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Orlando Magic trade Nikola Vucevic to Chicago Bulls in four-player deal, get two first-round picks, sources say Vucevic, who is averaging a career-best 24.5 points and 11.8 rebounds this season while shooting 40.6% from 3-point range, is a huge addition for the Bulls, who remain in pursuit of Lonzo Ball. The Magic are moving toward a rebuild, with Aaron Gordon having ...
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Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy: Dak Prescott team's 'keystone' At the time of his injury, Prescott ranked eighth in the league with a Total QBR of 78.7. He threw nine touchdowns to four interceptions. With Prescott, Dallas' offense ranked first in yards per ...
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2021 NFL free agency: Thursday roundup of latest news, buzz Giovani Bernard might be on the move. Multiple teams have called to inquire about a possible trade for the Bengals' veteran running back, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported. At 29 years old, Bernard remains one of the league's better receivers in the ...
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Toronto Raptors not trading star point guard Kyle Lowry, source says Lowry has remained one of the NBA's best two-way guards this season, averaging 17.4 points and 7.5 assists per game while shooting 39% from 3-point range and continuing to be one of the top defensive guards in the league.
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NFL hopes 'everyone' will get vaccinated, but won't be requirement The NFL has "no intention" to require COVID-19 vaccinations for players, coaches or team staff members, according to the league's chief medical officer. Speaking Thursday on the NFL Network, Dr. Allen Sills said he hopes "everyone" will get vaccinated and ...
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Penn State pro day: Jayson Oweh thrills with freakish athleticism Representatives from 31 NFL teams attended the Penn State pro day, per NFL Network reporter Kim Jones, who was on assignment in State College, Pennsylvania. Attendees included Broncos GM George Paton, Giants head coach Joe Judge and Steelers GM ...
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Brandon Beane: Bills want contract extension with Josh Allen 'that works for him and works for us' No quarterback in recent memory has turned his game around as swiftly as Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen. The Pro Bowl signal-caller went from question marks about his future to star in the matter of one season. Allen's play in his first two seasons led ...
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Joe Flacco joining Eagles to 'help' Jalen Hurts but also 'prove' he can still play Joe Flacco is with his fourth team in as many years, and while he didn't specifically admit it Thursday, he's walking into a situation in which he's expected to serve as a veteran backup. Flacco brings value to the Eagles, of course, carrying with him years of ...
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Falcons hope low-cost free agent class will make big splash That includes a guy who once worked in a potato chip factory. Safety Erik Harris epitomizes. Atlanta also signed linebacker Brandon Copeland and. This group is unlikely to stir much excitement among a fan base turned ...
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Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball coach Lon Kruger retiring after 45 years in coaching Kruger, 68, has been in charge of the Sooners for the last decade, leading them to seven NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 2016. They finished 16-11 overall this season, going 9-8 in the Big 12 and advancing to the second round of the NCAA ...
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The biggest NBA trade rumors and deals ahead of 2021 deadline There are several big names expected to be dealt on trade deadline day, including Kyle Lowry. The veteran point guard helped bring the Toronto Raptors a championship during his tremendous career with the club, but with Toronto ...
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Reports: Norman Powell traded to Blazers The Toronto Raptors dealt the starting shooting guard to Portland in exchange for Gary Trent Jr. and Rodney Hood. Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. In order to improve our community ...
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Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes partners with HBCU Legacy Bowl KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Patrick Mahomes, through his 15 and the Mahomies Foundation, is partnering with the HBCU Legacy Bowl, which will begin play next year in New Orleans. Mahomes announced through the foundation a multiyear commitment to the ...
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Source: Kansas City Chiefs bring back WR DeMarcus Robinson on 1-year deal Robinson joined the Chiefs as a fourth-round draft pick in 2016. He broke into the playing rotation the next season and his catches have increased every year starting with 21 in 2017.
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NCAA hires law firm for gender-equity review after men's, women's tournament disparities After facing criticism for recently publicized disparities between its men's and women's basketball tournaments, the NCAA has hired a law firm to conduct an independent gender-equity review of its championships across all three divisions and for all sports, the ...
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Virginia Tech's Jalen Cone plans to enter transfer portal, explore 'other options,' he says Cone, a 5-foot-10 sophomore, was considered one of the best 3-point shooters in the ACC. "I just want to explore some other options that will put me in a ...
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Is San Francisco Running It Back With Jimmy Garoppolo? With a salary cap hit of $26.4 million looming and the team seemingly strapped for cap space, it appeared that the only choices were to re-structure the contract, release, or trade Garoppolo.
