ISU star picks up major award - KCCI Des Moines (ISU media relations) Iowa State senior Georges Niang has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Karl Malone Award, presented annually to the nation’s top college basketball power forward by Basketball Hall of Fame. Niang was named the recipient of the award Friday evening on ESPN’s College Basketball Awards Show, which was held at Club Nokia … [Read more...]
Sources: Suns to conduct broad coaching search
Sources: Suns to conduct broad coaching search 10:36 PM ET Marc SteinESPN Senior Writer Close • Senior NBA writer for ESPN.com• Began covering the NBA in 1993-94• Also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics print The Phoenix Suns will conduct a full-scale coaching search at season's end, with interim coach Earl Watson among the candidates who will be considered, according to team … [Read more...]
Illinois WR Mike Dudek to miss 2016 season with ACL tear
Illinois WR Mike Dudek to miss 2016 season with ACL tear Illinois wide receiver Mike Dudek is out for the season (again) after suffering a torn ACL in spring practice. Dudek had been held out of practice after hurting his knee during a scrimmage. New Illinois coach Lovie Smith confirmed the right knee injury on Friday. Lovie delivered some bad news today. #Illini WR Mikey Dudek will miss his … [Read more...]
Makena wins feature by 3¼ lengths at Santa Anita (The Associated Press)
Makena wins feature by 3¼ lengths at Santa Anita (The Associated Press) ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Makena took command at the quarter pole and won the $58,000 feature by 3¼ lengths Friday at Santa Anita. … [Read more...]
Big names, major champions miss the cut at the Masters
Big names, major champions miss the cut at the Masters Though the Masters has the most generous cut among the four major championships, plenty of familiar names failed to make the weekend at Augusta National. For players like Rickie Fowler and Ernie Els, it was bad first rounds that did in their chances. In the case of Els, it was the first hole. He 6-putted the par-4 first, leading to a 9. … [Read more...]
Losing taking an emotional toll on Fred Hoiberg, Bulls
Losing taking an emotional toll on Fred Hoiberg, Bulls 9:59 PM ET Nick FriedellESPN Staff Writer Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. print MIAMI -- Fred Hoiberg prides himself on keeping a … [Read more...]
Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey wins 2016 Hobey Baker Award
Harvard's Jimmy Vesey wins 2016 Hobey Baker Award For the first time in a while, there was a bit of controversy about the Hobey Baker Award. Jimmy Vesey, a Harvard senior, finished the season with 46 points in 33 games, the seventh-most per game in the NCAA this year. He also scored 24 goals (fourth in goals per game), which is a lot, and ran his total for the last two seasons to 56. That … [Read more...]
Nike creates awesome photoshop to honor Ken Griffey Jr.
Nike creates awesome photoshop to honor Ken Griffey Jr. Ken Griffey Jr. made a career out of defying limits and defying gravity on the baseball field. Those are two big reasons why the baseball Hall of Fame will opens its doors to him at the end of July. [Sign up for Fantasy Baseball | Play for $40K | Expert rankings | Mock draft ] It's also why the folks at Nike are paying tribute to … [Read more...]
Report: Jets left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson retiring after 10 seasons – CBSSports.com
Report: Jets left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson retiring after 10 seasons - CBSSports.com A day after Jets left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson was reportedly taking a pay cut so the team could re-sign quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, ESPN.com's Rich Cimini reports that Ferguson is retiring from the NFL after 10 seasons. It's a surprising move for any number of reasons, including the most important … [Read more...]
Team News: Late Fitness Check GW33
Team News: Late Fitness Check GW33 Claudio Ranieri continues to dismiss talk of a Premier League title despite being 7-points clear with only six games remaining: "I think the Europa (League) is done. Now is the Champions League. We are fighting for the Champions League now." Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger won’t let an eleven point gap rule his side out of the race: "As long as it is mathematically … [Read more...]