Category: Sport

The Raiders added a player to their offensive line group on Tuesday. The team announced the signing of guard Lester Cotton. Cotton signed with the team as an undrafted free agent in 2019 and played one special teams snap in his lone appearance of the regular season. He remained with the team through the 2020 […]

The Buccaneers won’t have a traditional parade to celebrate their Super Bowl LV title, but they will have one befitting their moniker. According to multiple reports, Tampa will host a boat parade on the Hillsborough River on Wednesday. Details, including the time that the flotilla will begin, are still being worked out between team and […]

Sports journalism has lost some good people over the past several days: ESPN baseball writer Pedro Gomez died unexpectedly Sunday at the age of 58, and NFL.com writer Chris Wesseling died Friday at the age of 46 after a long battle with cancer. On Tuesday came more terrible news: Long-time NFL writer Terez Paylor died […]

LeBron James tweeted several times after the Buccaneers’ 31-9 victory over the Chiefs that gave Tom Brady his seventh Super Bowl ring. “IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW!! GOAT TALK,” was the last of James’ tweets. Brady is 43 and just completed his 21st NFL season. James, 36, is in his 18th season and has four […]

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, the presumed No. 1 overall choice in the 2021 draft, will hold a de facto Pro Day on Friday. Lawrence’s agents announced last week Lawrence has a labrum injury in his non-throwing shoulder that needs surgery to repair. The injury was discovered after Lawrence left college, according to Ian Rapoport of […]

A report from TheAthletic.com on Monday indicated the Raiders would rather trade Marcus Mariota than Derek Carr. That was followed by Ian Rapoport of NFL Media on Monday who reports the Raiders are receiving “legitimate and real” trade interest in Mariota. Mariota has a $10.63 million salary-cap hit, which is what the Raiders can save […]

The NBA’s Dallas Mavericks have become the first U.S. pro sports team to stop playing the national anthem pregame. Owner Mark Cuban confirmed to Tim Cato of TheAthletic.com that none of team’s 13 preseason and regular-season home games this season have featured the anthem. Cuban declined to elaborate or explain. The Mavericks did not publicize […]