USA TODAY Sports LeBron on when he saw 24-8 score on Kobe Bryant Day: 'OK, he's here in the building' USA TODAY - Charles CurtisOn Monday, video of Jacob Blake being shot by Wisconsin police led to athletes from all over the sports world — including James and other NBA stars — reacting in horror. The sports world also celebrated...
USA TODAY Sports LeBron James and the Lakers are quickly back to being who we thought they were USA TODAY - Andy NesbittThis is the online version of our daily newsletter, The Morning Win. Subscribe to get irreverent and incisive sports stories, delivered to your mailbox every morning. Remember last week when Damian Lillard...
USA TODAY SportsLos Angeles Sports The Lakers amazingly jumped out to a 24-8 lead on Kobe Bryant Day and fans loved it USA TODAY - Andy NesbittThe Los Angeles Lakers have found a number of great ways to pay tribute to the late Kobe Bryant tonight against the Trail Blazers on a day (8/24) that is officially known Kobe Bryant Day in Los Angeles...
USA TODAY Sports Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche Game, 2 Stanley Cup Playoffs Live Stream, Schedule, Start Time, TV Channel USA TODAY - FTW StaffThe Colorado Avalanche will meet the Dallas Stars in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Monday night in Edmonton. The Avs lost the first game of the series, 5-3, and they, unfortunately, lost their...
USA TODAY Sports James Harden took his frustration out on a hand-sanitizer dispenser after Game 4 loss USA TODAY - Andrew JosephIn an effort to keep everyone healthy at the NBA bubble on the Walt Disney World campus in Orlando, the league has placed hand-sanitizer dispensers all around the facilities in addition to strict protocols....
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USA TODAY Sports Fantasy Football: potential busts to avoid in 2020 USA TODAY - Charles CurtisLast week, we gave you a look at some sleepers at each position to target in your 2020 fantasy football draft. This time around? Our Charles Curtis — who covers all things fantasy football for FTW — gives...
USA TODAY Sports New York Islanders vs. Philadelphia Flyers, Game 1 Stanley Cup Playoffs Live Stream, Schedule, Start Time, TV Channel USA TODAY - FTW StaffThe New York Islanders will meet the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of the NHL Playoffs on Monday night. The Flyers are coming off their first-round win over the Montreal Canadiens, closing out...
USA TODAY Sports Fantasy football cheat sheet: 2020 player rankings, sleepers, busts USA TODAY - Charles CurtisThe 2020 NFL season is fast approaching, and that means fantasy football is too. We’ve spent the last couple of weeks putting together some of our preview content — rankings, sleepers, busts, team names...
USA TODAY Sports 2020 fantasy football tight end guide: Sleepers, busts and strategy USA TODAY - Charles CurtisBy now, fantasy football draft prep should be starting up, so it’s time to dig deep and figure out who you should focus on at each position … and who you should avoid whether it’s based on average draft...
USA TODAY SportsMarine Biology Watch: Rare white orca passes ghostlike beneath anglers USA TODAY - Pete ThomasA group of anglers ventured offshore in search of tuna last Thursday, but instead encountered several large orcas and a rare white orca calf. “No tuna for 160 miles but this was better,” Ryan Corum wrote...
USA TODAY SportsBaltimore Sports The Ravens are going to miss Earl Thomas more than everybody realizes USA TODAY - Steven RuizEarl Thomas was kicked out of Baltimore in about the same time it usually takes him to diagnose a play. Just days after getting into it with fellow safety Chuck Clark on the practice field, the Ravens...
USA TODAY Sports NBA fans are furious Kobe Bryant 'Black Mamba' Nike jerseys are already sold out USA TODAY - Charles CurtisAugust 24 has become Kobe Bryant Day since it’s 8/24 — the two jersey numbers the late Los Angeles Lakers legend wore during his storied career — and to honor Bryant and his daughter Gigi, the team will...
USA TODAY Sports Earthquake leads to fisherman’s surprising catch of opah USA TODAY - David StregeA fisherman made a surprising catch of a 143-pound opah off Tubabao Island in the Philippines on Tuesday just hours after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the central Philippines. A fisheries expert the...
USA TODAY Sports College football: Recapping each Power 5 conference's plan for 2020 as the season starts USA TODAY - Michelle R. MartinelliWelcome to Before The Snap, For The Win’s college football show where we’ll break down the sport’s trending storylines, examine each week’s biggest matchups and track the College Football Playoff and Trophy...
