The N.F.C. West has produced the last two conference champions, consists of three teams with 6-3 records, is home to top candidates for the Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year awards, has provided some of the most memorable moments ...
Gersson Rosas and his staff had spent five months working remotely by the time the N.B.A. draft lottery was staged on Aug. 20 to determine the order of the top picks. As the president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Rosas saw it as ...
The New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons and Las Vegas Raiders put players on the NFL's COVID-19 list Tuesday, while Washington had its first instance of someone in the organization testing positive for the coronavirus since the season began. Meanwhile, the ...
It was a year ago this week, ahead of England's 1,000th men's international, that Gareth Southgate discussed his initial reticence to take the England job back in November 2016. "I felt that, in more recent times, the job had been viewed as this poisoned ...
Celtics Talk Podcast: Is Boston about to trade Gordon Hayward? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston. At this point, it isn't looking all too likely we'll see Gordon Hayward in a Boston Celtics uniform next season. Hayward's deadline to decide on his ...
Portland Trail Blazers forward Rodney Hood is declining his $6M player option and becoming a free agent, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Hood, 28, tore his left Achilles tendon in December 2019. With nearly a year of recovery time, Hood can play ...
The NBA's upcoming season will feature changes, including to its length, start time and format. The league's 72-game schedule, a decrease from the traditional 82 games, will begin Dec. 22 following preseason games from Dec. 11-19. An All-Star break is set ...
Football players are tough. We've seen it locally here for years, where Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford takes a beating that would fell most humans only to bounce back and play the next play. Stafford is dealing with a thumb injury on his throwing ...
Alex Cora is right; the Red Sox were a sluggish team to watch in 2020. As the World Series championship manager returns for a second stint in the Sox' dugout, he's promised to make the Sox a faster, and thus more entertaining team in 2021. "I still believe ...
There are plenty of questions swirling around the Southeastern Conference this week as Mississippi State prepares to travel to Georgia for meeting of teams that share the same nickname. The most unanswerable early in the week was whether the game will ...
This is also the first year that institutions in Division III were required to send graduation data to the NCAA, and athletes in this division were found to have surpassed the average federal graduation rate with a 68 percent average, compared to 63 percent for the ...
Aaron Rodgers could be as good of a broadcaster as he is a quarterback. He's smart, witty, funny (in a dry way), and entertaining. But if he gets into TV in any way after his playing career ends, it won't have any connection to football. "Well, I've given a lot to ...
Four South Carolina defensive players have opted out of playing the remainder of the season, including three starters, and another pair of key defenders won't return due to injuries interim head coach Mike Bobo said Tuesday. The already floundering ...
After the Milwaukee Bucks completed two roster-defining trades on Monday night, it's clear that the window for a championship run is at this very instant. According to multiple reports, the Milwaukee Bucks recently agreed in principle to acquire the New ...
After a 38-22 win against Florida State last week, redshirt junior quarterback Bailey Hockman and the NC State offense will prepare to take on the No. 21 Liberty Flames at home this weekend. The Wolfpack offense should be ready to fight against the Flames, ...
Striker Olivier Giroud scored twice to move closer to France's national team's scoring record as the Nations League group winner beat Sweden 4-2 and relegated it on Tuesday. Giroud's tally of 44 goals puts him seven behind France and Arsenal great Thierry ...
LONDON — Dominic Thiem mastered the tiebreakers again to get the better of Rafael Nadal, and defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas also won Tuesday on Day 3 of the ATP Finals. Thiem beat the 20-time Grand Slam champion in straight sets and ...
The Kansas City Chiefs had some time off following their victory over Carolina in Week 9, but despite not taking the field over the bye week, the Chiefs still maintained the top spot in several of the various "power rankings" from around the web. Kansas City ...
The Los Angeles Rams announced Tuesday that they have signed kicker Matt Gay. Gay, 26, was most recently with the Indianapolis Colts, signed to their practice squad on Sept. 15 before being released on Nov. 6. Prior to joining the Colts' practice squad, ...