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James Harrison says Steelers' Mike Tomlin never had a bounty system A day after his comments went viral, former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison on Friday clarified that coach Mike Tomlin never paid him for a 2010 helmet-to-helmet hit on Cleveland Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi and that there wasn't a ...
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Roy Rana's first season in the NBA with the Sacramento Kings: Like 'getting a PhD in basketball' The NBA 2019-20 season was suspended on March 11 after Utah Jazz centre Rudy Gobert tested positive for Covid-19. It has been more than five weeks and no decision has been taken on resumption of play. Two days ago, NBA commissioner Adam Silver ...
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Patriots announce dates, times for 2020 preseason schedule We already learned the Patriots' 2020 regular-season schedule last week. Now we know how they'll ramp up to the games that actually count. The team announced its full 2020 preseason slate of games Friday morning, and the schedule is bookended with ...
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Oklahoma lands No. 1-ranked WR Mario Williams ESPN 300 wide receiver Mario Williams announced his commitment to Oklahoma on Friday. The No. 16-ranked recruit overall, Williams chose the Sooners over Alabama, Florida, Georgia and LSU. Williams is a 5-foot-10, 165-pound receiver from Plant City ...
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Fantasy Football Dynasty Mailbag: League settings, valuing Ke'Shawn Vaughn and more It's been almost three months since the last Dynasty mailbag. It seems like it's been about three years. Since then Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski have joined the Buccaneers, DeAndre Hopkins and Stefon Diggs have been traded, the 2020 NFL Draft ...
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The NBA's great debate: revenue vs. safety The discussion around the NBA's return has not so subtly shifted further from player safety and closer to financial security over the past week, leading to increased optimism about resuming the 2019-20 season. In other words, the first league to shut its doors in ...
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The 2020 Arizona Cardinals Could Be NFL's Next Overhyped Superteam We've gone down this road so many times before that we should be familiar with all of the potholes and speed bumps. The road might as well be Cleveland Browns Boulevard, but Dream Team Street would also do. Basically, we build extreme hype for certain ...
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The two qualities Redskins rookie Keith Ismael believes will set him apart in the NFL Ron Rivera has officially gone through the bulk of his first free agency with Washington and has his inaugural draft class under his belt since taking over as the Redskins head coach in early January. As Rivera continues to overhaul and construct the roster to ...
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Quinn Cook believes Kevin Durant couldn't win in last Warriors season Over the course of the 2018-19 season, it became apparent that Kevin Durant was less socially engaged with his Warriors teammates than he was in his first two seasons. His numbers generally held up, but there was a visible dip in his non-basketball ...
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Quinton Dunbar's Plight Leaves Seahawks in Major Bind In a whirlwind of a 24-hour period, one of the Seahawks most notable offseason acquisitions committed armed robbery, spoke with reporters on a Zoom conference call, and then had warrants issued for his arrest. Let that sink in for a moment. In one of the ...
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Is Hakeem Olajuwon Properly Rated as the No. 12 Player in NBA History? Hakeem Olajuwon is among the most accomplished centers in NBA history, standing as the Rockets' all-time leader in minutes, points and rebounds. And Olajuwon's resume extends far beyond his place in Rockets history. The Houston product was tallied 12 ...
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New NFL Uniforms: The Definitive Rankings We have reached the end of uniform reveal season, still no closer to knowing when football will actually start, but thanks to the powers that be, able to purchase new threads so we can pretend that kickoff is imminent. Like the draft or the schedule release, ...
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Bob Watson, Baseball's First Black General Manager, Dies at 74 Bob Watson, the hard-hitting first baseman and outfielder who became the first African-American general manager in major league baseball, with the 1994 Houston Astros, then helped take the 1996 Yankees to the franchise's first World Series championship ...
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Cleveland Browns Hire Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to VP of Football Operations, add Ryan Grigson Full-Time Entering Friday, the Cleveland Browns had an open position near the top of the board. The position of VP of Football Operations is no longer absent. The team has decided to hire Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, formerly of the San Francisco 49ers. While with the 49ers ...
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2020 NFL London Games season ticket statement Following last week's announcement that all 2020 NFL games will now be played in the US, we are able to update you on your season ticket status for the NFL London Games. As a valued season ticket holder for the 2019 NFL games at Tottenham Hotspur ...
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MLB commish Rob Manfred claims owners could lose up to $4 billion without baseball this year Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred expressed hope and confidence for the sport to return this summer because without it, he claimed, owners will lose up to $4 billion. Manfred spoke extensively about the league's challenges amid the ...
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Matthew Stafford's wife says house sale is for safety of kids Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is selling his house, but according to his wife, it's only for the safety of their children. Via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Kelly Stafford said in a video posted to social media that it wasn't for any reason related to ...
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Alistair Overeem vs. Walt Harris: UFC Florida main event preview, prediction The similarities between Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris are many: The UFC heavyweights are both imposing physical specimens even as they reach their late 30s. Both are heavy-handed. And both have largely treaded water in their UFC careers.
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NCAA boss: Safe athletes, open schools before teams start New York (AFP) - US universities must open in some fashion and safeguard athletes' health before major American football programs stage a 2020 campaign, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) president Mark Emmert said Friday. "We're going ...
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Mile High Morning: Von Miller leads list of Broncos on Pro Football Focus' ranking of top 101 players of the 2010s Pro Football Focus' ranking of the top 101 players of the decade is complete. After the four-day rollout, PFF's full list included seven players who were on the Broncos during the previous decade. Six of those seven played key roles in the Broncos winning ...
