Grant Williams entered the playoffs as an intelligent, versatile defender who attempted and made more threes in his third year than in his first two combined. He was all-around solid enough, as a 23-year-old seventh man on a serious title contender. Fast forward to today, and Williams is integral, averaging eight more minutes in the … Read more
Malachi Palmer is atypical of most kids his age who steadily peruse their social feeds scouring the like counter to subconsciously gauge their worth among their peers. Even at 17, Palmer is “way too” consumed with countless hardwood training sessions spanning multiple hours and traveling all over the country playing against elite competition while top … Read more
The English Premier League heads into another summer with Manchester City as its reigning champion, and, despite challenges to the hierarchy, a table that for the fourth time in the last six seasons has, in some order, the richest clubs in the league (according to to the Deloitte Money League) as its top six. The … Read more
Undefeated UFC welterweight contender Sean Brady (15-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) last stepped into the promotion of famed octagon in November, taking out perennial contender Michael Chiesa, and he’s itching to get another appearance booked. Currently sitting at No. 9 in the organization’s official welterweight rankings, Brady is hoping to be paired with a top-10 foe … Read more
PARIS — Novak Djokovic won his first-round match Monday at the French Open. In other news bulletins from Paris, the Eiffel Tower attracted a tourist, a man went pfft, wine accompanied a meal, and the renovation of Notre Dame continued apace. Now closer to age 40 than to 30 — he turned 35 on Sunday … Read more
ATLANTA – After a day filled with loitering… Snyder: Kevin Jairaj / USA Today Sports; Murray: Michael Chow / USA Today Network; Donald: Kirby Lee / USA Today Sports • I would not expect much movement on the status of Commanders owner Dan Snyder over the league’s two days here in Buckhead. In response to … Read more
DALLAS – The dunk will rightfully get most of the attention. In the fourth quarter, Andrew Wiggins received a kickout pass on the right wing from a driving Stephen Curry, blew by a closeout defender, saw the rim in front of him, and launched for a violent tomahawk dunk that came at the expense of … Read more
This was the ninth time a Premier League title race had gone down to the final day of the season, and the ninth time the team that started on top had won. But if that makes Manchester City’s eighth league title sound straightforward, it wasn’t. This was the final day of shredded nerves and high … Read more
In an Eastern Conference finals that’s been marred by key absences (Marcus Smart, Kyle Lowry, Al Horford, Rob Williams III, and now, maybe, Jimmy Butler), dramatic returns to the floor and all the unpredictability that’s lied in between, healthy stars showcasing their own brilliance somehow matters more than it already would. For Miami, in Game … Read more
TURIN, Italy – This was supposed to be the one, the UEFA Women’s Champions League final swept away by Barcelona Femení and its winds of change. No one had dominated the sport over the last two seasons like Barça had, no one looked more destined to take the crown and leave no doubt. But on … Read more