How Pickleball Players Stay Active When They Are Not on the Court

How Pickleball Players Stay Active When They Are Not on the Court

We all know the drill. To live a healthier lifestyle, we should be eating cleaner, staying active, and exercising regularly. Naturally, we believe there’s no better way to check those boxes than with a paddle in your hand. But hey, we get it. Sometimes you’ve got to mix it up. Actually, the team over at … Read more

Best Dressed Players at the PPA Select Medical Orange County Cup

Best Dressed Players at the PPA Select Medical Orange County Cup

The PPA Tour is back in action this week for the Select Medical Orange County Cup at the iconic Life Time Rancho San Clemente — the perfect backdrop for high-level pickleball and standout summer style. Here are our top outfit picks from the weekend. Love pickleball fashion? Then subscribe to our free pickleball newsletter for … Read more

PWHL Draft sees 43 NCAA women’s hockey players selected; Colgate’s Kaltounková goes first overall to Sirens – College Hockey

The Ottawa Hard Rock Hotel and Casino was the site for the 2025 PWHL Draft (photo: PWHL). The 2025 PWHL Draft was held June 24 in Ottawa, Ont., at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The draft consisted of six rounds and allowed all eight teams to select eligible women’s hockey players from a pool … Read more

The Raptors are ‘willing’ to trade several key role players for a ‘significant roster upgrade’

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With a 30-52 record in 2024-25, the Raptors finished 11th of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference. They missed the playoffs completely changes could be on the way this offseason.  NBA insider Jake Fischer reported that Toronto is “willing” to part ways with RJ Barrett or Immanuel Quickley for a “significant roster upgrade.” Additionally, he … Read more

Auston Matthews among initial six players named to USA’s 2026 Olympic roster

Auston Matthews among initial six players named to USA’s 2026 Olympic roster

Auston Matthews is among the first six players named to the United States roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Andiamo, Auston 🇮🇹 Matthews is Olympic bound! pic.twitter.com/lpZocmUfsi — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) June 16, 2025 Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli was the first to report the preliminary roster, which includes Matthews as captain. Matthews will be … Read more

Larger numbers of “Delusional” Pickleball players turning ‘pro’

Larger numbers of "Delusional" Pickleball players turning 'pro'

By Dayne Gingrich, Senior Pickleball Pro With the emergence of so many new players entering the game, both young and older, the sentence, “I’m going to become a professional” continues to get thrown around. We have young 4.0-4.5’s that believe they should be turning pro and older players who are about to turn 50 that … Read more

Top 3 cricketers who were great players but failed as coaches

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Several cricketers have become legends through consistent performances and record-breaking achievements over the years. After retirement, many of them chose to stay connected to the game, becoming commentators, others took a break from cricket, while a few ventured into coaching roles. But, excelling as a player does not always guarantee success as a coach. In … Read more

Craig Button lists Ekblad, Rust, & William Karlsson as players the Leafs should target: Leafs Morning Take

Craig Button lists Ekblad, Rust, & William Karlsson as players the Leafs should target: Leafs Morning Take

The Stanley Cup Final is now down to a best-of-3. What a game, what a finish. Yet again, it was Leon Draisaitl potting the OT winner as Edmonton stormed back from a 3-0 deficit to top Florida 5-4 in Game 4 to even the series up at two games apiece. It’s absolutely sickening to see … Read more

NCAA Division I hockey players continue to thrive in classroom as both women, men top national average in APR – College Hockey

NCAA Division I hockey players continue to thrive in classroom as both women, men top national average in APR - College Hockey

Penn State graduating seniors Dylan Lugris, Danny Dzhaniyev, Carson Dyck and Simon Mack (photo: PSU Athletics). NCAA Division I hockey student-athletes once again performed above the national average academically, according to the annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released this month by the NCAA. The women’s hockey four-year average score from 2020-21 through 2023-24 was 993, while … Read more

Mets players, manager defend Soto after boos during White Sox loss

Mets players, manager defend Soto after boos during White Sox loss

According to David Lennon of Newsday, the boos directed toward New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto during the 9-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon “were perhaps the loudest he’s heard” during a home game this season.  After Soto went 0-for-4 with a walk in that defeat, some of his teammates and … Read more