Weekday predictions: Kentucky over Duke in a thriller - ESPN (blog) C.L. Brown, ESPN Staff Writer Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2013. Graduate of the University of North Carolina. 0 Shares print From Monday to Thursday on the college basketball schedule, I've got you covered. That pun was unintended, of course, because these weekday picks are for entertainment … [Read more...]
College Football Picks Week 12: Odds, Predictions, Schedule, Rankings for Top 25 – Bleacher Report
College Football Picks Week 12: Odds, Predictions, Schedule, Rankings for Top 25 - Bleacher Report BRADLEY LEEB/Associated Press Chaos reigned supreme throughout the latest weekend of college football, leaving a slew of wreckage that had pollsters scratching their heads when putting together a Top 25 for Week 12 action. Just days ago, a large chunk of programs called themselves serious … [Read more...]
Arizona defeats Seattle, but nobody still has any idea what a catch is
Arizona defeats Seattle, but nobody still has any idea what a catch is Go find a football. Hold it with two hands. Take one step, then another, then another. Then throw the ball through your television screen because that's the only way you're not going to lose your mind at the way officiating, and in particular the definition of a catch, is going these days. In Sunday night's matchup of … [Read more...]
Virginia Tech to wear special uniforms in final 2 regular season games (Photos)
Virginia Tech to wear special uniforms in final 2 regular season games (Photos) Virginia Tech will wear special uniforms for the final two regular season games of the Frank Beamer era. The program announced Monday morning that the Hokies will go with an all-black combination with orange numbers for Saturday’s home game against North Carolina. Here’s what the black combination looks like: … [Read more...]
Graeme McDowell wins OHL Classic in three-man playoff for 1st Tour win since ’13
Graeme McDowell wins OHL Classic in three-man playoff for 1st Tour win since '13 Graeme McDowell is a winner again on the PGA Tour, taking the OHL Classic at Mayakoba on Monday on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Jason Bohn and last week's WGC-HSBC Champions winner Russell Knox. All three players finished at 18-under 270 at El Camaleon Golf Club, with Knox bogeying the final … [Read more...]
Matt Kenseth summoned to meeting with NASCAR CEO Brian France
Matt Kenseth summoned to meeting with NASCAR CEO Brian France Matt Kenseth will meet with NASCAR CEO Brian France before he returns to the Sprint Cup Series on Sunday at Homestead-Miami. Kenseth was suspended for two races after crashing Joey Logano intentionally. Kenseth has said he doesn't regret what he did to Logano and told the Associated Press that he would race more aggressively upon … [Read more...]
Giants’ Victor Cruz announces he will undergo season-ending surgery
Giants' Victor Cruz announces he will undergo season-ending surgery More injury news this Monday morning, this time from New York GIants' receiver Victor Cruz: he's undergoing season-ending calf surgery. Cruz, who tore the patellar tendon in his right knee last October, suffered a calf injury during training camp and has not played this season. In a video posted on UNINTERRUPTED, Cruz … [Read more...]
NBC Sports Group Picks Up Events That Aired On Universal Sports Network – Deadline
NBC Sports Group Picks Up Events That Aired On Universal Sports Network - Deadline This shouldn’t come as a shock, but the network assets of the Olympics-focused Universal Sports Network — which went dark today — were just picked up by the broadcaster with the biggest investment in the games: NBCUniversal. Comcast’s entertainment arm plans to offer events including swimming, track and field, … [Read more...]
Manchester United’s best starting XI of all time
Manchester United’s best starting XI of all time Out of all of the clubs in the Premier League, Manchester United is the one that has won the most silverware and, therefore, poses the biggest challenge in picking a best starting XI of all time from its plentiful list of world-class footballers. While there’ll be debate about who has […] Out of all of the clubs in the Premier League, … [Read more...]
Could Gregg Popovich coach the 76ers? Coach Pop: ‘I’d last a month’
Could Gregg Popovich coach the 76ers? Coach Pop: 'I'd last a month' In August 2013, Brett Brown was hired as coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. If any coach in NBA history has had a rougher 27 months, we’d like to hear of it. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] The Sixers, by design, have lost 137 of the 174 games Brown has coached. The team’s front office … [Read more...]