Why USC’s win over UConn is so significant: ‘This is what basketball excellence was’ HARTFORD, Conn. — As USC’s bench emptied onto the XL Center floor, with the No. 7 Trojans having defeated the No. 4 UConn Huskies 72-70, JuJu Watkins’ hands shot to the sky. Basking in her 25-point performance that lifted USC past … Read more
Steph’s message to Schröder proves true in Warriors’ win vs. Wolves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry knew Dennis Schröder didn’t get the best first impression of the Warriors more than three quarters into his team debut. So, as Golden State’s leader, Curry extended a message to the newly acquired veteran guard … Read more
Saturday night’s game was the first time since last week that the Vancouver Canucks’ J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson played on the power play together. Even so, the team still lost 5-4 in overtime to the Ottawa Senators. Afterwards, Pettersson spoke to the media. “I don’t know why people are trying to make s**t up,” … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Are you not entertained? No, you’re probably not. Four College Football Playoff first-round games, four outcomes by at least two scores. Two of those were outright blowouts (in State College and Columbus), a third was a dud made closer with two late touchdowns (in South Bend) and a fourth in Austin featured … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — Give Clemson — especially quarterback Cade Klubnik — some credit for battling to give the College Football Playoff at least a pop of competitive, fourth-quarter juice on Saturday. The Tigers made it a one-score game early in the fourth and then sought to do it again by driving to the Texas 5-yard … Read more
What we learned as Steph, TJD, Podz lead Warriors’ win over Wolves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area After the Warriors led the Timberwolves throughout the first half and into the second Saturday night in Minnesota, they again faced their most frequent demons. Would they squander yet another double-digit lead in the second half? … Read more
3 observations after Sixers get blown out by NBA-leading Cavs originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers could not pull off a surprising road victory over the NBA-leading Cavs on Saturday night. Cleveland won very comfortably on its home turf, improving to 25-4 with a 126-99 decision. The Sixers dropped to 9-17. Tyrese Maxey … Read more
Jayson Tatum makes history in MVP performance vs. Bulls originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Saturday at United Center, the Boston Celtics exacted revenge on the Chicago Bulls behind a historic performance by Jayson Tatum. The five-time All-Star erupted for 43 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Celtics’ 123-98 bounce-back win. It marked … Read more
The story going into Saturday’s matchup between the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic was Jimmy Butler missing the game due to illness. Suffering from a stomach bug, Butler left Friday’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first quarter and didn’t travel with the Heat to Orlando. Yet the big takeaway from Miami’s 121–114 … Read more
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — JuJu Watkins scored 25 points and No. 7 USC recovered from blowing an 18-point lead in the second half to beat Paige Bueckers and fourth-ranked UConn 72-70 on Saturday night. The game was a rematch of last season’s Elite Eight contest that the Huskies won and featured two of the best players in … Read more