Memphis Grizzlies superstar Zach Randolph has been accused of strangling a woman at an L.A. hotel … though he is adamant her allegations are 100% false.
Here’s what we know … a woman who says she’s a model filed a …
Mike Conley (Achilles) is not expected to be re-evaluated until after the end of the regular season.
The Grizzlies have gone from Mr. Reliable in Mike Conley to a collection of lesser-known commodities trying to compensate at his point guard position.
To say that the Griz are pointed in a different direction is an …
As the Blazers battle for playoff seeding in the Western Conference, they’ve suffered an unfortunate loss. Meyers Leonard will undergo shoulder surgery and miss the rest of the season, the team announced Thursday in a …
Last month, city leaders in Charlotte passed an anti-discrimination law that included protections for gay, lesbian, and transgendered people in the city.
Wednesday, the North Carolina legislature overruled them, passing a …
Jimmy Butler has recently tried to make all talk concerning his left knee off limits.
He had no choice but to lift that ban after a loss to New York in Madison Square Garden on Thursday night.
According to a source, …
Pacers forward Paul George bruised his right leg during Indiana’s 92-84 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night.
The Pacers originally listed George’s return as questionable, but the three-time All-Star did …
A driver had methamphetamine in her system when she hit the car driven by the wife of Thunder assistant coach Monty Williams head-on, resulting in their deaths, according to a lab report by the state’s medical …
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, who has apologized for a now-deleted video showing his speedometer at 118 mph, will soon be talking to coach Steve Kerr about his “poor judgment.”
The video, which …
LeBron James says a conversation with Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue following a disheartening loss in Miami last week made him come to a realization on how he must approach the final stage of the regular season as his …
After Kobe Bryant retires next month, he doesn’t plan on watching many NBA games. But it’s not because he’ll miss the game of basketball too much to watch it. It’s also not because he plans on being too busy to …
During the early ’00s, the Trail Blazers were one of the NBA’s most talented and troubled teams. After reaching the Western Conference Finals in two consecutive years (1999 and 2000), the Blazers made some questionable …
Argentina has qualified for the Rio Olympics this summer; they came in second at the FIBA America’s tournament last summer. The did with a roster led by Luis Scola of the Raptors and former NBA player Andrés Nocioni, plus …
Since Axel Toupane’s first 10-day contract with Denver, many Nuggets fans have been clamoring for him to be offered a contract like JaKarr Sampson received: the rest of this year guaranteed, and next year as a non-guaranteed …
When Russell Westbrook breaks into the open court, it’s the kind of heart-stopping, hold-your-breath, what’s-he-gonna-do-here moment that has few rivals in sports.
You see it happening, right when he decides to turn on …
here are few better ways to show your fandom than with an awesome throwback jersey. And while there are plenty of sports legends who have come through Boston, one player’s threads still reign supreme. Mitchell & Ness, a …
For the second time this season, an Orlando Magic player is dealing with the shock of major terrorist attacks in the country where he was raised.
Center Nikola Vucevic felt sickened when he learned terrorists carried out …
The Warriors were expected to address with Draymond Green a video that appeared on his Snapchat account showing a car occupant’s view of the speed reaching as much as 118 mph.
“Obviously, poor judgment,” Green said of the …
The Boston Celtics have sorely missed the presence of forward Jae Crowder the last few weeks, but his return is on the horizon.
Celtics head coach Brad Stevens announced on Monday that Crowder will travel with the team on …
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is the NBA’s version of Two-Face.
His charred coin — which the Batman villain relies on to dictate his mood — is the play of his team, his post-game demeanor dependent upon how well or how …
The next time someone tells Devin Booker that he should have stayed in college this season, he probably will think about Wednesday night, glance at a pair of a pristine basketball shoes on a shelf and have a hearty …
J.R. Smith to part ways with CAA; plans to sign with LeBron James’ agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports
Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith is not only making plays on the court, he’s doing so off of it as well.
Smith is in the process of parting ways with Creative Artists Agency and plans to sign with Rich Paul of …
The best drama series currently not airing on Netflix features an aging President, a frustrated superstar and a star-crossed franchise that can’t seem to get out of its own way.
The Knicks under Phil Jackson have produced …
Brandon Jennings emerged from the visitors locker room Wednesday in an arena he’s all too familiar with.
The halls he’d walked, the court he knew. He was supposed to be the Detroit Pistons’ answer at point guard, proving …
Kobe Bryant’s 20-year NBA career expires on April 14, the day after his final game, a Staples Center bout between his Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz.
Don’t expect Bryant to take much time off after that last buzzer …
Luol Deng’s versatility and emergence as a scorer have been absolutely vital to the Heat’s survival without Chris Bosh, and they can’t afford to go without him long.
