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The Bruins continue their homestand when they host the Los Angeles Kings at TD Garden in a matinee matchup. Boston heads into Saturday on a three-game winless streak and outside of first place in the Atlantic Division. The B’s suffered a 4-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night, which was their fourth defeat in their last five games. The Bruins last played LA on Oct. 21 and beat the Kings, 4-2, at crypto.com Arena. The Kings have won four of their last five games heading into Saturday and are fourth in the Pacific Division. Cam Talbot is expected…
The New England Patriots are in desperate need of a quarterback upgrade, and an opportunity could arise depending on what the Seahawks do with Geno Smith. Seattle owes the 33-year-old $12.7 million in base salary next season, which is part of the $22.5 million he’s set to make in 2024. That $12.7 million becomes fully guaranteed this Friday if Smith still is on the roster, per ESPN’s Brady Henderson. Pete Carroll was a strong supporter of Smith, but it’s unknown how general manager John Schneider and new Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald want to proceed with the position. Ryan Grubb is the team’s new…
Bill O’Brien will be sticking around New England but will be donning different colors on the sidelines at Chestnut Hill. The former Patriots offensive coordinator will be the head coach of the Boston College Eagles next season, and he reportedly will bring in longtime assistant Will Lawing with him. The hire should revamp the school’s football program, and it received a resounding endorsement from Bill Belichick. “My relationship with Bill spans nearly three decades,” Belichick said in a statement released by Boston College. “Of all the coaches I have worked with, few possess Bill’s experience and success at both the…
All signs point toward Bill Belichick not having an NFL job during the 2024 season, but an opportunity might have opened up with the 49ers. San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed to reporters in a conference call that Steve Wilks will not return as defensive coordinator after one season. The Niners defense ranked fourth in DVOA and 10th in EPA/play, but they allowed Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs to come back and beat them in overtime to win Super Bowl LVIII. Wilks’ share of the blame is debatable, but San Francisco will be looking for a new…
The New England Patriots haven’t formally named a general manager, but the prevailing belief among analysts and insiders is Eliot Wolf is the man running the front office. Hires like offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt have a connection to the director of player personnel going back to either his days with the Green Bay Packers or Cleveland Browns. There appears to be a different approach the Patriots will run with after the franchise parted ways with Bill Belichick this offseason. It’s unknown what that direction will lead to, especially what New England decides to do with the third overall pick…
The Patriots face a pivotal offseason, and it might take bold moves to ensure the franchise truly can move on from the Tom Brady era. That change will not include Bill Belichick after New England parted ways with the longtime head coach. Jerod Mayo leads a new-look staff that has some familiarity with it. All eyes will be on what the Patriots do with the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, but free agency also will be key in trying to fill multiple holes on the roster. ESPN polled multiple experts and insiders on their way-too-early Super Bowl…
Mac Jones is a polarizing figure among Patriots fans, as seemingly everyone has an opinion on how his career has been handled. Jones continued to regress in his third year in New England, and after multiple in-game benchings, the 25-year-old sat out the final games of the 2023 season in favor of Bailey Zappe, whom he reportedly didn’t have the best relationship with. The Pro Bowl quarterback also reportedly lost the locker room due to his poor play and alleged attitude about his situation. NESN.com identified one clear reason New England should keep Jones around next season, and readers had…
Bill Belichick’s relationship with the media was complicated, to say the least, and one former Patriot felt the brunt of the heavy expectations of the culture the former New England head coach wanted to establish. “The Dynasty” docuseries premiered Friday on Apple TV+, and the Patriots’ relationship with the media was a talking point when the first two episodes chronicled the beginning of New England’s run with the switch from Drew Bledsoe to Tom Brady. Longtime executive and Belichick confidant Ernie Adams laid out the belief that anyone who wasn’t in Foxboro had no idea what they were talking point,…
Liverpool did not want the time to come, but Jürgen Klopp is leaving at the end of the season. FSG will need to search extensively for a replacement, though Xabi Alonso appears to be the leading contender as things stand. The Spaniard has impressed hugely as Bayer Leverkusen manager, where he could become the first non-Bayern Munich manager since Klopp in 2012 to win the Bundesliga. Alonso was also very well-regarded at Real Sociedad, whose B team he took up to the second tier of Spanish football. That experience should not be discounted. It remains to be seen who else…
Liverpool are set to be without at least seven players when they make the trip to Brentford on Saturday lunchtime. Speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of the clash, Jurgen Klopp confirmed that Mohamed Salah is one of a number of senior players who will come back into contention to faces the Bees after a spell on the sidelines. The Egyptian hasn’t played for the Reds since New Year’s Day, having suffered a hamstring injury when on Africa Cup of Nations Duty. However, the German also revealed that Trent Alexander-Arnold will definitely miss next weekend’s League Cup final against…