Where to find Brazil vs. Haiti Copa America game on TV If you’re trying to find out how you can watch Brazil vs. Haiti in the Copa America Centenario, you’ve come to the right place. All eyes turn to the Citrus Bowl in Orlando on Wednesday, June 8 as Brazil needs to get a win to inch towards advancing to the quarter-finals of Copa America against a very proud Haiti team who will be hoping for a … [Read more...]
Cavs rule Love out with concussion for Game 3
Cavs rule Love out with concussion for Game 3 1:37 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 CLEVELAND -- Despite his efforts to convince team officials that he's well enough to play, Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has been informed that he is not medically cleared to participate in … [Read more...]
Three Things to Watch: Golden State vs. Cleveland Game 3
Three Things to Watch: Golden State vs. Cleveland Game 3 Beating the Golden State Warriors four times in seven playoff attempts is tough as it is, no team has been able to do it since the early spring of 2014, a span that has included seven series’ in the time since. Beating them four times in five games is especially tough, as the Warriors have followed up all but one of their 14 (!) losses … [Read more...]
Finding the Fits: Saints have big plans for rookie wideout Michael Thomas – CBSSports.com
Finding the Fits: Saints have big plans for rookie wideout Michael Thomas - CBSSports.com (This is part of a series -- Finding the Fits -- in which NFLDraftScout.com will review the more intriguing picks made during the 2016 NFL Draft. The goal is to identify one relatively unheralded player per team who appears to be a good schematic fit and, therefore, more likely to be a surprise contributor … [Read more...]
Muhammad Ali wasn’t always ‘The Greatest’ at sponsorships (The Associated Press)
Muhammad Ali wasn't always 'The Greatest' at sponsorships (The Associated Press) Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest athletes of all time, but he didn't cash in during his prime the way you'd expect today. Product endorsements deals for the boxer were scarce, and in fact his most notable commercial during his earlier years was for a roach trap . Ali was a genius at self-promotion, and his … [Read more...]
The Worksheet: Winning, Losing and Plays
The Worksheet: Winning, Losing and Plays Since it’s a fertile time of the offseason for seasonal projections to start trickling in, I wanted to look backwards on 2015 for a moment while using it as guide to start your preparation for creating your own projections or just as a loose group of notes. The first place I always start when creating projections is diving into the number of plays a team … [Read more...]
The Numbers Game: A Decade in Perspective
The Numbers Game: A Decade in Perspective Who were the best fantasy players of the past decade? Which year was Kevin Durant's most productive, from a fantasy standpoint? These questions and more are the focus of today's Numbers Game, which aggregates every player's fantasy values for every regular season from 2006-2016. Not included are players who averaged fewer than 20 minutes or appeared in … [Read more...]
Love won't be cleared for Game 3, sources say
Love won't be cleared for Game 3, sources say 12:57 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 CLEVELAND -- Despite his efforts to convince team officials that he's well enough to play, Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has been informed that he will not be medically cleared to … [Read more...]
Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal and the instinct to protect legacy
Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal and the instinct to protect legacy If you combined the best of LeBron James and Stephen Curry, you'd have the perfect basketball player. But you can't, because this is real life, and doctors haven't figured out how to morph two uber-athletes with completely different — often dichotomic — and equally brilliant skill sets. Yet. So, we're left with the all-time … [Read more...]
Love takes part in shootaround before game 3
Love takes part in shootaround before game 3 12:04 PM ET ESPN.com news services INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Forward Kevin Love took part in a portion of the Cleveland Cavaliers' shootaround Wednesday morning, a positive step in his recovery from a concussion suffered in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Cavaliers forward Kevin Love took part in his team's morning shootaround Wednesday but remains … [Read more...]