Michael McCaskey, former chairman of the Chicago Bears, has died at 76 after a lengthy battle with cancer, the team announced Saturday. McCaskey, the son of Bears principal owner Virginia Halas McCaskey, was the eldest grandchild of George Halas and ...
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in uniform, like they did when they were teenagers.
The Packers' decision to trade up and select Utah State QB Jordan Love was the most shocking move of the first round of April's draft. Not only is Love a polarizing prospect, but the Packers already have one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time as their ...
Ales Hemsky retired from hockey Friday. "I realized it's probably time to enjoy my kids," Hemsky told The Athletic this week. "The doctors were saying I shouldn't play anymore. It took me a long time to get peace with that. It's hard when you do something for so ...
PSA: Get used to hearing Oregon Ducks taken off the board early and often in future NFL Drafts. Why? Because Mario Cristobal is leading the way. It starts with recruiting, which we all know that Cristobal is one of the best. Then it's about turning those guys ...
Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey is not one to mince words about other NFL players. Ramsey has consistently shared his opinion on who he thinks is for real and who is overrated in the league, and he doesn't leave quarterbacks out. So when Ramsey took to ...
After back-to-back seasons with 14.5 sacks, perpetually underrated Vikings star Danielle Hunter is beginning to get some love from the national media. Recently, Bucky Brooks of NFL.com ranked Hunter as the third-best edge rusher in the league, trailing only ...
Read any good books during quarantine? I reached deep in my bookshelf and grabbed "The Fielding Bible: Volume III," by John Dewan and Ben Jedlovec of Baseball Info Solutions. On page 63, I found this: "The most important defensive impact a catcher can ...
No spitting. No showers. No high-fives. And it gets much more complicated from there. MLB spelled out their detailed vision of how the sport needs to function amid this pandemic in a 67-page operations manual, obtained by Newsday, that was presented to ...
Former Stanford player Zach Hoffpauir died this week at the age of 26, the Arizona Republic reported. A cause of death was not provided. Hoffpauir was scheduled to be the defensive backfield coach for Northern Colorado in 2020. He had been hired by ...
Four-star wide receiver Ketron Jackson released his top 14 schools on Saturday. And the Colorado Buffaloes made the cut. The other schools include Arkansas, Auburn, Alabama, Baylor, Illinois, LSU, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Nebraska, SMU, Oregon State ...
Many Maryland fans expected the addition of St. John's (DC) running back Colby McDonald to the Terps' class, but news broke just hours later that former Alabama quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa will transfer to Maryland. "I'm so excited to start the next chapter ...
The National Basketball Players Association has reportedly suspended its search for a successor to executive director Michele Roberts temporarily because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, the NBPA has decided to ...
The Bruins are obviously known more for their punch-throwing, body-checking tough guys that have built up the Big Bad Bruins moniker over the years. But let the Black and Gold fool you. They have their share of pests, rats and agitators that were consistently ...
Not much draws a belly laugh these days, which is why I am so thankful to hear from the folks who are flipping out over a hypothetical 24-team Stanley Cup playoff because such a tournament might be lacking in the integrity department. Remind me where ...
SHOWS: SURREY, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - OCTOBER 19, 2017) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL). 1. VARIOUS OF ARIZONA CARDINALS TRAINING SESSION. 2. CLOSEUP OF CARDINALS HELMET AT TRAINING SESSION. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED ...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's statue in the Swedish city of Malmo is to be relocated following numerous acts of vandalism against it. The AC Milan forward was immortalised with a bronze statue showing him celebrating shirtless near the Swedbank Stadium, home of ...
This story originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on Jan. 17, 1997. Dennis Rodman is sure to be fined by the NBA, but the biggest hit to his wardrobe budget could come in the form of the always-present lawsuit. Advertisement. Eugene Amos, the cameraman ...
The Miami Dolphins released running back De'Lance Turner on Saturday. Turner saw action in eight games for the Dolphins last season and carried the ball four times for 6 yards on a total of five offensive snaps. He also played 137 snaps on special teams.
Three years after coming to Boston College as the nation's youngest Power Five athletic director and launching an ambitious strategic plan, Martin Jarmond is leaving the school to become athletic director at UCLA, according to multiple reports. Jarmond will ...
Earlier this month, the West Virginia coaching staff extended an offer to class of 2022 offensive lineman Drew Shelton (6'5", 255-pounds) of Downington, Pennsylvania. "The WVU offer was big for me, I was really excited," Shelton said. "I had talked to coach ...
Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham and his wife, Kennedy, reached out to the Hockomock Area YMCA and helped the organization provide over 1,000 Chick-fil-A lunches for children and families in the Attleboro and Milford area on Friday.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have been able to get some gems in the later rounds of the MLB draft through the years. In fact, some of the best players in the history of the team were selected well after the fifth round of the draft. With the 2020 MLB draft set to ...
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Ernie Gonzalez, who spent four years on the PGA Tour and won the rain-shortened Pensacola Open in 1986, has died. He was 59. The PGA Tour said he died Friday in a Chicago hospital of Alzheimer's. Gonzalez played 119 ...
Good morning, Birdland! One of the things about MLB and the MLBPA that many other professional athletes envy is the security that certain players have. If a player agrees to a major league contract with a team, more often than not that contract is fully ...
Ta'Zhawn Henry found his new landing spot, and it's close to home. Henry, a 5-foot-7, 185-pound running back, elected Saturday to transfer back home to the University of Houston. "I just flipped the switch, flip flip," Henry, a former Lamar High School standout ...
Nick Kyrgios has declared his love for Andy Murray and lambasted some of tennis' biggest names in a wildly entertaining Instagram Live chat between the pair. Murray, at home in Surrey, just outside London, set up the 30-minute catch-up which was ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) — The Houston Rockets will open their team facility to players on Monday, according to Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey. Twelve NBA teams have announced they will opened their facilities by Monday including the Rockets, ...
The Raiders Family is saddened to learn of the passing of Rodger Bird. A standout at Kentucky, Bird was drafted by the Raiders in 1966 and played three seasons as a defensive back and returner for the Silver and Black. The thoughts and prayers of the ...
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