Peters Resigns

Hello sports fans.

I have quite a bit of NFL news, but first, the NHL.

NHL

Bill Peters has resigned as the head coach of the Calgary Flames.

Bill Peters resigns.

The Detroit Red Wings have acquired Eric Comrie from the Arizona Coyotes for minor leaguer, Vili Saarijarvi.

The Montreal Canadiens have recalled Gustav Olofsson.

NFL 

The Denver Broncos have activated Drew Lock off the injured reserve.

The Detroit Lions have placed Jeff Driskel on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.

Jeff Driskel

The Los Angeles Chargers have Activated Derwin James and Adrian Phillips.

The Philadelphia Eagles have reportedly signed Lane Johnson to a four-year, $72 million contract extension.

The New England Patriots have signed Kai Forbath.

MLB 

The Seattle Mariners have reportedly signed Carl Edwards Junior to a one-year, $950,000 contract.

The San Diego Padres have reportedly signed Drew Pomeranz to a four-year contract.

NBA

Finally, Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant is week-to-week with back spasms.

Bruins Signs Two Players

Hello sports fans.

I want to take this opportunity to wish my American readers a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

NHL

The Boston Bruins have signed Charlie Coyle to a six-year, $31.5 million contract.

The Bruins also signed Chris Wagner to a three-year, 4.05 million contract.


Charlie Coyle



The Detroit Red Wings have recalled Calvin Pickard.

Colorado Avalanche's Andre Burakovsky is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Vegas Golden Knight's Valentin Zykov has cleared waivers.

Buffalo Sabre's Rasmus Dahlin is out indefinitely with a concussion.

MLB

The San Diego Padres have acquired Zach Davies, Trent Grisham from the Milwaukee Brewers for Luis Urias and Eric Lauer.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have hired Derek Shelton as their new manager.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed Stephen Vogt to a one-year contract.

The Seattle Mariners have signed Kendall Graveman to a one-year, $2 million contract.

The Tampa Bay Rays have signed Mike Zurino to a one-year, $4.5 million contract.

NFL

The Tennessee Titans have placed Cameron Wake on injured reserve.

The Carolina Panthers have placed both Dontyari Poe and Greg Van Roten on injured reserve.

Poe has an injury in his quadriceps and Van Roten has a toe injury.

Kerfoot Gets Two Games, Bortuzzo Gets Four

Hello sports fans.

There were two suspensions in the NHL.

NHL

Toronto Maple Leaf's Alex Kerfoot is suspended two games for cross-checking Colorado Avalanche defenceman, Erik Johnson on Saturday night.

(Centre standing) Alex Kerfoot.

Sticking with the Leafs, the team has recalled Michael Hutchinson.

St. Louis Blue's Robert Bortuzzo is suspended for four games for cross-checking Nashville Predator's Viktor Arvidsson on Saturday night.

Robert Bortuzzo

Boston Bruin's Brad Marchand, Edmonton Oiler's Connor McDavid, and New York Islander's Brock Nelson were named the Three Stars Of The Week.

Connor McDavid amongst the NHL's Three Stars Of The Week. 



MLB

The Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly signed A.J. Cole to a minor league contract.

Toronto also traded Justin Shafer to the Cincinnati Reds for cash.

NFL

The Indianapolis Colts have reportedly placed Eric Ebron on  injured reserve with injuries to his ankles.




Arvidsson Out Four To Six Weeks

Hello sports fans.

I was busy yesterday, but I'm back today.

NHL

Nashville Predator's Viktor Arvidsson is out for four to six weeks with a lower-body injury.

Viktor Arvidsson


The Colorado Avalanche have recalled Calle Rosen.

The Detroit Red Wings have recalled Filip Fadina.

The New York Rangers have recalled Cristoval 'Boo' Nieves.

The Washington Capitals have re-assigned Mike Sgarbossa to the American Hockey League's Hersey Bears.

MLB

The Atlanta Braves have signed Travis d'Amaud to a two-year, $16 million contract.

The Chicago Cubs have acquired Jharel Cotton for $100,000.

ChiSox Makes Another Huge Signing.

Hello sports fans.

I have just two headlines today, both from the MLB.

MLB

The Chicago White Sox signed another player today.

