Four goals in an NHL debut? Pssh. Good for Matthews. MORE: The best hair in all of hockey Laine, drafted just behind the Toronto Maple Leafs wunderkind, let his play do the talking Wednesday in the first meeting before the 2016 first and second overall picks, completing a hat trick in overtime to clinch a 5-4 Winnipeg Jets win against the only team that passed him over in the NHL Draft....
The veteran tight end announced Sunday that he will be suspended for the first four games of the 2019 season after failing a drug test. Watson returned to New England this offseason after the Patriots originally selected him in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2004 draft. He planned on retiring after the 2018 season, which he spent with the Saints, but decided to return for another year....
“I’m more impressed with [Martellus] Bennett than Gronk,” Brown said, via the Boston Globe. “When Tom Brady wasn’t here, you didn’t hear [Gronkowski]. But when Tom Brady comes back he knows where to place it, how to place it, and he uses Gronk’s size to his advantage. MORE: Scores, stats, updates from Week 8 “As far as blocking, no, I do not think he’s one of the best. Bennett is probably a better blocker....
It was so bad, in fact, that Caesars sports book isn’t letting players bet NFL teasers this weekend. In the championship round this Sunday we have a similar history of success as the all-way teaser — sides and totals — has gone 55-9 the past eight seasons. With the top two seeds from each conference going toe-to-toe with the big prize being a trip to Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, there aren’t many reasons to suggest that there be blowouts in either game, which make the teasers live again this week....
The Patriots are 3-point favorites to beat the Peyton Manning-less Broncos in Denver on Sunday night (8:30 p.m. ET, NBC) with a total of 43. Visit our odds page for updated NFL lines. Fantasy Alarm predicts Osweiler will have a subdued game, tossing for 1.0 TDs and 0.9 INTs. Combined, the stat line is well south of the 2.5 over-under ’touchdown passes + interceptions’ prop offered at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook....
The tattoo circled in white in the image above represents “The Three Percenters” — a right-wing militia group which advocates for individual gun rights and is opposed to federal government involvement in local affairs. Rohrwasser’s tattoo drew plenty of criticism online, including from The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill, who tweeted, “Patriots kicker is a white supremacist. My bad, he tends to like white supremacist things.” In his post-draft interview with reporters, Rohrwasser briefly discussed his tattoo, claiming he got it five years under his belief it represented a military symbol....
The NFL commissioner on Wednesday confirmed he received a letter from Patriots owner Robert Kraft requesting the return of the team’s draft picks as part of the Deflategate penalties, but clarified he isn’t changing the disciplinary action he handed down. “I responded to him two weeks ago and told him that I had considered his views and I didn’t think there was any new information in there that would cause us to alter the discipline,” Goodell said, via ESPN....
New England’s official injury report Friday listed Jones (ankle) as doubtful for the team’s Week 5 matchup with the Lions. Jones, who was hurt in Week 3 against the Ravens, logged three limited practices this week but the Pats are preparing to have their Pro Bowl quarterback sidelined again. With veteran backup Brian Hoyer going on injured reserved this week after a serious hit forced him out of last week’s game against the Packers, the Patriots will hand the keys of the offense back to rookie Bailey Zappe....
MORE: Week-by-week NFL 2016 schedule Until it proves otherwise, New England is good enough to handle the most challenging of schedules. The 2016 slate promises to be tougher than last year’s, though, beginning with an opener against a fellow Super Bowl favorite and including games against two rugged divisions. The rosy outlook assumes, naturally, that Tom Brady again beats the NFL in court over Deflategate and is available for all 16 games....
It was one of the most successful tenures with a team in sports history; Brady dominate the league for most of two decades. But like all good things, it came to an end as Brady signed with the Buccaneers in 2020 and won a Super Bowl in his first season with the team. MORE: Brady, Belichick share awkward exchange following Bucs’ win Sunday marked his first meeting against New England since his departure, and he and Tampa Bay escaped with a 19-17 win at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass....
New England trailed 24-3 at one point during the game, but the Pats roared back to pull within nine points. The staunch Jacksonville defense, coupled with Bortles’ 377-yard, four-touchdown performance, helped keep the Patriots at bay as the Jaguars improved to 2-0 on the season. NFL SCORES: Week 2 scoreboard, stats Tom Brady threw two touchdowns on the day to go along with 234 yards passing. Jacksonville wide receiver Keelan Cole had himself a day, accumulating 116 yards and a touchdown on seven catches, including an insane, one-handed grab....
The Clippers have been playing something of a crying game since their last game of the 2020 NBA season, in which they were ousted in the playoffs by the Denver Nuggets: The Athletic’s scathing report of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George’s preferential treatment, a divide amongst players and chemistry issues shone a pretty negative light on Los Angeles. On Wednesday, Paul George took it a step further, adding some context and clarity to the Clippers’ apparent dysfunction on the “All the Smoke” podcast hosted by Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, putting the brunt of the blame on fired coach Doc Rivers....
If Tsongas were still in the race, the new questions about his prognosis might well have ended his chances. Now they all but eliminate him as a vice-presidential choice. Just as dismaying is the behavior of his medical team. Takvorian says the 1987 follow-up was part of Tsongas’s original treatment. Another says he forgot. Such fact-trimming “does a major disservice to the medical profession,” says Philip Boyle, medical ethicist at New York’s Hastings Institute....
The power couple took their already formidable Instagram game to the next level Friday night when they lip-synced along to Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” with some friends and made this oddly entertaining video with plenty of skin. MORE: Dustin Johnson voted Player of the Year We think the guy in the white shirt was auditioning for SB2K17 with Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler, Smylie Kaufman and Jordan Spieth. A video posted by Paulina Gretzky (@paulinagretzky) on Nov 11, 2016 at 7:07pm PST
The 52-year-old signed with Maryland-based promotion, Ring of Honor in 2019 and in less than a year became its top champion after defeating Rush at the Final Battle pay-per-view in December. PCO or Pierre Carl Ouellet may be recognizable to wrestling fans, as he was one half of the WWF Tag Team Champions, The Quebecers in the early ’90s. Afterwards, PCO would bounce around to other promotions like WCW, but it seems the veteran has found a home with ROH....
Securing a peace deal with Damascus has become a matter of urgency for Israel. The risk is not that war will break out, but that conditions within Syria may soon make it hard to find anyone with whom Israel can cut a deal. At 69, President Hafez Assad reportedly is suffering from heart disease, diabetes and other ailments. The wolves are circling. His younger brother Rifaat Assad, who has spent most of the last 15 years in exile after a bid to seize power, has been floating rumors that he is still the best man to take over....
Officers were on patrol in Roxbury, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday when they were approached by a concerned member of the public at around 6:00 a.m. EST. The person was worried about an animal that had escaped from Franklin Park Zoo. According to a statement released by the Boston Police Department, additional officers were called to the scene where they came across “an extremely large, slightly intimidating, and quite beautiful, male peacock....
The Hall of Fame pitcher (and former Phillie) told DAZN’s “ChangeUp” on Tuesday that he was “a little bit surprised” by the reaction Harper received in his first game as a visitor in D.C. since signing a 13-year, $330 million contract with division rival Philadelphia. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN “Everybody has to understand this was probably Bryce Harper’s opportunity to make a career for himself, secure his family and secure his future,” Martinez said in response to a question by host Adnan Virk....
