Author: Ubaidurrehman

The Braves designated right-hander Mike Foltynewicz for assignment Monday night shortly after his first start of the 2020 season — a clunker in which he allowed six earned runs in 3 1/3 innings. The move felt sudden on a couple of levels. Foltynewicz is 28 and just two years removed from receiving Cy Young votes, meaning there is … Continue reading Why the Braves gave up on Mike Foltynewicz after just one 2020 start Continue Reading →

Netflix’s documentary series “Last Chance U” is switching gears in Season 5 as it heads to a new college. The show has announced this will be the final season of focusing on a college football team as “Last Chance U” will focus on a college basketball team, with those episodes airing in 2021. Fans have … Continue reading What to know about Laney College, the focus of ‘Last Chance U’ Season 5 Continue Reading →

Mike Evans and Keenan Allen are among the NFL’s best wide receivers, but just how good they are relative to one another is up for debate. After Allen called out Evans, Tyreek Hill and Chris Godwin on Twitter, declaring them inferior to him, he heard back from Evans.   MJ Acosta: Three WRs who help … Continue reading Mike Evans tells Keenan Allen ‘you not on my level’ during Twitter fight over NFL Top 100 rankings Continue Reading →

Basketball is back, and that means it’s time for a special season restart edition of Sporting News’ NBA Power Rankings. Since the remaining 22 teams will be playing at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., why not add a little Disney-Pixar twist to the list? We will break down the entire field with divisions based on characters from … Continue reading NBA power rankings 2020: What ‘Toy Story’ can tell us about Lakers, Clippers and every other bubble team Continue Reading →

Season 5 of Netflix’s hit series “Last Chance U” is here, continuing its run of chronicling the lives of junior college football players. The latest season moves to Laney College for the final year of college football in the series. In 2021, “Last Chance U” will focus on college basketball. We’ve grown to know the players, coaches and staff from East … Continue reading Where are the star players of Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U’ now? Continue Reading →

Netflix’s documentary series is focusing on Laney College in Season 5 of “Last Chance U,” which means coach John Beam is brought into the national spotlight. Beam is a Hall of Fame football coach who should be a bit of a departure from the coaches we’ve already seen on the program. Of course it’s difficult for anyone … Continue reading Who is John Beam? 5 facts to know about the new ‘Last Chance U’ coach Continue Reading →

Dr. Anthony Fauci got the MLB season started with the ceremonial first pitch, but things didn’t go according to plan. Fauci ensured the ball was socially distant from the catcher’s mitt as he threw a wild pitch. He held onto the ball too long, and it went trailing off to the side. Willie Monroe Jr. … Continue reading Dr. Anthony Fauci has an interesting explanation for his horrible first pitch Continue Reading →

The Vikings entered the 2020 offseason facing an array of tough questions about their roster, and so far, they’ve yet to show they can form a better group than the one that was blasted in the NFC divisional round by the 49ers in January. Minnesota traded Stefon Diggs, entered a contract dispute with Dalvin Cook and remains financially committed to the ever-underwhelming … Continue reading NFL rumors: Packers could pounce on Vikings turmoil by signing Pro Bowl defender Continue Reading →

The NFL and the NFL Players Association on July 24 reached an agreement on opt-out rules for players who don’t want to participate in the 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And only a few hours passed after the agreement was reached before the first NFL player announced he would opt out of the 2020 season.      Everything … Continue reading Here’s a complete list of NFL players opting out of the 2020 season Continue Reading →

In April, after the Patriots declined to select a quarterback in the 2020 NFL Draft and well before they signed free-agent Cam Newton to a one-year deal, we addressed the ridiculous-yet-technically-not-impossible scenario that was New England aiming to land Clemson star Trevor Lawrence in 2021. Now it’s time to address another wild Patriots theory, that coach and quasi-general manager Bill Belichick somehow … Continue reading Is Bill Belichick the mastermind behind Patriots opt-outs? One NFL exec thinks so Continue Reading →