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Source: Atlanta Hawks trading Rajon Rondo to LA Clippers for Lou Williams, future second-round picks The Clippers also are sending two future second-round draft picks in the deal, a source told Wojnarowski. Rondo, 35, gives the Clippers championship experience, leadership and basketball IQ at point guard.
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Ask Kyle: Have the Lions gotten better in free agency, and is a QB really in play in NFL draft? ALLEN PARK -- The first wave of free agency has come and gone with the Detroit Lions making a series of moves. But are they really any better? Could they actually be worse? And who exactly has the best chicken sandwich in Detroit? These are the ...
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Vikings Acquire Cardinals Center/Guard Mason Cole For a Sixth-Round Pick Stop the presses: the Vikings have added an offensive lineman. They've acquired Cardinals center Mason Cole for one of their 2021 sixth-round draft picks, according to multiple reports. The team confirmed the deal, which is pending a physical.
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Notre Dame out of NCAA men's hockey tournament due to positive COVID-19 tests Notre Dame will no longer participate in the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament due to multiple positive COVID-19 test results, the school announced Thursday. The Irish were scheduled to play No. 1 seed Boston College at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the ...
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Max Fried gets the nod as Braves' opening day starter with a 2.25 ERA last season, finishing fifth in the NL Cy Young Award balloting. He established himself as the Atlanta ace after Mike Soroka went down with a torn Achilles tendon. The 27-year ...
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Trade deadline passes, and Kyle Lowry remains with Raptors Orlando swung three separate deals to move three of their four leading scorers this season, including All-Star Nikola Vucevic. He's going to Chicago, while Evan Fournier got moved to the Boston Celtics and Aaron Gordon was sent to the Nuggets.
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Confused about what voidable years and dead money mean in terms of NFL contracts? Let us explain Due to COVID-19-related losses in league revenues in 2020, each NFL team this year has a salary cap of $182.5 million with which to assemble its 2021 roster. That is down from $198.2 million ...
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Mavericks look to stay hot vs. visiting Pacers The Mavericks posted their 14th win in 19 outings with a 128-108 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. That win capped a 2-1 three-game road trip for Dallas, which will embark on a five-game trek after its brief pit stop vs. Indiana.
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Pitcher Gio González retires after 13 major league seasons The 35-year-old left-hander signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins and made one exhibition appearance, allowing seven runs and eight hits last Saturday while getting just one out against Washington, his former team.
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NBA Trade Deadline 2021: Bulls don't land Lonzo Ball in Pelicans deal On the Lonzo Ball front, Bulls would have to waive Thad Young and/or Tomas Satoransky to prepare offer sheet for him this summer. Sign-and-trade talks also in play. But again: It's clear AKME has targeted upgrading PG as a need.
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Detroit Tigers send prospects Isaac Paredes, Jake Rogers to Triple-A Toledo There are 37 players remaining in big-league camp with seven days until Opening Day on April 1 against the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park. The Tigers will use Fifth Third Field in Toledo as an alternate training site — where players can be shuffled to and ...
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Andrew Vaughn and other White Sox replacements for Eloy Jiménez Yeah, but who? The White Sox had a gigantic hole blasted in the middle of their batting order with the announcement that Jiménez tore his pectoral tendon while trying to rob a home run in Wednesday's exhibition ...
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Michigan basketball's Juwan Howard has great relationship with Florida State coach, player Howard's personal ties to the Seminoles run deeper than perhaps any opponent the Wolverines have played this season. Of course, it won't change the way he coaches in Sunday's game. "Once the game ...
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The return of '12 personnel' should be a major boost for Cam Newton and Patriots offense The Patriots figure to use a lot of it in 2021 after signing the top two tight ends in free agency to major contracts — four years and $50 million for Jonnu Smith, and three years and $37.5 million for Hunter Henry.
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Baltimore Orioles add Matt Harvey to major league rotation SARASOTA, Fla. -- Matt Harvey is back in the major leagues with the Baltimore Orioles. Baltimore selected the contract of the right-hander on Thursday, one week before its season opener at Boston. Harvey, who turns 32 on Saturday, gets a one-year, ...
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Bucks aim for ninth straight win in rematch vs. Celtics The Bucks took the first leg of the consecutive matchups with Boston on Wednesday, 121-119, despite nearly coughing up a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter and a 25-point advantage earlier in the game. Milwaukee went the final 1:43 without a point but held ...
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Evan Fournier trade: What deal for Magic guard means for Celtics Fournier immediately becomes Boston's best bench scoring threat. The 28-year-old swingman is averaging 19.7 points in just 30.3 minutes per game this season while shooting 38.8 percent beyond the 3-point arc. He ...
