As basketball has evolved as a game, so has the way we’ve taught it. More is being asked of players — particularly larger players — than ever before. Bigs are asked to shoot 3s and play on the perimeter, which can sometimes lead to a lapse in other areas of their games. Duke freshmen RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson this…
At the 2017 trade deadline, the New York Yankees parted with three prospects to acquire Sonny Gray from the Oakland Athletics. They acquired a pitcher who finished third in the Cy Young voting just two years earlier, and was only 27 with two and a half years of team control remaining. The Yankees envisioned Gray as a significant multiyear rotation…
Winter is finally here. After months of teasers, HBO released the highly-anticipated trailer for the final season of “Game of Thrones” on Tuesday. Needless to say, fans are freaking out.It’s been more than a year since we saw the Emmy-winning drama’s Season 7 finale, but it looks like it will be worth the wait. The new trailer is the first…
Every February, the NFL’s top prospects head to Indianapolis and participate in workouts to show off their athleticism in front of NFL teams. For some, it may show their lack of athleticism. But how important are their test results? No matter what time they run the 40-yard dash in or how many reps they can do on the bench press,…
Kevin Huerter used to have Dwyane Wade’s sneakers. Now, he’s got his jersey. Wade has been exchanging uniform tops with opposing players all season long as part of his “One Last Dance” before he retires – swapping with close friends like LeBron James and Chris Paul, fellow longtime stars such as Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter, and the next wave…
Kevin Huerter used to have Dwyane Wade’s sneakers. Now, he’s got his jersey. Wade has been exchanging uniform tops with opposing players all season long as part of his “One Last Dance” before he retires – swapping with close friends like LeBron James and Chris Paul, fellow longtime stars such as Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter, and the next wave…
They hype for the next welterweight championship matchup took a pretty strange turn on Saturday night in Las Vegas. In a video obtained by TMZ Sports (WARNING: Video includes graphic language), the day after UFC 235 in which Kamaru Usman captured the 170-pound title, the new champ and manager Ali Abdelaziz approached former interim welterweight champion Colby Covington inside a…
The NBA has become a league that is placing a lot of emphasis on mental health. Stars such as DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love opening up about their battles with anxiety has brought health to the forefront of the NBA conversation, and commissioner Adam Silver has encouraged players to speak out. With that in mind, NBA players are in a…
Major League Soccer officially returned on Saturday as the 2019 season kicked off with 10 games. In total, there were 36 goals and every game had at least two goals scored, while five games saw at least four goals scored. On Sunday, there was quite the upset in the nation’s capital. Here are the scores and what to know: MLS…
Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has tossed his hat into the Democratic presidential ring. He announced his 2020 candidacy early Monday with a campaign video that hits the highlights of his career as a two-term governor and two-term Denver mayor. He addresses recession, droughts and floods, and the mass shooting in Aurora in 2012. Hickenlooper just finished his second term in the…
It was going to take some time for these teams to find their groove — anyone who’s followed the Alliance of American Football’s inaugural season knows that by now. So it’s no coincidence that Week 4 of the AAF is the most interesting one to date on paper and the Express and Apollos got things started with wins on Saturday. For…
Major League Soccer officially returned on Saturday as the 2019 season kicked off with 10 games. In total, there were 36 goals and every game had at least two goals scored, while five games saw at least four goals scored. Here’s a rundown of the scores, Sunday’s schedule and the best of the weekend. MLS scoreboard, schedule Saturday, March 2Toronto…
In the new movie “Saint Judy,” the true story of a crusading immigration lawyer who used the courts to help make it easier for women to seek asylum, Golden Globe-nominated actress Michelle Monaghan – who has steamed up the screen with the likes of Tom Cruise (“Mission Impossible III”), Robert Downey Jr. (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”) and Matthew McConaughey (“True…
Actress Julianne Moore should be exhausted … not because of her 75-plus film credits – the cult classics (“The Big Lebowski”), the blockbusters (“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”), the comedies (“Crazy, Stupid Love,” “Suburbicon”), and lots of drama (“The Hours,” “The End of the Affair,” “Still Alice”). If she’s tired, it’s only because she’d had a bad night. “My little dog…
Researchers studying interactions between predators and their prey in the Amazon rainforest spotted one encounter with a giant spider that’ll leave arachnophobes trembling. Scientists stumbled upon a tarantula “the size of a dinner plate” dragging away an opossum for its own supper — and later discovered it was the first such documentation in recorded history, according to a press release….
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The jellyfish are gone. Instead, we’ll get an introduction to Island Life. The Tennessee Aquarium is opening their new exhibit on March 15th. Island Life will take a visitors around the world to see island habitats from the Pacific Northwest U.S. to Madagascar. “We’re excited for guests to experience these new exhibits. They’ll feel like world travelers…
Bryce Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Phillies on Thursday after a long standoff. The deal came just a week after Manny Machado’s 10-year, $300 million deal. Harper and Machado hosted some of the biggest agent sweepstakes since arguably Alex Rodriguez, and their waiting carried into spring training, but it paid off. Now, the Padres have Machado…
The New England Patriots will definitely be in the market for a wide receiver this offseason and the good news for them is that it seems the top free agent receiver definitely wants to play for them. That receiver is Golden Tate, and he made it pretty clear this week that he’d be open to signing with New England when…
Actress Julianne Moore and “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley. CBS News Actor Julianne Moore has earned an Academy Award and has a resume filled with critically-acclaimed roles most actors would envy. Yet she admits that she occasionally worries if she’ll get another part, she tells Jane Pauley, in an interview for “CBS Sunday Morning” to be broadcast March 3….
The family of a missing Boston mother says her body was found Thursday in the car of the man accused of kidnapping her, reports CBS Boston. Jassy Correia was last seen early Sunday morning at a nightclub in Boston’s Theater District, where she had been celebrating her 23rd birthday with friends. Boston Police say she was seen getting into a…
The Jonas Brothers are back — but they’re not the young boy-banders they used to be. One is a married father of two, one is a newlywed, and one is engaged — and their new music video reflects that. The brothers’ significant others star with them in the video for the new single, “Sucker,” which was released at midnight on…
For some reason, the directors of live performances of classic plays or operas are allowed the freedom to stage their works outside of their stated time period – we don’t blanch when a Shakespeare play features modern dress, or a Verdi opera is set in 1960s Las Vegas – yet film directors are usually not afforded that same prerogative. Audiences…
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee entered the crowded race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, hopeful that his focus on sweeping efforts to mitigate climate change will resonate with voters and draw sharp contrasts with the environmental policies of President Trump. The popular two-term governor announced his White House bid with a campaign video published Friday morning that calls on Americans…
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s steamy Oscar performance of “Shallow” from their film “A Star is Born” got the world buzzing about the possibility of a real-life romance between the pair. The pop star set the record straight on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Wednesday night — to the dismay of many fans. “You had such a connection with Bradley that instantly,…