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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.
Drop at your own peril: Teams pay heavy price for dropped catches
Dropped catches proved costly in IPL 2026, impacting multiple matches. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer capitalized on lifelines, leading to massive scores and altered game outcomes. Fielding errors by Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, including dropped chances by Karun Nair and Aniket Verma, significantly influenced the results of high-scoring thrillers.
Arsenal signing of the season is clear after another 'warrior' performance
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Fitzpatrick brothers' victory seals Alex's PGA Tour card
Fitzpatrick brothers' victory seals Alex's PGA Tour cardTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFitzpatrick brothers' victory seals Alex's PGA Tour cardClose10Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans pairs tournament, earning younger brother Alex automatic membership of the PGA Tour through to 2028.READ MORE: Fitzpatricks' historic win earns younger brother Alex PGA Tour cardAvailable to UK users...
As the MLB manager carousel starts to spin, here are the top names to watch
It’s firing season. Might as well call it what it is. When the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night sacked a championship-winning manager just a month into the schedule, it must have sent a shiver through every embattled skipper.Of course, teams don’t like to say they fire people. On Sunday in Baltimore, the day after ousting manager Alex Cora and six of his coaches, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow spun the news harder than he ever spun a curveball.Advertisement
Which MLB teams have figured out ABS challenge strategies, and which are still searching?
On the 265th pitch of their April 17 game, when the Baltimore Orioles needed some late-inning fortune, Leody Taveras tapped his helmet.For a few seconds, everyone at Progressive Field — players, umpires, fans, cotton candy vendors — stared at the video board, awaiting the handy diagram that would determine whether the Cleveland Guardians’ lead was in jeopardy. Erik Sabrowski’s 95-mph heater, the image revealed, had crossed the plate 1.2 inches beneath the strike zone. A rally-threatening strikeo...
Colts’ talent evaluators weigh in on 2026 draft class, led by Georgia's CJ Allen
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts ended the 2026 NFL Draft with eight selections, highlighted by Georgia linebacker CJ Allen in the second round. In what’s become an annual tradition, general manager Chris Ballard, coach Shane Steichen and the Colts’ area scouts met with the media Saturday to discuss the talent they’re bringing to Indianapolis. Here’s what they had to say.Advertisement
2026 NFL Draft takeaways: Browns' and Bucs' great drafts, best sleepers and values
The NFL Draft has been my favorite offseason event since I was a little kid, and still is. It’s fascinating to see how the players we follow for years in college football get evaluated and then watch where they end up in the NFL. So even though there was no intrigue about who the first pick in this year’s draft was going to be, the 2026 NFL Draft was still an interesting three-day roller coaster. Here are my biggest takeaways.
Jets remade 53-man roster projection, post-NFL Draft. Expect 11-13 new starters
The New York Jets completely revamped their roster this offseason — to the point that there could be somewhere in the range of 11 to 13 new starters on offense and defense.General manager Darren Mougey and head coach Aaron Glenn remade the defense in free agency and added eight new players in the NFL Draft, many of whom should be expected to play significant roles in 2026.Advertisement
Tennis adopted electronic line calling on clay and created a ball-mark monster
“Can you make it make sense?” Alex Eala asked after her defeat to Iga Świątek at the 2025 Madrid Open.Eala, the 20-year-old emerging talent from the Philippines, was not talking about her three-set loss, but rather a ball mark on the tournament’s red clay courts. Early in the match, Świątek hit a serve that the mark on the clay showed to be out, but no out call came: the electronic line calling (ELC) system determined it to be in.“I mean, the mark is the physical, it’s the physical proof,”...
These young MLB players are strong candidates for long-term extensions
There were several young players — including two who had yet to reach the big leagues — who signed long-term contract extensions shortly before or after Opening Day, most notably Konnor Griffin and the Pirates, Kevin McGonigle and the Tigers and Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Cubs.All of these contracts are significant for the MLB clubs that handed them out, and the reasons are two-fold. First, with most of these contracts, the teams are signing players through their first two or three free-agent y...
Embarrassment and inspiration, promising and polarizing picks: Steelers draft had it all
Eli Heidenreich walked down the long corridor, wearing his Navy service dress blues and the emotion of the moment all over his face. He stopped at a mirror, placed a Steelers hat on his head and saluted.When he stepped on stage, the Pittsburgh-area native, once a star at Mt. Lebanon High School, was greeted by a rousing ovation in his hometown.Advertisement
The end of the draft marked the end of Joe Schoen's trial period — what now?
When John Harbaugh was hired as the New York Giants coach in January, he didn’t have a preexisting relationship with general manager Joe Schoen. The two got along well enough during the Harbaugh courtship that the coach was content to work with the embattled GM, who had overseen a 22-45-1 mess the previous four seasons.Advertisement
Kazuma Okamoto feeling comfortable as Blue Jays embrace ritual of gratitude
TORONTO — Kazuma Okamoto stood in the middle of Toronto’s dugout with a circle of teammates before Sunday’s game. It’s part of a new pregame tradition, with Blue Jays players and coaches taking turns saying something they’re thankful for in that moment. They collectively bow after each shares their gratitude.Advertisement
The Maxx Crosby saga made Eric DeCosta an NFL villain. Has the storm finally subsided?
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Eric DeCosta was on the clock, and for a few awkward seconds, he struggled with his decision.The Baltimore Ravens’ polarizing general manager had just ordered a chile chorizo omelette at a breakfast spot near the team’s training facility Thursday morning. When asked about the accompanying side dish, he momentarily froze.Advertisement