NBA wrap: Dante’s debut, Bogut wins on road
IT’S been a big day for Aussies in the NBA with Dante Exum, Joe Ingles and Cam Bairstow hitting the court for the first time.
IT’S been a big day for Aussies in the NBA with Dante Exum, Joe Ingles and Cam Bairstow hitting the court for the first time.
MADISON Bumgarner pitched five innings of near-perfect relief as the San Francisco Giants held off the Kansas City Royals to win the World Series.
TONY Parker scored 23 points as the San Antonio Spurs began their title defence with a 101-100 win over Dallas on the opening night of the NBA season.
MATTHEW Dellavedova is expecting the fervour that surrounds LeBron James to reach fever-pitch levels when Cleveland opens its NBA season.
COMEDIAN Bill Murray was a surprise inclusion in NFL coverage this week. And it was awesome. Check out our wrap of the fun that happened in the league.
KANSAS City pitcher Yordano Ventura paid tribute to his friend Oscar Taveras, who died in a car crash, before pitching the World Series game of his life.
THE Lions left it oh so late in London and Ben Roethlisberger played one of the best games in history. Check all today’s NFL action.
IF you’re going to celebrate a touchdown, you’d better make sure you actually score that touchdown. Watch this NFL star learn the hard way.
IF this insane around-the-back, full court baseball-style pass is anything to go by, Andrew Bogut is in for one hell of an NBA season.
WE’RE just one day away from NBA tip-off. From spurned Andrew Wiggins to returning Kobe Bryant, here’s our Top 10 players with most to prove.
AUSSIE pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, Liam Hendriks has been dumped from the 40-man roster.
WHAT could be better than a 159kg human fridge showing off his football skills in a trick play? Nothing, we say.
IT was a tough day in the NBA for Australia with Joe Ingles and Brock Motum getting cut.
ANDREW Bogut and Dante Exum had mixed fortunes in their final pre-season NBA hitouts, with Bogut back to his best but Exum struggling.
LORENZO Cain drove in an early run and made a pair of vital catches as Kansas City beat San Francisco 3-2 to take a 2-1 World Series lead.
LOS Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash may have played his last game in the NBA after being ruled out of the upcoming season.
PEYTON Manning and Emmanuel Sanders connected for three touchdowns in the Denver Broncos’ victory over the San Diego Chargers.
DANTE Exum is an anomaly in the world of the NBA — a player who needs to get down not get up to succeed.
EVER wondered what it’s like to suit up in a locker room beside the world’s best baller, LeBron James? Aussie NBA player Matthew Dellavedova tells all.
KANSAS City Royals catcher Salvador Perez wears women’s perfume for every game, and umpires rave about the smell.
IT WAS already awkward enough. But then the interviewee made things even worse by apologising for making it so damn awkward.
THE British government wants an NFL team based in London, the first step in making this happen would seem to be teaching Americans where London is.
RECORD-BREAKING QB Peyton Manning is not the same person as former NBA star Gary Payton. One news station hilariously didn’t know.
THE Dallas Cowboys have released Michael Sam from the practice squad in another setback for the NFL’s first openly gay player.
DANTE Exum’s biggest critic has done a stunning about-face and is now predicting the Australian NBA star could be the next Kobe Bryant.
IF THE Detroit Lions are looking at Jarryd Hayne as a possible recruit, nobody told the NFL team’s head coach Jim Caldwell.
The Chicago Bulls’ home opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers begins a regular-season rivalry that looks set to go all the way to the finals.
THE Steelers turned to wide receiver Antonio Brown to throw touchdown passes in their win against Houston. Check out the rest of the action in week seven.
A SAN Francisco Giants dynasty seeking its third crown in five seasons faces a team of destiny in the Kansas City Royals. It’s World Series time.
DANTE Exum has closed out the toughest week of his fledgling US career with his second consecutive strong performance.
PERCY Harvin, who scored a touchdown in Seattle’s Super Bowl victory eight months ago, has officially been traded to the New York Jets.
WATCH as Australian NBA star Matthew Dellavedova shows the world how NOT to defend 2.13m giant Dirk Nowitzki.
AUSTRALIANS Dante Exum and Aron Baynes both had double-digit outings for their teams in a pair of impressive NBA pre-season performances.
CHRIS Jones blocked Nick Folk’s 58-yard field goal attempt on the final play as New England held on for a 27-25 NFL win over the New York Jets.
LEBRON James and Aussie Matthew Dellavedova were back on the same page in a dominant display Thursday, following the weekend’s awkward viral moment.
COMPETING in their first Major League playoff series since 1985, the Kansas City Royals defeated Baltimore to advance to the World Series.
WATCH: Two American high school football teams took time out in the middle of a game to give a disabled boy a heartwarming special moment.
SUNDAY’S NBA exhibition between the Nets and Celtics will be played with four 11-minute quarters, instead of the traditional 12-minute quarters.
NEW England’s Rob Gronkowski thinks his teammates are “sexy” and deserve an extra treat after their efforts against Buffalo this week.
HOW did your team fair in week six of the NFL season? Check out what went down in week six of the NFL.
LEGENDARY NBA coach Phil Jackson has opened up on his drug use, saying LSD was a “liberating” experience for him.
KEVIN Durant, the NBA’s leading scorer of this decade, will likely miss the first six to eight weeks of the season after fracturing a bone in his right foot.
SAN Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been fined $10,000 by the NFL for wearing pink headphones around his neck after a game.
PLANS for an NFL franchise based at London’s Wembley Stadium will be explored in detail, according to American football’s senior British administrator.
BRAZILIAN Nene was among four Washington players suspended by the NBA for leaving the bench during an altercation in a pre-season game.
DENVER Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is normally a good-humoured kind of guy. But not this time. Your weekly NFL wrap featuring HARD COUNT.
HOW did your team fair in Monday morning football? Check out what went down on the major day of play in week five of the NFL.
THE NBA have announced new nine-year television contract extensions worth a reported US$2.5 billion a year.
LEBRON James played his first game in his second incarnation as a Cavalier — but Aussie teammate Matthew Dellavedova claimed top billing on the highlight reel.
FORMER Ravens running back Ray Rice, his wife, Janay, and his attorney, will meet with NFL and NFL Players Association investigators.
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