The San Francisco Giants entered Monday with a 3-7 record, tied for last place in the National League West. It's early, and almost anything can happen over the course of baseball's regular season, but the Giants appear en route to justifying the low ...
Virginia and Texas Tech will meet in the NCAA tournament final Monday night, with both schools seeking their first-ever men's basketball championship. Here's everything you need to know about the championship game. When: 9:20 p.m.. Where: U.S. Bank ...
Three of the top seven teams in the NHL are packed into a four-team murderers' row playoff bracket and only one can reach the Eastern Conference final. The Tampa Bay Lightning's reward for finishing 21 points ahead of the rest of the league during the ...
CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs ace Jon Lester left the team's home opener in the third inning due to hamstring tightness, while Pittsburgh Pirates starter Jameson Taillon took a liner off his head. While warming up before the top of the third, Lester grabbed his left ...
On a cold, late-winter night in Dallas, the Mavericks are playing the 61st game of another season in which they'll lose more than they'll win. With a little under 8:30 left in the fourth quarter, Dirk Nowitzki — in only his third start of the season and his first at home ...
Johnny Manziel is used to change at this point. He's switched jobs from quarterback in the NFL quarterback in the CFL, Spring League and AAF. Now he apparently wants to drop the name "Johnny" and rebrand himself to "John." Although "John Football" ...
Coming into the final weekend of the regular season, none of the handful of decidedly un-great teams racing for the Eastern Conference's last few playoff spots—the Pistons, Magic, Nets, Heat, and Hornets—had a truly easy route to the postseason. They'd all ...
So, your team needs a quarterback. You've been spending your time scouring YouTube for highlights of Kyler Murray from Oklahoma and Dwayne Haskins from Ohio State and Drew Lock from Missouri. You're thinking, This is the year! It has to be. It's time ...
The Washington Nationals rolled the dice a bit when they signed right-hander Trevor Rosenthal to a one-year, $7 million deal shortly after the end of the 2018 season. While Rosenthal didn't appear in a game last year as he returned from Tommy John ...
General Manager Jason Botterill has reportedly focused his coaching search on former Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan. TSN's Bob McKenzie reported Monday afternoon that McLellan has yet to engage in contract negotiations ...
Correction: Previous versions of this story identified Keyon Menifield as an AAU coach. It has not been confirmed this was an AAU event. A youth basketball coach was arrested and jailed Saturday night on charges of assault of a sports official during a ...
It's about to get busy. Chuck Fletcher enters his first offseason as Flyers general manager and he has his work cut out for him. The Flyers have missed the playoffs in four of the last seven seasons, which includes the 2012-13 shortened campaign, and haven't ...
With his future hanging in the air — and the Redskins emerging as the front-runner to trade for him — Josh Rosen showed up to work Monday still trying to impress his current bosses. The quarterback was the first one to enter the building Monday morning as ...
PHILADELPHIA - We knew all along this opening stretch of the season was going to be a bear for the Nationals, who had to face the Mets and Phillies at home and then the same two teams on the road. And it indeed has been a bear, but the Nats have ...
A continuing series looking at how the Patriots could fill need positions through the NFL Draft, April 25-27. Heading into this month's NFL Draft, the Patriots biggest need is clear — tight end. Rob Gronkowski's retirement last month came at a slight surprise ...
The Patriots have gone across the pond for their latest roster addition as they've signed German tight end Jakob Johnson. Johnson is being added to New England through the NFL's International Pathway Program. He has an opportunity to make the opening ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday blocked a historic agreement between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation that would have allowed Cuban players to sign with U.S. teams without needing to defect.
Texas Tech senior forward Tariq Owens is reportedly expected to play in Monday night's Final Four championship game against Virginia, despite dealing with a sprained ankle, according to ESPN's Allison Williams. Owens suffered a mild ankle sprain during ...
Twelve of the 13 clubs record increased deficits • Chiefs banked a profit of £533,000 in year to June 2018. Paul Rees. Mon 8 Apr 2019 14.41 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email. Shares. 0. 0. Sandy Park, home of Exeter Chiefs, ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Jarrett Culver knew Texas Tech desperately needed him to make a big leap after a solid freshman year so he charged full-speed into an offseason determined to refine and expand every element of his game. De'Andre Hunter needed a little ...
The Miami Heat suffered another crushing defeat in overtime against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. It may have sealed their playoff fate. The Miami Heat came into Sunday already needing help to make the post season. Their first task at hand was to help ...
