Fantasy football: Devonta Smith’s absence may mean boost for Dallas Goedert

Unrivaled finally has its teams set. The league divided the players into six pods of wings, guards and forwards. The six coaches then put the names on a board and drafted teams with the main idea being that the squads would be as equal as possible. The twist was that none of the coaches knew…

A public funeral Mass for Fernando Valenzuela — beloved Mexican-born pitcher, Dodgers legend and the inspiration for “Fernandomania” — will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. Valenzuela died of an undisclosed illness on Oct. 22 at age 63. His death left Dodgers…

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Philadelphia 76ers have been waiting 3 1/2 weeks to get a full 33 minutes out of Joel Embiid. They finally got it Friday night, but it came in a 98-86 loss to the Orlando Magic that dropped the 76ers to 2-10. “Usually with me it takes two or three or four…

Stephen Silas has plenty of reasons why he wanted to coach for USA Basketball in the qualifying rounds of the FIBA AmeriCup tournament. Among them: his father. Paul Silas died two years ago and, despite a long career as an NBA coach, he never got the chance to be part of the national team. So,…

Draymond Green is used to getting whistled for flagrant fouls.  On Friday, the 13-year NBA veteran found himself back at the center of controversy. In the third quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ game against the visiting Memphis Grizzlies, referees called a foul against Green after Zach Edey fell hard to the floor with just…

UFC 309 marks the Madison Square Garden debut for the biggest blue chipper in the sport, Bo Nickal. Well, sort of. OK, not really. Bo Nickal speaking to the press at NYC Hilton Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan. Robert Miller The 27-year-old wrestling wunderkind out of Penn State has never fought at the Garden. He’ll break…