USA TODAY Sports Milwaukee Bucks vs. Orlando Magic Live Stream, NBA Eastern Conference 1st Round, Game 5, TV Channel, Start Time USA TODAY - FTW StaffThe Milwaukee Bucks will look to finish the series tonight in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference 1st Round against the Orlando Magic. After the first game of the series, the Bucks have shown no signs of...
USA TODAY Sports Shaq somehow wasn't that impressed with Luka Doncic's game-winner USA TODAY - Charles CurtisWhat’s it going to take to get Shaquille O’Neal to jump out of his seat when it comes to what Luka Doncic is doing during the 2020 playoffs? I think the answer is win a ring, perhaps, since we know how...
USA TODAY Sports 5 questions with 2020 Indy 500 champ Takuma Sato USA TODAY - Michelle R. MartinelliTakuma Sato won Sunday’s 2020 Indianapolis 500, making the 43-year-old driver from Japan only the 20th two-time winner in the 104-race history. Sato also won the 2017 Indy 500. For much of the second of...
USA TODAY Sports 9 awesome photos of Luka Doncic's Game 4 game-winner USA TODAY - Charles CurtisWe’ve covered pretty much everything there is to cover when it came to Luka Doncic hitting a long game-winner to beat the Los Angeles Clippers. There was the way the NBA world reacted in awe, how it sounded...
USA TODAY Sports Alphonso Davies won the Champions League, but a Drake follow made his night USA TODAY - Nate ScottDrake has never met a bandwagon he wasn’t ready to fling himself onto, and that was true this weekend when Bayern Munich beat PSG to win the Champions League. Why Bayern? That’s who 19-year-old Canadian...
USA TODAY Sports Luka Doncic was casually doing the bottle-flip challenge before his game-winner USA TODAY - Charles CurtisYou want to know how cool, calm and collected Luka Doncic was before he hit an incredible game-winner in Game 4 to take down the Los Angeles Clippers and finished a bonkers 43/17/13 playoff game? Here’s...
USA TODAY Sports Mike Breen's call of the Luka Doncic game-winner was his greatest ever USA TODAY - Charles CurtisMike Breen’s “BANG!” call on shot during NBA games has become iconic as the longtime broadcaster has spent nearly a decade and a half as the national voice of the league on television broadcasts. We’ve...
USA TODAY Sports Charles Barkley discusses what Montrezl Harrell called Luka Doncic: 'You don't get to have a double standard' USA TODAY - Charles CurtisThe incident from Game 3 of the Dallas Mavericks’ playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers in which Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell appeared to call Luka Doncic a “(expletive) white boy” ended...
USA TODAY Sports Luka Doncic made so much history with his game-winning buzzer-beater USA TODAY - Andy NesbittThe legend of Luka Doncic has been skyrocketing lately and is only growing after the ridiculous game he had on Sunday, which he ended with an incredible game-winning buzzer-beater in OT that beat the 135-133....
USA TODAY Sports How Luka Doncic's game-winning buzzer-beater sounded from inside the NBA bubble USA TODAY - Andrew JosephUnder normal circumstances, a game-winning buzzer-beater in a home playoff game would bring a raucous reaction from a packed arena. But these aren’t normal circumstances. That didn’t stop the in-arena...
USA TODAY Sports The NBA world was rightfully in awe of Luka Doncic and his game-winning buzzer-beater USA TODAY - Andy NesbittLuka Doncic had another incredible performance Sunday against the Clippers and he saved his best for last when he drilled a long 3-pointer at the buzzer that gave the Mavs a 135-133 overtime victory that...
USA TODAY Sports 8 fantastic photos of Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato's milk celebration USA TODAY - Michelle R. MartinelliTakuma Sato has now won two of the last four Indianapolis 500s. The 43-year-old IndyCar Series driver won the 104th Indy 500 on Sunday at the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway, marking his second victory...
USA TODAY SportsZack Greinke Zack Greinke threw a 54 mph pitch for a strike that had the Padres hitter smiling USA TODAY - Andrew JosephZack Greinke has played 17 seasons in the big leagues, and he remains one of baseball’s more fascinating characters. From his brutal honesty to teammates to him actually calling out pitches to the hitter,...
USA TODAY Sports Steph Curry was a virtual fan during Mavs-Clippers and Jeff Van Gundy had jokes about his hair USA TODAY - Andy NesbittThe Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry, sadly, aren’t a part of the NBA playoffs this season but the two-time NBA MVP still made an appearance at the Mavs-Clippers game on Sunday. Curry was seen as...
