Image: Electronic Arts, FIFA One headline sending shockwaves through the video game industry (and football world) today is EA’s split with FIFA. As we’ve already heard, Electronic Arts will be dropping the FIFA branding from its name in favor of ‘EA Sports FC’. It’s touted as the “future of interactive football”, but it seems FIFA […]
Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 73. The NBA said Lanier died after a short illness. The Hall of Famer had worked for the league as a global ambassador. The Athletic reported […]
The umpires ejected a relief pitcher, Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo, and the Toronto pitching coach as 30,000 fans looked on at Yankee Stadium tonight. Oh, I’m sorry, was that not the lede you were expecting? Well, it sure seemed that’s what the umpires were looking for. Undeterred by a two-run deficit in the ninth […]
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12:59AM ET Tim BontempsESPN MIAMI — Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid congratulated Nikola Jokic on winning the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for a second straight season, adding Tuesday night that there was “no right or wrong” answer among several deserving candidates. But Embiid also said that, going forward, he’ll steer his focus toward only […]
Oisin Keniry/Getty Images The PGA Tour refused to grant permission to players seeking to play in the upcoming LIV Golf Invitational event in England in a memo sent out Tuesday. Eamon Lynch of golfweek reported the tour declined the waivers despite there being “a precedent allowing players limited releases for overseas events.” The Saudi Arabia-backed […]
Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 73. The NBA said in a statement that the legendary NBA center died Tuesday after a short illness. The Hall of Famer and eight-time NBA All-Star […]
Set Number: X163665 TK4 One of the greatest potential underdog stories in sports history did not come to fruition Monday. John Eckert, who entered a local US Open qualifier in Kansas City as punishment for finishing last in his fantasy football league, shot a 40-over 112 and ended dead last again. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach caught […]
PHOENIX — — Devin Booker scored 28 points, Deandre Ayton added 20 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 110-80 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. The Suns used a huge third quarter to turn a tight game into a comfortable win. Phoenix opened up the second […]
Ryan Poles’ rebuild of the Bears’ roster has been a clear rejection of the roster he inherited from Ryan Pace. Poles got his first chance to bring in his guys during the 2022 NFL Draft, in which the Bears made several moves and wound up with 11 selections. Due to the Justin Fields trade, the […]