Report: Devon Allen looking into pro track career while playing football Devon Allen led Oregon in receiving in 2014 (Getty). Oregon wide receiver and Olympic hurdler Devon Allen could run track professionally while still being able to play college football. Allen is representing the United States in the 110-meter hurdles at the Rio Olympics. He won the event at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, … [Read more...]
Olympics-First Brazil gold spurs last-minute ticket sales (Reuters)
Olympics-First Brazil gold spurs last-minute ticket sales (Reuters) (Adds athlete quote) By Alexandra Ulmer RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Brazil's first gold medal has boosted Olympic ticket sales and organisers expect attendances to pick up in coming days, although some venues including the Copacabana beach volleyball arena are still struggling to fill seats. Judoka Rafaela Silva, … [Read more...]
Pele hopes to make closing ceremony for Rio Games (Yahoo Sports)
Pele hopes to make closing ceremony for Rio Games (Yahoo Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Pele hopes to appear at the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics after missing the opening because of poor health. … [Read more...]
Season Preview: West Brom Season Preview
Season Preview: West Brom Season Preview Tuesday, August 09, 2016 Albion have new Chinese ownership so just about everything we thought we knew about the club is up in the air until we have a better sense of how much money is to be invested and who the power brokers at the club will be going forward. For now, Tony Pulis is still the man pulling the strings in the Midlands and that generally … [Read more...]
Donskov hired; Napier to resign; meet the Cleveland Monsters (Puck Headlines)
Donskov hired; Napier to resign; meet the Cleveland Monsters (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected]. The #CLEMonsters will wear these NEW sweaters in the 2016-17 season! … [Read more...]
Photographic evidence that Carmelo Anthony is, in fact, a hugger
Photographic evidence that Carmelo Anthony is, in fact, a hugger Carmelo Anthony takes a moment during Team USA’s win over Venezuela to reflect on how happy he is. (Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) For Carmelo Anthony, this has been a summer of redefinition. An inarguably successful individual basketball player who has made nine All-Star appearances and earned six All-NBA berths, Anthony has made … [Read more...]
Rio Olympics swimming: Katie Ledecky schedule, how to watch, live stream
Rio Olympics swimming: Katie Ledecky schedule, how to watch, live stream Katie Ledecky emphatically announced herself to the 2016 Rio Olympics audience with a dominating, record-setting performance in the 400-meter freestyle on Sunday night. Ledecky broke her own world record, beating her closest competitor by nearly five seconds. It was her second medal of the games -- she won silver in the … [Read more...]
Pirates' young pitching the key to possible second-half surge
Pirates' young pitching the key to possible second-half surge It wasn’t supposed to be like this. After decades of futility, the Pittsburgh Pirates had made themselves into the model Major League Baseball franchise. The team built from within, complimented its core with savvy free-agent pickups and returned to contention despite a limited payroll. Coming into 2016, it was easy to … [Read more...]
The self-aware Stephen Jackson rips players who choose money over winning
The self-aware Stephen Jackson rips players who choose money over winning Stephen Jackson, San Antonio Spur, walks. (Getty Images) Let’s just get right into this, as our subject often does. [Follow Dunks Don’t Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Stephen Jackson, a man who played 14 seasons in the NBA with eight different teams (one of them, whom we’ll discuss later, twice), … [Read more...]
Diamondbacks denied $65 million for Chase Field “repairs”
Diamondbacks denied $65 million for Chase Field "repairs" Chase Field (Getty Images) 2016 has been rich with stories about wealthy baseball teams attempting to get (or successfully getting) new stadiums that taxpayers have to pay for. But the latest development in the fight between the Arizona Diamondbacks and their landlords, Maricopa County, Arizona, shows that the tide might finally be … [Read more...]