Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton said Wednesday he wants to monitor LeBron James ' minutes and keep them within a "reasonable" range, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com... - 19 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:41pm -
For the first time in his 16-year career, Carmelo Anthony will come off the bench. The Rockets announced their starters for Wednesday's opener against the New Orleans Pelicans ... - 16 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:38pm -
New York Knicks president Steve Mills said the team made the "smart move" by not agreeing to a fourth-year extension with power forward Kristaps Porzingis in advance of the 2018-19 season... - 16 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:38pm -
The NFL is reportedly investigating whether the Miami Dolphins followed proper protocol when reporting quarterback Ryan Tannehill 's shoulder injury that kept him out of Sunday's ... - 7 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:16pm -
Unless Kevin Durant pulls a Kyrie Irving and commits to staying with his current team rather than explore free agency next summer, the Golden State Warriors superstar can expect to be hounded about his future on a daily basis all season long... - 16 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:07pm -
MLB playoff subterfuge reached critical mass Wednesday in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers ... - 18 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:05pm -
Laura Davies finishes on eight under to win the Senior LPGA Championship in Indiana by four shots, her second senior major of the year. - 20 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:03pm -
Boxer Ivan Hope Price describes winning Great Britain's first gold medal of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires as a "dream come true". - 58 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 3:25pm -
England warm up for their three-Test series against New Zealand with a convincing 44-6 win over France at Leigh Sports Village. - 1 hour ago 17 Oct 18, 3:08pm -
Women's Champions League highlights as Barcelona win the first leg of their last 16 tie with Scottish champions Glasgow City - 1 hour ago 17 Oct 18, 3:04pm -
Ronnie O'Sullivan hits his 15th career 147 break at the English Open, two days after describing the venue as a "hellhole". - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:51pm -
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez signs one of sport's most lucrative contracts after agreeing a £278m deal with streaming service DAZN - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:40pm -
LSU coach Will Wade says he didn't work with Christian Dawkins, who is accused in a basketball corruption trial of offering inducements to steer players to certain schools. - 17 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:39pm -
Chris Sale will not pitch for the Red Sox in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, but the team expects him to go Game 6, if necessary. - 2 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:21pm -
Luke Walton says he isn't about to burn out LeBron James, who turns 34 in December, this season when the Lakers hope to enter a championship window further into James' tenure with the team. - 2 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:21pm -
The Jaguars say London revenue is crucial to their stability in Jacksonville, and buying Wembley would have allowed them to play there indefinitely. - 23 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:00pm -
Brewers starter Wade Miley was replaced by Brandon Woodruff after just five pitches -- a walk to Cody Bellinger -- in Game 5 of the NLCS against the Dodgers. - 54 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 3:29pm -
It’s been 71 years since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, but African-American participation in the MLB has sharply declined since its peak in the early ’80s. - 8 May 18, 9:31am -
Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press. The AP’s survey of the aquatic Olympic and Paralympi… - 1 Aug 16, 6:45am -
This evening is Game 1 of the NBA Finals, where the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will once again face off, and each team has a very stylish roster. - 2 Jun 16, 9:18am -
One NFL player after another — from former Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, 69, who died in July 2015, to 27-year-old Giants safety Tyler Sash, who died two months after Stabler — has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated trau… - 3 Feb 16, 2:52pm -
With a dream of becoming the first hijab-wearing Muslim ballerina, 14-year-old Stephanie Kurlow recently launched a fundraising page in the hopes of pulling together more than $7,000 so that she can get her certification to open a performing arts program in her native Sydney because she said, “I d… - 3 Feb 16, 11:41am -
