Luke Sims

2 weeks ago | hockeywilderness.com | Luke Sims

Danila Yurov’s journey to the NHL has been a long time coming, and his career in North America is only beginning. Yurov set the record for most points in a single season by a KHL skater 20 or younger with 49 points in the 2023-24 season. That’s only one of the many highlights of the young Russian’s career. He’s also a Gagarin Cup champion and a first-round draft pick. Now, the young forward will try his hand in the NHL, something he’s been dreaming about since he was a teenager.

1 month ago | zonecoverage.com | Luke Sims

There are still four months until the Green Bay Packers have to make final cuts, but they recently added over 20 new players to reach their 90-man roster. Right now, excitement is in the air over all these new prospects and their potential, but not so long from now, the Packers will have to winnow that number down to 53. The Packers added eight selections and some intriguing undrafted free agents to their already-talented roster.

1 month ago | hockeywilderness.com | Luke Sims

Jared Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin are the only two Minnesota Wild players who’ve played in the second round of the playoffs. Every other player has never seen a second round in Minnesota. The Wild have players who have won it all, some more than once. However, for this Minnesota team and its fans, the second round is the mountain top, and the summit looks far away. Minnesota has again lost a playoff series after leading, falling to 0-5 in games to go up 3-1 in a series again.

1 month ago | zonecoverage.com | Luke Sims

As an event, the NFL draft was an amazing success for the city of Green Bay. However, the host team didn’t have a strong enough draft to match the excitement around the event itself. Matthew GoldenThe Green Bay Packers’ first pick on Day 1 was electric, selecting Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden in Mark Murphy’s final year as president. They broke the first-round wide receiver drought, creating one heck of a scene.

1 month ago | themiamihurricane.com | Luke Sims

It’s the start of a new era for the University of Miami men’s basketball program. The winningest coach in program history, Jim Larrañaga, stepped down in the middle of his 14th season, only two seasons after the first Final Four in program history. “There’s one thing you’ve got to constantly ask yourself: Are you going to give everything you have — the commitment it deserves, 100% of yourself physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually?” Larrañaga said to reporters.