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 →
For a lot of the years Mel Stottlemyre served as pitching coach of the New York Yankees, he made it easy for everybody to forget he was in treatment for a life-threatening illness. Because he never mentioned it, and if not for the changing texture of his hair, he neverRead More →
As LeBron James and Rajon Rondo continue to slowly make their way back to the court, Lonzo Ball is trying to fill the massive leadership void left for the Los Angeles Lakers. Nowhere near as vocal as James, Rondo and veteran center Tyson Chandler, Ball wants to try to leadRead More →
The drive had a little bit of everything. Most importantly, it had a lot of New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas. It took 18 plays, gained 92 yards and lasted 11 minutes, 29 seconds — the longest postseason drive by any team in at least 20 years, according to ESPNRead More →
Once nicknamed “Vinsanity,” the 41-year-old Carter starred at North Carolina in the mid-1990s and is a former NBA slam dunk champion. Picked fifth overall in the 1998 draft after his junior season, Carter said he had to prove he was more than just a gifted athlete upon entering the NBARead More →
As Joel Embiid has emerged from two seasons wiped out by injuries to begin his professional career, he has become one of the faces of the modernization and evolution of the center position. By pairing his massive 7-foot frame with the ability to space the floor beyond the 3-point arc,Read More →
Defensive lineman Chris Jones was without a sack this season when he tried out a new pair of game gloves for the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 5 contest against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jones got his first sack of the season that day. So he wore the gloves in the nextRead More →
Major League Baseball, its players’ association and the Cuban Baseball Federation reached an agreement that will allow players from the island to sign big league contracts without defecting, an effort to eliminate the dangerous trafficking that had gone on for decades. The agreement, which runs through Oct. 31, 2021, allowsRead More →
Coach Mike Zimmer said he made the move to relieve DeFilippo of his duties and elevate quarterbacks coach Kevin Stefanski to interim OC because he didn’t want the season to be wasted. In effect, that move increased the burden this team was already facing, needing to prove it is capableRead More →
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said he plans to become more involved with Minnesota’s offense after firing offensive coordinator John DeFilippo after 13 games on Tuesday. Zimmer addressed DeFilippo’s dismissal the day after the Vikings lost 21-7 on Monday Night Football at the Seattle Seahawks. While this decision appeared to beRead More →