Every year in the lead-up to the NFL Draft, there is a fascination with the 40-yard dash of various prospects. Though the metric has little to do with the success of players at the pro level, football fans love speed and fast players. As such, 40 times are a big-time topic of conversation every year during the NFL Combine. However, […]

Every Elite Eight team has its star player – an All-American or main catalyst who can help carry their respective team to the Final Four. But in a men's NCAA Tournament of bracket-busting upsets and unexpected results, it's been the role players or supporting cast members who have played key parts. These are the players who could be the difference in […]

Breaking down the three biggest takeaways from No. 6 Southern California's 82-68 win against No. 7 Oregon to advance into the men's Elite Eight: 1. This was a revenge game of sorts for USC, which beat Oregon in the lone regular-season meeting between the teams but lost the Pac-12 regular-season championship by virtue of the league’s decision to use winning […]

UCLA's improbable men's NCAA tournament run will continue after the No. 11 seed Bruins upset No. 2 seed Alabama 88-78 in overtime Sunday in Sweet 16 play.  Cody Riley's layup with 14 seconds to go after a great feed by Tyger Campbell put the Bruins up 63-62 in regulation. Alabama star Herbert Jones, who was named the Southeastern Conference player of the year, had a […]

As often happens, March Madness has given way to sanity during the Sweet 16 round. Michigan became the third No. 1 seed to advance to the Elite Eight on Sunday, blowing out fourth-seeded Florida State 76-58 in an East Region semifinal. Hunter Dickinson and Brandon Johns scored 14 points each, and Franz Wagner added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Michigan […]

Former NFL player and scout Bucky Brooks knows the ins and outs of this league, providing keen insight in his notebook. The topics of this edition include: — Five prospects who have boosted their draft stock on the pro day circuit. — It’s now a two-man race in this draft class’ battle for CB1. But first, a look at how […]

It started off as one lawsuit, filed late on a Tuesday night, alleging that Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson had purposely touched a female massage therapist with his genitals during a massage session nearly one year earlier. One week later, there were 16 lawsuits – all of them alleging sexual misconduct by Watson during separate massage sessions, on separate dates, in seemingly distinct […]

Returning home to Los Angeles was an obvious narrative to survey once it was learned DeSean Jackson was signing with the Rams, but reuniting with coach Sean McVay superseded any preferences for the veteran wideout. “There were other options out there. I could have went to other teams, other places. But my focus was really reuniting with Sean McVay,” Jackson […]

Not every men's NCAA Tournament game is a masterpiece. Sometimes the frequency of games during the first and second rounds helps paper over the clunkers.   Sadly, there was no other game going when Oregon State and Loyola Chicago opened the Sweet 16 Saturday with the 12th-seeded Beavers pulling off a 65-58 defeat of the No. 8 Ramblers. With the schedule changed due to the coronavirus […]

With the 2021 NFL Scouting Combine operating under a different format this year, pro day workouts are taking on a heightened importance this spring. BYU, Michigan and Virginia Tech were among the schools that held their pro days on Friday, giving some top 2021 NFL Draft prospects a chance to make an impression on scouts and NFL executives. How did […]