Los Angeles Sparks forward Rickea Jackson has filed a protective order against Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman James Pearce Jr., in response to a Feb. 7 altercation where Pearce allegedly drove his vehicle into hers as she was trying to flee to a Doral, Florida, police station. Jackson, who has played three seasons in the WNBA, […]

Let me take you back a quarter century or so, when Wally Szczerbiak was the baddest man in the NCAA Tournament.  When Miami (Ohio) in 1999 became one of the original underdogs of what has annually become the greatest weekend in sports. When there was controversy then, too, about MAC regular-season champion Miami receiving an […]

OK, we can all breathe a little easier now. After a stunning defeat at the hands of Italy on Tuesday, the United States was in jeopardy of being eliminated ahead of the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals. Coming into the tournament, the USA was heavy favorites, meaning a failure of this magnitude would be downright embarrassing. […]

Maxx Crosby has broken his silence after a little more than 24 hours of pandemonium. The Las Vegas Raiders had agreed over the weekend to trade Crosby to the Baltimore Ravens for two first-round picks, but the Ravens ‘backed out’ of the trade, reportedly due to concerns the Ravens had with Crosby’s physical. Baltimore subsequently […]

HOUSTON — The cases of wine hadn’t arrived yet Wednesday night, but Vinnie Pasquantino, Aaron Nola and their Team Italy teammates certainly expect their shipment soon from Team USA, with perhaps a few boxes of pizza from Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper, Bobby Witt Jr. and the boys. Pasquantino set a World Baseball Classic record by […]

Clark was electric in her debut, tallying a double-double with 17 points and 12 assists in 19 minutes of action. Her first points in eight months came with 1 minute, 22 seconds remaining in the first quarter. The Indiana Fever guard sank a triple to get on the board. “Different than a WNBA game, but […]

The Golden State Warriors were holding on to the eighth seed in the NBA Western Conference standings, but then guard Stephen Curry went down with a right knee injury that has kept him out 15 games and counting. The Warriors have lost 10 of those 15 games, including a 130-124 overtime loss to the Chicago […]

The 2026 Ivy League women’s basketball tournament begins Friday. Four teams will vie for the conference title beginning Friday, March 13 at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York, on the Cornell University campus. Princeton, which has gotten the Ivy League’s automatic bid in five of the past eight seasons, is the No. 1 seed. The Tigers […]

Caitlin Clark cooked in her first game in eight months. Clark had 17 points and 12 assists in 19 minutes of action on Wednesday. She scored her first bucket with 1 minute, 22 seconds remaining in the first quarter. The Indiana Fever guard, of course, hit a 3. “Different than a WNBA game, but for myself, […]