If you told me in March that, by late May, the Cubs would have a winning record on the road (thanks to last night’s win, they do now), I’d have asked how many games in the first place they were. The Cubs have typically been very, very good at Wrigley Field. This year? Not so … Read more
Nick Van Exel wants this clear: He never quit on his team, never meant to imply it and never meant to offend anyone. He surely never intended to launch a meme — mostly because, well, no one in 1998 knew what a “meme” was when Van Exel blurted out his wry rallying cry: “One, two, … Read more
The 2022 NFL offseason was full of big-name movement, and one look around the league confirms it: among the 32 teams, literally half of them will enter the year with new pairings at the most important positions. A whopping 16 different clubs will debut new quarterback-head coaching duos. As you may have guessed, some are … Read more
It won’t be long before Kevin Holland starts wearing a cape on a full-time basis. The veteran UFC fighter, who helped apprehend in a gunman in March and chased down an alleged carjacker this past October, once again came to the rescue in his adopted home state of Texas after witnessing a tractor-trailer overturn on … Read more
Some losses tell a team where it stands. Some tell a team where it could go. The games the Mavericks have dropped in these conference finals feel very much like the latter — an emerging team finding its way in real time, on one of the biggest stages in basketball. Even now, just one loss … Read more
EDMONTON – Connor McDavid is putting on a masterclass of postseason performance, and it’s pushing the Edmonton Oilers to greater heights. Take, for example, McDavid’s play in Game 2 of Edmonton’s second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Calgary Flames. The Oilers were trailing 3-1 after a disallowed goal and McDavid had just set up … Read more
The lottery balls have fallen into place, the draft order is set and the combine is in the books. The NBA draft is now under a month away and two former Buckeyes are expected to hear their names called before the first 30 picks are in on June 23. Per most prognosticators, Malaki Branham and … Read more
It won’t be long before Kevin Holland starts wearing a cape on a full-time basis. The veteran UFC fighter, who helped apprehend in a gunman in March and chased down an alleged carjacker this past October, once again came to the rescue in his adopted home state of Texas after witnessing a tractor-trailer overturn on … Read more
Jonathan Bachman / Getty Images Perhaps the most intriguing subject coming out of last week’s NBA Draft Combine was speculation around Deandre Ayton’s impending restricted free agency following the Phoenix Suns’ second-round loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Ayton is expected to command a maximum salary, sources said, but there is skepticism among league executives the … Read more
Not long after they joined the Timberwolves ownership last summer, Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez made it their mission to find a top-tier executive with a proven track record of building a franchise to run the organization when they are set to become controlling owners in 2023 . With the help of current controlling owner … Read more
