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Rockies preseason capsule: Rise would be helped by Kris Bryant return to form
Colorado Rockies,2024 record: 61-101 (5th place, NL West).,He gone: RHP Cal Quantrill, 2B Brendan Rodgers.,New faces: INF Kyle Farmer, INF Thairo Estrada, LHP Scott Alexander, C Jacob Stallings.,Biggest question entering Opening Day: Production from veteran players is key, but the team will need bet...
Giants preseason capsule: Rediscovering winning ways is next task
San Francisco Giants,2024 record: 80-82 (4th place, NL West).,He gone: LHP Blake Snell, OF Michael Conforto, LHP Taylor Rogers, OF Mark Canha.,New faces: RHP Justin Verlander, SS Willy Adames.,Biggest question entering Opening Day: With a record below .500 for the sixth time in eight seasons in 2024...
Diamondbacks preseason capsule: Rotation strong with addition of Corbin Burnes
Arizona Diamondbacks,2024 record: 89-73 (3rd place, NL West).,He gone: 1B Christian Walker, RHP Paul Sewald, OF/DH Joc Pederson, INF Kevin Newman, 1B Josh Bell.,New faces: RHP Corbin Burnes, 1B Josh Naylor, INF Grae Kessinger, RHP Seth Martinez, RHP Kendall Graveman.,Biggest question entering Openin...
Padres preseason capsule: Key losses trim back expectations
San Diego Padres,2024 record: 93-69 (2nd place, NL West).,He gone: LHP Tanner Scott, OF Jurickson Profar, INF Ha-Seong Kim, INF Donovan Solano, C Kyle Higashioka, LHP Martin Perez.,New faces: RHP Nick Pivetta, LHP Kyle Hart, OF Jason Heyward, INF Jose Iglesias, INF/OF Gavin Sheets, 1B Connor Joe, 1B...
The Cleveland Cavaliers Are Beating Everyone and Hiding in Plain Sight
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been the best team in the NBA all season, they're beating everybody and hiding in plain sight because of the lack of national media attention....
Dodgers preseason capsule: Champions aim to be rare team to repeat
Los Angeles Dodgers,2024 record: 98-64 (1st place, NL West).,He gone: RHP Walker Buehler, RHP Jack Flaherty, RHP Joe Kelly, RHP Daniel Hudson, 2B Gavin Lux.,New faces: LHP Blake Snell, RHP Roki Sasaki, LHP Tanner Scott, RHP Kirby Yates, OF Michael Conforto, INF Hyeseong Kim.,Biggest question enterin...
Spurs look to salvage split of homestand vs. Pelicans
The San Antonio Spurs look to get back on the winning track and even the season series with New Orleans when they host the slumping Pelicans on Saturday.,Saturday's game is the second of a home back-to-back for the Spurs as well as the finale of a four-game homestand.,New Orleans (18-49) already has...
2025 NFL Free Agency: Biggest Losers From First Week of New League Year
It's hard to win the offseason, but these teams are Deadspin's biggest losers from the first week of free agency due to overspending or ignoring holes in their rosters....
Grizzlies bid to bounce back vs. skidding Heat
The Memphis Grizzlies will play the second game of a back-to-back set on Saturday night when they host the Miami Heat.,The Grizzlies (42-25) are coming off a 133-124 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers that snapped the team's four-game winning streak.,As for the Heat (29-37), they're coming off a far gr...
Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Plan: Hope Aaron Rodgers Doesn’t Ghost Them
The Steelers are putting their eggs in Aaron Rodgers basket while he continues to mull over options on where he will play next season, the Steelers are risking it all....
NCAA Tournament can wait: No. 1 Duke, No. 13 Louisville want ACC title
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- While the perception exists that the Atlantic Coast Conference competition isn't what it used to be, don't tell that to the teams that will play Saturday night for the ACC tournament title.,It will be a marquee matchup in the championship game when No. 1-ranked Duke (30-3) and No....
Hurricanes face Flyers as Carolina shoots for seventh straight win
With 16 games left in the regular season, the Carolina Hurricanes are clicking on all cylinders.,The surging Hurricanes will go for their seventh straight win Saturday when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers.,Following a stretch in which they went 2-6-0, the Hurricanes have limited six straight oppo...
Rockets look to continue ascent vs. streaking Bulls
A pair of surging teams will have their winning streaks on the line Saturday night when the Houston Rockets host the Chicago Bulls.,Houston (42-25), a winner of five games in a row, has a chance to inch closer to the No. 2 spot in the Western Conference standings. The Rockets trail the Denver Nugget...
Jayson Tatum, Celtics look to stay hot vs. ice-cold Nets
The Boston Celtics knew they were headed to the playoffs, and now it's official for the defending champions.,One night after becoming the third Eastern Conference team to clinch a postseason berth, the Celtics hope to continue to trend upward on Saturday evening when they visit the Brooklyn Nets.,Th...
No. 4 Florida aims to continue sharp shooting vs. No. 5 Alabama
Neither Florida nor Alabama trailed in their respective Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinal contests.,Something will have to give one day later when the second-seeded Gators (28-4) and third-seeded Crimson Tide (25-7) battle in the semifinals on Saturday afternoon in Nashville.,No. 4-ran...
No. 16 Memphis 'hunting greatness' in clash vs. Tulane
Penny Hardaway understands that No. 16-ranked Memphis likely is a lock for a high seed in the NCAA Tournament that begins next week.,But Hardaway said he isn't concerned with next week at the moment. He is obsessed with his team's next game, which will be against Tulane in the semifinal round of the...
Berth in Big Ten title game at stake as No. 11 Maryland, No. 22 Michigan clash
Maryland's Rodney Rice acknowledged he felt motivated going into the Big Ten Conference tournament quarterfinals Friday night against Illinois because he was left off the all-conference teams.,If a 26-point performance that included making seven 3-pointers is how Rice plans to play for the season's ...
Thieves extend perfect run in CDL Stage 2 Major qualifying
The Los Angeles Thieves maintained their perfect record with a 3-0 blowout of OpTic Texas on Friday as the final week of qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major got underway.,The Thieves improved to 6-0. The second-place Toronto Ultra completed the qualifying phase with a 5-2 mark after...
Vitality, MongolZ power into ESL Pro League Season 21 semis
Team Vitality and The MongolZ cruised through their quarterfinal matches on Friday in ESL Pro League Season 21 at Stockholm.,Vitality downed Team Liquid 2-0, and The MongolZ routed Natus Vincere 2-0.,In the semifinals on Saturday, Vitality will oppose The MongolZ, and MOUZ will face off with Team Sp...
Mirra Andreeva, 17, advances to Indian Wells final
Seventeen-year-old Mirra Andreeva is on the rise on the WTA Tour, and even the defending champion couldn't stop her from getting to the final of the BNP Paribas Open.,The ninth-seeded Russian upset second-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-3 on Friday in Indian Wells, Calif.,Andreeva's opp...