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Raptors, Warriors advance to NBA 2K Tipoff final
Raptors Uprising GC had all it could handle with Wizards District Gaming on Friday night in Washington, D.C. Warriors Gaming Squad, on the other hand, breezed by Bucks Gaming. Regardless of how they got there, the Raptors and Warriors are the last teams standing at the NBA 2K League's The Tipoff.,Th...
Bucks Gaming, Warriors GS move on in NBA 2K Tipoff playoffs
After a perfect run through group play at the NBA 2K League's The Tipoff tournament, top-seeded T-Wolves Gaming were eliminated Thursday by Bucks Gaming in a semifinal matchup in Washington, D.C.,After group play determined seeding for bracket play, the top four teams from each conference gathered i...
Charley Hoffman, 47, holds early lead at Charles Schwab
Charley Hoffman posted a bogey-free, 5-under 65 to take the first-round lead at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas.,The 47-year-old birdied two of his three holes to get off to a strong start on a day where scoring chances were limited at Colonial Country Club. Hoffman's r...
Wizards, Raptors advance in NBA 2K League's Tipoff playoffs
Benjamin "Benzo" Bernstein averaged 21 points and 13.5 assists as Wizards District Gaming, the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, swept top-seeded Heat Check Gaming to open bracket play at the NBA 2K League's The Tipoff on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.,The Wizards will next face second-seeded Rap...
T-Wolves cap perfect prelim run in NBA 2K League's Tipoff
T-Wolves Gaming completed a perfect run through group play at the NBA 2K League's The Tipoff tournament, beating previously unbeaten Warriors Gaming Squad 76-64 on Friday.,Michael "BearDaBeast" Key paced the T-Wolves (6-0) with 27 points and eight assists, while teammate Roger "Polow" Adams produced...
T-Wolves, Warriors set for showdown at NBA 2K League's Tipoff
T-Wolves Gaming and Warriors Gaming Squad held serve on Thursday, setting up a massive showdown Friday in the NBA 2K League's The Tipoff.,The lone unbeatens teams in group play entering Thursday, the Wolves and Warriors both won to improve to 5-0. They will face off Friday in the final night of grou...
Lions QB Jared Goff: 'More fired up than ever'
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff made his goals clear on Thursday, the day the team announced his signing to a contract extension through the 2028 season.,"I'm more driven and more fired up than ever to go even harder and put the pedal to the metal even more to bring a Super Bowl to the city and...
Mona shines as Pistons roll in NBA 2K League's Tipoff
Solomona "Mona" Faitaua-Nanai became the first rookie to log a triple-double in the NBA 2K League this season, leading Pistons GT to an 86-59 rout of Mavs Gaming on Wednesday in qualifying for The Tipoff event.,Mona scored 14 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and dished out 10 assists while shooting 7-for...
Blazer5 Gaming sink Kings in NBA 2K League's Tipoff
Blazer5 Gaming beat Kings Guard Gaming 67-61 on Monday at the NBA 2K League's 5v5 The Tipoff event.,Claude "Claude" Knight poured in a game-high 32 points on 11-of-20 shooting for Blazer5. He hit 10 3-pointers, and teammate Wahid "Faiz" Faiz chipped in 17 points and six assists.,Nasir "Fatstop" Love...
Reports: Lions award Jared Goff four-year, $212M extension
The Detroit Lions and Jared Goff have agreed to a four-year, $212 million contract extension with $170 million guaranteed, ESPN and NFL Network reported Monday.,Goff, 29, was entering the final year of a contract he signed with the Rams before the 2021 trade that sent Goff to Detroit and Matthew Sta...
Bob Nightengale keeps trying to rehab Trevor Bauer
Sometimes, there’s no choice but to cover a vile person in sports because they are doing something that can’t be ignored. Trevor Bauer is not that, but that didn’t stop Bob Nightengale from auditioning to get on his payroll, next to Rachel Luba, whatever it is she does other than be the occasional b...
Long live North Carolina—Duke
The North Carolina Tar Heels won their first outright regular season ACC title in seven years with an 84-79 win over archenemy Duke on Saturday. The annual season finale for the conference is one of the best things going in college basketball, yet there’s a sinking feeling that fans should relish th...
The Buffalo Bills are feeling the pain of the NFL's hard salary cap
The Buffalo Bills gave it their best shot. When they signed Von Miller to that six-year, $120 million contract it was a sign that a “Super Bowl or Bust,” had been hung on the team bus, plane, practice facility, and on the front of Ralph Wilson stadium. ...
When Emmitt Smith talks about race, people should listen
Emmitt Smith is probably not the first athlete people associate with Black people’s American struggle. He wasn’t at the press conference with the then-Lew Alcindor (now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Bill Russell, and Jim Brown in support of Muhammad Ali electing to not serve in the United States mi...
AEW's Sting sendoff was perfect in so many ways
Darby Allin crashed some 20 feet through a plate of glass onto the floor, spent a good five to 10 minutes having ringside medical staff picking shards out of his back, leaving Sting to perform his last-ever comeback and win, and it might have only been the third or fourth best match on the card for ...
It's time for FS1 to do something about Skip Bayless and 'Undisputed'
Skip Bayless’ “Undisputed” has hit a dry spell since the departure of NFL Hall of Famer and current ESPN “First Take” analyst, Shannon Sharpe. Bayless’ new crew, which includes former NFL stars, rappers and a highly respected media personality, hasn’t been able to captivate the nation in the same ma...
It's make or break for the Los Angeles Clippers
Curses run deep. They fester in bloodlines, foundations and scorched Earth and are lamented in prose, lyric and declaration. From Shakespeare to Dostoevsky, curses are a part of the canon of human creativity. After the Boston Red Sox broke theirs in 2004 and LeBron James brought a championship to Cl...
Turns out America loves the Denver Nuggets
Most of the state of Colorado can’t watch the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets. However, the rest of America is enjoying the show. NBA insider/analyst Ethan Strauss dove into some viewership data for a recent post on his substack....
Dejounte Murray hurt an NBA ref's delicate feelings; wound up with a T
Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray found out the hard way Saturday night about getting on an official’s bad side. During Atlanta’s 114-102 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, Murray was given a technical foul during a timeout while sitting on the sideline. Apparently, NBA referees have resorted to handing o...
The pros and cons of proposed advancements in the NFL and college football
College football might follow in the footsteps of the NFL as the NFL mulls taking a page out from soccer. After the Michigan sign-stealing scandal, in-helmet communicators could be coming to FBS programs, as well as a two-minute timeout. The Shield meanwhile might eschew the chain gang for optical t...