In fact, the Broncos parted ways with coach John Fox despite his leading the team to 12 or more wins three straight seasons, including a Super Bowl berth two years ago. MORE: Which moment defined the Broncos season? | Do the Broncos have the best roster? “Gary’s done a tremendous job,” Elway told Sports760am on Friday. “It was a hot seat coming in, but he’s made it happen.” Winning in the postseason is crucial....
On Wednesday, it was reported the 39-year-old right-handed pitcher was diagnosed with a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder, putting his against-the-odds comeback from Tommy John surgery in jeopardy, if not ending his 15-year MLB career all together. FANTASY: Ranking the best starting pitchers | MORE: 2016 Nationals preview Then on Friday, things looked much more promising following a report that the doctor had misinterpreted Arroyo’s MRI. According to Fox Sports, Arroyo instead suffered an inflamed bursa sac that caused the MRI to be misread and could be permitted to return to throwing in seven to 10 days....
“The question I don’t think anybody has asked is, why don’t they pull a David Robinson and try to get Tim Duncan?” Cuban wondered, referring to the 1996-97 season, when the Spurs lost Robinson to injury and wound up with Duncan in the following draft. Here at BMO Harris Bradley Center on Tuesday, Thunder coach Scott Brooks quickly squashed that notion. “I love the group that we have,” Brooks said....
As soon as Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota and Bryce Petty closed the book on their great campus careers, they took their next full-time job — preparing for their ultimate job interview. They just did it in an unusual way — by training right next to each other. PHOTOS: Combine flops to NFL stars | MORE: Mariota, Winston measurements | Detailed comparison In the short time after the 2014 college football bowl season and before this week’s 2015 NFL Combine in Indianapolis, the soon-to-be rookie passers took their respective crash courses....
By pursuing and eventually landing Deshaun Watson, the front office was conceding they would be playing without a starting quarterback for a then-undetermined amount of time. It turned out that was 11 games, and Jacoby Brissett has been the helm this year in his stead. The players, however, did not sign up for this. With that in mind, their 2-5 start has tempers flaring in Cleveland, and they did so in a big way after a 23-20 loss to the Ravens Sunday....
So what exactly is going on in Arizona? Coach Bruce Arians thinks some players on the roster are playing just to fill up the stat sheet instead of doing what’s in the best interest of the team. MORE: Arians: ‘Absolutely asinine’ to think Cardinals would tank for draft pick “That’s the selfishness instead of selflessness that has crept in," Arians said Monday, adding that it might be time to switch up playing time to get the desired results....
Robert Snodgrass scored the only goal of the match 15 minutes to full-time to ensure three points for the home team. The strike was assisted by the season’s talisman Albert Adomah, who himself, was a major doubt for the game following his injury withdrawal from Tuesday’s defeat to Brentford after just 18 minutes. “We’ve had three centre forwards missing tonight, two central midfielders, two centre-backs and two full-backs,” Bruce said, as reported by his club’s official website....
For 30 years, The Undertaker has mystified and entertained fans and Bruce Prichard was there from the start. When The Undertaker debuted at Survivor Series 1990, the man beside him was Prichard’s Brother Love character. He managed Taker for his first few months while also working backstage in the promotion. Now, Prichard is currently the executive director of Friday Night SmackDown and a part of The Last Ride documentary. Newsweek caught up with Prichard to talk about the new documentary, Calaway and more....
Portugal international Fernandes was heavily linked with both United and Tottenham in the close season, though stayed at Sporting, signing a new deal at the club in November. The new contract reportedly set the 25-year-old’s buy out clause at €100million, though the fee rumoured to have been agreed between United and Sporting is closer to £50m (€58.6m). Reports on Friday suggested United did not want Fernandes to feature in the Lisbon derby against Benfica, but Sporting and the player wanted to give him the chance to bid farewell to the club’s supporters in their biggest home match of the season....
It was previously revealed that Anne Taylor represented Cara Kernodle, the mother of victim Xana Kernodle, in four cases, according to the Idaho Statesman. In the most recent case, drug charges were filed against Cara Kernodle on November 19—less than a week after the murders took place. Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student in criminal justice and criminology at Washington State University, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary in connection with the slayings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho....
He’s displayed the intensity, the baseball IQ, the intensity … and, oh, yeah, the power. All the power. MORE: NLDS photos | Giants close out series | Pence’s insane catch | Playoff schedule Harper put a ball into McCovey Cove on Tuesday, against the same pitcher (Hunter Strickland) he took into the upper reaches of Nationals Park on Friday. Your browser does not support iframes. Here’s the bad: Harper pimped much of that Splash hit, slowwwwly rounding the bases and looking straight at Strickland, who reportedly said after the first homer he’d pitch the same way to Harper if he faced him again....
