DENVER -- Derrick White saw an opening, rose up and threw down a thunderous one-handed dunk all over Paul Millsap that shook the Pepsi Center in the third quarter Saturday. But that wasn't even the San Antonio point guard's biggest play of the night.
UCLA knew in 2014 about gifts that were perceived to assure admission of athletes. And its officials talked to Rick Singer, ring-leader in "Operation Varsity Blues," about such concerns. By. Scott Jaschik. April 13, 2019. When the admissions scandal broke last ...
AUBURN, Ala. — Gus Malzahn said all four of his quarterbacks made some big plays in the spring game. A more detailed public assessment, and any comment on the pecking order, will just have to wait. "We've got quite a few of them we feel like can move ...
In the final weeks leading up to the 2019 NFL Draft, everything seems to be coming up Giants. Multiple reports have surfaced that Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins' stock could be tumbling across the league, which could mean he'd be available long ...
On Friday, Warriors coach Steve Kerr advised Luke Walton to take a vacation and figure out what he wanted to do next. That "vacation" lasted roughly 24 hours, as Walton agreed to a four-year contract to be the next Kings coach, a source confirmed to NBC ...
Sunday's series finale between the Houston Astros and the host Seattle Mariners will feature two teams riding major power streaks. In the Astros' 3-1 victory on Saturday -- Houston's eighth win in a row -- second baseman Jose Altuve became the first major ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Scott Sandelin acknowledged having his doubts through several low points of the season as to whether his Minnesota Duluth players were motivated enough to repeat as college hockey champions. On Saturday, the Bulldogs coach could ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Homer Bailey has endured some tough times since he pitched no-hitters in 2012 and 2013. He showed flashes of nearly that kind of dominance in his latest start. Bailey pitched seven innings of two-hit ball and the Kansas City ...
Early on, Clippers coach Doc Rivers demonstrated that he was not going to tolerate mental mistakes from any of his young players, even if it was their first time playing in the playoffs. So when Ivica Zubac missed a defensive assignment in the first quarter ...
Washington, Nashville and Colorado all prevailed in overtime, while Boston got even in a messy game against Toronto. By Kristen Nelson. April 13, 2019. When a dead rat fell out of the ceiling during Carolina's two-touch warmup, Game 2 was essentially ...
MIAMI — Thirteen games in, the Phillies have reached their first little gut check of the new season. They soaked up a 10-3 loss to the Miami Marlins on Saturday night (see observations). Though they are off to a nice 8-5 start, the Phillies have lost three of their ...
Jaime Munguia should consider himself very fortunate, if not downright lucky, to have retained his WBO junior middleweight title versus Dennis Hogan. While the three judges in Monterrey, Mexico, had him winning by scores of 114-114, 115-113 and 116-112, ...
Draymond Green came to play in the NBA playoffs. The Warriors forward opened the first quarter of the first-round series opener against the Clippers on Saturday night with 13 points on 5-on-5 shooting (2 of 2 from beyond the arc). He filled out the stat sheet ...
On Friday evening in Shanghai, a frustrated Lewis Hamilton wanted answers as to "what the hell" was going on with his hard-to-handle Mercedes W10. Yet by the end of Sunday afternoon, Hamilton was clutching the winners' trophy and a bottle of champagne ...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — With Lionel Messi and most of his regular fellow starters resting up for Manchester United, Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde tried to get a glimpse of the club's future. Valverde fielded an almost unrecognizable starting 11 on ...
EAST LANSING — Kirk Cousins visited Michigan State's practice this week and met one-on-one with all of the quarterbacks. That included Brian Lewerke, who appreciated it but would not reveal much about the pep talk. "I don't want to talk about it exactly.
Oregon State sophomore outfielder Joe Casey in a nonconference Civil War baseball game against Oregon, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Goss Stadium in Corvallis. Photo by Leon Neuschwander, for The Oregonian/OregonLive. By Joel Odom | The ...
TORONTO (AP) — For the Orlando Magic, the first game of the playoffs felt a lot like the final few weeks of the regular season: high stakes, small margins, and a big win at the end of the day. D.J. Augustin scored 25 points, including the tiebreaking 3-pointer ...
RICHMOND, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. had about 40 laps to go and Clint Bowyer closing fast. In a race to see who could preserve their car best, Truex outlasted Bowyer and then held off a four-lap charge by Joey Logano to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at ...
Tampa Bay Rays (11-4, first in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (5-10, fifth in the AL East). Toronto; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT. PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Charlie Morton (2-0, 2.25 ERA) Blue Jays: Marcus Stroman (0-2, 2.41 ERA). LINE: Rays favored by 1 1/2 ...
Four first-round series will heat up Saturday as the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs continue. Wayne Simmonds and the Predators are trying to avoid a two-game deficit against the Stars. In his first playoff game for Nashville, Simmonds was a plus-1 with five hits in ...
Touki Toussaint was glad to skip his scheduled start at Triple-A Gwinnett. He made the 30-minute drive over to SunTrust Park and saved the big league club's bullpen from getting overworked in the Atlanta Braves' 11-7 win over the New York Mets on ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - After his team's 3-0 loss to Minnesota Duluth, Cale Makar stood in front of the Minuteman bench next to the door as the UMass Ice Band played "Twilight Shadows" for the final time this season. Before his teammates stepped off the ice for the ...
After spending Sunday afternoon with his congregation in north-western Sydney, Israel Folau did not back down from his controversial comments about homosexuals ending 'up in Hell' and said he is prepared to stop playing rugby if that was what God ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The sixth-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores claimed a series victory over eighth-ranked Arkansas Saturday, scoring 12 runs in the first three innings to claim the 12-2 victory at Hawkins Field. Arkansas (25-10, 8-6 SEC) suffers its first road ...
Tomas Martinez scored in the 60th minute as the host Houston Dynamo won their fourth straight match with a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday. Alberth Elis tallied in the 52nd minute, Mauro Manotas notched a pair of assists and Joe ...
Christian Horner feels Red Bull made progress at the Chinese GP but they are still playing catch up to Mercedes and Ferrari. Max Verstappen moved up from fifth to fourth in Sunday's race, splitting the two Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc and ...
Kelly Bryant's Faurot Field debut did little to manage the hype train surrounding Missouri's new starting quarterback. Bryant, a graduate transfer from Clemson, completed 12 of 17 passes for 150 yards to help his Black team defeat the Gold 21-3 in Missouri's ...
Tony Finau is not one to take this tree-lined Arcadia for granted. In many ways, the accoutrements of Augusta, from the simple invitation letter to the clubhouse luxuries, remind him powerfully of the distance he has travelled. Growing up in Utah, he would ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Olympique de Marseille kept alive their slim hopes of clinching a Champions League qualifying spot when two late goals by Valere Germain and Luiz Gustavo earned them a 2-1 home win against Nimes in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Gustavo and ...
The regular season is over and the 2019 NBA Playoffs have begun. Behold the definitive power rankings of the top 40 players in the postseason. The 2019 NBA Playoffs begin Saturday, with the Brooklyn Nets in Philadelphia to take on the 76ers. Throughout ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Opener Lokesh Rahul and stumper-batsman Rishabh Pant are unlikely to sleep much on Sunday night as India selectors prepare to reveal their 15-man squad for the Cricket World Cup. India's Lokesh Rahul. Action Images via ...
Nathan Redmond scored twice as Southampton boosted its hopes of avoiding relegation by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 on Saturday in the Premier League. Redmond put Southampton ahead in the second minute and then restored the hosts' ...
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