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• Jazz Take Big Step Forward Simply By Securing League’s Worst Record

The Utah Jazz may not have stacked wins this season, but they accomplished what they set out to do: position themselves for a top NBA draft pick, wrote Zach Kreim of ESPN. After finishing closer to the middle of the lottery in recent years, the Jazz ended the 2024-25 campaign with the league’s worst record, […] The post Jazz Take Big Step Forward Simply By Securing League’s Worst Recor...2025
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• Brewers Reacts Survey: Which player’s hot start has surprised the most?

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images We’re asking fans to weigh in on which of five Brewers is having the best (surprising) start Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Welcome back to another week of Bre...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Cam Ward, Miami

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images What makes Ward the top quarterback in the country? There was a debate through the end of the 2024 College Football season and through the first part of the draft process as to who would be the first quarterback selected. As the process has progressed, Miami’s Cam Ward has separated himself from the pack and established himself as the top quarterback on pre...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they tried turning the bats off and then on again? Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. and manager Matt Quatraro talk about a rough series opening against the New York Yankees. “You like to swing the bats a little bit better. Sometimes, you have to give credit to the opposing pitcher, too,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “...2025
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• Let’s Get This Party Started!

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The first article from one of our newest writers! Hey, all! This is the first article from Shawn, who is one of the two people we selected from the contest we ran earlier this year about joining the DN team. Welcome him aboard! -Chris First and foremost, I want to thank the Daily Norseman leadership for the opportunity to join the contributor...2025
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• Does Titans latest pre-draft visit say anything about Jeffery Simmons?

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images Why do the Tennessee Titans keep hosting defensive tackles on pre-draft visits? The Tennessee Titans do not have a good roster heading into the 2025 NFL Draft. That’s the reality as new general manager Mike Borgonzi and president Chad Brinker begin rebuilding the team. The rehaul is going to start by drafting Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward at No. 1 ...2025
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• F1 Academy storylines for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Photo by Manuel Eletto - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images As the grid heads to Jeddah for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, F1 Academy returns as well After a few weeks off, the F1 Academy schedule resumes this week with the second race weekend of the 2025 campaign, as the grid heads to Saudi Arabia to take on the tricky Jeddah Corniche Circuit. While this might be the second race weekend ...2025
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• Recap: Avalanche slump in 5-4 loss to LA Kings

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Another slow start doomed the Avalanche. The Colorado Avalanche were a different team two weeks ago. That was when they shut out the Los Angeles Kings 4-0 at home and were considered one of the deadliest teams in the NHL. It wasn’t the case Saturday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena, where the Avalanche suffered a 5-4 loss to the Kings. It was Colorado’s...2025
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• Let’s Argue: Letting Joe Thuney go will cost Chiefs the AFC West

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Our Mark Gunnels takes on all your hot takes, wacky predictions and unpopular opinions. In our “Let’s Argue” series, our Mark Gunnels considers the hot takes, wacky predictions and unpopular opinions of Kansas City Chiefs fans from all over the world. Letting Joe Thuney go may cost the Chiefs the AFC West. Letting Thuney go will cost us the division.— wee gee ...2025
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• 6 storylines for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Max Verstappen versus McLaren tops the storylines for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix For three days at the end of February, the ten Formula 1 teams put their 2025 challengers through the paces during pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit. Lap times and performances were taken with a grain of salt, as observers were left to wonder what engine ...2025
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• MLB Injury News: Max Scherzer Takes a Major Step Forward Despite ‘Lingering’ Thumb Issues
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer took a step forward in his injury rehab, although his timeline is unclear....2025
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• Preview: Winnipeg Jets @ Utah HC
After the Winnipeg Jets rose to the occasion against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night, our squad is completing a three game road trip by visiting the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday evening. A dominating performance by the True Northers against the top team in the Pacific Division moved the franchise to a magic number of 5.5 to lock up the Central. With 6 games remaining in the regular ...2025
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• The Schwellenbach Breakout Is Here - April 5, 2025
Spencer Schwellenbach, SP, Atlanta Braves Schwellenbach was a fan-favorite pick in drafts this year as a sleeper pick, and deep gambler's pick for Cy Young if you're into that sort of thing. He did everything he could to validate both of those, tossing 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K. He only allowed six hard hit balls and a whopping 39 CSW%. While the Marlins are not a super competitive offensive line...2025
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• Chargers Free Agency Grades: Mike Williams

