EDMONTON — When you are hot, you’re hot. The Edmonton Oilers know a thing or two about that. Last season, the team hailing from Alberta’s capital city won 16 consecutive games, setting a team record and tying the NHL record. While they haven’t experienced the same success this season, the Oilers are sitting pretty atop … Read more
Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show On this installment of The Kevin O’Connor Show, New York Knicks superfan and Yahoo’s own Ariel Helwani stops by to demand RESPECT for his squad! Ariel is tired of national media — including TNT’s “Inside the NBA” — disrespecting a Knicks team that has been rolling as of late. … Read more
UCLA’s Eric Dailey Jr. pulls a rebound away from Oregon’s Kwame Evans Jr. in the first half of the Bruins’ 78-52 win Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) They’re back to full strength. They’re getting excellent guard play. They’re optimizing lineups that now include a certain Spanish 7-footer. On the … Read more
According to NHL insider Frank Seravalli, the Philadelphia Flyers are having trade talks with the Calgary Flames about forward Andrei Kuzmenko. Fellow NHL insider Elliotte Friedman also reported that Flames forward Jakob Pelletier is a part of the deal being discussed as well. View the original article to see embedded media. Seravalli later reported that … Read more
Each week during the 2024-25 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. Fact or Fiction: Domantas Sabonis is The Biggest Snub What is a snub? A snub is a guy that … Read more
USC guard Kennedy Smith defends against Minnesota guard Grace Grocholski during the first half of the Trojans’ 82-69 win Thursday at Galen Center. (Eric Thayer / Associated Press) In the waning moments of her worst half at USC, JuJu Watkins put her head down and drove to her left with all she had, leaning into … Read more
MOBILE, Ala. — NFL coaches, general managers, scouts and prospects descended on Mobile, Alabama, to watch 2025 NFL Draft prospects compete in drills and live play against similar-caliber competition. The interviews and on-field assessments of prospects brought teams one step closer to determining their draft boards. But in gathering so many decision makers in the … Read more
Bryce Mitchell has a professional mixed martial arts record of 17 wins and two losses, with his past 10 fights contested in the UFC [Getty Images] UFC president Dana White has condemned comments by fighter Bryce Mitchell about Adolf Hitler as “beyond disgusting”. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial artist Mitchell said the German dictator … Read more
Lakers star LeBron James controls the ball in front of Washington Wizards guard Bilal Coulibaly during the Lakers’ 134-96 win Thursday night. James had 24 points and 11 assists. (Jess Rapfogel / Associated Press) A Lakers player walked through the hallway outside the team locker room Thursday night and wondered how he was going to … Read more
It is beyond a cliché for an athlete to say winning a Super Bowl is more important than an individual award, to the point that any top NFL quarterback asked will almost go out of his way to disregard the MVP award. Josh Allen does it. Lamar Jackson does it. Cam Newton, however, does not. … Read more