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Consecutive 30-point double-doubles for Michael Porter Jr. as Nuggets rookie continues surge Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. became only the third rookie since 2000 to post consecutive 30-point double-doubles but it was Nikola Jokic who left Gregg Popovich feeling like he had just faced a Hall of Famer. "Porter is a fine young talent," the ...
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Mike Shildt: Cardinals can't worry about whether revamped schedule is fair Professional sports leagues do everything in their power to make sure every team in their respective leagues play the same number of regular-season games. It creates equity and ensures that whoever reaches the postseason has earned that right accurately.
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Nets' Kevin Durant picks Clippers to beat Bucks in NBA Finals With one of the most open NBA postseasons in years, there's no clear title favorite right now, but the LA Clippers picked up one big endorsement: Kevin Durant. "If I had to choose -- and I hate doing that s--- because you never know what could happen, you ...
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Max Scherzer exits after one inning with hamstring injury as going stays rough for pitchers WASHINGTON — As Major League Baseball enjoys a couple days of relative calm in navigating its 60-game season within a pandemic, another unfortunate sidelight to this quickly workshopped season reared its head. Yet another unplanned exit by an ...
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Brian Anderson's solo HR all Marlins need in another shutout of Orioles BALTIMORE (AP) — Brian Anderson hit a fourth-inning homer off Alex Cobb and the Miami Marlins won their second straight since returning from a coronavirus-prompted layoff, beating the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 Wednesday in the opener of a doubleheader.
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What we learned from the NCAA's announcement regarding fall sports The state of college football and other Division I sports in the fall remains uncertain due to the coronavirus pandemic. Each power 5 conference (besides the Big 12) has announced a new 2020 football schedule with solely conference opponents starting in ...
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Visiting Phils beat Yankees 11-7 at home to open twin bill PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto homered to back Zack Wheeler and lead the "visiting" Phillies to an 11-7 victory over the Yankees, snapping New York's seven-game winning streak in the opener of a seven-inning doubleheader in ...
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Raheem Mostert knew he would remain with 49ers despite trade request After bursting onto the scene with a tremendous stretch during the latter portion of the 49ers' 2019 season, Raheem Mostert didn't have the offseason he expected coming off the field after San Francisco's loss in Super Bowl LIV. The coronavirus pandemic put ...
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Texas Tech AD meets with players after report on abuse in women's basketball program Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt released a statement Wednesday evening following a USA TODAY Sports investigation into the school's women's basketball program. Hocutt said he met with the Lady Raiders basketball players Wednesday afternoon ...
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Bruins vs. Lightning Talking Points: Chris Wagner bringing offense, energy for B's GOLD STAR: The Bruins are going to continue to have trouble against the deeper teams in the league, and that means struggles against the second and third lines on quality hockey clubs. That's what happened against the Lightning on Wednesday afternoon ...
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ACC Adding Dates to Football Schedule: Questions for FSU Last week, we got our first glimpse of the ACC's new scheduling model for the 2020 college football season, which expands conference play from eight to 10 games, while reducing non-conference action for four contests down to just one home or in-state ...
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Wake Forest, Appalachian State push Sept. 11 game to future WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Appalachian State and Wake Forest have agreed to postpone their nonconference game scheduled for Sept. 11 to a future year. The schools announced the move Wednesday, less than six weeks before the Mountaineers were ...
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Chargers could scrimmage at SoFi Stadium says Anthony Lynn The Chargers have started training camp, and it has been different. There will be no preseason games and no joint practices. That means that teams have to be more creative to get players ready for the start of the season. "We have more than enough time to ...
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Rookie Makar, Avs cruise to 4-0 round-robin win over Stars EDMONTON, Alberta -- High-scoring 21-year-old rookie defenseman Cale Makar connected on an early power-play goal, 30-year-old Pavel Francouz recorded a shutout in his postseason debut and the Colorado Avalanche cruised to a 4-0 round-robin win ...
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Yankees will not rush Aroldis Chapman's return from coronavirus PHILADELPHIA — Aroldis Chapman is at least a week away from rejoining the Yankees. The closer was scheduled to throw a bullpen on Wednesday and live hitters were not yet on his radar. "I don't expect (him to be pitching in a big-league game) any time ...
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Ben Simmons injury update: MRI comes back clean, considered day-to-day with left knee injury, per report Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons left his team's game against the Washington Wizards Wednesday afternoon with a left knee injury, according to Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer. His MRI showed no damage according to Shams Charania of ...
