Photo Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times. Buying Championships It was a 0-2 count with one out and runners on the corners in the bottom of the 11th in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series. Alejandro Kirk stepped into the batter’s box for the Toronto Blue Jays to face off against Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The pitch came, and Kirk swung. His bat shattered as the ball bounced into the glove of Mookie Betts, who stepped on second base and then fired over t

by Zak Drapeau 12/13/2025 Sportz Nation Honorable Mentions: Jack Della Maddelena, Mackenzie Dern and Nassourdine Imavov 10. Waldo Cortes-Acosta With a record of 3-1 in 2025 alone, Cortes-Acosta was not only the most active Heavyweight in the division but it wasn't even close. In a division that has been held up almost as much as Francis Ngannou's final days, "Salsa Boy" has said he will fight anyone and then he did. Starting the year with a win inside the Top-10 against Sergh

Photo Credit: Matt Stone/Boston Herald. With the late bye week, Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel got a chance to catch his breath. After all, he had done a lot of work for his former team: He led the Pats on a 10-game winning streak, reinvented the team’s culture, and turned a 4-13 team into one of the best teams in the NFL. He and the team deserved some rest, but Vrabel made his expectations clear this week. “It’s time to get back to work,” he said to Scott Zolak in an interv

by Zak Drapeau 12/12/2025 Sportz Nation In two days time the Colts will be playing one of their toughest games of the season in Seattle against a white-hot Seahawks team. This game will come after losing back-to-back AFC South games and in the midst of a 3-game losing streak. The game comes after one of the most disappointing losses of the season in Jacksonville when new Colts-legend Daniel Jones went down with a torn achilles in the 2nd Quarter of their 36-19 loss to the Jag