Led by quarterback Ryan Finley, the Wolfpack head to Death Valley having played Clemson close each of the past two seasons. But is N.C. State the smart bet in this year's affair? - 7 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:16pm -
There may be a player who someday skips his junior season to prepare for the draft. But he probably won’t like the result. - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:16pm -
Kevin Durant's brother left a comment on his IG post that has people convinced KD has already decided to leave the Bay area. His brother refutes the claim. - 4 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:27pm -
New York Red Bulls striker Bradley Wright-Phillips is the fastest player in MLS to score 100 league goals, but he also has a clothing line and hangs with Skepta - 4 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:22pm -
New Rocket Carmelo Anthony famously refused to come off the bench in Oklahoma City. But in Houston, a team with real championship aspirations, that may change. - 7 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 9:28am -
Joel Embiid believes talk of a Celtics-Sixers rivalry is premature, especially after the Celtics smacked the Sixers on opening night, 105-87. - 7 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 9:04am -
Wade Miley came out of the game after just one batter. Wade Miley was set to start NLCS Game 5 against the Dodgers in LA, a crucial game in the series with both teams hoping to take a permanent lead from this 2-2 tie. Miley indeed started the game, and then almost immediately left it after walking… - 58 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 3:25pm -
They consider the matter closed. In the middle of NLCS Game 4 on Tuesday night, everyone in baseball shifted focus to a team that wasn’t even playing just then as news broke that an Astros employee had been removed from a spot near the Red Sox dugout during ALCS Game 1. It started off weird and b… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:04pm -
Vontaze Burfict’s history of not caring about the well-being of others started long before he ever reached the NFL. Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict is exactly what every NFL team wanted from a middle linebacker about 40 or 50 years ago. Players like Dick Butkus and Jack Lambert had r… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:01pm -
Jason Witten isn’t good at anything that makes for a compelling color commentary. I feel bad for Jason Witten. If you don’t, I get it. He’s well compensated for a job that sounds pretty great: traveling the country to watch football games and talk about them.The problem is that Witten is rea… - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 1:00pm -
Brady Tkachuk was finally shaping up to be a bright spot for the Ottawa Senators, and now he’s gone because the Senators are just doomed to suffer. How can things get any worse for the Ottawa Senators? Glad you asked. Brady Tkachuk, one of the few bright spots for the Senators, has suffered a torn… - 31 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 3:52pm -
Even the best things come to an end, and Orange Is the New Black is no exception. One of the first TV series to put Netflix on the map as a TV power is calling it quits next year. The cast of Orange Is the New Black revealed in a video on Wednesday that the […]Orange Is the New Black will end on… - 40 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 3:43pm -
Wade Miley started Game 5 of the NLCS for Milwaukee and was pulled after five pitches. Seeing a manager lumber out of the dugout and trot out to the mound is never something a pitcher wants to see, especially in the postseason. Watching a manager come out pitches into a start is unfathomable, but it… - 1 hour ago 17 Oct 18, 3:06pm -
The long running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is getting brought to the big screen. Another big name has signed on to join the cast. When Idris Elba comes to mind, not very many people think of singing and dancing. In fact, tough guy is the most common phrase to describe the persona of this well […… - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 1:10pm -
Things just went from bad to worse for Kyle Larson and the 42 team’s championship hopes. Generally speaking, when a NASCAR Cup Series team gets hit with an L1-level penalty that involves point deductions, fines and suspensions, it’s because they just did something good but violated a rule, thus… - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 1:00pm -
Need For Speed is more than a video game movie, thanks to the double act of Aaron Paul and Dominic Cooper. Learn more in this week’s Deeper Cut. When Need For Speed was released in 2014, it was dismissed as another video game movie. And while it is a video game movie—based on the Electronic […… - 4 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:27pm -
