It’s not about the lack of workouts or interviews with potential draftees. It’s certainly not about the lack of time to watch film and prepare for a draft (during the NBA’s hiatus, front office’s did mountains of draft prep). It’s about the money. Sp...
Last May, Toronto asked questions the Milwaukee was not ready to answer. The Raptors slowed the game down, walled off Giannis Antetokounmpo so he couldn’t just drive to the rim, and put athletic defenders on the Bucks’ other scorers. Once Toronto fou...
Utah was thisclose to advancing. Donovan Mitchell had the ball poked away from him on a drive to tie the game, then stood — his arms in the air, wide open — watching Mike Conley take a running three to win the series for Utah… then watching that shot...
Miami is a dark horse favorite in the playoffs — the Heat have a lot of fans in and out of league circles. Milwaukee has its share of doubters, people who think the Bucks are overrated and a one-trick pony. Does that mean we have an upset brewing in...
Getty Images In many respects, the “N” in “NFL” stands for “nepotism.” However, there’s something more to giving the sons of coaches jobs as coaches than simply exercising the privilege of hiring family members. As explained by Patriots coach Bill Be...
Getty Images The Washington Football Team clarified Ron Rivera’s cancer diagnosis, saying he has squamous cell cancer of the neck. It is a form of skin cancer but considered “very treatable and curable,” Rivera told Adam Schefter of ESPN. Squamous ce...
Getty Images The two most chaotic NFL seasons in living memory were 1982 and 1987, when games were canceled because the players went on strike. Both of those seasons ended with Joe Gibbs bringing the Lombardi Trophy back to Washington. Gibbs clearly...
This is the penultimate NBC Sports NBA Power Rankings (we’ll have one next week before the playoffs start) and we have a new No. 1 in Toronto. Once again this ranking only covers the 22 teams invited to the NBA restart in Orlando. 1. Raptors (51-19...
Getty Images “Next man up” applies to coaching staffs too, so Falcons coach Dan Quinn spent some time this offseason coming up with a contingency plan. Via the team’s official website, Quinn said that if he were to contract COVID-19 and wasn’t able t...
Getty Images The NFL has crafted opt-out rights for players, and the NFL eventually will finalize opt-out rights for officials. What about coaches and assistant coaches? According to the NFL, those opt-out rights amount to “individual club matters.”...
