SACRAMENTO, Calif. ― There’s only one way Shaqir O’Neal, son of NBA legend and Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, could describe his senior season of college hoops at Sacramento State. ‘A movie,’ the 22-year-old starting forward told USA TODAY Sports. O’Neal, who’s listed at 6-foot-8, 200-pounds, committed to Sacramento State last spring following his […]

Boom! It turns out that Lamar Jackson dropped a bomb of a clue on Friday afternoon when he posted a meme on X of Denzel Washington uttering a signature line from “Training Day.” Hours later, the stunning trade that sends All-Pro edge rusher Maxx Crosby to the Baltimore Ravens was revealed to the entire NFL […]

Center Kristaps Porzingis is available to play tonight for the Golden State Warriors after missing time due to illness. The Warriors traveled to the Paycom Center to play the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, March 7 and Porzingis entered the game in the first quarter. Warriors coach Steve Kerr expects Porzingis to play 15-20 minutes […]

John Spytek has plenty of work to do to get the Las Vegas Raiders’ house in order before Fernando Mendoza’s likely arrival. Without specifically naming the Heisman Trophy winner and expected No. 1 pick in this year’s NFL draft, the general manager ruminated at the NFL scouting combine last week about all the building blocks […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Madison Booker scored a career-best 31 points to power No. 3 Texas to the SEC Tournament title game for the second straight year after the Longhorns defeated Ole Miss 85-68 on Saturday in the semifinals. Booker also had 11 rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks in a do-it-all performance for […]

HOUSTON — Sam Aldegheri, still in his Team Italy uniform hours after he came out of the game, simply wasn’t ready to take it off Saturday afternoon. He has pitched 95 games throughout his eight-year pro career — 79 games in the minors, seven in the major leagues for the Los Angeles Angels, and nine […]

The San Francisco 49ers have locked in their placekicker for the foreseeable future. Eddy Piñeiro and the 49ers have agreed on a four-year, $17 million contract extension, his agents Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey told ESPN Senior NFL insider Adam Schefter. His contract includes a guaranteed $10 million, the agents told ESPN. Piñeiro was set […]

Puerto Rico and Panama needed extra innings to decide the winner of their Pool A World Baseball Classic matchup on Saturday. Darell Hernáiz made the difference in Puerto Rico’s 4-3 victory with a walk-off home run against Severino Gonzalez. Hernáiz faced a 1-2 count with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning before […]

Team USA trailed for half the game but was awoken by Kyle Schwarber’s mammoth go-ahead home run in an eventual 9-1 win against Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic. The Americans improved to 2-0 in pool play and has the day off Sunday before facing Mexico at Daikin Park in Houston. Britain’s Nate Eaton […]