The prospect of the Sixers actually saw quite a bit of promise in the first quarter of their Game 2 loss against the Celtics on Wednesday. Joel Embiid dominated from the position, Boston had no answer for him, and an injury to Gordon Hayward was at least some compensation for …
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The earliest division in football has spent even more months in recent months. The Texans traded their best player who was not named Deshaun Watson in the offseasons’ most second-guessing deal. The Titans backed out of the Tom Brady sweepstakes to concentrate on building an offense Derrick Henry en Ryan …
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The signer of the Bucs’ free agent of Tom Brady is the greatest in NFL history. His first act of 20 years in New England included six Super Bowl victories and 11 consecutive AFC East titles. Now he joins a franchise whose most recent playoff appearance was during the George …
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – As one of a dozen reporters with access to the NBA’s sprawling campus, I’m here to work, to rediscover the NBA, to chronicle a historic experience. I have boots on the floor in the bubble, with a lot of stories to tell. But I have …
Read More »The Patriots’ QB competition, news and notes from around the NFL
Hit the road tomorrow, and it will be different … • One thing you’ve seen consistently over the last few days: the order of the Patriots quarterbacks taking snaps. It has been Brian Hoyer, doe Jarrett Stidham, doe Cam Newton. I would not read anything about it, otherwise Bill Belichick …
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