Jonquel Jones has flown home to her native island in the Bahamas many times since she moved to the U.S. as a young teen. But nothing could have prepared her for the hero’s welcome that awaited the WNBA Finals MVP last month. Jones knew this homecoming would be special. Jonquel Jones returned home to the…
Long each other’s biggest basketball rival in the Pac-12, UCLA and Arizona will meet again Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix as newly estranged. It will be a nonconference game. On a neutral court. In an NBA arena that as of midweek was not sold out. “The whole thing’s weird,” Bruins coach Mick Cronin…
The Giants and Blue Jays are among a half-dozen teams showing significant interest in star right-hander Corbin Burnes, and new Giants baseball president Buster Posey met late Tuesday with Burnes’ agent, Scott Boras. Both these teams put in outstanding efforts to sign big-time players, and while both have experienced some struggles in that area, it’s…
The Rams have won two games in a row, are over .500 for the first time this season and, with three games against NFC West teams remaining, a playoff berth is within their sights. Two weeks ago, the injury-riddled San Francisco 49ers appeared as if they might be the Rams’ most favorable division matchup. Not…
They were two moments seemingly frozen in time, balletic catches by Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp that not only indicated the Rams offense could finally produce consistently but also could do it with panache. In Sunday’s victory over the Buffalo Bills, Nacua made a full-extension, toe-tap catch on the sideline that should be framed as…
Playoff implications are on the line as the Rams face the 49ers, the Bills visit the Lions and the Eagles play host to the Steelers in Week 15. Source link
The New Orleans Saints have yet to make the playoffs in the post-Drew Brees era, and that stretch will likely continue into a fourth year this season. After a recent loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Saints fell to 2-7 and fired Dennis Allen as their head coach. Brees knows what it takes to win….
It’s business as usual for the NFL when it comes to Jay-Z. Commissioner Roger Goodell told media members Wednesday that the league’s relationship with the rapper, accused of rape in an amended lawsuit this week, has not changed. “We’re aware of the civil allegations and Jay-Z’s really strong response to that,” Goodell said at the…
BUFFALO — Lately, the Rangers have been finding ways to lose instead of finding ways to win. In a low-event game between two spiraling teams, however, Igor Shesterkin and the Blueshirts defended a one-goal lead for a majority of the 60-minute affair before surviving the Sabres’ third-period push to take a 3-2 victory on Wednesday…
The Islanders left a list of milestones on the table with their loss on Tuesday night. Had they beaten the Kings, it would have been their first three-game winning streak of the season, their first time over NHL .500 since Oct. 25 and their first time with more standings points than the Rangers this late…
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