China club pay Shakhtar €50m for Teixeira 12:06 AM GMT Liverpool target Alex Teixeira is set to move to Chinese club Jiangsu Suning, the midfielder's manager at Shakhtar Donetsk has confirmed. Shakhtar have accepted a transfer fee of ¬50 million to send Teixeira to Jiangsu Suning, boss Mircea Lucescu told ESPN Brazil. Luscescu said Shakhtar would await to officially announce the move until … [Read more...]
Pistons G Caldwell-Pope out with injured groin
Pistons G Caldwell-Pope out with injured groin 7:55 PM ET Associated Press print AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Detroit Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is out for Thursday night's game against the New York Knicks with a right groin strain. Caldwell-Pope left the game in Wednesday's loss at Boston after he appeared to slip on a wet spot on the court late in the second quarter. Coach … [Read more...]
Zach LaVine, Andre Drummond headline 2016 dunk contest field
Zach LaVine, Andre Drummond headline 2016 dunk contest field The run-up 2016 dunk contest at All-Star Saturday Night in Toronto figures to be dominated by the player who eclipsed the field last year in Brooklyn. Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine will defend his 2015 title at the Verizon Slam Dunk at the Air Canada Centre on February 13. The full list of contestants was released on … [Read more...]
Podcast: So which team won the MLB offseason?
Podcast: So which team won the MLB offseason? This is The StewPod, our baseball podcast with a dash of pop culture. If you dig the show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes. We're just a couple weeks from spring training, the major free agents have signed and baseball, more or less, is ready for its 2016 season. So, we have to ask: Which team won the offseason? To "win the offseason" … [Read more...]
NBA daily fantasy picks: Five players who could help your lineup for Feb. 4 – Sports Illustrated
NBA daily fantasy picks: Five players who could help your lineup for Feb. 4 - Sports Illustrated We’ve got a typically light Thursday before us, with just four games dotting the NBA schedule. On Wednesday, we almost had too many options for our lineups. It feels like there aren’t nearly enough for Thursday. There’s a $3,000 or more gap between the top players at both small forward (Carmelo … [Read more...]
EPL GW 24 review and GW 25 preview; World Soccer Talk Podcast
EPL GW 24 review and GW 25 preview; World Soccer Talk Podcast On this mid-week edition of the World Soccer Talk podcast, hosts Kartik Krishnaiyer and Nipun Chopra review the 24th round in the Premier League, once that saw Arsenal continue to lose ground at the top of the table while Leicester City, the league’s cinderella story, continue to establish their title […] On this mid-week edition … [Read more...]
Jarrett: Team expecting Tony Stewart out likely 3 months or more
Jarrett: Team expecting Tony Stewart out likely 3 months or more Former Sprint Cup Series champion and NBC analyst Dale Jarrett said Thursday that Stewart-Haas Racing believes Tony Stewart will likely be sidelined from racing at least three months and could be out as many as six months. Jarrett made the comments while discussing Stewart's back injury on NASCAR America. Stewart was injured … [Read more...]
Snoop Dogg’s appearance causes commotion among starstruck Broncos
Snoop Dogg's appearance causes commotion among starstruck Broncos SANTA CLARA, Calif. — More than 100 million people will watch the Denver Broncos play in Super Bowl 50 in a few days. So it was funny to see them get starstruck on Thursday. Snoop Dogg showed up at the Broncos' final media availability of the week, as a correspondent for "The Rich Eisen Show." Snoop drew a bigger crowd than … [Read more...]
Barclays Center CEO: Obstructed seats? Watch Islanders on phone
Barclays Center CEO: Obstructed seats? Watch Islanders on phone The New York Islanders’ move to Brooklyn has produced some extraordinarily tone deaf public relations moments, and the hits just keep on coming. Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark spoke with Sports Illustrated about the team’s transition to Brooklyn, and as expected the topic of obstructed view seats came up. Here’s the exchange … [Read more...]
Houston’s Tom Herman destroys fax machine in Office Space tribute
Houston's Tom Herman destroys fax machine in Office Space tribute National Signing Day went really well for Houston, which finished signed a five-star recruit, with the No. 1 class in the AAC and the No. 44 class overall. But signing day is stressful and the use of outdated technology like fax machines to secure the signatures of each class can take its toll. So coach Tom Herman and a couple … [Read more...]