Tyler Toffoli tucks in beautiful goal past Martin Jones (Video) An offensive explosion occurred for the Los Angeles Kings in San Jose on Thursday night. For the first time all season the Kings scored more than two goals to blast the Sharks 4-1. The goal that got the Kings on the board first in this game was the above beautiful score by Los Angeles forward Tyler Toffoli. [Play Yahoo Daily … [Read more...]
NHL Three Stars: Carter busts loose; Lundqvist rules Coyotes; Ellis downs Ducks
NHL Three Stars: Carter busts loose; Lundqvist rules Coyotes; Ellis downs Ducks No. 1 Star: Jeff Carter, Los Angeles Kings Carter was a big part of the Kings’ offensive outbreak with two goals and two assists in a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks. The four-goal output doubled LA’s previous high for the 2015-16 season. Also, did Carter call 'bank' on this goal? No. 2 Star: Henrik Lundqvist, … [Read more...]
Football Daily Dose: Dose: Seahawks Smother 49ers
Football Daily Dose: Dose: Seahawks Smother 49ers The Seattle Seahawks had plenty of frustration to take out on their division rivals on Thursday night after blowing two consecutive late-game leads prior to traveling to Santa Clara to face the San Francisco 49ers. When the clock mercifully hit zeros in this game, the Seahawks owned a 20-3 victory in one of the least exhilarating Thursday night … [Read more...]
Kobe still expected for opener; Clarkson in doubt
Kobe still expected for opener; Clarkson in doubt 0 Shares print ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant missed his third straight preseason game Thursday, sitting out his team's 136-97 loss in its preseason finale against the Golden State Warriors at the Honda Center with a lower leg contusion. Lakers coach Byron Scott said he still expects the 37-year-old Bryant, who … [Read more...]
Stones to Chelsea, the saga starts anew
Stones to Chelsea, the saga starts anew The transfer window might be closed, but the rumours keep ticking. As always, Transfer Talk has the latest and greatest. See all the summer deals here. Stones to Chelsea, here we go again One of the most ubiquitous -- and frankly exhausting -- transfer sagas to follow last summer was whether Everton's John Stones would leave the club to join Chelsea. The … [Read more...]
Rick Nash scores first goal of season rather unusually
Rick Nash scores first goal of season rather unusually NEW YORK – For the amount of grief Rick Nash of the New York Rangers gets for his goal droughts, there’s something weirdly appropriate that his first goal in eight games to start the season was scored without a shot attempted. Or against a goalie, for that matter. “The way things were going, yeah, it felt pretty standard,” said Nash … [Read more...]
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Mattingly Out
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Mattingly Out Ninety-two wins don't go as far as they used to. Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @Nate_Grimm on Twitter. Despite managing the Dodgers to a 92-win season and a National League West crown, manager Don Mattingly and the club parted ways Thursday, a week after the team lost to the Mets in the NLDS. Mattingly had one year left on his contract at the time of the … [Read more...]
Temple beats ECU 24-14 for first 7-0 start in school history
Temple beats ECU 24-14 for first 7-0 start in school history Temple is 7-0 for the first time in school history. After squeaking out a 24-14 win against East Carolina on Thursday, the Owls made history and guaranteed it would remain in the Top 25 for yet another week. The win was the Owls' first as a ranked team since prior to World War II. Yeah, it’s been a long time and it did not come … [Read more...]
Another rivalry dead: Seahawks-49ers just isn’t nearly as fun anymore
Another rivalry dead: Seahawks-49ers just isn't nearly as fun anymore When the San Francisco 49ers found themselves down 17 points in the fourth quarter, head coach Jim Tomsula sent out the punt team — twice in a two-minute span with less than five minutes remaining. He might as well have been punting on the season. Here's what the 49ers' possessions looked like in the 49ers' 20-3 loss … [Read more...]
Jackets lose Tortorella's debut, stumble to 0-8
Jackets lose Tortorella's debut, stumble to 0-8 New coach, same result for the Columbus Blue Jackets as their historically bad start to the season officially became the worst start for any team in the post-expansion era with a 3-2 regulation loss to the Minnesota Wild. Only the 1943-44 New York Rangers started their season worse than these Jackets, who have now lost eight consecutive games in … [Read more...]