PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 10: Paul George #13 and Derrick White #9 of the Boston Celtics high five during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 10, 2026 at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
TORONTO — The Celtics and Raptors will each miss key players as they meet on Wednesday night.
For the Celtics, Paul George is out with an illness; the star is just a day removed from a 36-point performance against his former squad, the Philadelphia 76ers. Everyone else on the Celtics will play on the second night of a road back-to-back; the team flew from Philadelphia to Toronto late Tuesday night, and Mitchell Robinson and Jayson Tatum, both of whom have gotten one rest game this season, are among them.
George has been the Celtics’ second-leading scorer so far this season; he’s averaging 22 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 2.1 steals per game. He’s also been the team’s most efficient scorer, shooting 48.8% from the field and 44% from three. The Celtics are 0-1 without him so far this season; they lost by 16 to the Houston Rockets last Monday.
The Raptors could be significantly shorthanded; Scottie Barnes (left groin strain) and Kawhi Leonard (left knee injury management) are both out, while Trayce Jackson-Davis (illness), Colin Murray-Boyles (illness), and Immanuel Quickley (right hamstring injury management) are all questionable.
After blowing out the 76ers on Tuesday night, the Celtics lead the Eastern Conference at 9-2. The Raptors have the 6th-best record in the East at 5-5. The Celtics have won four straight; the Raptors are coming off a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Jayson Tatum will once again play on the second night of a back-to-back
The Celtics are in the middle of their third back-to-back of the season, and Jayson Tatum has played in every single back-to-back game so far.
But last week in Charlotte, he said he’s receptive to conversations around his rest management.
“It’s my 10th year, so I understand the balance of wanting to play every game, and rest, and back-to-backs, three-in-fours, five-in-sevens,” Tatum said. “It’s always a conversation. We talk about it. We have a plan. I don’t really like sitting out on away games, but we just kind of figure it out as we go.”
Tatum said he does not like missing road games, and that has factored into his decision to play on the second nights of multiple back-to-backs this season.
Jayson Tatum explained that part of why he played in the back-to-backs was to go through the mental process:
"I used to always play back-to-backs… it was an opportunity for me to test myself out, to see how I felt."
“[That’s] part of it, and just kind of the mental aspect of it,” he said. “I used to always play back-to-backs, and obviously health is most important, and how I’m feeling physically. But it was an opportunity for me to test myself out, to see how I felt playing the back-to-backs, traveling, getting in at a certain time, and see how I felt after that. I kind of just really wanted to go through that for myself, and I felt really good.”
On Tuesday, former Winnipeg Jets forward Evander Kane has signed a new deal overseas, agreeing to terms with Sibir of the KHL. It will not be Kane's first stint in the Russian league as he played for Dinamo Minsk during the 2012-13 NHL lockout.
The move is surprising, given reports that the 35-year-old, who was selected fourth overall by the Atlanta Thrashers in 2009, had multiple offers to remain in North America. It is not clear whether those were NHL contracts, minor-league deals to play in the AHL, ECHL, or opportunities elsewhere.
Kane most recently played for his hometown Vancouver Canucks, finishing this past season with 13 goals and 18 assists for 31 points in 71 games.
Off-ice concerns have followed him throughout his career, including long-standing reports of conflicts in the locker room. This past September, former teammate Kurtis Gabriel described Kane as habitually late to team meetings and routinely unprofessional in how he dressed. Gabriel also called him a bully who leaned on his toughness to intimidate teammates.
Kane responded on social media with a cryptic message. "I can't wait for the day I decide to share my truths. The only difference? Mine will come with facts, receipts, and the actual truth," he wrote.
"A lot of people have become far too comfortable speaking publicly while relying on my silence. Enjoy it while it lasts. There are plenty of bombs with plenty of names attached."
Between 2013 and 2021, Kane also faced legal controversies, gambling-related debt and bankruptcy, and an NHL investigation into match-fixing that cleared him of betting on games, along with repeated reports of conflicts with teammates.
Now Kane will take his game to Russia, where he will face some of the best talent the country has to offer.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT - NOVEMBER 10: Darryn Peterson #22 of the Utah Jazz handles the ball during the game against the Miami Heat on November 10, 2026 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
The Utah Jazz have officially lost 9 straight games. The team is getting close and closer to a win, but that still eludes them. 1-10 overall and 1-5 at home, Utah may be able to pull this one out after a gutsy comeback against the Miami Heat last night.
The good news is that Darryn Peterson is slowly breaking out. After scoring 25 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists yesterday, Jazz fans expect to see even more continue growth from their 2nd overall pick. He truly does look like a future star, with Ace Bailey very much looking the part of a do-it-all forward that is sorely needed in SLC.
But this team just can’t seem to get a win. Although it was an okay 4th quarter for both Svi and Isaiah Collier, the bench overall has been having a horrific season. Brice Sensabaugh has yet to show up, Kyle Filipowski continues to struggle with a back injury, and the injuries are mounting for this team. Once a promising season, this year has gotten out of hand quickly. The Jazz NEED a win and tonight against the Orlando Magic is a great chance.
The Orlando Magic are having a rough season themselves, sitting at 3-7 and seeing numerous injuries themselves. Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs have been out, Tristan de Silva missed last game, and a few of their younger guys in Izaiyah Nelson and Noah Penda have been struggling with injuries as well.
Much of the season has been placed on the shoulders of Franz Wagner, who has yet to truly find his outside shot, shooting 22.9% on the year. Desmond Bane has shot inconsistently, but Anthony Black has been a bright spot. It could be a competitive one tonight at the Delta Center.