The good news for Miami is that Deng thinks …
The Mets announced Friday that they have released veteran right-handed reliever Buddy Carlyle.
Carlyle, 38, spent the last three seasons with the Mets and posted a 1.45 ERA in 27 relief appearances for the club in 2014. …
The Toronto Blue Jays sound like they’re closing in on a decision between Aaron Sanchez and Gavin Floyd for the fifth starter’s spot with spring training’s finish line approaching.
“We pretty much know what it is,” …
Outfielder Shane Victorino has been told that he won’t make the Cubs’ Opening Day roster, Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune reports. The club has offered to allow him to rehab in Mesa, Arizona, then report to Triple-A …
Nick Markakis never hit lower than fourth in the lineup during his first season with the Braves in 2015, and Adonis Garcia never hit between Freddie Freeman and Markakis in any of the myriad lineups used by Fredi …
The Dodgers have had a good number of injuries this spring. Here’s another one: second baseman Howie Kendrick has hurt his calf. He was scratched from yesterday’s Cactus League game with tightness in his left …
For some reason, this offseason has been the winter of discontent for Hall of Famers confronted bat-flips. Jose Bautista’s ALDS bat-flip from last postseason in some ways jump-started the conversation, and then Bryce …
Let’s just say that spring training is more than long enough. That seems like the only explanation for this one:
In putting together the puzzle from multiple replays and what several parties told reporters after the game, …
The Arizona Diamondbacks want out of Chase Field. The team has submitted paperwork to the Maricopa County Board asking that their current lease be modified so the club can play games “in a location other than Chase Field,” …
Despite leaving Thursday’s spring start against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning with a blister on his thumb, NL Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta says it’s a minor ailment and he’ll be ready for Opening Day on April …
The exam of Tigers starter Daniel Norris has gone down and the news is not fantastic: he was diagnosed with non-displaced fractures in his spinous process, which is part of the vertebrae.
Which, manager Brad Ausmus said, …
Brett Ballantini interviewed Diamondbacks GM Dave Stewart for MLB Trade Rumors. Most of the answers were standard, like signing Zack Greinke was good and he didn’t take pleasure in taking him away from the NL West rival …
Left-hander Tim Collins will undergo another Tommy John surgery after the tendon graft in his repaired left elbow failed, the Royals announced Thursday.
Collins, 26, underwent his first procedure last March, after tearing …
New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto’s lower back remained tight the morning after departing a Grapefruit League game in Dunedin. Still, Conforto was not alarmed. He was seen by a team doctor at the spring-training …
Josh Hamilton has gotten back on the baseball field this week and says his balky left knee feels better than it has since he was the reigning MVP.
There are a few disclaimers, though:
— Hamilton is not yet working out …
The key element to the Detroit Tigers’ success in 2016 was always going to be good health. So far its been a rocky start in spring camp. With Anibal Sanchez, Daniel Norris and Alex Wilson all ailing to one degree or another, …
Bat flips and showmanship have become a hot topic in recent years, and especially of late. Hall of Famers Goose Gossage and Johnny Bench recently ripped into Jose Bautista and Bryce Harper, respectively, for their antics on …
Curt Schilling will return to the Monday Night Baseball booth as an analyst in 2016, ESPN tells Vocativ.
ESPN previously said it was looking into comments made by baseball analyst Curt Schilling about Democratic …
Alex Rodriguez announced his plans for retirement Wednesday. Well, sort of.
Rodriguez revealed his plan to call it quits when his contract expires after the 2017 season, but the slugger indicated to the Daily News later …
David Ross is baseball’s favorite grandpa, which is odd because he doesn’t have any grandchildren and won’t have them anytime soon. He does have a beard with a patch of white hair, like he dunked his chin into a bleach …
Free agent pitcher Justin Masterson will have a pitching showcase on Monday in Phoenix, Arizona, per MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Masterson says he is pain-free for the first time in a few years.
Masterson, 31, struggled …
Mark Appel knows all-too-well the answer to this baseball brainteaser: “Who was the lone player taken before 2015 National League Rookie of the Year Kris Bryant in the 2013 MLB Draft?”
Appel was that No. 1 overall …
It is the most awkward and anxious spring training of their careers, spending their entire lives in one organization, but knowing they no longer are part of the future.
Cincinnati Reds right fielder Jay Bruce and …
Matt Wieters says that his right elbow is feeling better. He was removed in the first inning of Mar. 12th’s game and has yet to play since.
Wieters was asked if he wanted to be the designated hitter for Wednesday’s …
Kansas City has given Ohlendorf his release rather than adding him to the 40-man, MLB.com’s Jeffrey Flanagan tweets.
