Cooper Flagg leads Duke in scoring and rebounding as the No 5-ranked Blue Devils have zoomed to a 9-2 season start.Photograph: Lance King/Getty Images Five months ago USA Basketball convened an inter-squad scrimmage in Las Vegas before the Paris Olympics, and the standout player was a gawky teenager from Maine. Related: NCAA basketball 2024-25 predictions: … Read more
Subscribe to The Big Number Just how rare is San Antonio Spurs budding star Victor Wembanyama? Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devine dive deep into the numbers to illustrate how much of a unicorn the French big man is becoming in the NBA. They specifically analyze the rare rate at which Wemby is blocking shots and … Read more
Will Paige Bueckers use her unprecedented leverage? She could force a trade or return to UConn Within the past year, Paige Bueckers has expanded the scope of what it means to be a college athlete. She played in a Final Four but also became an equity partner in Unrivaled, designed her own player-edition sneaker for … Read more
The massive, 64-foot-high TGL screen. (Yahoo Sports) PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — The first thing you notice when you walk into the SoFi Center, the site of the soon-to-debut TGL indoor golf league, is the screen that covers one side of the arena is huge. Like, five-stories-high huge. Big enough that even you could probably … Read more
Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-Cast Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees struck again in their post-Juan Soto pivot, this time acquiring former MVP Cody Bellinger from the Chicago Cubs. While pitching has been at the forefront for the Bronx Bombers so far this offseason, acquiring the two-time All-Star slugger is the first move in trying … Read more
Kaapo Kakko Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The New York Rangers traded Kaapo Kakko before the NHL’s holiday trade freeze goes into effect at 11:59 p.m. local time on Thursday and lasts until 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 28. Kakko heads to the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a third-round pick and sixth-round pick in the 2025 NHL … Read more
Subscribe to Yahoo Fantasy Forecast It’s Thursday and ‘Fantasy Film Room’ is back for one final time for the 2024 fantasy season with Nate Tice and Matt Harmon. To start the show, Harmon and Tice do a deep dive on the news of the week that the Falcons are making Michael Penix QB1 in Atlanta. … Read more
UNLV pulled a fast one in the LA Bowl. (Photo by Louis Grasse/Getty Images) Football is a game built on tactical innovation, and No. 24 UNLV did its part Wednesday at the LA Bowl. Facing a 4th-and-7 against Cal in the second quarter, the Rebels completely fooled the Golden Bears with a novel form of … Read more
This past season, at Vanderbilt, Diego Pavia slayed Alabama. Last year, while at New Mexico State, he beat Auburn. The brash, playmaking quarterback appears to have a new victim: the NCAA. On Wednesday, a Tennessee judge granted Pavia’s request for a temporary injunction against the NCAA and its rules related to seasons of eligibility. Pavia, … Read more
A little over a month ago, when Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry was addressing the status of quarterback Deshaun Watson, he focused his assessment through the health of his player. Watson had been lost for the season to a torn Achilles, and the first priority was the quarterback’s health and recovery. After that? “Everything … Read more