The White Sox has signed Jose Abreu to a three-year, $50 million contract.

The Seattle Mariners have reportedly signed prospect, Evan White to a six-year, $24 million contract.

 Jose Abreu

Big Signing In Basebsll

Hello sports fans.

There was a huge signing in MLB today.

MLB

The Chicago White Sox have signed Yasmani Grandal to a four-year, $73 million contract.

Yasmani Grandal gets a big payday.

The Atlanta Braves have signed Chris Martin to a two-year, $14 million contract.

NHL

St. Louis Blue's Sammy Blais is going to miss 10 weeks after undergoing surgery on his right wrist.

The Blues also signed Troy Brouwer to a one-year, $750,000 contract.

The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired Joseph Cramarossa from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Graham Knott.

NBA

Orlando Magic's Nikola Vucevic is reportedly out for a minimum of four weeks with a right ankle injury.

Leafs Fire Babcock

Hello sports fans.

Do I have a blog entry for you.

NHL

After losing their sixth straight game last night against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach, Mike Babcock.

The team made the announcement around 4:30 p.m. EST. today.

I'm not happy about this.

Babcock wasn't the problem.

The players weren't pulling their weight, especially William Nylander.

Sheldon Keefe takes over Babcock's position.

Mike Babcock gets fired.

Washington Capital's Garnet Hathaway has been suspended three games for spitting on Anaheim Duck's Erik Guderanson on Monday night.

Garnet Hathaway gets three games.

NBA

Chicago Bull's Otto Porter Jr. is out two weeks with a bone bruise in his left foot.

An Update On Drouin

Hello sports fans.

I'm back after a two day absence.

NHL

I have an update on Montreal Canadien's Jonathan Drouin.

Drouin is probably going to miss a minimum of eight weeks after undergoing wrist surgery.

Jonathan Drouin is out a minimum of eight weeks.


Meanwhile, Montreal's Paul Byron is going to miss four weeks after having knee surgery.

The Tampa Bay Lightning has called up Cory Conacher.

The Calgary Flames have recalled Zac Rinaldo and sent Tobias Reider to the minors.

The Colorado Avalanche has sent Adam Werner to the minors and recalled A.J. Greer.

The San Jose Sharks has recalled Antti Suomela.

The New Jersey Devils have placed Cory Schneider on waivers.

MLB

The Houston Astros have signed Yuli Gurriel to a one-year, $8.3 million contract.

Minnesota Twin's prospect, Ryan Costello, was found dead in a New Zealand hotel room.  He was just 23 years old.

 Ryan Costello dead at 23.

Drouin Placed On IR

Hello sports fans.

There's been quite a few injuries in the NFL, however, I'm starting today's entry with the NHL

NHL

The Montreal Canadiens have placed Jonathan Drouin on injured reserve with an upper-body injury and recalled Charles Hudon.

Jonathan Drouin

The Boston Bruins have officially placed Torey Krug on injured reserve with an upper-body injury.

Torey Krug

Buffalo Sabre's Johan Larsson is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

The Washington Capitals have assigned Ilya Samsonov, Tyler Lewington to the American Hockey League's Hersey Bears and recalled Vitek Vanecek.

The Vegas Golden Knight's have placed Brandon Pirri on waivers.

NFL

The Arizona Cardinals have signed Maxx Williams to a two-year contract extension.

The Chicago Bears have placed Trey Burton on injured reserve with a groin injury.

The New York Jets have placed Ryan Kalil on the injured reserve with a season ending knee injury.

Cleveland Brown's Morgan Burnette is done for the rest of the season because of a torn Achilles tendon.

NBA

Finally, Golden State Warrior's D'eAngelo Russell is out for a minimum of two weeks with a sprained right thumb. 

Garrett Suspended For Hitting Rudolf With Helmet

Hello sports fans.

I have quite a few headlines, including, a huge headline from the NFL.

NFL

I guess you all know what happened in last night's game.

Cleveland Brown's Myles Garrett has been suspended for hitting Pittsburgh Steeler's quarterback, Mason Rudolph in the head with a helmet.

(Above) Helmet swinging incident last night.

The Philadelphia Eagles have reportedly signed Jay Ajayi.

