With the first round nearly over, let's cruise through some winners and losers -- with a focus on teams we haven't written about yet, or aren't writing about ahead of Round 2. Russell Westbrook. The only important question for the Thunder after their third ...
The 2019 NFL Draft Preview show is coming your way Thursday, streaming live in the MyTeams app. We'll go coast to coast with our NFL insiders, including NBC Sports Philadelphia's Derrick Gunn, and answer your questions live. The 2019 NFL Draft ...
Best Player Available. It's a tried a true method of stockpiling the top talent possible in the NFL draft. Teams that worry less about "need" and select the best player available give themselves the greatest chance of nailing the selection. There have been ...
'Offensive Lineman Win Championships, Not Receivers'. The NFL Draft is just hours away -- finally! -- so it's almost time for the guessing to end and the second-guessing to begin. Almost. While much of the speculation regarding the Ravens' first-round ...
The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs was not kind to the teams with home-ice advantage. Five of the eight teams with home-ice advantage in the first round were eliminated, including the Presidents' Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning, the Calgary ...
After an upset-filled first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the 2019 NHL postseason already has a much different look from last season. All four division winners were eliminated in the first round for the first time. Plus all four teams from last season's ...
Pogba In the #PFAawards Team of the Season... https://t.co/BMTOFThE0p. Dan Graham @danthegraham. Pogba has made the #pfatoty over Hazard, Eriksen, Wijnaldum, David Silva, De Bruyne among others. Let's just all let that sink in for a while.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — SOS, the Yankees need outfield help because most everyone is hurt. Counting natural infielder Tyler Wade, the Yankees were down to three healthy outfielders by Wednesday night with Clint Frazier joining Aaron Judge, Aaron Hicks, ...
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device. OAKLAND — Wednesday's Game 5 wasn't an opportunity for the Warriors — it was a test. A test of their championship character; of their ability to grit their teeth and get a job ...
The New Orleans Saints do not (currently) own a first-, third- or fourth-round pick in the 2019 NFL draft, but that doesn't mean they can't unearth a productive player or two. What kind of prospects could the Saints find with their six picks in the 2019 NFL draft?
HOUSTON (AP) — Minutes after the Houston Rockets eliminated the Utah Jazz to advance to the Western Conference semifinals for the third straight season they were already looking ahead to the possibility of getting another shot at the Golden State ...
DENVER - They've been putting this off for several weeks now, hoping beyond hope things would get better and they could proceed as they intended all along. But the time has probably come for the Nationals to do something with Trevor Rosenthal.
Tiger Woods has historically sat on the sidelines during the golf's fall season. That won't be the case in 2019. On Wednesday, Woods—who usually waits the week prior before committing to an event—announced his participation in the PGA Tour's new ...
Lakers president Magic Johnson reportedly planned to fire coach Luke Walton and wanted to fire general manager Rob Pelinka. Instead, Johnson resigned with a stunning public announcement without first telling owner Jeanie Buss. Pelinka, who has many ...
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Ferrari needs to do something — and do it quick — to stop Lewis Hamilton from running away with the Formula One title. After Mercedes finished 1-2 in the first three races, a feat last achieved 27 years ago, Sebastian Vettel is 31 points ...
Lost in the euphoria of the Portland Trail Blazers' dramatic Tuesday night victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder was an injury that could loom large the rest of the Western Conference playoffs. Long before Damian Lillard swished a 37-foot buzzer-beating ...
(CNN) Two Olympic track and field greats -- Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselassie -- have become embroiled in a spat after the Briton alleged he had been robbed during a stay in the Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist's hotel in Addis Ababa in March 2019.
When Brett Brown entered the playoffs he'd been warned twice, publicly, by his boss that he'd better win now and win big. He entered having coached his reconstructed starting lineup just 10 times, thanks mainly to chronic tendinitis in the left knee of his best ...
Win the first. For the first time all series, Denver won the first quarter in Game 5 and wasn't playing uphill the rest of the game. Instead of Nikola Jokic setting the early tone, it was Jamal Murray, Gary Harris and Paul Millsap connecting on five first-quarter ...
That being said, the New York Jets can't afford to bomb this draft. The franchise is entering one of the most important stretches of its history, and they need to build a winning roster before having to pay Sam Darnold the big bucks. It all starts in the draft.
Once the Orioles finally shifted their attention to the future last season, the list of major league debuts was long. So many familiar names from the top prospect lists. So much future star power. Seemingly a debut a day. And yet it's the last of them, and in the ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Kentucky star outside linebacker Josh Allen is expected to be among the first names called in Thursday's NFL draft. UK cornerback Lonnie Johnson could join him as a first-round selection. More: Kentucky star Josh Allen 'just scratching ...
HOUSTON – Rocco Baldelli faced Justin Verlander in a game nearly 13 years ago and took a called strike three, but the Twins manager said he has no recollection of it. Verlander did his best to jog his memory Wednesday. With eight vintage innings of ...
It's safe to say that fans tend to expect the unexpected during a race at Talladega Superspeedway. But there's one thing that's not unexpected deep in the heart of Alabama — last-lap passes for the win. Talladega, the biggest track on the Monster Energy ...
Iowa State wide receiver Hakeem Butler pulls in a reception he would run in for a touchdown during at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Matthew Putney/Freelance). Ben Visser, correspondent. AMES — Iowa State football fans know the ...
On Tuesday, the week of the NFL Draft, wide receiver Marcus Campbell isn't poring over a playbook, or watching ESPN to follow his draft stock. He's in his American Experience college class, reading a Horatio Alger "rags-to-riches" story from the 1800s, ...
With clutch hitting virtually non-existent, Atlanta's pitching and Yasiel Puig's leaky defense made the difference for the Braves on Wednesday night. Ozzie Albies homered on the game's first pitch and Ronald Acuna Jr. scored from first base on Puig's ...
World number one Naomi Osaka defeated Hsieh Su-wei 6-4, 6-3 in her first clay court match of the season in Stuttgart on Thursday. US and Australian Open champion Osaka, who lost to Taiwanese veteran Hsieh in Miami last month, secured a place in the ...
Former NBA player Sebastian Telfair was found guilty of felony criminal possession of a weapon on Wednesday by a jury in New York City, TMZ reports. Telfair is due back in court in June for sentencing. He faces up to 15 years in prison. Telfair was arrested ...
A man with motor neurone disease has said a proposed eight-week ban for a GAA club that held a fundraiser in his honour is "a disgrace". County Donegal club Naomh Colmcille hosted a charity soccer tournament to raise money for Paul Dillon, a former ...
The Sunwolves are hoping another full house at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground can spur them on to play for the full 80 minutes and beat the Highlanders on Friday night, in a game that is set to feature a number of matchups between old mates.
For a popular sport, the NBA takes more hits than any other, and detractors feel obligated to speak in an outside voice about it even when they're inside. Finally, they have evidence. Through the first two weekends of the playoffs, ratings are down 18%.
Done shattering their own records, the Ottawa 67's now appear firmly focussed on making Ontario Hockey League history. Ottawa's 2-1 overtime win over the Oshawa Generals on Wednesday night gives the 67's their third-straight series sweep and 12th ...
Singapore will have to wait a little longer to welcome the top men's tennis players, after the ATP announced yesterday the Italian city of Turin will replace current host London in staging the season-ending ATP Finals from 2021 to 2025. The tournament, which ...
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