Why Golden State is giddy about how Game 1 played out vs. Cavs 11:13 AM ET Ethan Sherwood StraussESPN Staff Writer Close Covers the Golden State Warriors for ESPN.com Contributes to ESPN's TrueHoop blog Hosts TrueHoop TV Live OAKLAND -- The Warriors are comfortable against the Cavs. Maybe too comfortable. They now have six straight wins against Cleveland, after a Finals game that didn’t look … [Read more...]
Johnny Cueto looks to keep Giants rolling against Cardinals
Johnny Cueto looks to keep Giants rolling against Cardinals The San Francisco Giants are the hottest team in baseball, having won 17 of their last 21 games, and they roll into St. Louis to start a series with the Cardinals. The Giants' recent run has been fueled by their starting pitching, particularly Johnny Cueto, Madison Bumgarner and Jeff Samardzija, and it's Cueto's turn to take to the … [Read more...]
Rio Olympics will feature first-ever refugee team
Rio Olympics will feature first-ever refugee team The Olympics, in theory, are a place where politics remain outside the stadium, where athletes compete for their country without the baggage of parochial grievances. It's a nice theory. The reality is that political and military disputes that dot the entire planet often sweep up innocent athletes in their tornado, and the International … [Read more...]
Report: Lamar Odom’s friends, family fear he’s ‘back on hard drugs’
Report: Lamar Odom's friends, family fear he's 'back on hard drugs' Nearly nine months after being found unconscious with cocaine in his system at a Nevada brothel, friends and family members of Lamar Odom fear that the former NBA player is "back on hard drugs," TMZ reported Friday morning. Allegations of crack use have trailed Odom, 36, for several years, dating back to his brief 2013 … [Read more...]
Video: Clayton Kershaw is fantastic, forget his postseason woes
Video: Clayton Kershaw is fantastic, forget his postseason woes An unfortunate function of the modern-day sports fan is the unrelenting need to judge everything on the grandest scale. Case in point: LeBron James isn't just playing to win the NBA Finals. No, he’s playing for his legacy and to be the face of the game again. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] And if you don’t … [Read more...]
Finding the Fits: Sean Davis adds physicality to Steelers' secondary – CBSSports.com
Finding the Fits: Sean Davis adds physicality to Steelers' secondary - 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...]
Spanish Moto2 rider Salom killed in crash (Reuters)
Spanish Moto2 rider Salom killed in crash (Reuters) Spanish Moto2 rider Luis Salom died in hospital on Friday after a crash during the second free practice session for the Catalunya Grand Prix, race organizers said. The 24-year-old Mallorcan fell at the high speed turn 12 of Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya and was treated by the medical team before being taken by road to hospital where he … [Read more...]
Meet the Trio for Rio: Triplets plan to run Olympic marathon (Yahoo Sports)
Meet the Trio for Rio: Triplets plan to run Olympic marathon (Yahoo Sports) Fans at the Rio Olympics will be seeing not just double, but triple in the women's marathon when identical triplets race together for the first time. Calling themselves the ''Trio to Rio'' and sporting identical uniforms and blonde ponytails, Estonians Leila, Lily and Liina Luik are used to spectators and officials … [Read more...]
AP sources: Ali’s hospital stay could pose serious issues (The Associated Press)
AP sources: Ali's hospital stay could pose serious issues (The Associated Press) Muhammad Ali is hospitalized in the Phoenix area with what two people familiar with his condition say may be more serious problems than his previous hospital stays. The 74-year-old boxing great is fighting respiratory issues that are complicated by the Parkinson's that he was diagnosed with in the 1980s, the … [Read more...]
Motorcycling-Spanish Moto2 rider Salom killed in crash (Reuters)
Motorcycling-Spanish Moto2 rider Salom killed in crash (Reuters) * Salom dies in crash at Circuit de Catalunya * First fatality at MotoGP weekend since 2011 * Pedrosa mourns "great friend" (Adds race to go ahead on changed layout, changes slug) BARCELONA, June 3 (Reuters) - Spanish Moto2 rider Luis Salom died in hospital on Friday after a crash during the second free practice session for … [Read more...]