It has been confirmed that Ex-Steeler James Harrison has been spotted at Logan International Airport and visited Gillette Stadium today. The 39 year-old was put on waivers by the Steelers and as of yesterday he was unclaimed and became a free-agent.
Source: former Steelers LB James Harrison is at Gillette Stadium visiting the Patriots today.
The Patriots front 7 are coming off their best performance of the year where they sacked Tyrod Taylor 6 times, but overall have been pretty inconsistent. It would be interesting to see if Harrison could add any type of spark to the Pats’ D-line. If the Patriots did sign Harrison, he would strictly be a 3rd down pass rusher, much like what the Falcons did with Dwight Freeney last year.
On the year, Harrison has only played in 5 games and recorded only 3 tackles and 1 sack. The main reason for James’s reduction in playing time is due to the Steelers drafting T.J Watt in last years first round.
It wouldn’t be surprising if Harrison didn’t sign with the Patriots and ended up back in Pittsburgh if there was an injury to their D-Line.
Source: LB James Harrison went unclaimed on waivers today, making him a free agent. If both sides were interested, he could be back with the Steelers as soon as tomorrow.
On the last Monday Night Football game on the year, the Eagles managed to wrap up homefield advantage throughout the playoffs after beating the Raiders 19-10. Maybe the worst performance in a win to wrap up the #1 seed but I’m sure they’ll take it. The Eagles wrap up the season against Dallas in a meaningless game for both teams so I’m sure some starters will be rested but Philly remains the only team to not be beaten at home, which does not bode well for the rest of the NFC.
The NFC, of course, is loaded with talent and any one of those teams can make it to the Super Bowl.
If you told me one of these teams would make the Super Bowl (outside of Atlanta & Seattle), I wouldn’t be surprised. Having these teams have to come through a cold Philadelphia atmosphere in the playoffs is definitely a positive for the Eagles but Foles is going to have to play better if they’re going to win in January. He finished Monday night going 19-38, 163 yds and 1 TD. No chance that wins any games in the playoffs unless the defense plays out of their mind — the same defense which got EXPOSED again, this time by Amari Cooper en route to an easy 60 yd TD. They did hold the Raiders, who have been an awful underachieving team this year, to 10 points so there is some improvement there.
Also: stat of the year?
Also, if there’s been a less likely outcome than the NFC’s top three seeds in 2017 being quarterbacked in the playoffs by the depth chart of the June 2016 Rams … I’d like to see it.
Harry Kane bagged a hat-trick today against Southampton to bring his goal total to an astounding 56 goals in the calendar year of 2017. We always refer to Messi & Ronaldo as the best goal-scorers in the sport and rightfully so. Here’s his second goal today that put him in first place for the year:
Tottenham’s striker has very quietly put in the most goals in a calendar year in the Premier League as well at 37 goals. To pour on more stats that show how insane this actually is:
Only five players in Premier League history have scored more hat-tricks in their entire Premier League career than Harry Kane has in 2017 alone. Madness.
Just some casual stats there. The man has absolutely been on fire all year but will not get close to the same credit as those big names. Not to mention that he’s only 24 and still improving. This was the year for the Spurs to put it all together but they’ve fell flat on their face so far. This can’t take away from the fact that Kane is the best striker in the world right now. He beat Alan Shearer’s record which many thought was unattainable. Shearer even took to Twitter to congratulate him.
You’ve had a magnificent 2017 @HKane. You deserve to hold the record of most @premierleague goals in a calendar year. Well done and keep up the good work. 👏🏻🙋🏼♂️
Good to see the support from one of the game’s legends for a kid who’s only destined to improve. If he does it in 2018 again, I think it’s time to give him the respect he deserves.
On Christmas night, with nobody really watching — the Texans found themselves down 27-0 to the Steelers. On a meaningless drive, Yates found DeAndre Hopkins mugged in the endzone corner —
From the angle shown live, it looks like Hopkins wasn’t able to get both his feet in for what was an amazing catch but then we saw the replay..
