The NBA Cup knockout rounds have arrived, presenting an opportunity for one team to claim some early supremacy in the 2025-26 season. And the field is fascinating, particularly in the West, where three of the Top 5 teams in the conference – including the top two in the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers – will try to ...
Attorneys for the Los Angeles Angels aimed to paint a longer arc of drug and alcohol abuse by Tyler Skaggs as the late pitcher’s wife and mother testified in the wrongful-death lawsuit against the club Monday, Dec. 8. Skaggs died in July 2019 after ingesting an Oxycodone pill laced with Fentanyl provided by former Angels communications director Eric Kay, who ...
International Ice Hockey Federation officials insist a slightly shorter rink will not compromise safety at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy. However, NHL players set to compete in the games next February are more concerned about the potential quality of the ice. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told reporters Monday, Dec. 8 at the league’s board of governors meetings in ...
The 2026 Sports Power Brunch: Celebrating the Most Powerful Women in Sports awards will take place in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, during the week of Super Bowl 60. Emmy award-winning host and NBC Sports broadcaster Maria Taylor tops the list of women slated to be honored. Taylor has hosted NBC’s ‘Football Night in America’ since 2022 ...
A Dominican Republic appeals court ordered a new trial for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who has already been convicted of sexually abusing a minor. In June, Franco received a two-year suspended sentence after his attorneys sought to have the conviction overturned. Authorities wanted a five-year jail term for the 24-year-old Franco. Franco was arrested last year and accused of having ...
With five turnovers on ‘Monday Night Football,’ Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts helped sink his team during a 19-16 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Chargers – and he fell short of matching an NFL record. Well, short. Sept. 24, 1950 was an excruciating day for Jim Hardy, then quarterback for the Chicago Cardinals. He threw eight interceptions and lost ...
CLEVELAND – Talk to any girl or woman who’s played hockey, and she’ll have a story about trying to make her equipment fit because the gear has always been made with a male body in mind. Kendall Coyne Schofield would use a hair tie to cinch a jersey she’d otherwise swim in. Taylor Heise would cut out pieces of her ...
The Indianapolis Colts are apparently considering drastic measures to salvage their suddenly spiraling 2025 season. After losing starting quarterback Daniel Jones to an Achilles injury during Sunday’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, Indy brought Philip Rivers in for a workout on Monday night and ‘threw the ball well,’ according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The parties are now evaluating subsequent steps, ...
The NBA Cup has reached the knockout rounds. This marks the third season of the NBA Cup, formerly known as the In-Season Tournament. The East quarterfinals take place Tuesday, Dec. 9, when the Miami Heat take on the Orlando Magic (6 p.m. ET tip on Amazon Prime Video) and the New York Knicks travel north to face the Toronto Raptors ...
Please send your application to join the next College Football Playoff selection committee to Grapevine, Texas. Good help needed. As final ballots are being submitted for the Heisman Trophy, as Notre Dame’s grievances intensify, and as we all brace for first-round blowouts, here are three lingering thoughts, following conference championship weekend and CFP selection: CFP committee charade leaves bad taste ...