The Buffalo Bills play their second consecutive AFC East foe Thursday night, squaring off against the Miami Dolphins. Buffalo (2-0) looks to add to Miami’s (0-2) early-season misery.
The Bills have had the best of the recent matchups, winning six consecutive games against the Dolphins. Going a bit further back, Buffalo’s has had a stranglehold in this series, winning 14 of the previous 16 matchups.
Which Bills have the potential to play a massive role in continuing the team’s dominance? Here are three X-factors for Buffalo’s defence ahead of Thursday’s game.
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Nationals add 26-year old pitcher who used to be a hitter for the Dodgers
originally appeared on The Sporting News
Sauryn Lao has traveled quite the baseball journey.
His next stop: the Washington Nationals.
The 6-foot-2, 26-year old right-handed pitcher has been called up to the Nats from Triple-A Rochester.
Washington claimed Lao off waivers from the Seattle Mariners earlier in September.
The Nationals are calling up Sauryn Lao from Class AAA Rochester and sending Orlando Ribalta down. They acquired Lao off waivers from Seattle earlier this month.
In about a month the Portland Trail Blazers will embark on their 2024-25 regular-season campaign. Hopes are high in Portland because of the appearance of major changes in the roster. On paper, that seems valid. The Blazers ditched two of their main players this summer: long-time scorer Anfernee Simons and second-chance center DeAndre Ayton. They also brought on major veterans in Jrue Holiday and Damian Lillard with rookie center Yang Hansen rounding out the field of newcomers.
Whether those moves actually change Portland’s fortunes remains to be seen.
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St. Louis Blues ink 31-year old forward to two-year extension
originally appeared on The Sporting News
Before the start of the season, the St. Louis Blues have made some news.
Blues Extend Nathan Walker with Two-Year Deal
The Blues have locked up a familiar face for the next two seasons. On Tuesday, President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced that forward Nathan Walker has signed a two-year contract extension worth $1.775 million. The deal carries an average annual value of $887,500.
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The WNBA playoffs began on Sunday, for those of you who didn’t realize. Based on the TV ratings, that included quite a few people. The Indiana Fever (without Caitlin Clark) faced the Atlanta Dream on ABC, and the game drew 951,000 viewers, according to Sports Business Journal.
That sounds like a good number, but there are many important caveats. Defenders of the WNBA will say that the game went head-to-head with the NFL, which is true. The Fever’s game started at 3 p.m.
Gary Danielson joins CBS Sports HQ to preview t
Premier League champions Liverpool will look to continue their 100 per cent start to the new campaign, even if unconvincing, as they take on Atletico Madrid in their Champions League opener.
Arne Slot’s heavily-strengthened Premier League champions have four wins from four but have been reliant on late winners, with Mohamed Salah’s 95th-minute penalty at Burnley on the weekend the most fortuitous of them all.
NHL teams are gearing up for training camp, and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers just got some bad news.
Star forward Matthew Tkachuk could be out of commission until December.
According to GM Bill Zito, Tkachuk had surgery in August after dealing with a sports hernia and torn adductor muscle. The surgery came after deliberations since the end of last season about whether or not he needed to go the surgery route.
It seems like they ultimately decided on “yes,” and now the team will be without one of its centerpieces for the first part of the season.