ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. has never hidden his affection for his hometown Ravens, and sometimes he can go overboard in showing favor. But deep down inside, there is always that nugget of truth that sums up his evaluation of the team heading into the NFL draft, which begins April 27 in Kansas City. When it comes to the draft, the positions the Ravens need to
From the moment he walked off the court at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on April 10, 2019, with a career-ending triple-double, this moment Saturday in Houston at the NCAA Final Four was inevitable. Miami Heat icon Dwyane Wade has been unanimously selected as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, with enshrinement to follow on Aug. 12 in
A prominent NFL agent told the Daily News at the NFL owners’ meetings in Arizona that he believes Lamar Jackson could land the fully guaranteed contract he is seeking if he had proper representation. The agent acknowledged he was biased and was not saying this to lobby to represent Jackson himself. Irsay told ESPN that“ the money is not a problem” when considering a
The Warriors look like a complete, formidable team with the Young Glove back in the fold.
CLEVELAND— It would, at this point, require the very unexpected to NOT see a Knicks-Cavaliers playoff matchup. It would take a Knicks collapse to fall behind the Nets in the standings, or, even less likely, the Cavaliers to surge above the Sixers with five games to play. On Friday, Donovan Mitchell not only obliged a question about the theoretical matchup, he launched
Even before Edwin Diaz went down for the season with a torn patella in the World Baseball Classic, and lefty Jose Quintana, who they signed to replace Chris Bassitt in the rotation, went down with a lesion on his ribs, there were legitimate concerns about their two old aces, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, making it all the way through to the end of October.
”Florida Atlantic University men’ s basketball coach Dusty May wrote. Practicing in the 70,000- seat NRG Stadium where the NFL’ s Houston Texans play. Miami is so known as a football school Larrañaga was jokingly asked if he feared football coach Mario Cristobal might recruit 6- foot-7 center Norchad Omier.
How bad is the vacant-storefront problem? No one knows, because no one’s counting.
There are famous names on many buildings throughout New York City. If told his full name was Vernon Earl Monroe, as in Earl“ The Pearl,” a few things might click into place. Is there a plaque on the side of Madison Square Garden?
A dustup on the Knicks bench between RJ Barrett and Obi Toppin had to be separated by Tom Thibodeau, who downplayed the incident as a normal product of competitive spirit. It probably happens more than people realize,” Thibodeau said.“ Heat of the moment. Barrett was pulled away from the scene by assistant coach Johnnie Bryant.
The Orlando Magic have a clear hierarchy in the type of field-goal attempts they want: shots near the rim, free throws and feet-set 3- pointers. The Magic aren’ t shy when it comes to taking intermediate shots and they weren’ t in Friday’ s 116-109 road win over the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena. “You don’ t want to take away from what the game is giving you in those
CLEVELAND— If this was a preview of a first-round playoff matchup, expect a mountain of points and a thrilling battle of guards. Jalen Brunson won his matchup against Donovan Mitchell and the Knicks outlasted the Cavaliers on Friday night, 130-116, running away in the fourth quarter in their first game without the injured Julius Randle. I think there’ s nothing