Start Time and TV Schedule
Who: Utah Jazz vs Orlando Magic
When: November 11, 7:00 MT
Where: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT
How to watch: KJZZ, Jazz+
Injury Report
Jazz Injury Report (as of 11/10)
OUT – Trey Alexander (G League – Two-Way)
OUT – Keyonte George (Right Ankle; Sprain)
OUT – Harrison Ingram (G League – Two-Way)
OUT – Jaren Jackson Jr. (Right Knee; MCL Tear)
OUT – Jusuf Nurkic (Right foot; 2nd Plantar Plate Tear)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Trevor Rogers #28 of the Baltimore Orioles pitches against the Milwaukee Brewers at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on September 19, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) | Getty Images
We have been doing this for a few years now: looking at the top free agents, using the contract Ben Clemens suggests he’ll get, and asking whether you would like the Jays to give him that contract. This year, the lockout makes it a little more complicated. Keith Law’s list is here. Ben Clemens’ is here.
Number three on Clemens’ list is Trevor Rogers, which seems higher up than I’d put him, and higher than Keith Law has him (13th), but lets consider him now.
Trevor Rogers (whose Baseball Reference page doesn’t list him as Tyler’s brother, but Tyler’s does list him as Trevor’s brother) turns 29 Friday. A lefty, he’s pitched seven seasons in the MLB, making 132 starts, with a 34-48 record and a 3.88 ERA.
But he is coming in free agency off his best two seasons, with a 7.5 bWAR in 48 games. Most of that is from his 18 starts in 2025. In 2026, he was 10-11, with a 4.03 ERA in 30 starts. FanGraphs, on the other hand, has him at a 4.0 WAR in 2026 and a 3.3 in 2025.
He’s really only been effective in the last couple of seasons, and he has a worrying injury history. I don’t think he’d be the first guy I’d be offering a contract to, but the Jays have some pitchers in the upper minors who could fill in if he misses time.
Clemens writes:
Rogers has what teams want in a free agent starter. He’s currently effective – by fWAR, he was the second-best pitcher in this class in 2026, and a whole alphabet full of advanced ERA estimators agree. He has plus stuff and plus command, and he’s currently doing it with a ton of four-seamers, which means that any number of pitch design teams will think they can kick things up a notch. And he’ll be entering his age-29 season next year, which makes him one of the youngest free agents on the board in addition to being one of the best.
Law:
He still doesn’t have a clear identity as a pitcher; his changeup, once his best offspeed pitch and still effective in 2025, was awful this past year, worth minus-12 runs by Statcast’s pitch metrics, enough to make it one of the 20 worst pitches in MLB. As a result, right-handers smoked him for 18 homers in 169 2/3 innings, versus just one allowed to lefties. He’s had big platoon splits before, but in bad years, not good ones. Can a new team help him regain the tumble on that changeup to make him a real three-pitch starter who has plus control? And maybe mix in more sinkers and fewer four-seamers to make him less of the flyball-oriented pitcher he was in 2026? There’s a lot of potential here, and he can at least offer some reliability after three years without any arm injuries.
Clemens figures him to get 4 years at $26 million per, for a $104 million total. Free agent pitchers are risky, and Rogers seems riskier than most.
Mount Vernon native, and New York Yankee batting coach, James Rowson offers batting instruction to young baseball players as he is honored by The City of Mount Vernon for his outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of professional baseball at Brush Park in Mount Vernon on Thursday, August 29, 2024. As a youth, Coach Rowson participated in local baseball programs in Mount Vernon. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters Co
Jon Heyman (careful! Facebook!), Chris Kirschner, and Fansided’s Robert Murray have reported that the Giants are expected to hire Yankees hitting coach James Rowson to join their hitting group. The wrinkle is that it will be for the role of “offensive coordinator.” What is an offensive coordinator in MLB terms?
There are about five of these positions in the sport right now, and the general job description is to scheme a baseball offense: hitting, baserunning, and situations. This is the job that Donnie Ecker held when he left the Giants for the Rangers. Grady Sizemore assumed this role for the White Sox in 2025. Hunter Mense, who left the Giants to live closer to his family, is joining a Kansas City staff where Connor Dawson is the offensive coordinator.
So, it’s a catch-all offensive coaching position for the major league team. You can figure there’s a degree of instruction involved, too, and that fits Rowson’s skill set. Before serving as the Yankees’ hitting coach from 2024-2026, he was their minor league hitting coordinator for six total seasons, with stints as an MLB hitting coach for the Cubs (2012-2013), Twins (2017-2019), and Detroit (2023). From 2020-2022, he was the Marlins’ bench coach.
Hal Steinbrenner was pretty critical of the Yankees’ hitting group this past season, when — notably — Aaron Judge was unavailable for a good chunk of it. In their end of the year presser, he and Aaron Boone spotlighted this:
Steinbrenner said he would look at the coaching staff, and that he’s “definitely focused on the offense and hitting,” noting, “It was certainly a significant part of why we didn’t achieve what we wanted to.” Asked about hitting coach James Rowson, Boone said he has “been really impressed with the culture that he’s created.”
Steinbrenner said he would look at the coaching staff, and that he’s “definitely focused on the offense and hitting,” noting, “It was certainly a significant part of why we didn’t achieve what we wanted to.” Asked about hitting coach James Rowson, Boone said he has “been really impressed with the culture that he’s created.”
This new position seems to parallel what’s going on with the pitching group, where Buster Posey and Zack Minasian have mentioned that a lack of coordination and clean lines of communication probably worked against pitcher development at the MLB level. I don’t think it’s as valuable going through what happened to teams when Rowson was a hitting coach, because I think those results are, largely, personnel-based. But, the Yankees were 2nd in MLB in OPS (.757) and wRC+ (112), and over his three years they led the majors in walk rate (10.2%) and ISO (.187) while ranking just 15th in batting average. Again, that’s probably got a lot to do with Aaron Judge, and his absence this season hurt the team enough that the owner decided to weigh in on the coaching staff, barely acknowledging that Ben Rice had a great, breakout season for the Yankees. It wasn’t Rowson’s decision to re-sign Trent Grisham or count on Ryan McMahon or Giancarlo Stanton to provide offense.
Anyway, the Giants ranked 23rd in wRC+ (97), 26th in runs scored (669), 29th in on base percentage (.306), 15th in batting average (.245), 16th in Isolated Power (.155), 18th in slug (.400), 18th in strikeout rate (22.1%), 27th in baserunning (-5.6 Baserunning Runs Above Average), and 30th in walk rate (7.4%). There’s nowhere to go but up.
