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Dreams of the underdog Denver Nuggets winning the franchise’s first-ever NBA championship this season were dashed in the instance of rising star Jamal Murray‘s torn left ACL late Monday night. They must hope now the window did not close forever in the final minute of a game the Golden State Warriors had in hand. Murray’s

Legally drunk with what prosecutors allege was at least a .113 blood alcohol concentration and recklessly driving his Dodge Ram at 84 miles per hour, Britt Reid, at the time an assistant coach for the Super Bowl-bound Kansas City Chiefs, tried to enter Interstate 435 using the Raytown Road onramp. It was then, just after

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 11: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan poses with his caddie, Shota Hayafuji, and the Masters Trophy during the Green Jacket Ceremony after winning the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 11, 2021 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) AUGUSTA, Ga. — Sixteen years ago almost to the

With eight minutes left in the fourth quarter on Thursday, Los Angeles Clippers forward Patrick Patterson is pressed up against Phoenix Suns big man Deandre Ayton’s back, then his front, doing everything he can to prevent the former No. 1 pick from catching the ball in the post. When that doesn’t work, Clippers guard Rajon

Each week during the 2020-21 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into three of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. The championship race is wide open With the exception of the 1989 and 2004 Detroit Pistons, every NBA

The moment was supposed to be Lee Elder’s. The 86-year-old sat on the first tee at Augusta National on Thursday morning, quietly listening as course chairman Fred Ridley read a short introduction for him, calling him an inspiration and history-maker. He had, at long last, been brought back to be an honorary starter, along with

AUGUSTA, Ga. — They’re getting desperate now, the badge brokers working the stretch of Washington Road between I-20 and Augusta National Golf Club. They’re posted up in front of the Krispy Kreme and the Cook Out and TBonz, the steakhouse that’s the unofficial 19th hole of the Masters, and they’re lonely. John Daly and his

Hey, NFL and NFL teams:  I know 2020 was kind of a blur for many of us, what with the COVID-induced sameness of day-to-day life, when a great number of us found ourselves suddenly thrust into a routine that meant not only working from home but also becoming teachers, tutors, tech supporters, and Zoomers. And

Baylor didn’t give Gonzaga a chance. The most-anticipated national championship game game in recent memory was over within minutes. The Bears sprinted out to a 9-0 lead on the way to an 86-70 victory over the Bulldogs to win the first men’s basketball national title in school history. Baylor’s win also ends Gonzaga’s attempt to

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No. 1 overall seed Stanford got the job done in a season unlike any other and one that kept it on the road for most of the season.  The Cardinal outlasted No. 3 seed Arizona, 54-53, in the NCAA women’s basketball national championship game from San Antonio on Sunday night. It is Stanford’s first title

Jalen Suggs kept Gonzaga’s perfect season afloat in stunning fashion. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Gonzaga’s Final Four matchup was supposed to be a walkover.  Instead, the Bulldogs won an all-time thriller to advance past UCLA. After Gonzaga survived a close call at the end of regulation, Jalen Suggs capped overtime with a prayer of a buzzer-beater

INDIANAPOLIS – More than four decades have passed since Bob Hammel, the former sports editor of the Bloomington Herald-Times, would rush back from the airport after Big Ten road games, pound out his Indiana basketball column on a typewriter for the afternoon edition and emerge from the office well after sunrise. He’s a throwback from

Each NCAA tournament, we see a few players rise up draft boards while playing on the biggest stage in college basketball. Players like Texas Tech’s Jarrett Culver and Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter elevated their draft stock in 2019 after both teams made a Final Four run. Hunter was drafted No. 4 overall and now plays for

MMA Weekly Daniel Cormier: Jon Jones is not afraid, this is a public negotiation Despite the ill will between them, Daniel Cormier does not doubt rival Jon Jones when it comes to him wanting to fight newly minted UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. On the most recent episode of the “DC & Helwani” podcast, Cormier

Oregon State’s run to the Elite Eight may have been the biggest surprise of a surprise-laden NCAA tournament. The journey came to a heartbreaking end on Monday. Houston put the clamps down on the Pac-12 Cinderella early and fended off a furious second-half rally for a 67-61 win to punch its ticket to the Final