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 […]
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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 […]
North Korea’s cheer squad, sports officials arrive in South Korea A group of 280 North Koreans arrived in South Korea on Wednesday, one of the largest peacetime crossings of the inter-Korean border, to spur on athletes from the two Koreas at the Winter Olympics starting Friday. The delegation, made up […]
Malcolm Butler denies wrongdoing led to Super Bowl benching New England Patriots defensive back Malcolm Butler has broken his silence over being benched for Sunday’s Super Bowl. In a statement issued Tuesday on Instagram, Butler denied reports that his actions before the game caused Patriots coach Bill Belichick not to […]
Mets reach agreement with Todd Frazier Frazier, who turns 32 next Monday, saved 10 runs at third base this past season, according to Fangraphs.com. That ranked fourth among third basemen, and ahead of strong defenders like Baltimore’s Manny Machado and Washington’s Anthony Rendon. The veteran also will provide the team […]
No. 2 Mississippi State takes down No. 6 South Carolina to stay unbeaten Victoria Vivians had never beaten South Carolina during her stellar career at Mississippi State. In front of the first sellout crowd in women’s basketball history, Vivians scored 20 of her 24 points in the first half to […]
Redskins could try to trade Kirk Cousins, but here’s how he can fight back When the Redskins made a deal for Alex Smith last week, that effectively put an end to the Kirk Cousins era in Washington. Cousins, the team’s 2012 fourth-round pick who was franchised each of the last […]
Odell and Eli highlight Super Bowl’s politics-free ad slate Humor and celebrity cameos scored big in this year’s Super Bowl as advertisers tried to get the most yardage out of levity rather than politics. And before the game was even over, marketing gurus and social-media users crowned the Most Valuable […]
Russell Westbrook on Thunder’s 4-game skid: ‘I love adversity’ A fourth straight loss, the latest to the Los Angeles Lakers without Lonzo Ball 108-104 on Sunday, has sent the Oklahoma City Thunder spiraling back to some uncertainty, though Russell Westbrook said he embraces the struggle. “It’s fun, man. Adversity is […]
Doug Pederson won the Eagles the Super Bowl by not blinking against Bill Belichick All week long, the Philadelphia Eagles had this air about them. They weren’t foolishly cocky. They definitely respected the opponent that awaited them. They acknowledged the greatness of the New England Patriots. But they knew that […]
