For kicks: Oklahoma State punter has own Heisman campaign Everyone can get a real kick out of this Heisman Trophy campaign. There is already a website with some cool classic graphics and at least one #sinor4heisman T-shirt — the one Zach Sinor wore during Big 12 media days. Oklahoma State’s […]
Gray for Jones trade paying dividends for both teams The clock was ticking down as Los Angeles was getting ready to make its first pick in the draft last year. The phone rang and Connecticut was on the line trying to acquire the pick to draft Jonquel Jones. The teams […]
Yankees are back to being the Evil Empire, and the Red Sox feel the pain The Evil Empire is back, and, oh, don’t the Boston Red Sox know it. The New York Yankees pulled off a blockbuster seven-player trade Tuesday evening, seizing three players from the Chicago White Sox who […]
NBA Summer League wraps up as Lakers win title The depth and quality of the 2017 NBA draft had teams tanking at the end of the regular season in hopes of vaulting into the top three picks. With the huge caveat being that it was only summer league action, those […]
Tokyo 2020: Budget uncertainty will continue to 2019 The head of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee says uncertainty over the final budget will continue until 2019, the year before the Summer Games. Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto spoke to the foreign media in Tokyo on Tuesday about concerns regarding the […]
Beef and brains are on the menu at the British Open Beef is back on the menu at the British Open, and Andrew Johnston can only hope there’s as much sizzle to be found at Royal Birkdale as there was last year when he made an entertaining run on the […]
Iowa State’s Lanning goes from playing QB to chasing them Joel Lanning always had the mentality of a linebacker when playing quarterback for Iowa State. Now he’ll be chasing QBs in and out of the pocket. After 14 starts at quarterback for the Cyclones the past two seasons, Lanning moved […]
Cowboys’ Whitehead: Dognapping and ransom is ‘sickening’ Cowboys wide receiver Lucky Whitehead is asking for help locating his pitbull Blitz after burglars took the dog and demanded a $10,000 ransom. Whitehead told NBC 5 in Dallas that he was in Florida last week when Blitz was taken from his […]
LEADING OFF: Kershaw, Dodgers roll, Colon makes Twins debut A look at what’s happening all around the majors today: DAZZLING DODGERS Clayton Kershaw pitches for the first time since the All-Star break, trying extend a couple of big winning streaks for the Dodgers. LA has the best record in the […]
Police: Spanish soccer president arrested Police say they have arrested Spanish Football Federation president Angel Maria Villar, his son and another federation executive as part of an anti-corruption probe. A source close to the investigation carried out by Spain’s Guardia Civil tells The Associated Press that Villar and the other […]
