JOHANNESBURG – West Indies players are eagerly looking forward to the first outing on their two-month tour when they come up against the South Africa Invitational XI in a three-day warm-up match, starting today. According to skipper Denesh Ramdin, the Windies will use all 15 players...
BROOKLYN -- Several players on both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Brooklyn Nets, including LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Kyrie Irving and Deron Williams, wore black "I Can't Breathe" T-shirts during pregame warm-ups Monday, following in the footsteps of Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose who wore the...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CMC) — Chris Gayle failed and so did the Highveld Lions, as Andre Russell's Knights reached the final of the Ram Slam Twenty20 League with a comfortable eight-wicket victory yesterday. Choosing to bat in the play-off semi-final at the New Wanderers Stadium, Lions...
India have omitted all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, 32, from their preliminary squad for next year’s Cricket World Cup. Batsmen Virender Sehwag, 36, and Gautam Gambhir, 32, and swing bowler Zaheer Khan, 36, were also left out, along with spinner Harbhajan Singh, 34. All five played in India’s victorious...
NEW YORK -- Kyrie Irving looked ready to slam the ball down in frustration, angry his coach had stopped him when the Knicks couldn't. Everything worked out during that timeout Irving didn't want. David Blatt put the ball right back in his point guard's hands, and...