NFL fines Oren Burks for kick-return hit that caused Keisean Nixon’s fumble

Regardless of whether the replay process failed to properly award possession to the Packers following the fumble by return specialist Keisean Nixon on the game-opening kickoff return in Sunday’s Wild Card game, the NFL has implicitly revealed that the turnover should have been reversed by a penalty. The league has announced that Eagles linebacker Oren … Read more

Warriors squeak out win, but not without pain vs. Wizards

Warriors squeak out win, but not without pain vs. Wizards originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Add four more exceedingly dismaying sights to this torturous Warriors season. The first occurred three minutes after tipoff Saturday night, when Draymond Green’s increasingly visible limp became too much for him to bear, and he … Read more

Washington retires its first women’s jersey, sending Kelsey Plum’s No. 10 to the rafters

NCAA Womens Basketball: NCAA Tournament-Oklahoma City Regional-Mississippi State vs Washington SEATTLE — It was always a matter of when — not if — Washington would retire Kelsey Plum’s number. Eight years after she graduated, it happened. At halftime of its game against Purdue on Saturday, Washington sent its first women’s jersey to the rafters, retiring … Read more

Dan Campbell’s raw emotions, tears can’t shield Lions from this hard question: Is this the ceiling for Jared Goff?

DETROIT — In the first quarter, Jared Goff held the ball too long amid a closing pass rush, got strip-sacked and watched a red-zone opportunity get fumbled away. Midway through the second, he airmailed a pass right into the hands of Washington’s Quan Martin, who promptly slalomed his way to a 40-yard pick-6 (complete with … Read more

Canucks Unlikely To Trade Star Forward Tonight

Saturday was full of headlines for the Vancouver Canucks as the J.T. Miller trade speculation reached a near-boiling point. This comes after a disappointing 5-1 loss to the L.A. Kings on Thursday night. During Sportsnet’s Hockey Day In Canada broadcast, insider Elliotte Friedman weighed in on some of the rumours. “There was a time over … Read more