What to watch this weekend in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and...
Premier League La Liga Bundesliga Serie A(click to expand schedule)Premier LeagueSaturday, November 108:45 ETNewcastle United vs. Liverpoolvideo11:00 ETArsenal vs. Burnley video11:00 ETChelsea vs....
View ArticleSunday Shootaround: Kevin Garnett goes out on his terms
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View ArticleMLS Playoff rewind: Revs look the best, away goals work and D.C. collapses
The MLS Playoffs already have a favorite, while a rule change had its intended effect. Unfortunately for D.C. United, things aren't going as well.Continue reading…
View ArticleA Streetcar Named Basketball: New Orleans has a cursed pro hoops history, but...
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View ArticleBlack Hills Brawl: In the hills of South Dakota, a college football rivalry...
This is the first thing you see when you walk out of Rapid City Regional Airport toward the rental car parking lot.About as straightforward as you can get. You can find that directness all over the...
View ArticleWhat to watch this weekend in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and...
Premier League La Liga Bundesliga Serie A(click to expand schedule)Premier LeagueSaturday, November 807:45 ETLiverpool vs. Chelseavideo10:00 ET Burnley vs. Hull City video10:00 ETManchester United vs....
View ArticleSunday Shootaround: For Pacers and Raptors, last year is a distant memory
☰The ListICYMISay WhatVine Of The WeekgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupFor Pacers and Raptors, last year is a distant memoryPaul FlanneryBOSTON -- As the Indiana Pacers wrapped up a morning walkthrough,...
View ArticleKeep Moving: The nomadic life of an assistant college basketball coach
In the car the recruit keeps his headphones on. They are a pair of large white Beats by Dre and they are made starker by his dark dreadlocks. I ask him what other schools he is considering, but his...
View ArticleThe Preseason All-Americans: SB Nation's network of college basketball...
Fifteen players were honored by being named either first-, second- or third-team AP All-Americans at the end of the 2013-14 season. All 15 of those players then either graduated or made the decision to...
View ArticleSunday Shootaround: What are we supposed to make of the Cavaliers?
☰The ListICYMISay WhatVine Of The WeekgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupWhat are we supposed to make of the Cavaliers?Paul FlanneryBOSTON -- Less than a month into the season, the Cavaliers are an enigma....
View ArticleThis map shows reported sexual assaults on college campuses
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View ArticleConnor McDavid’s Time: Hockey’s next great star readies for the NHL
The puck comes in fast, bouncing high and crooked, twisting up into the air. Near center ice, Connor McDavid bats it down with a quick thwack. It lands softly at the toe of his skates.Two defensemen...
View ArticleNFL's British accent: England has a very real passion for "American...
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View ArticleSunday Shootaround: Anthony Davis must be seen to be believed
☰The ListICYMISay WhatVine Of The WeekgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupAnthony Davis must be seen to be believedPaul FlanneryIn pregame bull sessions and off-the-cuff conversations, they talk in almost...
View ArticleMLS Playoff rewind: Galaxy and Revolution have one foot in Cup Final
The Revolution look like the league's best, while the Galaxy's impenetrable defense has the pressure on the Sounders.Continue reading…
View ArticleA Football Martyr: In 1923, African-American lineman Jack Trice was killed in...
The young man sits alone in a hotel room, the last rays of sunlight leaking through the windows. Facing a single sheet of hotel stationery, he grips a fountain pen.It's the eve of the biggest game...
View ArticleWhat to watch this weekend in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and...
Premier League La Liga Bundesliga Serie A(click to expand schedule)Premier LeagueSaturday, November 2907:45 ET West Bromwich Albion vs. Arsenalvideo10:00 ET Burnley vs. Aston Villavideo10:00...
View ArticleCheryl Miller's perfect place: At a tiny HBCU, a basketball legend is...
When Cheryl Miller was still young enough that she could only dream about being one of the greatest basketball players in the world, her mother, Carrie Miller, rarely got to see her play. Cheryl's...
View ArticleWhat to watch this weekend in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and...
Premier League La Liga Bundesliga Serie A(click to expand schedule)Premier LeagueSaturday, December 607:45 ETNewcastle United vs. Chelseavideo10:00 ET Hull City vs. West Bromwich Albion video10:00...
View ArticleIron Bowl cops: What it's like to police 100,000 people during the year's...
12:45 PM"$40 ... $40 ... Wow, look at that. $50. $50 to park."Tuscaloosa Police Sgt. Brent Blankley drives an unmarked Ford Expedition eastbound on University Blvd., known as The Strip. A straight run...
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