Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt, left, plays against the Houston Rockets in January 2024. Vanderbilt could make his season debut against the Warriors on Saturday. (Michael Wyke / Associated Press) The Lakers will begin a stretch of six consecutive road games with an unfamiliar sight — a nearly fully healthy roster. The team will add a … Read more
PARIS — As the San Antonio Spurs get ready for their second game against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday at the NBA Paris Games, acting head coach Mitch Johnson remains in a position he didn’t anticipate being in when the season started. Head coach Gregg Popovich suffered a stroke Nov. 2, catapulting Johnson not just … Read more
The big guy did it again. Three days after his breakout game, Aday Mara made sure UCLA didn’t falter with two huge baskets in the final two minutes. The Bruins had no choice but to use a heavy helping of the 7-foot-3 center on Friday night after forward Tyler Bilodeau turned his ankle in the … Read more
After the Lions blew a 17-point halftime lead in the NFC Championship last year, coach Dan Campbell told the players, “This may have been our only shot.” A year later, after exiting the playoffs without even getting back to the conference title game, the Lions have real work to do in order to keep Campbell’s … Read more
Mohamed Salah has overtaken Premier League royalty with his latest goal for Liverpool. The Egypt international’s close-range finish has doubled the Reds lead over Ipswich on Saturday. And with it Salah has scored his 176th goal in the English top-flight. That now takes him to seventh in the all-time charts, ahead of Thierry Henry. Next … Read more
Mikko Rantanen James Guillory-Imagn Images The Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes and Chicago Blackhawks pulled off an unexpected, huge trade late Friday night, with the Avs sending star right winger Mikko Rantanen to Carolina for centers Martin Necas and Jack Drury. Carolina also acquired veteran left winger Taylor Hall from the Hawks, who landed a third-round draft pick … Read more
Earlier this week, Sportico broke the news that the Youngstown Phantoms, along with another team in the United States Hockey League (USHL), hired famed sports litigator Jeffrey Kessler of Winston & Strawn to help them leave the USHL for the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), which is part of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Kessler’s hiring could foretell antitrust … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia — With another crazily brave surge at the end in Melbourne, Madison Keys became a 16-year overnight success. The wrenching struggle to meet the expectation that arrived when she won her first WTA Tour match at 14. The heartache and regrets she weathered for the seven years that have passed since her only … Read more
The Chicago Blackhawks were involved in what is one of the biggest trades that has happened in-season or at all in the cap era of the NHL. This 3-team trade with the Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes saw Taylor Hall and Mikko Rantanen head to the Hurricanes while Martin Necas and Jack Drury went to … Read more
The Philadelphia 76ers and their fans got a look at what might have been Friday night. No, the “Big Three” that the Sixers envisioned taking into this season for a run at an Eastern Conference title and NBA championship weren’t on the floor together. But two out of three weren’t bad against the Cleveland Cavaliers. … Read more