He gains possession and then still manages to toe-tap while the defender is interfering with him. Doesn’t even look real. Unreal play and I think this has the potential to beat out the OBJ catch. The only issue, which has been the issue with Hopkins most of his career is that it was a meaningless TD in the 4th quarter of a game that was already decided. Hopkins is easily one of the best WR in the NFL but he’s caught passes from 10 QBs in 3 years which pretty much explains his circumstances. Obviously — things look brighter on the horizon with Watson coming back but he managed to snag this TD for TJ Yates who did not deserve at all.
Catch of the year easy and we’ll wait for the recency bias to leave before we deem this better than OBJ’s.
The Boston Bruins took to the TD Garden ice this Saturday, and took care of the Detroit Red Wings. It was the final game before the brief three day holiday break. Typically, the Bruins are known for dumping a steamer during a Saturday Matinee.
This Saturday they almost succeeded in doing so. But, it’s like they say, good teams find ways to win games.
The first period started, and the Bruins came out of the gate hot. All four lines were generating offensive zone pressure. This lead to the Wings taking two boneheaded penalties back to back. On the ensuing 5 on 3 power play Brad Marchand ripped a snap shot over Jimmy Howard’s glove hand. The play was all made possible by a slick cross crease feed from David Backes. The B’s were up 1, and had over a minute still left on a 5 on 4 power play.
Instead of adding to their lead, the B’s decided to dick around in their own end. A series of poor passes, and dudes falling lead to a Frans Nielsen short handed goal less than a minute after the Bruins opened up the scoring.
The two teams played in a stalemate from that point on. The Red Wings generated more chances than the Bruins, and out-shot them 20-10, after the Bruins Out-shot them 10-2 in the first. Still, $7 million dollar man Tuukka Rask stood tall. Rask shut the door, after giving up a soft five hole goal earlier in the game. Tuukka stopped 30 of 31 Red Wing shot attempts when it was all said and done.
In the third period the Bruins tightened up in their own end, and finally, Brad Marchand found Patrice Bergeron in the High slot for the go-ahead goal. Perfect Patrice would go to score the empty netter sealing the game. The Bruins head into the Christmas break on a 4 game win streak. They’ve also managed to jump over the Toronto Maple Leafs for second in the Atlantic Division. Let’s hope the Rangers can pull off a win tonight over the Leafs as well.
Overall, not the best showing from the Bruins. They struggled to get going offensively at times, and were caught making boneheaded decisions with the puck in their own end. It was definitely a game in which they stooped to their opponents level. Still, they found a way to get it done. In years past, they would’ve wilted. The end years of Julien saw his team play like dog shit on home ice, especially in matinee’s.
The Pastrnak, Marchand, and Bergeron line continues to show they are the best line in hockey.
Through 18 games together the Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak has yet to give up a goal against at 5 on 5
You can change that to 19 after today’s win as well. It all starts with Bergy. I will fight and die on the, “Patrice Bergeron is the best two way player in the NHL” hill. He’s simply disgusting at every single facet of the game. He is an elite face-off guy, he can dangle through you, he possess a lethal wrist/snap shot, he can make a slick pass, and he plays incredible defense. Brad Marchand possess more of the “wow” factor than Bergy. Marchand’s motor is always going. He is an elite offensive talent which many of us know by now, but his constant hounding of puck carriers make him underrated defensively. These two beauties give David Pastrnak a lot of room to do his thing. Pasta is not very good defensively at all, but Marchand and Bergeron are just too fucking good it does not even matter. This line is clicking, and the offensive numbers aren’t necessarily wowing to this point.
The Bruins will have the next three days off for the Holiday, and they take on the woeful Ottawa Senators next Wednesday. The Bruins lost all regular season matchups with Ottawa last season, as they never found an answer for Guy Boucher’s 1-3-1 neutral zone trap. They did however, beat the Senators twice in their best of seven Playoff series last April.
One last thing before I go:
The Bruins are 38-18-6 under Cassidy's watch. Over an 82-game season, that projects to 108 points.
