The Warriors' 68th win was one of their best and worst of the year When the Golden State Warriors started the season with 24 straight wins, analysts and ex-players usually remarked that they would only be able to challenge the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' record of 72 wins if they really, truly wanted it. The argument had little to do with talent — it rested on the basic point that an 82-game … [Read more...]
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Boogie getting technical
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Boogie getting technical DeMarcus Cousins returned, went off, then got a technical foul that could leave him suspended for Friday, while the Kings shocked the Wizards and the Lakers stunned the Heat. Derrick Favors and Andrew Wiggins got banged up, and the Spurs set a franchise record in wins by beating the Pelicans. Follow me on Twitter by clicking here. Raptors … [Read more...]
Lakers' Russell says he's 'sick' over Young issue
Lakers' Russell says he's 'sick' over Young issue 1:43 AM ET ESPN.com news services print Los Angeles Lakers rookie D'Angelo Russell offered an apology a day after ESPN reported a rift has developed between he and his teammates after a video he took of Nick Young made its way to social media. Addressing the media for the first time on Wednesday, Russell said he's … [Read more...]
Spring Training Daily: ST Daily: Missing Miller?
Spring Training Daily: ST Daily: Missing Miller? Follow @djshort and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter.The Yankees constructed a three-headed monster in the back-end of their bullpen over the winter, but it looks like they could go into the regular season with only one of them on the active roster.With only a few days to go before Opening Day, the last thing you want to see is a potential significant … [Read more...]
Report: John Schuerholz stepping down as Braves president
Report: John Schuerholz stepping down as Braves president John Schuerholz, a 50-year veteran of baseball front offices and the architect of the Atlanta Braves dominant run during the 1990s and early 2000s, is stepping down as the team's president. In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Tim Tucker, Braves' CEO Terry McGuirk revealed that Schuerholz would move in to a … [Read more...]
10 defensive backs the Dallas Cowboys could draft – Dallas Morning News
10 defensive backs the Dallas Cowboys could draft - Dallas Morning News This story is about Cowboys Published 1h This Story is About... Share This Story On... Getty Images From left to right: Vernon Hargreaves III, Jalen Ramsey, Eli Apple, Mackensie Alexander, William Jackson. By Jon Machota , Staff Writer Contact Jon Machota on Twitter: @jonmachota After intercepting only eight … [Read more...]
Excited for Masters, Spieth looks to get game ready in Houston
Excited for Masters, Spieth looks to get game ready in Houston To describe Jordan Spieth as jazzed for his first major title defense would, perhaps, be an understatement. "The Masters is [less than] 10 days away," Spieth said Wednesday at the Shell Houston Open. "Just saying that makes you just want to go out and do pushups or something, just like it makes you really, really excited." Spieth … [Read more...]
Lamar Odom attends Lakers game as Kobe Bryant’s guest
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MLB Network’s new ‘Play Ball’ series aims to connect with kids
MLB Network's new 'Play Ball' series aims to connect with kids Your browser does not support iframes.A new season means new opportunities for Major League Baseball to reconnect with its existing audience while attempting to appeal to the newer, younger audience that every business covets. The latter is actually a priority for the league, because several recent studies have shown the average … [Read more...]
50’s grand: Raptors top Hawks to set new franchise record for wins
50's grand: Raptors top Hawks to set new franchise record for wins All year long, there's been a sense that nothing the Toronto Raptors can do during the regular season means very much — that they'd already achieved October-to-April success, and that we'll only be able to take them seriously if they can advance past the postseason's opening round. There was one regular-season goal that Dwane … [Read more...]