Category: Sports

Mavericks forward/center Christian Wood has been diagnosed with a fractured left thumb and will be reevaluated next week, the team announced. Wood sustained the injury in the second quarter of Wednesday’s loss to Atlanta, per the Mavs. He was able to finish the remainder of the game, which seems to bode well for his return […]

Historically, a major part of the prestige of the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s premier event, is the difficulty of qualifying for the race. Through the 2000s and early 2010s, entry lists would frequently include up to 50 drivers attempting to qualify for a 43-car field. That count has dwindled in recent years, but in 2023, we […]

With just over six weeks remaining until the NHL’s March 3 trade deadline, we’re bringing you one deadline-focused story each day at Daily Faceoff. Today we’re going to focus on San Jose Sharks winger Timo Meier, who was No. 4 on our latest Trade Targets board. 2023 Trade Deadline Countdown: 43 Days TIMO MEIERLeft Winger, […]

LaMelo Ball has come back from two different ankle sprains this season. The third one could cost him another month. Ball first hurt his left ankle Oct. 10 when he stepped on Anthony Gill’s foot in a preseason game against the Washington Wizards. Ball was out a full month, missing the first 13 games of […]

New York Giants safety Xavier McKinney has revealed more information about the injuries he suffered in his ATV accident this past fall.  “I don’t think people understood the magnitude of what it was,” McKinney told Steve Serby of the New York Post about his left hand. “They didn’t really understand how broken that it really […]

The Los Angeles Lakers lost three close games this week. All in wildly different ways. Against the Sacramento Kings, the Lakers lost in a way that’s unprecedented in NBA history. After Kendrick Nunn’s three-pointer cut the Kings’ lead to one point, rookie Max Christie committed a transition take foul on the ensuing break. Sacramento got […]

See ya next time, Buddy.Image: Getty Images No one gets the Pete Sampras, except for Pete Sampras, obviously. It’s so rare to see a tennis player walk off the court for the final time having just won a Grand Slam, still capable of more but sated with what was already accomplished and unable to ignore […]

Since the college football recruiting dates changed allowing players to sign early, any prospects left on the board are fought over by teams trying to complete a given class heading towards National Signing Day. One of the committed but unsigned 2023 prospects seeing a sharp rise in his options is Cocoa High School (Fla.) quarterback […]

MONT BELVIEU, Texas — Just three weeks after signing a top three 2023 class, Texas added an integral part to its upcoming 2024 class with a commitment from Cy-Fair (Texas) quarterback Trey Owens on Jan. 11. For Owens, the thought process behind locking it down early goes into being able to focus on his development […]

Should Cleveland give up Evan Mobley for the return of Lebron James?Image: Getty Images I’ve seen kiddie pools deeper than the unseasoned jambalaya VP Rob Pelinka has assembled for the Lakers around LeBron James. As a consequence, James’ enduring existence on a sub-.500 borderline playoff squad has created a rift where trade speculation festers and […]