Author: Sport Suncover
Reinforcements are on the way. Both Jakob Poeltl and Immanuel Quickley are said to have practiced in full Thursday afternoon for the Toronto Raptors, according to Eric Koreen of The Athletic. Poeltl has been out for over three weeks with a left ankle sprain he suffered on Jan. 7 when he accidentally stepped on Pascal Siakam’s foot. He played the remainder of the game but was subsequently ruled out and has yet to return. Quickley has been battling a right thigh contusion that has cost him three straight games. It appears he will be back at some point soon. The one…
The Kansas City Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years after beating the Baltimore Ravens last Sunday in the AFC title game. The Chiefs, of course, have a new, very famous fan following them this year-Taylor Swift. The pop star is dating Travis Kelce and has attended a ton of his games this year, including all three playoff victories leading up to the Super Bowl. Many fans watching the games on TV have become upset with the amount of coverage Swift gets during the broadcasts, even though it’s not very much time at…
Tom Brady, with his extensive experience in numerous conference championship games throughout his illustrious career, commended Brock Purdy for his composure in the second half of the NFC Championship Game, where the San Francisco 49ers secured a 34-31 victory over the Detroit Lions. During his recent Let’s Go! In the podcast (12:20 mark), Brady expressed his admiration for Purdy’s performance, stating, “Done a great job … Yesterday, I thought he played so well in the second half.” Facing a 17-point halftime deficit, Purdy played a crucial role in leading the 49ers on multiple consecutive scoring drives. Simultaneously, San Francisco’s…
After defeating the Nashville Predators 4-1 at Rogers Place on Saturday (Jan. 27), the Edmonton Oilers have now won 16 consecutive games, tying the Columbus Blue Jackets of 2016-17 for the second-longest winning streak in NHL history. Zach Hyman scored his team-leading 30th goal in the victory. Edmonton is now just one victory from matching the all-time record of 17 wins in a row set by the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins. The Oilers haven’t lost since Dec. 19, and they won’t lose for at least another week and a half because they’ve got an extended break in their schedule around All-Star Weekend. But with the way they’re…
There is no assurance that safety Darnell Savage will be back with the Green Bay Packers in the 2024 NFL season. He even sounded as though he was ready to start his next chapter somewhere else after the Packers suffered a loss in the NFC divisional round against the San Francisco 49ers. The uncertainty for Green Bay’s secondary doesn’t end there as there are speculations of Jaire Alexander potentially splitting ways with the squad in the offseason. Enter Aaron Schatz of ESPN, whose big prediction for the Packers in free agency is that the team will compensate for a Savage loss in free agency…
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel has been cleared to play in the the NFC championship game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday after leaving last week’s game with a shoulder injury. Samuel was a full participant in practice Friday and had no injury designation as San Francisco (13-5) heads into the the conference title game in good health ESPN had previously reported on Monday that Samuel had a ’50-50′ shot of suiting up this weekend. It´s huge,’ coach Kyle Shanahan said. ‘A little scary at the beginning of the week. The fact that he was able to go full go today and no…
The Kansas City Chiefs are preparing for their AFC Championship bout against the Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs will play in the championship game as the road team for the first time under Patrick Mahomes. While the Chiefs haven’t looked like their dominant selves for most of 2023, they still managed to make it to the biggest game of their conference once again. However, come the off-season, the Chiefs may be forced to move on from a number of key players. One of those players will end up with a division rival according to one NFL Analyst. According to Kenneth Teape of NFLAnaysis.net,…
Oilers Notes: Oilers’ Gagner knows a thing or two about winning streaks As the Edmonton Oilers prepare for the Nashville Predators Saturday afternoon, Gagner is the poster boy (OK, his younger teammates call him Papa Clutch because he’s 34), for teams that go on long runs. He’s the only player in NHL history to be part of two streaks of at least 15 games — the current Oilers heater and the 2016-2017 16-game run in Columbus. Pittsburgh, in 1992-93 with Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Ron Francis, is No. 1. In fact, the Blue Jackets beat the Oilers on Jan. 3,…
There is only one San Francisco 49ers player who has spent his entire life in Michigan and that is Jake Moody . The 49ers rookie kicker was born in Commerce, Michigan, he went to high school in Michigan and he went to college at University of Michigan before finally leaving the state in April when San Francisco selected him with the 99th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft With his roots in Michigan, you probably won’t be surprised to hear that his parents — Chad and Lisa — are both huge Lions fans. How big? “I’ve been a Lions fan basically since birth,” Chad told ClickedonDetroit.com in…
A potential trade target for your Los Angeles Lakers ahead of the deadline is Bruce Brown of the Toronto Raptors. Brown was an integral member of the Denver Nuggets’ title team last season, averaging 12 points and 4 rebounds on 51% shooting from the field throughout their playoff run. The University of Miami product signed with the Indiana Pacers this past offseason, putting up 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists while playing in and starting all 33 games. He was recently dealt to the Raptors as part of the Pascal Siakam trade, but given Toronto’s desire to rebuild (Brown…