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The Raiders have failed to finish above .500 in the previous three seasons, tied to the return of coach Jon Gruden. For their second season in Las Vegas, they hope to stay on an upward tracjectory after going from 4-12 to 7-9 to 8-8. Gruden and GM Mike Mayock are under pressure to deliver results in 2021 and

The Baltimore Ravens have the third-best record in the NFL since 2018 — a run that coincides with star quarterback Lamar Jackson.  Jackson earned his first playoff victory in the 2020 season, but the Ravens face fierce competition in the AFC North — and conference at large — as the 2019 NFL MVP will try

The release of the NFL regular-season schedule means something else: The release of regular-season point spreads.  With the NFL deciding to give out the Week 1 schedule early on Wednesday, in advance of the full release Wednesday night, BetMGM posted the lines for every Week 1 game except one.  We don’t know where Aaron Rodgers

By Tyler Calvaruso | May 12, 2021 10:51 am Five-star forward Patrick Baldwin Jr. has decided to take the path seldom traveled as he continues his basketball journey to the college ranks. Instead of taking his talents to a blue blood program like Duke or Georgetown, a former powerhouse crawling its way out of the

On Tuesday, Charlotte Hornets rookie LaMelo Ball struggled against the Denver Nuggets, producing his fourth-lowest scoring game of the season in a 117-112 loss. Ball totaled just five points on 1-of-9 shooting from the field in 31 minutes of work. While he had just five points, Ball also contributed 12 rebounds, which were two off

NFL strengths of schedule for 2021, ranked hardest to easiest originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea The NFL is about to embark on its biggest season yet with an expanded 17-game schedule. While an extra game will likely present its own challenges for players, some teams will be up against a tough strength of schedule

About four years ago, ESPN made significant cuts to its staff of journalists, among both on-air personnel and digital reporters and editors. The company – and nearly every sports media entity – has seen more layoffs since then, but the departures from the “Worldwide Leader In Sports” over the last year or so have involved

Joe Maddon, right, talks with Albert Pujols after being introduced as Angels manager in 2019. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) On the day the Angels’ position players assembled for the first time this spring, the wife of Albert Pujols started an Instagram post this way: “Today is the first day of the last season

By Tyler Calvaruso | May 11, 2021 10:47 am Sierra Canyon basketball star Chance Westry has left the program, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. Westry, a Pennsylvania native and the No. 34 overall recruit in the class of 2022, is no longer with the program due to personal reasons, according to head coach

The Week World’s most vaccinated nation sees COVID-19 resurgence, raising questions over Chinese vaccine Despite its standing as the world’s most vaccinated country, the 115-island archipelago Seychelles is seeing a dramatic resurgence in COVID-19 transmission, bringing its daily case rate to “a higher number of infections per capita than India,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

Five-star 2023 quarterback Arch Manning has several schools on his radar next month. As Manning works through spring practice at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, 247Sports’ Steve Wiltfong caught up with Arch’s father, Cooper, for a wide-ranging interview on his son’s recruitment. The main news was Manning’s five scheduled visits for June — he’ll

By Tyler Calvaruso | May 11, 2021 7:30 am With the NCAA recruiting dead period nearing its end, highly-touted quarterback Arch Manning is set to get out on the road and visit schools across the nation. According to 247Sports’ Steve Wiltfong, Manning, the top-ranked quarterback in the class of 2023 and the nephew of Eli

9:29 PM ET Russell Westbrook made history on Monday with 8:30 remaining in the fourth quarter against the Atlanta Hawks when he collected his 182nd triple-double and broke Oscar Robertson’s record for most career triple-doubles. Westbrook passed Robertson when the Wizards’ point guard grabbed his 10th rebound in the fourth quarter at State Farm Arena.

4:53 PM ET LeBron James will likely return for Tuesday’s game against the New York Knicks as his injured right ankle has been pain free after several days off, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. Head coach Frank Vogel said James was a full participant in Lakers practice on Monday but did not officially

2:48 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It looks like Tim Tebow is finally going to be playing for his hometown team. Just not as a quarterback. The Jacksonville Jaguars are expected to sign the 33-year-old Tebow to a one-year contract either later this week or next week to play tight end, a position he never