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LOUISVILLE — Kenny Payne sounded like a man looking for hope in a hard reality. His Louisville basketball team came close, so painstakingly close, to finally doing it — winning one of those games upon which corners are turned. Instead, No. 19 Texas pulled away late, handing Payne his 30th loss in 36 games as coach of the Cardinals. This was four weeks ago, what, in hindsight, feels like four years ago. Payne settled in for a postgame news conference at Madison Square Garden. There was a certain optimism to him that Sunday afternoon. He nodded and offered a…
To this fan of sports in the Northeast Corridor, it was a sad day. UConn has given themselves a slap on the wrist. The NCAA will hand out their real punishment later this year, likely a multiple-year ban on postseason play. Jim Calhoun is a Hall of Fame coach. He took a traditionally poor former Yankee Conference nobody and transformed them into a national basketball power. People will remember his coaching career for the two national championships and many deep trips into the NCAA tournament. Nobody will ever question Calhoun’s on-court accomplishments. However the off-court issues may raise some…
Miles Bridges will step back onto the court as a member of the Charlotte Hornets for one more season after domestic violence charges kept him out of the 2022-23 campaign. Bridges signed a $7.9 million qualifying offer that will keep him in the Queen City for the 2023-24 season and would allow him to be an unrestricted free agent in 2024, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Bridges tweeted after the news came out, “Blessed to be back with the squad. let’s make some noise!!” The Hornets’ forward had not played since he was arrested in Los Angeles on June 29, 2022 —…
One of the sad realities for anyone who plays sports, at any level, is that one day your playing career will come to an end. Whether you took your last snap on the football field as a senior in high school or you go on to play in the pros, eventually time will catch up to you. Tons of athletes hope to play as long as their bodies will let them. For this young man from Waverly, Iowa, his college basketball career ended earlier than he would’ve hoped. Austin Phyfe started seeing gametime minutes the second he walked onto the…
Social media went into a frenzy and rumors were swirling when it was discovered Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields unfollowed the team on Instagram. But he has an explanation. NFL media and fans noticed Fields wasn’t following his team on the social media website on Monday, further speculating his time in Chicago is over as the organization considers keeping Fields as the franchise quarterback or presumedly select Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Fields appeared on “The St. Brown Brothers” podcast with Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and fellow Bears teammate Equanimeous St. Brown, and the siblings weren’t afraid to ask him…
the last image of Josh McDaniels as an NFL head coach will be from Monday night. Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams had gotten himself open for two long touchdowns in the second half against the Lions, only for hand-picked McDaniels favorite Jimmy Garoppolo to misfire on both his throws. The first, under heavy pressure from Aidan Hutchinson, landed 2 yards out of bounds. The second landed 2 yards past Adams’ fingertips. The star wideout went to the sideline, slammed his helmet on the bench and very visibly said he was tired of something I’ll summate as the Raiders experience. Fast-forward to 24 hours later, and it…