Jets rookie wide receiver Arian Smith has heard the talk. The pre-draft evaluations of Smith all talked about how he had world-class speed, but dropped too many passes.
Nothing about the past six months has been easy for the Connecticut Sun. After six straight trips to the WNBA semifinals with no championship trophies to show for them, change was inevitable.
There was a fresh exuberance about the three offensive draft picks the team made available to reporters after the practice, held indoors because of the wet weather outside.
Karl-Anthony Towns was here. Right here, in fact: conference semifinals, against a heavily-favored reigning champion. Even won the first two games of the series on the champ’s home court. This was last spring. He was still in Minnesota, and the Timberwolves stunned the NBA by walking into Denver and taking two straight off the Nuggets....
The Mets will be without A.J. Minter for the rest of this season and perhaps into next year, with the left-hander set for surgery to repair a torn lat.
Brian Daboll has a two-pronged mandate to get the opportunity to coach his Quarterback of the Future in 2026: Score more points and win more games, of course.
They lead 2-0. Only 34 teams in NBA playoff history have rallied from 0-2 deficits to win a series, but just five of those have dropped the first two games at home.
NYC isn’t emerging from a virus-induced lockdown like four years ago, but the Knicks are emerging from a 25-year streak of having no realistic chance of reaching the NBA Finals.