It wouldn’t be at all surprising if the host Cubs (21-6) and visiting Nationals (19-9) met again in the National League playoffs, in an NLDS or the NLCS. They’re that good. The Cubs won Thursday’s game, 5-0, so obviously Nationals fans would hope an October revisiting would start on a better note. MORE: MLB’s best third baseman is … | The Dead Money All-Stars With three more games left in what should be an epic series between the NL’s two best teams — the Mets, Pirates, Dodgers, Cardinals and Giants will argue that declaration throughout the season — we thought we’d have a little fun and attempt to rank the best players in this series....
Weird, right? Well, Bubba Watson’s drive on the par-5 fifth hole at the PGA Championship found its way onto an ant hill. MORE: PGA winners | Final round tracker | Spectacular shots | PGA’s best images But because ants are not considered burrowing animals, as in gophers and groundhogs, Watson was not allowed to take a drop. The exchange with the rules official was rather entertaining. “Wait. So even though they dig in the ground they’re not considered burrowing?...
Entering this marquee Week 3 matchup, Tampa Bay is likely dealing with numerous missing pieces on the offensive side of the ball as Brady figures to be without his top three receiving threats, Mike Evans (suspension pending), Chris Godwin (hamstring), and Julio Jones (knee), coming off an uneasy offensive performance in Week 2. Additionally, tackles Donovan Smith (elbow), and Josh Wells (calf) are questionable in the early week. After a disappointing Week 1 performance against Minnesota, Green Bay put forth a bounce-back effort in its 27-10 win over NFC North rival Chicago last Sunday night....
Bledsoe scored 31 points, Malcolm Brogdon added 21 points, and the Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 131-120 on Friday night. “We’ve got a talented young team, we’re growing together,” said Bledsoe, who reportedly received a $70 million, four-year extension. “We compete for something bigger than ourselves. I just wanted to be part of it.” The NBA’s best team had its hands full for much of the fourth quarter, when the game was tied six times over the final seven minutes....
Davis, 24, issued a follow-up apology for the tweet that comes amid reports of rising hate crimes and anti-Asian rhetoric stemming from the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Davis’ since-deleted tweet read, “Gotta stop letting g***s in Miami,” in an apparent reference to rapper Denzel Curry’s 2016 song of the same name. The Miami Gardens, Florida, native earlier described use of the word as a form of empowerment for society’s outcasts, not as an anti-Asian racial slur....
The former University of California coach underwent an undisclosed “medical procedure” on Aug. 25. He has worked part time since, leaving game-planning to the remainder of the offensive staff and play-calling to quarterbacks coach Marcus Arroyo. The Bucs did not reveal the exact nature of the surgery when it was performed. Coach Lovie Smith has said the offensive coordinator “is getting better” while also reiterating there’s no definitive timetable for his return....
It’s not the only request for help I get as an Irishman living in America. Letters come regularly soliciting donations for this or that good cause, ranging from homeless shelters to museums to public-radio stations. Everywhere one turns, it often seems, somebody needs help. Indeed, the business of fund-raising–whether on the New York subway or at a black-tie event in a swanky Manhattan hotel–is pretty well institutionalized. And so, too, obviously, is the culture of giving....
Wide right. Trailing the Giants 20-19 with just seconds remaining in Super Bowl XXV, kicker Scott Norwood had a chance to deliver the city its first football championship. All he had to do was make a 47-yard field goal. He missed. Wide right. Then there was the Sabres’ 1999 Stanley Cup Final appearance in which Dallas’ Brett Hull appeared to skate into the crease when scoring the deciding goal to steal the championship from Buffalo....
Roma to win Serie A - 9/1 Juventus are seeking a seventh successive Scudetto in 2017-18 but are set to come up against improved opposition in Milan, Roma, Inter and Napoli. Milan have been the most active, raiding Juventus for Leonardo Bonucci, while signing Lucas Biglia, Andre Silva, Hakan Calhanoglu, Andrea Conti, Ricardo Rodriguez, Mateo Musacchio, Franck Kessie and Fabio Borini. Rick Karsdorp, Cengiz Under, Aleksandar Kolarov, Maxime Gonalons, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Hector Moreno have joined Roma, while Inter have recruited the likes of Borja Valero and Milan Skriniar....
