The NBA is a “young man’s league” is one of the most inarguable truisms in team sports, and 79 years of his history tells us it’s particularly accurate when the youth is long, athletic, frisky – and, of course, talented. That combination is high on the list of issues the Warriors, who have the…
Only one night after Baylor swatted aside previously undefeated Gonzaga to capture its first national title four years ago, freshman LJ Cryer was right back in the gym getting up shots and working on his game. He couldn’t bear another season as a fringe rotation player who logged a few scant minutes one night and…
Inside the searing silence of the Duke locker room, the echo of a door slamming shut intermittently rippled through. Every time a player or staff member ducked into the adjacent coaches locker room, the bang of the door reverberated like a siren in a still night. There’s nothing to prepare a team for the emotional spiral that…
For Alex Ovechkin, the goal in Sunday’s game came just like so many before it did — on the power play, from the top of the left faceoff circle, a powerful shot right to the goal. But this one was history. For the Washington Capitals star, this 895th goal of his regular season career makes him the…
There is no such thing as too much depth. In baseball, that is usually said related to pitching, but unfortunately for the Atlanta Braves, that will also come into play for the team’s outfield through at least mid-season. With the stunning suspension of prized free agent addition Jurickson Profar for 80 games after testing positive for a banned…
Barcelona have the lead against Catalan rivals Girona after a strange sequence of events. Lamine Yamal’s free-kick ended up in the back of the net by way of an enormous deflection. The Blaugrana had applied pressure throughout the first half, but without success, with Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal and Fermin Lopez all trying their…
Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief, her golden dress shimmering in the lights of TD Garden, and the appreciative roar from a sellout crowd reminded her why she had returned to the sport following a nearly two-year retirement. When her score was finally read, the 19-year-old from Clovis, California, had made history. Liu…
Not everyone is excited about the New England Patriots signing four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Stefon Diggs. Buffalo Bills fans clearly didn’t seem too happy about the idea of Diggs joining a division rival. For some, it turned into a full-on roasting session of the 31-year-old wide receiver, who is coming off an ACL injury. The Patriots agreed…
MIAMI — Jimmy Butler III sat on the Golden State Warriors bench and watched a nearly 40-second video of his Miami Heat highlights play on the big screen above him at Kaseya Center. From his iconic hunched-over, in-exhaustion moment in the 2020 NBA Finals to some of the other hits from his five-plus seasons with the Heat, Butler watched the tribute….
The New York Giants reached agreement with Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson on a one-year deal worth up to $21 million, including $10.5 million guaranteed, The 10-time Pro Bowl selection had been in discussions with the Giants, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, but is opting for New York, where he won Super Bowl XLVIII in MetLife Stadium as…