Bo Nix has already turned 25. Michael Penix Jr. will get there in May. Both quarterbacks were first-round picks last year. They were among 56 players age 24 or older drafted in 2024. That number was up from 54 in 2023, 44 in 2022, 16 in 2021 and 19 in 2020. There have been more older ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Joe Dumars — a former NBA champion as both a player and an executive with the Detroit Pistons — as their executive vice president of basketball operations. Dumars, 61, takes over for David Griffin, who was fired on Monday after a ...
Everybody's got a hunch this time of year, a thought about the so-called Presidents' Trophy "curse" or maybe a dark horse Stanley Cup pick. Only one team of the 16 in the NHL playoffs gets to be champion, and even before the first round begins Saturday, there is rampant disagreement on who ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Mount Rushmore of golf now has six faces carved into granite, and for that Rory McIlroy should feel as though he achieved the highest pinnacle in golf. But there is so much more ahead for McIlroy. He turns 36 next month and believes he is a better player than he ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch interviews a draft prospect, he often feels as though he's entered a strange new scouting universe. Today's players talk openly about agents and endorsement deals, and they're not shy about describing journeys to three ...
HOUSTON (AP) — George Foreman was remembered Monday in a memorial service in his hometown of Houston for his legendary boxing career as well as for his love of God, family, horses and cheeseburgers and for his desire to help his fellow man. “He preached love all the time. That’s what ...