Commissioner Adam Silver sent an internal memo to NBA office employees Sunday, offering thoughts of frustration and sadness after watching the protests around the country over the weekend. Silver, in a memo obtained by ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, said ...
I'm angry. I'm afraid. And I'm in pain. When I read those words, I feel like I'm channeling one of my kids. These are the words of a teenager lost and looking for direction in a messed-up world, not the sentiment of an NBA head coach and former player.
NBA-TV presented its Trail Blazer documentary Sunday night. It was called "Rip City Revival" and it certainly wasn't a "Rip City Revelation." For people new to this team, fans who weren't around back in the early 1990s when Portland made its two runs to the ...
Kobe Bryant's death in a January helicopter accident rocked the NBA world to its core. Virtually everybody in the league that knew Bryant shared their lament in some fashion, and that includes Shareef O'Neal. O'Neal, son of Bryant's former Lakers teammate ...
The Nationals will reportedly pay minor-league players in their farm system $300 per week for the month of June, The Athletic's Britt Ghiroli and Emily Waldon first reported. The Nationals cut 30 players & will pay the remaining MiLBers $300/wk- a 25% cut.
With various logistical wheels in motion, and progress being made toward reaching a decision on how to restart the NBA season, it appears that the league's suspension in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is drawing closer to an end. According to The ...
Brad Keselowski – Winner: "We kind of got a Christmas present here in Bristol. We'll take it. We're in position and able to strike when it counted with the Discount Tire Ford Mustang. Joey and Chase got together there. I don't know what all caused it, but we ...
As they evaluate their options in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers consider Maccabi Tel Aviv prospect Deni Avdija to be in the group of players just below the best available. According to Cleveland.com's Chris Fedor, the Cavs ...
FRESNO, Calif. — Bob Bennett, the winningest baseball coach in Fresno State history and a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86. The school announced Bennett's death Sunday. It did not provide additional details. The Fresno ...
49ers owner Jed York wants to join the fight against systemic racism in the United States. On Saturday, York announced in a written statement that the 49ers will donate $1 million to support the fight. "People throughout our country are hurting," York wrote.
The Sky Bet Championship is set for a June 20 resumption after the English Football League agreed on a provisional return date. The Premier League announced on Thursday that play is due to return on June 17 following the coronavirus suspension that ...
The Major League Soccer Players Association voted to approve economic concessions for this season, including across-the-board salary cuts, while also agreeing to play in a proposed summer tournament in Orlando, Florida. The proposal, made public by ...
Thabo Sefolosha knows what it's like to be a black man, on the ground, surrounded by police officers. Such was the scenario when George Floyd died in Minneapolis last week. And when Sefolosha watched that video, his memories came flooding back.
Like a football locker room, a hockey locker room is a nasty, disgusting Petri dish of odors and germs. And so, like football undoubtedly will do, hockey will be aggressive about testing players if/when the 2019-20 season resumes. "We will have a rigorous daily ...
Jon Jones continued to make public threats that he is willing to leave the UFC on Sunday, dropping a number of tweets saying that he will vacate his light heavyweight title amid a pay dispute with the promotion. The drama began with Jones when he ...
Former Troy kicker/punter Tyler Sumpter has committed to West Virginia as a graduate transfer, he announced Sunday. Sumpter, a Spain Park High School graduate, announced his commitment with a rather creative social media video: COMMITTED TO WVU ...
Lance Armstrong doesn't want his son, Luke, to repeat his mistakes. The disgraced 48-year-old cyclist revealed what he would tell Luke, who plays football at Rice, if he came to him about using performance enhancing drugs: 30 for 30 @30for30. "I would say ...
Trainers were singing from the same hymn sheet May 31 as they counted down the hours to the return of racing in Britain with a mixture of relief and great excitement. After a shutdown of more than 10 weeks, the government gave the green light on Saturday ...
On Saturday, Louisville men's basketball head coach Chris Mack issued a statement via Twitter following the nationwide protests in response to the death of George Floyd, and the local protests in response to the death of Breonna Taylor. His statement reads ...
Well, so much for that controversy. Vijay Singh has dropped out of the Korn Ferry Challenge at Dye's Valley at TPC Sawgrass, just a few weeks after drawing heated criticism from Korn Ferry Tour pros for his decision to enter the event. Singh's withdrawal from ...
Celtics guard Jaylen Brown drove 15 hours from Boston to participate in a peaceful protest Saturday in Atlanta, which is 20 miles from his home town of Marietta, Georgia. "Being a celebrity, being an NBA player don't exclude me from no conversations at all," ...
There is plenty of potential regarding the running back position of the Carolina Panthers. They boast a primary No. 1 option in Christian McCaffrey and the others will be fighting for the primary backup spot when the All-Pro needs some time off the field.
STATE COLLEGE — Area residents from different racial backgrounds, genders and age groups gathered in downtown State College on Sunday afternoon to form a collective voice for justice. The "Justice for George Floyd" rally, like others around the country, ...
LAS VEGAS — Billy Quarantillo is unbeaten in UFC. The Ransomville native improved to 2-0 in mixed martial arts' top promotion Saturday night, defeating Spike Carlyle by a unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns in Las Vegas.
During his nine-year NFL career, Floyd Little was one of the most dynamic running backs of his time. While the team was not at its best during his time, he was one of the stars of the early Broncos years, which granted him the nickname "The Franchise.
Top four contenders Borussia Dortmund look to keep up with victorious Borussia Monchengladbach when it meets relegation-threatened Paderborn as Week 29 in the Bundesliga hits Sunday. Gladbach got two goals from Marcus Thuram and one goal and ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Baker Mayfield's revelation on a Zoom call with Browns media this week that he's "moving in silence" this offseason is a sign that he's buying into Kevin Stefanski's program and has faith in the coaching staff. Mayfield has always spoken ...
Henrik Lundqvist currently finds himself in a tough situation with the New York Rangers. The longtime netminder has been the face of the franchise in New York for years, but he has seen himself demoted to a third-string role with the additions of young ...
Couple commit to togetherness; baby on the way. The last season of Nach Baliye saw the reunion of several exes, one of them being Natasa Stankovic and Aly Gony. But soon after curtains came down on the dance reality show, the rumour mills were buzzing ...
NBA icon Michael Jordan decried "ingrained racism" in America Sunday as the sports world's reaction to the death of unarmed black man George Floyd leapt leagues and continents. "I am deeply saddened, truly pained and plain angry," Jordan said in a ...
Ron Rivera chose Washington due to great drafts and a lot of young potential, says @MikeSilver. pic.twitter.com/CWMVPoxW4U. — Jordan (@redskinstoday_) May 23, 2020. It might have come as a surprise to many back at the end of 2019 when Ron Rivera ...
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