Boston University grad students analyzed more than four million pitches from 11 seasons of Major League Baseball (2008-2018), and the findings aren't great for human umpires. According to the study, umps made 34,294 incorrect ball and strike calls in 2018 ...
Tight end Zach Miller will be presented with the Bears' 2018 Ed Block Courage Award Tuesday at a luncheon at Manzo's Banquets in Des Plaines. The prestigious awards are presented to one player on all 32 NFL teams who best exemplifies a commitment to ...
BOSTON — When Marko Cheseto lines up in Hopkinton for the start of the Boston Marathon next week, he will already be looking past the finish line, 26.2 miles away. It's next year, when organizers will christen three new para athlete divisions, that he will ...
For Bengals fans looking for a rooting interest in Monday's NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game, they might have found the right "Guy." Kyle Guy, star of the Virginia Cavaliers' Final Four win, is a big Cincinnati Bengals fan. Guy, who made three free ...
Here we go again. For the third time since 2013 and the second time in two seasons the Bruins and Maple Leafs meet in the first round of the playoffs. In both of those meetings, the Bruins needed a game 7, third period comeback to avoid elimination.
There's an update to this story at the bottom of the article. As we wait for an announcement from Tennessee or Rick Barnes, there's been another update to the ongoing situation revolving around Barnes and UCLA. According to a report from Chris Low of ...
EDMONTON — As interim general manager Keith Gretzky sat next to CEO Bob Nicholson at another nervous year-end Edmonton Oilers press conference, a video of Wayne Gretzky's Top 100 goals ran on a loop on a giant screen high on the wall of the Oilers ...
Single-game tickets for the Orlando Magic's first-round playoff series will go on sale to the general public at 3 p.m. Monday, the team announced in a media release. Playoff tickets start at $25 and can be purchased online at www.orlandomagic.com or at the ...
A lawsuit filed by a man who said former UFC champ Conor McGregor went berserk and smashed his phone outside a posh Miami hotel has "resolved" the legal dispute, his lawyer said, according to a report Monday. Ahmed Abdirzak sued McGregor last ...
In their final road game of the year, the Washington Wizards failed to go out on a high note. Losing 113-110 to the league-worst New York Knicks, the Wizards' troubles in away games ailed them all season long, and Sunday was no different. Playing away ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — As Justin Rose teed off for a practice round on Augusta National's back nine late Sunday afternoon, he had a familiar face on the bag. Caddie Mark Fulcher is returning for this week's Masters after being sidelined the last three months ...
It has been a great week for Tottenham Hotspur. The club reported record revenues and profit for the year ended June 30, 2018. Finally, the new state-of-the-art Tottenham Hotspur Stadium hosted a Premier League match. It was winning start as well, with ...
The Tampa Bay Lightning are the heavy favorites to win the Stanley Cup, according to pre-playoff odds from the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. The Lightning enter the postseason at 2-1 after finishing the regular season 21 points ahead of the next closest ...
Plymouth Twp. — There was a time early this season when Jack Hughes was as interested in the NHL Draft lottery as hockey fans. And for good reason. Hughes, the 17-year-old star forward of the U.S. National Team Development Program, based in ...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has rubbished a report she is driving the push for the Crusaders name change, labelling the claims as "inaccurate". "It's odd. I have not expressed an opinion publicly nor even privately actually. I haven't even mused about to ...
DURBAN – That one was for the Beast! So said delighted Sharks coach Robert du Preez after his charges had decimated the Lions 42-5 on Friday night with a sublime Super Rugby performance. Tendai Mtawarira was celebrating his record-breaking 157th ...
As if the very thought of running a half marathon wasn't already exhausting, a local probationary firefighter turned up the heat this weekend during Scranton's Half Marathon. According to York City Department of Fire/ Rescue Services, Firefighter Ryan ...
Manny Pacquiao has followed in the footsteps of his rival Floyd Mayweather and signed with Japanese mixed martial arts promotion RIZIN. It is unclear exactly what Pacquiao has signed up to do, but he has agreed a deal to appear at the upcoming RIZIN 15 ...
Fiji coach Gareth Baber paid tribute to the victims of the March 15 Christchurch terrorist attacks, as his side won a record fifth Hong Kong Sevens title. As Fiji defeated France 21-7 to take the top prize at Hong Kong Stadium, coach Baber chose to honour those ...
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