James Rowson has a lot of work ahead of him. It’s entirely possible that outgoing senior Yankees advisor Brian Sabean put in a good word for him with his former team knowing that he was the man for the job.
SAN ANTONIO, TX - JUNE 5: Mitchell Robinson #23 and Assistant Coach Mark Bryant of the New York Knicks talk before during Game Two of the 2026 NBA Finals on June 5, 2026 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE(Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
When the Knicks lost Mitchell Robinson in the offseason, there was not only a sense of mourning for losing the services of the longest-tenured Knick right after a championship, but also in the sense of what he provided on the court.
Even with his injury-prone nature, Robinson was a premier rim protector and an anchor for the Knicks’ defense whenever he was on the court, which would be enough of an asset on his own, but the biggest asset he provided was something entirely different.
As we all came to know and love, he is simply the best offensive rebounder of this generation and one of the best rebounders, period, in the NBA. His innate ability to gobble up boards helped turbocharge an offense that already had plenty of offensive weapons, but would sometimes struggle with inefficiency.
For several years now, the Knicks have built their offense around the expectation of extra possessions. They’ve game-planned to win games by simply getting more opportunities to score than their opponents by grabbing more rebounds and committing fewer turnovers. With Robinson gone, the former was in serious danger, even if the team signed Andre Drummond to bandage it.
Through 10 games this season, though, they seem to have not missed a beat.
The Knicks are impressively the No. 1 rebounding team in basketball so far. That’s powered by Drummond not missing a beat with his usual rebounding prowess, but also an elevation in the team’s process and scheme.
Karl-Anthony Towns, historically a great rebounding center, leads the NBA with a staggering 13.8 rebounds per game. While his defensive strides have been the most encouraging part of the start of this season, he’s been a huge part of winning the possession battle by hitting another level with a 36.6 DREB%, which also leads the league.
As a team, the Knicks have hauled in 55.5 percent of available rebounds, 73 percent of defensive rebounds, and 38.8 percent of offensive rebounds, all leading the NBA. They’ve done this despite routinely having smaller lineups on the court.
Over the last two years, the Knicks were an elite rebounding team, especially thanks to double-big lineups and versatility. They’ve gradually gotten smaller as a team, have played zero minutes with more than one player taller than 6’8” on the court, and are still dominating on the glass.
Towns, Drummond, and Josh Hart have combined to do a bulk of the rebounding on both ends, but it’s also been a group effort. OG Anunoby has been much more active on the glass, averaging 1.7 OREB/g. Mikal Bridges and Jordan Clarkson are grabbing more rebounds on a rate basis. Even Jalen Brunson is averaging a career high in offensive rebounds.
Everyone is feeding off each other. Of the Knicks’ 10 most-used lineups, nine of them have an elite rebounding percentage, with the lone exception being a shocker: the starting five (47.5%).
Their early-season struggles, particularly on offense, are worth monitoring, but some positive regression is due whenever Hart returns from his ankle/illness ailments, especially in the rebounding department. The team as a whole played poorly through five games and has only started to pick it up recently.
The synergy has allowed them to just take the soul out of teams in recent games, something that’s been pivotal to their success in recent years. Just look at last night’s game against Milwaukee, where, despite the plucky Bucks chopping a 26-point lead down to 11, they couldn’t overcome a 59-32 rebounding disadvantage.
Against Cleveland on Saturday, the Knicks took advantage of no Jarrett Allen to outrebound the Cavs, 49-40, to help stretch their second-half cushion. In the blowout of the Bulls last week, it was another 57-34 bludgeoning.
It even makes you think: was it the system that made Mitchell Robinson who he was, or was he just a superpowered cog in the wheel?
Let’s slow down. Robinson was always a generational rebounder, as evidenced by his work under previous head coaches, but his early struggles in Boston are notable.
As long as Towns continues to be consistent defensively and the team keeps rebounding like this… will they even miss him that much?
From Dodger Stadium to Intuit Dome and now SoFi Stadium, founder Adam Derry is building a collectibles business around the places where sports history is made, connecting a growing marketplace with the culture, commerce and experiences that give its objects meaning.
At Dodger Stadium, collectors stepped away from rows of trading cards and memorabilia to throw pitches inside the same bullpen used by Major League players.
The Dodgers were approaching another postseason following back-to-back World Series championships, and baseball was still very much in season. Nearby, pitcher Will Klein practiced during his rehabilitation as children and longtime fans took turns throwing pitches in a part of the ballpark ordinarily reserved for professional athletes.
For LA Card Show founder Adam Derry, that proximity between the game and the collectibles marketplace has become the foundation of a growing business. After bringing collectors onto the Clippers’ court at Intuit Dome and into the Dodgers’ bullpen, his next stop is SoFi Stadium, where more than 750 vendor tables are scheduled for December 12 and 13, ahead of Super Bowl LXI.
The two-day event will include an on-field mini-camp for VIP attendees, extending a model built around access to the sporting environments where athletes compete and history is made.
At Dodger Stadium in September, more than 650 vendor tables filled the ballpark with sports cards, Pokémon, memorabilia and other collectibles. Beckett offered grading services, music filled the venue, and the Dodgers’ road game against the Miami Marlins played on DodgerVision. Fans explored the dugouts and walked the infield, trading their familiar view from the stands for the perspective of the players.
“Am I supposed to be here?” Derry recalled thinking during an interview at the event.
For Derry, the connection between the collectibles marketplace and the places where sporting history unfolds is fundamental to the experience.
“Sports cards are a relic. They’re an echo of moments that matter,” he said.
For an industry long associated with hotel ballrooms and convention floors, LA Card Show represents a different approach to the business of collecting. Derry is bringing the marketplace into professional sporting environments, making their history and cultural significance part of the experience itself.
The Business Behind the Game
Before establishing LA Card Show, Derry built his career in fashion, creative direction and brand development. Through his Los Angeles agency, ADBD, he worked on projects connecting consumer products with the communities and cultural identities surrounding them.
