South Carolina’s Dawn Staley, a player on the 1996 team that started this streak of gold medals for the U.S. The others slated to compete in their first Olympics are Washington guard Ariel Atkins, Minnesota forward Napheesa Collier, Phoenix guard Skylar Diggins-Smith, Las Vegas guard Chelsea Gray and Seattle guard Jewell Loyd. On the men’s […]
Players like LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Paul George, Rudy Gobert and Jrue Holiday were expected to be available. Only five teams are projected to have significant cap space this summer, with the New York Knicks leading the way with up to $50 million available. ET: Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie plans to decline the $12.3 […]
Abbey Weitzeil, the woman Manuel had just beaten, leaped over the lane rope with a huge smile — so happy for her friend that she didn’t mind settling for the runner-up spot in the chaotic 50-meter freestyle Sunday at the U.S. The 32-year-old Adrian beat testicular cancer and arrived at Omaha as a new father. […]
On the other end of the call was Chris Paul, who missed Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the LA Clippers due to being in the league’s health and safety protocols. “We know how disappointed he is and frustrated he is he couldn’t be out here for Game 1 of the Western Conference […]
The team that won the ninth of those championships not only produced eight future big leaguers, including All-Stars Roy Smalley and Fred Lynn, it posted a record of 51-11, including a victory in perhaps the greatest College World Series game ever played. No, we don’t have the hindsight of history to measure this team like […]
We got another historic comeback from the LA Clippers, who were down 2-0 against the Utah Jazz before rattling off four straight wins. But where Paul showcased his elite level was in game management, applying his steady hand to the young Suns as they carved the Nuggets apart on almost every possession. Paul’s numbers were […]
“Man, I will be honest. I thought the turning point was, you know, when we, I don’t know how to say it, but I thought the turning point was just we had an open shot and we made one free throw and we missed the other and they came down and scored,” Embiid said. “I’m […]
Their hat, glove and belt will be looked at while the rest of the uniform is also in play if umpires deem it necessary. When a pitcher has to exit because he has been caught using foreign substances, umpires will be the ones who will hear it from coaches, players and fans, even though they’re […]
The roster characterization is subjective, but a quick review of seasons past confirms there has never been a season quite like the one on the horizon. The Jets had two out of three in 2009, with coach Rex Ryan and quarterback Mark Sanchez as newbies, but that was a veteran team that made the playoffs […]
New York also turned the first 1-3-6-2-5-6 triple play in major league history on Thursday at Buffalo, New York, against the Toronto Blue Jays and also had an around-the-horn triple play on May 21 against the Chicago White Sox involving Urshela, second baseman Rougned Odor and first baseman Luke Voit. Manaea — a winner in […]
Maybe it was because he was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of his dunk on Sixers center Joel Embiid from Game 6. Game 7, I feel like we all had each other’s back. In Collins’ first three seasons in Atlanta, the Hawks were 73-158, the fourth-worst winning percentage over that span . The win […]
The scoreboard read “Virginia 6, Tennessee 0.” The TD Ameritrade Park grounds crew was watering down the field. In April 2018, the elder Michaels was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, given a five percent chance of survival just as his son had made the decision to leave Wisconsin for Charlottesville and a coveted spot on the […]
The Longhorns’ offense came to life in the bottom of the ninth. “My message: ‘We’ll continue to go to battle with guys that are preparing right, and we have to get better tomorrow. “I grabbed Will after the game and handed him the game ball and told him that’s one of the better performances ever […]
He cradled his 3-month-old son, Kepa, as he walked off the 18th green at Torrey Pines on Father’s Day. Rahm made a bending, 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to catch Louis Oosthuizen. Trailing by a shot, Oosthuizen drove into the canyon left of the 17th fairway for a bogey that left him 2 […]
Jones, who took over as the team’s head of basketball operations in 2018, was part of the brain trust that built the foundation of this Phoenix team, which broke through after missing the playoffs for the entire past decade. Then Jones beat several teams to the punch to sign free agent Jae Crowder, giving Phoenix […]
Dyson Daniels, the No. The 18-year-old Daniels, considered the best non-draft-eligible young prospect in Australia, is the first highly touted player the G League Ignite have landed from outside the United States high school system, representing a shift in the program’s recruitment. Chinese prospect Fanbo Zeng, who previously committed to play for Gonzaga after attending […]
After falling behind 2-1 to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round, the Phoenix Suns have now won eight consecutive playoff games, the longest streak in their franchise history and the longest for any team since the 2017 Golden State Warriors opened the playoffs 15-0. Now, after their Game 1 win over the LA […]
In his first College World Series at-bat, the light-hitting catcher for Virginia homered for the first time this season. Logan Michaels hit Chad Dallas’ hanging breaking ball out to left in the second inning for only his second homer in 343 at-bats since he joined the Cavaliers in 2019. “When I hit that over the […]
