7:30 AM ET Scouting is an inexact science. Just look at the years-later reaction to every NHL draft after any given player has a modicum of NHL success, especially those who were drafted outside of the top 10. “How did he go that low in the draft? How did all of those teams pass on
Month: February 2020
7:00 AM ET Each offseason, after the recruiting season has been finalized and the first major wave of transfer portal entries has come and gone, I publish preliminary SP+ ratings for the coming season. I base these projections on three primary factors, weighted by their predictiveness: 1. Returning production. Last week we published my initial
1:18 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets have signed head coach Paul Maurice to a multiyear contract extension, the team announced Wednesday. Terms were not provided. Maurice, 53, was hired in January 2014, replacing Claude Noel. Maurice has compiled a 264-186-53 record with the Jets. They’ve made the playoffs three times under Maurice, including a trip
By early 2000, Carter was a newly minted All-Star, a dynamic scorer and one of the NBA’s rising names, but he was still a foreign entity playing in Canada for the Toronto Raptors. It would take a generational moment, his performance in Oakland, to reach his grandest level of fame. Yet before Carter could become
1:38 PM ET After a slow start, the 2019-20 college football coaching cycle seemingly won’t end. Colorado is the latest school in the market for a new coach. Mel Tucker is off to Michigan State after only one year at CU, where he went 5-7, beat Washington and Nebraska, and signed a top-35 recruiting class.
12:04 PM ET Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov will not play Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche but will accompany his team on its three-game road trip. Kuznetsov, who is dealing with an upper-body injury, has responded well to treatment, the team said Wednesday. The Capitals hope Kuznetsov could play at some point during the road
12:11 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — The PGA Tour is postponing two qualifying tournaments and the start to its PGA Tour Series-China circuit because of concerns over the coronavirus. On Wednesday, tour officials said the qualifying tournaments — one of which had already been moved to Indonesia — would be postponed until late April
10:54 AM ET Featherweight world titleholder Josh Warrington has signed with Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing after parting ways with Hearn rival Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions. Warren said in a statement issued on Wednesday that they had ended their relationship at the conclusion of his Warrington’s promotional agreement. “I am happy to say that
11:50 AM ET Carreno Busta caused a surprise by beating fellow Spaniard Bautista Agut 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 in the last-16 of the Rotterdam Open on Wednesday. Unseeded Busta beat sixth seed Agut after nearly two-and-a-half hours of play. Earlier, Berlin’s David Goffin beat the Netherlands’ Robin Haase 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 and France’s Giles Simon beat
10:49 AM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A foundation for the Saints ownership has given at least $62 million to the Archdiocese of New Orleans and other Catholic causes over the past dozen years, including gifts to schools, universities, charities and individual parishes, according to an Associated Press review of public tax documents. Along