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Florida lands former Arkansas PG Boogie Fland
Former Arkansas point guard Boogie Fland committed to reigning national champion Florida on Tuesday.,Fland and his representatives, who include Florida alumnus Mike Miller, confirmed the transfer with ESPN.,Fland attended this month's draft combine before withdrawing from 2025 NBA Draft consideratio...
Bills sign WR Kristian Wilkerson to 1-year contract
Wide receiver Kristian Wilkerson signed a one-year contract with the Buffalo Bills, the team announced on Tuesday.,Financial terms were not disclosed by the Bills, who released fellow wide receiver Hal Presley III.,Wilkerson, 28, had two catches for 18 yards and a touchdown in three games last seaso...
Report: NFL to OK participation in flag football at Olympics
NFL team owners are expected to vote in favor of allowing players to compete in flag football at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics during Tuesday's spring league meeting in Minneapolis, ESPN reported.,At least 24 of the 32 team owners need to approve the resolution.,Should that be the case, the league w...
Alex Caruso Is the Thunder’s Secret Weapon, and Everyone’s About to Find Out
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander may be the star, but it’s Alex Caruso’s junkyard defense that’s fueling OKC’s playoff run. The Timberwolves are next, and they better be ready....
Four Teams Left, No Favorites: The Stanley Cup Is Totally Up for Grabs
Four teams and plenty of chaos: The Panthers, Hurricanes, Stars, and Oilers are all chasing the Cup. Here’s why any of them could actually win it, and why the Leafs never had a chance....
Ex-Boston College G Chas Kelley transfers to Georgia Tech
Former Boston College guard Chas Kelley is staying in the Atlantic Coast Conference and transferring to Georgia Tech.,"Let's work," Kelley wrote on social media Monday above a graphic featuring him in a Georgia Tech uniform.,Kelley spent the past three seasons with Boston College and averaged 3.7 po...
NBA fines Thunder’s Jalen Williams $25K for profanity on shirt
The NBA fined Oklahoma City star Jalen Williams $25,000 on Monday for "wearing clothing with profane language" to his press conference after the Thunder's Game 7 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.,The shirt Williams wore featured the phrase, "F--k art, let's dance," in red letters across the...
On short rest, host Thunder out to grab Game 1 vs. fresh Wolves
The Oklahoma City Thunder had plenty of time off ahead of their first two playoff series.,Now, in the Western Conference finals against the Minnesota Timberwolves, it will be the Thunder who come into the series on short rest while their opponent has much more time to recover.,The series begins Tues...
A Changing of the Guard: These Playoffs Are the NBA’s Passing of the Torch
The 2025 NBA Playoffs mark a clear shift in power as rising stars like Edwards, SGA, Brunson, and Haliburton take center stage while the league’s aging icons fade from the spotlight....
Ex-Nuggets coach Michael Malone joins ESPN for Western Conference finals
Michael Malone, fired by the Denver Nuggets with just three games left in the regular season, will join the ESPN coverage team at the Western Conference finals.,Two years removed from leading the Nuggets to the franchise's lone NBA championship, Malone was axed by Denver just over a month ago. Under...
Scottie Scheffler installed as U.S. Open favorite
Scottie Scheffler is favored to knock off the third leg of his quest for the career grand slam at next month's U.S. Open.,Fresh off claiming his first Wanamaker Trophy at the PGA Championship, which added to Scheffler's pair of Masters green jackets, he was installed as the consensus favorite to win...
PWHL schedules expansion draft for June 9
The Professional Women's Hockey League will hold an expansion draft for the Seattle and Vancouver franchises on June 9.,The PWHL also announced the rules and procedures Monday that will guide the roster-building process for the league's seventh and eighth members ahead of the 2025-26 season.,The ori...
Winner Scottie Scheffler confirms failed driver test before PGA Championship
Scottie Scheffler knew the issue would come up eventually, but the newly minted winner of the PGA Championship found himself answering questions on Sunday evening about non-conforming clubs.,Scheffler confirmed that his driver had been tested in the past week and he had to make a change, which didn'...
Panthers advance with victory over Maple Leafs in Game 7
Brad Marchand and Eetu Luostarinen each had a goal and two assists for the visiting Florida Panthers, who advanced to the Eastern Conference Final of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 6-1 win in Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday.,Seth Jones had a goal and an assist, and Aleksander Barko...
Boston Breach, OpTic Texas pick up wins as CDL Stage 4 Major qualifying concludes
The Vancouver Surge, Boston Breach and OpTic Texas were winners on Sunday as the Call of Duty League's Stage 4 Major qualifying round concluded.,The Stage 4 Major qualifying round featured the league's 12 teams playing five matches apiece to determine seeding for the Stage 4 Major playoffs, slated f...
Jon Rahm rues his first Sunday slip-up at a major: 'A bit of nerves'
CHARLOTTE -- Jon Rahm started the final round of the PGA Championship five strokes behind Scottie Scheffler and finished it seven shots adrift of the champion on Sunday at Quail Hollow Club.,But the leaderboard hardly tells the full story, because it was Rahm who threatened to steal an unlikely vict...
Scottie Scheffler claims third major with 5-shot win at PGA Championship
CHARLOTTE -- Scottie Scheffler was not at the top of his game but survived a mid-round scare from Jon Rahm to win the PGA Championship by five strokes at Quail Hollow Club on Sunday.,It wasn't as easy as many expected, but 28-year-old Scheffler collected his third major title with an even-par 71 tha...
Defenders edge Renegades to stay alive in XFL Conference race
Jordan Ta'amu passed for 240 yards and two touchdowns and Deon Jackson rumbled for 89 yards and a touchdown on the ground as the DC Defenders defeated the Arlington Renegades 33-30 on Sunday in Washington.,The win helped DC (6-2, 4-1) keep pace in the XFL Conference race with the St. Louis Battlehaw...
WNBA vows to investigate hateful comments at Sky-Fever opener
The WNBA is investigating allegations of hateful, racial comments made by a fan at the combative season opener between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever on Saturday in Indianapolis.,"The WNBA strongly condemns racism, hate, and discrimination in all forms -- they have no place in our league or in so...
Nuggets' Aaron Gordon available for Game 7 vs. Thunder
Denver forward Aaron Gordon was listed on the morning injury report as questionable for Sunday's Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, but early Sunday afternoon the Nuggets officially declared him available for the game.,ESPN had reported that Gordon was unl...