Category: Sports

Tell them the Butler did it if anyone asks how the San Diego State Aztecs advanced to its first National Championship Game in program history.  Trailing the ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic Owls by one with seconds to go and the clock running, SDSU’s Lamont Butler nailed the game-winner at the buzzer, capping off a 72-71 comeback […]

“I think when this season gets done, we’ll evaluate everything,” Nurse told reporters. “Even personally, I’m going to take a few weeks to see where I’m at, where my head’s at, and just see how the relationship with the organization is and everything. It’s been 10 years for me now, which is a pretty good run.” […]

Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker told reporters (including David O’Brien of The Athletic) that ace Max Fried will go on the injured list as he manages a hamstring problem. Fried exited his Opening Day start after just 43 pitches. It seems the team is in no hurry to make the move official though, and may […]

As the 2022-23 NHL stretch run nears its close, teams are starting to clinch playoff berths. That includes the New Jersey Devils, who’ve enjoyed one of their best seasons in franchise history after finishing seventh and eighth two times each in the Metro Division the previous four years. Few prognosticators predicted such a dramatic jump […]

Philadelphia Flyers center Sean Couturier will not return to the lineup for the rest of the 2022-23 regular season as he continues to recover from a back injury, head coach John Tortorella announced Saturday. Couturier, 30, hasn’t suited up for the Flyers since Dec. 18, 2021. The 2020 Frank J. Selke Trophy winner has skated […]

Northwestern University is hoping to turn its next stadium into a money-making venture beyond just football games, and it seems one plan to accomplish that goal has gotten major pushback from locals in Evanston. Northwestern’s current stadium, Ryan Field, has served as the home for many memorable moments in the school’s athletic history. However, the […]

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association reached a deal on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement early on Saturday morning, according to statements from the league and the players’ union. The official announcements are light on specific details, simply stating that the new agreement is tentative and still needs to be ratified by the […]

Russell Westbrook hates being called “Westbrick.” Unfortunately for him, that’s not against the rules. Late in the second quarter of the Clippers’ win over the Grizzlies, Westbrook had a fan kicked out of the game. His crime? Yelling: “Westbrick!” According to the NBA fan code of conduct, fans have to refrain from “foul or abusive […]

Hiring Deion Sanders as the school’s head football coach is already paying dividends for the University of Colorado. The school announced on Thursday it had sold out its spring game on April 22, which will be televised on ESPN with a broadcast team of Chris Fowler, Robert Griffin III and Quint Kessinich. National champion Georgia […]

Many coaches across college football believe the sport now has a huge transfer portal problem, and Mike Gundy has an idea that he thinks could help resolve it. Gundy spoke with reporters earlier this week about the issues he sees with the transfer portal. He proposed the idea of having high school recruits sign “contractual […]