MONDAY: Veteran righty Ross Ohlendorf has opted out of his minor-league deal with the Royals, ESPN’s …
Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki left Wednesday’s spring training game against the New York Mets after he was hit in the hand by a Bartolo Colon …
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby did not participate in the team’s morning skate on Sunday and is day-to-day after suffering a lower-body …
Blue Jackets center Ryan Johansen returned to the lineup on Saturday night against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers after being a head-turning healthy scratch in a 7-5 win over Arizona on Thursday.
Johansen, whose …
Patrick Kane came through when the Blackhawks needed him most, as he often does, in a 3-2 shootout win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon.
Before sealing the victory with the lone shootout goal, Kane scored the …
After getting beat a season-high seven times in their previous game, the Coyotes probably would have been encouraged by even marginal improvement as they try to stabilize their lineup sans No. 1 goalie Mike Smith while …
Taylor Hall gave goalie Semyon Varlamov a complimentary tap on the left leg pad after the right one stoned him at the second-period buzzer Saturday. Hall, who is Edmonton’s star left winger and leading scorer, had just put …
Frederik Andersen stopped 21 shots to make his first start in nearly a month a victorious one and the Ducks got goals from Chris Stewart and Ryan Kesler in a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.
The …
An effective power play has the Carolina Hurricanes heading in the right direction.
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play had a rare good night, too, and new coach Mike Sullivan saw some positives. Not enough, …
At 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, Blue Jackets rookie goaltender Joonas Korpisalo has the size of a modern NHL goaltender. He also has two traits that have always been required of the position: quick reflexes and short …
Jamie Benn had two goals and an assist and the Dallas Stars beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-2 on Saturday night in a battle of first-place teams.
Benn regained the NHL lead with 22 goals, passing the Blues’ Vladimir …
In each of the Predators’ past two games, they scored an early first goal but were unable to find another, letting their opponents hang around long enough to win.
On Saturday against Minnesota, the Predators found that …
When Blues goaltender Brian Elliott pocketed four victories in his first four appearances this season, he never could have envisioned waiting so long for No. 5.
Elliott made 36 saves Saturday, backstopping the Blues to a …
“Definitely a big win for myself and for the guys, they played really well in front of me, they deserved the win,” Bernier said after a 5-0 win Saturday over the powerhouse Los Angeles Kings. The shutout, his first in …
The Canadian world junior squad reportedly won’t include St. Louis Blues forward Robby Fabbri.
The rookie won’t be loaned to Canada for the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championship
“They had a thin shred of hope that …
David Pastrnak will have one chance to prove he’s ready for the World Junior Hockey Championship.
The Boston Bruins assigned the 19-year-old forward to their AHL club in Providence for Saturday’s game against the …
The Canadiens organization was deeply saddened to learn that former player and Hall-of-Famer Richard “Dickie” Moore passed away earlier today in Montreal. Moore was 84.
Born in the Montreal borough of Park Extension …
Captain Steven Stamkos wants to make one thing clear:
The superstar center, in the final year of his current contract, wants to stay with the Lightning long-term, and believes an extension can still be worked out. …
The Blackhawks sleepwalked through much of a matinee in Buffalo on Saturday, but woke up just in time to escape with a 3-2 shootout victory.
Patrick Kane scored off an Artemi Panarin pass in the final second of a …
Blue Jackets center Ryan Johansen acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that his summer scare with an elevated heartbeat disrupted his off-season training regimen, leaving him physically unprepared for the start of …
Daniel Sprong is heading back to junior.
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Saturday they’ve returned their second-round selection in last summer’s draft to Charlottetown of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the …
While the Avalanche’s top line has been buzzing, noticeable and perhaps even energizing, the line’s direct production of seven goals in the past 11 games isn’t eye-popping.
Nathan MacKinnon — still feeling his way at …
Demonstrating a similar attitude to the one he employs in overtime, Johnny Gaudreau would like to get his contract situation resolved sooner rather than later.
“I’d like to get it done quicker,” the Calgary Flames …
Erik Gudbranson called Florida’s game Friday night “boring” and he wasn’t wrong.
Despite it being the hockey equivalent of a large shot of NyQuil, coach Gerard Gallant seemed to love every minute of it as his …
The Ottawa Senators have closed out their pre-Christmas home schedule in impressive fashion.
Now, if they can add a couple more road wins in Florida early next week, they’ll be happily home for the …
It was quite a night here Friday. Pigs flew, hell froze, Donald Trump said something smart and the Vancouver Canucks scored three times and blew two third-period leads before finally beating the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in a …
When times are tough for a team, counting on the big guns to lead the way is standard operating procedure.
