Five things the committee got wrong in this year's bracket Play Tourney Pick'em | Fill out your bracket | Print it | Celebrity Challenge It's as time-honored a Selection Sunday tradition as filling out a bracket and entering an office pool. As soon as the field of 68 is revealed, the bellyaching begins. The bracket this year's selection committee created offered plenty of reasons to … [Read more...]
San Jose’s Quincy Amarikwa scores an unbelievable long range goal [VIDEO]
San Jose’s Quincy Amarikwa scores an unbelievable long range goal [VIDEO] San Jose’s Quincy Amarikwa scored an unbelievable long range goal Sunday night in the MLS game against Portland Timbers. FOX Sports lead commentator John Strong described the goal as follows: “That is absolutely sensational from Quincy Amarikwa. One of the best goals you’ll see in MLS this season.” And it […] San … [Read more...]
Kobe to Knicks fans: Trust 'greatest ever' Jackson
Kobe to Knicks fans: Trust 'greatest ever' Jackson 3:57 AM ET print LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant has a message for any New York Knicks fans that have lost faith in team president Phil Jackson. "People in New York just need to trust the fact that he knows more about basketball than any of them put together," Bryant said after he and the Los Angeles Lakers lost to Jackson's … [Read more...]
Cousins: Karl behind suspension, not Kings
Cousins: Karl behind suspension, not Kings 2:44 AM ET ESPN.com news services print Sacramento Kings star DeMarcus Cousins returned to the team's lineup Sunday after serving a one-game suspension for "conduct detrimental to the team," but Cousins said it wasn't the team that was behind his benching. "That was no suspension from the organization. That was one from the head coach. … [Read more...]
LSU opts to skip postseason, likely ending Ben Simmons college days
LSU opts to skip postseason, likely ending Ben Simmons college days Play Tourney Pick'em | Fill out your bracket | Print it | Celebrity Challenge It's football season again at LSU, or it might as well be, after the basketball program announced Sunday that it would not be participating in any postseason tournaments, likely ending the college career of freshman Ben Simmons.The Tigers … [Read more...]
Is John Calipari correct to be angry over Kentucky’s No. 4 seed?
Is John Calipari correct to be angry over Kentucky's No. 4 seed? Play Tourney Pick'em | Fill out your bracket | Print it | Celebrity Challenge Three hours after his team edged Texas A&M in Sunday's SEC title game, Kentucky coach John Calipari spotted something that caught his attention. The selection committee seeded the Aggies one line above his Wildcats. Texas A&M snared a No. 3 seed … [Read more...]
Spieth stumbles on Sunday at Valspar with 73 at Innisbrook
Spieth stumbles on Sunday at Valspar with 73 at Innisbrook Jordan Spieth couldn't complete the comeback on Sunday at the Valspar Championship. The world No. 1 shot a 2-over 73 at Innisbrook's Copperhead Course to finish in a tie for 18th place, seven shots out of a playoff eventually won by 2011 Masters winner Charl Schwartzel. The reigning Masters champion, whose first major title defense … [Read more...]
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Giannis is Unfair
Basketball Daily Dose: Dose: Giannis is Unfair There were quite a few blowouts on Sunday’s five-game slate, but there was still a lot of excitement and drama. LeBron James destroyed the Clippers, Giannis Antetokounmpo posted another triple-double and tensions have never been higher in Sacramento with DeMarcus Cousins and coach George Karl feuding again. We also learned on Sunday that Pau Gasol is … [Read more...]
Spring Training Daily: ST Daily: Seager Takes A Seat
Spring Training Daily: ST Daily: Seager Takes A Seat It's a race against time for Corey Seager. Seager is presently sidelined by a "mild" left knee sprain, an injury that will keep him out for one to two weeks. And while an Opening Day start at shortstop is still within his reach, the question of readiness will become more prevalent as April inches closer. Seager injured the knee running the … [Read more...]
Charl Schwartzel wins Valspar Championship in playoff over B. Haas
Charl Schwartzel wins Valspar Championship in playoff over B. Haas It took five years, but Charl Schwartzel is again a winner on the PGA Tour. Schwartzel won the Valspar Championship on Sunday, defeating Bill Haas on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course. The 2011 Masters winner made a par on the 18th hole to beat Haas, the 54-hole leader, who … [Read more...]