Antonio Callaway has been suspended 10 games for violating the league's substance abuse policy.

NHL

Toronto Maple Leaf's Alex Kerfoot is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair facial dental fractures.

(Front standing) Alex Kerfoot

The Ottawa Senators have activated Logan Brown off the injured reserved.

The Calgary Flames have recalled Oliver Kylington.

The New Jersey Devils have placed Sami Vatanen on injured reserve with an upper-body injury and recalled Colton White.

The Carolina Hurricanes have placed Brian Gibbons on waivers.

The Hurricanes have also activated Jordan Martinook from injured reserve.

NBA

Atlanta Hawk's Kevin Huerter is out for a minimum of two weeks with a left rotator cuff strain.

MLB

Finally, the Pittsburgh Pirates are reportedly going to hire Ben Cherington as their general manager.


Crosby Out With Injury, Ladd Placed On Waivers

Hello sports fans.

I have quite bit to get to.

NHL

Pittsburgh Penguin's Sidney Crosby is out for a minimum of six weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a core muscle injury.

Sidney Crosby is out six weeks.

The New York Islanders have placed Andrew Ladd on waivers.

Andrew Ladd

The Ottawa Senators have reassigned J.C. Beaudin and Jonathan Davidsson to the American Hockey League's Belleville Senators.

The Boston Bruins have recalled Trent Frederic.

The Chicago Blackhawks has sent Adam Boqvist to the minors.

The Detroit Red Wings have recalled Joe Hicketts.

The Dallas Stars have placed John Klingberg on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and recalled Rhett Gardner.

NBA

Brooklyn Net's Caris LeVert is reportedly out several weeks after undergoing surgery to repair ligament damage.

The Nets also signed Iman Shumpert.

Detroit Piston's Khri Thomas is out for a minimum of six weeks after undergoing surgery on his right foot.

NFL

The Cleveland Browns have placed Antonio Callaway on waivers.

New Orleans Saint's Andrus Peat is reportedly out for six weeks after undergoing surgery on his broken arm.

Finally, the Houston Texans have Claimed Vernon Hargreaves off waivers.


Kapler Finds New Team

Hello sports fans.

I've got a lighter load today.

MLB

The San Francisco Giants have hired Gabe Kapler as their new manager just weeks after he was fired by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Gabe Kapler

NHL

Buffalo Sabre's Vladimir Sobotka is out four to six weeks with a lower-body injury.

Vladimir Sobotka

NBA

Houston Rocket's Eric Gordon is probably going to miss six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.

NFL

The Miami Dolphins have activated Andrew Von Ginkle from the injured reserve.

Ginkle missed nine games because of a foot injury.

Hyman's Back Tomorrow, Good Bye Hutchinson

Hello sports fans.

I have some more NHL news to share.

NHL

This is really good news for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Zach Hyman is scheduled to play tomorrow night against the New York Islanders.

Zach Hyman

Also, the Leaf's backup goalie, Michael Hutchinson, has cleared waivers.

Hutchinson is no longer on the team.

Michael Hutchinson.

Now that Hutchinson is out of the picture, the Leafs have recalled goalie, Kasimir Kaskisuo.

The Leafs also recalled Nic Petan.

The Islanders have recalled Otto Koivula.

Columbus Blue Jacket's Nick Foligno has been suspended for three games for elbowing Colorado Avalanche's Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.

The Blue Jackets have also activated Ryan Murphy off injured reserve.

Nick Foligno

The San Jose Sharks have reassigned Jake Middleton to the America Hockey League's, (AHL.), San Jose Barracuda.

The Los Angeles Kings have called up Matt Luff.

The Carolina Hurricanes have reassigned Eetu Luostarinen to the AHL's Charlotte Checkers.

The Ottawa Senators have assigned Rudolfs Balcers to the AHL's Belleville Senators.

NBA

Milwaukee Buck's Khris Middleton is reportedly out for several months with a left leg injury.

Sacramento King's De'Aaron Fox is out three to four weeks with a sprained ankle.

NFL

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have placed Vernon Hargreaves on waivers.

The New York Giants have re-signed Scott Simonson.

MLB

Finally, the St. Louis Cardinals have signed Adam Wainwright to a one-year contract.

