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Ryan Dempster: These are the 3 best MLB leaders I played with in 16 seasons
Ryan Dempster pitched for 16 years in Major League Baseball. He is the co-host of MLB Network’s “Intentional Talk.” These are the three best leaders he played with in his career.Greg Maddux, Chicago Cubs pitcherIn my first year with the Cubs in 2004, we lost the second-to-last game of the season and were eliminated from the playoffs. Greg was supposed to start the next day, and I remember our manager, Dusty Baker, coming down to him in the locker room: “Do you still want to start tomorrow?”Greg...
The Mets better make sure this is rock bottom
“You are always a possible you.” — “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler,” Italo CalvinoIt is frequently tempting and often unwise to label anything in baseball that happens in April “rock bottom.” But Sunday’s doubleheader sweep by the Colorado Rockies at home, in which the New York Mets scored a total of one run, sure better be the worst it feels at Citi Field in 2026.How did the Mets fail thee? With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, let us count the ways.Advertisement
Could a Premier League club lose their European place once again?
Could a Premier League club lose their European place once again?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Everton insist the club have taken the necessary steps to ensure both they and Roma could play in the same European competitionByDale JohnsonFootball issues correspondentPublished15 minutes ago10 CommentsAs the battle for places in Europe hots up in the Premier League, the race to shuffle papers to satisfy Uefa's bureaucrats has been just as intense. This is because European football&#x...
Bills GM Brandon Beane needed to draft help for Josh Allen, defense. He played it safe
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Buffalo Bills fans entered the NFL Draft with two clear priorities for their team.Add help for Josh Allen or fill some holes on defense.The 2026 draft class wasn’t deep enough to do both. Bills general manager Brandon Beane needed to be aggressive to accomplish either.Instead, Beane played it safe.Advertisement
Women's basketball post-portal top 25: Who's the new No. 1? South Carolina, UConn or USC?
The idea of releasing a top 25 the day after the national championship game is always fraught, but especially so this year, since the transfer portal had yet to open when the order was decided. The moment those rankings were published, the entire exercise went up in flames.Texas, the No. 1 team two weeks ago, had a massive talent exodus, losing Jordan Lee, Justice Carlton and Aaliyah Crump as transfers. The Longhorns weren’t the only ones. Georgia and Florida (which finished just outside the top...
Let's find 3 positive thoughts for each of the NHL’s 16 most hopeless teams
You think your team had a bad year. Are you positive?You should be, because it’s time for our annual exercise in positivity. While half the league enjoys the playoffs, we’re going to look at the other half. For each team that missed the postseason, we’ll come up with three reasons to think positively.Advertisement
Bundesliga Briefing: Schalke on the up, Pseftis' acrobatics and could Undav fire Germany?
Welcome to the Bundesliga Briefing, which, for a change, is beginning down in the third tier 3.Liga with one of the best double saves of the season.This is Alemannia Aachen’s Fotis Pseftis during his team’s victory over MSV Duisburg:Pseftis is a 23-year-old former Greece youth international, playing on loan from Lugano in Switzerland. His saves may prove deeply significant in the wider context of the season.Advertisement
NHL playoffs' retribution mentality on display with Ridly Greig sucker punch
It’s probably fortunate for the NHL that the Carolina Hurricanes-Ottawa Senators series ended in a sweep.With the number of big hits, cheap shots, concussions and injured stars adding up, both teams may have needed to field AHLer-filled lineups if that first-round matchup went the distance.Instead, the Hurricanes are moving on, with a week to wait (and heal) until their next series against either the Pittsburgh Penguins or Philadelphia Flyers. And the Senators will go home and await the NHL’s wh...
How Dyson Daniels, Hawks' guard from Down Under, turned his game upside down
ATLANTA — There’s a scene in Game 1 of the Atlanta Hawks-New York Knicks series that illustrates a lot of what’s happened with Dyson Daniels this season: both what makes his year slightly disappointing and what makes it remarkable.Midway through the third quarter, he received a pass near the right baseline in a spot where a player might normally attempt a corner 3. Daniels, however, did not even look at the rim.Advertisement
Guardians by the numbers: Angel Martínez's magic, Steven Kwan's icy bat and more
CLEVELAND — The Guardians sit tied atop the AL Central, one game above the .500 mark and with a minus-8 run differential. Manager Stephen Vogt has strong feelings about that last statistic.“It’s not important at all,” Vogt said last week.Well, here are some numbers Vogt and every other Guardians follower might deem important:11: Number of pitches in the at-bat of the year by Angel MartínezMartínez took Max Scherzer deep in their first encounter Friday night, but it was his second at-bat against...
