It kicks off Thursday night with arguably the best Thursday of college football in, like, ever. Oklahoma travels to Baylor and Oregon goes to Stanford. Then, to cap off the weekend, LSU goes to Tuscaloosa to take on the top-ranked Crimson Tide. Are all three toss-ups? Not according to our panel. In fact, the winners are nearly unanimous. ( All times ET ) Standings through 10 weeks: Against the spread (last week):...
A faulty shoe starved the college basketball universe of a close fight in the first two bouts, but the return of the 6-7, 285-pound freshman basketball champion of the world — Zion Williamson — finally gave Duke the edge it needed to be able to rumble with North Carolina and avoid another early knockout. “Back and forth, back and forth,” Blue Devils guard/forward Cam Reddish said of Duke’s 74-73 victory over UNC at Spectrum Center....
The 6-foot-10 senior is a talented two-way player who can score on the block as well as he can block shots. Throw in decent speed and footwork for a big man, and it’s easy to see why some of the top programs have begun to show significant interest in Fernando. UCF, Alabama, and LSU are the three programs who threw out early offers; but now, Duke is lurking. MORE: Kansas gets commitment from five-star center...
Already atop the preseason coaches’ poll, Duke also took the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 released Monday. Duke will have to maneuver through a deep and talented ACC, but stiff competition is nothing new to Krzyzewski and certainly not something he shies away from. Kentucky starts the season ranked second after receiving a little over 100 fewer points than Duke. Led by yet another talented class of freshmen, the Wildcats will have to grow and mature together to lead a charge in March....
We get Carolina-Duke in the Final Four. We get the greatest coach in the game’s history against his archrival one more time, the first time the Tar Heels and Blue Devils ever have met in the NCAAs. Someone in authority definitely is a college basketball fan. FAGAN: History has been made over and over at New Orleans Final Fours It is the most important game ever played in the greatest rivalry in American sports....
Franklin High School senior Luke Kennard scored 44 points on Friday against rival Brookville to surpass James’ 2,646 points for the fourth-most career points in Ohio high school basketball history. MORE: Fagan: Bruce Pearl’s profound impact at Auburn | DeCourcy: Syracuse’s disgraceful ban | NIT to experiment with 30-second shot clock Kennard, who has signed with Duke and is ranked 23rd in the ESPN 100, now has 2,652 career points to his name....
As the three of them left high school, Holmgren was rated as the No. 1 prospect by 247 Sports, Rivals and ESPN. As college freshmen, all were voted to The Sporting News All-America squad, with Holmgren and Smith named to the second team and Banchero to the third. As professional prospects now, three months in advance of the 2022 NBA Draft, five of the six most prominent media-generated mock drafts list Holmgren as the No....
No. 2 Duke had just taken down No. 4 Arkansas in the West Region final to give Krzyzewski a record 13th Final Four appearance. During Krzyzewski’s postgame interview with TBS’s Tracy Wolfson, star Duke forward Paolo Banchero intervened, saying, “This the GOAT right here.” Krzyzewski quickly told him to “shut up.” TSN’s MARCH MADNESS HQLive NCAA bracket | TV schedule | Predictor tool Once it was Banchero’s turn for an interview, he was asked whether he would rather face the ultimate Cinderella story in 15-seed Saint Peter’s or fierce rival North Carolina in the Final Four....
The first involves the continued ranking of UVA as the nation’s No. 4 team by Associated Press voters, even though the Cavaliers have won every game they’ve played. The calendar tells us it’s mid-January, and the records tell us only one other team, Michigan, is undefeated. The second involved the ludicrous declaration by Naismith Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen that Duke freshman star Zion Williamson should “shut it down” and no longer play college basketball for the Blue Devils....
While the statement he released through his management company offered no details, Johnson would not be at the PGA Championship next week at Valhalla Golf Club and could miss the Ryder Cup. “I will use this time to seek professional help for personal challenges I have faced,” Johnson said in a release. “By committing the time and resources necessary to improve my mental health, physical well-being and emotional foundation, I am confident that I will be better equipped to fulfill my potential and become a consistent champion....
