The NBA draft will play a key role in determining the best in college basketball heading into next season, but an early picture is forming.
Philip Rivers, who signed his one-year contract with the Colts on Saturday, still believes he can be a starting quarterback in the NFL after contemplating the possibility of retirement.
Wide receiver Nelson Agholor, who struggled to find consistency in his five seasons with the Eagles, has reached a one-year deal with the Raiders, a source told ESPN.
The untold story of how a single rickety hoop in rural Virginia produced two generations of NBA greats, including the future-shaping golden boy.
The untold story of how a single rickety hoop in rural Virginia produced two generations of NBA greats, including the future-shaping golden boy.
There are still moments, even after nearly four decades, when Ernie Myers has trouble believing it all really happened for his North Carolina State team. The airball-turned-buzzer-beating dunk to stun top-ranked Houston and Phi Slama Jama.
Bill Belichick hasn’t panicked since Tom Brady left. In New England, there has always been confidence that it has something in its latest late-round NFL draft pick.
This offseason, the Cubs hired Rachel Folden as a hitting coach — the same day the Yankees hired Rachel Balkovec for a similar role. It was historic because they are the first women in such roles, and because few jobs in sports are more hands-on.
It’s finally official: Tom Brady will not be forever a Patriot. But in reality, the quarterback’s split with New England can be traced back much further than this offseason.
Jameis Winston, Cam Newton and Jadeveon Clowney didn’t have to wait long to find homes in the NFL when they came out of college. Winston, the top pick in the 2015 draft, has been supplanted as starting quarterback in Tampa Bay by Tom Brady and is in danger of being on the wrong end of the NFL’s version of quarterback musical chairs. Clowney, who was the No. 1 pick the year before Winston, hasn’t been able to find the megacontract he hoped for in the opening days of free agency and might eventually have to settle for a more reasonable contract either to remain in Seattle or sign someplace else.
