Emphasizing that "we want to play," Houston Texans star J.J. Watt posted a list of questions that NFL players need answered before training camps can open. The Texans are supposed to open the regular season Thursday, Sept. 10 at Kansas City, with ...
Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell sees an opportunity for growth in one category when NBA action resumes this month: passing. The 23-year-old All-Star is averaging a career-best 24.2 points and 4.4 rebounds with 4.2 assists, which matches his top output ...
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler, a U.S. senator from Georgia, won't be pushed into selling her interest in the team but that the league is aware of other potential owners for the franchise. Several WNBA players ...
Myles Garrett realizes his historic contract extension only raises the enormous expectations Cleveland Browns fans have had for his career since he became the first overall NFL draft pick in 2017. The star defensive end acknowledged Thursday there is a ...
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ---. The San Francisco 49ers and Giants are teaming with a health care company to distribute hundreds of thousands of cloth masks throughout the Bay Area to help stop the ...
PHILADELPHIA -- Tony Taylor, a former Philadelphia Phillies infielder and coach, died Thursday. He was 84. The Phillies said in a statement that Taylor died from complications of a stroke suffered in 2019. He batted .261 with 2,007 hits, 1,005 runs and 234 ...
Get ready for a major championship-like event this week at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio. Between Tiger Woods' return, the Bryson DeChambeau narrative, Collin Morikawa trying to go back to back on this course and Rory McIlroy, ...
NBA players finally arrived en masse to the league's theme park campus over the last week, and quickly the content machine started kicking into overdrive. So far we've already experienced jokes about who is using the "snitch" hotline, players accidentally ...
Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo had successful surgery on his fractured right thumb Wednesday, according to the team. Rondo's timeline to return to full basketball activities remains six to eight weeks. Earlier this week, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said ...
Michigan's athletic department was the third-highest spender in the country and second-highest spender in the Big Ten during the 2019 fiscal year, according to a database of financial reports compiled by USA TODAY Sports in partnership with Syracuse ...
It's been one week since first-round bids were submitted for the New York Mets. Here's what we know: - Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen submitted the top bid, reportedly offering $2 billion for the club and another $2 billion for SNY (even thought ...
Kyle Hendricks will start on opening day for the Chicago Cubs, getting the nod over Yu Darvish. First-year manager David Ross announced his decision on Thursday. Chicago begins the season on July 24 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Hendricks has been ...
Leicester City – Sheffield United was a one-sided encounter as the Foxes got back on track and won 2-0 at the King Power Stadium to boost their top four hopes. [ MORE: New PL TV schedule ]. Goals in each half from Ayoze Perez and Demarai Gray did the ...
NBA players aren't operating under ideal circumstances inside the league's "bubble," but LeBron James appears to appreciate what the environment offers. The Lakers forward has been in the spotlight since his high school days, famously earning Michael ...
The Blackhawks announced three signings on Thursday that included their own coveted blue line prospect Ian Mitchell and a pair of free agents in defenseman Wyatt Kalynuk and forward Pius Suter. Mitchell, of course, is the most notable name because of ...
London (AFP) - Leicester moved a step closer to Champions League qualification after a 2-0 win against Sheffield United while Aston Villa's survival hopes were seriously damaged as Everton snatched a late draw on Thursday. Brendan Rodgers' side earned ...
The NCAA on Thursday released a comprehensive new set of "return to play" guidelines, as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on with football season fast approaching. In a memo entitled "Resocialization of Collegiate Sport: Developing Standards for Practice ...
(CNN) Throughout his career, the NBA's Jrue Holiday has averaged 6.4 assists per game. This next one, though, will be the biggest. The 30-year-old guard announced this week that he'll use the remainder of his salary from the 2019-2020 season to launch a ...
There might not have been a team with more at stake in last month's draft than the Giants, who had a league-high seven picks and are still a class or two away from competing with the best farm systems in their division. It'll take a few years to find out if Michael ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jacob deGrom still plans to pitch on opening day, although New York Mets manager Luis Rojas didn't sound so sure that will happen. The two-time Cy Young Award winner said he felt good Thursday, two days after leaving an intrasquad ...
Aston Villa deserved three points and a new lease on Premier League life. But the final few minutes versus Everton went according to the season's plot line, as Villa drew 1-1 at Goodison Park and is still three points back of Premier League safety. [ RECAP: ...
The youth movement will be on full display with Mike Soroka taking the ball on Opening Day, that game's uncertain for Freddie Freeman's — who is making a run at an Atlanta record — the Braves are letting the fun times roll in bringing Yasiel Puig into the mix ...
