The Cowboys will have to replace Gerald McCoy, the questions is whether to rely on in-house options or look to the outside world. Neville Gallimore and Trysten Hill will have to play major parts in Dallas’ defensive line rotation to keep Crawford fresh and healthy. Gallimore (6-2, 302 pounds) is a rookie third-rounder who has special linear speed and explosiveness. […]
The Carolina Hurricanes are one of the least successful franchises in NHL history, boasting the third-worst win percentage of the expansion era. Only the Arizona Coyotes and the California Golden Seals/Cleveland Barons have been worse, the latter of which doesn’t exist anymore.1 Aside from a lone Stanley Cup win in 2005-06 — an admittedly extraordinary achievement for any franchise, let […]
The NBA playoffs finally started in earnest on Monday, though most of the league has been in a Disney World bubble since July for the season restart (which included eight games for every team, plus a play-in contest for the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies). And what did we learn from that sample of games? For players on each […]
As has become the standard, home teams in the WNBA wiped the floor with their visiting counterparts Tuesday night. The Sun crushed the Fever. The Storm routed the Liberty. And the Sky edged the Aces. WNBA home teams are now 41-25 this season. If that’s puzzling to you, since the WNBA is playing in a bubble in Bradenton, Florida — […]
In their second game of the 2019-20 season, the defending champion Toronto Raptors played the division rival Boston Celtics. Boston had struggled offensively in its season opener, scoring only 91.4 points per 100 possessions in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, and once the game got underway, Toronto replicated much of Philly’s defensive strategy. The Raptors did not send a […]