NBA rumors: Latest news, free agent signings, trade buzz - Sports Illustrated Your teams. Your favorite writers. Wherever you want them. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android. NBA free agency is winding down, billions of dollars have been spent, and there are still some moving parts on the board. The biggest question was answered when Kevin Durant announced his decision to … [Read more...]
Patrick Reed finally delivers major action to go with big talk
Patrick Reed finally delivers major action to go with big talk Your browser does not support iframes. There’s a point at which youthful bravado isn’t cute anymore, a point at which you’ve got to deliver on big talk and bigger attitude. Patrick Reed has just about run out the clock on the smug arrogance with which he rolled onto the PGA Tour. But look at him now: unlikely standard-bearer for … [Read more...]
Ex-LSU QB Anthony Jennings to play for Louisiana-Lafayette
Ex-LSU QB Anthony Jennings to play for Louisiana-Lafayette Anthony Jennings transferred from LSU in March (Getty Images). Anthony Jennings hasn’t transferred far from LSU. Louisiana-Lafayette announced Thursday that Jennings has joined the team as a graduate transfer. He’ll be a senior in 2016. “We are excited about Anthony joining our program and competing for the starting quarterback … [Read more...]
Quick Takeaways from Kentucky: Examining Truex's pit road penalty
Quick Takeaways from Kentucky: Examining Truex's pit road penalty Martin Truex Jr. finished 10th Saturday night (Getty). Throughout 2016 we may have way too many quick thoughts for our post-race posts. So consider our Takeaways feature to be the home of our random and sometimes intelligent musings. Sometimes the post may have a theme. Sometimes it may just be a mess of unrelated … [Read more...]
Nets to sign ex-No. 1 pick Bennett, sources say
Nets to sign ex-No. 1 pick Bennett, sources say 4:43 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets are taking a flier on former No. 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett. The two sides reached an agreement on a two-year contract that will be worth the veteran's minimum, sources confirmed Thursday. The Nets worked out Bennett, who has gotten into much better shape, at a veteran minicamp early in the offseason and came away … [Read more...]
Video: Casting a baseball reality TV show with Bravo's Andy Cohen
Video: Casting a baseball reality TV show with Bravo's Andy Cohen SAN DIEGO — If you tune in to Andy Cohen’s interview show “Watch What Happens Live” on Bravo, you’ll see a St. Louis Cardinals cap sitting right behind him. It’s there every single show. As the executive producer of the “Real Housewives” series and the former head of development at Bravo, Cohen’s day-to-day dealings are … [Read more...]
Jets offseason report: Quarterback quandary looms over season – USA TODAY
Jets offseason report: Quarterback quandary looms over season - USA TODAY With QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) under center in 2015, Jets WRs Brandon Marshall (15) and Eric Decker both had 1,000-yard receiving seasons.(Photo: Brad Penner, USA TODAY Sports) The New York Jets were poised to reach postseason for the first time since 2010. It looked like the Todd Bowles-Mike Maccagnan era in New York … [Read more...]
Golokvin to fight ‘an animal’ in Kell Brook in London (The Associated Press)
Golokvin to fight 'an animal' in Kell Brook in London (The Associated Press) Middleweight world champion and rising star Gennady ''GGG'' Golovkin says a fight against welterweight champ Kell Brook in September will be the biggest test of his career. Golovkin said Thursday that Brook is strong and the best in his division. Brook is moving up two weight classes to face Golovkin, perhaps the … [Read more...]
J.J. Redick will have none of Adam Silver's 'competitive balance' discussion
J.J. Redick will have none of Adam Silver's 'competitive balance' discussion J.J. Redick has been thinking about super-teams. (Steve Dykes/Getty Images) Seemingly in response to NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s recent comments on so-called super-teams at the NBA’s Board of Governors meeting in Las Vegas, Los Angeles Clippers guard J.J. Redick fired off a few tweets from a … [Read more...]
Darryl Strawberry admits to having sex in clubhouse during games
Darryl Strawberry admits to having sex in clubhouse during games Darryl Strawberry in 2005 as a Mets spring training instructor. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) If you’re one of those finger-wagging eye-rollers who believe the athletes of today get away with way too much, we’ve got two words for you: Darryl Strawberry. What Strawberry, Doc Gooden and other players were able to do back in the ’80s … [Read more...]