The first huge tournament of the season kicks off with The Players Championship, March 13-16 on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Scottie Scheffler, who became the first player in history to win the PGA Tour’s flagship event in back-to-back years, will be vying for a three-peat. Tiger Woods, who was in the last year … Read more
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ty Dillon is glad NASCAR penalized Austin Cindric for turning him last weekend at Circuit of the Americas, but was surprised that Cindric was not suspended. Dillon wasn’t the only driver surprised by NASCAR’s penalty to Cindric. NASCAR docked Cindric 50 points and fined him $50,000 this week for hooking Dillon in … Read more
Quarterback Sam Darnold is a free agent possibly headed to Seattle, which needs a starter after trading Geno Smith to Las Vegas. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) If there’s such thing as a free-agent fantasy, we just saw it unfold. A year ago, running back Saquon Barkley left the New York Giants and signed with … Read more
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Daytona 500 winner William Byron climbed out of his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on Phoenix Raceway pit road with a huge smile after claiming his first pole position in nearly a year — the last car to turn a qualifying lap. The 27-year-old North Carolinian conceded he wasn‘t expecting his chart-topping … Read more
SARASOTA, Fla. — The magic of Paul Skenes is obvious, visceral. Pittsburgh’s superstar hurler is a goliathan who can throw a baseball abnormally hard. In other words: One does not need a deep, sophisticated understanding of pitching to appreciate the entertainment value of a Paul Skenes heater. That’s because, when the hurler uncoils his 6-foot-7 … Read more
Cam Dineen (Perry Nelson-Imagn Images) EDMONTON – Just another day in the office. The Edmonton Oilers didn’t make any buzzer-beater deals on Trade Deadline day. Regardless of that, they have made some recent announcements that are worth taking a look at. Earlier on Friday, the team announced that Evander Kane would miss the rest of … Read more
TJD views G League assignment as opportunity, not Warriors demotion originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Trayce Jackson-Davis isn’t being demoted. He’s receiving an opportunity. At least that’s how the Warriors center sees playing for Golden State’s G League affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors, on Sunday at Chase Center. “I think … Read more
With less than six minutes left in the fourth quarter Saturday, the Houston Rockets were up by more than 30 points and Amen Thompson was a rebound short of a triple-double. It didn’t end as well as it could have. Thompson remained in the game to pursue his fifth career triple-double, but he was forced … Read more
UCLA’s Aday Mara tries to work the low post against USC’s Matt Knowling during the Bruins’ 90-63 win Saturday night at Pauley Pavilion. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Aday Mara corralled the ball in the paint as the seconds trickled toward zero. The 7-foot-3 Bruin bench giant battled four Trojans surrounding him and … Read more
Defenseman Erik Johnson talks to the media in his first appearance since returning to Colorado. Trade deadline acquisitions Erik Johnson and Charlie Coyle spoke to Colorado media members prior to tonight’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Johnson could not stop talking about the surreal nature of it all, not to mention the excitement he … Read more