Author: Michael

The Detroit Red Wings have been disappointing on the ice, but NHL fans think they’re elite on the mic.
For the second straight year, the Red Wings broadcasting team of play-by-play commentator Ken Daniels and color commentator Mickey Redmond have finished No. 1 among NHL TV broadcasters in a survey of hockey fans conducted by The Athletic.
Fans were asked to rank broadcasting teams on a 1-5 scale, with the Red Wings receiving a 4.96 rating among local fans (best among all teams) and a 3.83 rating among national fans (still best among all teams). Daniels and Redmond finished No.

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Memphis has proposed to the Big 12 a lucrative membership proposal — a serious enough endeavor that league presidents met Monday about the offer — but the proposition is not believed to have the necessary support, for now.
The proposal from Memphis — one of the most aggressive membership propositions in college athletics history — features hundreds of millions of dollars in sponsorship commitments to the Big 12 from UM-affiliated corporate partners, as well as the school eschewing revenue distribution from the league for at least five years.

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With the Baltimore Ravens prepared to start NFL Training Camp 2024 tomorrow, coaches and support staff should will be amped to get reps in with ideal offensive packaging, personnel, and formations. With the Ravens leading the NFL in rushing yards per game last season, the Ravens would be wise to get a hefty amount of reps with running back Derrick Henry and full back Patrick Ricard on the field in tandem.

While Ricard doesn’t deploy often in the team’s offensive attack, offensive coordinator Todd Monken has opted to call his number when the team goes into 21 personnel.

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Deion Sanders continues to battle an undisclosed health issue that has mostly kept him out of the national spotlight since the end of last season. But while the Colorado Buffaloes head coach has shown improvement, he admittedly isn’t “all the way recovered” with training camp a week away and the season rapidly approaching. 
While he has kept a pretty low profile, Sanders has still been active on his son’s social media during the past few months, as he has missed the entire summer of workouts and recruiting visits in Colorado.

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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – JULY 18: Cody Rhodes speaks to John Cena during SmackDown at Frost Bank Center on July 18, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Craig Melvin/WWE via Getty Images)WWE via Getty Images

We all know how pro-wrestling works: It’s all very predictable until suddenly it isn’t. After last Friday’s “WWE SmackDown” finale, we’ve been left with a classic example of that phenomenon — with the biggest hints yet that there could be a big change coming for Cody Rhodes.
It’s certainly opportune timing.

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Arch Manning’s Cousin Turns Heads With Latest Career Move originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
College football fans were aware of Texas quarterback Arch Manning dating back to when he was in eighth grade.
The former No. 1 overall recruit burst onto the scene with snippets of his performance as a 13-year-old eighth grader, going up against the varsity defense of Isidore Newman in New Orleans. At the time of the video he wasn’t known to have any public offers, but it certainly generated a buzz around him as a prospect.

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Michigan State baseball landed a big time commitment from Luke LaCourse, a Bay City (MI) native, in 2023 – expecting the two way services of one of the state’s best players. Unfortunately, that wont come to fruition for MSU.
LaCourse was selected in the sixth round of the 2025 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels out of Bay City Western High School. Now, he has officially inked his deal with the Angels, getting a deal above slot value.
The Angels deal with LaCourse comes in at around $515,000, over one-hundred thousand above the slot value at $393,700.

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