It is hard to believe that a quarter of the NBA season has come and gone, but it has. Teams and players are starting to distinguish themselves both good and bad with more than 22 games being played. There have definitely been surprises, such as the Boston Celtics slow start, […]
The Texas Tech Red Raiders hired two-time Mountain West Coach of the Year Matt Wells from Utah State Aggies. Over the last six seasons, Wells amassed a 44-34 record at Utah State, where he also played quarterback from 1993 to 1996. From QB to QB Texas Tech fired a former […]
Saturday’s SEC Championship is a rematch of last year’s national championship game, and Georgia would like nothing more to avenge that loss to Alabama. It was a game that the Bulldogs led, until Tua Tagovailoa replaced starting quarterback Jalen Hurts and led a comeback to win, 26-23. Tagovailoa, who is […]
Welterweights Rafael dos Anjos and Kamaru Usman will battle in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter Season 28 Finale, as the UFC celebrates the end of another season of the long running reality series. The show will take place Friday night at The Palms Hotel and Casino in Las […]
The top high school basketball player in the country, Haley Jones from Archbishop Mitty in San Jose, California, is staying close to home. Jones signed a letter of intent to attend Stanford University. A week after Memphis landed James Wiseman, the nation’s top high school basketball recruit, it was Stanford’s […]
Point guard Damian Lillard scored 41 points for the Portland Trail Blazers and set a franchise-record 10 three-point shots in a 115-112 victory over the Orland Magic. Lillard helped the Blazers end a three-game losing streak. The Blazers (13-8) are the fifth-best team in the top-heavy Western Conference. With an […]
Sports Illustrated contributing writer Michael Farber wrote on Twitter his feelings about the Thanksgiving weekend Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson match. He tweeted: “I see the Woods-Mickelson ppv match costs $19.99, which, coincidentally, would have been the year I would have been interested in watching.” Seems he wasn’t alone. “The Match,” as […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers (4-15) traded 16-year veteran Kyle Korver to the Utah Jazz for Alec Burks and a pair of second-round draft picks. The 37-year old Korver is the fourth-best three-point shooter in the history of the NBA. He is also a career 43 percent shooter from behind the arc. […]
Three of the four top teams in the College Football Playoff rankings control their own destiny going into the last poll before the final four teams are set next week. Those that are behind the quartet know they need some help if they have any chance of playing for the […]
Veteran driver Elliott Sadler won the NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver award for the third straight year on Wednesday, an honor that comes after he has announced his retirement from full-time competition. The 43-year-old Sadler has raced in various NASCAR national series for 23 years, racing in the Monster […]
Friday’s Pac-12 Conference Championship game features one team that was expected to be in Santa Clara, and another that was a bit of a surprise. While Washington is returning to the regular-season ending title contest for the second time in three years, Utah is making its first appearance since joining […]
For 12 games, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana battled to draw after draw, neither able to secure an edge in their World Chess Championship match. But Carlsen proved too much for his American challenger to handle on Wednesday, sweeping the rapid tiebreak games to retain the title he has held […]
After two days filled almost entirely with decisive matches, the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League is starting to come together, with 12 teams having assured themselves of advancement out of group play. That just leaves four positions remaining open for teams looking to continue their quest for Europe’s […]
The Dallas Cowboys (6-5) have their eyes on a playoff spot with the NFC East wide open, but they will see how good they really are when Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints (10-1) visit Dallas on Thursday Night Football. One of the NFL’s high-octane offenses with the Saints […]
The Buffalo Sabres finished the 2017-18 season with the worst record in the NHL. That only makes their current form all the more remarkable, as the team has now won 10 straight to put themselves at the top of the standings after 25 games this year. Following a 3-2 overtime […]
Former Northwestern linebacker turned head coach Pat Fitzgerald unanimously won Big Ten Coach of the Year. Fitzgerald won seven Big Ten games in a row and Northwestern is 15-1 in the conference dating back to last season. After clinching the Big Ten West division with an 8-1 record, Fitzgerald will […]
Major League Baseball announced a multiyear deal with MGM Resorts International on Tuesday, making MLB the third major American professional sports league to partner with the gaming firm. Under the terms of the agreement, MGM will become the official gaming and entertainment partner of MLB. MGM Gains Access to Exclusive […]
The NCAA has long faced criticism from both traditionalist coaches and stats-heavy analysts for using the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) as a criteria when selecting teams for March Madness. That led the NCAA to create the NET ratings instead – and the early indications are that they could be even […]
This time last year at the Hero World Challenge Tiger Woods wasn’t sure what his golf future held, he was just happy to be able to swing a golf club. Woods was a 41-year-old golfer coming back from his fourth back surgery that would have forced most of his contemporaries […]
Three of the four top teams in the College Football Playoff rankings control their own destiny going into the last poll before the final four teams are set next week. Those that are behind the quartet know they need some help if they have any chance of playing for the […]
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