James Harden’s barrage has caught everyone off guard, including his own teammates. However, there are other superstars as well, who have put up dazzling numbers on the offensive end despite being outscored by ‘The Beard’ by a fair margin. With the All-Star weekend right around the corner, it would help to draw out some perspective as to where the top scorers in the league stand with respect to each other....
Eight of the 10 teams in the conference have resumes worthy of an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. With the competition that has been present in Big 12 play, each of the eight is very much capable of earning an automatic bid to the Big Dance by winning the conference tournament, which begins Wednesday, March 7. MARCH MADNESS: Get ready for Selection Sunday The Big 12 is not short on talent, either....
With several playoff quarterbacks from last season switching teams, some young guns getting healthy, and some big coaching changes, there will be a quarterback who breaks out. Sometimes, all it takes is one minor change and a quarterback can go from solid to above average or elite, much like Case Keenum did last year with the Vikings. Keenum may not be on the list this year (sorry, Broncos faithful), but there are many good sleeper options who have youth on their side as they look to become top-10 fantasy quarterbacks....
Mexico created history by entering their first-ever FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup semi-final after defeating Ghana on penalties at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Black Maidens succumbed to their third straight quarter-final defeat after their best position of a third-place finish during the 2012 Azerbaijan World Cup. Mexico showed they were not there to make up the numbers, registering their first attempt at the goal when Tanna Carreto‘s volley went inches wide of the near post following a corner....
Last month, the IPL Governing Council announced that the franchises are allowed to retain a maximum of five players from their previous squad and the five players can be retained in two combinations- three pre-auction retentions and two RTMs or two pre-auction retentions and three RTMs. Either way, a franchise can retain or use RTM for a maximum of three players in the auction. Even if a franchise doesn’t retain even a single player before the auction, they still can’t use more than three RTMs....
NASCAR’s playoffs begin Sept. 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Forget all the talk you’ve heard about the “Big Three,” of Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex, who combined to win 17 of the season’s first 26 races. While they certainly go in as the favorites, any of the 16 drivers in the playoff field can potentially win. Mechanical failures happen. Crashes happen (Talladega’s “Big One” can ruin anyone’s championship dreams)....
Cold weather, hard hits and elite quarterbacks headline this division. With Aaron Rodgers back from injury, Matthew Stafford more of a team leader and Kirk Cousins adjusting to deep purple, it’s anyone’s guess who wins the division. Meanwhile, Mitchell Trubisky and the Chicago Bears are trying to sneak into the mix. Here’s what to look for in the NFC North this season: PLAYER TO WATCH: Dalvin Cook, RB, Minnesota Vikings...
The tournament will be played in a zone-wise format and the teams across all five zones will compete against the teams that are in their zones with the team finishing at the top crowned the winners. The tournament will feature some big names like Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Shreyas Iyer etc. Aside from these names, there are the likes of Ishan Kishan, Nitish Rana, Mayank Agarwal, Vijay Shankar etc....
Karun Nair was the star of Karnataka’s batting line-up as he scored a quick-fire knock of 77 in just 42 balls with ten fours and one six to his name. He put on a 129 run partnership with Krishnappa Gowtham, who scored a well-crafted half-century as well. In reply, Akshath Reddy and Tanmay Agarwal got Hyderabad got off to the best possible start with the former scoring 70 runs in just 29 balls with three fours and seven sixes to his name....
RELATED: 90s Anime That Do Not Have Blu-Ray Releases They’re much cheaper now but there is another reason why this form of media wasn’t as revolutionary as the DVD. That’s because streaming was soon to follow. Who cares about physical media when seemingly any show or movie is there online or on an app? Well, some do and anime fans, in particular, are feeling left out. These classic early 2000s anime are still not available on blu-ray....
This year’s nominees, however, are actually some of the strongest we’ve seen in quite some time. Rather than go for the obvious choices — granted, many are still there — Spike opted to reward some new IPs and even a downloadable title few gamers would even consider being a ‘Game of the Year’ contender. Actually, make that two downloadable titles. Games like Halo 4, Assassin’s Creed 3, and Black Ops 2 all receive credit in some form or another, but they have some stiff competition from some unexpected titles....
Japan beat India in the 9th-12th place classification match to win 73-64 at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship held at Manila, Philippines. Japan will now go on to play the 9th place game against Hong Kong, while India will take on Bahrain for 11th spot. Earlier in the tournament, India failed to qualify for the quarter-finals after they lost all three of their matches in the second round to Kazakhstan, Iran and Korea....
Among the men, two-time winners India have been placed in Pool B alongside defending champions Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Oman and China while South Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Bangladesh and Singapore are in Pool A. In the women’s category, India are in Pool A with holders China, Malaysia and Thailand while South Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong are in Pool B. The gold medal-winning teams will be ensured of a 2016 Olympic berth at Rio de Janeiro....
Pot 1 includes all the seeded teams, Pot 2 contains the five African teams and South American teams, Pot 3 consists of North American and Asian teams and finally the pot 4 contains the rest of the unseeded teams from UEFA. Pot 1 (8): Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium Pot 2 (7): Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Chile, Ecuador Pot 3 (8): United States, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Iran...
(2) Miami Heat vs (6) Brooklyn Nets (Miami won 102-96, lead series 3-1) It was the LeBron James show at the Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn. James set a Heat franchise Playoff record and tied a Playoff career high scoring 49 points on 16 of 24 shooting from the field and 3 of 6 from behind the three point arc responding to a quiet final three quarters of Game 3 which the Heat lost, their first and only loss so far in the post-season....
Mack (6-foot-3, 251 pounds) was considered by some experts the top defensive player in the draft, but the get-to-know factor is there considering he played for Buffalo in the Mid-American Conference.MORE: Clowney | Bortles | Check out Fantasy Source Mack, however, backed it up with a strong senior season in which he posted 100 total tackles, 10.5 sacks, three interceptions and three fumble recoveries. He finished tied for the NCAA career record in tackles for loss with 75....
Ah, one of the biggest days on the NFL calendar is finally here. As you get ready to celebrate with friends or stay in and enjoy from your own screen, we’ll be here to serve your draft fix. We’ll be covering the Jets’ picks from today through Saturday, as they happen. We’ll be giving you some background on each draftee, as well as a little analysis on the players....
Then again, predicting the NFL week-to-week can make even the most well-reasoned projections look horrendously off. A few stretches of consecutive games clearly jump out as brutal for the teams facing that gauntlet. Below are four of the roughest stretches on the 2014 regular season schedule. MORE ON NFL SCHEDULE: Team-by-team | Schedule strength | 16 must-see matchups Seattle Seahawks from Week 11-Week 16: at Kansas City Chiefs, Arizona Cardinals, at San Francisco 49ers, at Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, at Cardinals...
The World Cup seasons in bobsled, skeleton and luge ended on Sunday, and the Americans wrapped them up with quite the medal haul. In bobsled and skeleton, the U.S. teams won 38 medals, more than any two nations combined. And Kate Hansen's victory on Saturday was the first for any USA Luge singles slider since 1997. Next up: the Sochi Olympics, which this whole season has been pointed toward. It would seem like American confidence isn't in short supply, either....
Starting in Leeds, England, on July 5, the 101st Tour ends 22 days later, as is traditional, on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. With 25 ascents, the same as the 2012 edition won by Bradley Wiggins and only three fewer than this year's centennial dominated by Froome, the 2014 race will again suit strong climbers — perhaps even more so than in previous years because of the reduced emphasis on time-trialing....
