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Calm and confident, LeBron James says Los Angeles Lakers can 'absolutely' repeat in 2021 LeBron James is confident that the Los Angeles Lakers' offseason moves will put them in position to defend their NBA championship. "We can [repeat]. I mean, it's that simple," James said on an episode of "Road Trippin'," hosted by Richard Jefferson, ...
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Tom Izzo, Michigan State get first win at Cameron Indoor against Duke: 'I'm not gonna put this as an asterisk' For all of Tom Izzo's success in college basketball, there was one thing he had never done: get a win at Cameron Indoor Stadium against Duke. Until Tuesday. No. 8 Michigan State came back from an early nine-point deficit to beat No. 6 Duke 75-69 in the first ...
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How Bulls coach Billy Donovan plans to get Lauri Markkanen back on track Fitting for a player still viewed as a franchise pillar, Lauri Markkanen was the second Bull to speak to reporters on the first day of media week -- preceded only by Zach LaVine. He fielded questions about purgatorial extension talks (he wants one), regression in ...
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ACC shuffles schedule, sets up Clemson-Notre Dame rematch Second-ranked Notre Dame wrapped up a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game by virtue of the league shuffling its schedule Tuesday to create an open date for the Fighting Irish and No. 4 Clemson before their likely rematch Dec. 19.
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Moore scores 15, No. 12 Villanova routs Hartford 87-53 Villanova: Coach Jay Wright acknowledged playing his starters too much in the Wildcats' loss to Virginia Tech. He went to the bench early against Hartford. Nine Wildcats saw playing time and eight of them played more than 15 minutes. Villanova's bench ...
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Mike Minor officially rejoins Royals, 'gives us a lot of stability', Dayton Moore says The Kansas City Royals have collected an abundance of potential in the form of young pitching talent that debuted in the majors this summer as well as the stockpile in the farm system. However, experience, durability and a track record of throwing a large ...
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Joel Ntambwe leaving Texas Tech men's basketball program for personal reasons LUBBOCK, Texas -- Sophomore forward Joel Ntambwe has left Texas Tech's men's basketball program after the former UNLV transfer played in only three games for the 17th-ranked Red Raiders. Coach Chris Beard said Tuesday that Ntambwe told him the ...
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Seattle Sounders 1, FC Dallas 0 | 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Match Recap The Seattle Sounders are into their second straight Western Conference Final, grinding out a 1-0 win Tuesday evening at home over FC Dallas in the Semifinal Round of the Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs. Seattle found the breakthrough in the 49th minute, ...
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Potter, Wahl help No. 4 Wisconsin trounce Green Bay 82-42 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No. 4 Wisconsin made sure not to let anything interfere with the continuation of its winning streak Tuesday. It didn't matter if the man in charge of the opposite bench was the son of the winningest coach in Badgers history. Micah Potter ...
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Rudy Gobert, jump shooter, says his goal remains to win a championship in Utah Donovan Mitchell's contract extension with the Utah Jazz got wrapped up last week. Rudy Gobert's, however, remains a work in progress. The All-Star center's long-term status with the Jazz has been a talking point among fans ever since the Frenchman ...
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Auburn's struggling run game faces big challenge in Texas A&M Auburn's run game hit a rough patch just in time for it to face one of the best run defenses in the league. With its opponents averaging 87 rushing yards per game, Texas A&M is just behind Georgia, whose defense allows 75 yards per game. The Aggies are ...
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Versatile protection unit continues to lay it on the line for its birthday boy, Aaron Rodgers GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers can tick off any number of reasons for his MVP-level numbers this season — and did exactly that in the wake of the Green Bay Packers' 41-25 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday night. The Packers' two-time NFL MVP ...
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Arkansas RB Rakeem Boyd opts out to prepare for NFL draft Arkansas running back Rakeem Boyd has opted out of the rest of this season to focus on preparing for the NFL draft. Boyd. Boyd, a senior, rushed for 2,176 yards and 13 touchdowns and caught 52 passes for 358 yards in his career for the Razorbacks.
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James Robinson Nominated for Rookie of the Week After Week 12 Performance Stop us if you've heard this before; Jacksonville Jaguars rookie running James Robinson has been nominated for NFL Rookie of the Week following his performance in Week 12 versus the Cleveland Browns. Robinson finished with 159 scrimmage yards (128 ...
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Tar Heels topple men's hoops in Maui Invitational semifinals From foul trouble, to cold shooting, to missed rebounds, Tuesday's semifinal matchup at the Maui Invitational was rocky for Stanford (1-1, 0-0 Pac-12). Despite a strong defensive effort and a stellar performance by senior guard Daejon Davis, the Cardinal ...
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2020 NBA Christmas schedule: Warriors included, Rockets nixed from seasonal slate of games There will be five Christmas Day NBA games during the opening week of the 2020-21 season, per a report from ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Most matchups in the reported schedule include teams coming off playoff appearances, but the Warriors and ...
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Bye week will afford Bucs extra recovery, no extra reps The desperately needed bye week the Bucs are observing includes a historical, if not mildly humorous, component. The only other time the franchise had a December bye, in Week 14 of the 1990 season, owner Hugh Culverhouse used it to dismiss surly ...
