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Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comNov 5, 2024, 12:00 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. The fantasy hockey rankings on ESPN don’t come with a lot of room for discussion. They are usually a quick sentence or …

The Tom Brady Rules applicable to his effort to have his team and comment on it prevent him from, among other things, “publicly criticizing game officials and other clubs.” Brady, a Raiders owner, tested the limits of that restriction on Sunday after the league office ejected Lions safety Brian Branch for an illegal hit on a defenseless receiver. “I don’t …

Peter Schrager NFL Insider & NFL Reporter Every week, FOX Sports NFL Insider Peter Schrager opens his notebook and opines on three of the biggest storylines around the league. Here are his takes heading into Week 10, including what to make of Sam Darnold’s season with the Minnesota Vikings thus far. The Sam Darnold Experience in full You could hear …

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has been ruled out of Tuesday’s game against the visiting Boston Bruins due to an upper-body injury. Matthews, who is considered day-to-day with the injury, had an assist and logged just over 22 minutes of ice time in Toronto’s 2-1 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. Fellow forward Max Domi was elevated …

Following the firing of offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, the Las Vegas Raiders are reportedly hiring Norv Turner as an offensive assistant, according to NFL Network. Among the changes still to come to Antonio Pierce’s staff, the 2-7 Raiders will likely move Turner’s son, Scott, from passing-game coordinator to interim offensive coordinator for the remainder of the season. Though, Pierce said …

NFL trade deadline day: Lions, Bengals bolster rosters with early morning moves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Amari Cooper and DeAndre Hopkins may have already changed jerseys, but that doesn’t mean there’s going to be a shortage of players on the move ahead of the 2024 NFL trade deadline Tuesday afternoon. The Detroit Lions, looking to bolster their …

Our mission here is straightforward: to separate the truth from the lie. In sports, almost anything can (and does) happen in any given game. In addition to producing some true highlight reel plays by Garrett Wilson and Saquon Barkley, Week 9 gave us a lot of surprise fantasy performances. No one’s going to look a gift horse in the mouth, …

Running back Khalil Herbert is on to Cincinnati. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Bengals have agreed to a trade with the Bears that will add Herbert to their backfield for the rest of the season. A 2025 seventh-round pick will go back to the Bears as compensation. Herbert bolsters the Bengals backfield in the wake of Zack …

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will likely be heading to injured reserve, according to owner Jerry Jones. The injury happened at the end of the third quarter during the Cowboys’ 27-21 defeat to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. Prescott said afterward he “didn’t think much” of the pull in his hamstring despite it being tough to walk at the time. …

In Roob’s Stats: What the Eagles did for the first time since 1950 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles have done something over the last three weeks that they hadn’t done in 74 years. And their linebackers did something they hadn’t done in 25 years. And Jalen Hurts did something that only one other Eagles quarterback has ever …

How ‘dead legs’ helped DeVonta Smith make an impossible catch originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The crazy thing isn’t that he made this insane one-handed catch in the back of the end zone. And it’s not that he was able to somehow drag both feet in bounds at the last possible instant. The crazy thing is that DeVonta Smith …

The Detroit Lions, coming off a 24-14 road win against the Green Bay Packers, made a big move ahead of the trade deadline. On Tuesday morning, Detroit reportedly acquired veteran defensive end Za’Darius Smith and a 2026 seventh-round pick from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick. It hasn’t been much of …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The instinct and trust between Patrick Mahomes and new Chiefs receiver DeAndre Hopkins was already on display in Monday night’s 30-24 overtime win against the Bucs. Just 11 days after Kansas City sent a conditional fifth-round pick to the Titans for the 32-year-old as an answer to a slew of injuries, the Chiefs saw a promising …

Despite 2 failed attempts, Nick Sirianni still confident in Tush Push originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles faced a 4th-and-inches late in the third quarter against the Jaguars on Sunday afternoon at the Jaguars’ 25-yard line and Nick Sirianni kept his offense on the field. Here’s comes the Brotherly Shove, right? Nah, instead of their most popular and …

The Detroit Lions added the pass rusher they’ve lacked since Aidan Hutchinson suffered a broken leg in Week 6, acquiring veteran Za’Darius Smith from the Cleveland Browns. In exchange for Smith, the Lions sent a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round draft pick to Cleveland, while Cleveland sent Smith and a 2026 seventh-round pick. Smith was among the top …