What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. Rachel Anderson, Raymond Harrison, Jake Rivard, and Tony Wolak are the muckers who makeup THW’s forechecking unit and sound […] The post The Grind Line: Red Wings’ 2019-20 Captains appeared first on The Hockey Writers.

Philip G. Pavely-USA TODAY Sports The Steelers may be a traditional powerhouse, but they’re one that hasn’t won a title in a long time. They’re perceived to be on the downturn, and that is why it’s so easy for national pundits to attack them at every opportunity. In case you haven’t noticed, the Steelers aren’t receiving a whole lot of love from the national pundits this offseason. That’s right, not many are predicting Pittsburgh will be much more than mediocre in 2019, with the average win-total sitting at around 9.5 or so. As for those national pundits, it seems they...

Matt Nagy is entering just his second year as the Chicago Bears’ head coach, but he has already seen enough of wide receiver Allen Robinson to call him “one of the top players I’ve ever coached,” according to Larry Mayer of the Bears’ official team website. “It’s important for our guys in that room to […] The post Bears news: Matt Nagy says Allen Robinson ‘one of the top players I’ve ever coached’ appeared first on ClutchPoints.

While everybody is taking note of Acuña’s newest base-stealing prowess, it’s worth taking a look at how the era of the stolen base is a distinct memory. We’ve been looking a lot today at some Braves baseball history, but there’s a different kind of Atlanta Braves history worthy of a look as well. Ronald Acuña […] Ronald Acuña’s stolen bases and his place in Atlanta Braves history - Tomahawk Take - Tomahawk Take - An Atlanta Braves Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

Welcome to the 2019 Top Shelf Prospects series. As we go through the Summer of 2019 LWOH will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. We will be following the order of the first round of the NHL draft (as if there were no traded draft picks) and you can find all the articles here.  Since we had an extensive NHL Draft preview, we will not be reviewing the players who were drafted in the 2019 draft, as there have been no games since then, and our reports on them will not have changed. Today we look at the Los Angeles Kings Prospects. What we will be doing is...

This week, the team talks all about the fastball. Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor leagues. This week, the team plays a speed-related Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team discusses the hitter and pitcher of the week, Travis Taijeron and Daison Acosta. Next, Steve, Lukas, and Ken discuss the bread-and-butter of most pitchers: the fastball. The physics involved in how the ball travels, how hitters perceive it, and who has the best fastball in the Mets minor league system. Finally, the team reminisces about a player that had...

Alshon Jeffery joined the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017 and experienced immediate success with the club, winning a Super Bowl in his first year. Now, Jeffery is entering his third season with the Eagles, and he hopes to have many more. “It’s awesome,” Jeffery said of how Philadelphia has embraced him, according to Zack Rosenblatt of […] The post Eagles news: Alshon Jeffery wants to finish career in Philadelphia appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The move places the NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s Mystics, G League’s Capital City Go-Go and the NBA2K team, District Gaming, under the banner of Monumental Basketball.

Kemba Walker’s agent Jeff Schwartz has seen and lived the heart-pulsing nature of free agency, eventually navigating the waters for the first time with his client and helping him reach a new destination with the Boston Celtics after the Charlotte Hornets were only prepared to go so far into an offer. Despite the free agent […] The post Kemba Walker’s agent says Hornets were only ‘prepared to go so far’ with offer appeared first on ClutchPoints.