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Rangers' Nick Solak: 2B job hinges on defense Solak will likely win the starting job at second base if he can prove this spring that he can handle the position defensively, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports. The main reason the Rays traded Solak to the Rangers for Pete Fairbanks a couple ...
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Knock on wood: Iowa football hopes to play all 8 scheduled games Wisconsin was first. Then it was Maryland. Now it's Ohio State, Minnesota and maybe Michigan. The Wolverines didn't practice Tuesday. Only six teams in the Big Ten Conference have played their full complement of football games this COVID-19 season, ...
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Mavs talk tough by adding protectors for young star Doncic Luka Doncic's first experience with the playoffs ended with questions about whether Marcus Morris of the Los Angeles Clippers was intentionally trying to hurt the young Dallas sensation in a first-round series won by LA. The Mavericks might have hinted at ...
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Warriors' Bob Myers turns quiet when topic turns to Rockets' James Harden Bob Myers went uncharacteristically mum on the subject of James Harden. During a 30-minute chat, during which the Warriors' general manager openly discussed the hardships of last season, the current efforts to mitigate the coronavirus outbreak and the ...
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Olympic gold medalist boxer Claressa Shields signs multiyear deal to fight in MMA Claressa Shields, arguably the No. 1 pound-for-pound female boxer in the world, will make her professional mixed martial arts debut in 2021. Shields, a two-division undisputed world champion ...
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Gillespie, Robinson-Earl Part of Wooden Award Watch List LOS ANGELES, Calif. (December 1, 2020) – The John R. Wooden Award® presented by Wendy's® announced its Preseason Top 50 Watch List today on ESPN's SportsCenter and on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball ...
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Detroit Pistons possible depth chart: How much will Blake Griffin, Killian Hayes play? Detroit Pistons training camp begins Tuesday and 10 days later, they will begin their preseason schedule. After such a long layoff, it almost feels as though the universe will conspire to find another way to push the season back. With COVID-19 cases spiking ...
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5 takeaways from the Oregon Ducks women's basketball team's 2-0 start ahead of Pac-12 play Ready or not, Pac-12 women's basketball teams are coming to Eugene this weekend. No. 10 Oregon, the three-time defending conference champion, is scheduled to open its latest title defense against Colorado on Friday and Utah on Sunday at Matthew ...
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Danny Green Believes Sixers are NBA Finals Contenders NBA veteran Danny Green knows what an NBA Finals contender looks like. After all, the 33-year-old guard has been a part of three separate organizations who have won it all. First, Green was a part of the 2013-2014 San Antonio Spurs. Then, he managed to ...
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Bears report card: Defense fails in brutal loss to Packers My Bears game report card has become a tradition of sorts since I first joined Shaw Media back in 2013 but it is still hard to avoid the feeling I deserve some level of combat pay for rewatching the Bears' 41-25 loss to the Packers Sunday night four-plus times to ...
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Mayakoba Golf Classic Thursday tee times, TV and streaming info The PGA Tour has gone south of the border to Mexico this week for the Mayakoba Golf Classic, held at the Mayakoba Resort's El Camaleon Golf Club in Playa del Carmen. World No. 3 Justin Thomas, four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and defending ...
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Ryan Pritt: Neal Brown deals with the web-based rumor mill It's become a winter rite of passage in the WVU football fan base. As sure as a late-autumn cold snap, if the Mountaineers are decent or better, the coaching carousel rumors begin to fly. And so, as forecasts of the year's first snowfall came down, sure enough, ...
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College basketball odds and picks for Kansas vs. Kentucky: Bet the Jayhawks over inexperienced Wildcats Three of Kentucky's top four scorers are freshmen: Brandon Boston Jr. (17.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg), Terrence Clarke (8.5 ppg), and Isaiah Jackson (7.5 ppg, 9.0 rebounds per game). All three are uber-athletic players who illustrated their inexperience with seven ...
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Teel: Hokies stale, unproductive on third downs When last seen, Virginia Tech's football team was failing to score in the second half of a 47-14 thrashing at Pittsburgh. This on the heels of the Hokies closing a 25-24 home loss to Miami with five scoreless possessions. Were the program's foundation stable, ...
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Players Alliance gives back on 33-city tour A big black semi-trailer truck full of gear and cheer rolled into the Bronx on Tuesday, ready to deliver to those in need. Adorned with the logo of The Players Alliance, a nonprofit organization comprised of more than 150 active and former Major League players, ...
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Leon Edwards vs. Khamzat Chimaev Off UFC Vegas 17 UFC Vegas 17 has lost it's much-hyped main event. Although it was Khamzat Chimaev originally being reported as having contracted COVID-19, rumors that he had withdrawn from his main event fight against Leon Edwards were recently debunked. However ...
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49ers' Dee Ford, Weston Richburg, Ronald Blair Not Expected To Play Again This Year The hits just keep on coming for a banged up 49ers team that will now be playing it's home games in Arizona. Defensive ends Dee Ford and Ronald Blair as well as center Weston Richburg all aren't expected to play the rest of the season, head coach Kyle ...
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