The Philadelphia 76ers’ injury misery extended Friday when the team announced both Jahlil Okafor and Robert Covington would be out for the rest of the season. An MRI this week revealed what the team termed a “slight” meniscus tear in Covington’s right knee. No decision has been made on whether […]
LeBron James moved past former teammate Shaquille O’Neal for seventh place on the all-time scoring list with his 28,597th point Wednesday night. James has moved from twelfth on the list to seventh just this season, passing Hakeem Olajuwon, Elvin Hayes, Moses Malone and now O’Neal. The next man up is […]
New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia, who was arrested on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge that was later dismissed, was suspended 15 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday. Commissioner Rob Manfred met with Familia on Monday to discuss the incident, which took place Oct. 31 in Fort Lee, New […]
With a 119-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night, the Washington Wizards clinched the Southeast Division, their first division title since the 1978-79 season. Back then, they were the Washington Bullets of the Atlantic Division who played their home games in Landover, Maryland. The team had won its […]
The Oakland Raiders will move to Las Vegas after garnering enough votes from NFL owners on Monday to relocate to Southern Nevada. The Raiders received 31 of 32 votes to approve the move. Only 24 votes were needed. “I have mixed feelings; it’s very bittersweet,” Raiders owner Mark Davis told […]
In the final regular-season meeting between two of the leading MVP candidates, James Harden got the best of Russell Westbrook, again, as the Houston Rockets topped the Oklahoma City Thunder 137-125. The Rockets won three of four against the Thunder this season, and this matchup could be an opening-round playoff […]
The NBA has suspended New York Knicks center Joakim Noah for 20 games for violating the league’s anti-drug policy, it was announced Saturday. The suspension will start when Noah — who has not played since Feb. 4 and had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Feb. 27 to remove loose […]
In what could be its final attempt to keep the Oakland Raiders, the city of Oakland and its partners on Friday submitted a revised financing plan for a $1.3 billion mixed-use stadium project on the same site where the team currently plays. NFL owners are expected to vote as early […]
The NFL is prepared to eject and/or suspend players for certain types of illegal hits in 2017, but league officials said Thursday they expect it to happen rarely, if at all. No related rule changes are planned, easing fears that the league could move toward the NCAA’s “targeting” rule. NFL […]
Dallas Green, a towering baseball figure who won a World Series as a manager in Philadelphia and paved the way for lights at Wrigley Field as president of the Chicago Cubs, died Wednesday. He was 82. No cause of death was announced, but Green had been suffering from kidney failure […]
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