The Vert & Or Gets Crushed by the Rouge et Or

Laval University's Rouge et Or put on an impressive offensive display Saturday night at PEPS, defeating the University of Sherbrooke's Vert et Or 55–24.
In front of 16,018 spectators gathered for the Match en Blanc, the Laval team posted its best passing performance of the season.
Quarterback Victor Charland was at the heart of this victory. After waiting three years to earn the starting job, he had the best game of his career with 264 passing yards and three touchdowns. He completed 20 of

On Saturday, it was reported that the Canadiens had received offers for Kirby Dach, but that no trade had been finalized.
Among the teams interested were the Edmonton Oilers. It appears the Oilers are on the hunt for a center prospect, as they've once again been shopping around.
According to information shared by Elliott Friedman on his “32 Thoughts” podcast, Edmonton reportedly contacted the Kraken about Shane Wright.Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts Podcast about the Oilers: &ld

Even though Kirill Marchenko was traded, the stories about him just keep coming.
And this time, it involves the Canadiens.
Appearing on the Real Kyper & Bourne podcast on Monday, Elliotte Friedman revealed that the Russian was set to sign a contract with the Canadiens this summer.Ultimately, the deal worked out so that he ended up with the Maple Leafs because of the return requested by the Blue Jackets, who had the final say in the decision.
What's interesting is that Friedman wondered wheth

The Blue Jays are going to have their work cut out for them this winter. After all, the team absolutely has to be better in 2027.
And to do that, we can all agree that the offense will have to be better.
The team has money and will need to invest to bring players to the city. Whether through trades or free agency, it's going to take an investment.
But who might be a target?Mitch Bannon, who covers the Blue Jays for The Athletic, says he expects the Toronto Blue Jays to show interest in Kirill Ma

The Kirill Marchenko saga has finally come to an end following the trade that sent him to Toronto, but now other stories about him are quietly resurfacing.
About ten days ago, we reported that two players had shown up at the Blue Jackets' training camp out of shape. That had really riled up head coach Rick Bowness.
One of those two players is reportedly Marchenko. That's what former NHL goaltender Andrew Raycroft revealed on NHL Radio on Monday.Andrew Raycroft just said on NHL Radio that Kirill

That's today's big news in the National League. Kirill Marchenko has (finally) been traded.
The Russian is now a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs: Matthew Knies is heading in the opposite direction… and is now part of the Columbus Blue Jackets organization.
Marchenko in the City of Kings makes sense. Especially considering that the guy was invisible in '25–'26 when his team needed him…
Last season, the Blue Jackets were just a few points away from a playoff spot and needed t

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has had a reputation as a power hitter since the start of his career. But is he really one? The question arises, especially after his disastrous season that just ended yesterday. 
Former Blue Jays player Josh Donaldson weighed in on the issue, and for him, the answer is obvious. It's a resounding no! To back up his stance, he highlighted Vlad Jr.'s statistics from recent seasons. 9 home runs in 2026.
23 home runs in 2025.
30 home runs in 2024. 
26 home runs i

The Canadian Football League (CFL) has imposed two fines on Mathieu Betts for actions that occurred during the Week 15 game between the British Columbia Lions and the Montreal Alouettes.
The penalties were announced on September 26, nearly two weeks after the Lions' 48-29 victory. (the Canadian Football
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The British Columbia defensive lineman was penalized for two separate incidents that occurred during the game. The first fine was for an unnecessary roughness penalty against Montr

It’s done.
Kirill Marchenko is now a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization.
The player, who was in the final year of his current contract, has signed a contract extension with the Leafs. And we now know the details of the deal.
Basically, Marchenko will earn $12.5 million per season starting next summer… through the end of the 2032–33 season. His contract extension is valid for six years.Kirill Marchenko signs a six-year extension with the #Leafs worth $12.5M AAV, acc

Is Aaron Judge out?
Right now, that's how it looks, according to Joel Sherman.“I would be very surprised if he (Judge) is on this roster.”Pinstripe Post Wild Card Series Preview with @Joelsherman1.YouTubehttps://t.co/F5XToMRCP8 pic.twitter.com/3t1nL8kMnD
— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) September 28, 2026Nothing has been decided yet regarding Giancarlo Stanton.Aaron Boone said they haven't decided yet whether Giancarlo Stanton will be on the wild-card roster.
— Chri

