Rangers mailbag, Part 1: Could Patrick Kane really help, does player development need a shakeup, and more

[ad_1] We put out a call for mailbag questions on Dec. 5. Things looked a bit different for the Rangers way back then. They were 11-10-5, coming off their worst loss of the season at home to the Hawks and there was a lot of uncertainty. So it’s perhaps some strange timing with these questions, which were mostly centered around a potential coaching change. There were some others in there – about organizational development, prospects, and whether the Rangers can keep Ryan Lindgren beyond this season. Here’s part one of…

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Fantasy Football Rankings Week 15: Sleepers, starts, sits | Elijah Moore, Chris Moore and… more

[ad_1] Congratulations if you made the fantasy football playoffs, and if yours haven’t started yet, hopefully you’re set and ready for next week. Continuing with the Christmas theme for fun ranks in the Week 15 fantasy football rankings, Nicole and I went on a holiday lights walk this past weekend. After a supremely disappointing Richmond Raceway show the week before, we had looked at fun Christmas light shows online. So, this week I’m showcasing the best 10 I found. Maybe you found/saw others, so please share them if you have…

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Manchester United reach agreement with TeamViewer to have option to change shirt-front sponsorship

[ad_1] Manchester United have reached an agreement with sponsor TeamViewer that provides the club with the option to buy back the rights to their shirt-front sponsorship. TeamViewer signed a five-year contract worth £235million ($283m today) — £47m ($57m) per year — with United in 2021 to be their front-of-shirt sponsor, replacing carmaker Chevrolet. The German business software company announced earlier this year, however, that it would not be extending its partnership with United when it expires in 2026. And on Thursday a statement was released which said the two parties…

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Kings sign Trevor Moore to 5-year contract extension with $4.2 million AAV

[ad_1] The Los Angeles Kings signed forward Trevor Moore to a five-year contract extension worth $4.2 million per year, the team announced Thursday. Here’s what you need to know: Moore was acquired by the Kings in a February 2020 trade that sent Kyle Clifford and Jack Campbell to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Last season, Moore had 48 points in 81 games and was a plus-20. This season he has 18 points in 32 games. Moore was in the final season of a two-year, $3.75 million contract. He was slated to…

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Five-star tackle Samson Okunlola — the ‘Pancake Honcho’ — commits to Miami

[ad_1] Mario Cristobal’s quest to land one of the top recruiting classes in the country — and build one of the best offensive lines in college football — received a 6-foot-5, 305-pound jolt Thursday when Miami picked up a pledge from five-star offensive tackle Samson Okunlola. Nicknamed “Pancake Honcho,” Okunlola, the highest-rated Massachusetts prospect in the modern recruiting era, picked the Hurricanes over offers from Florida, Michigan State and Alabama. His commitment vaulted Miami’s class from No. 7 in the 247Sports Composite team rankings to third behind only No. 1…

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Brandon Crawford reacts to the Carlos Correa signing, comes to terms with a position change

[ad_1] Brandon Crawford has played in 1,525 games in his major-league career. He has stood in the field for 12,872 innings. He has come set on the balls of his feet for hundreds of thousands of deliveries to the plate, ready to lunge or dive or charge or sprint to any manner of batted ball. In every one of these moments, he has been a shortstop. You do not become a four-time Gold Glove shortstop on athleticism alone. Pre-pitch positioning and intuition can be just as important. The best shortstops…

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College football bowl games live updates: Schedule, predictions, channels, streaming and results

[ad_1] All times are ET Friday, Dec. 16 Bahamas Bowl: Miami (Ohio) vs. UAB in Nassau, Bahamas, 11:30 a.m., ESPN Cure Bowl: UTSA vs. Troy in Orlando, 3 p.m., ESPN Saturday, Dec. 17 Fenway Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Louisville in Boston, 11 a.m., ESPN Celebration Bowl: Jackson State vs. NC Central in Atlanta, Noon, ABC Las Vegas Bowl: Florida vs. Oregon State in Las Vegas, 2:30 p.m., ESPN LA Bowl: Fresno State vs. Washington State in Inglewood, Calif., 3:30 p.m., ABC LendingTree Bowl: Rice vs. Southern Miss in Mobile, Ala., 5:45…

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Bobby Petrino leaving Missouri State for offensive coordinator job at UNLV

[ad_1] Bobby Petrino is leaving Missouri State to become the offensive coordinator at UNLV, the school announced Thursday. Here’s what you need to know: Petrino has coached the Bears for three seasons, leading the program to an 18-15 record and two FCS playoffs appearances. He joins a Las Vegas staff led by Barry Odom, the former head coach at Missouri, giving the Rebels two former SEC coaches. UNLV went 5-7 overall in 2022 with a 3-5 record in the Mountain West Conference. Backstory Petrino has 14 years of head-coaching experience…

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The Giants got Carlos Correa. Now what?

[ad_1] Teams can’t plan the order of their offseason, and they definitely can’t do it specifically to ease the minds of impatient fans. It would have been much, much less stressful for everyone involved if the Giants could have announced the Carlos Correa signing the day after the World Series, but that’s not how these things work. This made it harder to evaluate the moves the Giants made before Correa. Even if the moves made sense in isolation, it felt like every paragraph of my analysis started with a yeah-but…

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