Magic Johnson learned a painful lesson as an NBA coach for 16 games, his Lakers went 5-11 at the end of the 1993-94 season. It was once most eloquently stated by Johnny Kerr, a star center from the 1950s and 1960s who coached the expansion Chicago Bulls: That’s five guys running around with my paycheck. […]
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With their championship window in danger of closing, the Washington Capitals made a strong move Monday to try to win the Stanley Cup this spring by acquiring defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk in a trade with the St. Louis Blues. Shattenkirk is a pending unrestricted free agent, but was considered the top rental player available ahead of […]
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After rattling off several reasons for signing with the Cavaliers, Deron Williams got around to the one that matters most. He wants a ring. “Competing for a championship is something that I haven’t had a chance to do,” he said. Williams, an Olympian and three-time All-Star who has never made it to the NBA Finals, […]
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Vissel Kobe’s Brazilian striker Leandro will be out of action for around six months after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee, the J. League first-division side said Tuesday. The 32-year-old Leandro, the joint top scorer in the top flight last season with 19 goals, also suffered meniscus damage when he was […]
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Mexican challenger Carlos Carlson declared that he would take Shinsuke Yamanaka’s WBC bantamweight title belt when they square off at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday evening. The Japanese champion did not overreact in response to the challenger’s bold statement, calmly saying that the emerald green-colored belt would return to the shelf at his home. “This is […]
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U.S. track queen Allyson Felix said Monday she has set her sights on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after winning a record sixth gold medal at last year’s Rio Games. The 31-year-old 200-meter and 400m star revealed she plans to compete in at least one more Olympics after being honored as female athlete of the year […]
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Defending champion Stan Wawrinka was upset by Damir Dzumhur 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. This was No. 3-ranked Wawrinka’s first match since his Australian Open semifinal loss to Swiss countryman Roger Federer. He left Melbourne with a right knee injury and began regular practices only a […]
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Three-time defending women’s national champion Satoko Miyahara, who missed this month’s Four Continents and Asian Winter Games with a hip injury, will resume full training sometime in March, Japan Skating Federation director Yoshiko Kobayashi said Tuesday. Kobayashi said Miyahara intends to compete at the March 29-April 2 world championships in Helsinki. The worlds will determine […]
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Urawa Reds swept aside FC Seoul in emphatic fashion in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday night, exacting revenge for their defeat in the round of 16 last year with a thumping 5-2 win to make it maximum points from two games in Group F. But Japanese champion and Club World Cup finalist Kashima Antlers […]
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Legendary CSKA Moscow and Soviet international center Vladimir Petrov, a member of the all-conquering Red Machine team, has died at 69, Russia’s ice hockey federation reported on Tuesday. “Russia’s ice hockey federation presents its condolences to Petrov’s family and friends, his colleagues and everyone who knew him,” said a statement on the federation’s official website. […]
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