A stunning display to open the third quarter — Leonard opened the scoring with a 3-pointer over Draymond Green, then stole the ball from Green, dribbled it up and made a second 3-pointer over his outstretched arm — erased that deficit in a span of 16 seconds, and gave TorontoRead More →
“I got back home, went to the hospital, got a CT scan to make sure that no bones were broken in my face,” VanVleet said Sunday afternoon. “Then [I] went and made a visit to the dentist, and went home and went to sleep.” It was unclear whether VanVleet wouldRead More →
Moments before, Beckham had praised the arm of his new quarterback, Baker Mayfield, noting he’d “have to get adjusted to the speed” because Mayfield was “throwing that ball hard.” “Just catching him from the first day,” Beckham said, “it was like, ‘Wow, this is completely different.’” Sure enough, New YorkRead More →
Free-agent quarterback Johnny Manziel has expressed interest in the XFL’s new Houston team, saying he would relish the chance to play in his home state and be reunited with coach June Jones. While appearing at the TriStar collectors show in Houston on Saturday, Manziel discussed his XFL possibilities with multipleRead More →
The Washington Redskins rarely mention Trent Williams’ name without including this description: He’s the best left tackle in football. Whether others in the NFL agree or not doesn’t matter. That’s their opinion. So keeping him around until he retires should be a no-brainer. But it’s tougher than you might thinkRead More →
The business of football never sleeps. Much of the offseason talk around the Dallas Cowboys has been about the five-year, $105 million contract Pro Bowl defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence signed before the 2019 NFL draft and the impending contracts quarterback Dak Prescott, wide receiver Amari Cooper, running back Ezekiel Elliott,Read More →
The Golden State Warriors aren’t the only team feeling the hurt of Kevin Durant’s calf-induced absence from the 2019 NBA Finals. Without Durant on the court — and with LeBron James home for the postseason for the first time since 2005 — Nike is facing its first Finals since 2006Read More →
Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins wasn’t supposed to play in this year’s NBA Finals after he suffered what many within the organization feared was a season-ending quad tear on April 15. On Sunday, after scoring 11 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing out six assists in 28 minutes duringRead More →
Youth and inexperience have been among the driving forces behind the New York Yankees’ early-season success. They’ve also, at rare moments, been the source of some of the Yankees’ troubles. So consider the Bronx Bombers’ rawness both a blessing and, as they learned in Sunday night’s series finale against theRead More →
Adley Rutschman heard the chatter for months that he’d be the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball draft. The switch-hitting Oregon State catcher just kept slugging at the plate and throwing out would-be base stealers all season from behind it — making it an easy call for theRead More →