Category: Sports

Hall of Fame basketball coach Tommy Penders slammed the University of North Carolina Sunday night for its decision to decline an invitation to the NIT. Penders also took a shot at Tar Heels head coach Hubert Davis, tweeting that the team “rarely played hard and together” and blamed that on “the coaching staff.” The 77-year-old […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ trade deadline additions appear to be cursed. Last week, they lost freshly acquired center Nick Bonino to a lacerated kidney . On Tuesday morning, coach Mike Sullivan revealed that defenseman Dmitry Kulikov will be out week to week with an undisclosed injury. Kulikov was forced out of Sunday’s game against the New […]

Veteran guard Gary Payton II is making “good progress” in his recovery from a right adductor injury, but still isn’t close to playing for the Warriors, the team announced on Monday evening. According to the Warriors’ announcement, Payton has been doing daily physical rehab work with the training staff to strengthen his adductor/core and has […]

The NBA regular season is winding down, and as teams jockey for playoff position, the three best players in the league are also making a final push to take home the MVP Award. Nikola Jokic is the reigning back-to-back winner and has been the presumptive favorite to take home his third in a row this […]

William Byron won his second consecutive race in the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, passing teammate Kyle Larson on a late restart to steal the victory in Phoenix. Byron’s hot start to the year has been unexpected for some, as he wasn’t considered among the top tier of title favorites coming into the season. But […]

Tyler Yaremchuk was joined by Mike McKenna to talk about the recent struggles of the Carolina Hurricanes on the latest episode of Daily Faceoff Live. Tyler Yaremchuk: The Carolina Hurricanes are struggling right now, having been shutout in back-to-back games by the Devils and Golden Knights. And their previous win was a 1-0 victory over […]

Jimmy Butler‘s heroics fell short Saturday. Afterward, he decompressed with one of the world’s most hated bands. Butler had 38 points in 39 minutes against the Magic, hitting a ridiculously difficult three-pointer at the buzzer to send the game to overtime. But the Heat got smacked around in the extra period and lost 126-114. Afterward, […]

Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant has entered a counseling program in Florida and there remains no timetable for his return to the court, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Tim MacMahon report. Morant has already missed five games. He took a leave of absence following an incident in which he flashed a gun on an Instagram Live […]

Former NL Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer is finalizing a one-year deal with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of the Nippon Professional Baseball league, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Having recently turned 32 and only three years removed from winning a Cy Young Award with the Cincinnati Reds, Bauer would still conceivably have a few […]

The NBA and National Basketball Players Association plan to combat load management in a new collective bargaining agreement. According to The Athletic‘s Shams Charania, the sides are close to agreeing on a stipulation that would make players ineligible for major awards unless they play a minimum number of games. Per The Athletic, the sides have extended their […]