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Reports: Pelicans deal JJ Redick to Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks have acquired veteran guard JJ Redick in a four-player deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, according to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic. To summarize: • Mavericks add: JJ Redick and Nicolo Melli • Pelicans add: James ...
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Bears' Andy Dalton 'QB1' photo was mercilessly ridiculed by fans Either one would immediately improve a team, but especially a morose Bears offense that was led by uninspiring quarterback play from former Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles and top-10 pick Mitchell Trubisky.
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Cleveland Cavaliers trading JaVale McGee to Denver Nuggets for Isaiah Hartenstein, pair of second-round picks CHICAGO -- The Cleveland Cavaliers have made their first move on what could be a busy trade deadline day. Cleveland agreed to send backup center JaVale McGee to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for burly young big Isaiah Hartenstein and a pair of ...
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Ray Lewis on Lamar Jackson: Ravens Need to 'Put Pieces Around Him' to Win Super Bowl Hall-of-Fame Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis is confident Lamar Jackson can lead the Ravens to the Super Bowl. However, Baltimore needs to do a better job surrounding Jackson with more talent, especially at wide receiver. "You have to surround him with the ...
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The Latest: Notre Dame out of NCAA men's hockey tournament South Carolina plans to have about 9,000 fans at Williams-Brice Stadium for its spring football game on April 24. The school said that because of continuing COVID-19 concerns, seats in the lower and ...
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Lucas: Brown brings passion for the position – and players – to running backs room BY MIKE LUCAS UWBadgers.com Senior Writer. MADISON, Wis. — Whether it was with Peyton Hillis or DeMarco Murray, Darren McFadden or Ezekiel Elliott, or any of the running backs that came under his coaching wing, Gary Brown has been conversant in ...
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UFC 260 breakdown: What's different about Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou rematch? MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC's top bouts. Today, we look at the main event for UFC 260. UFC 260 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ...
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Jusuf Nurkic plans to return to Trail Blazers lineup vs. Orlando Magic on Friday Nurkic has missed the majority of the season after suffering a right wrist fracture on January 14th. Initial reports suggested he would miss two months. It has been almost 10 weeks since the injury. His return ...
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Matthew Judon Talks Going From Ravens to Patriots Matthew Judon remembers his five seasons with the Ravens fondly, but he's with a rival now after signing with the New England Patriots in free agency March 19. In his first videoconference Wednesday since leaving Baltimore, Judon admitted that putting on ...
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What makes Jaycee Horn the best cornerback in the 2021 NFL Draft The 49ers have retained a good portion of their unrestricted free agents during free agency. — the notable players, at least. By doing so, they've done a great job to position themselves to select the best player available with the No. 12 selection in this ...
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Announcer Dick Stockton retires after 55 years Record-setting play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton is retiring after a 55-year career. He made the announcement Thursday in a news release issued by FOX Sports, where he's worked the past 27 years. "I've decided to step aside, enjoying the many ...
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Need to Know: Bruins vs. Islanders BOSTON - The Bruins will return from their five-day COVID pause on Thursday night to take on the first-place New York Islanders at TD Garden. Boston has not played since last Thursday in Buffalo - a 4-1 win over the Sabres - after having two games ...
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Lady Bulldogs believe their culture has laid foundation for future SAN ANTONIO — Joni Taylor sat stoically at the podium while it appeared that tears recently rolled down her face. Jenna Staiti had to wipe tears away as she spoke each word. Everyone within Georgia's facility dreaded this moment. They never wanted to say ...
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Rutgers athletics ready to welcome fans back; no spring football game attendance decision yet Rutgers Rant. Rutgers picks up the pieces after brutal March Madness gut punch. 0:00 / -:--. Subscribe on: Apple · Google · Spotify · RSS · Rutgers will open an on-campus sporting event to the public for the first time in over a year this weekend, but the ...
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Two Colts' Young Studs Ranked in ESPN's 2022 Top 20 Potential Free Agents But Leonard is a special player, an All-Pro twice in his first three seasons, and one who can change the look of a team's run defense and pass coverage. The Colts' conservative approach to free agency in 2021 portends of their effort to re-sign Leonard, among ...
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Daniel Theis trade: Boston Celtics send big man, Javonte Green to Chicago for Moritz Wagner, Luke Kornet (report) Between shipping out Teague, Theis and Green, that should dip Boston under the luxury tax line after adding Fournier. The Celtics added three players (Fournier, Wagner ...
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