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Chicago Bears' draft class steered by Ben Johnson's vision for the team he desires
Ben Johnson has a type, seeking a particular brand of player he wants to build his Chicago Bears program around. And quite frankly, he isn’t willing to settle for prospects who don’t meet the criteria.“We’re looking for high-level competitors,” Johnson said Saturday evening, less than an hour after the NFL Draft concluded. “(We’re after) guys who, if you took football away, they’d really not know what to do with themselves.”Noted. Highlighted. Underscored.Advertisement
Neville backs Howe as Merson says Chelsea would take him 'all day long'
Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Paul Merson have backed Eddie Howe at Newcastle despite a poor recent run of results that has taken the Magpies from the European football picture to the bottom half of the Premier League table.
How the Canadiens digested tough Game 4 loss a year later is more evidence of growth
MONTREAL — The circumstances were not exactly the same, but they were pretty close.The biggest difference was the Montreal Canadiens entered Game 4 in the first round of the playoffs leading their series with the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 as opposed to being down 2-1 to the Washington Capitals almost exactly a year earlier.Advertisement
Lightning's Brandon Hagel steps up again: 'He's carrying our team'
MONTREAL — Brandon Hagel owns the Stanley Cup playoffs right now.“He’s definitely become the straw that stirs our drink,” Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said Sunday night.Apparently, he’s also Tampa’s medicine man, and was called upon in Game 4 to cure the ailing Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov.Advertisement
Lions post-draft depth chart: How quickly will Blake Miller, Derrick Moore contribute?
The 2026 NFL Draft is complete, and the Detroit Lions believe they added high-floor players who fit what they’re about, while addressing needs in the process.But how do they fit into the 2026 picture? Good question.Let’s evaluate the roster as things currently stand and see where Detroit’s rookies find themselves on the depth chart.
T.J. Tampa, Devontez Walker among Ravens' winners and losers following NFL Draft
The grades are in and, per usual, Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta and his staff received solid marks for their 11-player 2026 NFL Draft haul.The Ravens were included on several lists, including The Athletic’s, as one of the draft’s winners. They adequately filled most of their front-line needs, they double-dipped at a few key positions, they stayed patient, and one of their most coveted prospects fell to them at No. 14 in the first round. They also got some solid value picks on Day...
Cowboys post-draft depth chart: How they improved their roster this offseason
FRISCO, Texas — Jerry Jones got a little defensive Saturday afternoon when asked about ending the Dallas Cowboys’ 30-year Super Bowl drought.“I haven’t been living like it was a 30-year drought,” the team’s owner and general manager said. “It’s been each year, the opportunity. You would like to have done better, but we’ve done some good things around here that when I go to sleep at night, I can hang my hat on that were good things over this last 30 years.“In other disciplines, it isn’t failure t...
Panthers post-draft depth chart: Can Monroe Freeling step right in at left tackle?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After months of buildup, teams have transitioned into the post-draft portion of the NFL calendar. And with that comes post-draft depth charts.The Carolina Panthers didn’t have many holes to fill after a successful free agency, but there were a couple. And for the most part, those positions were addressed.Advertisement
Falcons' post-NFL Draft depth chart: Where will the six rookies fit in Atlanta?
The Atlanta Falcons could still add free agents before training camp and have already started bringing in a crop of undrafted free agents. There are bound to be a few August pickups, as well, after other teams make their cuts. But the end of the NFL Draft caps the bulk of the team’s offseason overhaul.Advertisement
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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...