The Chicago Bears completed their preseason with a 21-7 win over the Cleveland Browns on Friday afternoon, NZT. The last game of the preseason and the last chance that many players had to impress the coaching staff.
The first game of gridiron he ever watched came in helmet and pads for BYU. Now he's on the verge of the NFL.
Americans are a pretty patriotic lot and there’s nothing they love more than symbolic representations of that: their flag, their military, their Olympic team, their greasy fast food and, yes, their national anthem.
Either Russ gave them the indication that he was in it beyond this season or the Thunder would be forced to trade him. Good thing the legend decided to re-sign then, aye?
Get to know the teams, the players and the NBA connections for each of the teams competing for basketball gold in Rio.
For those with a keen eye on the good old days of basketball, it hasn’t been the best of times recently with the retirements of both Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan.
Ah yes, it’s the prevailing riddle of our times. Professional basketballers who have battled their way to the absolute peak of the sport and yet still cannot seem to perform this simple, routine task.
Jarryd Hayne’s sudden exit from the NFL was almost as incredible as his dramatic entry.
Timmy never spoke too loud / He did his job and disappeared
The Tall Blacks’ Olympic Odyssey ended on the weekend as the kiwi team went down 78-72 to Canada in the semi-finals of their qualifying tournament.
How do you rebuild a fallen empire? One brick at a time.
The worst case scenario was that the Tall Blacks’ hopes of making the Olympics would already be over by now.
Oh dear, Kevin, son. You don’t leave the franchise you helped raise from the ground to sign with the team that just knocked you out of the playoffs, mate. That is bad form.
These are exciting times for New Zealand Breakers fans. They shouldn’t be, really, but they are.
While LeBron James was finally getting round to working through all those twitter mentions and J.R. Smith was probably still out looking for his shirt, the rest of the league was busy.
Here are the best Steven Adams quotes of the 2015-16 season, from cornered animals to salutations to sticky free throws and moustahces.
You know what they say: If you come at The King, you’d better not miss.
Late in the third quarter of Game One of the NBA Finals, Matthew Dellavedova smacked Andre Iguodala right in the testicles.
Tell us, O Muse
Of that man of many buckets
Game seven, the best two words in US Sports, so they like to say.