'Free Brady!' Tom Brady given hero's welcome in Patriots preseason opener There were no league commissioners, independent investigators or courtroom sketch artists to sully Tom Brady on Thursday night. Just a legion of adoring New England Patriots fans who greeted their hero with a rousing ovation in his first game since winning the Super Bowl after an incredible offseason marred by the … [Read more...]
NBA, referees' union reach deal on 7-year CBA
NBA, referees' union reach deal on 7-year CBA Associated Press 0 Shares Print NEW YORK -- The NBA and the National Basketball Referees Association agreed to a seven-year collective bargaining agreement Thursday, brokering the deal a year before the previous contract was set to expire. The referees ratified the agreement at a meeting in Chicago. The deal will begin this season, … [Read more...]
LeBron on Thompson: Cavaliers 'need him back'
LeBron on Thompson: Cavaliers 'need him back' Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books 0 Shares Print SANDUSKY, Ohio -- LeBron James praised the Cleveland Cavaliers front office for its moves this summer but stressed the team needs to get restricted free agent Tristan Thompson re-signed. "Our … [Read more...]
Notre Dame surprises walk-on Josh Anderson with scholarship (Video)
Notre Dame surprises walk-on Josh Anderson with scholarship (Video) When Notre Dame unveiled its new uniforms for this season’s Shamrock Series game against Boston College, walk-on Josh Anderson was the lucky Fighting Irish player to first wear the new combination. Anderson modeled the new uniform when it was shown to the team for the first time, but there was a specific reason the senior … [Read more...]
Spieth, Mickelson, Koepka pull off back-to-back-to-back splendid shots
Spieth, Mickelson, Koepka pull off back-to-back-to-back splendid shots Televised golf exists for one purpose: to remind you that you, the viewer, are a flawed mortal with a weak grasp of the game, and they, the professionals, are working at a level upon which we can only gaze but never approach. Case in point: the three amazing shots that unfurled within the space of a couple minutes on … [Read more...]
Cycling-Froome believes he can win seven Tours de France (Reuters)
Cycling-Froome believes he can win seven Tours de France (Reuters) Chris Froome believes he can win five more Tours de France, making him a seven-time champion and the most successful rider in the history of cycling's greatest race. The Briton, who celebrated his second Tour triumph last month, told the BBC he sees no reason why he cannot go past five-time winners Jacques Anquetil, Eddy … [Read more...]
Rory McIlroy hits both sand and water, still makes par
Rory McIlroy hits both sand and water, still makes par There's a reason this guy's still the No. 1 player in the world, gimpy ankle or not. Faced with a shot from the water on the 601-yard par-5 fifth hole at Whistling Straits, Rory McIlroy did what he usually does: makes the ridiculous look routine. McIlroy up-and-downed the shot for par, part of a hole that included a visit to one of the … [Read more...]
Phil Kessel slowly slipping on Penguins jersey is your moment of zen (Video)
Phil Kessel slowly slipping on Penguins jersey is your moment of zen (Video) It Phils great to put on the black and gold for the first time. pic.twitter.com/Uq16e3zKa8— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) August 13, 2015 Earlier this week, the first image of Phil Kessel in a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey broke the Internet. And then the Internet was methodically reassembled, before it was broken … [Read more...]
Rookie watch: Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota, Ameer Abdullah could flash
Rookie watch: Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota, Ameer Abdullah could flash The preseason kicks off in earnest, with the Hall of Fame Game a simple appetite whetter. The first-round picks in that game, the Pittsburgh Steelers' Bud Dupree and the Minnesota Vikings' Trae Waynes, didn't put their best feet forward. Dupree led the Steelers in defensive snaps but was in on only two tackles, one 18 … [Read more...]
Fox Sports' Stewart Mandel picks Louisville to win ACC Atlantic – Card Chronicle
Fox Sports' Stewart Mandel picks Louisville to win ACC Atlantic - Card Chronicle Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports A couple weeks ago, Fox Sports' Stewart Mandel turned some heads by saying that he believed Louisville might be a darkhorse candidate to finish above both Clemson and Florida State in the ACC's Atlantic Division. Today, he doubled down on that belief and made the prediction … [Read more...]