“We weren’t just creating a show,” Derry explained. “We were creating a platform with a branded purpose.”
That philosophy has shaped an expanding operation built around professional sporting venues, where the surroundings contribute something beyond exhibition capacity.
LA Card Show’s April 2025 edition at Intuit Dome advertised more than 250 vendors. That September, approximately 350 vendors participated at Dodger Stadium, followed by more than 500 at Intuit Dome in March 2026.
The company expanded again at the Los Angeles Convention Center in June, where more than 700 vendor tables shared the event with fashion brands, entertainment and sports activations. By September, LA Card Show returned to Dodger Stadium with nearly 700 participating vendors, according to DodgerBlue.
SoFi represents its next major expansion, taking the marketplace into professional football with more than 750 advertised vendor tables across two days.
The progression reflects more than an increase in exhibitors. Derry has paired the marketplace’s growth with increasingly ambitious access to the venues themselves.
“Dodger Stadium was top of our list, a place that we wanted to go and make sure that we built a relationship with,” he said.
At Intuit Dome, attendees could walk through the Clippers’ player tunnel and shoot on the NBA court beneath the Halo Board. At Dodger Stadium, the bullpen, dugouts and infield became part of the experience. The activities took place during the respective sports seasons, bringing collectors into facilities still actively associated with professional competition.
For Derry, access has become part of the commercial offering, alongside premium admission, exclusive merchandise and venue-specific programming.
“They trust us. They trust our community. They trust our structure that we’ve set up,” he said of the Dodgers.
The partnership illustrates a different approach to event production. Conventional exhibition venues accommodate the marketplace. Professional stadiums can contribute the sporting history, physical experiences and cultural identity surrounding the objects being traded.
“Even watching the games has changed,” Derry said, describing how entering the dugouts and bullpen affected his relationship with the ballpark.
The experience connects personal memories with the sporting history that collectors preserve through cards and memorabilia.
Where Performance Becomes Value, and Culture Becomes Commerce
The sports-card market has always moved in conversation with the games themselves. A breakout season can ignite demand for a rookie card. Championships and career milestones can renew interest in memorabilia tied to a player or franchise. Scarcity, condition and collector sentiment shape prices, but sporting performance remains a powerful source of attention.
That relationship now operates within an increasingly sophisticated commercial infrastructure. Auction houses, grading companies, authentication services, pricing platforms and independent dealers support a marketplace where objects are tracked, evaluated and exchanged with growing financial precision.
During the interview, Mantel contributor and SOMOS Index founder Sam Goodman pointed to platforms such as Card Ladder and the increasing availability of historical sales data.
“I think it’s become a bit of the backbone, to be honest,” Derry said of the technology supporting the market.
Comparable sales and historical pricing have introduced the language of financial markets into collecting, changing how buyers and sellers evaluate the cards they own.
“They’re basically trading like stocks,” Derry said.
Yet for all its financial sophistication, the culture surrounding collecting has never been confined to cardboard.
Sports fandom extends through jerseys, sneakers, music, food, fashion and the merchandise people wear, display and preserve. These interests share audiences and cultural references, often shaping what people consider worth owning.
At Dodger Stadium, hip-hop artist Westside Gunn joined the September event for a meet-and-greet presented by R&G Records and Producer Plug, with a performance also reported in post-event coverage. Producer Large Professor was among the musical talent Derry highlighted, while memorabilia partner Legends’ Attic brought former Dodgers All-Star Shawn Green and seven-time NBA champion Robert Horry for autograph appearances.
Westside Gunn’s presence was especially fitting. Beyond Griselda Records, the Buffalo rapper has built ventures spanning fashion, contemporary art and professional wrestling through Fourth Rope, reflecting a culture where creative identity, sports fandom and collectible merchandise frequently intersect.
That same sensibility appeared at LA Card Show’s June edition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where brands including HYPLAND, Holiday, Vandy The Pink and Research Vintage participated alongside collectibles vendors and professional sports activations.
For Derry, these connections reflect the way people already participate in culture, rather than separate interests being assembled for an event.
“I think these things are intrinsically already together,” he said.
Derry recalled artist David Choe visiting an earlier show and designer Dr. Romanelli attending the September event. Contemporary artists have also explored the trading-card format as a smaller creative canvas, bringing artwork into a market built around physical ownership, authentication and resale.
Goodman also pointed to the different ways artwork circulates through traditional galleries and the trading-card market.
“Instead of being hung up in a museum or in someone’s living room, they can change hands at a higher volume and speed,” Goodman observed.
The same curatorial logic extends to the dealers assembling display cases. Each selects inventory around athletes, historical moments, aesthetics and rarity, presenting a personal interpretation of what deserves attention.
“That’s what it takes until you can come here and see a whole bunch of curators at once,” Derry said.
For all the attention paid to comparable sales and financial performance, he remains interested in the relationship between an object and its owner.
“This is art. Full stop. You’re buying art. Do you love it? Does it connect with you?”
The value of a collectible is not exhausted by its latest transaction price. LA Card Show reflects a marketplace where cultural appreciation and commercial exchange operate together, bringing athletes, artists, musicians, creative brands and independent dealers into the same environment.
The Marketplace Behind the Experience
A Dodgers fan might attend for the bullpen. A Clippers supporter might arrive for a chance to shoot on the team’s court. Someone following an artist or designer may discover the collecting marketplace through an interest that began elsewhere.
For an industry whose specialized vocabulary can intimidate newcomers, those experiences provide familiar points of entry.
“There’s got to be bridges or no one can enter,” Derry said, describing the complexity of pricing, comparable sales and market terminology.
Beyond the spectacle is a substantial marketplace of independent businesses, many built by entrepreneurs balancing collecting with other careers.
“We’re creating these massive entrepreneurial moments,” Derry said.
He described vendors maintaining full-time employment while sourcing inventory, preparing for shows and developing collecting businesses during evenings and weekends.
The event brings those sellers into direct contact with buyers who can examine inventory, negotiate transactions and build relationships with specialists across different collecting categories. Stadium access and cultural programming create opportunities to reach audiences beyond established hobbyists.
