Former UFC title-holder Jon Jones briefly breaks social media silence The highly competitive showdown that saw Daniel Cormier retain his light heavyweight title against Alexander Gustafsson on Saturday night at UFC 192 had many MMA fans gushing over the entertaining bout on social media, including one who had a vested interest in the outcome. Jon “Bones” Jones, who was embroiled in a heated … [Read more...]

Max Talbot on waivers in surprising move by Boston Bruins On Monday, NHL teams finalized their rosters by dropping dozens of players through waivers. In some cases, that meant attempting to stow away players in the AHL that just don’t have a fit on the current team. In other cases, that meant attempting to make a veteran player and his contract disappear, by demotion or waiver claim.  Max … [Read more...]

What We Learned: What NHL GMs don’t know about quality goaltending (Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.) There is a huge shortcoming when you talk about goaltender evaluation at just about any … [Read more...]

NFL Winners and Losers: Overrated Arizona Cardinals back to earth This is why it makes sense to take a look at the past schedule in the NFL, and not just the standings. A lot of people were anointing the Arizona Cardinals as one of the best teams in football after three weeks. They had defeated the New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers, arguably the three worst teams in … [Read more...]

Drew Brees wins game with 400th career touchdown Drew Brees hit a couple notable career throwing marks on Sunday night, passing for his 5,000th career completion and his 400th touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys. The former set his team on the winning path, and the latter won the game for the Saints in overtime, 26-20. There was a time, not so long ago, when New Orleans-Dallas would have … [Read more...]

Andrew Shaw attempts Chicago Bears field goal, launches shoe (Video) The Chicago Blackhawks brought the Stanley Cup to the Chicago Bears’ game against the Oakland Raiders to celebrate the return of Jay-sus Cutler. Well, that and to get honored at midfield during halftime.  Before the game, the Blackhawks also engaged in some football fun. Although Andrew Shaw apparently put a little too … [Read more...]

Ndamukong Suh amuses, terrifies the British populace Ndamukong Suh wasn't the only Miami Dolphin who had a wretched game on Sunday in London against the New York Jets, but he's the only one holding a $114 million contract. He's clearly not happy—with this Dumpster fire of a team, who could be?—and after a press conference, he left the stage much to the amusement of a British PR onlooker. … [Read more...]

Throwing Darts: Everyone (at Yahoo) likes the Giants Five picks against the number every week, that’s how we roll. All selections use the Yahoo Pick’em Spread. The Dallas-New Orleans game is ruled off the board for our purposes. Play along, share your five best picks in the comments. (If you need your results from Week 3, click here.)  [Yahoo Daily Fantasy Football: Enter our $1 Million Week … [Read more...]

Jo-Jo Reyes throws one pitch, picks up win in first MLB appearance since 2011 Lost in the craziness that played out during the Angels wild come-from-behind 11-10 win in Texas is the even crazier story of Jo-Jo Reyes. The 30-year-old left-hander, who started this season in the Mexican League, thought his season was over when the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees' season ended on Sept. 7. He could not … [Read more...]

Magic Number Watch: Astros hold steady in AL wild card race It's that time of year again. The time where magic numbers and playoff scenarios take over our lives and leave us searching for the least confusing explanation available. That's where Big League Stew comes in. From now until the final postseason spot is secured, we'll keep you updated on all of the latest clinches, magic number … [Read more...]