5 minCharissa Thompson of Fox Sports and Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” garnered criticism Thursday when a clip went viral in which she admitted to inventing quotes from coaches while working as a sideline reporter.“I’ve said this before, so I haven’t been fired for saying it, but I’ll say it again. I would make up the report sometimes,” Thompson said in a recent interview on “Pardon My Take,” “because, A, the coach wouldn’t come out at halftime, or it was too late and … I didn’t want to screw up the report, so I was like, ‘I’m just going to make this up.’”Thompson, 41, added that...…5 minCharissa Thompson of Fox Sports and Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” garnered criticism Thursday when a clip went viral in which she admitted to inventing quotes from coaches while working as a sideline reporter.“I’ve said this before, so I haven’t been fired for saying it, but I’ll say it again. I would make up the report sometimes,” Thompson said in a recent interview on “Pardon My Take,” “because, A, the coach wouldn’t come out at halftime, or it was too late and … I didn’t want to screw up the report, so I was like, ‘I’m just going to make this up.’”Thompson, 41, added that...WW…

Gift ShareThe NBA swanned back into sports fans’ lives Thursday night with meaningful gestures toward , what could’ve been a preview for the Western Conference finals and a little bit of poetry, for good measure. In the league’s first games in 140 days, both came down to the final minute and there was — blissfully, thrillingly — something for everyone.Interested in the rousing debate over whether the New Orleans Pelicans are proceeding too cautiously when it comes to their rookie sensation Zion Williamson? As the first game of the night, before the Lakers edged the Clippers 103-101 in the...…Gift ShareThe NBA swanned back into sports fans’ lives Thursday night with meaningful gestures toward , what could’ve been a preview for the Western Conference finals and a little bit of poetry, for good measure. In the league’s first games in 140 days, both came down to the final minute and there was — blissfully, thrillingly — something for everyone.Interested in the rousing debate over whether the New Orleans Pelicans are proceeding too cautiously when it comes to their rookie sensation Zion Williamson? As the first game of the night, before the Lakers edged the Clippers 103-101 in the...WW…

This article was published more than 7 years agoGift ShareThe NBA Finals are set, with the Golden State Warriors meeting the Cleveland Cavaliers. Or, as much analysis you’ll read over the next few days will have it, Steph Curry, this season’s MVP and the leader of the best team in the league, versus LeBron James, a four-time MVP and still widely considered the best player in the league.Which makes it the perfect time to trot this zany bit of NBA trivia: Curry and James were born in the same hospital in Akron, Ohio. The momentous events happened 39 months apart, as James was born in...…This article was published more than 7 years agoGift ShareThe NBA Finals are set, with the Golden State Warriors meeting the Cleveland Cavaliers. Or, as much analysis you’ll read over the next few days will have it, Steph Curry, this season’s MVP and the leader of the best team in the league, versus LeBron James, a four-time MVP and still widely considered the best player in the league.Which makes it the perfect time to trot this zany bit of NBA trivia: Curry and James were born in the same hospital in Akron, Ohio. The momentous events happened 39 months apart, as James was born in...WW…

This article was published more than 4 years agoGift SharePlaying for the woebegone Bills may not have proved too much for Vontae Davis, but trying to do so with a body badly damaged over nine-plus NFL seasons apparently was. That’s what the veteran cornerback said after making the unusual decision to retire at halftime of Sunday.“He pulled himself out of the game,” Bills Coach Sean McDermott said. “He told us he was done.”“This isn’t how I pictured retiring from the NFL,” Davis, 30, said in a statement released by the NFL after the game. “I’ve endured multiple surgeries and played...…This article was published more than 4 years agoGift SharePlaying for the woebegone Bills may not have proved too much for Vontae Davis, but trying to do so with a body badly damaged over nine-plus NFL seasons apparently was. That’s what the veteran cornerback said after making the unusual decision to retire at halftime of Sunday.“He pulled himself out of the game,” Bills Coach Sean McDermott said. “He told us he was done.”“This isn’t how I pictured retiring from the NFL,” Davis, 30, said in a statement released by the NFL after the game. “I’ve endured multiple surgeries and played...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOlympic figure skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya has died at age 20, the announced Saturday while expressing its sorrow for her “sudden and unexpected passing.”Alexandrovskaya’s former coach, Andrei Khekalo, told she fell from a sixth-floor window in Moscow.The Russian news agency reported the body of the Moscow-born pairs skater, who competed for Australia at the 2018 Winter Games, was found in a Moscow street and that the “preliminary cause of death is suicide.”Khekalo told AFP that Alexandrovskaya had been diagnosed in...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOlympic figure skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya has died at age 20, the announced Saturday while expressing its sorrow for her “sudden and unexpected passing.”Alexandrovskaya’s former coach, Andrei Khekalo, told she fell from a sixth-floor window in Moscow.The Russian news agency reported the body of the Moscow-born pairs skater, who competed for Australia at the 2018 Winter Games, was found in a Moscow street and that the “preliminary cause of death is suicide.”Khekalo told AFP that Alexandrovskaya had been diagnosed in...WW…

Gift ShareINDIANAPOLIS — Baylor, which spent the early part of the century as a men’s basketball hellscape crawling with skulduggery and worse, spent Monday night as a brilliant, kinetic credit to its sport. It became the 37th different college to win a national championship, and it carved out a starring presence in future discussions about who has made the highest climbs from the lowest depths.Baylor’s — which followed a fast start with leads of 9-0, 23-8 and 35-16 — cemented an NCAA men’s tournament in which it never really had to hyperventilate. Baylor (28-2) gave the record books some...…Gift ShareINDIANAPOLIS — Baylor, which spent the early part of the century as a men’s basketball hellscape crawling with skulduggery and worse, spent Monday night as a brilliant, kinetic credit to its sport. It became the 37th different college to win a national championship, and it carved out a starring presence in future discussions about who has made the highest climbs from the lowest depths.Baylor’s — which followed a fast start with leads of 9-0, 23-8 and 35-16 — cemented an NCAA men’s tournament in which it never really had to hyperventilate. Baylor (28-2) gave the record books some...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePatrick Mahomes was sacked three times, Tom Brady was sacked once, and Ronald Jones II was stopped at the goal line on fourth down, but one of the most noteworthy tackles during Sunday’s Super Bowl was not made by a member of the Kansas City Chiefs or Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Instead, it was made by a member of the Hillsborough County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office after a man ran onto the field and evaded security staffers at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium.That sheriff’s deputy was identified as Clint Stearns by , which also...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePatrick Mahomes was sacked three times, Tom Brady was sacked once, and Ronald Jones II was stopped at the goal line on fourth down, but one of the most noteworthy tackles during Sunday’s Super Bowl was not made by a member of the Kansas City Chiefs or Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Instead, it was made by a member of the Hillsborough County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office after a man ran onto the field and evaded security staffers at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium.That sheriff’s deputy was identified as Clint Stearns by , which also...WW…