The demand to participate extends beyond the available exhibition space. Derry reported approximately 4,200 prospective exhibitors on a waiting list for future events, reflecting interest from independent sellers seeking access to the company’s growing marketplace.
That demand indicates exhibitor interest rather than independently verified transaction volume or profitability. The commercial opportunity lies in connecting established collectors and independent dealers with audiences drawn by professional sports and cultural programming.
The range of participation remains broad. Experienced collectors pursue scarce inventory using increasingly sophisticated market information, while others acquire objects tied to childhood memories, favorite players or cultural interests.
Derry sees a parallel with the identity surrounding professional sports teams.
“I think you could argue that we’re literally doing the same thing,” he said when asked how LA Card Show fits into the broader fan experience.
Fans wear team jerseys as an expression of belonging. Derry wants the LA Card Show identity to carry a similar connection, supported by merchandise, recurring events and a community that extends beyond any single transaction.
SoFi Stadium and the Next Evolution of the Card Show
LA Card Show’s upcoming SoFi Stadium edition brings its largest announced marketplace into professional football during the NFL regular season, two months before the venue hosts Super Bowl LXI.
Scheduled for December 12 and 13, the event will feature more than 750 vendor tables spanning sports cards, memorabilia, trading card games, fashion, toys and other collectibles. Programming includes music, special appearances, grading services and limited-edition releases, alongside an exclusive VIP on-field mini-camp.
The setting carries significance beyond its scale.
In February 2022, the Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium to win Super Bowl LVI on their home field. Five years later, the stadium will host another championship, bringing the NFL’s biggest game back to Inglewood.
LA Card Show’s December event arrives between those moments, placing collectors on a field that has already produced a championship and is preparing to host another.
The move also completes a progression across three professional sports. Baseball offers the bullpen and infield. Basketball opens the court and player tunnel. Football brings participants onto the playing surface itself.
Each venue contributes its own sporting identity, while the business remains anchored in independent commerce, cultural programming and access to experiences normally associated with professional athletes.
Derry intends to carry that model beyond Los Angeles.
“We’re trying to be away game versions of our show, but as LACS,” he explained.
His ambition reflects a background in brand development rather than conventional event promotion. LA Card Show is building an identity intended to travel through partnerships with sporting venues, regional collecting communities and creative collaborators.
He also envisions larger multiday festivals incorporating fashion, food, music and entertainment, developing an experience that reaches beyond any single collecting category without abandoning the dealers and collectors at its center.
For Derry, that ambition remains grounded in the motivations that brought collectors into the market long before pricing platforms and portfolio tracking became commonplace.
“It’s about the love of the game,” he said, describing how financial analysis and personal attachment can coexist within the same collecting culture.
Collectors can search for rare inventory, negotiate trades and meet dealers at shows throughout the year. Far fewer opportunities allow them to throw pitches inside the Dodgers’ bullpen, shoot on the Clippers’ court or step onto an NFL field preparing to host the Super Bowl.
A card show brings collectors closer to the objects they want to own. LA Card Show is bringing them closer to the places that made those objects worth collecting.
HOUSTON (AP) — Brad Ausmus was named manager of the Houston Astros on Wednesday.
New general manager Randy Flores made the announcement, which brings the former catcher back to the place where he spent 10 years of his playing career.
“We are thrilled to welcome Brad back to the Astros organization,” Flores said in a news release. “Brad impressed us throughout the interview process, demonstrating the leadership, energy, and expertise critical to driving a winning culture both on and off the field. I am excited to work alongside Brad and happy to have him back in an Astros uniform.”
Ausmus said he is excited to return to Houston.
“The Astros and the city of Houston have been a huge part of my life, and I’m thrilled to create a new chapter as the team’s manager,” he said. “I’d like to thank Randy and the entire Astros organization for this opportunity, and I can’t wait to get to work.”
He replaces Joe Espada, whose contract wasn’t renewed after the Astros were swept by the Chicago White Sox in a Wild Card series. Ausmus is the 21st manager in franchise history.
Former St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols, former Astros player Morgan Ensberg and Texas Rangers bench coach Luis Urueta were among other candidates Houston considered before landing on Ausmus.
His hiring leaves the Angels as the only team without a manager after they fired Kurt Suzuki following just one season. The Mariners hired Jason Kanzler last week to fill the role from which Dan Wilson stepped down at season’s end.
This is the third different managerial job for Ausmus, who managed the Angels in 2019 and spent 2014-17 leading the Tigers. He most recently worked as the bench coach for the Yankees from 2024 through last season.
The 57-year-old Ausmus went 72-90 in his one season with the Angels and was 314-332 in four seasons in Detroit. His best season came in his first with the Tigers when they went 90-72 to win the AL Central before being swept by the Orioles in the AL Division Series.
He has also worked in MLB front offices, spending 2011-13 as a special assistant to baseball operations for the Padres and 2018 as a special assistant to the GM for the Angels.
Ausmus spent 18 years as a major league catcher. He played for the Astros from 1997-98 and 2001-08. He won three Gold Gloves while with the Astros and was named to the All-Star team in 1999 with the Tigers. He also played for the Padres and the Dodgers before retiring after the 2010 season.
He played 1,971 MLB games, including 1,259 with the Astros, the most by a catcher in franchise history.
Ausmus played in 35 career postseasons games, all of them with the Astros. He was the team’s catcher when the Astros reached the World Series in 2005 for the first time. He had a big home run earlier in that playoff run when his shot tied the game with two outs in the ninth inning of Game 4 of the NLDS against the Braves that the Astros went on to win 7-6 in 18 innings.
He was a 48th round pick of the Yankees in 1987. He attended Dartmouth while playing in the minors for the Yankees, graduating in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in government.
CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 14: Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Shane Bieber (57) is greeted by Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona (77) and Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Mike Clevinger (52) as he leaves the field following the fifth inning of the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians on July 14, 2019, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
In lieu of hurling statcast metrics at you at 100 mph and without enough medical expertise to break down the intricacies of recovering from Tommy John surgery and right teres major inflammation, let us merely take a large step back and view the state of the Cincinnati Reds as of today, November 11th.
