan Trammell were named to the Hall of Fame's Class of 2018 by the Modern Era Committee on Sunday."

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"Disgraceful Bengals Loss in Ugly Playoff Could Cost Coach Marvin Lewis His Job"

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"Is Stephen Curry the Best Shooter Ever? Yes, Say Many of NBA's All-Time Marksmen"

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"Can the NBA Ever Replace Kobe Bryant? "

• Colorado Rockies game no. 85 thread: Colton Gordon vs. Chase Dollander
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 81
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• Friday Rockpile: 40 games into his interim tenure, how does Schaeffer compare to Black?
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• Dodgers 3, Rockies 1: Vintage Kershaw quiets Rox bats in series finale
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• Nico Harrison’s quote about drafting Cooper Flagg somehow makes him even easier to hate

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Oh, brother. Nico Harrison, the idiot general manager of the Dallas Mavericks has been justifiably mocked for months over the decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. It was an unquestionably stupid move, matched only in its stupidity by the organization’s back-bending efforts to shield Harrison from criticism. Then, in the greatest bailout...2025
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• Understanding Acts of Cowherdism

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Getting My Head Around the Doomerism I’m sure everyone is aware that Colin Cowherd is not a fan of J.J. McCarthy. He even went so far as to compare him to…Danny Wuerffel. Yes, it’s easy to dismiss Cowherd. Bloviators gonna bloviate. The guy collects atrocious takes like my nephew collects Pokémon cards. The opinions of sports talk hosts are a lot like wo...2025
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• Before Sean McVay, there was Lionel Taylor

Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Taylor was an offensive guru on par with McVay, only he never got his chance in the spotlight Lionel Taylor was Sean McVay before the L.A. Rams coach came along, only the league wasn’t ready to see it. When thinking about the 1979 Rams, Lionel Taylor is probably the last person you think of. That is not surprising to anyone familiar ...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Thursday 6/19, 1:20 CT
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 73 thread: Antonio Senzatela vs. Michael Soroka

Tim Heitman-Imagn Images The Rockies will look to — wait for it — win three consecutive games. Today, in the second game of a four-game series, the Colorado Rockies (15-57) will face the Washington Nationals (30-42). The Rockies’ 57 losses in the first 72 games of a season are tied with the 1932 Boston Red Sox for the most in the Modern Era (since 1901). Incidentally, the Red Sox lost thei...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 81
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• Friday Rockpile: 40 games into his interim tenure, how does Schaeffer compare to Black?
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• Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen are already among the best NFL QBs of all-time

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Our panel of experts have ranked the best NFL QBs of all-time. Here is part one of our list. There are several words and phrases to verbally sketch the most important position in sports. Signal-caller. The man under center. Gunslinger. Game-manager. Game-changer. Captain. Clutch. Conductor. Director. Field general. Quarterback. Whether they’re known as ...2025
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• Cardinals 8, Cubs 7: This space intentionally left blank

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images That was ugly, but a different kind of ugly from Monday’s ugly. The Cubs gave up eight runs to the Cardinals. Again. About that, from BCB’s JohnW53: This is the sixth straight game in which the Cubs have allowed at least seven runs, tying for their longest streak of the Modern Era. They set the record in their first six games of the era, in 1901. This is the fifth t...2025
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• Why Celebrity Boxing is Here to Stay

There was a time when everyone knew who the heavyweight champion of the world was. You didn’t necessarily even have to be a fan of the sport – it was just known like you knew who the President was. Now, with so many different sanctioning bodies, those with just a passing interest can become confused at the current state of play. An area of boxing that has exploited the modern era has been one pop...2025
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• Understanding Acts of Cowherdism
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• Before Sean McVay, there was Lionel Taylor
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies must begin rebuilding their reputation around the league

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 16th, 2025 Last week, The Athletic released the results of their 2025 player survey, an extensive survey of Major League Baseball players across various topics. One topic was which current manager they would least like to play under. The top response was former Colorado Rockies skipper Bud Black, whom players’ ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 81
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• Friday Rockpile: 40 games into his interim tenure, how does Schaeffer compare to Black?
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• Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen are already among the best NFL QBs of all-time
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• Understanding Acts of Cowherdism
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)
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• Jake Bird’s sinker has evolved (and so has his mental game)
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies must begin rebuilding their reputation around the league
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• A Legend's AHL Cameo

The man to the left may not look familiar dressed in his Lowell Lock Monsters uniform and Heaton pads, but he ended up being one of the best goaltenders of the modern era. The fourth-overall selection of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft was a bit of a surprise pick for the New York Islanders, but they added the fifth-overall pick of Eric Brewer moments later as it seemed like the Islanders were rebuilding...2025
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• Monday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies voices are clamoring for change
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rockies series preview

The Rockies seem like a team that needs hugs | Photo by Casey Paul/MLB Photos via Getty Images Well, this ought to be interesting. I’ve been telling people for a few weeks that the Rockies would get to Wrigley Field with fewer than 10 wins. By losing their series finale to the Yankees at home Sunday, they accomplished that — they’re 9-44. Also, that Sunday series finale had a rain delay of...2025
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• Can the NBA Ever Replace Kobe Bryant?
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• Is Stephen Curry the Best Shooter Ever? Yes, Say Many of NBA's All-Time Marksmen
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• Troy Polamalu headlines the 2020 Hall of Fame modern-era finalists; Patrick Willis among notable snubs
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is one step closer towards finalizing its largest-ever induction class...2020
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• Terrell Owens Had Agent Reach Out to Dallas Cowboys After Dez Bryant's Injury
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• Why Everyone in the NBA Hates the Clippers
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• At Current Pace, Aaron Rodgers Is on Track to Shatter Most QB Records
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• Kevin Durant Becomes 2nd-Youngest Player to Score 15,000 Points
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• Joe Thomas, James Harrison, Darrelle Revis among modern-era nominees for 2023 Hall of Fame induction