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images After a year away in New York Mike Williams returns home to be one of the primary pass catchers for the Bolts It wasn’t a very long vacation in the Big Apple for Mike Williams as he returns to the Los Angeles Chargers after just one year with the New York Jets (and the Pittsburgh Steelers). The Bolts had a big need at wide receiver heading into the offseason ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 20, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images One week until Opening Day. Daniel Lynch IV’s last Spring Training outing could hint at his role this season: Lynch will get a few appearances out of the bullpen this week as the Cactus League schedule wraps up, with an inning Wednesday and two scheduled on Friday, while Kris Bubic remains in the rotation and is scheduled for his sixth spring game (fifth st...2025
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• LeBron Steps Back to Witness New Step in Cavs' Evolution, Thanks to Kyrie Irving
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"Jalen Hurts is returning to practice ahead of Eagles vs. Packers"

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"Texas governor: Stadiums are allowed to seat 50 percent capacity as state reopens amid COVID-19 pandemic"

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"Q quiets Crew; Cubs cut Central number to 2"

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• Jazz Take Big Step Forward Simply By Securing League’s Worst Record
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• Brewers Reacts Survey: Which player’s hot start has surprised the most?
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• 2025 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Cam Ward, Miami
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• Does Titans latest pre-draft visit say anything about Jeffery Simmons?
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• Survey results: Optimistic fans take the ‘over’ on New York Giants’ win total

Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports Can the woebegone Giants get on the right track? The New York Giants goal for the 2025 season is clear: Get better. Owner John Mara laid down the directive to be better in 2025, and that the patience which kept Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll in their jobs is far from infinite. After the season he empathized with the fans who had expressed their frustration. “I ...2025
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• Recap: Avalanche slump in 5-4 loss to LA Kings
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• Let’s Argue: Letting Joe Thuney go will cost Chiefs the AFC West
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• Horse Tracks: Should the Broncos draft RB TreVeyon Henderson in the first round?

Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Good Morning Broncos Country! Good Morning Broncos Country! When talking first round running back, it’s either somehow trading up for Ashton Jeanty or taking Omarion Hampton at 20, but should we be including TreVeyon Henderson in that conversation? The explosive Ohio State runner is often viewed as a second round pick but he could b...2025
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• Brewers Reacts Survey: Which player’s hot start has surprised the most?
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• 2025 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Cam Ward, Miami
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
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• Let’s Get This Party Started!
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• F1 Academy storylines for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
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• Survey results: Optimistic fans take the ‘over’ on New York Giants’ win total
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• Recap: Avalanche slump in 5-4 loss to LA Kings
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• 6 storylines for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix
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• Florida is back to being the toast of college basketball with a new wunderkind coach

Scott Wachter-Imagn Images The questions about whether or not Florida could be a college basketball powerhouse without Billy Donovan are no more thanks to Todd Golden. Of the 10-15 programs that had the greatest impact on men’s college basketball over the past couple of decades, perhaps none entered the post-COVID world with a more uncertain long-term future than Florida. In between 2014 ...2025
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• Kimi Antonelli is off to a tremendous start to his F1 career

Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli broke a pair of Max Verstappen’s records in the Japanese Grand Prix When you set a pair of records during an athletic event, you have accomplished something special. That was exactly the case for young Kimi Antonelli during Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver found himself in the lead d...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Cam Ward, Miami
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• F1 Academy storylines for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
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• Survey results: Optimistic fans take the ‘over’ on New York Giants’ win total
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• Can the Braves finally win two in a row?

