PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia 76ers entered Wednesday night as the only unbeaten team at home in the NBA. It turned out, however, the Miami Heat had just the thing to trip the Sixers up: zone defense. Miami employed the zone liberally Wednesday ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars owner Shad Khan fired Tom Coughlin Wednesday night, three days after the NFL Players Association sent a letter to the league's players that revealed over 25 percent of the grievances filed by players have been against the ...
10. Shortly after committing to Washington, Ethan Garbers told Dawg Thoughts Radio host Tysen Allumbaugh that he wanted to win a state championship in football and help Petersen put together a national championship-caliber recruiting class. He delivered ...
CLEMSON — For the Clemson defense the job is simple in the 2019 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl: Find a way to slow down one of the nation's top dual-threat quarterbacks and one of the nation's top athletes for the Ohio State offense. It is a simple job, but far from ...
CHICAGO -- Pavel Francouz made 31 saves for the Colorado Avalanche in a 4-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Wednesday. Francouz is 8-0-1 in his past nine games and 10-2-1 in 15 games this season. Mikko Rantanen and Ian ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — It was all a blur, and all too familiar. Two nights after erasing a 26-point deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls, the Oklahoma City Thunder fell behind by 24 points against the Memphis Grizzlies only to furiously fight back to a 126-122 victory ...
The Baltimore Ravens ran all over and sliced up the Rams. So did the Dallas Cowboys. Throw in a 55-40 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and half of the Rams' six losses this season came in games in which they surrendered 44 points or more.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Corey Kispert turned, put his hands out and gave a little shrug as he jogged back down the floor after his fifth 3-pointer of the night. Gonzaga's do-everything junior forward picked a memorable night in the history of Zags' basketball ...
Go behind the scenes with team photographer Rod Mar as he shares moments from the Seattle Seahawks' Week 15 game against the Carolina Panthers. Eye on the Hawks is presented by Western Washington Toyota Dealers. Facebook logo · Twitter logo ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard had 31 points and a season-high 13 assists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed 23 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Golden State Warriors 122-112 Wednesday night. CJ McCollum scored 30 points and ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Jordan Ford scored in the opening minute on a layup in transition, then hit a 3 and another layup. Two more 3s, one leading to a four-point play, followed and Ford kept pouring in points, outscoring Arizona State himself in the first half.
PULLMAN – Mike Leach wasn't oblivious to the domino effect that occurred not long after the Washington State coach sent one of his assistants across the Pacific Ocean to put a set of eyes on Jayden de Laura, at the time one of the best-kept secrets in Hawaii ...
CLEVELAND —. Collin Sexton scored 23 points, Cedi Osman had 18 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a late Charlotte comeback for a 100-98 win over the Hornets on Wednesday night. Cleveland, which had lost 16 of 18, led the entire game but nearly ...
Le'Veon Bell is coming off his best rushing performance as a member of the New York Jets, just in time to face his old team. On Thursday night in a 42-21 loss at the Baltimore Ravens, Bell had 87 rushing yards on 21 carries. And while it wasn't his biggest ...
SYRACUSE, NY — Mid-December games at home against teams from mid-major conferences used to be cakewalks for coach Jim Boeheim's Syracuse teams. But not this year. The Orange (6-5, 1-1 ACC) made just enough plays in the second half, Oakland ...
Left-handed pitcher Wade Miley is joining his seventh organization in his big-league career after finalizing his two-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, which means he's had a lot of teammates and a lot of pitching coaches.
All NFL teams, by this point in the season, are dealing with injuries. Some teams — like the Denver Broncos — have been decimated by the injury bug. Compound that issue with the suspension of a Pro Bowl-caliber player, and the Broncos have found ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State has leaned on its three starting seniors in the early part of the season. The Seminoles also showed they have a talented freshman coming off the bench. Forward River Baldwin scored a season-best 19 points and ...
One-third of the way through the NBA's regular season, the Clippers are one of only three teams, along with Milwaukee and the Lakers, to rank among the league's top seven in both offensive and defensive efficiency. With a 14-1 record at Staples Center, they ...
LeBron James was at the height of his game in the spring of 2012. He had just won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award and helped the Miami Heat coast to the Eastern Conference Finals during his second season alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
The Indianapolis Colts (6-8) host the Carolina Panthers (5-9) at Lucas Oil Stadium at 1 p.m. Sunday. Here's what you need to know: How can I watch the Colts? Fox will show the game, with Dick Stockton on play-by-play, Mark Schlereth on analysis and ...
The Green Bay Packers (11-3) already know they will be returning to the NFC playoffs for the first time in three seasons. With two weeks left in the 2019 NFL regular season, they are now looking to have the strongest possible playoff position. The Packers go ...
WASHINGTON — Chicago Bulls forward Zach LaVine offered blunt advice to teammates as they rallied against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night. "It just seemed like a real ugly game," LaVine said. "I just kept telling them, 'Hey, man it's an ugly ...
Bush Hamdan's job at Washington appears to be on life support. He needs to make a statement to Coach Lake that he can be the aggressive play-caller that Lake is looking for. Joe Tryon and the defense to close out 2019 in style. Tryon brought the regular ...
Giants fans reading this next sentence are either going to laugh or feel nauseous regret. Ereck Flowers is going to land a big contract as a free agent with some offensive line-needy team. At least if you believe Redskins interim head coach Bill Callahan, who ...
Wide receiver Marcus Rosemy is officially a Georgia Bulldog. Rosemy signed his letter of intent with the SEC team on Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period. Marcus Rosemy @rosemy_marcus. https://t.co/iUn88tJJd3. Rosemy, who ...
STARKVILLE – Joe Moorhead needed a breather. And a water bottle. He took both. "Thanks, I needed that," Moorhead told his sports information director after he passed the coach some water at the end of his opening statement during a press conference for ...
In the nearly three weeks since Nebraska's season came to an abrupt end against Iowa on Black Friday, Husker head coach Scott Frost and his staff have been on a dead recruiting sprint. As the calendar turned to December, Nebraska had 15 players verbally ...
At the end of Early Signing Day, the Buffs have the 35th best recruiting class and the 6th best in the Pac-12. Mel Tucker went hard with his first recruiting cycle, targeting size and athleticism at every position with the hopes that Colorado can grind people into ...
OK, he sort of said it. Maybe it was a case of me hearing what I wanted to hear. When asked Wednesday how he would characterize the quarterback competition that incoming freshman Logan Smothers is about to enter, Nebraska coach Scott Frost danced in ...
Louisiana State University quarterback Joe Burrow won the prestigious Heisman Trophy this weekend. But what he did Saturday night was arguably way more impressive than anything he's done on the gridiron. With help from fans, he's raised $430,000 for ...