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• Colorado Rockies game no. 123 thread: Ryne Nelson vs. Chase Dollander

Having won three of their last four, the Rockies (33-89) will look to tally another mark in the win column as they host the Diamondbacks (60-63) on Saturday night. Colorado needs nine more wins to avoid being the worst team in the Modern Era by eclipsing the White Sox 41-121 record last season. Chase Dollandaer […]...2025
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• Stetson Bennett will never break this preseason record

When it comes to unbreakable records in professional sports, nobody is flying under the radar better than Dan Orlovsky. According to FiveThirtyEight, Orlovsky had 591 preseason pass attempts in his career, the most of the modern era. While the article is six years old, it is basically impossible that any quarterback could have challenged that […]...2025
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• The Best PPV Cards In AEW History

AEW is known for producing some of the greatest pay-per-views of the modern era, and here are just some of best from their six year history....2025
• Floyd Mayweather’s Trainer Roger Mayweather Admitted That One Fighter Would Have Beaten Floyd

The trainer and uncle of believes there there is just one fighter in boxing history that is better than the former pound-for-pound superstar. ‘Money’ Mayweather is often considered the best fighter of the modern era, proving his credentials throughout the course of his professional career which spanned between 1996 and 2017. He captured world titles […]...2025
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• World Champion Who Faced Both Carl Froch And Joe Calzaghe Has No Doubt Who Hit Harder

Former world champions and are two of the best super middleweights of the modern era. The British fighters never came to blows in the squared circle, which means years later there is still plenty of debate about who might have come out on top. Calzaghe famously hung up the gloves unbeaten after 46 fights that […]...2025
• David Haye Names The Only Heavyweight He Regrets Not Facing: “I Always Wanted To Fight Him”

is one of the most successful British fighters of the modern era. The London-born fighter was known for his explosive power in the ring across two weight divisions. He first made history by becoming the first British boxer to unify the cruiserweight division when he picked up the WBA, WBC and WBO titles after knockout […]...2025

• Saturday Bengals News and Open Thread (8/2): Paycor Stadium Practice Night

Kareem Elgazzar-Imagn Images The Bengals have an open practice and a big showcase night on Saturday. Bengals News Bengals and Hamilton County Finalize New Lease for Paycor Stadium The Cincinnati Bengals and Hamilton County finalized a new lease that keeps the team in Cincinnati playing home games at Paycor Stadium through June 2036, with 10 additional option years that could extend the lea...2025
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• In remembrance of Ryne Sandberg, a great baseball player and better human being

Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images Ryno’s gone way too soon. Let’s celebrate his Hall of Fame career and life. Ryne Sandberg means so many things to so many people that it’s impossible to wrap that up in one paragraph, or even one article. Nevertheless, I will try here to capture the love that Cubs fans feel for the man affectionately called “Ryno” for not only his play on t...2025
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• MLB Week 16 Hot or Not: The week before the trade deadline

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrates the hot run of his Toronto Blue Jays. | Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Diamondbacks sell first, White Sox and Bucs surprise, and Jays gear up to buy Long-time, no-see! After a week off from our regularly-scheduled programming, the Hot or Not feature series is back. This recap covers the first full week back from the All-Star break from July 20-26. AL West Ho...2025
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• Saturday’s Night Main Event recap & reactions: Goldberg goes down fighting

WWE.com WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg went out on his shield as Seth Rollins’ night ended in injury. WWE returned to NBC and Peacock with the 40th edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event, highlighted by Goldberg’s final match — a slugfest against Gunther for the World Title. The show also featured a heated U.S. Title bout between brothers, built toward a SummerSlam showdown, and hyped Sun...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Should the Rockies bring back DJ LeMahieu?

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, July 11, 2025 Two All-MLB First Team selections, two Silver Sluggers and two top-five MVP finishes. Three All-Star appearances. Four Gold Glove awards. Fifteen seasons with 1,772 hits in 1,673 games. The first player in the Modern Era to win a batting title in both the National and American Leagues. These ...2025
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• Goldberg’s complicated wrestling legacy ends on WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event

Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic This is the end for Goldberg. Few wrestlers have created the kind of disconnect between casual and hardcore fans as Goldberg. At one point his pro wrestling stardom was rivaled only by ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, but time and circumstance pushed him so far down the list of great pro wrestlers that nobody would put him close to a Mt. Rushmore of figur...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 87 thread: Brandon Walker vs. Kyle Freeland

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Rox have been close but can they finally snag an elusive victory against Houston? Victory has been within reach for the Colorado Rockies (19-67) in the first two games of the series against the Houston Astros (52-34). The recent trend of “close, but no cigar” has been prevalent for Colorado over the last month, as they’ve played relatively better baseball....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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• 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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"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"

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

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"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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• Saturday Bengals News and Open Thread (8/2): Paycor Stadium Practice Night
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• In remembrance of Ryne Sandberg, a great baseball player and better human being
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• MLB Week 16 Hot or Not: The week before the trade deadline
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• Countdown to the season opener: Day 44 Billy Joe DuPree

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images We’re counting down to the season opener (Day 44) 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 are running through 100 Days of Cowboys. So sit back and enjoy some Cowboys history while we countdown to foot...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Manager and Coaching Staff