Four months ago, the Boston Bruins had an all but assured plan for postseason vengeance. In the team's last game, on March 10, it shut out the Flyers in Philadelphia, 2-0, increasing its lead over its closest Eastern Conference rival to eight points. Boston ...
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association still plans to have a fall season for high school sports, but it will come with a cost. On Thursday afternoon, Syracuse.com reported the NYSPHSAA will move the start of the fall sports season from Aug.
AUSTIN, Texas – Five members of the Texas Football were named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, the league office announced Thursday. The team was selected through of poll of the league's media representatives. Junior OL Samuel Cosmi , one of four ...
The Miami Marlins begin the shortened, 60-game 2020 season April 24 with a three-game road series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Here are five story lines to watch in a Marlins season expected to be filled with uncertainty as the sport carries on amid the ...
Rockies manager Bud Black said Thursday that Dahl was held out of the team's last two intrasquad games due to "core soreness," Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports. Fortunately for Dahl, the injury doesn't appear to be too concerning, as Black said he ...
Editor's note: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution opted not to attend the resumption of the MLS season in Orlando amid the COVID-19 pandemic. League safety precautions severely limit the AJC's in-depth coverage of Atlanta United. The following report has ...
Before the NHL begins its restarted 2019-20 campaign, the league announced the finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy and Masterton Trophy on Thursday: NHL Public Relations @PR_NHL. Nathan MacKinnon (@Avalanche), Auston Matthews (@MapleLeafs) ...
6 minutes ago. The Horizon League will postpone the start of all of its fall sports until at least Oct. 1, the conference said in a statement, delaying the first competitive events for Robert Morris in its new conference home. "All fall sports competition (championship ...
As speculation about a bombshell report that could cause further problems for the embattled Washington NFL franchise grew Thursday, former Redskins cornerback Josh Norman tweeted out a cryptic message about the organization. The 32-year-old Pro ...
New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore was rated a perfect 99 overall in "Madden NFL 21″ this year. The latest edition of the EA Sports football video game franchise has been slowly revealing players grades over recent days, a much-hyped ...
Last Chance U is back for a fifth season, but with a new school as the Netflix documentary series follows Laney College in Oakland, Califonia. A trailer for the upcoming season was releasedThursday: ...
While football usually takes center stage during the fall sports season, BYU fans make their presence felt at women's soccer and volleyball matches as well. Those plans were put on hold by the West Coast Conference on Thursday with a statement cancelling ...
SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — The LPGA Tour will not have spectators for the opening two events in Ohio when it resumes in two weeks. Commissioner Mike Whan had said the Marathon Classic was contemplating capping attendance at 2,000 fans at Highland ...
The Philadelphia Phillies released veteran RHP Bud Norris on Thursday from their player pool roster, according to The Athletic's Meghan Montemurro. The Phillies inked the veteran to a minor-league contract in late January, hours after the report that they ...
"Mazion was a kind, charismatic young man who lit up every room he walked into," the athlete's promoter wrote in a statement. By Benjamin VanHoose. July 16, 2020 12:35 PM. Advertisement. FB Tweet More. Pinterest Email Send Text Message Print.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Could it be over for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick? Rumors are swirling online the two have called it quits. As of Thursday, July 16, Patrick no longer follows Rodgers ...
BRADENTON, Fla. - I'm so glad the wait is finally over. I hadn't been able to play basketball since March when the coronavirus pandemic hit, and now being in Florida with the New York Liberty at my first training camp has been great. You never know how ...
It was confirmed Thursday that the Iowa men's basketball team has scheduled a Dec. 22 game against Oregon State at the 3,250-seat Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.. The time and ticket information are yet to be determined. Iowa beat Colorado in its ...
Ovie and The Franchise is a podcast featuring Dave Overlund and Jay Caldwell and is recorded every Thursday. The show can also be heard on "Hang Up and Listen" Thursday afternoons from 1-2 p.m. on WJON. This week we talk about the upcoming MLB ...
The Baltimore Ravens plan to open training camp July 28, and while we wait to see whether the coronavirus alters their schedule, we'll preview the roster position by position. The series continues today with a look at the Ravens' safeties. The players:.
A tragic, senseless killing of Devante Bryant in New Orleans has led to former LSU star and current Kansas City Chiefs star DB Tyrann Mathieu stepping up and paying for the funeral of the 9-year-old. "I wanted to help the Bryant family because I am from the ...