This morning at practice, it became clear that Florian Xhekaj probably won't play tomorrow night in Toronto. Even with Oliver Kapanen out, Xhekaj is likely to be in the press box rather than on the ice.
Adam Engström is also likely to be there with him.
Of course, it's interesting to see the team leaving young players in the stands. You'd think that since they're already up there, the Habs would be better off putting them in the game to see what they're made of.
And Martin St-Louis, who was

Has it only been four years since Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady announced their divorce? It seems like a lifetime ago, definitely more than four years. Maybe because Gisele bounced from that relationship and doesn’t seem to have ever looked back – and, culturally, no one is missing it, since Tom Brady immediately became the poster model for Divorced Men, living up to every stereotype, to the point where it seems like “divorced” has always been his identity.There&rsqu

Vancouver pop sister duo Tegan and Sara are back with new music.On Sept. 25, the twin Quin sisters released the video for Our Year, their first new single since 2022’s Crybaby.The single is a collaboration with fellow Vancouver-based artist Lights and Vancouver producer Felix Cartal.The video for the single, directed by Vancouver’s Kyle S. Lee, was shot in the city and highlights locations including Kits Beach, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and the City Centre Motel Hotel.The artists

Miss Universe Jamaica Gabrielle Henry is reflecting on the viral mishap during her time on stage at the 2025 Miss Universe pageant. You may recall that when she took the stage during last year’s preliminary evening gown round, in a stunning orange dress and high heels, she walked right off the edge of the runway and face planted, sustaining some pretty serious injuries as a result. Now she’s filed a lawsuit against the organization.In a sit-down interview with Deborah Roberts from AB

Let me ask you a question right off the bat.
If you had to name the two players whose names have come up most often in trade rumors in Montreal over the past six months… what would your answers be?
I know what your answers would be: Kirill Marchenko and Matthew Knies. 
There's been a lot of talk about these two players since the trade deadline in Montreal because they fit an interesting profile for a team like the Canadiens, who were looking to add some offensive firepower to their t

Here we are—tomorrow marks the start of the best baseball of the year. And when it comes to the playoffs, predictions are a must.
So, without further ado, here's what the members of the Passion MLB team are predicting for the Wild Card Series.
Passion MLB
Yankees vs. Red Sox
Charles-Alexis Brisebois: New York in 3: Experience will make the difference.
Félix Forget: New York in 2. Aaron Judge or not, the Yankees' excellent starting pitchers will give the Red Sox's shaky offense a har

Emily Ratajkowski attended the VMAs and hung out with Charli xcx. Emily recently starred in an ad for a “prediction market platform” aka sports betting and posed with a football.
I think it didn’t get the same level of attention as Sydney Sweeney’s ad because Sydney was solo and nude while Emily is part of a large campaign with current sports superstars and other celebrities like Spike Lee, Alexandra Daddario, and Craig Robinson. But it really feels like NFTs all over aga

Alex Belzile, Brett Berard, Kaapo Kahkonen, Hunter McKown, Sasha Pastujov, Samuel Poulin, Ethan Samson, Maksymilian Szuber, and Reilly Walsh.
All of these players have one thing in common: they were placed on waivers by the Canadiens yesterday.
None of them were claimed.
Is this a huge surprise? Not necessarily, no.
Among the names listed above, there aren't really any players who had the potential to help another National Hockey League team. They'll therefore head to Laval for the start of the

Quinn Meinerz got a strange surprise the day after the game between the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Rams.The Denver offensive lineman was selected to undergo an NFL drug test—specifically, a test designed to detect potential performance-enhancing substances.
This procedure comes after a particularly notable play during Sunday night's game. During one play, Meinerz delivered a block that sent Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald to the ground. The force of the hit quickly caught the at

Kirill Marchenko could end up with the Toronto Maple Leafs before long.
And no, this isn't an April Fools' joke.
According to Elliotte Friedman, the Leafs and the Blue Jackets are currently negotiating to finalize a trade involving the Russian player. That would be… something.Word is circulating this afternoon that the Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs are in deep discussions regarding a trade involving Kirill Marchenko.
More to come…
— Elliotte Friedman (@Friedge

