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The long and winding road for Johnny Manziel will now run through Memphis, Tennessee. Manziel will be immediately eligible to play in the Alliance of American Football after the Memphis Express claimed him off waivers on Saturday. Adam Schefter had the report, which was confirmed by Ben Kercheval of CBS Sports. Memphis has needed help […]

The Tennessee Titans needed to help quarterback Marcus Mariota this offseason. By acquiring receiver Adam Humphries from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they have done precisely that. Tom Pelissero of NFL Network broke the news with Mike Garafolo on Monday afternoon: The #Titans are signing former #Bucs WR Adam Humphries, per @MikeGarafolo and me. Another top […]

Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors plays for a team which is in the middle of its last season in Oakland, given the Dubs’ move to San Francisco next season. Durant is now joined in Oakland by another athlete who will play a final season in that city before a franchise moves to another […]

The career of Derrick Rose isn’t playing out the way the University of Memphis product envisioned, but the reserve guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves is still capable of magic. He showed why in Saturday night’s 135-130 overtime victory over the Washington Wizards. Up by two with under 30 seconds left in overtime, Rose made the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t have Kyle Kuzma on Saturday night against the Boston Celtics. They didn’t have Brandon Ingram or Lonzo Ball. Laker coach Luke Walton had to find minutes on his bench. He turned to Mo Wagner, who made his first NBA start near the end of his rookie season. The Lakers might […]

Charles Barkley never met a bold statement he didn’t like. The TNT commentator was his usual self when he talked up the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday. "The Portland Trail Blazers are going to the finals!" 👀 pic.twitter.com/sHjMe4LOT0 — NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) March 8, 2019 Charles Barkley is known for picking against the Golden […]

The Portland Trail Blazers played the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night in Portland. The game marked a collision between the present and past basketball worlds of Enes Kanter. It also marked a collision of a different kind. Kanter had played for the Thunder, but this time he stood on the other side of the […]

What skills do athletes and teams need to become great? Two central, essential answers among many: Clarity of mind and pure speed. Sterling Brown of the Milwaukee Bucks demonstrated these two qualities in a way you might not have been prepared to expect. Watch this: Sterling Brown just named ALL 50 states in 30 seconds!! […]

The Cleveland Browns need to give Baker Mayfield more help. Accordingly, they are believed to be in the hunt for an additional wide receiver: Tyrell Williams. According to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, Los Angeles Chargers receiver Tyrell Williams is an item of interest for the Browns in NFL free agency. The Browns want to […]

The Utah Jazz know that every game matters in the home stretch of the NBA regular season. They are part of the six-team traffic jam occupying the third through eighth playoff spots in the crowded Western Conference. A five-game winning streak could mean home-court advantage in the first round for the Jazz. A five-game losing […]

What are Kevin Durant’s motivations? What are Kevin Durant’s future plans? What does Kevin Durant think about himself and the way he is perceived? What did Kevin Durant have for breakfast on Tuesday at 8:37 a.m.? Bob Myers knows that the first three questions have been asked about Durant all season long… and that if […]

Time and opportunity are both running short for Luke Walton and the Los Angeles Lakers. Yet, the coach of the NBA’s most disappointing team in 2019 is conceding nothing. The Lakers lost to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night in Staples Center, 113-105. Both teams in the City of Angels call Staples their home, […]

The New York Jets, as everyone knows, are led by a head coach who guided one of their foremost rivals last season. Adam Gase didn’t coach Quincy Enunwa in 2018, but that doesn’t mean he lacks a keen understanding of what the receiver can do. In item No. 6 of this piece by ESPN’s Rich […]

Dexter Lawrence, the star defensive tackle of the Clemson Tigers who was suspended for the College Football Playoff at the end of the 2018 season, has now run into a different problem: an injury. According to NFL Network’s Kimberly Jones, Lawrence suffered a minor quadricep strain on Sunday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t beat the Utah Jazz on Saturday night in Salt Lake City, but Giannis Antetokounmpo scored an individual win in a frozen moment against Rudy Gobert. This is getting to be routine for Giannis (if it wasn’t routine already): The Greek Freak finishes a power dunk with his left hand, rocking the […]