Mazzulla has interesting response to criticisms of NBA’s 3-point rise originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The 3-point shot has never been more prevalent in the NBA, and the Boston Celtics are the best example. The Celtics are on pace to break league records for the most 3-pointers attempted and made in a season. It’s … Read more
Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh walks on the field before a win over the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium on Nov. 17. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The Chargers already ended one streak against the Denver Broncos this season. Now they’ll try to end an even longer drought with greater stakes. After earning their first … Read more
NHL: New York Rangers at Vancouver Canucks The New York Rangers traded Kaapo Kakko to the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday, ending the winger’s tumultuous time in the organization. The Rangers received defenseman Will Borgen, a 2025 third-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick from Seattle in the deal, which came less than 36 hours after … Read more
Minnesota’s Sam Darnold is just the third quarterback in NFL history to reach 3,500 passing yards, 29 TD passes and a 100-plus passer rating in his first 14 games with a team.Photograph: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Before this season, Sam Darnold’s strongest contribution to the NFL canon was “seeing ghosts”. Darnold was one of several quarterbacks … Read more
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