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images A series win is within reach. Can Grant Holmes help push them there? Following a (rare) come-from-behind win in a slugfest (even rarer), the Atlanta Braves are now looking to string together a pair of wins for the first time all season as they take on the Philadelphia Phillies with a chance to also pick up their first series win of the season as well. Need...2025
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• What glitters isn't always gold, it might be Greene - April 7, 2025
Hunter Greene (P - CIN) - It's only three starts, but it certainly looks like Hunter Greene has taken a step forward this year. The control appears to be significantly improved, with a zone% up almost 15% from last season, and there's been a bit of a velo bump as well. Sore, there are a ton of flyballs, but if he is going to be walking half as many guys as before, we're in for a treat. He couldn't...2025
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• Why Charles Leclerc remains upbeat after Ferrari’s ‘difficult’ start

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari can have an ‘amazing season’ even after their tough start The 2025 Formula 1 season began with so much promise for Ferrari. With one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport joining the lineup for the upcoming campaign, and Ferrari coming off a finish just 14 points behind McLaren in the 2024 Constructors’ Champio...2025
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• Pierre Gasly ‘not too worried’ despite Alpine F1’s slow start

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Alpine driver Pierre Gasly remains ‘confident’ despite team’s slow start in 2025 One of the hottest teams down the closing stretch of the 2024 Formula 1 season? That was Alpine. After a slow start a year ago the Enstone-based operation rocketed up the standings in the closing weeks, climbing from the back of the grid to finish sixth in the 2024 Constructors...2025
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• F1 Japanese Grand Prix 2025: Storylines as the grid heads to Suzuka

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Yuki Tsunoda making his Red Bull debut is one of the major storylines heading into the F1 Japanese Grand Prix For years Yuki Tsunoda dreamed of a seat at Red Bull. This week the driver gets his chance, and the timing could not be better. As the grid heads to Suzuka for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, Tsunoda is set to make his Red Bull debut at his ho...2025
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• Q quiets Crew; Cubs cut Central number to 2
The defending National League Central champions took another step forward on the path to repeating as division champs as the Cubs took a 5-0 win over the Brewers on Sunday at Miller Park....2017
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• Damian Lillard Replaces Blake Griffin for 2015 NBA All-Star Game
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• Hillis off ventilator in step forward, girlfriend says

Peyton Hillis has been taken off a ventilator a week after he reportedly rescued family members during a swimming accident, according to a social media post by his girlfriend....2023
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• Ryan Tannehill Contract: Latest News and Rumors on Negotiations with Dolphins
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• Golden State Warriors Perfectly Positioned to Take Pole Position in West
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• Derek Carr Injury: Raiders QB Injures Ankle vs. Colts
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• Texas governor: Stadiums are allowed to seat 50 percent capacity as state reopens amid COVID-19 pandemic
The reopening of sports in Texas has taken yet another big step forward...2020
• Beckham United & Miami mayor agree on new MLS stadium plan
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
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• The Schwellenbach Breakout Is Here - April 5, 2025
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• O'Neill Owns Opening Day - March 28, 2025
Tyler O'Neill, OF, Orioles Tyler O'Neill continued his Opening Day dominance, going 3 for 3 with a home run, two walks, three runs, and three RBI. It's shockingly the sixth straight Opening Day that O'Neill has homered on, which sounds like an impossible feat. Injuries have been his downfall in recent years, but he was elite in 2024 when he was on the field, blasting 31 home runs in only 113 games...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 19, 2025
Drake Baldwin (C-ATL) appears likely to open the 2025 campaign as Atlanta's starting backstop. That is interesting news from a fantasy standpoint given Baldwin's status as the organization's top prospect. As a 23 year-old last season, he batted .276 with 16 dingers, 88 RBI, and 58 runs scored across 551 total PA at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He showed strong command of the plate with a 13% ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 8, 2025
Around the League Colson Montgomery-White Sox-SS The White Sox are projected to be one of the worst lineups in baseball in 2025. On a macro level this is not ideal for fantasy production but what it does offer is playing time for young players. The White Sox are going to give SS Colson Montgomery every opportunity to figure it out at the major league level. He hit .214 with 18 HR, 66 R, 63 R...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 3, 2025
Alejandro Kirk (C-TOR) is in line to see more time behind the dish than ever before since Danny Jansen is no longer in town. The 26 year-old has flashed some upside in the past, most notably registering a .285 average, with 4 homers, 63 RBI, and 59 runs scored across a career-high 541 PA in 2022, with a well above-average 129 wRC+, but he has underwhelmed ever since. In just 386 PA last year, Kirk...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 25, 2025
Logan O'Hoppe (C-LAA) put together a solid if unspectacular first full season in the majors in 2024, posting a .244 average, 20 homers, 56 RBI, and 64 runs scored across 522 PA, with a slightly above-average wRC+ of 101. Contact was an issue as O'Hoppe recorded a 29.5% strikeout rate, 16.5% swinging-strike rate, and 68.5% contact rate. His 80.5% z-contact% was well below average. But he tended to ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
Isaac Paredes, 3B, Astros Isaac Paredes was traded from the Cubs to the Astros as part of the Kyle Tucker trade, and it's going to do wonders for his fantasy value. Paredes may not look like much on paper with an 85 mph average exit velocity (3rd percentile) and a .337 xSLG (11th percentile), but his expected stats are deceiving. This is because expected stats don't take into account the direction...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 17, 2024
Francisco Alvarez (C-NYM) enters the 2025 campaign as a question mark after a torn thumb ligament suffered in April forced him to miss a chunk of last season. He's reportedly retooling his swing this offseason at the suggestion of J.D. Martinez to lift the ball more and use the opposite field more often. After bursting onto the scene with 25 homers in just 423 PA as a 21 year-old rookie in 2023, A...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
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• F1 Academy storylines for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
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• Survey results: Optimistic fans take the ‘over’ on New York Giants’ win total
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• Recap: Avalanche slump in 5-4 loss to LA Kings
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• Landeskog will play in 2nd straight game with AHL's Eagles as he bids to suit up for Avs in playoffs