If you are not sure what a case manager does, why you need one, or whether you’d like to become one, this article will explain some basic information that you need to know. Responsibilities First, you should know that what a case manager does depends on the setting in which they work. For example, a case manager working for a home healthcare company will be providing very different services than a case manager at a health insurance company, workers’ compensation insurance company, or hospital....
He said he remembers seeing his mother’s swollen eyes, hearing the screams and cries of his brother and sisters as the beatings continued inside his home. The helpless feeling that at ages 4, 5 and 6 or even 11 and 12, he couldn’t do anything to prevent it. Eventually, Allen recalls, his mother escaped the physical abuse and protected her seven children by calling the police. PHOTOS: NFL players doing good MORE: NFL commissioner visits domestic violence hotline Now, Allen is eager to go full-throttle given what he said he witnessed as a child, first with his stepfather and later with his mother’s boyfriend....
Such is the base salary of the one-year deal Dwight Freeney finalized with the Falcons during the weekend, a source tells Sporting News and SiriusXM NFL Radio. MORE: Must-see photos from NFL training camps Freeney received a $500,000 signing bonus and can earn more money through sack escalators and incentives. Freeney made his Falcons debut during Sunday’s practice. He played a pivotal role for the Arizona Cardinals down the stretch last year with eight sacks after being signed one month into the regular season....
Los Angeles brought the 33-year-old center back on a nonguaranteed, one-year deal last month after DeMarcus Cousins tore his ACL. Howard, who spent one rocky season with the team in 2012-13, discussed his decision to head back to the Lakers during a conference call with reporters Wednesday. “I never had any ill will toward any of the fans here in L.A.,” Howard said, via ESPN. “I loved this city from the first moment I’ve been here and started playing in the NBA....
The newest Hawks center credits his rough 2015-16 season with the Rockets as motivation to bring an NBA title to Atlanta. Howard watched LeBron James, the player drafted first overall one year before he was picked first in the 2004 NBA Draft, do the same for Cleveland last year. MORE: 25 best NBA stars to change teams mid-prime “I want to do whatever I can to bring a championship home,” Howard told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday ....
HOUSTON — This is how Dwight Howard plays when he's healthy. Howard had 17 points and a career-high-tying 26 rebounds in his Houston debut, James Harden added 21 points and the Rockets cruised to a 96-83 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night. MORE: Bynum debut gives Cavs hope | Nets super-team problems | Previews: Spurs | Warriors Howard spurned the Lakers to sign an $88 million deal with Houston, joining Harden and a team that made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2009....
The Heat star threw it back to the ’90s at Miami’s media day by rocking out to Montell Jordan’s hit song “This Is How We Do It.” MORE: Best Heat players ever | Wade, Gabrielle Union turn wedding video into movie trailer What does Wade’s wife think of his performance? Wait, there’s a whole different routine we haven’t seen?
The striker has been a star player for the Bianconeri since joining from Palermo in 2015. After scoring 11 goals in 31 Serie A games last season, the 23-year-old has been in excellent form for the Bianconeri this term, scoring 10 in his first seven league appearances. Juventus 16/1 to win CL with dabblebet Dybala was reportedly a target for Barcelona in the summer after the sale of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain, but the Spanish side made Philippe Coutinho their main priority....
There are many causes of shoulder pain. If weakness is found in your shoulder and rotator cuff muscles, your physical therapist may use specific exercises to help improve the strength and muscular function of these muscles. The dynamic isometric rotator cuff strengthening exercise is a great exercise to perform to help improve the function of all of your rotator cuff muscles. The exercise is simple to do with a friend or family member and an elastic resistance band....
There was plenty of embarrassment in the Illinois case as well. Tzouzalis says the affair happened some 14 years ago when Liapis and his wife were separated. When Liapis finally learned of it two years ago, he became angry and–in his e-mail messages–threatened to expose Tzouzalis, who had subsequently married, for having an ongoing affair. Liapis’s lawyer contends his client was not threatening Tzouzalis but was simply trying to stop him from destroying another marriage....
