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The Phoenix Suns’ decision to fire coach Earl Watson three games into the 2017-18 season looked odd at the time. It looks even stranger now that we have some context to it. Watson was fired by Phoenix after an 0-3 start last season, in what …
The first brawl of the Major League Baseball season took place on Sunday, and Yasiel Puig was very much involved. Things started after Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Chris Archer threw behind Cincinnati’s Derek Dietrich, who admired a home run he …
Once expected to be a one-and-done player for Duke, Tre Jones seems to be hinting that he might be thinking otherwise. In an Instagram post on Saturday, Jones teased a potential return for his sophomore year with a very simple caption. View this post …
Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout so thoroughly dominated the Texas Rangers in the first three games of their weekend series that manager Chris Woodward will be seeing him in his nightmares. Trout has homered in every game against Texas so …
Quarterback Russell Wilson is still waiting on a new contract from the Seattle Seahawks, and the process appears to be moving slowly. According to Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times, the two sides have been engaged in frequent discussions about …
Former Auburn star Charles Barkley was invited into the team’s locker room ahead of their Final Four game against Virginia to impart some wisdom on the team. This is Auburn’s first Final Four in program history, a goal they failed to …
What sounded like a done deal earlier Saturday will not be happening at all for the Virginia Tech Hokies. According to Mike Barber of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, UMBC coach Ryan Odom spoke to Virginia Tech about their coaching opening, but will not …
Did Paul Pierce have a better NBA career than Dwyane Wade? The former Boston Celtic certainly thinks so, but the Wade family doesn’t care for that argument. Wade’s 17-year-old son Zaire posted a pretty clear response to Pierce, noting …
The Virginia Tech Hokies appear to have settled on a new head basketball coach. According to Gene Wang of the Washington Post and Travis Wells of WDBJ, UMBC coach Ryan Odom looks set to be named the new coach at Virginia Tech, replacing Buzz …
19 years after his dismissal as Indiana’s basketball coach, Bob Knight has, at least publicly, made his first appearance on campus. Knight was spotted in Bloomington on Saturday in order to watch the school’s baseball team. It is the …
The Washington Redskins are in win-now mode. That’s according to coach Jay Gruden, who added that if the Redskins draft and start a rookie quarterback, it would not be as a developmental project. “There is no developmental process …
Kentucky coach John Calipari is known for his ability to recruit and improve freshmen, so it’s perhaps a touch surprising that he wasn’t able to land Zion Williamson. Williamson ultimately attended Duke and took college basketball by …
Amid talk of a potential coaching change, St. John’s athletic director Mike Cragg denied that Chris Mullin was in danger of losing his job. In a statement released Saturday, Cragg affirmatively stated that Mullin is the head coach of the Red …
The Boston Red Sox have gotten off to a miserable start to the 2019 season, as the reigning World Series winners have started 2-7 with repeated blowouts among the defeats. Frustration looked to be boiling over some after the latest, a 15-8 loss to …
Johnny Manziel’s latest comeback bid has been derailed, but this time, it wasn’t his own fault. In fact, he appears to have done himself some good. Manziel thoroughly impressed some of the people he worked with in his brief stint in the …
Most impressions about NFL Draft prospects are formed or finalized at the NFL Combine, which seems to be enough to send draft stock either rising or sinking for the remainder of the pre-draft season. Still, some players are finding out that …
