Stroud’s rookie season ignited a Houston Texans fanbase that hadn’t tasted playoff football in years. HOUSTON — C.J. Stroud won the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award in a landslide. The Houston Texans’ quarterback received 48 of 50 first-place votes with Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua getting the other two. Nacua set … Read more
Texans edge rusher Will Anderson Jr. was named the 2023 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and quarterback CJ Stroud was named Offensive Rookie of the Year. LAS VEGAS — Will Anderson Jr. won the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year award, outgaining both Jalen Carter and Kobie Turner by two first-place votes. The Texans’ … Read more
Bryant is the sixth Lakers player and seventh team employee to be honored with a statue in Star Plaza outside of the arena. LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue of Kobe Bryant on Thursday, honoring their late superstar with a 19-foot bronze likeness outside their downtown arena. The 4,000-pound statue depicts Bryant … Read more
Trade deadline day in the NBA gave some players an entirely new outlook, and may have even reshaped the start of the playoff push as well. NEW YORK — Bojan Bogdanovic left Detroit to join a now even-more-formidable contender in New York. Gordon Hayward is leaving Charlotte for one of the league’s best surprise stories this … Read more
Sometimes the Super Bowl halftime show is more exciting than the actual game. LAS VEGAS — Throughout the years, the Super Bowl halftime show has proven to sometimes be more memorable than the game itself. A wardrobe malfunction turned national incident. A perfectly timed rainstorm. A pregnancy reveal. Beyoncé. This year, Usher takes the stage … Read more
The NBA champion waits with the knowledge that the same genetic quirk that helped him be a basketball star threatens to be a defining factor in his death. BOSTON — At 6-foot-11, Scot Pollard’s size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics. … Read more
McDermott played three seasons in San Antonio following a trade with Indiana in 2021. SAN ANTONIO — According to a report via The Athletic, the San Antonio Spurs have traded 32-year-old forward Doug McDermott to the Indiana Pacers for Marcus Morris, cash considerations and a second-round draft pick. The Pacers are trading Marcus Morris, a … Read more