Cavs' Irving won't sit despite left knee tendinitis Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate 0 Shares Print INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving, already suffering from a strained right foot, … [Read more...]
Wizards' Wall (hand/wrist) to miss Game 4
Wizards' Wall (hand/wrist) to miss Game 4 Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPNNewYork.com Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of Michigan State University.Follow him on Twitter » Ohm's chat … [Read more...]
Astros promote top prospect Carlos Correa to Triple-A
Astros promote top prospect Carlos Correa to Triple-A The most exciting player in the minor leagues may not be there much longer. Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa was promoted to Triple-A on Monday, the team announced. The 20-year-old Correa entered the year ranked as one of the top prospects in the game according to nearly every guide. Baseball America ranked him fourth, while both … [Read more...]
Draft Preview: Draft Comparisons: 2015 SFs
Draft Preview: Draft Comparisons: 2015 SFs Monday, May 11, 2015 The small forward position is one of the toughest to make any real determinations with just using a strict numerical comparison. The role is so varied at the college level that it’s hard to say where players will end up position-wise in the NBA. Also, some guys on this list played more of an undersized 4 in college due to team … [Read more...]
Las Vegas arena shown in drone flight around building (Video)
Las Vegas arena shown in drone flight around building (Video) Behold the above glory of the worst kept secret in the NHL – Las Vegas’ hockey arena in the flesh and in video! Of course, the league hasn’t voted on whether to award a Vegas franchise yet. The season ticket deposit drive has reached over 10,000, but the NHL has been careful to say anything official, even though people in Vegas … [Read more...]
Wrestling, taekwondo joins SportAccord exodus (Reuters)
Wrestling, taekwondo joins SportAccord exodus (Reuters) By Karolos Grohmann MUNICH (Reuters) - The international wrestling federation (UWW) and the world taekwondo federations (WTF) on Monday pulled out of the sports umbrella organization SportAccord until relations improve following a row with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). "Our decision, which is based on our full commitment … [Read more...]
Steelers.com writer bashes Ravens' draft picks – FOXSports.com
Steelers.com writer bashes Ravens' draft picks - FOXSports.com Updated MAY 11, 2015 4:19p ET The Ravens graded out near the top of the league when many draftniks handed out their report cards last week, but one perhaps-not-so impartial observer disagrees. Not surprisingly, that observer comes from the official site for the Steelers, Baltimore's biggest rival on the field. The first jab … [Read more...]
Matthews wins in pink as Pozzovivo crashes out of Giro (Reuters)
Matthews wins in pink as Pozzovivo crashes out of Giro (Reuters) Australia's Michael Matthews extended his overall Giro d'Italia lead after sprinting to victory in a third stage that saw Italian Domenico Pozzovivo suffer a horrific crash on Monday. The Orica-GreenEDGE rider, who claimed the pink jersey after the second stage, pocketed a 10-second bonus for his win ahead of Italian Fabio … [Read more...]
Blatt on TO gaffe: Fortunately it didn't cost us
Blatt on TO gaffe: Fortunately it didn't cost us Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books 0 Shares Print CLEVELAND -- The day after his team's biggest win of the season, Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt had to address several controversies that sprang up in the wake of the buzzer-beating … [Read more...]
Kyrie Irving playing through injuries, and tough gets tougher for Cleveland
Kyrie Irving playing through injuries, and tough gets tougher for Cleveland Perhaps no team's title hopes have been hindered by injury more than the Cavaliers, who lost Kevin Love in their first-round sweep of the Boston Celtics, so the news that Kyrie Irving is playing through yet another lower-body injury has to have Cleveland fans wondering whether this isn't their year — again. On … [Read more...]