The college athletics world has seen its share of bad news over the past year, whether it be the tragic loss of life at Alabama and Georgia, or players getting into trouble. In the case of who’s to blame, Charles Barkley feels it shouldn’t go towards the coaches.
There are arguments on both sides this topic, with a number of examples. The tragedy at Georgia, when sophomore lineman Devin Willock lost his life, along with Bulldogs staffer Chandler LeCroy, in a car crash after Georgia celebrated its national championship hits hard.
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The Suns parted ways with coach Monty Williams on Saturday night, two days after the team’s second-round playoff exit, but the 2021 NBA Coach of the Year already appears to have employment opportunities for next season.
Three teams already are interested in pursuing Williams, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania: the Bucks, Pistons and Raptors.
Charania reported that Williams still has three years and $21 million left on his Suns contract, so other teams must request permission to contact him.
Veteran quarterback Matt Ryan has joined CBS Sports as an NFL analyst, the network said Monday.
Former winner John Daly has withdrawn from the PGA Championship, tournament organizers said Monday, and will be replaced in the field by German Stephan Jaeger.
On-field, in-game interviews have become rather prevalent across the sports landscape. They work well during baseball games because there’s so much down time. It’s a cool insight into a player’s mind while the game is being played. But ESPN decided that was a good time to ask Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas about his dead mother. On Mother’s Day.
ESPN mic’d up Casas for Sunday Night Baseball between the Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. At one point, it yielded some pretty positive results.
Fantasy baseball analyst Fred Zinkie prepares you for the week ahead with pitchers to stream, strategy to get stolen bases and more.
Whichever NBA team wins the right to draft Wembanyama in Tuesday night’s lottery (8 p.m. ET on ESPN) won’t just be getting his talent, it will be getting someone with a vision of how he wants his emerging career to unfold.
A spot in the NBA Finals is on the line as the Lakers challenge the top-seeded Nuggets. These are three keys that could unlock the series.
We’ve made it to another major championship week with the opening round of the PGA Championship just days away. Before we turn our focus to Oak Hill, there are plenty of other storylines from the world of golf worth our time.
Jason Day finally picked up win No. 13 on the PGA Tour with a memorable Mother’s Day in Texas while Dustin Johnson jumped back into the winner’s circle with yet another win in LIV Golf. Both players are carrying some serious momentum into the year’s second major, but one of the former World No. 1’s may be a bigger threat than the other.
Ronald Acuña Jr. is a three-time All-Star, the only player in history with 120 homers and 120 steals in his first 550 games, and one of only two players in the game with power, speed and arm strength at elite levels. The Braves’ right fielder is as super as superstars get in MLB. And yet, we have never seen Acuña this good.
The 2023 season began with its identifiers preset: the year of the new rules, the platform season into free agency of Shohei Ohtani and the encore year of Aaron Judge after his 62 home runs.