Category: Sports

On Friday, CBS Sports president Sean McManus responded to reports that an “intervention” was held with Tony Romo last offseason regarding his improvement, or lack-there-of, in the broadcast booth.  A guest on SiriusXM’s “Mad Dog Unleashed,” McManus denied the report, adding that meeting with on-air talent isn’t uncommon, nor an indictment on Romo’s performance.  “The […]

The Warriors were excited to get Gary Payton II back on their team. Then he failed his physical. Golden State engineered a four-team deal to get Payton from Portland, trading James Wiseman to Detroit and sending five second-round picks from Atlanta to Portland. But a physical exam Friday found Payton had a core muscle injury, […]

Gary Payton II has failed a physical exam, placing the four-team swap involving the Warriors, Pistons, Trail Blazers and Hawks in jeopardy, Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of The Athletic report. Payton has a core muscle injury that could sideline him for up to three months, according to the exam by the Warriors’ medical staff. Although the trade has been […]

Gary Payton II’s reunion tour may be coming to a screeching halt. Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of The Athletic reported Friday that the Warriors’ trade for Payton is now in serious jeopardy after Payton failed his physical exam. The report adds that Payton has a core muscle injury that may sideline him for up […]

The SEC and Big Ten have both expanded their borders in recent years, and some of those moves have led to criticism. In the mind of SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, however, there is no comparison between what the SEC has done and what the Big Ten has opted to do. Sankey took a shot at […]

The Buffalo Sabres will get Tage Thompson back from his injury-related absence in Saturday’s game against the Calgary Flames, head coach Don Granato confirmed Friday. Thompson, 25, suffered an upper-body injury in a game against the Minnesota Wild on Jan. 28. He briefly played with the injury against the Carolina Hurricanes on Feb. 1 but […]

It sounds like Indianapolis Colts linebacker Shaquille Leonard wants to continue playing for interim head coach Jeff Saturday on a full-term basis.  “He demanded excellence from everybody,” Leonard said of Saturday during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” per Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk. “That offensive line — I mean, of course, everybody’s […]

President Joe Biden will be part of the Super Bowl LVII broadcast, after all.  According to Chris Megerian and David Bauder of the Associated Press and Brett Samuels of The Hill, President Biden will sit down with network and live-streaming service Fox Soul for a chat ahead of the Super Bowl LVII clash involving the […]

After playing just three shifts before exiting Monday’s game against the Dallas Stars, Troy Terry has been placed on injured reserve. The Anaheim Ducks forward is dealing with an upper-body injury and missed Tuesday’s match against the Chicago Blackhawks. In his roster spot, the Ducks have recalled goaltender Olle Eriksson Ek from the AHL. With […]

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ian Cole has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement, for kneeing Colorado Avalanche forward Andrew Cogliano, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Friday afternoon. The incident occurred at the 1:50 mark of the first period of Thursday’s 5–0 Lightning win over the Avalanche at Amalie […]