End Of An Era In Canada

Hello sports fans.

I have quite a bit NHL headlines today.

NHL

Long time hockey commentator, Don Cherry gets fired.

After 40 years as co-host of Coach's Corner, Don Cherry was fired by Sportsnet in Canada after he made controversial comments about Canadian immigrants on Saturday night.

The Toronto Maple Leaf's Mitch Marner is out for four weeks with an ankle injury.

(Left) Mitch Marner

The Leafs also placed Michael Hutchinson on waivers.

Michael Hutchinson

The Arizona Coyotes have signed general manager, John Chayka to a long-term contract.

Edmonton Oiler's Connor McDavid got his 400th career point last night.

Anders Nilsson - Ottawa, Auston Matthews - Toronto, and Cale Maker - Colorado, are the three stars of the week.

The Boston Bruins have recalled Urho Vaakanainen.

The Tampa Bay Lightning has reassigned Alex Volkov to the American Hockey League's, (AHL.) Syracuse Crunch.

The Detroit Red Wings have recalled Givani Smith.

The Buffalo Sabres have assigned Lawrence Pilot to the AHL's Rochester American.

The Dallas Stars have assigned Gavin Bayreuther to the AHL's Texas Stars.

The Washington Capitals have assigned Tyler Lewington and Travis Boyd to the AHL's Hersey Bears.

The Vegas Golden Knight's have assigned Cody Glass, Nicolas Roy, and Nicolas Hague to the AHL's Chicago Wolves.

The Chicago Blackhawks have signed Alec Regula to a three-year, $897,000 contract.

The Anaheim Ducks have recalled Brendan Guhle.

The St. Louis Blues have signed Toy Brouwers and Jamie McGinn to a professional tryout.

NFL

New York Jet's Chris Herndon and Brian Winters are out indefinitely.

Herndon has a rib injury and Winters has a dislocated shoulder.

I have some sad news.

Former NFLer, Charles Rogers, has passed away at age 38.

MLB

Finally, the San Francisco Giants have hired Scott Harris as their new general manager.



Raiders Signs Two Players

Hello sports fans.

I have just two headlines from the NFL today.

NFL


The Oakland Raiders have placed Karl Joseph on the injured reserve with a foot injury.

The Raiders have also signed D.J. Swearinger and Dion Jordan.

Mahomes Back, Lowry and Ibaka Out Indefinitely

Hello sports fans.

I have good news for Kansas City Chiefs and really bad news for Toronto Raptor's fans.

NFL

Kansas City Chief's quarterback, Patrick Mahomes is going to start against the Tennessee Titans tomorrow.

Mahomes suffered a knee injury on October 17 and hasn't played since.

Patrick Mahomes

The Atlanta Falcons have placed Ito Smith on injured reserve with a neck injury.

NBA


(Above) Kyle Lowry, (Top) Serge Ibaka.


Toronto Raptor's Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka are out indefinitely.

Lowry has a fractured left thumb and Ibaka has a sprain right ankle.

MLB

The Atlanta Braves have re-signed Darren O'Day to a one-year, $2.25 million contract extension.

Marincin And Petan Cleared

Hello sports fans.

I have headlines from the NHL and the NFL

NHL


Toronto Maple Leaf's Martin Marincin and Nic Petan has cleared waivers.

Edmonton Oiler's Tomas Jurco has also cleared waivers.

The Vancouver Canucks have recalled Jalen Chatfield.

NFL

The Baltimore Ravens have signed L.J. Fort to a two-year contract extension.

The Cleveland Browns have signed JC Tretter to a three-year, $32.5 million contract extension.

Steen Out Four Weeks

Hello sports fans.

I have just two headlines today.

Both from the NHL

NHL

St. Louis Blue's Alex Steen is out four weeks with a high ankle sprain.

Alex Steen

The Toronto maple Leafs have placed Martin Marincin and Nic Petan on waivers.

Newton Out For The Season

Hello sports fans.

I have more headlines today.

NFL

Carolina Panther's quarterback, Cam Newton is done for the season.

Newton was placed on the injured reserve with a foot injury.

Cam Newton

The Arizona Cardinals have activated Max Garcia from the physically unable to play list and placed Clinton McDonald on injured reserve.

