What we learned as DeRozan gets no help in Kings’ loss to Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area BOX SCORE SACRAMENTO — Most of the Kings looked like they still were on the NBA All-Star break during their rough 132-106 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday night at Golden 1 Center. … Read more
What we learned as Warriors’ balanced attack fuels rout over Kings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area BOX SCORE The Warriors and Kings have a rivalry again. After absorbing five consecutive defeats – including a Play-In Tournament blowout – from Sacramento, the Warriors on Friday night rolled into Golden1 Center and laid a 132-108 … Read more
Post’s dad at Warriors vs. Kings for first-ever NBA game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors’ game against the Kings at Golden 1 Center on Friday was extra special for rookie center Quinten Post. For the first time since Post became an NBA player, his dad was in attendance to watch his … Read more
Shilo Sanders’ father Deion is a Hall of Famer and coached Shilo at Colorado. And Shilo’s brother Shedeur is expected to be a top pick in this year’s draft. But Shilo himself, who played cornerback at Colorado, is not viewed as an elite prospect and was not invited to the NFL Scouting Combine. So Shilo … Read more
Windhorst claims Warriors ‘going against the grain’ by adding Butler originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors appear to be going against recent NBA trends with their trade for Jimmy Butler. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst explained Friday on “SportsCenter” why the Butler trade was a move in the opposite direction of most NBA teams … Read more
Jaren Jackson Jr. showed why he’s now the favorite for NBA Defensive Player of the Year honors, saving the Memphis Grizzlies’ 105-104 win over the Orlando Magic on Friday with a last-second block. Paolo Banchero had a chance to win the game for Orlando with eight seconds remaining in regulation. He took the ball up … Read more
HAMPTON, Ga. — Jesse Love, coming off his win last weekend at Daytona, won the pole for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is Love’s third consecutive pole at Atlanta and the sixth of his Xfinity career. He is the first driver since Austin Dillon to win a pole in their … Read more
Mirra Andreeva won her first WTA Tour title at the Iasi Open in July [Getty Images] Mirra Andreeva defeated former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina to reach the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The 17-year-old Russian beat the 2022 Wimbledon winner 6-4 4-6 6-3, winning the last five games in a row from 3-1 down … Read more
Soon-to-be-free-agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers has two factors regarding his next team. One is obvious. The other becomes a lot fuzzier, and it will limit his options. First, as Rodgers said, they have to want you. That’s true for any transaction. If the team doesn’t want the player, it’s hard for the player to play for … Read more
The Yankees opened Grapefruit League play on a positive note, defeating the Tampa Bay Bays, 4-0, on Friday afternoon at Steinbrenner Field. Here are the takeaways… — Less than a week after insisting that he won’t pitch out of the bullpen this season, Marcus Stroman fittingly received the opening start. The veteran right-hander worked one … Read more