Category: Sports

Phoenix and new owner Mat Ishbia wanted to make a splash when he took over the team, and they certainly have done it. Kevin Durant is headed to the Valley of the Sun in exchange for young forwards Cam Johnson and Mikal Bridges, old and disgruntled forward Jae Crowder, four first-round picks and a pick […]

It’s official: LeBron James is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.  Late in the third quarter of Tuesday night’s matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron hit a fadeaway jumper near the top of the key to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and sit atop the career scoring list. The game was stopped to celebrate the historical achievement, […]

Celtics star Jaylen Brown is expected to miss several games after suffering a facial fracture in tonight’s contest against Philadelphia, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. Brown will be examined by specialists on Thursday, but initial expectations are that he may not return until after the All-Star break. Brown suffered the injury on a collision with teammate Jayson […]

After several recent incidents involving players or teams rejecting the idea of wearing pride jerseys in support of the LGBTQ+ community, the New York Islanders are the latest team caught up in the controversy.  The Islanders have a scheduled pride night on Thursday. Still, according to Ethan Sears of the New York Post, the team […]

Just over a year after they sent a conditional first-round pick to Atlanta to get him, the Knicks are moving on from Cam Reddish, the No. 10 pick in the 2019 Draft. New York sent Reddish and a conditional first-rounder to the Portland Trail Blazers to get Josh Hart. Hart is a bit undersized at […]

The Los Angeles Lakers completed a three-team deal that sent Westbrook and his $47 million contract to the Utah Jazz. Don’t expect Westbrook to ever play there, especially after a Jazz fan racially taunted him in 2019. Instead, he’s likely to get a buyout for some portion of the $15 million to $16 million still […]

Two-time World Series champion Alex Bregman will take his talents from the diamond to the hardwood. The Houston Astros third baseman will be an assistant coach for the 2023 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Feb. 17, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today Sports and others. The 28-year-old will coach alongside two-time WNBA champion and three-time […]

It’s been a rough for years for the Florida State Seminoles. The once-proud program under Bobby Bowden and then Jimbo Fisher is coming off a winning campaign for just first time since the 2017 season.  The Seminoles were 9-3 and earned themselves a trip to the Cheez-It bowl where they beat Oklahoma, 35-32. The 10-3 […]

The Lakers, Jazz and Timberwolves are engaging in discussions on a potential three-team trade that would send Mike Conley to Minnesota, D’Angelo Russell to Los Angeles, and Russell Westbrook and draft compensation (including a first-round pick) to Utah, according to Shams Charania and Tony Jones of The Athletic (Twitter link). ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski first reported […]

On today’s episode of “Daily Faceoff Live,” Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discussed Bo Horvat’s first couple of games with the New York Islanders, how the relationship is already off to a great start and why Lou Lamoriello pulled the trigger on the deal.  Tyler Yaremchuk: The big move over the last week was Bo […]