Pacers and Thunder NBA Finals is better than it’s ‘small-market’ billing USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt breaks down the star-studded NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Sports Pulse OKLAHOMA CITY — The 2025 NBA Finals is, in many ways, a celebration of the point guard. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA’s Most Valuable…
NFL players can now partake in Olympic flag football Olympic flag football, which will make it’s debut at the 2028 summer games, just got bumped up a level after the NFL agreed to let its players partake. Sports Pulse The NFL is unmatched when it comes to, well, pretty much everything. Hypocrisy included. The NFL…
Pacers and Thunder NBA Finals is better than it’s ‘small-market’ billing USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt breaks down the star-studded NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Sports Pulse The Phoenix Suns have reportedly found their new head coach — their fourth in as many seasons. Jordan Ott, most recently an assistant…
Ashton Jeanty talks all things Las Vegas Raiders and his hopes in the NFL Ashton Jeanty spoke with USA TODAY Sports about his upcoming rookie season with the Raiders and his partnership with Sharpie. Sports Seriously Editor’s note: This story is a part of a series by USA TODAY Sports called Project: June. We will…
Pacers and Thunder NBA Finals is better than it’s ‘small-market’ billing USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt breaks down the star-studded NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Sports Pulse In the NBA playoffs, the outcome often rests on the underrated. Certainly, the performances of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton will be scrutinized…
How coaches salaries and the NIL bill affects college football Dan Wolken breaks down the annual college football coaches compensation package to discuss salaries and how the NIL bill affects them. Sports Pulse Colorado freshman quarterback Julian “JuJu” Lewis doesn’t turn 18 years old until September and still needs to add more beef to a…
Pacers and Thunder NBA Finals is better than it’s ‘small-market’ billing USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt breaks down the star-studded NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder. Sports Pulse The NBA’s 3-point shot has enemies. Too many 3s, they say. The shot is ruining the game, they say. And those critics of…
Texas Tech football assistant Darcel McBath on time with Mike Leach Texas Tech cornerbacks coach Darcel McBath played under Mike Leach for the Red Raiders and coached under him at Washington State and Mississippi State Funny thing is, Mike Leach wouldn’t even care what some stuffed-shirt foundation thought of his coaching acumen. He’d be more…
Six names to replace Tom Thibodeau for the Knicks new head coach Who should replace Tom Thibodeau now that the Knicks have decided to move away from their head coach? The For The Hoops crew picks six names here. The New York Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday, June 3, three days after…
CC Sabathia on entering the Hall of Fame and wearing a Yankees cap on his plaque CC Sabathia will be enshrined into the Hall of Fame this July and tells USA TODAY Sports why his plaque will feature him wearing a Yankees cap. Sports Seriously Voting is officially underway for the 2025 Major League Baseball…