This morning, our colleague Maxime Truman broke the exclusive news that Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre and Max Lalonde will be part of the broadcast team for NHL games on Amazon Prime Video. With Alain Crête and Michaël Roy set to share play-by-play duties, the picture was starting to come into focus.
There were still some names to be confirmed, however… and that was done just minutes ago.
The biggest news is that Guillaume Latendresse will be returning to the media. After a hiatus of n

The Canadiens' 2026–27 season kicks off tomorrow. The team will be in Toronto to face the Maple Leafs to kick off their season.
Yes, there's a real sense of hockey in the air right now.
But before flying to Toronto, the team practiced this morning. And in addition to noting the absence of Oliver Kapanen (replaced by Alex Newhook at center on the second line), we got some clues about the team's bottom-six lineup.
The special teams lineups, in particular, spoke volumes. Zachary Bolduc, Alexa

The last time the Chicago White Sox made the playoffs was in 2021, and they were eliminated in the Division Series by the Houston Astros.
So we're in for a rematch between these two teams, but the series is likely to be a bit less exciting than the other three Wild Card series.
That's because Houston, with its 81-81 record, holds the worst record in MLB history for a team making the playoffs after a full season. And on the other side of the ring, things aren't much better—but at least expe

The Miami Dolphins' season is already facing a major setback.
Young running back De'Von Achane, 24, reportedly suffered a torn ligament in his knee, an injury that could have significant implications for the rest of the season.
According to a report Monday by Adam Schefter, an NFL expert at ESPN, Achane was injured during the first quarter of Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs. The diagnosis is bad news for Miami, which was counting heavily on his explosiveness to energize an offense i

As a longtime RAYE fan it has been a treat to watch her mainstream rise to success in the last year. She scored a major hit with “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” and is currently serving as the opening act on Bruno Mars’s sold out stadium tour. She can now add VMA debut to her list of exceptional accomplishments for 2026.
Wearing a red sequined mermaid gown, she performed a medley of “I Will Overcome” and “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” that got the entire crowd on their f

This morning, the Canadiens players took to the ice for one last practice before heading to Toronto.
The first piece of good news is that Ivan Demidov and Lane Hutson were there. Neither of them played in either of the two preseason games on September 26 against Ottawa.
So that's a step in the right direction.Ivan Demidov and Lane Hutson are at practice this morning, after missing Saturday night's session. @DLCoulisses #GoHabsGo #Demidov #Hutson #NHL pic.twitter.com/FuVIkTkcaM
— Patrick Gu

Secrets rarely last forever. For the past few weeks, pretty much the entire Quebec sports media community has been buzzing and wondering which talents will be featured on Amazon Prime Video's French-language “Hockey Wednesdays.”
As a reminder: we're talking about just under 30 regular-season games—including seven involving the Canadiens—and three playoff rounds.
Last Wednesday, I pretty much let the cat out of the bag about Alain Crête while speaking with Georges La

Madonna carried the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, because for a show that has made its name by featuring the biggest names in music, it was light on major stars. It also didn’t help that the entire telecast was delayed 20 minutes due to a football game going into overtime on CBS. How dare they make millions of girls and gays wait while we are eagerly anticipating Madonna’s opening performance?When the show did finally start, the queen of pop made her return to the VMA stage for her fi

This morning, Jesse Granger (The Athletic) published an article on NHL goaltenders.
Basically, he asked 45 NHL goalies and coaches to weigh in so he could put together a ranking of the best goalies in the National Hockey League.
Unsurprisingly, Igor Shesterkin, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Ilya Sorokin, and Connor Hellebuyck are in the #1 tier.Athletic subscribers: The 2026-27 NHL Goalie Tiers — our @JesseGranger_ had an anonymous panel of coaches and goalies rate 45 netminders.
Where did the Blues

Dear Gossips,It was announced on Friday afternoon that Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have joined the cast of the Astaire biopic starring Tom Holland as Fred with Paul King directing. Margaret will play Fred’s older sister, Adele, while Sabrina will play Ginger Rogers. Word is they started pre-production in the summer and are hoping to begin shooting in January. It’s been about five years since Tom started talking about this project, which tells you something about how long i