With Ohio State, LSU, Clemson and Georgia remaining atop the College Football Playoff rankings, Alabama's loss to Auburn opened the door for Utah and Oklahoma to move up to No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, entering this weekend's conference ...
Hours after making the most significant decision so far in his 19 months as owner of the Carolina Panthers, David Tepper met the press. The owner explained Tuesday why he fired longtime coach Ron Rivera in the midst of a 5-7 season, citing a desire to ...
The New England Patriots weren't too pleased with their 28-22 loss to Houston on Sunday, and Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins rubbed it in with a rather interesting tweet. "When you see 10, double him," Hopkins tweeted, along with a photo of him ...
NEWARK, N.J. -- John Hynes was fired as coach of the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. Assistant Alain Nasreddine was named as his replacement before New Jersey played the Vegas Golden Knights at Prudential Center. "Lot of emotions, lot of mixed ...
With 17 seconds left to play at the Garden, the Knicks trailed the Philadelphia 76ers by four points. They'd just secured a rebound off a Joel Embiid miss, and a made basket would've made the final seconds spicy. A competitive game against a top-tier team ...
There is a thing that happens with giant names linked to MLS. They are always supposedly going to L.A., or New York, or sometimes D.C., Chicago, Orlando or Seattle. Occasionally it's Toronto or – if it's a Francophone – Montreal. And now Atlanta and Miami ...
If David Fizdale is going to be made the scapegoat by Knicks president Steve Mills for his hodgepodge roster, it's going to take a little while longer. According to an NBA source, Monday's 44-point blowout loss in Milwaukee did not put the Knicks coach in any ...
The Denver Nuggets will take on the Los Angeles Lakers at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday at the Pepsi Center in a matchup of the Western Conference's top teams. The Lakers are 2.5 games ahead of the Nuggets in the race for the best record in the West, but have ...
CAMDEN, N.J. — James Ennis came over to his media availability after practice Tuesday with a little extra pep in his step. And why not? He's playing arguably the best basketball of his NBA career and doing so for a team that wants to compete for an NBA title.
MADISON – Wisconsin, which finished the regular season second in the Big Ten in total defense and fourth in scoring defense, placed six members of Jim Leonhard's unit on the all-Big Ten teams announced Tuesday. Linebackers Zack Baun and Chris Orr ...
The Detroit Red Wings can't erase the first 30 games of this unsightly season. A four-day break in the schedule does give them a chance to start over in some ways. Their one-hour practice on Tuesday was designed to regain the positive habits and good ...
Antoine Winfield Jr. was named the Big Ten defensive back of the year Tuesday, becoming the first Gophers player to win the award. More Gophers coverage. Gophers' Winfield named top DB, Fleck voted coach of the year · Carr, Oturu lead Gophers past ...
DeMar DeRozan believes James Harden could hit the 100-point plateau if the Houston Rockets star made it a personal goal. "I'm pretty sure if he put his mind to it, he could score 100," DeRozan said to the San Antonio Express-News' Jeff McDonald (h/t Slam ...
(CLICK HERE, if you are unable to view this photo gallery on your mobile device.) During Klay Thompson's first season in the NBA, he earned a few nickels north than $2.1 million, according to basketball-reference.com. "My first check in the NBA — it makes ...
Left-handed reliever Jake Diekman and the Oakland Athletics are in agreement on a two-year deal with a club option. A source familiar with the deal told ESPN's Jeff Passan that the contract is for $7.5 million. The move comes a day after the A's decided not to ...
After going more than a year without playing an NBA game, Carmelo Anthony was set to retire earlier this season. "I was preparin' myself," Anthony told ESPN's Rachel Nichols, via Nick Friedell of ESPN. "And I had prepared myself to kinda just walk away from ...
For most of Jacksonville University's 22 seasons of playing non-scholarship football, there was enough money to justify keeping the program around. Once that was no longer the case, the JU administration decided to pull the plug. The bombshell ...