Their manager, Terry Francona, is a future Hall of Famer thanks to his previous tenures with the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians, the latter being where he resided in the dugout fom 2013 through the end of the 2023 season.
Their hitting coach, Chris Valaika, was hired by Cleveland when Francona was manager there in 2021, and he served as the Guardians hitting coach until October 2024 – at which point he was hired to coach hitting for the Reds.
Assistant bench coach Mike Napoli played for Francona with Cleveland during the 2016 season, during which time he was teammates with current Reds 1B coach Collin Cowgill.
The most recent hire to Cincinnati’s coaching staff is one Joe Torres, who came to the Reds after a long history coaching within the ranks of the Guardians farm. He was a coach and coordinator in their minor league system from 2017 through 2021, and then served as assistant pitching coach at the big league level from 2022 until being hired last week by the Reds.
It is impossible not to notice the overwhelming thread that is the tie between Tito’s Cleveland years and what he, and the Reds front office, are building in Cincinnati at the moment. It obviously remains to be seen if it’s going to pan out in any form or fashion after 2026’s debacle, but it’s no accident that there has been this level of cohesive adding from the relationships established during Francona’s decade-long run in Cleveland.
As for the Reds heading into 2027, we know several things as basic, inalienable tenets.
We know they’ll be looking to be cheap. That’s simply who they are, and who they’ll continue to be under this current ownership group. That doesn’t mean they won’t try to address serious issues, however, they’ll just attempt to do so as cheaply and without long commitment as possible. That often means trying to sign players at low points in their careers, players coming back from injuries, players looking for a soft landing spot to rebuild their value – potentially players who could be persuaded to join a situation around things they see as comfortable instead of chasing every last penny they could potentially find elsewhere.
We also know they’re going to need pitching. They’ll need relievers, no doubt, but they know they absolutely need to augment their starting pitching staff. They lost staff workhorse Brady Singer to free agency, Hunter Greene’s second Tommy John surgery will keep him out for all of 2027, and starting options like Nick Lodolo, Andrew Abbott, Rhett Lowder, and Chase Petty are all coming off disappointing 2026 campaigns.
We also presumably know that they are going to try to prioritize winning during 2027 in lieu of rebuilding, what with Elly De La Cruz still rostered and the clock ticking furiously until the time will come to trade him for whatever they can get before he walks into free agency. They have Chase Burns, and few teams can boast a hitter/pitcher combination capable of each posting 6 WAR campaigns like that, and you’d like to think you could cobble together a roster around those two that’s at least capable of being competitive.
Given all those knowns, it’s hard to ignore that there’s a former Cy Young Award winner who, at age 31, is a free agent after a series of disappointing years surrounding a Tommy John surgery that set him back, especially given his glory days came during a 7-year stint as a Cleveland Guardian where Francona was his manager and Torres his assistant pitching coach for most of it. It’s hard not to notice that he may be in precisely the kind of situation where he’d like a one-year ‘show me’ contract to re-establish his value before potentially re-entering free agency on a much stronger platform, a guy whose numbers in 2026 were ugly – but much uglier than many of his underlying metrics would suggest they should have been.
It sure seems like Shane Bieber is precisely the pitcher the Reds need to be calling this winter, even though his brief time with the Toronto Blue Jays didn’t go as either had planned. It actually seems like Shane Bieber is precisely the pitcher most of the team’s entire coaching staff probably has had in a group text for years already.
Patterns like this are impossible to ignore. Because of that, it’s hard to ignore that lining up Bieber to help bolster the 2027 Reds rotation seems like more of an inevitability than a shot in the dark at this juncture.
I’m not sure the Reds would be very good poker players.
While Thursday’s contest isn’t part of a back-to-back, it’s the sort of situation in which the Sixers have load management matters in mind for the 32-year-old Embiid and 41-year-old James. They’ll host the Pacers on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET and then visit the Nets the following night.
James logged 29 minutes Tuesday in the 9-3 Sixers’ loss to the Celtics and Embiid went 31. Embiid said postgame that he rolled his ankle late in the second quarter, but he was fine to play the second half.
Adem Bona (cervical spine sprain), Dominick Barlow (lower back stress reaction) and Ariel Hukporti (right Achilles tendon tear) will all remain out for the Sixers against the Raptors.
The Detroit Red Wings have struggled to score goals lately, and those struggles have been on full display over their last several games.
Following Detroit’s 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday evening, their fourth straight defeat, the Red Wings have scored just four goals over their last four games. That stretch included a 4-0 shutout loss against their former Western Conference rival Colorado Avalanche.
Afterward, forward Alex DeBrincat, whom Detroit relies upon for scoring, said that the club needs to continue working hard to generate chances and thereby increase their confidence.
"Just have to keep working hard; it doesn’t come easy," said DeBrincat. "We've got to get around the net more and I think overall, we’re trying to create our chances. It’s tough to create that confidence, so we got to find a way to be confident in ourselves, make the play, and put it in the back of the net.”
"I think overall, we got to be better creating stuff in the first two periods," he continued. "Waited too long to get anything going and yeah, it’s tough to come back in this League.”
The Red Wings did strike first in the opening 20 minutes of play thanks to forward Andrew Copp, who netted his third goal of the season. But former Red Wings forward Pius Suter knotted the score early in the second period, followed by a goal from Justin Barron.
Jimmy Snuggerud gave the Blues insurance with a goal late in the third period; Detroit drew closer with goaltender John Gibson on the bench thanks to Moritz Seider's first goal of the campaign, but weren't able to come up with the equalizer despite a mad scramble in the game's final seconds.
"We scrapped a way back into a game and had a chance to pull the goalie at the end," said head coach Todd McLellan. "But obviously, when you give up three and you’re only getting one or two a night, you’re not going to win, or you’re not getting points.”
The game featured the return of both Marco Kasper and Mason Appleton, both of whom missed over a month with injury.
