The Dallas Mavericks' young stars, fresh off blowing a double-figure lead in the fourth quarter, tried to put a positive spin on their 153-149 overtime loss Friday night to the Houston Rockets. "This one is, I would say, a great loss for us," Mavs center Kristaps ...
With a one in 24 chance of winning the 2020 Stanley Cup, Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien makes no apologies for being among the teams in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers. "We shouldn't feel ashamed of being here," Julien said Friday on the eve of ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Kyle Tucker had three hits and a career-high four RBI, and the Houston Astros started a 10-game road trip with a 9-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. The Astros got a season-high 12 hits during the 4-hour, 21-minute ...
Every day we have NBA basketball in the bubble is a success, and on Friday the basketball was pretty darn good as well. Some of the league's best teams took the court for the first time in Orlando, with Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, Luka Doncic ...
Despite improving over their 2018 record by one win and despite the emergence of several young, burgeoning stars, the Denver Broncos were not well-represented on NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2020 list. Only two Broncos made the list. To wit:.
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred can point the finger at players and threaten the union with a shutdown all he wants - and maybe the Marlins deserve some of the scorn they're getting from around the league for the massive coronavirus outbreak that has ...
Los Angeles (AFP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo shook off the rust of a long layoff by scoring 36 points to power the Milwaukee Bucks to a 119-112 victory over the Boston Celtics in their first game of the NBA's restarted season. Milwaukee, who are trying to win ...
When a quarterback is selected with the second overall pick in the NFL Draft, it's assumed he possesses a special skill set. He's supposed to be a franchise-changing player, even if he needs time to develop. In the case of Mitch Trubisky, the Bears are ...
The New York Knicks will remake their staff to Tom Thibodeau's liking. Following the hiring of New York's latest head coach, Ian Begley of SNY reported Friday the club is looking to expand its player development department and considering a number of ...
Las Vegas guard Lindsay Allen was ruled out of Friday's game with Phoenix after she had an inconclusive positive result on a COVID-19 test. According to the Aces, the safety procedures outlined by the WNBA and the players' union require an inconclusive ...
ATLANTA — Meet the Mess, 2020 version. Just over a week into their 60-game season, the Mets have a glaring problem that will keep them socially distanced from even the expanded playoff format if they can't find a fast solution. Just like old times, the ...
Toronto general manager Ross Atkins says life has been difficult for the vagabond Blue Jays at the beginning of a baseball season like no other. The Blue Jays haven't had a real home game yet, and still don't have a stadium fit to host them. They played twice ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Danielle Kang went more than six months without competing and looked as though she had never been away, playing bogey-free at Inverness Club for a 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead in the LPGA Drive On Championship. The LPGA ...
Manaea (0-2) was charged with the loss against the Mariners on Friday after surrendering five runs (three earned) on six hits and striking out four across 4.1 innings. Much like his last outing, Manaea came out strong for a few innings before suddenly losing ...
Giants manager Gabe Kapler said Friday he's moved on from the 10th inning debacle from the night before and was solely focused on helping his team get ready for the Texas Rangers. "We're going to continue to work diligently to make great decisions in the ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — All of the players on the Spurs kneeled for the national anthem, while Gregg Popovich and Becky Hammon stood. After the game, Popovich declined explain his decision, but reiterated his commitment to the cause of racial justice. "I'd prefer ...
The Washington Wizards are a top-five NBA team in pace, and the Phoenix Suns welcomed the invitation to a track meet. When it's such an inferior team like the Wizards doing so, that should eventually lead to the Suns pulling away if Washington doesn't hit ...
The Philadelphia Phillies received some good news from their latest round of COVID-19 testing after two staff members were tested positive earlier this week. Per an official statement from the organization, it had no new positive results from Thursday's testing: ...
A sense of normalcy. That's something everyone covets these days, and for now, high school sports fans will get it. The Ohio High School Athletic Association sent an email to administrators at its member schools Friday afternoon reiterating its stance that fall ...
There is optimism, and there is ignoring reality. Carson Wentz wanted to make sure the reporters he was talking to via Zoom afternoon understood that he is an optimist who also understands that the coronavirus's threat to the NFL's chances to play a 2020 ...
Philadelphia 76ers standout Ben Simmons can be a man of few words. The 76ers play the first of eight seeding games at 7 p.m. Saturday when they meet the Indiana Pacers in the NBA bubble at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. "I'm ready to ...
One of the more prominent NFL players that announced he was opting out of the 2020 season is Kansas City Chiefs running back Damien Williams. The lead back for the defending Super Bowl Champions, Williams played an enormous role in the team's ...
Zach Aston-Reese pondered the question for a minute. "I'm not exactly sure who is on their first line," the Penguins forward said when asked how Pittsburgh plans to slow down Montreal's top line in their best-of-five play-in series that begins Saturday in ...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Saint Francis football fans are going to have to wait until the spring of 2021 to see their beloved Cougars hit the field, as USF is moving their football season to the spring after Friday's announcement by the NAIA that the national ...
Former UFC champion Robert Whittaker is back from Fight Island with a victory and a reinvigorated love of the sport. "The break lit a fire in me and I'm back enjoying what I do," he told The Sun-Herald. "The media, the fight week, I'm loving my job once again.".
The 2019-20 NBA season officially returned Thursday with two games -- the New Orleans Pelicans vs the Utah Jazz, and the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the LA Clippers. And during the national anthem before both matchups, all players and coaches took a knee ...
In the clip shared by Italian pasta brand Barilla, both girls are seen praising Federer as their favorite player. Vittoria says, "If I were to meet him, I would jump on him or I would be starstruck!" And, within seconds, the star appeared to surprise them. By: Trends ...
The Big 12 Conference isn't exactly the poster child for having parity in the conference. The Oklahoma Sooners dominate the conference, winning the last five Big 12 Championships and never winning less than 11 games since 2015. It's Oklahoma's ...
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston. BOSTON (CBS) — Hockey? It's back. Basketball? Back, too. Baseball and football? Wellllll … one is "back," and the other is trying to get there, but the situation does not look particularly peachy at this precise point in the ...
Canadian MMA great and soon to be UFC Hall of Famer, Georges St-Pierre had a storybook (26-2) career. Two years after his professional debut, the fighter joined the UFC and put together a 22-2 record in the company. 'Rush' managed to avenge both of his ...
According to the NFL Network, the Patriots barely dodged an opt-out bullet with longtime special teams captain Matthew Slater. The 34-year-old strongly considered sitting out the 2020 season — following Dont'a Hightower and Patrick Chung among others ...