Tuesday’s NBA Summer League contest between the Philadelphia 76ers and Washington Wizards didn’t prove to be much of a contest after all. The Wizards never trailed, cruising their way to an 87-75 wire-to-wire victory. The 76ers’ inability to make shots to keep up with Washington’s pace doomed them. The Wizards finished with a 41.7% shooting mark from the field, compared to just 35.1% for Philadelphia. The Sixers also took (and missed) a ton of three’s, finishing 6-of-25 from beyond the arc. Chris McCullough played well for Philly, but it just wasn’t enough. Chris McCullough Leads 76ers After spending last…
Author: Henry John
NASCAR’s second 2018 visit to Daytona International Speedway provided two nights of nonstop action for race fans to enjoy. Restrictor plate racing bunches up the field in a way that just doesn’t happen at other tracks. With drivers trying to draft their way to the front, it quite often isn’t necessarily the fastest car on the track who prevails. The weekend was filled with big wrecks, mixed strategies, and great finishes in both the Cup and XFINITY races. It was a great way to head into the backstretch of the 2018 NASCAR season. Monster Energy Cup Series At about…
Free agency in any major professional sports league is all but guaranteed to see big names move around. The National Hockey League is no different. It has been an eventful month of change, since the Washington Capitals hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. Heck, even the champs themselves lost their head coach Barry Trotz over a contract dispute (Trotz agreed to be the head coach of the New York Islanders a few days after). Here are five big player signing headlines that have occurred thus far during NHL free agency. John Tavares Joins the…
OG Anunoby and Malachi Richardson have both gotten their 2018 NBA Summer Leagues off to good starts. Unfortunately, their good individual play is yet to translate to a win for the Toronto Raptors. That trend continued Monday. The Raptors dropped their third straight contest to open Summer League play, falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 92-82. The game only had four lead changes as Oklahoma City was dominant from the opening tip with a 31-point first quarter. Anunoby Leads Toronto Second-year pro Anunoby continues to add to his pro basketball experience following a rookie year in which he provided…
The Toronto Raptors dropped their second straight game to open up Las Vegas NBA Summer League play Sunday, falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-92. The story of the game for the Wolves was rookie second round pick Keita Bates-Diop. Bates-Diop fueled a 32-point fourth quarter for Minnesota that helped them achieve a 13-point swing and ultimately emerge with an 11-point win, the largest lead of the game for either side. Keita Bates-Diop Leads the Pack Bates-Diop stuffed the stat sheet full, producing 24 points, grabbing 13 rebounds, dishing 2 assists, and coming up with 2 blocks. He shot 50%…
Hart Leads Lakers Josh Hart played College Basketball at Villanova, just outside the city of Philadelphia. Saturday night, the second-year guard led the Los Angeles Lakers with 24 points en route to a 96-79 NBA Summer League triumph over the Philadelphia 76ers. Hart shot an impressive 9-15 from the floor, including 4-8 from three-point range. He played in 63 games in the 2017-18 NBA season as a rookie. Saturday marked Hart’s third appearance in a 2018 Summer League game, and it is still unknown if he will see more action. The Lakers were also able to step things up on…
The Toronto Raptors began their 2018 Las Vegas Summer League schedule Friday afternoon against the New Orleans Pelicans. It was an ugly outing to say the least. Raptors’ Shooting Woes The Raptors only managed to shoot 32.9% from the field and just 23.5% from three-point range in a 90-77 defeat. There seemed to be a lid on the basket for the entire team. Only rookie Rawle Alkins and 2015 undrafted league entrant Alfonzo McKinnie managed to reach double-digit scoring, each checking in with 12 points. Alkins, the 6’5” undrafted rookie out of Arizona, was the highlight of the game for…
The Nets followed up an 86-80 defeat at the hands of the Orlando Magic with a 90-76 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a game that was never as close as the final score may suggest. The Thunder never had less than a double-digit lead for the duration of the second half of Saturday’s contest. Thunder Top Nets Brooklyn succumbed to quality OKC defensive play and glass work. The Nets only managed to shoot 34% from the field and 22% from three, and they were out-rebounded 57-38 overall, while only managing three offensive rebounds. Rookie Theo Pinson out…
The 2018 Major League Baseball season will eclipse the halfway point by the end of this week. As the 89th MLB All Star Game fast approaches, fans are busy filling out their voting ballots to get their favorite stars a spot on the field in Washington D.C. While some positions have one or two players as the clear cream of the crop, there are others that offer more crowded pools of talent. No position is more loaded than that of shortstop in the American League. Only three players from each position (aside from pitchers) can represent their respective league in…
The 2018 FIFA World Cup will say goodbye to the Group Play Stage this week. Over the next few days, 16 matches will be played as the entire field of 16 teams that will advance to the Knockout Round will be determined. Of the 32 teams in the tournament, only seven have been mathematically eliminated from advancing thus far, while only five have ensured their spot in the next round. All told, there is much to play for in the final wave of Group Stage action. Here is a breakdown of all eight groups as they currently stand, and a…