IRVING, Texas – NBA Hall of Famers Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady are among 10 limited partners who have joined the Buffalo Bills’ ownership group. The noncontrolling, minority interests were approved Wednesday by NFL team owners at the league’s winter meetings. This is the first time in franchise history that minority owners have been added. … Read more
In 10 years — give or take six months — the 2034 men’s World Cup will be played in Saudi Arabia. Its confirmation as the tournament host will be waved through today (Wednesday) and has been expected since Australia withdrew from the bidding process in October last year — but it makes the development no … Read more
The first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket has been selected, and now awards season is upon us before the games kick off. Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, Miami’s Cam Ward and Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel have been named Heisman Trophy finalists ahead of Saturday night’s ceremony, and all four are represented among the 50 … Read more
In some ways, John Malecki can thank a cheap coffee table for his 1.2 million subscribers on YouTube. Had he owned a sturdier table, maybe he wouldn’t have thought twice about his enthusiasm for HGTV’s home improvement show “Fixer Upper”, which he watched on repeat as a fringe offensive lineman in the NFL. As it … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — If shooting is an art form, then Chris Hines is a sculptor of gilded frames. A basketball craftsman. A steward of strokes. As an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves, he watches his latest masterpiece from the sideline: the shooting of Anthony Edwards. “The crazy thing now, and it sucks for me,” … Read more
DALLAS — So perhaps you’re wondering this week: What would I have to do to get some baseball team to pay ME $700 million? Hey, excellent question. And I think we’ve figured that out. On one hand, you could be a unicorn — a once-in-a-lifetime home run hero/Cy Young starter/make-the-impossible-seem-possible kind of guy. Like Shohei … Read more
Plans to expand Wimbledon are set to go before the U.K. High Court. The All England Club (AELTC), host of the third Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season, wants to add a third stadium court and 38 further courts to its footprint, tripling its size in works expected to cost over £200million ($254.8million). The Greater … Read more
OLD BETHPAGE, New York — Bruce Bennett may have been to more NHL games than anyone in history, and the 69-year-old’s house offers glimpses into the career that’s put him rinkside so many times over more than five decades. Signed jerseys, sticks and photos of Wayne Gretzky line the living room walls, many inscribed with … Read more
Roki Sasaki already knows if he wants to pitch for the Dodgers. This is purely speculation on my part, but based on what his agent said about him this week at baseball’s winter meetings, how could he not know? The agent, Joel Wolfe of the Wasserman Media Group, described Sasaki as purposeful. As having a … Read more
Former New York Jets star Mark Gastineau confronted Brett Favre last year at a memorabilia show and angrily accused the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback of deliberately going down on a record-breaking sack. The tense exchange is shown in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “The New York Sack Exchange,” which premieres Friday. It … Read more