Rick Pitino’s ‘Larry Bird is not walking through that door’ speech is now old enough to drink

Padres and Dodgers are baseball in 2021

It’s something of a surprise that as anticipated as the season series between the Padres and Dodgers was before the season started, the seven games they’ve played have managed to outweigh that anticipation. They’ve lived up to the billing and so much more. Whatever baseball’s problems are on the field, and there are… Read more…

Joe Maddon thinks David Fletcher is great, but shouldn’t be throwing others under the bus about it

David Fletcher is a nice, solid ballplayer. Since debuting with the Angels in 2018, he’s played all over the field and been above-average defensively wherever he goes, while posting a .292/.346/.386 line with 10 homers and 13 steals in 283 games. Read more…

The Avs are really going to trust this to Mr. Darcy?

Once again, the Colorado Avalanche are the Showtime of the NHL. They were last year, though last season being what it was it doesn’t really count for evaluation/analytic purposes. But reverting back to an actual NHL schedule (or something closely resembling one) hasn’t slowed the Avs much. They picked up their 83rd… Read more…