Author: Mikesportz
Howdy, y’all! I haven’t done one of these Recruiting Roundups in a while. It’s good to be back (for now). Erik Bean, who has done the Tuesday roundups for the last several months, is no longer with Maize n Brew, as he is taking on more responsibilities with his full-time job. With that, I will be taking over on Tuesdays for now until … who knows? With that out of the way, back to regularly scheduled programming. The Michigan Wolverines have a revamped coaching staff, so recruiting is surely set to pick back up at the conclusion of the…
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are searching for a quarterback – or at least competition with Kenny Pickett – and despite holding onto hope for Mason Rudolph to re-sign, another name has emerged as a potential option. NFL analyst Rich Eisen has tossed a new name into the quarterback carousel for the Steelers. If the team does lose out on Rudolph, they could turn to a new option, signing former Las Vegas Raider Jimmy Garoppolo to be Pickett’s backup. “Maybe he’s a guy who winds up in Pittsburgh,” Eisen said when asked about Garoppolo’s landing spot. “Backing up Kenny Pickett?…
Per multiple accounts, the incident was said to have caused minor damage, including Eubanks bleeding around the mouth area. Afterwards, Phoenix detectives responded and arrested Stewart for assault. He was issued a citation and released. “Words were said, I got sucker-punched, and security intervened,” Eubanks told Gerald Bourget, lead Phoenix Suns writer for PHNX Sports. Eubanks said the situation happened as soon as he arrived at the arena for Wednesday’s game. The attack on Drew Eubanks was unprovoked, and acts of violence such as this are unacceptable. We unequivocally support Drew, and will continue to work with local…
With All-Star weekend behind us, the Toronto Raptors will head into the home stretch of their season. It has been a year marked by change in the North, with four of the team’s five leading scorers this season being dealt away in trades. As the Raptors lean into a rebuild and try to find their new identity, there will be a lot of moving parts. Several more players could be traded away in the offseason as the team determines what their direction will be going forward. Toronto will look at the performance of their roster so far this year to help…
TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors were active ahead of the NBA’s trade deadline, making two separate deals. Guard Ochai Agbaji and Canadian centre Kelly Olynyk were sent to Toronto from the Utah Jazz for guard Kira Lewis Jr., forward Otto Porter Jr., and a 2024 first-round pick John Chidley-Hill The Canadian Press Staff Contact Updated Feb. 8, 2024 10:12 p.m. WAT Published Feb. 8, 2024 7:46 p.m. WAT Share Link X Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp TORONTO -The Toronto Raptors were active ahead of the NBA’s trade deadline, making two separate deals. Guard Ochai Agbaji and Canadian centre Kelly Olynyk were sent to Toronto…
The Baltimore Ravens have always had an emphasis on physicality and the running game, although they went away from that in the AFC Championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs. This offseason they will be looking t0 improve at the position, and former Ravens QB Robert Griffin III believes they should be going after Derrick Henry. Griffin posted on X, “There is only one place for him to go. Derrick Henry should be a Baltimore Raven because he already Plays like a Raven. The Ravens have been linked to Henry since the beginning of the 2023 season and…
The Nets fired Jacque Vaughn as head coach today. According to NBA insider Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, Bridges wasn’t a fan of Vaughn’s offense. Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks said it was an “incredibly difficult decision” to fire Vaughn, who has coached the Orlando Magic and Nets. “This was an incredibly difficult decision, but one we feel is in the best interest of the team going forward,” Marks said in a statement. “Jacque has represented this organization with exemplary character and class for the past eight years. The consistent positivity and passion he poured into…
Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker played quarterback as a youngster. Sunday, he showed in the 2024 NBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis, Indiana, he still has football skills, something Kevin Durant knew. Booker, who is one of two players to rank in the top-10 in points (27.5) and assists per game (7.0), threw full-court passes to the Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards, the LA Clippers’ Paul George and former Kentucky teammate and Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns, who led the game with 50 points. Although Booker was named an All-Star, he and the other professional superstars were criticized by the audience at-large for the lackluster contest.…
insider report: teams inquired about Justin Fields at Senior Bowl, decision to come soon The Chicago Bears are on track to have a decision made about Justin Fields by the NFL Combine next week, according to NFL insider Albert Breer. “The Bears are meeting over the next couple weeks to finalize plans at quarterback, with the expectation that they’ll have the plan in place in Indianapolis next week,” Breer wrote. While the Bears were not technically “shopping” Fields up to this point, they did listen to inquiries from other teams at the Senior Bowl in early February. Apparently, those…
Mitch Trubisky’s tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers will likely go down as a stretch of his career that he wants to forget. After signing to be the starter in 2022, then re-signing to be the league’s highest paid backup in 2023, Pittsburgh cut Trubisky just days ago. Well, Per Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, it seems Trubisky was doomed from the start: Trubisky Didn’t Stand A Chance Trubisky never stood a chance with the Steelers. Six weeks after he was signed to a two-year, $14.3 million contract in free agency in March 2022, the Steelers took Pickett with…