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Tennis: ATP, WTA and ITF Extend Suspensions Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Reuters) - The ATP Tour and International Tennis Federation (ITF) have extended their suspensions of professional tennis until July 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they said on Friday. The ATP and WTA announced in April that they were suspending all ...
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MAC football teams to trim travel rosters, ditch hotels for home games The Mid-American Conference is implementing additional changes to cut costs for universities and athletic departments due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This time, football is impacted. The MAC is no longer allowing home teams to stay in hotels the ...
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Silverstone agrees terms with F1 for back-to-back races Formula One and Silverstone have agreed terms for two races without spectators at the circuit this season, subject to government approval, the track's managing director Stuart Pringle said on Friday. The British Grand Prix, a home race for Mercedes' six times ...
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McIlroy criticizes Trump, wouldn't play golf with him again Rory McIlroy says he wouldn't play golf again with President Donald Trump and doubts he would even be invited after questioning his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. McIlroy did an hour-plus interview for the McKellar Journal. in which he was ...
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Falcons know they are in danger of losing the entire offseason program The NFL wanted some facility guidelines in place by Friday, but extended its virtual offseason workouts through the end of May, according to the Associated Press. The decision has not been announced publicly. Teams have been banned by league ...
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NFL analyst loves Miami Dolphins offseason moves The NFL offseason is filled with roster transactions and overall team improvement. New players get inducted into the league and older players ride off into the sunset. NFL teams use the offseason as a chance to reset or go all-in for the upcoming season.
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REUTERS SPORTS SCHEDULE AT 2 pm GMT/ 10 am ET Here are the top sports stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 2 p.m. GMT/10 a.m. ET. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect here ...
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Cardinals to announce 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Class on May 22 The 2020 St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Induction Class will be revealed Friday, May 22, in a televised 30-minute announcement special on FOX Sports Midwest at 6:30 p.m.. Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III and play-by-play man Dan McLaughlin of FOX ...
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Purdue's Ryan Newman: 'I Feel Like a Complete Walking Miracle' WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ryan Newman knows he was in a bad wreck during the Daytona 500 in February. He just doesn't remember any of the details, or what happened in the immediate aftermath of one of NASCAR's scariest-ever crashes. "That's the ...
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How Covid could affect the Packers' roster As I write this, on the 14th day of May, in the cursed year of 2020, it would seem that sports are getting closer and closer to returning in some capacity. *Knocks on wood*. None of us knows how this is exactly going to work out and news comes out every day ...
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NFL fans are making Roomba jokes after seeing Raiders' new Las Vegas stadium from above We here at For The Win have extensively covered how cool Allegiant Stadium — soon to be the new home of the Las Vegas Raiders — looks, whether it's all lit up at night or has a pink supermoon over it. Even though it's super-cool, there have been some ...
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Kicker Connor Culp plans to transfer to Nebraska Nebraska continues its offseason courting of specialists. Recently the Huskers added a punter from Australia, but on Friday, former LSU kicker Connor Culp confirmed plans to Husker247 about an impending transfer to Nebraska and he will be immediately ...
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George Kittle can't escape feeling from Super Bowl George Kittle has built himself an incredible home gym, which comes in handy during a quarantine. But no matter how many weights he lifts, he can't get far from the gnawing feeling of the way his offseason started. The 49ers tight end admitted to Albert Breer ...
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Here's what tournament week will look like for PGA Tour players when golf returns It's a brave new world for PGA Tour players, a notion reinforced by the circuit's unveiling Wednesday of a 37-page Health & Safety Plan in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. In presenting this new normal, the Tour has listed the do's and don'ts, and will's ...
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Justin Gaethje beat Tony Ferguson at UFC 249. What's next for the former UNC Bears wrestler? It's been quite a ride for Justin Gaethje these past eight months. After beating Donald Cerrone via technical knockout in September 2019, the former Northern Colorado all-American wrestler called out the winner of a future Tony Ferguson-Khabib ...
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Eddie Hearn says Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua would be two-fight deal for 2021 A potential undisputed heavyweight fight between WBC titleholder and LINEAL!!!!! champion Tyson Fury and WBA/IBF/WBO titleholder Anthony Joshua will remain a topic of conversation for the foreseeable future, and just in case there was any doubt, Joshua ...
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UTSA announces pair of future football games against Army SAN ANTONIO — UTSA announced Friday that it will play a pair of future nonconference football games against Army West Point. The Roadrunners will travel to West Point, N.Y., for the first time in program history to face the Black Knights on Sept. 10, 2022, at ...
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Fox's NFL Telecasts Might Add Crowd Noises, Put Virtual Fans in Stands Should the NFL season begin on time, play-by-play king Joe Buck believes we might be looking at games without fans in the stands. In an interview with Andy Cohen, Buck said that Fox is exploring a few routes to provide for a more normal viewing ...
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Werder player placed in quarantine A member of Werder Bremen's first team squad has been put in quarantine. Article image. Photo: Werder Bremen. A player from Werder Bremen has been put under two-week quarantine after someone in his personal circle tested positive for coronavirus, the ...
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Safari Rally postponed as virus continues to bite The 2020 WRC Safari Rally, initially scheduled to be held between July 16 and 19, has been postponed until next year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed announced on Friday. The Covid-19 pandemic has ...
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