In 2016, Jazz center Rudy Gobert tweeted, “You can have good stats but hurt your team… numbers do lie sometimes. #onlypeoplethatknowthegameunderstandthat.” Fellow Frenchman Evan Fournier replied, “Blancoté ?? lool” Everyone assumed the friends were talking about Hassan Whiteside. After all, “Blanc” means…
Associated Press Goodbye to greats: Scola, Gasols reach the end at Olympics Luis Scola expected to be in the game competing until the buzzer sounded, because that's how he always played. Instead, his coach took him out in the final minute,…
Charlotte’s Anna Cockrell was part of one of the Olympic’s most anticipated races Tuesday night. Cockrell appeared to finish the women’s 400-meter hurdles in seventh place but was disqualified for stepping on a line on Wednesday morning in Toyko when Team USA’s…
TOKYO (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin broke the world record. Dalilah Muhammad broke it, too. Only one of the world's best hurdlers could win the Olympic gold medal — and McLaughlin came out ahead in the latest installment of the best rivalry in…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels are still without Mike Trout, but manager Joe Maddon said Tuesday they still hope to get the three-time AL MVP back this season. Trout missed his 67th game since going on the injured list…
Yankees Luis Gil debut The Yankees' bats came alive on Tuesday night, giving Luis Gil plenty of run support in his MLB debut as they beat the Baltimore Orioles, 13-1. Here's a few takeaways from the game: - Gil started the game…
Free agent targets remain if Caps are looking for bargain deals originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington The initial free agent frenzy is over, but that does not mean there are no players of any value left to sign. The Capitals are…
The Dallas Cowboys offensive line play in 2020 was nothing short of a disaster. The injuries piled up so quickly players who never should have taken meaningful snaps played for huge swaths of the season. If it weren’t for the gaping holes…
By Philip O'Connor TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Sweden and Canada have asked Olympic organisers to move what is expected to be a hotly-contested women's gold-medal soccer match on Friday at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium to later in the day to avoid the sweltering…
Talk with Kerr helped convince Porter Jr. to join Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Otto Porter Jr. has the potential to be the steal of the offseason. The former No. 3 overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft has both…