Three takeaways from day two of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge The ACC and Big Ten are tied 4-4 after day two of their three-day challenge. I already wrote about Marcus Paige leading North Carolina to a win over second-ranked Maryland in the marquee game of this year's event. Here are three other takeaways from Tuesday's action: 1. Ohio State looked better yet came away with nothing to show for … [Read more...]
The Daily Dose: Dose: Access Granted
The Daily Dose: Dose: Access Granted A lot can happen in 251 days. An entire MLB, NBA or NFL season can happen. You can learn how to speak a good portion of a language. You can fall in love (Awwwwww). You can watch literally everything on Netflix. You can watch every single NBA game from last season. Heck, you can Forest Gump it and walk across the country a couple times. Well, that’s how long it … [Read more...]
Hot-Stove Helper: David Price stays in AL East, heads to Boston
Hot-Stove Helper: David Price stays in AL East, heads to Boston It would have been fantasy fun to see David Price on an National League roster, up against flailing pitchers and regular bunting. Instead, he’s staying in the American League East, where the hitters swing for the fences and the ballparks often accommodate them. Not that environment matters all that much to an ace like Price. … [Read more...]
Real Madrid’s Daniel Carvajal will miss one month with left thigh injury
Real Madrid’s Daniel Carvajal will miss one month with left thigh injury Real Madrid look set to be without right back Dani Carvajal for up to a month due to a thigh injury picked up in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Eibar. “A muscle injury has been diagnosed in his left thigh,” Madrid said in a statement on Tuesday without clarifying how long […] Real Madrid look set to be without right back Dani … [Read more...]
Pekka Rinne makes incredible goal line stick save (Video)
Pekka Rinne makes incredible goal line stick save (Video) It doesn’t get much closer to a goal than what Max Domi had on Tuesday night in Nashville. With the Arizona Coyotes on the power play, the shot from Domi was less a shot than a redirection, as the puck slid softly toward the open Nashville Predators’ goal. It glanced off the post, and looked like it would cross the goal line. One … [Read more...]
Football Daily Dose: Dose: CJ2K Sent to I.R.-Return
Football Daily Dose: Dose: CJ2K Sent to I.R.-Return Chris Johnson was in the midst of a bounce-back season that has him in consideration for the Comeback Player of the Year award. He’d fallen off a bit in recent weeks, as we’d expect from a 30-year-old running back, but Johnson really brought a sense of stability to a running game that couldn’t seem to find anyone to carry the load last season. He … [Read more...]
Kobe on media criticism: 'I would never whine'
Kobe on media criticism: 'I would never whine' 0 Shares print PHILADELPHIA -- While Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant believes the media has covered Kobe Bryant unfairly, Bryant disagrees. "Listen, I don't budge on that stuff," Bryant said Tuesday after his Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Philadelphia 76ers 103-91 at the Wells Fargo Center. "I appreciate the good stuff, I … [Read more...]
Sixers beat Lakers for 1st win, end record-tying 18-loss start to season
Sixers beat Lakers for 1st win, end record-tying 18-loss start to season The Philadelphia 76ers' long wait for a win is over. After 18 games of ineptitude, frustration, and blown leads, the Sixers finally got off the schneid with a 103-91 victory over the West-worst Los Angeles Lakers at the Wells Fargo Center. The 1-18 Sixers ensured that they will merely share the record for worst start to … [Read more...]