The Red Wings will face two straight divisional opponents, the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning, on the road for their next two contests.
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Once upon a time, long, long ago, there were two monthly sport magazines. One was simply called Sport. It began publishing after World War II and included the very best writers who scribbled about all the major leagues – including the NHL.
Sport was so successful that a writer named Bruce Jacobs launched a competitor monthly and called it Sport Life. I remember it well – so well that in my collection of hockey scrapbooks, I saved a Sport Life hockey article. Oddly enough it was not about the NHL although it did include the Rangers.
The article – authored by Jacobs, himself – was titled "MINOR LEAGUE, BUT MIGHTY GOOD."
It was all about the AHL's Cleveland Barons and its owner Al Sutphin. Few in today's hockey world ever heard of Al Sutphin but he was just inducted into the AHL Hall of Fame for a very good reason.
From the post-World War II years – and well through the 1960's – Al Sutphin built the Barons into a big league franchise in every – farm system and all – way except admittance to the NHL.
Sutphin's Barons were a kind of Rangers' farm team."We were close," said Rangers manager Frank Boucher, "because Sutphin's teams had NHL calibre players that we dealt for them more than a few times."
One of the best was defenseman Hy Buller – once a member of the New York Rovers – who made it to the NHL Second All-Star Team in his rookie year with the Blueshirts.
Another was right wing Wally Hergesheimer who instantly made a goal-scoring hit as a Ranger.
"Sutphin's Barons belonged in the NHL as its seventh team," recalls The Old Scout, "but politics – NHL power broker Conn Smythe – intervened. Unfortunately the Cleveland Arena only held 10,000 seats which was just a bit too small compared to NHL standards."
Too bad, because Sutphin's Barons – in so many ways – was better than the Chicago Black Hawks; maybe even the Blueshirts – in that Original Six era.
But that's old business; the new and refreshing story is that Al Sutphin has finally been dutifully recognized by the AHL for a lot things summed by a long ago headline:
DETROIT, MI - APRIL 26: Manager Brad Ausmus of the Detroit Tigers looks on prior to playing the Seattle Mariners at Comerica Park on April 26th, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Astros have reportedly found their next manager and it’s a familiar name to AL West fans (and baseball fans in general): Brad Ausmus.
Ausmus comes with plenty of experience, having spent the last three seasons as the Yankees’ bench coach, but before that managed the Tigers for three years (2014-2017). He’s also spent time in the AL West, including two years with the Angels as a special assistant and later manager (2019-19) and a bench coach gig for the A’s in 2022 before leaving for the Yankees.
There will be significantly less coaching turnover in Houston than the Mariners had, as the Astros retained their pitching coach, first base coach, field coordinator, hitting coach and bullpen catcher, giving Ausmus a plug-and-play staff.
The only other major vacancy for the Astros was filled two weeks ago, when Houston announced the hire of GM Randy Flores to replace Dana Brown, who was let go at the end of 2026. Flores, 51, was with the Cardinals for a decade previously, serving as first director of scouting and then assistant general manager for the past eight years. With a strong background in scouting and player development, the Astros will look to rebuild a farm that’s been one of MLB’s thinnest over the past few seasons. Flores also comes out of the same Cardinals group as former longtime Astros GM Jeff Luhnow, who oversaw the team during some of its greatest successes but left baseball to buy a Mexican soccer team after being suspended for his part in the sign-stealing scandal in 2020.
Flores was hired on October 31 and Ausmus was reportedly interviewing with the Astros on November 2nd, sopresumedly Astros owner Jim Crane and senior advisor Jeff Bagwell exerted significant influence in the selection of Ausmus – especially considering Bagwell and Ausmus are close, having been Astros teammates for five years, including the 2005 World Series-winning club.
It’s an off-season of change in the AL West, baseball’s messiest division in 2026. The Mariners, Astros, and Angels all entered the off-season needing to do significant restructuring, and even the Rangers have shaken up their coaching staff. While the Angels strategy is yet to reveal itself, the Mariners and Astros have already made significant hires that illustrate each organization’s diverging philosophies. The Mariners have embraced a youth movement, going with a riskier managerial hire in Jason Kanzler, who has never managed at the big-league level; flanking him are hitting coach CJ Gillman and bench coach Tanner Swanson, who are 37 and 44 years old, respectively.
The Astros, meanwhile, seem to have prided experience above all as they navigate their next steps, although Crane has said he doesn’t plan on a “complete teardown.” However, some fans are unhappy with the Ausmus hiring, bemoaning the influence of Bagwell – notoriously anti-analytics – on the front office and Crane specifically. Ausmus has a reputation for being smart – he’s a Dartmouth grad – and dealt with data during his playing career as a catcher while writing scouting reports; his role with the Yankees was largely to provide that kind of information to the manager.
(There is, I guess, this.)
Segue alert! That actually brings us back to the other AL West team riding the coaching carousel, the Angels, who are still looking for a GM and manager and probably some other positions too. John Mozeliak, who served as interim manager after the dismissal of Perry Minasian in June, has stayed on to help conduct the search, specifically because the new ownership group, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, “isn’t as familiar with baseball operations.” So Astros fans who are unhappy with the direction of the team currently can at least be soothed by there being…a direction, which is more than can be said for Angels fans currently.
Hockey: NHL Stadium Series: View of gold glove trophies won by several Los Angeles Dodgers players in case during practice the day before Los Angeles Kings vs Anaheim Ducks game at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles, CA 1/24/2014 CREDIT: John W. McDonough (Photo by John W. McDonough /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) (Set Number: X157539 TK1 R3 F20 )
No Dodger is going to win any of the five annual awards from the Baseball Writers Association of America this year, but let’s think about the next few seasons.
This is all due respect to Shohei Ohtani, who will finish in the top three in National League MVP voting this year, but that really means second or third because Pete Crow-Armstrong is going to win that award handily. For our purposes, I’m removing the four-time MVP Ohtani from this discussion as even in a down year with almost nothing over the final six weeks of the season he’s still a top-3 MVP player.
