Paul Pierce lifts 2008 Larry O’Brien trophy as Celtics retire No. 34 Less than a decade after tears filled his eyes as he raised the Boston Celtics’ 2008 title banner, Paul Pierce was all smiles as his No. 34 went to the rafters at TD Garden during a jersey retirement […]
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Adam Rippon wanted a ‘Xanax and a quick drink’ to calm nerves Adam Rippon is not holding back. The 28-year-old figure skater made headlines before he arrived in Pyeongchang. Now, Rippon’s got everyone’s attention for what he’s doing on the ice. Rippon put on a beautiful, artistic and athletic performance […]
Adam Rippon, Mirai Nagasu lead USA to team figure skating medal at 2018 Winter Olympics Adam Rippon and Mirai Nagasu, 20-something veterans who have already lived a lifetime or two in figure skating, turned in the performances of their lives Monday morning to lead the United States to the bronze […]
The Opening Ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympic Games Finds Poetry Amid the Politics The Olympic opening ceremony broadcast by NBC on Friday had dozens of agendas, and like an awards ceremony that takes three hours to hand out many awards — some of them a little bit boring — the […]
Vikings hire Eagles QB coach John DeFilippo to run offense John DeFilippo stood on top of a double-decker bus with the rest of the Eagles, as they cruised through raucous downtown Philadelphia on Thursday to celebrate the franchise’s first championship in 57 years. Hours later, the Minnesota Vikings handed him […]
Jimmy Garoppolo inks $137.5M deal, now NFL’s highest-paid player SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback of the present is officially their quarterback of the future. The Niners announced Thursday they have signed Jimmy Garoppolo to a five-year contract extension through the 2022 season. Sources confirmed to ESPN […]
Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner fights back against sexual assault claim Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner pushed back against the claims leveled against him in an Arizona court filing Thursday. “Unequivocally, there is zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero truth to any of those disgusting, bogus […]
Winners and losers from college football’s national signing day National signing day lost a little bit of the glitz, glamour and drama this year after the first-ever early signing period in college football last December. But now that the 2018 recruiting period is really over, let’s catch up on what […]
No. 16 Ohio State snaps No. 3 Purdue’s nation-best 19-game win streak Purdue’s winning streak and outright lead in the Big Ten ended Wednesday night. The ascent of Ohio State and star junior Keita Bates-Diop continued. Bates-Diop furthered his Player of the Year argument with a game-winning tip-in with 2.8 […]
Puerto Rican Beltran to skip Astros’ White House visit Recently retired Carlos Beltran will skip the Major League champion Houston Astros’ visit to the White House, he said on Tuesday, citing family reasons while also criticising the United States government and agencies. Beltran, a native of Puerto Rico, said that […]
