Johnny 9iron

Number 33 in your program, but number 1 in your heart. Former hockey player and Thunderwolf lacrosse player/coach. 6-time Fantasy Football Champion.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

The NCAA is cooked. If you can’t win at all in court, especially in this case, you’re finished. Wouldn’t surprise me if the judge is an alum.

[ESPN @espn]

Breaking: A judge in district court in Lubbock County, Texas, has granted the injunction requested by Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby. He’s set to be eligible for the 2026 season.

Sorsby cannot play in Texas Tech's first two games, which was the penalty his legal team suggested to the NCAA.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

It was a different cap situation, but man it would have been great if the Avs would have found a way to keep Sean Walker.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Hart giving up a lot of rebounds right now. Watch out.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Carolina is getting so much more space than the Avs were able to get vs Vegas.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Stop putting players into your own goalie

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

I hate that shit. If you’re not sure as a ref, don’t call the penalty. Looked like it grazed the boards

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Bro We’re not buying Highguard 2…

[Geoff Keighley @geoffkeighley]

Today's final announcement at #SummerGamefest will be a single player, narrative game.

Thank you for the feedback!

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

As evidenced by Carolina going 12-1 in their super long, exciting, first three series.

[Greg Wyshynski @wyshynski]

Bettman once again defends wild card playoff format as producing closer games, more games and "more entertaining games" than a 1-thru-8 playoff format.

"Under this format, you get more 6-7 games series than you do under 1-through-8. It's not clear cut a change is called for."

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

That’s fine, figure out a way to beat the trap…

[Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC]

Also, about Colorado: there is word Jared Bednar is staying as the Avalanche’s coach

[Johnny Venerable @JohnnyVenerable]

There are layers and levels to the NFL.

One team in the NFC West is trading for Myles Garrett.

Another is having a public contract dispute with Jacoby Brissett.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

The Browns are going to be fucking terrible this year. Gotta feel bad for Jared Verse.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

There should be some more first rounders in there. I have no idea how the Rams are going to make any of this work with the cap.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

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Bombshell: The Browns are finalizing a trade that will send two-time Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams, per @rapsheet, @TomPelissero and me.

In exchange for Garrett, the Rams are expected to send Pro-Bowl edge Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick and other draft-pick compensation still being negotiated to the Browns.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Damn, tough to hear. RIP

[NHL Alumni @NHLAlumni]

The NHL Alumni Association is devastated to share that Claude Lemieux has passed away at the age of 60.

Born in Buckingham, Quebec, Claude was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and would make his NHL debut just a few months later on October 13, 1983 and scored his first career NHL goal on December 4, 1983.

Claude split time between the Canadiens organization and the QMJHL from 1983 to 1985, capturing the President’s Cup with the Verdun Junior Canadiens in 1985 as QMJHL playoff champions, while earning the Guy Lafleur Trophy as Playoff MVP.

The very next season, Claude recorded 10 goals and 16 points in 20 playoff games as he and the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. Claude remained with the Canadiens for an additional four seasons before joining the New Jersey Devils ahead of the 1990-91 season.

In 1994-95, his fifth and final season with New Jersey, Claude led the Devils to their first Stanley Cup championship, registering 13 goals in 20 playoff games, taking home the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP. As a member of the Colorado Avalanche in 1995-96, Claude was once again an integral part of team history as the Avalanche hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup for the very first time in 1996.

Claude played 297 regular-season games in an Avalanche uniform before rejoining the New Jersey Devils in November of 1999, and for a fourth and final time, would be crowned a Stanley Cup champion on June 10, 2000. Claude later played for the Phoenix Coyotes and Dallas Stars before making a comeback with the San Jose Sharks during the 2008-09 season.

Internationally, Claude represented Canada on several occasions, including capturing a gold medal at the 1985 World Junior Hockey Championships and winning the 1987 Canada Cup.

He was loved by his wife and four children, and on behalf of the Lemieux family, we kindly ask that everyone respect their privacy during this difficult time.

Memorial service details to follow.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Of course MLB, the problem is that the bottom teams don’t spend enough, not that the top 5 teams can spend whatever they want. *insert eye roll*

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The MLBPA made its first proposal to MLB today in collective bargaining. Among the topline issues:

- A "competitive-integrity tax" for any team that does not spend $150M
- Increase minimum salary from $780,000 to $1.5M
- Increase in base CBT threshold from $244M to $300M

[Drew Livingstone @ProducerDrew_]

The Avs players should be ashamed of how they’re playing with the performance Blackwood is giving them #GoAvsGo

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Way too many Avs players and coaches downplaying the performance in that series. It’s one thing if you dominate 4 games and just come out on the short end, but that was an unacceptable series in all phases except for maybe PK.

[RG 📷 @RyanGreeneDNVR]

💔💔💔

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Definitely the worst collapse I’ve ever witnessed. Questions about Bednar’s future against the trap for the 5th straight season have to be coming.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Season on the line with an empty, Necas will still refuse to shoot the puck.

[Johnny 9iron @jnine33]

Forfeit this game ffs. Blackwood doesn’t deserve this.