Desmond Bane had 33 points and 10 rebounds, Ja Morant added 31 points and 10 boards, and the Memphis Grizzlies staved off elimination Wednesday night, beating the Lakers 116-99 to force their first-round Western Conference series back to Los Angeles.
Here's a look at the top 10 NBA players who have played the most regular season games without a playoff appearance.
Perhaps no scheme change across the country carries more intrigue than the one taking place at Wisconsin. A program that traditionally has prided itself on smashmouth football will have a different look with the arrival of Phil Longo. Longo is an Air Raid disciple who joined new coach Luke Fickell's staff as offensive coordinator after spending the last four seasons in the same position at North Carolina. That's led to questions regarding how long it will take Wisconsin to adapt and just how much this offense will depart from the Badgers' usual formula.
Las Vegas will become the smallest TV market in Major League Baseball if the Oakland Athletics relocate there. It will by far be the tiniest to be home to three major professional sports franchises. But Las Vegas is unlike probably any other market. The city doesn't just rely on the local populace to pack its sports venues. It also draws heavily on the nearly 40 million tourists who visit annually. That doesn't mean the A's would be an automatic success at the turnstile, but the club and MLB see that visitor count as an enormous advantage.
The ACC has a distinctly old-school feel to it this spring with defending champion Clemson and rising powerhouse Florida State looking to dominate once more. The Tigers and Seminoles figure to be fighting for the top two spots that advance to the ACC's championship game in the first year since the league eliminated the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions. Nothing that happened during the ACC's spring practices did anything to change opinions that it'll be Clemson and Florida State playing for the title next December. If one or both should stumble, North Carolina, Pitt and North Carolina State could jump up.
There is a growing phenomenon at historically Black colleges and universities. HBCUs are adding sports outside the more typical offerings of football, basketball, and track and field. Black athletes are participating more at the NCAA level in sports such as women's gymnastics and men's volleyball. HBCUs are catching up to give them options. Organizations such as the HBCU Wrestling Initiative, HBCU Gymnastics Alliance and even USA Volleyball have helped move the process forward.
Southeastern Conference teams must replace a Heisman Trophy-winner, a two-time national champion and several potential first-round draft picks at quarterback. There’s still plenty of star power in the league heading into next season, just not much of it at the game’s most important position.
Bryce Young wrapped up in a blanket, fighting off the cold on a crisp morning in downtown Kansas City, where 24 hours later he is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. All around the Alabama quarterback, workers in hard hats and publicists and myriad others hurried about Wednesday, putting the last touches on the league's second-biggest spectacle behind only the Super Bowl. The city is hosting the draft just two months after the Chiefs celebrated their third Lombardi Trophy with a parade that also ended at Union Station.
Today is Wednesday, April 26, the 116th day of 2023. There are 249 days left in the year.
Actor-comedian Carol Burnett is 90. Guitarist-songwriter Duane Eddy is 85. Singer Maurice Williams of Maurice and the Zodiacs is 85. Singer Gary Wright is 80. Actor Giancarlo Esposito ("Better Call Saul," "Breaking Bad") is 65. Drummer Roger Taylor of Duran Duran is 63. Actor Joan Chen ("Twin Peaks") is 62. Drummer Chris Mars of The Replacements is 62. Actor-singer Michael Damian is 61. Actor Jet Li is 60. Guitarist Jimmy Stafford of Train is 59. Actor-comedian Kevin James ("Paul Blart: Mall Cop," "The King of Queens") is 58. Keyboardist Jeff Huskins of Little Texas is 57. Actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste (film's "Secrets and Lies") is 56. Fiddler Joe Caverlee of Yankee Grey is 55. Singer T-Boz of TLC is 53. Actor Shondrella Avery ("Napoleon Dynamite") is 52. Bassist Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts is 52. Actor Simbi Kali ("3rd Rock From the Sun") is 52. Bassist Michael Jeffers of Pinmonkey is 51. Drummer Jose Pasillas of Incubus is 47. Actor Jason Earles ("Hannah Montana") is 46. Actor Leonard Earl Howze ("Barbershop") is 46. Actor Amin Joseph ("Snowfall") is 46. Actor Tom Welling ("Smallville") is 46. Actor Pablo Schreiber ("Orange Is the New Black," "Weeds") is 45. Actor Nyambi Nyambi ("The Good Fight," "Mike and Molly") is 44. Actor Jordana Brewster ("The Fast and the Furious") is 43. Actor Stana Katic ("Castle") is 43. Actor Marnette Patterson ("Something So Right") is 43. Actor Channing Tatum ("Magic Mike, "Step Up") is 43. Actor Emily Wickersham ("NCIS") is 39. Actor Aaron Meeks ("Soul Food") is 37. Musician James Sunderland of Frenship is 36.
In this column, I will discuss some of the major changes of the SECURE Act, beginning with timing.
Here is a list of gifts from organizations will quite literally sustain the receiver long after the holiday is over.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The New York Islanders were ready to capitalize, both on a bizarre bounce of the puck and mistakes by the Carolina Hurricanes. That was enough to keep them alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
BOSTON — Trae Young had 38 points and drained a long go-ahead 3-pointer from beyond the top of the key with 2.8 seconds left to help the Atlanta Hawks cap a late comeback and beat the Boston Celtics 119-117 Tuesday night.
Move over slider, curve, slurve and screwball, there's a new (ish) breaking ball making the rounds in the majors: the sweeper. Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani uses it, as do Padres starter Yu Darvish, Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes and dozens of other pitchers. It's not really a new pitch, but a new term to describe a certain type of breaking ball that's been around a long time. A good sweeper's main movement is side-to-side and doesn't plunge downward like the normal slider or curveball. Ohtani's sweeper is considered one of the best in today's game, with a good one producing around 20 inches of horizontal movement.
