2024 season: 9-8, third in AFC North, missed playoffs Overview: It was an organizational failure for the Cincinnati Bengals to miss the playoffs. Joe Burrow was an MVP finalist. It’s hard to miss the playoffs when your quarterback plays at that level, but the Bengals did it. The biggest culprit was a defense that fell … Read more
William Byron won his second straight Daytona 500 after a last-lap wreck took out race leader Denny Hamlin on the backstretch. Byron took over the lead when Hamlin went spinning after taking the lead from Austin Cindric on the backstretch on the final lap of a green-white-checker restart. The finish was set up by a … Read more
President Trump greets drivers and crew members at the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. (John Raoux / Associated Press) The buzz started small and grew louder at the sold-out Daytona International Speedway about an hour before the green flag dropped to officially start Sunday’s Daytona 500. No, it wasn’t for Pitbull, a … Read more
The 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament runs from Feb. 12-20, check out the full schedule and how to watch now. (Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images) There will be no NHL All-Star game this season, instead, the league is holding a week-long round robin tournament consisting of four teams of players from the United States, Canada, … Read more
Steph drops perfect response to Draymond’s NBA championship promise originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Warriors star Steph Curry is all in on teammate Draymond Green’s declaration that Golden State will win the NBA Finals this season. After Green made the vow on TNT’s “NBA All-Star Tip-Off” before Sunday’s big game, a motivated Curry … Read more
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A look at the winners and losers from Sunday night’s Daytona 500. Winners William Byron — He becomes the youngest driver to win multiple Daytona 500s. Byron went from ninth to the lead on the final lap after a crash among the leaders. He is only the fifth driver to win … Read more
It’s becoming clearer and clearer that NASCAR is completely fine with its most prestigious race being defined by crashes and those who avoid them. William Byron became a two-time Daytona 500 winner Sunday night because he was in the right place at the right time. And that right place wasn’t even the top five. Byron … Read more
Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI’s Pat Forde look ahead to this week’s meeting between the SEC & Big Ten conferences which may change college football as we know it. After only one season of the 12-team College Football Playoff, the SEC & Big Ten conferences have already determined it’s time for a change. The … Read more
Oscar Robertson rips Draymond for calling today’s NBA ‘boring’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green’s opinion on today’s NBA doesn’t carry much weight for Oscar Robertson. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer responded to the Warriors forward saying at NBA All-Star Media Day on Saturday that the league has become “very … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Welcome to the Bay Area, where the NBA was the biggest loser of all. On a mostly beautiful weekend in a mostly beautiful city, the league managed to turn its All-Star Game into anything but a showcase of the best basketball players in the world. Everyone from Golden State Warriors star Draymond … Read more