Fast-forward to Sunday night, when the two old friends found themselves on the same side for one last time in this year’s NBA All-Star Game. Playing together on Team LeBron, they got one more chance for a highlight-reel moment when Kevin Durant stole a pass early in the third quarterRead More →
Based on a sampling of attitudes on the topic over All-Star Weekend, there’s a chance the coming Most Valuable Player race could morph into a bit of a basketball culture war. Just to be clear, there are no hard feelings. Everyone, particularly the dozen-plus players surveyed on the matter, agreesRead More →
Calling this offseason the first real offseason for Jackson, new Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman declined to provide any details about Jackson’s offseason training plan but did reveal the emphasis: throwing mechanics and footwork. “I think fundamentally is where he’s going need to put most of his work,” RomanRead More →
Part backup quarterback and part mentor, Griffin has watched nearly every pass that Jackson has thrown since Jackson joined the Baltimore Ravens as a first-round pick last season. He believes completion rate is one of the biggest areas where Jackson will improve. “With Lamar, I equate inaccuracy with just knowing,Read More →
And Sunday, inside a sold-out and deafening Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the Rams came from behind to defeat the top-seeded New Orleans Saints, 26-23, in overtime in the NFC Championship Game to advance to the Super Bowl. The Rams are the first road team to win a conference championship in six seasons.Read More →
Make it nine Super Bowls in 19 years for Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots after their 37-31 overtime win over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday at frigid Arrowhead Stadium. If anybody thought the Patriots “suck and can’t win any games,”Read More →
In the Los Angeles Rams’ locker room, he’s among the most welcoming of faces. A stereo sits inside his locker, and many days he turns it up to provide a soundtrack for the room. Robey-Coleman’s teammates describe him as their scrappiest player. He’s not only their 5-foot-8, 180-pound nickelback, he’sRead More →
Following one of his best seasons as a pro, which included reaching the AFC divisional round for the first time since the 2013 season, Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers said he wants to play for at least a handful of more years. Entering the final year of his contract,Read More →
Valverde has not picked him since and he was a surprise exclusion from Barca’s squad for Thursday’s second leg against Levante, with the Catalans needing to come from behind to reach the quarterfinals of a competition they have won in each of the last four seasons. Even Denis Suarez —Read More →
Following the match, Juventus vice president Pavel Nedved said the Serie A leaders were ready to discuss options with Chelsea over the future of Higuain, who played 20 minutes in the Supercoppa due to illness. “It’s right that we don’t talk about it now out of respect for the playerRead More →