The Golden State Warriors will get another crack at an NBA championship pursuit after they defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in their play-in tournament game on Tuesday night, 121-116. Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry led the way for Golden State. Butler had 38 points and Curry notched 37. Gary Payton II and Quinten Post had 12…
As Sarah Strong dominated the South Carolina frontcourt during UConn’s national championship victory, gobbling up rebounds, protecting the rim and scoring from everywhere on the court, it was easy to imagine her also doing so at the next level. WNBA executives had to be drooling over the idea of drafting the next Huskies star. But…
Every March, I tune in to the NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships, a ritual I associate with the arrival of spring. It also reminds me of my own athletic tenure. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and started wrestling when I was five, and went on to compete at the Division I level in…
AC Milan have not given up on signing Samuele Ricci after the links in recent windows, and on the contrary they are planning a summer assault. Torino had to do without Ricci in midfield against Como over the weekend and his absence was widely felt in that area of the pitch, which was the most…
Following the Golden State Warriors’ 126-121 heart-palpitation victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in the West’s Play-In Tournament on Tuesday, Jimmy Butler, as he has done pretty much since he first stepped foot on Golden State soil, spoke of Stephen Curry with a superhero reverence. “That’s a Batman if I’ve ever seen a Batman,” Butler told…
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The Golden State Warriors hung on to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 121-116 Tuesday night in the NBA play-in tournament game, earning the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Warriors will face the No. 2 seed Houston Rockets in the first round. Jimmy Butler III led Golden State with 38…
It is fair to say that we have not seen anything like Colorado superstar Travis Hunter. Sure, there have been players who have played both ways before in football. It was never easy for any one of them and certainly hasn’t been for Hunter. He made it look that way though last season as he…
In less than two weeks, Abdul Carter will likely hear NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announce his name from the draft stage in Green Bay. The former Penn State standout is projected to be selected in the top 5 of next Thursday’s NFL Draft. While quarterbacks have once again drawn the lion’s share of the attention…
In baseball’s Age of Collaboration, the hot seat for managers should be viewed more as an oversized sofa, with front-office executives and statistical analysts all squeezing in. Firing the manager when others bear responsibility for shaping rosters and influencing decisions often amounts to blatant scapegoating. Perhaps that is one reason early dismissals are becoming less…