My good friend and super Auburn fan, Bob Young, left me a message after the game saying to call him and, "Take it like a man." I did, and he was ever gracious in his smack talk. Several other Aubs really let me have it, rubbing my nose in it and piling on after ...
USA Today Sports. The axe came to Texas' coaching staff on Sunday. Tom Herman announced that he fired defensive coordinator Todd Orlando, once believed to be a rising star in the profession who was on his way to his own head coaching job, and pass ...
The Buffalo Bills have yet to secure a playoff spot and even if they get one, there's no guarantee they'll play at New Era Field. However, under an NFL policy put into effect this year, the Bills must make postseason game tickets not held by season ticket holders ...
A Georgetown men's basketball player, Josh LeBlanc, is leaving the team for the rest of the season amid allegations that he threatened and stole from a fellow student. The university announced Monday night that LeBlanc and a teammate were no longer on ...
Burr signed a minor-league contract with the White Sox on Tuesday that includes an invitation to spring training, LaMond Pope of the Chicago Tribune reports. One day after being non-tendered by the White Sox, Burr returned to the organization on a ...
To the surprise of no one who has been paying attention, the Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic has been named the NBA Western Conference Player of the Month for November and October. Doncic is coming off a "November to Remember" in which he ...
AP. Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Mack Hollins (16) warms up, before an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson). Comment. By Daniel Gallen | dgallen@pennlive.com.
18 minutes ago. Terrelle Pryor declared he "was coded twice" before medical personnel brought him back to life while tending to the injuries he sustained from a Saturday morning stabbing on Pittsburgh's North Side. TMZ shared a social media post Tuesday ...
The Huskers will play Georgia Tech in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday. Here's a preview of the matchup: When: 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Where: McCamish Pavilion (Atlanta, Ga.) TV: ESPNU. Streaming: WatchESPN. Radio: 590 AM (Omaha) ...
BRADENTON, Fla. - The 49ers will spend the week practicing in the same state where they began their season — and where they hope it will end. The team is staying in Sarasota, Fla., in preparation for Sunday's game at New Orleans and will practice at the ...
T.J. Hockenson went on injured reserve Monday and the Lions filled his roster spot on Tuesday, but they didn't bring in a new tight end. The Lions announced that they have promoted linebacker Jason Cabinda from the practice squad. Cabinda signed with ...
The University Interscholastic League released its cut-off numbers for the next realignment on Tuesday morning. The UIL also released each high school's reported enrollment, which is used to determine which classification schools participate in for UIL ...
Early in his career as a basketball coach, Leonard Hamilton made himself intimately familiar with two books. One was the Bible. The other? A book written by legendary Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight that detailed a defensive philosophy that informed ...
The repercussions from Von Miller's Denver Broncos Halloween party in October 2018 are continuing for Western New York native Chad Kelly. Kelly, the Broncos' backup quarterback at the time, is being sued by Miller's personal videographer, who is ...
Winter Olympic silver medallist Gus Kenworthy has switched allegiance from Team USA to Great Britain. The 28-year-old represented the United States at the 2014 and 2018 Games, winning a silver medal in slopestyle in Sochi. Kenworthy holds a British ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stanford University says a review found that the mastermind behind the college admissions bribery scandal had approached seven of its coaches about potential sports recruits over the past decade. University President Mark ...
The 2019 Pac-12 Championship Game is set with the Oregon Ducks facing the Utah Utes. The game will be played on Friday, Dec. 6 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Oregon clinched the Pac-12 North Division by four games over Cal, Oregon State, and ...
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer isn't happy with fresh reports that he could be fired as Manchester United's manager. A report from The Sun suggested that Solskjaer has told his players that if they lose against Tottenham at home on Wednesday and at crosstown rivals ...
The Mountain West will hand out its end-of-the-season football awards Wednesday and a number of the top positions are truly up for grabs. Really, only the defensive player of the year is a slam-dunk choice. Nevada Sports Net was given a ballot this season.
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