Restaurant owners weren’t the only ones caught off-guard by the city’s bungled ban on CBD-infused coffees, cocktails and cookies earlier this year. Just as the cannabis extract reached peak popularity, business insiders and even health inspectors were scratching their heads over how to handle...

Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports The ramifications of a rare trade between Alberta rivals The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers sent shockwaves across the hockey world and all of Alberta on Friday afternoon when the teams swapped Milan Lucic for James Neal. Edmonton retained $750,000 of money on Lucic, and included a conditional third round pick in the deal. Here are ten thoughts I had regarding the trade: 1. Calgary gets Tougher/Grittier I’d like to note that I’ve never been someone who has wanted grit for the sake of grit. With that being said, the Flames have been a team that has...

Photo by Ronald Martinez/ Mike Axisa’s ranking of the top Houston Astros trade targets includes Mike Minor Texas Rangers rumors: The MLB trade deadline is just over a week away, and Mike Minor has been talked about as someone buyers could pursue, with Mike Axisa listing Minor at #7 on his rankings of the top potential trade targets for the Houston Astros. The Astros have a comfortable lead in the American League West right now, but are rumored to be seeking starting pitching, as there are thin behind Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and Wade Miley. As Axisa notes, Minor is a high spin...

Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Michael Bennett suffered an unfortunate injury early in training camp breaking his ankle which will cause him to miss an indefinite period of time. #Falcons DL Michael Bennett, who went down in practice today, suffered a broken ankle and is out indefinitely, sources say. First day of work and already a […] The post Falcons DT Michael Bennett suffers broken ankle, out indefinitely appeared first on ClutchPoints.

One of the New York Knicks signings in free agency, Bobby Portis did not shy away from the team potentially making the playoffs in the 2019-20 NBA season. The New York Knicks last made the postseason in 2013, when Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler were still rostered. No group to play since approached […] New York Knicks: Bobby Portis confident in potential playoff push - Daily Knicks - Daily Knicks - A New York Knicks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports The Athletic has the inside track again on the Orange rebuild and what’s next. After a great piece from Matt Fortuna last week around Syracuse Orange football at ACC media days, the publication came back with another over the weekend in its ongoing “state of the program” series. This time, the focus from Bruce Feldman was on how Dino Babers has rebuilt Syracuse’s entire football culture from scratch, and what that’s meant to the players and the fans around the program. Along with some quotes from Babers — including the breakthrough he may have seen...

His injury costs the team a potentially valuable reserve. Today was the first official day of Atlanta Falcons training camp in 2019, and we’ve already seen a few injuries. The most recent is defensive tackle Michael Bennett, who appears to have suffered a broken ankle. #Falcons DL Michael Bennett, who went down in practice today, suffered a broken ankle and is out indefinitely, sources say. First day of work and already a major injury.— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 22, 2019 Michael Bennett is no stranger to the injury bug, unfortunately. Last month, he suffered a left hand...

Daurice Fountain was placed on the non-football injury list, and defensive end Carroll Phillips was placed on the physically unable to perform list.        

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS via CJ had a bad outing Sunday and he’s headed back to the minor leagues. Carl Edwards Jr. has had a rough year. He got hit hard in three of his first four outings, was optioned to Triple-A Iowa for a month, was recalled and was very good for a month, then suffered a left thoracic strain and spent a month on the injured list. Sunday he was just bad, coming into a one-run game and issuing a walk, hitting a batter and giving up a two-run single. Today, he’s headed back to Des Moines: As I just reported on the radio, Carl Edwards has been optioned...

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports The Cowboys conservative nature needs to be a thing of the past. Over the weekend I finally got some time to dive in to Warren Sharp’s 2019 Football Preview. It’s a must-have in my opinion and sheds some light on a ton of interesting things across the National Football League as we get closer to the season’s beginning. Sharp is one of the brighter, and more analytically-driven, minds in football media these days, he’s so heavily focused on data and in the business of football teams handling things as efficiently and intelligently as possible. Who...

Student Sports Buford, Ga. continues its LSU long snapper pipeline. They always say you have a great long snapper on your team when you don’t know his name. It’s a position that is as routine as it gets, until a bad snap costs you points or a troubled punt. A lot of colleges gain a reputation for producing players at a specific position, like LSU and their “DBU” moniker. Well, Buford High School in Georgia may be able to boast they have turned into a pipeline. The Story There really is not much to the recruitment of Skinner. Following in the footsteps of the Ferguson brothers,...

Kansas City Royals players celebrate after winning a Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals on July 18, 2019, at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO. From left are Nicky Lopez (1), Billy Hamilton (6), and Bubba Starling (11). | Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Tanking isn’t everything With the Kansas City Royals on track for the second overall pick in the MLB draft for the second year in a row, all it took was one week after the All-Star break to put that into jeopardy. As the teams around them kept losing, the Royals kept winning....

Now that we have moved through previews for the offense and defense, it’s time to do the same for the special teams units. We start with the kicking game. Special teams can be the difference between winning and losing games. They are vitally important even if not everyone likes to talk about them. Heading into […] Colts training camp preview: Kicking - Horseshoe Heroes - Horseshoe Heroes - An Indianapolis Colts Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more.