The NFL was determined to blame Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for deflated footballs in the AFC title game, and the investigation omitted key facts and buried others, Brady’s agent said Thursday. Don Yee said the report prepared by NFL-appointed investigator Ted Wells was ”a significant and terrible disappointment.” The 243-page report found that two Patriots employees violated rules covering game balls, and that Brady was ”at least generally aware” of
Harden scored 16 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Houston Rockets to a 115-109 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night that evened their Western Conference semifinal at one game apiece. Dwight Howard had 24 points and 16 rebounds for the Rockets, who bounced back from a 117-101 loss in the opener. Game 3 is Friday night in Los Angeles. ”It’s going to
Back when he was 7, Andre Burakovsky tagged along to watch his father play in a professional hockey game in Sweden. The opposing goalie was none other than Henrik Lundqvist. Burakovsky, now barely 20 and an NHL rookie with the Capitals, found himself facing Lundqvist, now the goalie for the Rangers, and the kid came through in a big way Wednesday night. Burakovsky scored his first two postseason goals and
Time was running out and the sellout crowd of 19,204 grew impatient, urging the Lightning to take one more crack at Carey Price. Tyler Johnson’s only shot of the night slipped past the Montreal goaltender with 1.1 seconds remaining Wednesday night, giving Tampa Bay a 2-1 victory over the Canadiens and a 3-0 lead in their NHL playoff series. ”It’s just a giant weight off the shoulders because overtime is
LeBron James wasn’t going to have a second sub-par game. James attacked from the start and scored 33 points, Kyrie Irving added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers evened their semifinal series with Chicago, beating the Bulls 106-91 in Game 2 on Wednesday night. He powered to the basket, leaving Bulls defenders in his wake and keeping the Cavs, missing two starters, from falling into a 2-0 hole. He added eight
The agent for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on Thursday called the National Football League’s “Deflategate” report “a significant and terrible disappointment” and suggested the league reached its conclusion before hearing the facts. “Its omission of key facts and lines of inquiry suggest the investigators reached a conclusion first, and then determined so-called facts later,” Don Yee said in a statement. Ted Wells, an attorney hired by the NFL
Adidas shareholders took aim at the management of the German sportswear company on Thursday, not convinced a new strategy would be enough to challenge the dominance of rival Nike . “Adidas is panting behind the competition. Adidas lost the race, at least in 2014,” Gerhard Jaeger, spokesman for the SdK investor association, told the firm’s annual shareholder meeting in the southern town of Fuerth. Long-serving Chief Executive Herbert Hainer, who
By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sim Bhullar knows it is going to be a tall order but the first NBA player of Indian descent believes that, like Yao Ming in China, he can trigger basketball frenzy in the country his parents left before he was born. Former Houston Rockets center Yao, an eight-time All-Star, triggered NBA-mania in China after being selected first overall in the 2002 draft and
Cleveland superstar LeBron James scored 33 points to lead the Cavaliers to a 106-91 victory over Chicago that knotted their NBA playoff series at one game apiece. After connecting on just nine of 22 shots in Monday’s 99-92 game-one defeat, James came out hot against the Bulls. He scored 22 points in the first half as the Cavs bounced back to even the best-of-seven Eastern Conference second-round series before it
(The Sports Xchange) – Dwight Howard carried them early and James Harden took over in the fourth quarter as the Houston Rockets rallied past the Los Angeles Clippers for a 115-109 win on Wednesday to tie up their Western Conference semi-final series at 1-1. The Rockets also drained 42-of-64 free throws as they made regular trips to the charity stripe. Clippers forward Blake Griffin scored 34 points and grabbed 15
