Nashville Predators lock up Mattias Ekholm for six years, $22.5M The Nashville Predators locked up another one of their young defenseman to a long-term contract. The team announced it signed 25-year-old blueliner Mattias Ekholm to a six-year $22.5 million contract extension. Ekholm was slated to be a restricted free agent this coming offseason. That's a salary cap hit of $3.75 million … [Read more...]
StewPod: It’s the Mets and the Royals in the World Series, who you got?
StewPod: It's the Mets and the Royals in the World Series, who you got? This is The StewPod, our baseball podcast with a dash of pop culture. If you dig the show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes. After months and months of baseball games, we're finally here. The World Series is upon us. It's the New York Mets vs. the Kansas City Royals — the power arms of the Mets against the … [Read more...]
Cleveland fan builds Halloween graveyard for Browns quarterbacks
Cleveland fan builds Halloween graveyard for Browns quarterbacks It's not easy being a Cleveland Browns fan, but Tony Timoteo is at least having some fun with it. In preparation for Halloween, Timoteo built a graveyard using headstones for every Browns quarterback since 1999, and a local TV feature made his front yard a destination in the Cleveland suburb of North Ridgeville. After all, the … [Read more...]
Eight programs on the rise entering the new season
Eight programs on the rise entering the new season Our 2015-16 season preview continues with a look at eight teams on the rise. Check back every day for more college hoops preview content. CAL: The Bears have been an above-average Pac-12 team for the past seven seasons, but they've seldom managed to gain sustained national relevance. That should change this season thanks to an influx of … [Read more...]
BDL’s 2015-16 NBA Season Previews: All 30 team previews, collected
BDL's 2015-16 NBA Season Previews: All 30 team previews, collected After four long months of waiting for our next proper fix after watching Stephen Curry's Golden State Warriors topple the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers, our time is now, basketball junkies: The 2015-16 NBA season tips off on Tuesday. [Yahoo Fantasy Basketball: Sign up for a league today] An Atlanta Hawks team eager to … [Read more...]
College Football Picks Week 9: Vegas Odds and Predictions for Top-25 Games – Bleacher Report
College Football Picks Week 9: Vegas Odds and Predictions for Top-25 Games - Bleacher Report Joe Robbins/Getty Images For the second consecutive week, the scheduling gods have not been kind to college football fans. Only one matchup of ranked opponents is on the schedule for Week 9, and a number of the nation's top teams are on bye weeks. But as we've seen in recent weeks, what often looks … [Read more...]
MLS average attendances increase 13% in 2015
MLS average attendances increase 13% in 2015 Now that the 2015 Major League Soccer regular season has been completed, we can report that the average attendances increased by 12.8% in 2015 compared to last season. The increase can be attributed to several factors: 1. The contraction of Chivas USA, which drew an average of 7,063 fans last […] Now that the 2015 Major League Soccer regular … [Read more...]
BDL’s Most Interesting Power Rankings: OKC grabs everyone’s attention
BDL's Most Interesting Power Rankings: OKC grabs everyone's attention Let's face it — the best and most powerful teams in the NBA don't really change from week to week. A handful of results in the middle of winter can only mean so much to a franchise's championship hopes. What does shift regularly, though, is how much interest a squad can hold over the course of a season. Every Monday, BDL's … [Read more...]
Jonathan Quick robs Connor McDavid with glove save … or did he? (Video)
Jonathan Quick robs Connor McDavid with glove save ... or did he? (Video) I guess they missed this angle? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/A2hPXHwXtE— Greg Balloch (@GregBalloch) October 26, 2015 In Sunday night's contest against the Los Angeles Kings, Connor McDavid thought he scored the game-tying goal with 4-seconds left on the clock. Yet, the official was signaled 'no goal.' Technically, he did … [Read more...]
Football Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Foster Lost Again
Football Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Foster Lost Again Week 7 is nearly tucked in and ready for bed, with a matchup between Arizona and Baltimore waiting on Monday night. Sunday was full of action with 12 games providing a healthy supply of fantasy excitement and heartbreak, so let’s jump right in and check out a few of the most notable fantasy storylines in Monday's Daily Dose. The most significant … [Read more...]