Having made my picks for the individual hardware, I now drop-step flawlessly into the portion of the ballot that focuses on team awards: All-NBA, All-Defensive and All-Rookie. Let’s bake this ziti: All-NBA (Henry Russell/Yahoo Sports Illustration) FIRST TEAM Nikola Jokić, Nuggets Luka Dončić, Mavericks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks Jayson Tatum, Celtics It’s funny: … Read more
LAS VEGAS — The tale of the UFC 300 pre-fight news conference Thursday was a story of noses and ears. It makes sense. What else do you expect when you gather so many accomplished fighters, all in different phases of their careers, in one place for one special event? Former featherweight champ Max Holloway, whose … Read more
Kayla Harrison has already answered her doubters in one regard going into her UFC 300 bantamweight bout versus Holly Holm. Harrison weighed in at 136 pounds at Friday’s official weigh-in, making the 135-pound limit. (Non-title fighters are allowed to be one pound above the weight class.) Whether or not she could cut enough weight to … Read more
Two of Duke’s stars are heading to the NBA Draft. Both Jared McCain and Kyle Filipowski announced Friday that they were declaring for the 2024 NBA Draft. Neither player’s decision is a surprise; both players were first-round picks in Yahoo Sports’ latest mock draft. Filipowski could be the higher pick of the two as Krysten … Read more
ALBANY, NEW YORK – APRIL 01: Hailey Van Lith #11 of the LSU Tigers reacts during the first half against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at MVP Arena on April 01, 2024 in Albany, New York. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Hailey Van Lith may stay … Read more
The next chapter in Caitlin Clark’s career will no doubt be more demanding, and it’s coming sooner than most college athletes experience in their transition to the professional level. The Indiana Fever are expected to select Clark with the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), a short … Read more
The 2024 WNBA Draft is Monday at Brooklyn’s Academy of Music in New York, and it’s bound to carry all the momentum women’s basketball has had following the NCAA tournament. Young college stars Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink and Camilla Cardoso elected to not use their final years of college eligibility, and their desire … Read more
Tokyo’s hosting of the Olympics was not quite what the country imagined when they were first awarded the Games in 2013 – Shutterstock/Tibor Illyes While the eyes of the world will soon be upon Paris, we take a look back at the last summer Olympics, which took place in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, and … Read more
Alex Pereira will defend his light heavyweight championship this Saturday when he faces Jamahal Hill in the ring for UFC 300. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) It’s almost time for UFC 300! This weekend, UFC heads to Las Vegas, NV for the highly anticipated UFC 300, with a fight card featuring a light heavyweight championship battle between … Read more
Tom Brady might be open to an NFL return. Or he just wanted to get his new podcast some exposure. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Tom Brady retired. Then he unretired. Then he retired again, “for good.” Then he joked about unretiring. Then he said unretiring is “off the table.” You’ll never guess what he … Read more