LOS ANGELES -- Three months after a heated recruiting battle that pitted Los Angeles' two NBA teams against one another for the services of Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers and Lakers took the fight to the floor, where talent acquisitions are transformed into ...
HOUSTON -- With Max Scherzer facing Gerrit Cole in Game 1 of the World Series, we had grand visions of an epic pitchers' duel between the three-time Cy Young winner and the hottest pitcher on the planet. We didn't get that. We got something better: a ...
It's 7:30 a.m., and the sound of bells melodiously rings from the tower near the entrance to Brentwood Academy. The recorded hymn floats across the 50-year-old private school's idyllic campus, located about a half-hour drive from the Grand Ole Opry in ...
Lionel Messi has no equal in today's game, according to former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. The Dutchman, who played alongside Messi's great contemporary rival Cristiano Ronaldo, told Sport (h/t MailOnline's Ieuan Ivett) ...
After receiving their enormous championship rings, the Toronto Raptors outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA's season opener on Tuesday, winning 130-122 in overtime. Fred VanVleet, who recently did an interview with this website, finished with ...
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Alex Ovechkin is starting an early-season campaign for teammate John Carlson to win this season's Norris Trophy as the league's top defenseman. "Johnny for Norris. That's a hashtag right now," the Capitals captain said after ...
Clippers appear to have the firepower for first title, but they still have issues. Here are the five biggest questions surrounding the team as it enters the 2019-20 NBA season: 1. Will the Clippers make a big in-season roster move for a third consecutive year?
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Coach Bruce Boudreau called it the team's most complete game of the season. It was done short-handed. Eric Staal broke out of an early slump with two goals and an assist and Brad Hunt also scored for the Wild, who lost forward ...
The ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game – even a World Series game – usually doesn't carry with it a ton of emotion. Game 1's first pitch felt different Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park. Brian McCann and Evan Gattis, teammates on the Astros 2017 ...
Clayton Tune is one step closer to returning to the starting lineup. Tune, the University of Houston's sophomore quarterback who has been nursing a pulled hamstring, has gone through workouts this week and is expected back when the Cougars play No.
The United States Postal Service announced Tuesday that it will honor Arnold Palmer with a commemorative stamp in 2020. A seven-time major champ and icon of the game, Palmer died in 2016 at age 87. The stamp will honor Palmer for his positive impact ...
An Oregon running back who has found success on the field the past few weeks has taken to charity off the field. Oregon RB Cyrus Habibi-Likio posted to his twitter page on Tuesday photos of him and teammate Penei Sewell at a Walmart with multiple ...
In the Texas Tech football team's disappointing 34-24 loss to Iowa State on Saturday, these turning points are where the game got away from the Red Raiders. The most disappointing aspect of the Texas Tech football team's loss to Iowa State this past ...
A snapshot of the Maryland football program reveals a team that has lost four of five and has very little chance of earning a bowl bid. The big picture is not nearly as narrow in focus. In his first year as head coach, Michael Locksley has used virtually everyone ...
Quentin Grimes is eligible to play this season for Houston after the NCAA granted his waiver request Tuesday. Grimes, a 6-foot-5 guard, had been waiting for word since transferring from Kansas in July. ON HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM: Kelvin Sampson ...
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan's decadelong streak of consecutive starts is on the line due to a sprained right ankle. Coach Dan Quinn said Ryan ran in a pool on Monday to test the ankle and has not been ruled out ...
Losing at home for the second time in 2019, there's a lot of problems for the Chicago Bears. However, last year, through six games, the Bears were also sitting at 3-3 and while they have the same record things feel a bit different. To say the Bears season so far ...
OPINION: Strap on your headgear folks, this could be a long week where you are threatened by verbal concussion. It's shaping to be a bit like New Zealand's longest sporting week of all, back in San Francisco in September 2013 when we were subjected to ...
Nowhere did Wisconsin's stunning loss at Illinois reverberate more than in Iowa City. The upset gave the 20th-ranked Hawkeyes new life in the Big Ten West. In recent weeks, Iowa hasn't looked like a team that is ready to seize such an opportunity.
A Warman family and Saskatchewan's curling community are in mourning after the sudden death of a beloved mom and provincial curling team member. Aly Jenkins, a lead for Sherry Anderson's curling rink, died Sunday during childbirth. Her husband Scott ...
A day after the Bangladesh cricketers went on strike saying that they will not take part in any cricket activity until their demands are addressed by their board, the cricket board's president Nazmul Hassan on Tuesday said that the India tour will proceed as per ...
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — It may only be halfway through the current college football season, but Oklahoma and Oklahoma State Universities are looking ahead to next year's lineup. OU kicks off the 2020 season on Sept. 5 with a home game against Missouri ...
TORONTO — One of the biggest questions heading into the 2019 Grey Cup Playoffs? The Winnipeg Blue Bombers' quarterback situation. It's no secret the Bombers miss Matt Nichols, winning just three of eight contests with Chris Streveler behind centre.
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