Locker Page 82 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Tony Romo is a pox on all our houses
The Browns and Chiefs played a very good, entertaining, tense playoff game. It was close, came down to the last possession, and ended on one of the ballsier calls a head coach has made in a long time. It was nearly dreamland for the Browns, and the Chiefs were able to survive having the most importa...
It's been a while since we've talked about Buffalo in the context of a Super Bowl run
In one week, the Bills will be in the AFC title game for the first time in 27 years, when, perhaps in a bit of foreshadowing — depending on the outcome of Sunday’s divisional playoff — Buffalo hammered Kansas City, 30-13, to advance to Super Bowl XXVIII....
Harden puts up triple-double in 'New Jersey' Nets debut
James Harden’s debut with the Nets was a successful one, as the new Brooklyn superstar notched a triple-double with 32 points, 14 assists, and 12 rebounds in a 122-115 win over the Orlando Magic....
Caris LeVert has mass on kidney, revealed by MRI after trade to Pacers; will undergo more tests
James Harden might have thought that his trade from the Rockets to the Nets was a godsend. For Caris LeVert, it really might have been....
San Francisco Giants owner called out for financing seditionists & traitors feigns outrage
Renel Brooks-Moon is the public address announcer for the San Francisco Giants. She was only the second woman to get that job in Major League Baseball when she took over for the first, Sherry Davis, in 2000. She’s also one of the few Black public address announcers in MLB....
Now Karl-Anthony Towns has COVID-19, listen to him
Karl-Anthony Towns has COVID-19....
Jaguars don’t have an actual plan, so opt for patting fans on head with Urban Meyer hire
Lots of NFL teams become a joke year after year. Hell, I’m from Chicago and a fan of one of the bigger ones. But only one has risen to the level of a recurring one on a beloved, network sitcom. It’s the most memorable thing about the Jacksonville Jaguars. ...
No one will want to face the Pacers, who may be the surprise winners of the Harden trade
Malcolm Brogdon and Domatas Sabonis have been a top-five NBA duo this season, and Caris LeVert is the perfect complement to the East’s sneakiest contender....
Sixers blew it by missing out on Harden trade … or did they?
While the appeal is understandable, the 76ers are better off having not made the rumored blockbuster deal on offer to acquire James Harden....
The NHL is back, out of a bubble, and subject to the whims of the NBA (as usual)
The NHL was the last league to start up outside of a bubble last night, not that any of the other ones have particularly gone well. All of them, even MLS if you are so inclined, have had their schedules deformed and positive tests all over the place, yet just plowed through while claiming everything...
Houston Rockets win in James Harden divorce
Houston, you don’t have a problem anymore. The trade happened; it finally happened....
James Harden to Nets in 63-team deal involving 28 years of draft picks
The NBA landscape just changed wildly in the span of a few minutes, with a barrage of trades taking place that saw some players change multiple teams all at once. The key piece to note — James Harden, after requesting a trade and throwing a fit for several weeks, finally gets his wish. Harden has be...
How do you solve a problem like Kyrie? Enigmatic star is kind of all of us right now: Lost and trying to find himself
Kyrie Irving is tough to pin down, and not just when it comes to figuring out his whereabouts....
COVID-19 will define Adam Silver’s legacy
At its core, leadership is unfair. When things go well, leaders get all the praise. But, when things don’t, the burden is theirs alone to carry....
James Harden’s Rockets came crashing down to Earth last night
Well, that didn’t take long....
Kyrie Irving reportedly seen partying hard on … a Zoom call for a NYC District Attorney candidate?!
Hanging with Drake in Toronto?...
NBA bans hugging to curb COVID spread in sport featuring constant physical contact
The NBA is implementing NO TOUCHING!...
Shouldn’t all publicly-funded stadiums become mass vaccination sites?
The vaccine rollout hasn’t exactly happened at warp speed. So far, nearly 9 million Americans have received a first dose of the COVID shot. If we want to move faster, we may need super-centers and round-the-clock immunizations to accommodate the hundreds of millions of Americans still waiting to be ...
Batty ’Bama fans test the theory of herd immunity after national title win
After seeing their team win their fifth national championship in the last decade, Alabama fans apparently weren’t interested in letting a teeny tiny pandemic stop them from celebrating in the streets really, really close together....