LOS ANGELES - Two words came to mind for Dwight Howard when asked to compare Anthony Davis' first game against his former team five weeks ago to Davis' performance Friday in the Los Angeles Lakers' 123-113 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.
The NFL's wild-card weekend -- the opening week of the NFL playoffs -- features two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday. The road to Super Bowl LIV 2020 begins Saturday, when the Houston Texans host the Buffalo Bills.
Auburn @ Mississippi State. Current Records: Auburn 12-0; Mississippi State 9-3. What to Know. The #8 Auburn Tigers have enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they must head out on the road. They will square off against the ...
FRISCO, Texas — Jason Garrett was still coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Friday, almost a week after what figured to be a make-or-break season ended without a trip to the playoffs in the final year of his contract. Garrett has been at team headquarters off and ...
De'Aaron Fox is viewed as the player that makes the Sacramento Kings go. The 22-year-old point guard fueled a fierce rally as Sacramento ended an eight-game losing streak on Thursday and he aims for another strong showing when the Kings host the New ...
West Virginia @ Kansas. Current Records: West Virginia 11-1; Kansas 10-2. What to Know. The #16 West Virginia Mountaineers will take on the #3 Kansas Jayhawks at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. Each game has meant fewer and fewer points ...
The Tulane Green Wave and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles have had some time off and are no doubt ready to hit the field. Bowl season is underway, and Tulane and Southern Miss will compete for postseason bragging rights in the Armed Forces Bowl at ...
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, the leading candidate for NFL Most Valuable Player, was among 14 players to make their first Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team. Joining him as a first-time selection was Carolina Panthers running back ...
If Broncos president Joe Ellis gets his wish, Denver will be headed to London next season to take on the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL's International Series. The Falcons are set to play in the game against a non-divisional opponent on their schedule, making the ...
Arizona State @ Arizona. Current Records: Arizona State 9-4; Arizona 10-3. What to Know. The Arizona State Sun Devils have been homebodies their last two games, but they are heading out on Saturday. They will take on the #25 Arizona Wildcats at 9:30 ...
Recap of the day. Twelve months ago, Xander Schauffele fired a scintillating final round of 62 to take victory in the 2019 edition of the Sentry Tournament of Champions. With a 5-under 68 in hostile Friday weather conditions, he's back on top of the Kapalua ...
It is official, Bayern Munich has signed Schalke keeper Alexander Nübel. The Schalke keeper will join Bayern on a free transfer on Jul. 1, 2020, and will sign a five-year contract. In many ways, it is a remarkable deal. Manuel Neuer, Bayern Munich's current ...
BOISE, Idaho — Ohio quarterback Nathan Rourke is projected to be the top quarterback taken in the Canadian Football League draft this spring. He's pretty good at the American collegiate version, too. Rourke, from Oakville, Ontario, accounted for 231 yards ...
UFC might be thinking about a potential rematch between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, but the lightweight champion seems to have other ideas. Speaking to TMZ Sports, Nurmagomedov's manager, Ali Abdelaziz, went so far as to say ...
Veteran fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson injected new life into England to send South Africa sliding to 60-3 on Day 2 of the second test on Saturday. Broad struck twice before lunch, helped by a dazzling diving catch by Ben Stokes in the slips, ...
NEWARK, N.J. — Romaro Gill scored a career-high 17 points as Seton Hall topped Georgetown 78-62 on Friday night in a game that saw six players ejected following a brief tussle late in the contest. With just over three minutes left in the game, tempers flared ...
The Portland Trail Blazers finally ran into a team as beat up as they are on Friday night in the form of the Washington Wizards. Lacking Bradley Beal and any other players whose names you would recognize, the Wizards put up a plucky fight. It wasn't nearly ...
BRISBANE, Australia — Novak Djokovic got more than he bargained for in his first competitive match of 2020 before fending off Kevin Anderson 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) late Saturday to secure Serbia's win over South Africa at the ATP Cup. The No. 2-ranked Djokovic ...
Kovalchuk is unlikely to be in the lineup for Saturday night's game against the Penguins, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports. Kovalchuk, who was signed by Montreal on Friday, is still working on visa issues, so it's unlikely he'll be ready for Saturday's ...
A mind-meld between Chiefs coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes was engaged from their first meeting, before the NFL Draft in 2017. And what the offensive mastermind and his revolutionary disciple have conjured together since could leave ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Taylor Jones looked quite comfortable in her first Pac-12 game. Jones scored 11 of her 15 points in the third quarter, and No. 3 Oregon State pounded Utah 77-48 on Friday night. Oregon State (13-0, 1-0) looked inside to start the second ...
BLACKSBURG — The Virginia Tech men's basketball team is not lacking in confidence as it dives back into ACC play. The Hokies were picked next-to-last in the ACC's preseason media poll. But they are 10-3 overall and 1-1 in league play heading into ...
MUMBAI — India captain Virat Kohli does not endorse the idea of reducing test matches to four-day affairs and on Saturday warned administrators against tinkering too much with the purest format of the game. The International Cricket Council (ICC), the world ...
Things change for Alabama basketball beginning Saturday. Coach Nate Oats' Crimson Tide team has finished pre-Southeastern Conference play with a 7-5 record and opens league competition on the road against one of the teams expected to challenge for ...
Veteran India bowling all-rounder Irfan Pathan on Saturday decided to hang up his boots and officially announced his decision to retire from all forms of cricket. The left-arm pacer played 29 Tests, 120 ODIs and 24 T20Is for India, scalping a total of 301 ...
Welcome to our live coverage of the day two of the ATP Cup, taking place in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney. After Australia secured an emphatic 3-0 clean sweep on day one, three of the biggest names in tennis took centre stage on Saturday. World No. 1 Rafael ...
Coming off a rough non-conference slate, Kansas State knows it must pick it up as the youthful Wildcats head into Big 12 Conference competition. Picked ninth in the league's preseason poll, K-State is mired in its poorest start to a season in 18 years — and ...
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