TOKYO — The very first event on the Tokyo Olympic Stadium track on Friday morning was the preliminary round of the women's 100m. They were all women from countries with little to no athletics history, especially for women — places like Oman,…
Welcome home, Russell Westbrook! Well, maybe. Yeah, possibly. OK, we’ll see. The Lakers either won an 18th championship or started an 18-alarm fire Thursday when they acquired the tempestuous Westbrook from the Washington Wizards for Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and…
Romain Mahieu of Team France and Connor Fields of Team United States crash during the Men's BMX semifinal heat 1, run 3 on day seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) TOKYO — Three-time Olympian, reigning medalist,…
First-round selections in the NBA Draft are assigned a “scale” value depending on what pick they’re selected with. The first pick has the highest assigned value, the second pick has the second-highest assigned value, and so on. Below is the first-year salary…
By Martyn Herman TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - American favourite Connor Fields crashed heavily in the third run of his semi-final in the Olympic men's BMX race on Friday and was taken off the track on a stretcher. Fields crashed on the first…
Why Kuminga believes Warriors are 'perfect fit' for him originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea The Warriors are in win-now mode. But with the first of their two lottery picks in the 2021 NBA draft -- the No. 7 overall pick -- they…
Hot damn, what a week. In less than seven days, we've gone from will it happen to it's happening to when is it really going to happen? OB talked to multiple high-level university sources to get some background on what transpired this…
Report: Warriors currently have 'no plans' to trade Kuminga originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea The Warriors utilized their No. 7 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft on Jonathan Kuminga and "currently have no plans" to trade the 18-year-old, The San…
The Knicks punted one draft pick and took a surprise with the other. After their package proposals couldn’t move them up, the Knicks traded its 19th pick to the Charlotte Hornets for a heavily protected 2022 first-rounder. The Knicks then traded down…
Red Sox acquire Kyle Schwarber from Nationals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Red Sox have made their first splash ahead of the 2021 MLB trade deadline. The team announced Thursday night they have acquired All-Star slugger Kyle Schwarber in…