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Time will tell if Schaeffer loses the interim tag or if the organization goes in another direction The historically bad 2025 Colorado Rockies look very different than they did when the season began in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. With this in mind, the staff at Purple Row felt it would be useful to revisit the “State of the Position” serie...2025
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• What Are The 5 Best Landing Spots For Damian Lillard?
No player in the modern era has ever had the freedom of movement Damian Lillard has in choosing his next landing spot. Recently stretched and waived by the Milwaukee Bucks, Lillard has the financial security of his previous contract. With that, he can first focus on basketball and lifestyle fit and not be limited by […] The post What Are The 5 Best Landing Spots For Damian Lillard? appeared ...2025
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• Saturday’s Night Main Event recap & reactions: Goldberg goes down fighting
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• Friday Rockpile: Should the Rockies bring back DJ LeMahieu?
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• Goldberg’s complicated wrestling legacy ends on WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 87 thread: Brandon Walker vs. Kyle Freeland
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• In remembrance of Ryne Sandberg, a great baseball player and better human being
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• Countdown to the season opener: Day 44 Billy Joe DuPree
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• Friday Rockpile: Should the Rockies bring back DJ LeMahieu?
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• Goldberg’s complicated wrestling legacy ends on WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event
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• The Last Three Opponents of Amanda Serrano

On Friday, July 11, Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano 3 will headline a historic all-female fight card at Madison Square Garden. Serrano will be eager to get her first win against Taylor, as the Irish fighter looks to make it a clean sweep. In preparation for this historic card, we bring you the last three opponents of Serrano. Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano Set for July 11 Katie Taylor Rematch – L 1...2025
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• Discussion: Where does Jahmyr Gibbs rank among all-time Detroit Lions RBs?

Kyle Terada-Imagn Images Through two seasons, where does Jahmyr Gibbs rank in Detroit Lions running back history? Could he already be cracking the top-three? This week, we’ve already talked about how Amon-Ra St. Brown may already be considered a top-three receiver in Detroit Lions history and how Penei Sewell is in that very same conversation at offensive tackle. The next current Lions p...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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• 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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• In remembrance of Ryne Sandberg, a great baseball player and better human being
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• Rockies 6, Cardinals 0: First shutout win of 2025!

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Gordan shines in short-notice start Tanner Gordon threw six scoreless innings, the bullpen was nearly perfect and the Rockies offense combined for 12 hits to provide more than enough offense for Colorado to beat the Cardinals 6-0 on Wednesday. Not only did the win mark the second consecutive and second overall series win at Coors Field this season, bu...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Manager and Coaching Staff
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• Saturday’s Night Main Event recap & reactions: Goldberg goes down fighting
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• Friday Rockpile: Should the Rockies bring back DJ LeMahieu?
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• Goldberg’s complicated wrestling legacy ends on WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event
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• The Last Three Opponents of Amanda Serrano
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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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• 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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• Cubs 5, Orioles 3: Justin Turner walks it off

Photo by Zoe Davis/Getty Images This is not a headline you expected to see today. Justin Turner has been a favorite Cub to dislike, by some, this year. His production is down, he’s 40, and he doesn’t really play good defense anymore. With the acquisition of Willi Castro, Turner’s place is basically pinch-hitting from time to time. On yet another gorgeous weather day at Wrigley Field Sunday...2025
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• Saturday Bengals News and Open Thread (8/2): Paycor Stadium Practice Night
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• Playoff changes not likely before 2027

Following a controversial 2024 Cup Series playoffs, in which Joey Logano won the Cup Series title with the worst average finish for a champion in NASCAR‘s Modern Era, the league formed a committee to assist in coming up with a format that would crown the most “deserving” champion and deliver enough entertainment to increase television […]...2025
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• In remembrance of Ryne Sandberg, a great baseball player and better human being
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• Today in White Sox History: July 24

Tommy Pham and the hapless White Sox lost again one year ago today, creating an all-time franchise record second 10-game losing streak. | Sam Hodde/Getty Images Another losing streak hits 10 games for the hapless 2024 team 1960 In the first game of a doubleheader at New York, future Hall-of-Famer Nellie Fox banged out his 2,000th career hit. On the afternoon he’d have a pair in the 6-3 Whi...2025
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• Rockies 6, Cardinals 0: First shutout win of 2025!
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• Best New York Jets Comebacks in the Modern Era

The 2000 NFL season was a memorable one for New York Jets fans, even though the team failed to make the playoffs. Al Groh’s men pulled off two sensational turnarounds in that season. The first was against the Buccaneers and the second against the Dolphins. Here’s a breakdown of each. New York Jets 21 – […] The post Best New York Jets Comebacks in the Modern Era appeared first on JetNat...2025
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• New York Jets Flight Connections 07/22/25

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Bringing your daily links to the NFL’s New York Jets Good morning Gang Green Nation! Veterans report to New York Jets training camp today, marking the end of the long NFL offseason and the beginning of the 2025 Jets season. In addition, Garrett Wilson celebrates his 25th birthday today, a nice way to kick off a new Jets era. Hopefully the new Jets era will br...2025
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Manager and Coaching Staff
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• State of the Position, Mid-Season 2025: Manager and Coaching Staff
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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?

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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• 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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