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LeBron James did it all for the Cavaliers in the first half of Game 5 of the NBA Finals. He played like he knew full well that the winner of the game was extremely likely to go on to win the rest of the series. Playing mostly with a small lineup …
Remember all that talk after Game 3 of the NBA Finals about Matthew Dellavedova being a “Steph Curry stopper”? Yeah, well it didn’t sit well with the Warriors. According to John Kuntz of Northeast Ohio Media Group, Warriors players …
Draymond Green and Matthew Dellavedova were called for double fouls after an exchange under the basket during the second quarter of Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, and Green was not happy about it. The two were fighting by the basket on a …
Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson has been getting it done for the team with his bat, and now he’s also showing he has quite the glove. The center fielder robbed Justin Upton of what otherwise would have been a walk-off hit for the Padres during …
J.R. Smith picked up his third flagrant foul point of the playoffs when he tried to run through a screen in the first quarter of Game 5 of the NBA Finals Sunday with a football move. Draymond Green was set up to screen Smith, and the Cavs guard went …
How early is too early to offer a scholarship in the world of college football? Apparently “fresh out of middle school” and 14 years old is not too early for some programs. Florida State offered a scholarship to 14-year-old DT Tru …
An episode of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” was so emotional it affected Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson, who watched the show prior to his start Saturday night against the Oakland A’s. Wilson, who is 4-5 with a 3.60 ERA this season, …
Maybe Cain Velasquez was a lot more rusty than most people expected entering his fight against Fabricio Werdum. Velasquez, who hadn’t fought in a year and a half, lost to Werdum by third-round submission at UFC 188 on Saturday night in Mexico …
Eric Molina on Saturday became the second boxer to last past four rounds against Deontay Wilder. He barely survived to make it to that point, and he was knocked down four times in the process as Wilder defeated him when the referee called an end to …
Joel Embiid has suffered a setback in his recovery from a foot surgery last year. Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Saturday that Embiid, who was the No. 3 overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2014 draft, had something show up on his …
Patrick Sharp probably will never score an easier goal in his life. At the least, he’s probably never going to have an easier path to the net in a Stanley Cup Finals game. During the first period of Game 5 between the Blackhawks and Lightning …
Bubba Watson is showing that not even the most difficult greens will stand in his way at the US Open at Chambers Bay next week. Watson, who will be paired with Phil Mickelson and Angel Cabrera when the US Open begins the first round of play Thursday, …
Bryce Harper is Mormon, but that does not mean he likes the most famous Mormon school in the country — BYU. In fact, Harper says he hates it. During an interview with Chris Rose and Kevin Millar on MLB Network’s “Intentional …
Andrew Luck is one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL and the new face of the Indianapolis Colts. He has no desire to be anywhere else or play for any other team, especially one as dysfunctional as the New York Jets have been (we imagine). According …
Michael Sam has left the Montreal Alouettes for “personal reasons” less than a month after signing with them. Sam signed with the team in late May and had been working with the third-team defense, according to the Montreal Gazette. He had …
Kristaps Porzingis’ draft stock appears to be on the rise. Porzingis, a 7-foot-1 center/forward from Latvia, held a workout Friday for NBA scouts/execs and drew rave reviews. Sixers beat reporter Keith Pompey tweeted that Porzingis was …
