Lincoln Riley is scheduled to be introduced as USC’s football coach today one day after his unexpected hiring after five seasons as Oklahoma’s coach drew praise from Trojan legends and college football analysts.
Curley Culp, the Hall of Fame defensive lineman who helped the Kansas City Chiefs win their first Super Bowl during a 14-year NFL career, died Saturday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 75.
Culp announced this month that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. His wife, Collette Bloom Culp, announced “on behalf of our family and with a broken heart” the five-time All-Pro’s death.
As an African American growing up in Queens, New York, Al Holcomb spent his fall Sundays watching Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys on television, and dreaming of one day becoming an NFL head coach.
Jayli Nealy has been making the Irvine Valley women’s volleyball team a contending force. They go into the postseason with a 16-5 overall record and a 12-4 record in the Orange Empire Conference.
“There were drops today that I didn’t like,” said coach Brandon Staley, whose team was held to 208 yards in a 34-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens Oct. 17. “There were some untimely protection issues that I didn’t like. There were some times where a play that is designed to go for a bunch, that should go for a bunch, doesn’t.” The Chargers had only two plays of more than 20 yards. Minnesota had five. The Chargers led once, 17-13, after Justin Herbert’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Austin Ekeler on the opening drive of the second half. The Vikings (4-5) took control of the game with touchdowns on back-to- back drives in the second half.
The Bucks were the first NBA champions to visit the White House in nearly five years, ending a Donald Trump-era hiatus.
Coaches push the athletes they train to put their all into mastering the mental and physical aspects of their sport, preparing them to edge out competitors and perform at the height of their abilities.
The penalties hindered the Chargers from executing their offense and three of the five penalties were offensive holding. Allen said in week 6, the Ravens did a good job defensively but wouldn’t acknowledge the Patriots. “Today it was all us. I didn’t see anything that they did where we couldn’t understand what was going on.”
The Los Angeles Chargers today announced that the team has reached an agreement with Continental Development Corporation and Mar Ventures, Inc. to construct its new corporate headquarters and training facility on a 14-acre site in El Segundo, CA.
Despite their record, the Detroit Lions gave the Los Angeles Rams a formidable challenge before falling 19-28. The Rams now have a 6-1 overall record.
Current and former players and others around the league have varying opinions about a key question that arose in light of the racist, homophobic and misogynistic thoughts expressed by Jon Gruden in emails he wrote from 2011-18, when he was an ESPN analyst between coaching jobs, to then-Washington club executive Bruce Allen: Just how pervasive are those sorts of attitudes around the sport these days?
In professional sports locker rooms across America, in the NBA, the NFL, the NHL and other leagues, millionaire athletes are talking with each other about a decision that can dramatically affect their careers, their families and their teams.
Whether to get vaccinated against the coronavirus or not.
Mason Jones, who played for the Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers last season, decided to take the shot.
The Los Angeles Chargers today signed guard Senio Kelemete to the active roster from San Francisco’s practice squad and placed guard Oday Aboushi on Reserve/Injured.
Jon Gruden has resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails he sent before being hired in 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments.
The Los Angeles Chargers versatility was on full display when the team proved winning from behind was not a tall order behind stellar play from Justin Herbert and Austin Ekeler leading the way.