Author: Michael

The facilities arms race that has taken place over the past few decades in both college and pro sports has been a sight to behold.
Teams will spend hundreds of millions of dollars just to keep up with the Joneses.
New stadium seats, new locker rooms, new player lounges, even dedicated practice facilities are on the table when you are trying to one-up your rivals in today’s day and age of flaunting your funds for the whole world to see.
The Florida Panthers, coming off of back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, decided they needed to enter the fray and upgrade their scoreboard.

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Caitlin Clark was fined $200 by the WNBA for a comment she made on Instagram regarding referees following the Indiana Fever‘s 77-60 win over the Atlanta Dream in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. 
The comments in question were in response to the Fever’s official account posting photos of the team’s bench celebrating during their Game 2 victory with the caption “the bench was ROCKIN’ tonight.” 
In response, Clark posted “Elite bench mob” and “Refs couldn’t stop us.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers are getting set to face the New England Patriots in Week 3 of the 2025 season in Foxborough. Ahead of that, though, they have made a pair of roster moves.
The Steelers have put offensive lineman Max Scharping on the reserve/injured list. In response to that, Pittsburgh has elevated running back Trey Sermon to the 53-man roster.
This news doesn’t bode well for rookie running back Kaleb Johnson, who had a severe special teams gaffe in Week 2 against the Seattle Seahawks that led to Seattle scoring a touchdown.

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San Diego Padres at Chicago White Sox, September 20, 2025, 4:10 p.m. PST
Watch: Padres TV
Location: Rate Field, Chicago, IL
Listen: 97.3 The Fan

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SOUTH BEND —Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman remains frustrated with his defense, even after building a 28-13 lead over Purdue before Saturday’s lengthy weather delay kicked in.
“We have to be better defensively,” Freeman told NBC’s Zora Stephenson during the break. “Too many explosive plays. Again, it’s a little bit of a continuation of last week.

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The WNBA announced that Atlanta Dream forward Naz Hillmon has won the league’s Sixth Player of the Year award. Hillmon earned 44 of 72 media votes, with Minnesota Lynx guard Natisha Hiedeman coming in second place with 22 votes.
Lynx forward Jessica Shepard (4 votes), Seattle Storm center Dominique Malonga (1 vote), and Sami Whitcomb (1 vote)
I voted for Hiedeman in large part because she came off the bench for every game this season. Hillmon, on the other hand, was elevated off the bench midseason, and ultimately only came off the bench for 27 of 44 games this season.

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