6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The most confusing offensive development in Year 2 under Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy has been the reluctance to use quarterback Mitchell Trubisky‘s skills as a runner. Trubisky entered Week 14 with 80 total rushing yards on 26 attempts (3.1 yards per carry). That’s a steep decline
3:22 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul have a lot of shared basketball history together after almost two decades in the NBA, but there’s one specific tie between the two former All-Stars that has binded both proud men over the last year — their respective unceremonious divorces from the Houston Rockets.
12:10 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis had a season-high 50 points and the Los Angeles Lakers improved to a league-best 21-3 with a 142-125 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night. Davis hit a floater with 4:39 remaining to reach 50 points for the fourth time in his career. He
11:35 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball LOS ANGELES — Remember the fun Los Angeles Rams? The ones who lit up the scoreboard and ignited the NFL on their way to the Super Bowl
3:55 AM GMT Melbourne Cricket Club, the custodians of the MCG, have no plans to adopt the improved drop-in pitch systems used by Adelaide Oval and Perth Stadium, and have for years had minimal links with the company at the cutting edge of drop-in pitch technology in Australia. StrathAyr, the portable turf company that first
8:31 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Marvin Miller, the union leader who revolutionized baseball by empowering players to negotiate multimillion-dollar contracts and to play for teams of their own choosing, was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Sunday along with former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons. After falling short in his
8:53 PM ET University of Buffalo running back Dylan McDuffie has been suspended indefinitely after he was arrested Saturday night on a domestic violence charge, the school announced. Buffalo (7-5) plays Charlotte in the Bahamas Bowl on Dec. 20. “Whenever there is a serious violation of our program’s code of conduct, we will take immediate
8:33 PM ET Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO — Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz made his first public appearance in the Dominican Republic on Sunday nearly six months after he was shot in what authorities called a case of mistaken identity. The Dominican-born superstar was greeted by a standing ovation and raucous cheers when he
7:39 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Jason Langer made a 16-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a playoff Sunday to give father Bernard his fourth victory in the PNC Father Son Challenge. The Langers closed with a second straight 12-under 60 to match Retief and Leo Goosen and Tom and Thomas
7:00 AM ET On Nov. 17, the Minnesota Wild fell to last place in the NHL. With just seven wins in their first 20 games, no team had fewer points (16) than Minnesota. The Wild were looking like a veteran team weighed down by too many bloated (and regrettable) contacts. Their big free-agent acquisition, Mats