2:16 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — Sean Payton must have had contract extensions on the brain Tuesday after he finished talking about defensive end Cameron Jordan’s new three-year deal with the New Orleans Saints. Because when Payton was asked a question about receiver Michael Thomas’ growth, the coach said, “He’ll be the next one, I’m
Month: June 2019
10:25 AM ET Associated Press ROANNE, France — Chris Froome will miss this year’s Tour de France after a bad crash in training. Team INEOS leader Dave Brailsford said the four-time champion suffered a suspected fractured femur in a crash at 40 mph. Brailsford says Froome was being airlifted to a hospital. Froome was practicing
9:05 AM ET Everyone who attended Game 5 of these strange NBA Finals, a series that has swung wildly from dull (Game 3) to incredibly intense (Game 5), is still shell-shocked to some degree. The game, and probably the series, will be remembered for Kevin Durant‘s ruptured Achilles — the decision to play him, the
9:05 AM ET Everyone who attended Game 5 of these strange NBA Finals, a series that has swung wildly from dull (Game 3) to incredibly intense (Game 5), is still shell-shocked to some degree. The game, and probably the series, will be remembered for Kevin Durant‘s ruptured Achilles — the decision to play him, the
9:00 AM ET The Toronto Raptors got so close to the championship on Monday, only for the Golden State Warriors to stave off elimination in a whirlwind final three minutes. A loss like that would rock most teams. Game 6 of the NBA Finals — the Warriors’ last game at Oakland’s Oracle Arena — on
4:43 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — He has been with Tiger Woods through it all. Through three U.S. Junior Amateurs victories, three U.S. Amateurs and an NCAA championship. Through 81 PGA Tour wins. Through five Masters, four PGA Championships, three U.S. Opens and three Open Championships. Through the death of Woods’ father, Earl. Through Fluff,
Jun 11, 2019 PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — It was an unlikely place to be in a spot of bother, unless you were down to your last golf ball. The views from the 18th tee at Pebble Beach are among the best in golf. A morning round of golf, with the waves from Stillwater Cove crashing
8:14 AM ET One of the tattoos on heavyweight Tom Schwarz’s right arm reads “FUTURE,” which could turn out to be quite apropos depending on how things go for him in his next fight. Perhaps he will be the future lineal heavyweight champion of the world. Schwarz has the unexpected opportunity of a lifetime as
7:55 AM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff would back changes to the regulations to allow “harder racing” in Formula One, but believes the stewards at the Canadian Grand Prix got Sebastian Vettel’s penalty right by the wording of the current rule book. 1 Related Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won Sunday’s race after Vettel, who
11:24 AM BST Warren Gatland has been confirmed as the head coach of the British & Irish Lions for the tour of South Africa in 2021. Gatland will coach the Lions for a record third successive time after leading the team to victory in Australia 2013 and earning a historic draw against New Zealand in