What recent debuts for young starters like Payton Tolle tell us about their MLB readiness
It’s harder than ever to be a young starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. The evidence for that? Last year, we had the fewest starters aged 25 and under to reach 80 innings since MLB’s free-agency era began.That continues a downward trend. .dw-dark { display: none; } .native-mobile { .dw-dark { display: none; @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { display: block; } } .dw-light { @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { display: none; } } } !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("messa...
Patriots 53-man roster projection: Where things stand after the NFL Draft
The New England Patriots have completed the roster-building portion of the offseason. And even though questions continue to loom about a potential trade for Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown, the bulk of the roster is set for 2026.On paper, this group looks better than the one that went to the Super Bowl a year ago. But other challenges, including a first-place schedule, await.To get a sense of where the roster stands, here’s our first 53-man projection.
Inside Eagles’ 2026 NFL Draft, Howie Roseman’s picks and a mysterious Nigerian prospect
PHILADELPHIA — Howie Roseman arrived at the Philadelphia Eagles’ facility Saturday morning with the excitement of a general manager who followed through on an offseason objective of obtaining promising, cost-controlled offensive talent on the first two days of the draft and making a blockbuster deal for a Pro Bowl edge rusher. He also had ample time to think about those acquisitions. Before the final day of the draft, the Eagles always hold a “passion meeting” for scouts to speak up about the pl...
Which Vikings UDFAs will make the team? Breaking down the 19 signings
Few NFL teams provide a better opportunity for undrafted free agents than the Minnesota Vikings. Agents are aware. The players, too. This helps when players are choosing teams after the draft, the NFL’s most direct version of college recruitment.This time around, the Vikings snagged a group of 19 players. Some have more pedigree than others. Most align with the profiles the franchise looks for in its various systems.Advertisement
How Wyatt Cullen became talk of 2026 NHL Draft: 'You can't really stop him'
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — When Wyatt Cullen showed up to USA Hockey’s NTDP evaluation camp in the spring of 2024 to audition for the team, he was 5-foot-5 and 120 pounds.When NHL Central Scouting released its final ranking for the 2026 NHL Draft, almost exactly two years to the day later, their latest measurements had him at 6-foot-1 and 176 pounds.Advertisement
The Verdict: How once-proud Sporting Kansas City hit rock bottom
Kansas City will be a primary hub at the World Cup this summer as the world descends on North America.The city and its surrounding area will host four nations for base camps — Argentina, England, Netherlands, Algeria — and is the only region to host three Pot One teams from the World Cup draw. Soccer has a vibrant following in K.C. — its own World Cup host bid committee boasts it the “Soccer Capital of America” — and its fans will be rightly rewarded this summer.Advertisement
Are Cubs already starting to run out of pitching? 'It is a constant source of concern'
LOS ANGELES — One month into a new season, the Chicago Cubs are already burning through their pitching reserves at an alarming rate. For a club that expects to be playing in late October, it is the blinking red light amid several promising indicators.Building a bigger and better pitching staff became the top offseason priority after the Cubs were eliminated from last year’s playoffs. The club expended so much energy and effort to beat the San Diego Padres in the wild-card round — and then lost a...
Which Cincinnati Bengals were most impacted by the NFL Draft?
CINCINNATI — A theme of the NFL Draft for the Bengals and a compliment to the state of the roster entering and exiting the weekend was how little desperate position-filling happened over the course of seven picks.Nobody the Bengals selected will be expected to start immediately this season, barring injury.They will be expected to ratchet up the competition across the depth chart.Advertisement
Blue Jays’ 2-Time All-Star Cut From New Team’s Roster After Very Short Stint
BusinessSportsMoneyBlue Jays’ 2-Time All-Star Cut From New Team’s Roster After Very Short StintByPeter Chawaga,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Chawaga is a writer and editor covering Major League Baseball.Follow AuthorApr 27, 2026, 06:00am EDTTAMPA, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 28: A detail view of the Toronto Blue Jays logo on an equipment bag prior to a spring training game against the New York Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field on February 28...
England top order battle rages on as Duckett and Gay pile on runs
We're almost a month into the County Championship season - with big scores coming from a plethora of England Test contenders, the international top order picture doesn't seem to be getting any clearer.