2009 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Lakers' front office competence helped turn slow start into Western Conference Finals appearance
Remember that Baxter Holmes’ ESPN report about the Los Angeles Lakers from four years ago? News of it has been floating around for months before its publication. Holmes made an appearance on Zach Lowe’s podcast in the aftermath of the world reading what he uncovered about Magic Johnson, the Rambis a...
The Calgary Flames were undone by a gimmick
While sneaking into the bottom rung of the playoffs is something to be eschewed in the NBA given that it rarely leads anywhere, there’s still a perception in the NHL that all you have to do is “get in.” The NHL has dined out for decades on the idea that the playoffs set everything anew, and that one...
Sacramento’s Mike Brown is NBA Coach of the Year — and it shouldn’t be close
The NBA regular season is rolling toward its end, which means award talk is heating up. You’ll hear about the MVP race primarily, but a few other awards are handed out each year that matter. Coach of the Year is one of them, and no one is more deserving in 2023 than Sacramento Kings head coach, Mike...
If Roy Williams and John Calipari accepted NIT bids, so can Hubert Davis
When college basketball’s postseason officially begins on Tuesday evening — on the men’s side — a familiar face will be missing from the fields as the NIT and the NCAA Tournament will tip off. North Carolina’s season is over. And it’s not just because they weren’t good enough to make the field of 68...
Wide Right: The biggest missed kicks in NFL playoff history
About halfway through the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Wild Card game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars, Chargers’ kicker Cameron Dicker missed a seemingly insignificant field goal wide left. No matter though. The Chargers were up 10, and with so little time, three points wou...
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Could bluebloods Kentucky and North Carolina both wind up in the NIT?

Could bluebloods Kentucky and North Carolina both wind up in the NIT?

Fri Jan 13 2023
Don’t expect this UNC team to make a run to the finals

Don’t expect this UNC team to make a run to the finals

Thu Dec 01 2022
Home sweet home?

Home sweet home?

Tue Sep 06 2022
Jazz go young, Lakers go old

Jazz go young, Lakers go old

Thu Aug 25 2022
The Dodgers will be buyers at the deadline — here’s who they should target

The Dodgers will be buyers at the deadline — here’s who they should target

Wed Jul 27 2022
The Minnesota incubator is about to do it again

The Minnesota incubator is about to do it again

Tue Jun 14 2022
And your SEC women’s hoop champion is… Kentucky?

And your SEC women’s hoop champion is… Kentucky?

Sun Mar 06 2022
Deron Williams went from challenging Chris Paul for ‘best point guard’ title to marveling at his longevity

Deron Williams went from challenging Chris Paul for ‘best point guard’ title to marveling at his longevity

Sun Nov 21 2021
Eighteen ex-NBA players charged in laughably bad fraud scheme

Eighteen ex-NBA players charged in laughably bad fraud scheme

Thu Oct 07 2021
It’s still just Matthew Stafford

It’s still just Matthew Stafford

Tue Sep 14 2021
Glendale says 'Adios, 'Yotes!'

Glendale says 'Adios, 'Yotes!'

Fri Aug 20 2021
Even in defeat, Shohei stole the show

Even in defeat, Shohei stole the show

Tue Jul 13 2021
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