Gabriel Landeskog and his surgically repaired knee — the one that's caused him to miss nearly three years — take another big step forward by playing in a second straight game for the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League…...2025
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• Can the Braves finally win two in a row?
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• Houston Texans Mock Draft: Live Brett Kollman Discord Draft (Rounds 1 - 3)

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Texans pick a Texas Longhorn in this live mock draft I was recently invited to represent the Houston Texans in former BRB staff writer and current Youtube sensation Brett Kollman’s mock draft. If you’re a fan of the draft or anything in-depth with the NFL, Brett’s content is in a tier of its itsown. Representatives from all 32 teams mad...2025
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• 6 storylines for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix
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• Florida is back to being the toast of college basketball with a new wunderkind coach
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• 2025 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Cam Ward, Miami
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• Horse Tracks: Should the Broncos draft RB TreVeyon Henderson in the first round?
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• Florida is back to being the toast of college basketball with a new wunderkind coach
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• Do the Rams still need to draft a wide receiver?

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images After signing Davante Adams and re-signing Tutu Atwell, do the Rams still need to draft a wide receiver? Coming into the offseason, the Los Angeles Rams looked like a team that was set to take a wide receiver early. While that could still be the case, the signing of Davante Adams and re-signing Tutu Atwell have given the Rams some flexibility at the position...2025
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• Calais Campbell’s return to Cardinals tastes ever so “M’m! M’m! Good!”

Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images Calais Campbell’s 18-year NFL odyssey comes to fruition Back in 2008 when the Arizona Cardinals drafted Calais Campbell in the 2nd round at pick #50, they essentially acquired the prototypical epitome of a 34 defensive end. Coming out of the University of Miami at 6’8”, 290 pounds, 35 3/4” arms, posting a 5.0 40. 1.72 10-yard split, 7.19 3-cone and 34.” v...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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• O'Neill Owns Opening Day - March 28, 2025
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• Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are pushing the F1 grid, and each other

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Recapping some winners from the Chinese Grand Prix, and some who have some work to do before Japan For the better part of three years, Zak Brown has been telling anyone who would listen that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri comprise the best driver pairing on the Formula 1 grid. The smile on the McLaren CEO’s face as he posed with the pair for photographs fol...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ spring training speed bump

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped another game, and the regulars played very little. Domestic Opening Day looms. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overhe...2025
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• PFF lists Colts’ WR Alec Pierce as team’s ‘best trade asset’ ahead of 2025 NFL Draft

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Following a breakout 2024 campaign, Colts’ WR Alec Pierce would be an interesting trade chip, but this one appears to be more about speculation than any actual merit. According to PFF, the Indianapolis Colts ‘best trade asset’ is soon-to-be 4th-year wideout Alec Pierce—who as a former 2022 second round pick, is entering a contract season: Indianapolis Co...2025
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