So it should come as little surprise that on a night the Winnipeg Jets were looking to snap out of a two-game …
Drew Brees reiterated Thursday that he is “very confident” he will sign his own long-term contract extension with the New Orleans Saints at some point in the wake of coach Sean Payton’s new extension.
And when asked …
The New York Jets have made an addition to help their secondary.
According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Jets have signed former Texans cornerback Darryl …
The Miami Dolphins are exploring every option as they try to fill out their depleted running backs corps and that includes the possibility of getting a player via trade. The Dolphins have had conversations with multiple …
After another 6-10 season, the Giants will not make any changes to their ticket prices for the 2016 season.
In a letter sent to season ticket holders in February, the team announced ticket prices would remain at 2015 …
There was a lot of talk about running back DeMarco Murray possibly returning to the Dallas Cowboys after last year’s disappointing season in Philadelphia.
Apparently, it was not just talk among Cowboys fans and Murray …
Four months after being shot twice in the head in a drive-by shooting, Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey is well on the way to recovery. But his status with the team remains undetermined, according to coach Jeff …
If former Rams linebacker James Laurinaitis played a different sport, or a different position, he’d have probably needed Tommy John surgery.
But now with the Saints, the veteran linebacker says he’s ready to go in …
By itself, the Robert Griffin III contract agreement with the Cleveland Browns had no impact on the quarterback situation in Denver.
RGIII became the Browns’ new backup quarterback after it became evident the Broncos …
Marshawn Lynch memorably announced his retirement via twitter late during Denver’s Super Bowl win over Carolina.
That the Seahawks have yet to place Lynch on a reserve/retired list, though, has raised at least a few …
Rams head coach Jeff Fisher says reports claiming the Rams and the NFL worked out an arrangement to allow the team to avoid being on HBO’s Hard Knocks if it drafted Michael Sam are “absurd and 100 percent …
Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians is sick of people bashing football.
“People that say, ‘I won’t let my son play [football]’ are fools,” he told The MMQB in a video interview.
The NFL is embroiled in controversy …
Former NFL fullback Kevin Turner, who played eight seasons for the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles, died Thursday after a six-year battle with ALS. He was 46.
Turner was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral …
It increasingly looks like it’s Broncos or bust for 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Thursday on NFL Total Access that the Cleveland Browns exited the Kaepernick sweepstakes upon …
The San Diego Chargers announced Thursday that they’ve re-signed restricted free agent S Jahleel Addae to a one-year contract.
The Chargers used a second-round tender on Addae that will run them $2.553 million for the …
Victory Field, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Triple-A affiliate, is several blocks away Lucas Oil Stadium where quarterback Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts call home.
It’s at Victory Field that Indianapolis …
Miko Grimes’s scorched earth campaign out of Miami continues unabated.
The wife of recently-released cornerback Brent Grimes threatened to air the Dolphins’ dirty laundry on Twitter on Thursday. In fact, she’s …
Tight end Chase Ford signed his $1.67 million restricted free agent tender, the Ravens announced Thursday.
Ford, 25, did not play a game for the Ravens last season after they signed him off the Minnesota Vikings practice …
The Bengals re-signed defensive tackle Brandon Thompson on Thursday, according to his agency Element Sports Group.
Thompson entered free agency for the first time this offseason after being drafted by the Bengals in the …
The New England Patriots are signing free-agent wide receiver Nate Washington, a league source told ESPN’s Field Yates. Terms of the deal were not immediately available.
The Patriots hosted Washington on a free-agent …
There are some around the football world that believe Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis should have been shown the door following his team’s epic meltdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs.
There …
With the Browns signing quarterback Robert Griffin III, is Josh McCown on the way out?
If so, the teams that could be interested include the Jets, Broncos and Rams.
ESPN reported on Wednesday, before the Browns signed …
On Thursday the New York Times released a bombshell of a report on the NFL’s research into concussions, claiming the data the league used is “incomplete,” “flawed” and “faulty.” These assertions are made largely in part …
Our man Todd McShay has really done it now — he has connected two live wires:
New York Jets.
Quarterback.
In his updated mock draft, posted Thursday, the ESPN draft analyst has the Jets selecting Memphis …
Former Ravens player Terrence Cody was sentenced Thursday to nine months in the Baltimore County detention center on charges of animal cruelty.
Cody, 27, faced the possibility of more than two years in jail. He was …
Robert Griffin III was sold on Cleveland as soon as his meeting with Browns head coach Hue Jackson and associate head coach Pep Hamilton was complete.
Now, the former Washington Redskins quarterback is focused on just one …
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