Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Central California prison, officials said Monday. Phillips’ cellmate at Kern Valley State Prison was found lifeless early Saturday and later pronounced dead, prison spokesman Lt. Marshall Denning said in a statement. He played for the St. Louis Rams, until being released in 1997 for insubordination. He also played for the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers.
It was the most important ”pushing and shoving” of the season for the Chicago Blackhawks. Patrick Kane was cleared for contact and practiced with the team on Monday. The dynamic winger, who broke his collarbone in February, then received medical clearance to play in Game 1 of the playoffs on Wednesday night in Nashville. ”Patrick has been working extremely diligently with his rehabilitation and has recently returned to full-contact practice
Meyer can pair Ohio State’s national championship with a hefty contract extension that will make him the second-highest paid coach in college football. Meyer was rewarded Monday with an extension through the 2020 season. He said in a statement Monday he is ”honored” to ”represent this great university.” Meyer has led Ohio State to a 38-3 record and is 24-0 in Big Ten regular-season play. ”Our young men continue to
Justin Anderson is forgoing his final season at Virginia and entering the NBA draft. ”It’s been a life-long dream of mine to play in the NBA and I’ve had an incredible experience here at UVa,” Anderson said in a statement released by the school. ”It’s really difficult to say goodbye, but I feel I’m ready to make the next step in my basketball career at the professional level.” During his
English powerhouse club Leicester Tigers will this year take on combined American side Rough Riders in Philadelphia at Lincoln Financial Field, home to NFL team the Eagles. Billed as the Independence Cup, the game is the first elite rugby match played in the U.S. by a professional American team and will mark the formation of the National Rugby Football League (NRFL). “We are excited to showcase the inaugural Independence Cup
A golfer vowed on Tuesday to get back on the course after being bitten by a crocodile as he retrieved a ball from a water trap during a round in Australia. John Lahiff, 75, was playing at the Palmer Sea Reef Golf Course in Port Douglas, 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of popular tourist town Cairns, on Monday afternoon when he hooked his ball into the water on the 11th
Russell Westbrook carried the Oklahoma City on his back again, finishing with 36 points and 11 rebounds as the Thunder toppled the Portland Trail Blazers 101-90. Westbrook’s Monday performance comes a day after he was slapped with his 16th technical foul of the season in a game in which he exploded for a career-high 54 points against the Indiana Pacers. The NBA’s disciplinary officials, however, rescinded the technical foul earlier
Hassan Whiteside tallied 24 points and 13 rebounds and the Miami Heat kept their postseason hopes alive with a 100-93 victory over the Orlando Magic. The Heat would have been eliminated from the playoff race with a loss or a Brooklyn Nets win over the Chicago Bulls. Miami on Monday led by as many as 22 points but needed to hold off a late Magic surge to post their second
A former NFL running back for the San Francisco 49ers who was sent to a California prison for domestic violence, vehicle theft and other charges, is a suspect in the death of his cellmate, officials said on Monday. Lawrence Phillips, 39, was a suspect in the killing of 37-year-old Damion Soward, who was found unresponsive in the cell on Saturday and died at a local hospital the next day, Kern
