2016 NBA free agents: Count on Kevin Durant going to Miami Heat - MyPalmBeachPost While the wide-ranging belief in NBA circles seems to be that Kevin Durant will stick around in Oklahoma City and the possibility of him heading to the Heat is an extreme long shot, Pat Riley isn’t working under that assumption. He rejected that talk six years ago when he acquired LeBron James and Chris Bosh and is … [Read more...]

Peru State picks former golfer Katie Potter as head coach - Omaha World-Herald Katie Potter, a former Peru State women’s golfer, will step into the head coaching role starting July 1. Potter graduated from Peru State in the fall of 2012 with a degree in sport management with honors. The Omaha Burke graduate also completed a master’s degree from Creighton University last fall with an emphasis in … [Read more...]

2016 MLB Draft: Team-by-team tracker for the first 10 rounds - CBSSports.com The first two days of baseball's annual three-day amateur draft are now in the books. Rounds 1-2 of the 2016 draft took place Thursday night while rounds 3-10 took place Friday afternoon. The draft concludes with rounds 11-40 on Saturday. Yes, 40 rounds. The draft used to be 100 rounds, you know. For the purposes of … [Read more...]

Behind Jason Groome's journey from phenom to Red Sox first-round pick - CBSSports.com SECAUCUS, N.J. -- Baseball America projected him to go third overall, to the Atlanta Braves. ESPN's Keith Law ranked him as the second-best talent on the board. And MLB.com tapped him to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 amateur draft, going to a Phillies team that plays its home games one hour from … [Read more...]

Euro 2016: Guardian writers' predictions for the tournament in France - The Guardian [unable to retrieve full-text content]The GuardianEuro 2016: Guardian writers' predictions for the tournament in FranceThe GuardianDaniel Taylor Seeing France, nice weather, fine cuisine and these predictions being used against me. Paul Wilson France. It has proved in the past it can provide a perfect … [Read more...]

The Cavaliers should trade Kevin Love this summer, but where? - SB Nation Game 3 reminded us that Kevin Love is often an awkward fit in Cleveland. Let's talk about his future. There are a number of reasons the Cleveland Cavaliers reversed the tide in Game 3 and blew the Golden State Warriors off the floor. There was the change of venue, there was a lineup shift with LeBron James and there was … [Read more...]

Nebraska Football: Athlon Sports Picks Huskers To Finish Second In The West - Husker Corner Nebraska Baseball Sees Pair Of Players Leave The Program by Oliver Vandervoort The Nebraska football team was picked to finish second in the Big Ten West by Athlon Sports while posting an 8-4 record in 2016. While Nebraska football fans all over the country have been talking about what they’re expecting … [Read more...]

Women Open NCAA Championships to Mixed Results - GoDucks.com by Rob MoseleyEditor, GoDucks.comPhoto: Eric EvansEUGENE, Ore. — As Thursday’s session of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field championships ended, a rainbow appeared above Hayward Field. It was the product of steady rain falling over the facility, but also light breaking through clouds as the sun set in the West.The contradiction of the … [Read more...]

Tigers select prep pitcher Matt Manning with ninth overall pick - Detroit Free Press Matt Manning is the newest member of the Detroit Tigers organization.(Photo: Brian Baer Special to The Sacramento Bee) The Detroit Tigers drafted high school right-handed pitcher Matt Manning, the son of former NBA player Rich Manning, with the ninth overall pick in tonight’s MLB draft. Matt Manning … [Read more...]

Draft blog: Angels pick Thaiss; Cardinals take Jones - Roanoke Times (blog) Second-team All-American catcher Matt Thaiss of UVa has been picked by the Los Angeles Angels with the 16th overall pick in the first round of tonight's major league amateur draft. UVa ace Connor Jones was chosen by St. Louis in the second round with the 70th overall pick. He was the final pick of Round 2. Subscription … [Read more...]