The theme surrounding Saturday’s second-round NCAA Tournament slate was a lack of upsets. Seven of the eight winners were lower-seeded teams. No. 11 seed Oregon looked like it might provide a late-night upset, but ran out of gas in the second overtime of an 86-73 loss to Creighton. The lone exception came from Gonzaga, which…
4 Manchester United’s current season has been one to forget except for the performances put in by academy graduates Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo. Despite Amad Diallo taking home all the plaudits, it was the Argentine who laid on the match-winning assist in that incredible FA Cup quarterfinal game against Liverpool last weekend which ended…
by Justin Vézina | AHL On The Beat Patience is a virtue, as the old saying goes. No one has understood this lesson better than Laval Rocket forward Brandon Gignac. On March 9, 2019, the Quebec-born center played his first career NHL game while wearing the New Jersey Devils uniform. Little did he know that…
NBA fans lost their minds as Anthony Edwards submitted a dunk of the year contender on Monday: Here’s how the internet is reacting to Edwards’ incredible poster on John Collins: Anthony Edwards is the closest we’ve seen to young Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant. If bigs were still on the block like the 90’s and…
Simona Halep‘s former coach, Darren Cahill, deems her ban overturning the highlight of the year despite his win with Jannik Sinner at the 2024 Australian Open. Before he started coaching Sinner, Cahill spent a lot of time with Halep on the WTA Tour. They had some amazing moments together, and ever since her doping ban…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, March 14, 202 Beating the bees is a prelude to Carlos Alcaraz’s toughest test: Beating the best. Reigning champion Alcaraz dodged a swarm of bees and drilled Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-1 scoring his 10th straight Indian Wells win to set up a blockbuster semifinal shodown vs. Jannik Sinner….
After home victory against arch-rival Panathinaikos (71-65), Olympiacos‘ power forward, Alec Peters, emphasized the importance of the every game. Especially during this part of the EuroLeague season. “I love the energy when playing here. It never gets old, you can play hundred of these and it still like the energy of the first one. We…
4 Scott McTominay has been nominated for the Scottish Football Writers Association (SFWA) Men’s International Player of the Year award. According to the BBC, the Manchester United midfielder has been nominated alongside Angus Gunn, John McGinn and Callum McGregor on a four player shortlist. The award factors in all games since and including the Euro…
We’ve all heard the Kevin Durant and Draymond Green carpark story from the 2016 Finals, but now Draymond is claiming he was planning on KD coming to The Bay a whole year before then. The story about Green crying and begging KD to join the Warriors in the carpark after the Warriors Game 7 loss…
Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports There are lots of ways to illustrate how well Dan Hurley is running UConn’s program — but perhaps the best is to highlight how he took a team that was unranked last preseason, won the national championship with it, lost three of his top six scorers, replaced them with transfers and…
