The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over the course of their history since the franchise was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA), when the team was known as the “New Jersey Americans”. Since then, that league has been absorbed by the NBA with […]
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes explains his trick play vs. the Las Vegas Raiders
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, during his postgame press conference, shared the hilarious reason for the trick play moment against the Las Vegas Raiders. “I think it comes from all the State Farm commercials,” Mahomes said jokingly, “(Matt Nagy) actually came up with the idea. We had talked about doing the hard count and […]
Chase Briscoe, James Small were racing for their livelihood?
Motorsport photo In many ways, Chase Briscoe and crew chief James Small entered this season feeling as though they were racing for their careers and now they are going to Phoenix to race for the Cup Series championship. On its face, that sounds kind of crazy because Small won eight times with Martin Truex […]
Cardinals’ losing streak reaches 5 games with 27-23 loss to Packers
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have been in every game this season, none decided by more than a touchdown. Winners of the first two close games, the Cardinals have fallen into a spiral of frustration as one win after another has agonizingly slipped from their grasp. The latest: a 27-23 loss to the […]
Warren McVea, first Black player to get a football scholarship at a major Texas school, dies at 79
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Warren McVea, the speedy running back who was the first Black player to receive a football scholarship to a major Texas school and later helped Kansas City win its first Super Bowl title, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 79. McVea’s daughter, Tracey Ellis said, said he died at […]
Tiger Woods announces he underwent another back surgery amid recovery from ruptured Achilles
Tiger Woods underwent another back surgery on Friday. (Tim Heitman/Getty Images)Tim Heitman via Getty Images Tiger Woods’ return to the PGA Tour may have to wait even longer. Woods announced on Saturday that he had undergone lumbar disc replacement surgery in his lower back. The surgery, which took place on Friday, was deemed a success. […]
‘He’s shouting pick me’ – has Lewis played way into England’s Ashes team?
Mikey Lewis made his England debut in 2023 but could he be at the core of his national side against Australia? [PA Media] If there was any lingering doubt Mikey Lewis would be in contention to start for England in the first Test of the Ashes series against Australia in two weeks’ time then his […]
How Peters turned Hull KR into treble winners
Willie Peters will join Australia’s coaching team as an assistant for the upcoming Ashes series against England [PA Media] The most recent items of silverware in Hull KR’s trophy cabinet when Willie Peters arrived as head coach in the winter of 2022 were the one-off Challenge Plate from a rare visit to Wembley in 1997, […]
Chris Boucher on how he approached his return to Toronto Raptors with Boston Celtics
It is sometimes said that one cannot go home again, but when it comes to playing for a new ball club in the NBA, you can — but you had better not be nostalgic about it, or you will get your posterior handed to you by your former teammates. And that is exactly the sort […]
Dickens throws 4 passing TDs in Western Carolina’s 52-7 rout over Furman
Taron Dickens threw four touchdown passes, and the Western Carolina defense forced four turnovers in a 52-7 win over Furman in a Southern Conference rout on Saturday afternoon. Furman (4-2, 2-1) was derailed by turnovers. Despite a scoreless first quarter on either side, the game got away from the Paladins in the second frame. After […]
ESPN announces week 7 location for ‘College Gameday’
After spending week six in Tuscaloosa for No. 11 Alabama’s game with No. 17 Vanderbilt, ESPN has announced the next location for its premier college football pregame show, “College Gameday.” College Gameday will be heading to Eugene, Oregon, for a top-10 battle between the No. 2 Oregon Ducks and the No. 9 Indiana Hoosiers. Both […]
Five takeaways from Colorado football’s maddening loss to TCU
There’s a saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The Colorado Buffaloes are seemingly attempting to put that theory to the test, playing nearly identical games over the last two weeks. The result from this week’s 35-21 loss to TCU is the […]
What we learned from each Big Ten team in Week 6
13 Big Ten teams were in action on Saturday. We saw a mix of great games, expected results, and quite possibly the biggest upset in college football in over a decade. As always, we’re here on Sunday with a quick takeaway from each Big Ten team this week. And we’re going to start with the big […]
5 NFL games to watch during Bears’ bye week
Week 5 is on tap for most of the NFL this weekend, but the Chicago Bears will not be participating in a game. The Bears are one of four teams that are on a bye week as they regroup before their 13-game stretch to close out the season. At 2-2, Chicago has won two games in a […]
Social media reacts to Alabama’s impressive Top 25 victory vs. Vanderbilt
On Saturday afternoon, two of the SEC’s top teams met inside Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium for a Top 25 showdown between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Vanderbilt Commodores. Ultimately, it was Alabama who left Saturday with a victory though, handing Vanderbilt their first loss of the season with a 30-14 defeat. A big reason […]
Is Davante Adams injured? Rams star WR anonymous in first quarter of TNF
Is Davante Adams injured? Rams star WR anonymous in first quarter of TNF originally appeared on The Sporting News The Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers are doing battle in an NFC West showdown on Thursday Night Football at SoFi Stadium, with Kyle Shanahan’s team getting out to an early 7-0 lead. But […]
Mac Jones-to-Christian McCaffrey gives 49ers 14-0
The 49ers, with all their injuries, are dominating the Rams thus far. San Francisco leads Los Angeles 14-0 with 13:44 remaining in the first half. Mac Jones has two touchdown passes, with the second going to Christian McCaffrey for 1 yard. His first covered 6 yards to Jake Tonges. The 49ers went 91 yards in […]
UFC BJJ 3 free live stream, results, highlights | Musumeci vs. Carrasco
UFC BJJ 3 happens TONIGHT (October 2, 2025) inside UFC’s Apex venue in Las Vegas, Nevada. The grappling event will be topped by two championship bouts, and headlined by Mikey Musumeci defending his bantamweight title against Keven Carrasco. The no gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) event will stream LIVE on YouTube, starting at 8 p.m. ET. You can watch the […]
Is Jimmy Garoppolo still playing football? Explaining connection between 49ers, Rams with QB
Is Jimmy Garoppolo still playing football? Explaining connection between 49ers, Rams with QB originally appeared on The Sporting News Jimmy Garoppolo is in an interesting place on Thursday Night Football as the San Francisco 49ers take on the Los Angeles Rams. Jimmy G, of course, is the former 49ers quarterback, so when San Francisco plays […]
Michigan football wide receiver Fredrick Moore, ex-starter, leaves program
Michigan football wide receiver Fredrick Moore has left the program, team spokesman Dave Ablauf confirmed to the Free Press on Thursday, Oct. 2. Moore, a junior out of St. Louis, started for the Wolverines as a sophomore in 2024 but could not break into the rotation in a meaningful way in 2025. Moore had just […]