Author: Michael

Penguins Fans Won’t Like Latest Sidney Crosby Update originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
As the Pittsburgh Penguins plan for the future, the front office has an interesting balancing act that fans are paying attention too. The team isn’t currently seen as a contender to go after a Stanley Cup title but the roster also has legend Sidney Crosby still on it.
Crosby wants to win, especially before he calls it a career. But with where the Penguins are in their rebuild, it could be tough for Crosby to make the most of his final few years.

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Summer is here, and it is everyone’s favorite time of the year, scouting time. Every year, we do Summer Scouting to preview college football for Bucs fans, but also give them an idea of names to follow and watch in the fall as needs pop up for Tampa Bay. 
Are we going to write about quarterbacks? You know it, but why? Because other NFL teams will draft them, just as they will draft every other position. It all matters whether these players end up on the Bucs, the Bears, or the Steelers. We write these so Bucs fans can be the most informed fans.

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Chris Paul was looking for a couple of things in a new team for the upcoming season. First, and most importantly, to be close to his family in Los Angeles (something he was missing last season in San Antonio). Second, to be on a team that will be playing meaningful games this season and be a playoff threat.
Paul found all that in agreeing to a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, a story broken by Shams Charania of ESPN. This is a one-year, veteran minimum contract, Chris Haynes confirmed.

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The training camp stage of the 2025 NFL offseason is here. Teams across the league are returning to the field ahead of preseason action which kicks off in less than two weeks.
A few players have not reported to camp yet, most notably the NFL’s reigning sack leader, Trey Hendrickson.
The Cincinnati Bengals‘ edge rusher is holding out for a new contract entering the final year of an extension he signed in July 2023. The team gave him permission to seek a trade earlier this offseason but no deal has come about.

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Mike Tannebaum should have been wearing a black hooded robe and been armed with a scythe when he offered his best Grim Reaper prediction about Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and coach Mike Tomlin on ESPN Monday.
Tannenbaum, in the span of about two minutes, basically said Rodgers is washed up and not helping the Steelers get in the playoffs this season, and Tomlin is about to start his final season with the club after a catastrophic failure.
Talk about taking souls two days before Steelers players report for training camp.

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