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Pac-12 Leaders Propose Call With Group of Players Threatening to Skip 2020 Season Pac-12 leaders have agreed to schedule a call with a group of conference players who are threatening to boycott the 2020 season. In an email sent Wednesday night to the #WeAreUnited group, commissioner Larry Scott proposed a Zoom call for 8 p.m. PT ...
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Trump calls kneeling 'disgraceful'; Doc Rivers finds the president's attitude 'disgraceful' Doc Rivers sat down for his video conference call with reporters on Wednesday and stayed on his social justice message. The Clippers coach wore a blue baseball cap with the word "VOTE" in capital letters. He was asked about President Trump's critical ...
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Lakers cannot keep up in blowout loss to Thunder For weeks, Lakers Coach Frank Vogel has insisted that the Lakers wouldn't change the way they played or their goals in each individual game once they clinched the top seed in the Western Conference. To that end, he played all of his starters against the ...
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Celtics vs. Nets score: Live updates as Jayson Tatum, Boston try to get back on track against Nets Here's something we didn't see coming: Through three games in the bubble, the Brooklyn Nets, missing the majority of their rotation, have the same record as the Boston Celtics. Both are 1-2. The Nets are coming off a monumental upset of the Milwaukee ...
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Bills CB Tre'Davious White unsure if he will opt in or out BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White is unsure if he will opt in or opt out of the upcoming NFL season. White has until 4 p.m. Thursday to decide on his status for the year. The 25-year-old has established himself as one of the best ...
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Trail Blazers reportedly tried recently to get Trevor Ariza to join them in bubble Trevor Ariza opted-out of playing for Portland in the NBA's restart so he could spend time with his son. Due to a custody case, he had a limited window to visit and he chose family over basketball. However, as his custody window shifted and Portland started to ...
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Famous CU Buffs fan Betty Hoover passes away at 95 For 80 years, Betty Hoover and her twin sister, Peggy Coppom, have been iconic fans at CU sporting events. Always in matching outfits – often a gold sweatshirt or CU jacket – and carrying black and ...
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Vikings' offensive line takes shape without practice and preseason An NFL season muddied by the world of COVID-19 has forced some pragmatic clarity along the Vikings' offensive line. That's what jumped out Wednesday afternoon as offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak served up this tray of newsy nuggets during a Zoom ...
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PNC Park has been kind to the Twins They say there is no place like home, unless you're talking about the Minnesota Twins. For them, there is no place like PNC Park, where Minnesota will play two games against the Pirates on Wednesday and Thursday. Maybe it's the backdrop of the Allegheny ...
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College football 2020: Full week-by-week schedule for every Power 5 conference The 2020 college football schedule is starting to come into focus for the Power 5 conferences in the FBS. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, two of the Power 5 conferences have announced their full schedules for the 2020-21 ...
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Rockets bring their best to top matchups In a half-full way of looking at things, which under the circumstances of the restarted NBA season might be wise, the Rockets have traditionally been their best against the league's best. That is not always good enough. The NBA's top teams take their share of ...
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Eberle scores 2 in Islanders' 4-2 win over Panthers TORONTO (AP) — Jordan Eberle scored twice, including the go-ahead goal, and the New York Islanders rallied to a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers and take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five NHL preliminary round playoff series on Tuesday. Ryan Pulock and ...
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Eagles re-signing Marcus Green The Eagles cut receiver Marcus Green on July 26. They are planning to re-sign him this week, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Green, 23, has never appeared in a regular-season game. The Falcons selected him in the sixth round of the 2019 draft.
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Fabio Jakobsen in serious but stable condition following Tour de Pologne crash The race doctor said that Jakobsen suffered "a very serious head trauma, a crushed palate and upper respiratory tract" and "lost a lot of blood", which made intubation difficult.
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Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu traveling to New York to see specialist about ankle injury New York Liberty rookie guard Sabrina Ionescu, who has a Grade 3 left ankle sprain, is traveling to New York on Wednesday to see an ankle and foot specialist. Ionescu exited Friday's game against the Atlanta Dream in the second quarter after she stepped ...
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Mountain West football plans to start season Sept. 26 because of coronavirus pandemic The Mountain West Conference announced plans Wednesday to have its football teams play an eight-game conference schedule and up to two non-conference games. The football season will start no earlier than Sept. 26. The Mountain West championship ...
