The hot new line of New England Patriots apparel for the 2014 season is on the runway at NFL headquarters in New York right now, under review by league officials before making its way onto racks at the team pro shop and into the wardrobes of football fans. That’s right — the hot new line [...]
MIAMI — The hangover from the arduous seven-game series with the Indiana Pacers appears gone and the Miami Heat team that dominated the rest of the NBA this season made its long-awaited NBA Finals appearance Sunday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. A scintillating 33-5 run that began with a routine Mario Chalmers 3-point play late in [...]
His career is reaching its conclusion. An afterthought on a championship-contending team, Tracy McGrady is enjoying his unique ride with the San Antonio Spurs, grateful for the opportunity but also saddened by limited chances to succeed during his prime. McGrady was one of the game’s premier players, a graceful scorer, averaging at least 24.6 points [...]
Until this week, the most newsworthy thing Kimberly Miale ever did was marry her Suffolk University Law School sweetheart, John Kelley. The two got hitched last August in Newport, R.I., and the wedding announcement made the New York Times. Now? The 34-year-old attorney from Johnson, R.I., has left a lot of NFL agents crying foul, [...]
Those who can’t wait for the three-day April extravaganza that is the NFL draft will soon have to wait a little longer. It’s about to become a three-day May extravaganza. ESPN, citing league and union sources, reported Monday the league and the Players Association are going to move the draft back a few weeks while [...]
The return of Kanye West has begun! The G.O.O.D. Music head honcho took his new music all over the world last night as he displayed the new video for his track “New Slaves”. In true Kanye fashion, Mr. West turned it into a spectacle by projecting his new video on 66 buildings throughout the world, [...]
DALLAS — The Kings are staying in Sacramento, and Seattle will have to wait for another NBA franchise. As for the ownership question that has kept the Kings in limbo for years, commissioner David Stern wants it settled now. League owners voted Wednesday to follow the recommendation of their relocation committee and reject an aggressive [...]
LeBron James came on strong down the stretch to finish with 25 points, Chris Bosh added 20 points and 19 rebounds, and the Miami Heat followed up the most lopsided playoff win in franchise history with a 104-94 victory over the host Chicago Bulls on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern [...]
The NFL Draft is one of the great dramas in sports—a primetime event, like Sunday night football, with the added excitement that fans from every team stand to gain something that night. A first-round pick means landing one of the top American college prospects, perhaps a much-needed new linebacker, a marquee quarterback, or a big [...]
At 7 feet tall, Jason Collins never found it easy to hide. Not when he walked the streets of Boston. Or towered over the crowds at the city’s swanky nightspots. Or ran the parquet floor for the Celtics under the bright lights at TD Garden, a million-dollar NBA center trapped in a double life. Collins [...]
Look at the names of the players projected to go high in the 2013 NFL draft, which begins with Thursday night’s first round from New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Look closer. OK, now look just a little bit closer. Recognize anybody? A draft class that has been described by some as deep in talent [...]
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NFL owners, general managers, and coaches are arriving in Phoenix for the league meetings, which start Monday and run through Wednesday. They will have a little different vibe — you may see some trades go down (Darrelle Revis?) — because they are taking place while much of free agency is going on. It used to [...]
On the eve of NFL free agency, trades involving top receivers Anquan Boldin and Percy Harvin grabbed the headlines. In an odd twist Monday, Boldin went from the Ravens to the 49ers, the team he helped Baltimore beat, 34-31, in last month’s Super Bowl. Harvin, who expressed his discontent in Minnesota, was sent to Seattle, [...]
Maybe Nerlens Noel would have blown out his knee, no matter where he was playing. But if Noel — Everett native, University of Kentucky freshman, and presumptive number one NBA draft pick — had shredded his left anterior cruciate ligament last month during a professional game, rather than a college contest, his fortunes would be [...]