MLB managers are often overlooked when it comes to team performance nowadays. Many fans believe it all comes down to turning in the lineup card. In reality, managers are the glue that keeps many clubhouses together. They are tasked with handling a myriad of personalities and ensuring everyone is all-in on making a winning organization. […]

World Series-winning manager Joe Maddon weighed in on the San Francisco Giants’ hire of Tony Vitello, who had no professional experience, saying that such a move is ‘insulting’ to those who have spent their entire careers paying their dues. ‘Quite frankly, I’m using the word insulting only from the perspective that it appears as though […]

There was uncertainty with the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season. The second release Tuesday, Nov. 11, had fewer unknowns with Ohio State expectedly retaining the No. 1 spot. The defending champion Buckeyes are three games away from completing an unbeaten regular season and clinching a spot in the Big Ten title game. Right behind […]

LAS VEGAS — The shock is starting to wear off, but the disbelief was still permeating The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hotel Tuesday night like cigarette smoke hovering in the air at the craps games and poker tables. There he was, 10 years after he last set foot at the Major League Baseball General Manager […]

Indiana Fever All-Star Caitlin Clark will play in the The Annika Pro-Am for the second consecutive year, teeing off at 8:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 12. Fever teammates Sophie Cunningham and Lexie Hull will caddy for Clark at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. Clark will play with Nelly Korda, as she did last year, for the […]

Less than a week after being extradited to the U.S. from Dubai, former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is back in Florida and facing an attempted murder charge related to a May shooting in Miami. Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, told the Associated Press that he has already filed a not guilty plea to the charge. […]

Arguably no team has undergone as much tumultuous change in nine months as the Dallas Mavericks. In February, they made that seismic trade to ship Luka Dončić away to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, the Mavericks are also in search of a new general manager after they fired Nico Harrison on Tuesday, Nov. 11. In […]

The NBA All-Star Game has drawn ample criticism in recent years. But this season it’ll be impossible to complain about the same old format. The NBA is introducing an entirely new one: U.S. vs. The World. Two teams of U.S. players and a team of international players will compete in a round-robin tournament in four […]

LSU should be a gold standard job for coaching candidates, but university can’t get out of its own way. Brian Kelly lawsuit against LSU becomes a fresh stain. With LSU in turmoil, Florida and Penn State might start looking pretty good. LSU is considered a crown jewel job within the college football ecosystem. Coaches who […]

Brand bias continues to hurt Vanderbilt, and help Notre Dame, in each two-loss team’s quest for College Football Playoff. Vanderbilt has lofty strength of schedule metrics, but recent results hamper Commodores, too. Would 10-2 be enough to qualify Vanderbilt? TBD. Because, brand bias continues to hurt Vanderbilt in its quest to qualify for the College […]