The Pittsburgh Penguins snapped a couple of losing streaks on Sunday night with their 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens. The most important streak it snapped is the eight-game losing streak they were on. Arguably the more satisfying streak that it snapped was their nine-game shootout losing streak that went all the way back to the early stages of the 2024-25 season.
Ending both streaks is important.
They needed something positive to happen on the ice to just change some of the vibe around the team.
They needed to win a shootout just to stop giving away extra points.
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One the common misconceptions is that there is a battle between stats people and traditional baseball people. The tragedy is that this isn’t really the battle. Ultimately, stats folks simply approach all of the big baseball questions through data. Sometimes they come to the same conclusions as traditionalists. Sometimes they don’t. Often times different people within the stats community do not agree. Those are always the most fun conversations.
That happens when we get to the Astros center field question.
Penn State football is gearing up for its matchup with the Clemson Tigers in this week’s Pinstripe Bowl. Before Penn State heads to the Bronx, it may be a good idea to get a quick rundown of this week’s bowl game opponent.
Like Penn State, it is safe to suggest the 2025 preseason expectations for Clemson did not pan out. Clemson was also a top-five preseason team with the expectation of winning the ACC on its way back to the College Football Playoff.
The Denver Broncos (12-3) were upset by the Jacksonville Jaguars (11-4) in a 34-20 loss at home on Sunday afternoon. Here are five quick takeaways from the game.
1.Denver’s defense is in a slump: Over the last two weeks, Vance Joseph’s unit has allowed 708 yards of offense and 60 points to their opponents. Jacksonville went 4-of-5 in the red zone on Sunday amd Trevor Lawrence completed 63.9% of his passes for 279 yards with three touchdowns (and he added 20 yards and a score on the ground).
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Twenty seconds. That’s how long subscribers to Right Angle Sports have to find their game, open their bet slip, enter their stake, and hover their finger over the submit button.
Edward Golden, founder of the handicapping service that sells picks, has just sent them a text: “Set up UC Irvine minus 11.5.”
They wait. Why? Because the bet might be a real play, or it might be a decoy.
“So what we started doing about five or six years ago is our ‘set up and go’ release,” Golden said.
The lineup for the first UFC Apex show of 2026 continues to build with the addition of a bantamweight bout.
Muin Gafurov (20-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) is set to meet Jakub Wiklacz (17-3-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at the UFC’s first Fight Night event in its new Paramount+ broadcast era. The 135-pounders will hook up Feb. 7 at UFC Fight Night 266 in Las Vegas. Gafurov’s management announced the fight on social media, though it has not been formally announced by the UFC.
Gafurov had his first shot to get into the UFC in 2021 on DWCS, but fell short.
Let’s focus on the good news — the New Orleans Saints won their third game in a row, and it sure looks like they have the quarterback to get them back to contending in the NFC South. Now the hard part is going to be surrounding him with help. The Saints will have opportunities to do just that in free agency, but for now we’ve fired up the Pro Football Focus mock draft simulator to add some rookies to the mix. Here’s how we did after the Saints beat the New York Jets to improve to 5-10, and pick 8th overall.
Tough week for NASCAR. Tough week, frankly, for everyone. A lot of folks are still numb today. I don’t blame them.
To steal a phrase from Mike Helton, we’ve lost Greg Biffle. Not only that, but his wife, and their two kids. Another plane crash. Another aviation disaster for NASCAR.
We still don’t have a ton of answers today – four days after Biffle’s private jet crash-landed in North Carolina – and I’m not sure we’re gonna get them any time soon.
The UFC opens up its Paramount+ broadcast in Las Vegas next month, and a former champion will take on a perennial title contender in the featured slot on the main card.
UFC 324 (Paramount+) takes place Jan. 24 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. An interim lightweight title is on the line at the top of the card, and the women’s bantamweight belt is up for grabs right before that.