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The Boston Bruins finished up their jam packed week on Thursday, at home, against the Winnipeg Jets. The Jets are a high flying young team much like their opponent, the Boston Bruins. They have a stacked roster with names such as, Patrik Laine, Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler, Tobias Enstrom, and Kyle Connor. The team is filthy good, and the Bruins were going to have their hands full.
This one was even from the drop of the puck early on. Neither team were able to beat the others goalie. The two goalies, Tuukka Rask and Connor Hellebuyck stood on their heads. The Bruins peppered Hellebuyck with 38 total shots, while the Jets fired 33 at Rask. Both equal to the challenge late into the game with the score 0-0.
At 8:16 of the third period the Bruins finally broke the deadlock. Torey Krug fired home a snap shot from the top of the offensive zone face-off circles. The Bruins has taken a 1-0 lead at long last.
It was Krug’s 6th of the season, and with the play of Rask it looked like all that was needed. Winnipeg had other plans.
A mere 57 seconds later the Bruins got caught in their own zone. The puck was turned over to the Jets right in front of Rask. Nikolaj Ehlers passed the puck to Patrik Laine, who ripped the puck into the yawning cage.
The two teams played to a draw at the end of regulation. 3 on 3 was a fucking treat to watch with these two teams. The amount of youth, speed, and skill on the ice was just absurd. Neither team were able to break through, as both goalies continued to stand tall.
On to a shootout they went! Bryan Little scored on the Jets first attempt, and Marchand was stopped by Hellebuyck. Rask then stopped Laine, and David Pastrnak went bar-down to tie the shootout at 1.
Rask would go on to stone Mark Sheifele, and Ehlers once each, while Bergeron was stoned by Hellebuyck. Never fear! Charlie McAvoy stepped up with a chance to win the game. Chaz ripped a wrister right over Hellebuyck’s glove hand ending the game.
The Bruins will be off until Saturday when they face the Detroit Red Wings at TD Garden. The Bruins unexpectedly took 6 out of a possible 6 points in this 3 games in four nights stretch. They’re sitting pretty right now. In the NHL the top three teams in each division get an automatic playoff bid at the end of the year. The Bruins currently sit in 3rd in the Atlantic Division. The Leafs are in 2nd by only 2 pints, and have played 3 more games. They currently sit at 7 points ahead of Montreal who are one spot behind them in the standings. Montreal has played 1 more game than the B’s as well.
^Fucking turds.
Either way, the Bruins put themselves into a good position. They control their own destiny, and I am looking forward to seeing where this goes. Outside of the 2011 cup run, this years Bruins are BY FAR my favorite team to watch. Things are looking up on Causeway Street.
One of the big stories from Thursday was the false reporting of Yu Darvish agreeing to a deal with the Chicago Cubs.
The person who reported the signing was Barstool Carl for Barstool Sports. Whats surprising is that Carl is normally pretty accurate. We all make mistakes, but its comical that it sent baseball fans and Twitter into a frenzy.
Darvish to Cubs done deal after being evaluated by team docs #scoopcity
Legendary sports announcer Dick Enberg passed away unexpectedly in his home yesterday. He announced all types of sports from his play-by-play for college basketball, college and professional football and Major League Baseball. He also called other sporting events such as boxing, tennis, golf, horse racing and the Olympics.
San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Bryce Miller broke the sad news on Twitter. He also stated that Dick’s wife believes her husband died of a heart attack.
Incredibly sad news: Dick Enberg’s wife Barbara just told me Dick died his morning in LaJolla. Thinks it was a heart attack. Such a legend. Such a gentleman. There are no words.
Dick who last worked for the San Diego Padres had just retired from broadcasting in 2016. Don Orsillo, the former Red Sox announced had taken over for Dick and shared his thoughts on his passing.
Extremely shocked and saddened by the passing of Dick Enberg. Class personified. Could not have welcomed me more to SD. #RIP#Legend. pic.twitter.com/Ue4zH6uFsT
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