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The Latest: AAC to play 8 conference games, up to 12 total The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___. The American Athletic Conference says it will keep its eight-game conference football schedule in place and allow its 11 schools to play up to four nonconference games.
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United, Inter reach Europa League last eight Paris (AFP) - Manchester United edged LASK 2-1 and Inter Milan beat Getafe 2-0 on Wednesday in rescheduled ties due to the coronavirus pandemic to clinch places in the quarter finals of the Europa League. United had a 5-0 lead from their first leg played ...
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The Suns And Mavs Shouldn't Have Surprised Us … But We Didn't See TJ Warren Coming The NBA has been back officially for almost a week now, giving us just enough time to make some observations as clubs make their end-of-season pushes before the playoffs begin. Some of the early returns are surprising, while others are ones we should ...
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Loeffler Claims 'Cancel Culture' as WNBA Players Support Democratic Candidate (Reuters) - A U.S. senator who co-owns the Atlanta Dream WNBA team ratcheted up her criticism of the women's basketball league on Wednesday after players wore shirts supporting one of her opponents in November's special election. Kelly Loeffler, a ...
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Maple Leafs' Jake Muzzin stretchered off ice after awkward fall The Maple Leafs had a big bounce-back win in Game 2 of their series against the Blue Jackets, but a big win was marred by a terrifying incident with less than two minutes left in the contest. As the time ticked down in the final frame, Leafs blueliner Jake ...
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Area high school athletic directors filling out schedules has been 'unbelievably nuts' Okaw Valley's Brooks Inman is both the middle school and high school athletic director. Trying to piece together plans for the upcoming season has been hectic for area ADs. CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW. St_Teresa_Trophy 5.18.19.jpg (copy).
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Philip Rivers Says Opting Out of 2020 NFL Season Would've Resulted in Retirement Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers said Wednesday that retirement isn't on his mind at the moment. It's a topic that has become unavoidable as the coronavirus pandemic has factored into the 2020 NFL season. The 38-year-old said he viewed opting ...
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Patriots re-add undrafted wide receiver Isaiah Zuber The Patriots re-signed undrafted rookie receiver Isaiah Zuber. He had been cut during the original roster cut down to 80 last month. Zuber, who played at Mississippi State and Kansas State, finished his college career with 141 receptions, 1,532 receiving ...
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Game 12: Red Sox at Rays lineups and notes After losing the series opener, 5-1, the Red Sox will face the Rays again Wednesday night and will be looking to snap their second four-game losing streak of the season. Lineups. RED SOX (3-8): 1. Pillar CF, 2. Devers 3B, 3. Martinez DH, 4. Bogaerts SS, 5.
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OSAA votes to move high school fall sports to March The high school fall sports season has been postponed to 2021 and all sports will play a condensed season when they do resume, the Oregon School Activities Association announced late Wednesday afternoon. Adapting to the COVID-19 reality, the OSAA ...
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Capitals' Lars Eller: Exits bubble Eller returned to Washington on Wednesday to be present for the birth of his second child. Eller will have to self-quarantine for four days after returning to Toronto and re-entering the bubble, so he'll miss the Capitals' final two round-robin games at a minimum.
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Board approves fall athletics schedule for Arizona high schools PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - The committee that oversees high school sports in Arizona approved on Wednesday a fall schedule for student-athletes. Arizona Interscholastic Association said it voted for a "phase-in" start of fall sports. That means the beginning of ...
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Bellator 243 -- Michael Chandler vs. Benson Henderson II: Fight card, odds, date, location After a tough 2016 fight between Michael Chandler and Benson Henderson, Bellator fans wanted to see a rematch between the two accomplished lightweights. The rematch was set up for December, but fell apart when Henderson pulled out due to injury.
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Washington Football Team releases photos of new helmets for 2020 season WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The Washington Football team suddenly looking like the Alabama Crimson Tide. Well, sort of. The team released video and photos on Wednesday of their new helmets for the upcoming 2020 season.
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Buffalo Bills: Breaking down Josh Allen's performance by down in 2019 This is a breakdown of Buffalo Bills' quarterback Josh Allen's performance last year by downs. Recently, Josh Allen talked with the media and said one of the areas he needs to improve entering his third year with the Buffalo Bills his performance on early ...
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