Even though veteran NBA guard Dante Exum never played a game for the Rockets after being acquired earlier this year in the blockbuster James Harden trade, Houston inherited his full Bird rights because Exum was in the final season of a multi-year…
The game is fun again, Jim Furyk admits. Sure, there’s the camaraderie of playing against former buddies with who he used grind it out on the PGA Tour, but one of the reasons the 2003 U.S. Open champ has quickly taken to…
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Most of the intelligence No. 10 Penn State has on its upcoming opponent was compiled long ago by the team’s video production staff. How much it’s worth now is up for debate. Not only will No. 22…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers could have sent the house at Josh Allen. It would have been understandable. Preferable even. Yet they didn't. Mostly because they didn't have to. Perhaps even more importantly, they didn't need to. For all but a…
LOS ANGELES (AP) Former Knicks head coach David Fizdale has joined his hometown Los Angeles Lakers as the lead assistant coach on Frank Vogel's staff. The Lakers also hired John Lucas III as an assistant coach and named Roger Sancho their head…
Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey said Wednesday that he apologized to Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow after a questionable hit in Monday’s loss. Early in the second quarter, Renfrow ran a route near the sideline and decelerated as he approached Humphrey.…
Football player Brooklyn Harker is a Chapel Hill High School junior. (Tina Coyne Smith) Brooklyn Harker just kicked off her first year playing varsity football — not as a kicker, as some might assume, but as a free safety starter and second-…
Mac Jones explains wink at former Pats LB Roberts originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones confirmed Wednesday that he did, in fact, wink at Miami Dolphins linebacker Elandon Roberts, a former Patriot, in Sunday's 17-16 loss…
The 49ers are already having to manage some injuries as they head into the second game of a two-game road swing to start the year. In Wednesday’s practice they had four defensive starters sitting out and another couple players participating in limited…
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Mac Jones is going to be tested by opposing defenses this season. That’s just the way life goes for rookie quarterbacks in the NFL. It’s a reality not lost on members of the Patriots’ offensive line. “As a…