But which Dodger is the most likely to win a BBWAA award? Here are the five such honors:
Rookie of the Year
Manager of the Year
Reliever of the Year (this is a new award this season)
Cy Young Award
Most Valuable Player
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been the Dodgers ace the last two seasons, and finished third in NL CY Young Award voting in 2025. This year he’ll finish outside of the top three and we’ll find out what votes he received, if any, later on Wednesday.
Dave Roberts won Manager of the Year in 2016, his first season on the job, and finished second in 2017. This is the hardest BBWAA award to gauge, as a manager’s job is hard to define given how much of the duties are behind the scenes. Usually, this award goes to managers whose teams exceeded expectations, or perhaps a team having a turnaround in a manager’s first season on the job.
Roberts won in his first year, finished second in 2017 (his second year), and since then has finished higher than fourth only once, and that took 111 wins in 2022 to finish second. Given the Dodgers payroll and expectations, Roberts doesn’t usually get much support for the award. He finished fifth this year.
Josue De Paula could win NL Rookie of the Year in 2027, but that would require the Dodgers committing playing time to him in the outfield (barring an injury to Ohtani opening a spot at designated hitter). We’ll find out some level of that investment this offseason, as the team currently has three starting outfielders on the 40-man roster.
If Edwin Díaz is healthier in 2027 and puts up a season like the bulk of his 2020-25 with the Mets (strikeout rates 38 percent or higher, low 2s to sub-2 ERAs) with a bunch of saves, he could be in the mix for Reliever of the Year. Same goes for Tanner Scott if he racks up saves and pitches like 2023-24.
As Major League Baseball's GM meetings got underway in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the congregation of baseball leaders came in front of the backdrop of a looming lockout on Dec. 1.
While the club's owners and Major League Baseball Players Association aim to negotiate a new labor agreement that will not lead to spring training or the regular season being interrupted, there is less than a month of runway for front offices to begin to craft a vision for their roster for 2027.
For Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns, the plan is to stay the course in the face of uncertainty about the framework within teams might have to operate in the future.
"From my perspective, I look at this as a business-as-usual offseason until they tell us otherwise, so we're going through this as though we're going to have a full complete offseason, and I think that's the best way to operate," Stearns told reporters on Tuesday.
The first step is approaching the top free agent in this offseason's marketplace. The Mets will meet with two-time Cy Young award winner Tarik Skubal next week, according to multiple reports. The New York Post's Jon Heyman was the first to report the meeting.
Stearns offered some more clues about the approach that the Mets could take for building their team this offseason. As the GM meetings kicked off, here are three takeaways from what Stearns told the media:
How do the Mets plan to address the starting rotation?
With a combined 43 wins, 2.42 ERA and 655 strikeouts in the last three seasons, Skubal is the obvious crown jewel available this offseason.
The 29-year-old left-hander could come at a record cost for a starting pitchers. Despite Stearns' history of not handing out long-term deals to starting pitchers, there are always exceptions.
"Every situation is unique," It's been also well-publicized that even since I've been here, we've engaged in extremely long-term negotiations for pitchers and we will do so again. But situation matters, he specific circumstance matters, and we do have to look at every individual pitcher on a case-by-case basis."
The Mets' unit is incomplete despite boasting Nolan McLean, Christian Scott and Zac Thornton. Stearns said that Kodai Senga has made his preference to be a starting pitcher known. He'll build up that way this offseason before proving his worth there during spring.
One way or another, the Mets will address their starting rotation this offseason. After Skubal, the top names include Sonny Gray, Clay Holmes and Michael King, and Stearns would not rule out a trade.
"Having a complete rotation is really important and that includes having pitchers who can successfully get you through a postseason, get you through a playoff series," Stearns said. "We've seen over and over again in the playoffs that can be done in a variety of different ways, so we're open to doing it in any way possible."
How will the Mets look to pad their starting lineup heading to 2027?
When it comes to the construction of the Mets' lineup, Stearns was clear that they will add another first baseman alongside Jared Young before the 2027 season begins.
In a career-high 103 games, Jared Young proved he belonged in the major leagues, slashing .266/.330/.429 with nine home runs, 17 doubles, 39 RBI and 46 runs. But the left-handed-hitting Young hit far better against right-handers (.793 OPS) than left-handers (.606 OPS)
"We think Jared Young has the ability to really be a part of a solution there," Stearns said. "I do think we're going to look to supplement that, whether it's someone who takes regular at-bats, someone who splits time with (Young), we'll see. But I do expect us to supplement that position."
Stearns said that the Mets would even consider adding another left-handed hitter at the position if it was "the right fit."
Some notable right-handed hitting first baseman free agents include Ty France, Paul Goldschmidt and Alec Bohm.
Will Marcus Semien be the starting second baseman in the new year?
Despite the underperformance of Marcus Semien in his first season in New York, second base is not a specific position where the Mets will be looking to add. But Stearns would not close the door to anything.
"Marcus is going to come in with an opportunity to play a lot of second base," Stearns said. "He didn't have the type of year that he wanted to last year, didn't have the type of year we believe he's capable of. We also think we've got a lot of other options, both guys who played in the big leagues last year for us and guys who are knocking on the door of the big leagues that we feel good about that position."
Semien slashed .215/.280/.340 with 15 home runs, 49 RBI and 55 runs in 139 games. His average and OPS (.620) were career lows. He also committed six errors. The Mets believe that Semien has bought into some adjustments to regain his past form.
The Mets might have a plethora of other options at the position by the end of 2027. It begins with Brett Baty, who posted a .838 OPS. The club's top prospect, Jefferson Rojas, debuted at Triple A late in the 2026 season, as did No. 10 prospect Emilien Pitre. The duo was acquired at the trade deadline.
Mitch Voit, the club's 2025 first-round pick who has played both middle infield positions, surged to Double A last season and claimed the organization's Minor League Player of the Year nod after posting a .802 OPS between his two stops.
The two-day event will include an on-field mini-camp for VIP attendees, extending a model built around access to the sporting environments where athletes compete and history is made.
