Month: June 2019

Hassan Whiteside won’t enter free agency this offseason, however, it appears he wants to leave the Heat. The 30-year-old center is expected to opt into the final year of his contract with Miami, which is worth about $27.1 million, according to multiple reports. But, “there is a growing belief” Whiteside will ask the team to move him this summer, according to The Associated Press. “I’m definitely going to weigh my options,” Whiteside said in April,…

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Kawhi Leonard is interested in a Los Angeles team, just not the one many think he is. Leonard would be more inclined to join the Clippers than the Lakers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, if the 27-year-old decides to leave Toronto at all. Wojnarowski made the comments on “Get Up!” Tuesday. Another report came from ESPN’s Damon Jones on Friday, which stated the Lakers are a “strong possibility” for Leonard in free agency. It would…

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The entire shape of the Western Conference has been flipped on its head in the last week. First, the Warriors lost Kevin Durant to an Achilles injury and then Klay Thompson tore his ACL. And now the Lakers have reportedly acquired Anthony Davis. The West is going to look a whole lot different next year, there is now way around it. So who are the five favorites to win the conference now that Davis is…

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The Pelicans just pulled off the first blockbuster deal of the summer, and it could have a major impact on the NBA this coming season. New Orleans sent Anthony Davis to the Lakers in exchange for Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart and three first-round picks, including the No. 4 pick in the 2019 draft. This caused a serious power shift in the league, and the Pelicans just might’ve gotten the better deal if they…

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NBA championship-winning coach Nick Nurse plans to lead Canada at this year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. Nurse guided the Raptors to their first title after dethroning the two-time defending champion Warriors. With a championship under his belt, Nurse is now set to coach a Canada team potentially boasting Andrew Wiggins, Jamal Murray and Cory Joseph when the World Cup starts in August. “I’m getting ready to take another situation soon because I think…

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The 2019 U.S. Open combines with the picturesque views of Pebble Beach in golf’s third major on the 2019 calendar. California’s iconic course is the perfect backdrop for the 119th installment of the tournament, which follows the PGA Championship for the first time. It boasts an impressive field, of course, led by two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka, now the world’s No. 1 golfer, and Dustin Johnson, who’s eager to reclaim that perch. But all eyes…

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LAS VEGAS – The spring of the heavyweights concludes at the MGM Grand Garden Arena where lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (27-0-1, 19 KOs) faces Tom Schwarz (24-0, 16 KOs) on Saturday night and live on ESPN+. Fury returns to the ring for the first time since his epic encounter with Deontay Wilder that ended in a split draw last December. The framework is in place for a rematch with Wilder in 2020, but Fury…

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Click:cnc machining china The Lakers are looking to make their next move. Los Angeles agreed to send Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart and three first-round picks, including the No. 4 pick in the 2019 draft, to New Orleans in exchange for Anthony Davis on Saturday, according to an ESPN report. But now it is looking to make Charlotte’s Kemba Walker a “top target” since it secured a second All-Star to pair with LeBron James,…

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In one of golf’s biggest tournaments of the year, at one of the most iconic courses in the world, and with every top golfer present, it would be natural to expect a leaderboard packed with familiar names. While this year’s U.S. Open does have a few of those golfers – Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka among them – at the top, no one was playing better entering Saturday than Gary Woodland, who held a two-stroke…

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Dodgers fans have some bad memories surrounding Yu Darvish. The current Cubs starter, who the team acquired in a deadline deal in 2017, went 0-2 with a 21.60 ERA in two World Series starts with Los Angeles that season. He took two of the team’s four losses in the series including one in Game 7 in which he gave up five runs (four earned) in 1 2/3 innings pitched. Some fans might hold grudges about…

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