Yesterday, Iran put together a cheap little PR stunt in order to pretend the government cares about its wildly retrograde prohibition against women attending live soccer matches by allowing a handpicked selection of ladies to enter Azadi Stadium to watch a friendly match between Iran and Bolivia. Ho… - 1 hour ago 17 Oct 18, 2:59pm -
Left-handed pitcher Wade Miley appeared to be the Brewers’ starter for Game 5 of the NLCS today. And technically, he was. But after Miley gave up a lead-off walk in the first, Brewers manager Craig Counsell immediately went out to the mound and gave Miley the hook, replacing him with the right-han… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:47pm -
Six days ago, WWE was in an uncomfortable position regarding its upcoming Crown Jewel event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the second card in a 10-year contract with the kingdom believed to be worth $20–$50 million per show. Saudi Arabia’s brutal war of attrition in Yemen and, more recently, Turkey’… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:02pm -
Imagine you have have to go to the hospital for a bit of surgery. You leave your car safe and sound in its parking space, reasonably expecting it to be there when you get back. That wasn’t the case for a man only identified as “Mr. G,” whose BMW was mistakenly seized and crushed by his local g… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:01pm -
His classmates assumed he played a ‘gay’ sport, but Ben Palmer wasn’t fazed about proudly coming out. I never expected to come out as gay sitting at the lunch table at my high school in North Carolina, but that’s what happened to me.A few weeks before the golf season was to start in 2017,… - 16 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:01am -
Rachel McKinnon won a masters world title. That brought out hate directed at her and every trans athlete. When Rachel McKinnon won her 35-44 age group at the UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championship, she was overjoyed. And we at Outsports are happy for her and congratulate her on her accomplishm… - 1 day ago 16 Oct 18, 9:54am -
Trans women don’t need hormone therapy before competing in Canada’s women’s U Sports. Transgender athletes got a big win in Canada with the creating of a new national university policy opening the door for trans student-athletes to compete as their gender. According to U Sports, which is akin… - 1 day ago 16 Oct 18, 7:48am -
Here’s our weekly fantasy football starting lineup of NFL players who have expressed support for LGBT equality. Week 7 of the fantasy season is underway and we are approaching the halfway point in a large majority of fantasy leagues.We are also fast approaching trade deadlines and fantasy owners… - 2 days ago 16 Oct 18, 12:41am -
Openly gay soccer player Arman Bashiri is his school’s male athlete of the week and the focus of our LGBTQ college sports roundup. BLOOMFIELD, New Jersey — It took until the ninth game of the season, but Arman Bashiri finally got to unveil his goal celebration.With the goalie coming at him, he… - 2 days ago 16 Oct 18, 12:35am -
Alexander Duarte has never had a date to a school dance. Now he does. Alexander Duarte knew exactly how he wanted to celebrate National Coming Out Day. The gay student at Valley High School in Orange County, Calif., was going to make good on a joke he and the school’s football team captain, Eric… - 2 days ago 15 Oct 18, 10:57am -
Thirteen months after the reveal of the ZO2 Remix, Lonzo Ball‘s and Big Baller Brand’s first signature shoe, the company is now introducing the second signature sneaker under the ZO2 collection. The “ZO2.19” will be worn by Zo during his upcoming sophomore season with the Los Angeles Lakers… - 7 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 9:27am -
"I saw what Russ Westbrook did when [Kevin] Durant went down with that foot injury in OKC."The post Anthony Davis: ‘If I Have to Be Westbrook, I Will Be Westbrook’ appeared first on SLAMonline. - 7 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 8:55am -
“I just want people to focus on basketball.”The post Kevin Durant Doesn’t Need ‘Anything Extra’ from the Warriors appeared first on SLAMonline. - 8 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 8:30am -
"I'm coming in healthy."The post Joel Embiid: ‘I Kind of Count This as My Rookie Season’ appeared first on SLAMonline. - 8 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 8:25am -
Tatum is on the verge of NBA superstardom.The post ‘I’m Not Afraid of Anything’: Jayson Tatum Ready to Dominate appeared first on SLAMonline. - 8 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 8:20am -
It’s that time again, SLAM Fam. The NBA is back and the players were just as hype as everyone else for Opening Night. Several dudes put on a show with the feets, led by Kyrie Irving and his brand new colorway of the Nike Kyrie 4. His teammates, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, also showed […]The… - 8 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 8:15am -