9:28 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment PORTLAND, Ore. — A timetable for the bench return of Steve Kerr remained unknown Saturday night after the Golden State Warriors recorded a come-from-behind playoff victory without their ailing coach. The Warriors announced Saturday afternoon that Kerr would be forced to skip Game 3 […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook said he didn’t give a (bleep) about his stat line in a Game 2 loss and it cost him a $15,000 fine from the NBA office for his language. Here are a few more words on the verbal offender: Controlled, composed and redemptive. Bigly, even. This was the Westbrook that […]
Maybe the Los Angeles Clippers really are cursed. It happened again on Friday, that inevitable final chapter that seems to conclude all of their seasons these days. On a seemingly innocuous drive to the rim, Blake Griffin came down wrong, immediately headed to the locker room, and now has been ruled out for the postseason […]
8:40 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment In the wake of Aaron Hernandez’s death, the New England Patriots might be forced to pay his family a significant sum of money. This stems from a quirk of Massachusetts law that requires Hernandez’s 2013 conviction for the first-degree murder of Odin Lloyd to […]
10:24 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment CHICAGO — Kevin Garnett recorded an inspirational video message aimed at pumping up the Celtics after they lost the first two games of their first-round series against the Chicago Bulls. Boston players suggested it set the tone for their 104-87 Game 3 triumph on […]
Gareon Conley is one of the prospects shifting the stock market late in the process.Paul Vernon/Associated Press In theory, the NFL stock market shouldn’t change much this close to the draft itself. By now, teams have mostly solidified boards with grades for each prospect after going through the paces of a lengthy offseason, spanning film […]
The storylines surrounding the two Super Bowl LI teams have diverged over the past two months. After hoisting their second Lombardi Trophy in three years, the Patriots are seemingly determined to enter win-now mode. After splurging on wide receiver Brandin Cooks, tight end Dwayne Allen, cornerback Stephon Gilmore and a revamped backfield, New England […]
8:47 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment INDIANAPOLIS — One of the greatest comebacks in NBA playoff history occurred with LeBron James on the court for every minute of the second half as Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love didn’t play one second in the fourth quarter on Thursday. The Cleveland Cavaliers […]
12:53 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment CHICAGO — Bulls point guard Rajon Rondo suffered a fractured right thumb in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics and will be out indefinitely, the team announced Friday. Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said Rondo will be re-evaluated in seven to 10 days and is […]
1:49 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment After we published our experts’ picks for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last week, an executive with the Nashville Predators emailed me to ask if we had perhaps “lost” his team’s logo. It was a not-so-subtle jab at the fact that […]
