Ranking all 129 college coaches ... as players - ESPN 4:40 PM ET Adam RittenbergESPN Staff Writer Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. print Here's a #protip for those attempting to forecast which current college players will become FBS head coaches: Don't look in the obvious places. If the current FBS coaches are any … [Read more...]
NFL Winners and Losers: Giants, Texans, Jags blow up NFL market
NFL Winners and Losers: Giants, Texans, Jags blow up NFL market This free-agent class will be historic, and it might not be for any on-field accomplishments. For years and years to come, NFL teams will feel the effects of the enormous contracts that were tossed around when free agency officially started on Wednesday. The market has been completely reset. Quarterbacks will look at Sam … [Read more...]
College basketball’s All-time Starting Five: North Carolina Tar Heels
College basketball's All-time Starting Five: North Carolina Tar Heels With March Madness right around the corner, The Dagger is picking an all-time starting five from some of college basketball's most tradition-rich programs. Our picks were based on a variety of factors, including stats, tourney success, All-America selections, and of course, our opinions. [Yahoo Tourney Pick’em is open. … [Read more...]
NHL announces four outdoor games for 2016-17 season
NHL announces four outdoor games for 2016-17 season The NHL’s 2016-17 outdoor game schedule is now complete. Three days after announcing the 2016 Heritage Classic between the Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers, the league revealed the rest of next season's outdoor game slate. • Centennial Classic: Detroit Red Wings at Toronto Maple Leafs, BMO Field, Jan. 1, 2017 A rematch of the 2014 Winter … [Read more...]
LeBron would’ve moved to power forward if Joe Johnson picked Cavs
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Jered Weaver’s diminishing velocity a major concern for Angels
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Chiefs penalized draft picks, fined for Maclin tampering – Yahoo Sports
Chiefs penalized draft picks, fined for Maclin tampering - Yahoo Sports KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City Chiefs were penalized Wednesday for violating the NFL's anti-tampering rules for having impermissible contact with wide receiver Jeremy Maclin during last year's free agency.The Chiefs were stripped of their third-round pick this April and sixth-round pick next year and fined … [Read more...]
Manchester United boss Van Gaal feels no Europa League shame
Manchester United boss Van Gaal feels no Europa League shame Louis van Gaal says anyone who derides Manchester United and Liverpool for being in the Europa League is living in the past. The English giants have been champions of Europe eight times between them — Liverpool on five occasions, United three — but now find themselves facing each other in […] Louis van Gaal says anyone who derides … [Read more...]
Browns gutted as top four free agents leave in free agency
Browns gutted as top four free agents leave in free agency The Cleveland Browns: New regime, new players, same low expectations? Has Joe Thomas reconsidered his stance on the team's new direction? In light of the Browns' first few hours of free agency, he might want to. The Browns lost their four best free agent — four legitimate NFL starters, too — to other teams on Wednesday. [NFL free … [Read more...]
Spurs' Holt hands chairman, CEO reins to wife
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