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Kyrie Irving and Nets look to rebound after ‘two humbling losses’ to Cavs

January 23rd, 2021

Kyrie Irving close up dribbling Nets point guard Kyrie Irving made his return to the team on Wednesday night, scoring 37 points in a 147-135 2OT loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and then followed that up with a 38-point performance in Friday’s loss. Despite his success scoring the ball, Irving was still disappointed with the […]

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Lakers sharpshooter Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is taking it ‘to another level’

January 23rd, 2021

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is riding perhaps the best hot streak of his Lakers career. (Darren Abate / Associated Press) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope heard the boos at the start of last season. So did his new coach, Frank Vogel. For a month it was miserable, a shooter who didn’t make shots drawing the ire of the Lakers’ home […]

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Nets lose to Cavs 125-113, despite Kyrie Irving’s 38-point performance

January 23rd, 2021

Kyrie Irving dribbles past Collin Sexton CLEVELAND (AP) — Collin Sexton had 25 points and nine assists, Andre Drummond added 19 points and 16 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Brooklyn Nets for the second time in three days, 125-113 on Friday night. The Nets played without superstar forward Kevin Durant, who was held […]

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LeBron James, Kevin Durant weigh in on Shaq-Donovan Mitchell interview

January 23rd, 2021

A supremely awkward interview between Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell and Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has resulted in plenty of criticism directed toward the latter, and now two of the game’s top active players are weighing in. A day after the “Inside the NBA” interview — in which O’Neal bluntly told Mitchell he doesn’t […]

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Vols’ new AD plans to move quickly hiring new coach

January 23rd, 2021

Danny White is embracing the opportunity Tennessee is giving him to rebuild a Power Five program and not even the prospect of potential NCAA punishment deterred him from taking the athletic director job. “I’ve never worked at the big brand place until now, and I actually like the fact that the brand needs to be […]

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5 things to watch and a prediction

January 23rd, 2021

The Green Bay Packers (14-3) will play for the opportunity to go to Super Bowl LV when they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (13-5) at Lambeau Field for the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. The top-seeded Packers beat the sixth-seeded Los Angeles Rams to get here, while the fifth-seeded Buccaneers went through the fourth-seeded Washington […]

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Krieger, Lloyd comments on USWNT players who knelt, stood during anthem

January 22nd, 2021

The United States women’s national team beat Colombia 4-0 in a Monday friendly, and eyes will be trained on the team before the rematch on Friday. Four USWNT players all stood up during the national anthem while seven teammates knelt in solitary with the Black Lives Matter movement, opening up questions well beyond Sam Mewis’ […]

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Hank Aaron achieved greatness in face of racist vitriol

January 22nd, 2021

Hank Aaron surely would have remembered a day when he was just a ballplayer or, better still, just playing ball. Before the burdens were set upon him, because he was a ballplayer and he was him, here. He died Friday, two weeks short of his 87th birthday. What came then was a national eulogy for […]

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