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The Detroit Tigers may be getting ready to tear things down with the trade deadline looming. According to MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand, the Tigers are not actively shopping starting pitcher Justin Verlander, but would be open to moving him. Source …
Bob Stoops’s sudden retirement as Oklahoma Sooners head football coach caught pretty much everyone by surprise — including his own brother. Mark Stoops, who coaches the Kentucky Wildcats, said at SEC Media Day that even he had little …
2018 will mark the tenth anniversary of the Boston Celtics’ 2008 NBA Championship, but the key pillars of that team are still angry with Ray Allen for joining their rivals with the Miami Heat. Doc Rivers, who coached the 2008 Celtics, does …
Carmelo Anthony appears closer than ever to leaving the New York Knicks. According to Frank Isola and Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News, a four-team trade that would see Anthony land with the Houston Rockets is “at the two-yard …
Many may view Tim Tebow’s minor league progression with the New York Mets as a cynical marketing ploy, but at least a few Major League Baseball All-Stars are rooting for him to succeed. ESPN.com spoke to several All-Stars in Miami about Tebow, …
Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman appears to need some thicker skin on social media. A Houston Astros fan posted what he claimed were a series of direct messages from Bregman in response to offseason posts suggesting that the Astros use him …
The 2017 MLB All-Star Game no longer counts for home field advantage in the World Series, and has subsequently been a bit more light-hearted than in previous seasons. That was made quite obvious in the top of the sixth inning, when Seattle Mariners …
Bryce Harper is a big fan of Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys, and that respect is mutual. With the MLB All-Star Game returning to its long-held status as a simple exhibition game, Fox Sports was allowed more extensive access to the players on the …
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona would have been at the helm of the American League All-Star team on Tuesday night, but a heart procedure meant he had to skip the game. Instead, Francona’s bench coach, Brad Mills, took charge of the …
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor kicked off their press tour ahead of their fight in rather predictable fashion. During a stop in Los Angeles — which consisted mostly of an ebullient McGregor talking a whole lot of trash — the MMA …
The Los Angeles Lakers are looking for guards, and reportedly spent Tuesday meeting with one of the better young ones available. According to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the Lakers met with free agent Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on Tuesday, with the …
Gordon Hayward’s decision to leave the Utah Jazz to go to the Boston Celtics did not come as a complete shock to center Rudy Gobert. Gobert said Tuesday that he had a feeling Hayward was leaning toward joining the Celtics after the two met on …
Dion Waiters is supremely confident in his own abilities — even when everyone else is laughing at him. The Miami Heat shooting guard ranked the top five players at his position on a recent appearance on FS1’s “The Herd,” and …
Calvin Johnson was always one of the NFL’s quieter superstars, but having been retired for over a year, the former wide receiver is opening up on his decision. Johnson, visiting Italy for Italian Bowl XXXVII last week, told media that the …
Speaking for the first time since he left the Los Angeles Clippers, Chris Paul downplayed reports of tension with Doc and Austin Rivers, saying he simply felt ready for a change. Paul spoke exclusively to Marc J. Spears of the Undefeated about his …
Steve Nash may only be a part-time consultant for the Golden State Warriors, but it’s clear that he has a lot of sway over the team. Kevin Durant discussed his relationship with Nash in the latest entry in his “Still KD” web series, …
