The NBA has created an insolated bubble for the 22 teams that have a strong chance of making the postseason and winning a championship. Despite being far removed from the playoff picture, however, the remaining eight teams are not willing to give up on ...
"The Decision" — a televised announcement about LeBron James's free-agent plans in 2010 — was an idea that sounded good in LeBron's tight circle of advisors but came off like as egotistical and a slap in the face to the teams and fans outside that bubble.
Over the last several years, I've attended numerous panel discussions at sports industry conferences which focus on the evolution of corporate partnerships. The focus is on the word partnership rather than sponsorship because the word partnership – as ...
Australian sharpshooter Ryan Broekhoff has joined Ben Simmons at the Philadelphia 76ers for their run at the NBA championship. The Sixers needed to bolster their three-point shooting before the season resumes next month in Orlando. Broekhoff has been ...
We prefer order to our sporting seasons, sure, but sometimes order is not possible. Most of the time it has been labor stand-offs that have produced truncated schedules, and so that means when the games return there have been hard feelings to accompany ...
NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole could make his New York Yankees debut in a tasty opening-day treat for fans, facing Juan Soto and World Series champion Washington at Nationals Park. The Yankees and Nationals are set meet when the virus-delayed season ...
Hicks (elbow) will be monitored especially closely with respect to COVID-19 protocol when the regular season begins due to the fact he's a Type 1 diabetic, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports. Naturally, Hicks' surgically repaired elbow will also get plenty of ...
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kevin Harvick hit pause on that victory swirl of scorched rubber and billows of smoke at Pocono Raceway. Sure, Harvick needed to save the engine for a repeat run in the same Ford and a shot at a weekend sweep in a Cup Series ...
A look at what's happening around European soccer on Sunday: ENGLAND. After surrendering the Premier League trophy to Liverpool, Manchester City resumes its bid for a domestic double with the defense of the FA Cup. Pep Guardiola's side, which won ...
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was forced to dodge an awkward question over Manchester United's plans for Jadon Sancho, refusing to rule out a bid for the Borussia Dortmund star. Sancho, 20, has been closely linked with a move to Old Trafford this summer, ...
The Pakistan cricket squad left Sunday for their England tour without 10 players who had tested positive for coronavirus. Test skipper Azhar Ali said Pakistan the tourists were looking forward to playing in what will be some of the first Test matches since the ...
The Texas Rangers said late Friday night that several of their front-office employees at Globe Life Field have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past two days, confirming a report from ESPN. A source said that no players, coaches or baseball operations ...
Norwich – Manchester United kicks off off the FA Cup quarterfinals on Saturday, as the Red Devils are heavily favored to beat the Canaries. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's hammered Sheffield United last time out and are unbeaten in 13 games in all competitions ...
Kenny Stills is no longer a Dolphin, but that hasn't stopped the wide receiver for taking shots at team owner Stephen Ross. Ross announced on Friday he will be donating $13 million over four years to his Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality to combat racism, ...
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski delivered a nearly three-minute video Friday, passionately urging everyone to "choose the harder right" in the fight against racism and recognize that "Black Lives Matter" is a human rights statement rather than a political one.
When one talks about captaincy, cricketers like MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma come to mind for being calm and cool, while Virat Kohli comes as the aggressive one. Talking about the difference in the captaincies of the three, wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv ...
Zion Williamson is about to get another chance at opening night. An injury kept him out of the New Orleans Pelicans' appearance in the first game of this 2019-20 NBA season, a visit to the Toronto Raptors, the reigning league champions. Now the big-name ...
Pandey, who has 113 wickets from 104 international appearances, drew the analogy of 100m sprints while describing what a light weight ball and 20-yard pitch would mean for women's cricket. Share Via Email. Published: 28th June 2020 01:06 PM | Last ...
Nikola Mirotic turned down NBA contract offers to return to play in Spain, and he has made good on his Spanish team's investment in him. Mirotic on Saturday was awarded with the Liga ACB MVP award, becoming the fifth player in the league's history to win ...
Phil Krueger, who became part of the first coaching staff in Buccaneers history and later served as Tampa Bay's first general manager, died earlier this week. He was 90. According to Utah State, Krueger died Monday at his home in Pembroke Pines, Fla., Utah ...
CHENNAI: Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi breezed into the last four of the $150,000 Chessable Masters with dominating displays on Saturday. Carlsen, the reigning World Champion, needed just three games to dispatch his 2018 title challenger ...