NBA teams are increasingly trotting out lineups with five players who can play (and guard) nearly any position – but is it merely a fad?The revolution is being televised. The bedrock of NBA strategy, and basketball in general, has long been its positions on the court. Those positions – point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center – have traditionally been prescribed according to height, with shorter guards and taller centers. In a round peg, round hole game, everyone has a role, tall players were guided to go stand under the basket while shorter guards told to dribble and pass the ball. Related: Starbucks and the San Antonio Spurs: a tale of two misguided boycotts Related: Is this...
The Jacksonville Jaguars owner says it is too soon to determine whether he would move them to the London stadium but he is seen as the man to make the league’s dream come trueOn the morning Shahid Khan increased his profile in the London sports scene, he sat in the headquarters of the Jacksonville Jaguars and laughed into the phone. It was a great roaring laugh that lingered even as he began to speak.“If you know the NFL, you know you don’t choose them they choose you,” the Jaguars and Fulham owner told the Guardian on Thursday. Related: FA holds talks to sell Wembley to Fulham owner Khan in £900m deal Related: FA’s proposed sale of Wembley to Shahid Khan...
The former four-weight world champion can sell a fight but he shocked everyone bar his own fans with a slew of insults after drawing with Jessie Vargas in BrooklynIt has always been an irritating paradox that Adrien Broner is so classy with gloves on and wilfully obnoxious anywhere near a microphone.Both sides of the Cincinnati Loudmouth, a former four-weight world champion, were seen when he toughed out a majority draw over 12 rounds at 144lbs catchweight against Jessie Vargas in Brooklyn on Saturday night. He shook hands with his opponent in the ring and smiled briefly, then, after brushing aside the Showtime interviewer, Jim Gray, unleashed a slew of racist and homophobic insults that shocked all but his own hardcore...
After playing a key role in his son’s rapid ascent, the father of American soccer’s would-be savior has resumed a deferred passionBlending into the background doesn’t seem to bother Mark Pulisic one bit. It was true last year while tucked away on the southern shores of Lake Ontario in Rochester, upstate New York. And it’s equally the case this year further south on the banks of the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Where it counts most, Mark has been the ultimate background figure for some time: as father to 19-year-old US soccer phenom and Borussia Dortmund attacker Christian Pulisic. Omnipresent as his young teen navigated the brisk transition from ordinary schoolboy to an entire country’s next great hope of world-classdom,...
The complete schedule for the 2018 season was unveiled on Thursday night and there is no shortage of delicious matchups on offerSure, Sundays have long been devoid of football games, but the NFL is omnipresent. Ever since the Philadelphia Eagles shocked the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, the machine has churned on.Free agency? You don’t even have to wait for the official start now, with the legal tampering period paving the way for reporters to break news of impending moves. Related: NFL 2018 schedule: Eagles host Falcons in opener as full slate of games unveiled Related: Aaron Rodgers converts Dalai Lama to Green Bay Packers fan, which is nice Continue reading...