NHL

The Detroit Red Wings have placed Trevor Dalay on injured reserve retroactive and recalled Dylan Mcilrath .

The Philadelphia Flyers have recalled Mikhail Vorobyev and sent German Rubtov down to the American Hockey League's Lehigh Valley.

MLB

The St. Louis Cardinals have signed manager, Mike Shildt to a new three-year contract.

Phillies Decline Options On Three Players

Hello sports fans.

Just two headlines today.

MLB

The Philadelphia Phillies have declined options on Jason Vargas, Jared Hughes, and Pat Neshek.

NHL

The Boston Bruins have placed Par Lindholm on injured reserve and recalled Zach Senyshyn.

Injuries And Transations

Hello sports fans.

I've got injury headlines in the NHL, NBA, and the NFL.

Also, there's been quite a bit of transactions happening in MLB.

I'll start with the Three Stars Of The Week in the NHL.

NHL

The Three Stars Of The Week:

1. Elias Petterson - Vancouver Canucks,

2. Jakub Vana - Washington Capitals,

3.Mike Smith - Edmonton Oilers.

The Montreal Canadiens have placed Jesperi Kotkamiemi on injured reserve, (IR.), with a groin injury and recalled Ryan Poehling.

Ottawa Senator's Logan Brown is week-to week with an upper-body injury.

Meanwhile, Scott Sabourin suffered a fractured nose.

Pittsburgh Penguin's Patric Hornqvist was placed on IR. with a lower-body injury.

Calgary Flame's Milan Lucic was suspended two games for roughing Columbus Blue Jacket's Kole Sherwood on Saturday.

Milan Lucic gets two games.

NBA

Toronto Raptor's Patrick McCaw is out indefinitely with a knee injury.

Patrick McCaw

Golden State Warrior's Draymond Green is out the next few games with a torn ligament in his left index finger.

Detroit Piston's Reggie Jackson is out approximately four weeks with a back injury.

NFL

Philadelphia Eagle's DeSean Jackson is undergoing surgery to repair a core muscle injury tomorrow and is probably out for the rest of the season.

Miami Dolphin's rookie, Preston Williams, is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

The Seattle Seahawks have reportedly claimed Josh Gordon off waivers.

MLB

The Chicago Cubs have exercised a $16.5 million option for next season for Anthony Rizzo.

Anthony Rizzo

The Cubs have also exercised their $11.5 million option for 2020 on Jose Quintana.

The Cubs, however, declined options for Brandon Morrow, Tony Barnette, and Keidall Graveman.

The Philadelphia Phillies have exercised a $20 million player option on Jake Arrieta.

The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired Chase Anderson from the Milwaukee Brewers for Double-A first baseman, Chad Spanberger.

The New York Yankees have signed Aroldis Chapman to a three-year, $48 million contract.

Finally, the Kansas City Royals have declined Alex Gordon's $23 million option for 2020.   






Curry Out Three Months With Broken Wrist

Hello sports fans.

Hope you all had a good Hallowe'en.

Now that the baseball season is over, there's quite a bit of off the field headlines starting to pop up and it'll probably continue for the next few months.

First, though, there is a major injury in the NBA.

NBA

Golden State Warrior's Steph Curry is out for three months with a broken wrist.

(Above) Steph Curry has a broken wrist.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed general manager, Koby Altman, to a multiyear contract.

NFL

Denver Broncos are reportedly placing quarterback, Joe Flacco on injured reserve, ending his season.

 Joe Flacco

New England Patriots have reportedly released Josh Gordon.

NHL

The Vancouver Canucks have placed Micheal Ferland on injured reserved with an upper-body injury and recalled Sven Baertschi.

The Nashville Predators have signed Austin Watson to a three-year, $4.5 million contract extension.

The Winnipeg Jets have sent Ville Heinola to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.

MLB

The New York Yankees have declined their 2020 club option on Edwin Encarnacion.

Edwin Encarnacion's option has been declined by the Yankees.

The New York Mets have reportedly hired Carlos Beltran as their new manager.

The Kansas City Royals have hired Mike Matheny as their new manager.

Finally, The Cleveland Indians have exercised Cory Kluber's $17.5 million contract option for next season.