I think to be able to get a stop even down with two seconds left means a lot. After the Nets breezed their way past the Bucks in each of the first two games of this series in Brooklyn, as the series shifted back to Milwaukee, it was clear from the moment the game began […]
EUGENE, Ore. For the men, Karel Tilga won the decathlon, and the heptathlon indoors, in same year for third time in NCAA history. …Read the full story
DALY CITY, Calif. Off last week after failing to qualify for the Women’s Open, Maguire had nine birdies and two bogeys. “You really have to hit a lot of fairways, a lot of greens. On Sunday at Olympic, she blew a 5-stroke lead, playing the final seven holes in 5 over to finish a stroke […]
Isi Etute was granted bond Wednesday, news outlets reported. Etute, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 40-year-old Jerry Smith, was released on $75,000 secured bond under house arrest and electronic monitoring. …Read the full story
The 10 FBS commissioners and Swarbrick must agree on a format when they meet June 17-18 to discuss the topic in person for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic. Under the proposal for a 12-team format, the four highest-ranked conference champions would be seeded 1-4 and receive a first-round bye. If the group […]
USA Basketball will open its men’s training camp, led by coach Gregg Popovich, in Las Vegas on July 6. 1 by FIBA, the sport’s international governing body — though it remains unknown who the Americans will have on their rosters for the rescheduled Tokyo Games. Those rosters could be set by the end of June. […]
Drafted 20th overall by the Chicago Bears in 2013, Long missed just one game over his first three seasons, in which he was selected to three consecutive Pro Bowls, but appeared in just 30 regular-season contests over his last four years with the team because of a variety of injuries. …Read the full story
TAMPA, Fla. Outside linebacker Shaq Barrett said he and his wife, Jordanna, both received the vaccine. Barrett missed the season finale against the Atlanta Falcons due to being a close contact of a teammate who tested positive, despite never testing positive himself. “It’s ‘to each their own.’ I recommend it,” Barrett said Thursday of the […]
In the wake of an emotionally and physically demanding win against Mexico in the inaugural CONCACAF Nations League final on Sunday, the job wasn’t completely done for the United States men’s national soccer team. Only central defenders Mark McKenzie and Tim Ream were holdovers from the lineup coach Gregg Berhalter started against Mexico, and while […]
Thursday night, the Colorado Avalanche — the top team in the regular season — will try to avoid a similar fate as the Bruins. Colorado is one of the fastest and most skilled teams in the league. Meanwhile, the Golden Knights are looking to capitalize off the home crowd yet again and clinch a spot […]
Gerrit Cole, the New York Yankees’ ace and owner of the biggest contract for a pitcher in baseball history, paused for an extremely awkward five seconds Tuesday and didn’t answer a yes-or-no question about whether he had ever used a foreign substance. By not denying that he had dabbled in Spider Tack, the viscous grip […]
“This process is designed to explore potential local partnerships, stadium suitability and game logistics,” Gosper said. …Read the full story
Even in the moments after Paul’s Phoenix Suns finished a 123-98 thrashing of the visiting Denver Nuggets on Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference second-round series, Paul was planning. Injuries are mounting across the league, and this time the one Paul had in the playoffs — his shoulder stinger that almost […]
Prescott had been with Adidas since his Pro Bowl rookie season with the Cowboys in 2016. Earlier this offseason, Prescott became a spokesman for Anheuser-Busch InBev. …Read the full story
“I felt we quit tonight, which is something you never want to see,” Malone said. For the second straight game, the Suns dominated the Nuggets in the second half, outscoring Denver 72-56 and running away down the stretch. “I saw one team that wanted to be here, that played with a purpose and urgency, and […]
Thrust into the position as the face of baseball’s burgeoning controversy over the application of foreign substances to improve pitchers’ grips and spin rates, Cole responded with a solid effort Wednesday at Target Field in the New York Yankees’ 9-6 win over the Minnesota Twins, striking out nine and allowing two solo home runs in […]
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Manning’s four seasons with the Broncos — 2012 to 2015 — were historical in almost every way. Manning also set NFL single-season records in 2013 with 5,477 passing yards to go with 55 touchdowns as the Broncos scored a league-record 606 points. “Having been on the field when other members of the Ring […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The end was coming, like a late-spring thunderstorm, and Giselle Juarez’s goggles were fogging and Oklahoma’s opportunities were melting. But here’s the thing about the Sooners: They don’t lose two in a row, and because they have one of the most prolific offenses in NCAA history, they are never out of a […]
Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who famously uses that song as his walk-up music, threw his arms up in the air in mock disgust. “I used that song because it was Rizzo who kind of took care of me when things weren’t really working my way in Chicago,” Darvish said through his interpreter after […]
