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Ahead of every Detroit Lions game in 2025, we will provide readers with an updated depth chart of the team’s roster based on what we are seeing at practices. For this initial preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers, the Lions have already said they plan on resting the players who got a heavy workload at Tuesday’s scrimmage. That could …

The Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers will kick off the 2025 NFL preseason on Thursday night with the annual Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. It’s the first time the Lions have been in the Hall of Fame game since 1991, when they took down the Broncos 14-3. Of course, no one really cares who ends up winning …

That’s because Gates was perhaps more mentally tough than almost any player Ed McGuire has seen in his 25-plus year tenure in the Bolts front office. “I remember his first camp with us from minicamp all the way to training camp,” said McGuire, now the Chargers Executive Vice President of Football Administration/Player Finance. “Tim Brewster was his position coach, and …

Former Marlins president David Samson is seemingly very sensitive about the perception of the franchise. That’s why when Ichiro Suzuki broke out a zinger about the Marlins during his Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech Sunday — which the Japanese legend delivered entirely in English — he was not as quick to laugh as the rest of the crowd in …

Believe it or not, the 2025 preseason begins in just two days when the Chargers take on the Lions. While this extra preseason matchup is not going to feature starters, Los Angeles head coach Jim Harbaugh has provided at least one reason to tune into the action. Via multiple reporters, Harbaugh said in his Tuesday press conference that Trey Lance …

Chicago Cubs ‘ Ryne Sandberg slugs a triple during Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1984 game against the Cincinnati Reds in Chicago. John Swart/AP hide caption toggle caption John Swart/AP CHICAGO — Ryne Sandberg, a Hall of Fame second baseman who became one of baseball’s best all-around players while starring for the Chicago Cubs, has died. He was 65. Sandberg was surrounded …

Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, known mostly for his time with the Cubs, has died at age 65, the team announced Monday. Sandberg announced in January 2023 that he had been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. In August, Sandberg said that he had been declared cancer-free, but by December, the disease was back and had spread to other …

Ryne Sandberg, Hall of Fame Second Baseman for the Cubs, Dies at 65  The New York Times Cubs Hall of Famer Sandberg dies at age 65  ESPN Chicago Cubs lose a franchise icon with the death of Ryne Sandberg  Yahoo Sports Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg dies at 65  Axios Sandberg remembered for excellence with bat, glove  Baseball Hall of Fame Source link

Ichiro Suzuki was the king of poking singles into the outfield, but he may have hit it out of the park during his Hall of Fame induction speech on Sunday. Suzuki poked a bit of fun at the Marlins, who signed him to a contract in 2015 and for whom he played three seasons near the end of his storybook …

CC Sabathia earned first-ballot election to the Baseball Hall of Fame this past winter, an honor that seemed to be tearing at the seams midway through his Yankees career. The Sabathia of 2013, ’14, and ’15 posted ERAs above 4.70 each season, and he hadn’t just approached a career crossroads at the age of 34, but seemed to have already …