Happy 62nd birthday to Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports 1! Known as the host of “The Herd,” Cowherd has been a longstanding TV/radio host in the sports media industry.
With high integrity and regards, I wish Cowherd a sincere Happy Birthday!
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‘The Flus,’ Don Mattingly
Matt Eberflus
Eberflus or ‘The Flus’ was released of his duties as Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator on Tuesday. The Flus did not live up to expectations.
In his first and only season, Dallas finished with one of the NFL’s worst scoring and total defenses. In fact, Jerry Jones thinks Flus is not to blame, saying, they built toward a certain project for five to six years, whatever that means.
The type of defensive personnel was lethally off and most of all. They traded Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs for Logan Wilson and Quinnen Williams.
Don Mattingly
Mattingly does not want to manage. He wants to see players flourish as a bench coach.
It was announced yesterday that Don Mattingly will become the Philadelphia Phillies bench coach and return for his 36th season as a player, coach, and manager. He will also be reuniting with his son, Preston Mattingly who currently serves as Phillies general manager.
This is one astonishing story as fans in Philadelphia should appreciate. Don has been around the game for a long time and will bestow knowledge to those such as Bryce Harper.
Like Harper, Mattingly played first base and would be more than willing to help at that position. Mattingly, Kevin Long, and Rob Thomson add to former Yankees coaches, now part of the Phillies organization.
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The Anthony Rendon Era in Anaheim is Over
The Anaheim Angels went out and made one of their smartest moves since acquiring Anthony Rendon. They released him.
Rendon will be owed $38 million for the next three to five years. This will allow the Angels to explore different options as the Rendon era was foolish.
Rendon did not play up to expectations. He never played a full season of baseball and what was worse is the actions and words spoken by Rendon.
Rendon was a cash cow in Washington. He won a World Series, and, then a switch turned on him.
It was never the same Rendon who became the highest paid third baseman in the game of baseball. He overstepped boundaries with reporters and never quite traveled with the team.
As many of the issues Anaheim had, this is one of them. Never sign with a team unless the player has the gull to stand in the batter’s box.
It is quite simple.
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Milan Celebrini
It is officially the Celebrini show! It was announced Macklin Celebrini made the Team Canada roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. It is good for him, quite add, but people in NHL circles, know just how great Celebrini is.
Call in Jonathan Toews and Sidney Crosby to name a few. Toews, Crosby, and others have never made Team Canada in their teens, and that is not a perpetual understatement.
As fans are starting to see with Celebrini, Matthew Schaefer and Connor Bedard, teens can perfect incredible stuff on the ice. Fortunately for Celebrini, he received a phone call from an executive of Team Canada and the St. Louis Blues, Doug Armstrong.
Armstrong delivered the news and based off Celebrini’s remarks, he could just remember the conversation he had with his parents, Rick and Robyn, following the news about Milan Cortina.
Drew Doughty leaves no doubts that Celebrini can play freely and to the aid, like with the San Jose Sharks. With a -15 team goal differential, Celebrini is hitting a high plateau of +13 difference. He is also trailing just Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid in current NHL points (62).
Toews is the only Triple Gold club winner and has hugely extolled the play of Celebrini. There are so many endless factors to the prestigious truth and greatness of Celebrini and Team Canada.
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Micah Parsons Sticks up for Trevon Diggs
Micah Parsons did not have any of it. Parsons took to Twitter on how a local blogger was wrong in assessing Trevon Diggs tenure in a Dallas Cowboys uniform.
He wrote, “I feel like what point is there in trying to publicly disrespect someone? He’s not representing the star anymore, just give the man a farewell and wish him the best. I don’t know why everything has to be negative every time a break-up happens! He’s in a better situation rn, trust me! Bro’s gonna be great again!”
Bro is going to be great again. The Cowboys are a mess. They could not have just been patient on several of their defensive stars and acclimate in a system other than Matt Eberflus.
Eberflus led the worst pass defense and allowed the most points per game (29.8). There should be no excuses in the Dallas locker room.
They have been given a ton of chances by those in charge. Is it next man up or wisen up?
The Cowboys have the audacity to trade their best star Micah Parsons and release a player that stood to improve in man coverage and accrue 11 interceptions in a single season.
It should be made clear that they wasted careers in the likes of Zack Martin, Tyron Smith, Dak Prescott, Parsons and Diggs.
The theme does not necessarily become older with this franchise losing and finishing 7-8-1. Much respect to Brian Schottenheimer, to give a press release that the Cowboys are riding out the season, to find a way of winning games without playoff contention, is blatantly absurd.
There must be changes that provide the example of Parsons and Diggs in Dallas.
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Woah, Colorado Avalanche!
The Colorado Avalanche are coming. They are coming to steal lunch money, sing trick-or treat, or run through the trenches which the Avalanche have this season.
This season, the Avalanche possess a 29-2 record and show no signs of stopping heading into the new year. They are led by the eventual Hart and James Norris candidates Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar.
They are also led by two net minders in goal, Scott Wedgewood and MacKenzie Blackwood. Wedgewood has been the biggest difference maker, earning a whopping 17 wins, 2.13 GAA, and .919 SV%.
It is also no big coincidence that Martin Necas and Brent Burns have been coming up huge. The new bench depth has not taken a seat to MacKinnon and Cale Makar and have proved dividends, otherwise.
There is an apparent shift on Doppler 5 and it appears headed towards a Colorado Avalanche! Let’s just hope the Colorado Rockies can swoop things up, as well.
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An Early New Year’s Eve Present
It has been reported by multiple media outlet sources that James Nnaji will declare to play for Baylor after being drafted 31st overall in the 2023 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. It has caught many egos in the college basketball world such as Tom Izzo and Dan Hurley who respectfully make a ton of money and go on blast towards the NIL.
The NIL competing for every which rights of a player’s eligibility, Baylor did what many universities could not that is find a recipe for their best interests in college basketball. It has created a rift among some such as Hurley expressing how unfair and supplemental that a college basketball commissioner enter the reigns of the sport.
As for Izzo, he recently joked that Magic Johnson should return to play if Nnaji can, also.
In realistic summary, the whole NBA system has been rigged from jump street (which includes 17-18 year olds or rising G-League status). Nnaji is not the answer to the NBA’s co-existing woes as a solution must be solved around this time of New Year’s Day.
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