The trio are among the nine nominees who are eligible for the first time...2022
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• Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland
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• Puka Nacua not as afraid of Fred Warner as others: ‘I know him as little Fred’

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Rams receiver Puka Nacua wasn’t as afraid going across middle vs. Fred Warner because of their history Puka Nacua didn’t make it to the Super Bowl in his first season in the NFL with the L.A. Rams, but his experience has been unlike any other rookie in the modern era, if not ever. The fifth round pick out of BYU set rookie records for catches and yards, ...2024
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• Spurs vs. Warriors: Score, Highlights and Reaction from 2016 Regular Season
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• Pro Football Hall of Fame 2016: NFL Inductees, Class Finalists and Predictions
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• Champ or Choker? Inside Peyton Manning's Complicated Legacy
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• Evolving in the Matrix: Aaron Gordon Should Follow the Shawn Marion Blueprint
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 85 thread: Colton Gordon vs. Chase Dollander
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 81
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• Friday Rockpile: 40 games into his interim tenure, how does Schaeffer compare to Black?
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• Nico Harrison’s quote about drafting Cooper Flagg somehow makes him even easier to hate
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• Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen are already among the best NFL QBs of all-time
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• Understanding Acts of Cowherdism
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• Before Sean McVay, there was Lionel Taylor
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Thursday 6/19, 1:20 CT
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Wednesday 6/18, 7:05 CT

Photo by Nick Loggarakis/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win over the visitors from Milwaukee. Once again, there’s a chance of rain this evening, so here’s the local radar for you to keep handy. Wednesday notes... MILESTONE INCOMING: The Cubs’ next home run will be their 100th of the season. If they hit it tonight, they will tie 1999 and 2021 for the fourth-fewes...2025
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• Rockies 10, Nationals 6: So. Many. Homers.
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• Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen are already among the best NFL QBs of all-time
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• Monday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies are historically bad, but where is Dick Monfort?
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• White Sox’s new City Connect jerseys are a reminder their owner ruined 2 Chicago teams

The White Sox’s new City Connect jerseys are a reminder of how irrelevant both of Jerry Reinsdorf’s franchises are. All the Chicago White Sox did last year was finish with the modern era MLB record for the most losses in a single season. The South Siders went 41-121 overall in a season where they scored nearly 100 fewer runs than the next worst offense in baseball. The White Sox responded to their...2025
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• Top 44 prospects for Cowboys in 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images With draft night upon us, here’s a 44-man big board for the Cowboys’ early picks. Ahead of each NFL draft, teams rank players based on the combined factors of perceived talent or potential in the players and the needs of their existing rosters. How players are graded and how much need is felt at the position is up to each team or analyst. Everyone has t...2025
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• Cowboys draft: The “reach” label is thrown around a lot during the draft, but it is meaningless

Kyle Terada-Imagn Images This is going to be a hectic week. The dreaded R-word during every NFL draft season is “reach.” It’s a label that gets thrown around a lot, meaning a player was drafted well ahead of where analysts said he should go. Nobody wants to hear their favorite team’s picks criticized like this, but we also shouldn’t overreact if it happens. Just as every class has its bust...2025
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• What a difference competent leadership makes

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Kansas City Royals pitching has gone from an expectation of bottom feeding to the top half of the MLB very quickly. Fangraphs finished their positional power rankings for 2025 last week and the one thing that really stood out to me was the opinion on the Royals pitching as a whole. Royals pitching has been bad to terrible for a very ...2025
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• Triple H Reveals How John Cena’s WWE Heel Turn Came Together
The post Triple H Reveals How John Cena’s WWE Heel Turn Came Together first appeared on PWMania - Wrestling News.One of the most shocking moments of WWE’s modern era came at Elimination Chamber 2025, when John Cena stunned the wrestling world by turning heel and aligning with The Rock against Cody Rhodes. Since then, Cena has embraced his villainous role, blaming the fans for his actions and vowin...2025
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• Cinderella’s decline might be greatly exaggerated in college basketball’s new era

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Four reasons why we might be overreacting to no Cinderella teams advancing to the Sweet 16. Every year there’s a storyline that develops from the first week of the NCAA tournament that dominates the national sports conversation for those three days that separate the second round and the Sweet 16. Typically, play resumes on Thursday, the focus returns...2025
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• Jimmy Butler is back to being the villain

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The veteran NBA star finds comfort wearing the black hat. It started, as it almost always does, with a tweet by Adrian “Woj” Wojnarowski, the former ESPN sports reporter. It was in the middle of October, in the afternoon, after Jimmy Butler’s infamous practice session, where he took the bench players on his then-team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, and beat ...2025
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• Braves look to fortify their roster with MLB’s Winter Meetings starting very soon

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Winter Meetings are finally upon us and we could see Alex Anthopoulos and Atlanta’s front office making some big moves over in Dallas This Sunday marks the beginning of the annual Winter Meetings for Major League Baseball. The four-day long gathering of front office members, agents and some players is a major event that takes place each offseason and...2024
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