The Tigers went old-school with a rebuilding club, and the Yankees picked a rookie to lead a team with massive expectations. The two extremes are playing out 35 miles apart this spring.
Flores, one of the best jockeys in Pennsylvania history, died of injuries suffered when he was thrown by a horse at the suburban Philadelphia track.
For the Thunder to succeed, Russell Westbrook must resist the shot he loves but that doesn’t always love him back.
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Tony Romo fell apart on the back nine and made his PGA TOUR debut with a 5-over 77 in the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback shot even par on the front nine before a bad stretch of three bogeys and a double bogey toward the end of his round. He was 14 shots behind Brice Garnett, the early leader who opened with a 63. Romo now works as an NFL analyst for CBS Sports. He received a sponsor’s exemption into the tournament, which is held the same week as a World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play event in Texas. Among early starters, only Guy Boros at 79 had a higher score. The 53-year-old Boros is playing his first PGA TOUR event in three years.
Purdue’s Isaac Haas, who suffered a fractured elbow in the first round of the NCAA tournament, is unlikely to return for the Boilermakers’ Sweet 16 game vs. Texas Tech.
Don Sweeney has drawn criticism for everything from his 2017 trade-deadline moves to squandering three 2015 first-round picks. But the Bruins GM has made all the right moves lately. We asked our experts: Has he been lucky, or do we owe Sweeney an apology?
This week’s highlights include evolutionary Anthony Davis crossovers, tanky jumpers, the ginormous Sixers and more.
Dwight Howard has been criticized as much as he’s been lauded throughout his rollercoaster NBA career, so it’s fitting his 32-point, 30-rebound performance Wednesday night came with a twist. The NBA announced Thursday that Howard has been suspended for one game without pay for receiving his 16th technical foul of the season in the Charlotte Hornets’ 111-105 win over the Brooklyn Nets. The Hornets center will serve the suspension during Thursday night’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. By rule, a player or coach automatically is suspended without pay for one game once they receive their 16th technical foul during a regular season. The player or coach then automatically is suspended without
