LeBron James, Cavaliers should stop it with the matching suits or they’ll be missing rest of NBA playoffs Mere hours remain for the Cleveland Cavaliers to get things ironed out — with those matching gray suits, that is. Like David Blatt, Cleveland’s former head coach, the suits need to go. […]
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West playoff pulse: Are Thunder doomed vs. Jazz? Should Rockets be concerned? Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City’s king of basketball and bravado, has hereby vowed to bring Ricky Rubio’s series-changing run to an end and, by proxy, the Utah Jazz team for which he plays. “He made some shots,” Westbrook told […]
NBA star Jimmy Butler pays up and then some after fan charges $20 for fantasy league Relax, Minnesota Timberwolves fans who are downtrodden about your team’s 2-0 deficit against the Houston Rockets. We have a feel-good story for you. And as is so often the case, resident man of the […]
NFL draft 2018 offensive line rankings: Notre Dame’s Quenton Nelson, Mike McGlinchey head class The top interior offensive line prospects entering the 2018 NFL draft: 1. Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame (6-5, 325): The top blocker in the draft, he will likely buck a recent trend of guards not going in […]
Heat center Hassan Whiteside blames coaching after another bad game: ‘I’m not involved’ After another poor performance in Game 3 of Miami’s first-round series with the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night, Heat center Hassan Whiteside suggested that head coach Erik Spoelstra may be the one to blame for his postseason […]
From factory job to Division II, Nathan Shepherd has taken winding path to NFL draft The printers were massive, Nathan Shepherd said. Probably 25- or 30-feet long, whirring as they spit out 50 hot strips of cardboard in a row — flattened cartons so sharp they would leave thin cuts […]
After leaving San Francisco 49ers after one season to protect his health, Chris Borland isn’t looking back This time of the NFL offseason features loads of potential-based excitement. Free agent signings and returning players have started reporting to team headquarters for the start of workouts. The regular-season schedule just came […]
Joel Embiid plays key role in 76ers’ Game 3 win; Winslow steps on protective mask Wearing a high-tech carbon face shield that is part mask, part goggles, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid made his much-awaited playoff debut vs. Miami in Game 3 of their first-round series on Thursday. All told, […]
LeBron James knows his responsibility to sports journalism as Erin Popovich question shows LeBron James, as much as any professional athlete today, understands the complex dynamics of the modern media landscape. He knows the mission of print media, online media, TV media and social media and the role they each […]
Lamar Jackson, the NFL and a system that de-emphasizes his greatest attribute After next weekend, Lamar Jackson will all but certainly have a multimillion-dollar check to cash. The NFL draft’s first round is Thursday, April 26, meaning the University of Louisville’s high-flying Heisman Trophy winner has one more week of […]
