Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter The banner in Wembley’s top tier could have formed part of the team talk. It was certainly a motivation. “Write your name in … Read more
Wichita State Shockers (19-14, 9-11 AAC) at Oklahoma State Cowboys (15-17, 7-14 Big 12) Stillwater, Oklahoma; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma State and Wichita State meet in the National Invitation Tournament. The Cowboys are 7-14 against Big 12 opponents and 8-3 in non-conference play. Oklahoma State has a 7-14 record in games decided … Read more
North Carolina Tar Heels (22-13, 15-8 ACC) vs. San Diego State Aztecs (21-9, 14-7 MWC) Dayton, Ohio; Tuesday, 9:10 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tar Heels -3.5; over/under is 142.5 BOTTOM LINE: San Diego State plays North Carolina in the First Four round of the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs’ record in MWC games is 14-7, … Read more
Pitcher Shota Imanaga is set to start for the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Tokyo Dome (Yuichi YAMAZAKI) Shota Imanaga is known as baseball’s “Throwing Philosopher” and the Chicago Cubs pitcher plans to get inside Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ heads in Tuesday’s Major League Baseball … Read more
Head high, eyes for goal, a belter of a left foot and a player who made the stadium go wild. If you say Alvaro Recoba, every Inter fan has a clear image in their head: a stroke of genius, an impossible strike, a flash of pure class. Today “Chino” turns 49. Having arrived at Inter … Read more
Eight teams, thousands of fans and millions of dollars will be coming to Seattle as the Emerald City plays host to the first and second rounds of the March Madness NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Oregon, Colorado State, Arizona, Grand Canyon, Memphis, Maryland, Liberty and Akron are the universities picked to play at Climate Pledge Arena … Read more
France LONDON (AP) — Finished: 1st The debrief: Murmurings about whether Fabien Galthié was the right coach to lead the team to the 2027 Rugby World Cup have been silenced after he delivered the second Six Nations title on his five-year watch. Until now, the 2022 title had been insufficient reward for a team backstopped … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — They have run through heartache and grief, battling illnesses and injuries as their bodies have aged. Some are now using wheelchairs, including the oldest who is 87. Despite it all, the Los Angeles Marathon’s Legacy Runners have stuck to their mission: finish the race. On Sunday, the group of 92 marathoners, … Read more
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Doc Rivers says he saw star potential in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander while coaching him as a rookie before the Los Angeles Clippers traded him to Oklahoma City. But the veteran coach concedes that Gilgeous-Alexander has drastically outperformed those expectations. “I don’t think anybody in the world saw this in him,” said Rivers, who … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers finally got back on track after losing four games in a row when they downed the Phoenix Suns 107-96 on Sunday. Their smothering defense, which had been on vacation for a few games, returned and held Phoenix to 39.3% field-goal shooting and 22% from 3-point range, while Kevin Durant and Devin … Read more