#The Great One

If you watch sports on TV, it's impossible to miss them. Gambling logos, ads and endorsements for sports betting are also online, on streaming services and on billboards. The "tsunami" of advertising, as it's been referred to, follows legislative change in Canada in 2021, when single event sports betting was legalized. Since then, provincial…

It's Wednesday, so you know what that means... time for the blog that gives you the internet's most ridiculous college football preview series- it's #FakeNunes time. Have we found some creative ways to get #jokesandgarbage into a Syracuse Orange Now onto this week's opponent Opponent: Minnesota Golden Gophers Location: Along the shores of Lake…

All eyes are on goal-scoring in the NHL at present, but it isn't McDavid's mission or Tage's tear that has us talking. We were thinking about beyond 802, but now that Alexander Ovechkin has surpassed Gordie Howe, we've turned to 894, the once untouchable career goals total by the Great One. However, this year's Rocket Richard Trophy race is shaping…

The Russian scoring machine, Alexander Ovechkin, is steadily inching closer to rewriting NHL history. Ovechkin has successfully cemented himself in the all-time goal list but currently holds the second spot. Recently, he overtook Gordie Howe by scoring his 802nd goal in a match against the Winnipeg Jets. Gordie's son, Max Howe, who watched…

The Stanley Cup Playoffs is an NHL postseason elimination tournament of four rounds. Each matchup is a best-of-seven series that determines the champion of the league and the team that wins the Stanley Cup. A total of eight teams from each conference will qualify based on their regular-season finish in their respective divisions. The final round is…

A delicious confrontation between two of the aces from this year's Triple Crown events will unfold at Del Mar Sunday when Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and Kentucky Derby/Belmont Stakes competitor Rock Your World match strides over a mile in the 47th running of the $100000 Shared Belief Stakes. Six in all have entered the headliner for…

Or, well, he will be. Soon enough - possibly Monday night when the Detroit Red Wings visit the Washington Capitals - Alex Ovechkin will score for the 801st and 802nd time and pass Gordie Howe for No. 2 on the NHL's all-time goals list. Ovechkin already moved Mr. Hockey down one big list earlier this season; his second-period goal Nov. 5 against the…

A pair of stories are dominating the hockey world this morning. First, Alexander Ovechkin notched his 800th goal last night with a hat trick effort against the Blackhawks. He's now third on the all-time scoring list, chasing only Wayne Gretzky (894) and Gordie Howe (801). The other notable story is Mitch Marner's point streak, which improved to 23…

Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe and Alex Ovechkin. That's the complete list of players in the NHL's 800-goal club this morning. Ovechkin scored a hat trick as the Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 on Tuesday night, joining The Great One and Mr. Hockey as the only players to ever reach 800 career NHL goals. The fans at the United Center…

Alex Ovechkin has broken two NHL records in a single month, overtaking ice hockey greats Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe. Ovechkin surpassed Gretzky's record for most NHL Road Goals as he scored two goals in the Washington Capitals 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on November 30. This gave him a total of 403 goals on the road. After the game,…

Alex Ovechkin is entering his 18th season in the NHL. But unlike most other players who have reached this stage of a career, Ovechkin is still expected to legitimately play a critical role in a Stanley Cup contender. He's going to be more than just a future Hall of Famer ornament on the roster of the Washington Capitals who are coming off yet…

Cal-bred champ doing'Super' for Santa Ana; Mandella says United up to speed in training ARCADIA, Calif.- Doug O'Neill hopes The Great One rebounds from his disappointing fifth-place finish behind recently sidelined Life Is Good in the Grade II San Felipe Stakes on March 6 when he runs in the Grade I Runhappy Santa Anita Derby next Saturday, April…

In every sporting fandom, debate rages over who the best players are, whether it's Jordan or James, Brady or Rice, or Federer versus Nadal versus Djokovic. Canadian ice hockey fans are fortunate to have so many NHL greats come from their country, so the dispute here is about which Canadian hockey player is the best. Canada has two national sports,…

It's Wednesday, so you know what that means... time for the blog that gives you the internet's most ridiculous college football preview series- it's #FakeNunes time. Have we found some creative ways to get #jokesandgarbage into a Syracuse Orange Now onto this week's opponent Location: Raleigh, NC Students: 36304 students who can't wait for hockey…