Last time I played there, obviously it was a traumatic experience for me. I'm not like thrilled to go back and play there. It's going to have to be this Thursday, I'm not thrilled about it.
Baylor averages 82.6 points per game while giving up 77.2 per contest, resulting in a +173 scoring differential overall. The Bears outscore opponents by 5.4 points per game.
This was a turbocharged crowd that locked in for the final regular season match-up between two great division rivals from the moment the puck dropped. The fans welcomed back trade-deadline reacquisition Nazem Kadri, of the '22 Cup team, like he was Peter Forsberg, and they went nuts just for a backchecking dispossession he pulled off early in the game.
Set dramatically on the westernmost tip of Lake Superior, Minnesota's northern hub tells stories of grit and grandeur. Over the years, the city has transformed from a rough-and-tumble logging and mining outpost into a destination for both outdoor enthusiasts and culture seekers, completing one of America's great urban renewal stories.
Ryan was sent for imaging over the weekend after experiencing lower back discomfort, but he's dealing only with inflammation. There should still be ample time for Ryan to be ready for the start of the season. If healthy, he'd be a lock to take the ball on Opening Day after Minnesota lost Pablo López to Tommy John surgery.
The most popular sport in Bayern Munich is not football, it is golf. Former and current players alike, including the likes of Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels, Harry Kane, Serge Gnabry, Konrad Laimer, Bastian Schweinsteiger, and so on - they all have one thing in common and that is not that they played football for Bayern, but the fact that they all play golf.
The biggest news in baseball yesterday was southpaw Tarik Skubal's record-shattering victory over the Tigers in his arbitration hearing, where a panel of judges awarded him $32MM rather than the $19MM figure Detroit had submitted. It's the third consecutive victory (joining Kyle Bradish and Yainer Diaz) for the players in arbitration hearings this year, while teams have yet to win a single case.
"Stand up for America," Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis, implored on Saturday, after federal agents shot to death another one of his constituents. "Recognize that your children will ask you what side you were on. Your grandchildren will ask you what you did to act to prevent this from happening again-to make sure that the foundational elements of our democracy were rock solid. What did you do to protect your city? What did you do to protect your nation?"
Mike Conley is returning to the Minnesota Timberwolves two weeks after he was traded away in a deadline move, the team announced Tuesday. The Wolves traded Conley to the Chicago Bulls in a three-team deal as a way to shed the remaining amount of the veteran point guard's $10 million salary for this season. The Bulls subsequently moved Conley to the Charlotte Hornets, who eventually waived him. Because he was traded a second time before being waived, Conley was free to sign back with Minnesota.
In total, the United States has 232 athletes competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This is great news for me because, as a queer man, I love two things: 1. watching people live out their dreams, and 2. hot men. So, I went through the entire roster to find some of the hottest men who are representing Team USA.
The killings in Minneapolis of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have been compared to the murder of George Floyd, because they all happened within a few miles of one another, and because of the outrage they inspired. There's an important difference, though: In 2020 the United States was in turmoil, but it was still a state of law. Floyd's death was followed by investigation, trial, and verdict-by justice. The Minneapolis Police Department was held accountable and ultimately made to reform.
Over the weekend, the basketball star Breanna Stewart didn't have her normal bounce during player introductions. As soon as the announcer shouted her name, Stewart walked out holding a white sign with a message: Abolish ICE. "I think that when human lives are at stake, it's bigger than anything else," Stewart said at a press conference following the game with Unrivaled, a three-on-three professional basketball league she co-founded in 2024.
