Author: Christian Potts

There will be opportunities for playing time in the Washington Redskins’ pass-catching corps, and while it was just the first preseason game – officially a 26-17 loss to the New England Patriots – there was some reason for optimism given the play of some of the wide receivers fighting for roster spots and playing time. Let’s take a look at the Patriots-Redskins Preseason matchup. Redskins Receiving Corps Undrafted free agent Cam Sims, a product of the Alabama powerhouse, led the team with 74 receiving yards but showed his big 6-foot-5 frame could be a weapon opposite Josh Doctson. Robert…

As Tiger Woods pushed to the lead in the middle of the final round Sunday at the 147th Open Championship, it looked like the winner of golf’s third major of 2018 would be coming from his group. He was. But it wasn’t Woods. Molinari’s Championship Performance Instead, Francesco Molinari, who’s been the hottest player in golf this summer, put up a steady, championship-worthy performance by playing his final 37 holes without a bogey. He used two late birdies to catapult to the lead and win by two strokes over Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy, Kevin Kisner and Xander Schauffele. Woods…

With golf’s longest day now past the 74 golfers who punched their ticket to the U.S. Open via a 36-hole qualifier earlier this week, it’s now time to focus on the test at hand. That test being the year’s second major championship and the classic challenge that is Shinnecock Hills Golf Course. It’s annually one of the toughest tests on the schedule, and the 7,445-yard, par-70 course on Long Island figures to live up to the billing, with some 500 yards added to its length since the tournament last was here 14 years ago. Here are some storylines to look…

The golf season is quite literally heating up, both in temperature and in activity as the next several months bring major championships, the FedEx Cup playoffs and the meat of the PGA Tour schedule. Now that the year’s first major championship is in the book, things are only going to get more intense. Here’s a look ahead at what’s coming up and a look at some big stories to watch: TPC on the Horizon The biggest non-major – or some would call it the unofficial fifth major – moved to May on the schedule a few years ago, and it’s…

It’s Masters week, and where to start? The storylines are so plentiful and dynamic it’s almost impossible to narrow them down. The eyes of the golf world will be on Augusta, Georgia, for the first major championship of the golf season. Here are some things to look for: Tiger’s Back Where else could you start but with the greatest player of this era showing his best form in years? Woods’ back-to-back top-five finishes last month in Florida marked the first time March of 2013 he’s had consecutive top-fives (that year he was both the Cadillac Championship and Arnold Palmer Invitational…

It wasn’t an announcement that necessarily shocked anyone, but it’s still big news around Norman, Oklahoma, and the college basketball world today. Trae Young is going pro. The freshman phenom from the University of Oklahoma, who led the nation in scoring (27.4) and assists (8.7) in his first year of college basketball, declared for the NBA Draft Tuesday morning. He hasn’t yet signed with an agent but has intention to do so in the coming days, his family said Tuesday. Young made his announcement in a journal-type story told to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and released by ESPN Tuesday morning. “I’ve…

Oklahoma State Gets Snubbed The annual announcement of the NCAA Tournament field immediately leads to the cries of foul play from fans who felt their team was seeded too low, got a bad draw or got snubbed from the field altogether. As an Oklahoma State graduate and supporter, my fanbase certainly is in the middle of the talk after Sunday came and went without the Cowboys being part of the field. Disappointed? You bet I am. The positive arguments are there – two wins against a No. 1 seed (Kansas), a road win at a No. 5 (West Virginia), a…

Champions Indoor Football begins its fourth season of operations this weekend, following an offseason that saw some team movement and revamping, as is often the case in the world of minor league indoor football. In the end, the CIF will field 11 teams in the Midwest this year, ranging from as far north as Bismarck, North Dakota, to as far south and west as Albuquerque, New Mexico. The league originally was formed in 2014 as a merger of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League and the Lone Star Football League, with many of the current teams coming together at that…

David had a second chance to slay Goliath, this time on the rink in the gold medal game of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, as upstart Germany tried to take down the heavily favored Olympic Athletes of Russia. And it was as tense as it could be, going into overtime before the Russian squad finally was able to prevail 4-3 on Kirill Kaprizov’s goal 9:40 into the extra period. The Russian team, forced to play under the Olympic flag and without their traditional colors due to sanctions placed on the nation for doping by the International Olympic Committee, won its final…

Thirty-eight years ago this week, the “Miracle on Ice” saw an undermanned, inexperienced and seemingly overmatched United States squad claim the gold medal in the Winter Olympics hockey tournament. A group of fresh-faced college kids playing against seasoned pros from the Soviet Union and an underdog to other top squads like Canada and Finland, the Americans pulled off a mammoth set of upsets in the tournament. It’s a little dramatic to compare what Germany is doing this year to that effort, but it’s still quite a feat. Friday, the Germans pulled their second consecutive major upset, knocking out defending gold…