Foxboro, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – The New England Patriots named Michael Lombardi assistant to the coaching staff on Thursday. Lombardi was fired as general manager for the Cleveland Browns last week. Lombardi joined the NFL personnel ranks in 1984, spending three […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Austria has only produced two top-10 players on the ATP World Tour, but that could change within the next year. Dominic Thiem, appropriately nicknamed “Dominator,” is ranked 99th in the world right now, but the Wiener […]
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova won women’s figure skating gold at the Sochi Olympics, edging South Korea’s Kim Yuna for the title on Thursday night. Sotnikova trailed the 2010 Olympic champion by just .28 points after the short […]
Albany, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Greg Gattuso’s first season as the University at Albany head football coach will include a program-record seven home games and 12 overall in a schedule announced Thursday. “We’re excited about the seven home games and the […]
Miami, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Miami Heat traded guard Roger Mason Jr. to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for a future conditional 2015 second-round pick on Wednesday. Mason appeared in 25 games, with two starts, for the Heat this season […]
Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Two men have pleaded guilty to the 2011 beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow outside Dodger Stadium. Marvin Norwood and Louie Sanchez admitted guilt in the March 31, 2011 incident that left Stow […]
Lake Buena Vista, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Atlanta Braves continued their movement to keep their young core of players long term, signing shortstop Andrelton Simmons to a contract extension that will run through the 2020 season. According to various reports, […]
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – American Maddie Bowman won the first-ever Olympic gold medal on Thursday in the women’s freestyle halfpipe event. The two-time defending X Games champion was third after qualifying, but posted the two best runs in the […]
Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Canada completed a perfect run to gold in women’s curling at the Sochi Olympics, beating Sweden 6-3 on Thursday to end the tournament with an 11-0 record. The Canadians, led by skip Jennifer Jones, became the […]
Cleveland, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – The Philadelphia 76ers have traded center Spencer Hawes to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Sixers received forward Earl Clark and center Henry Sims, along with a pair of 2014 second-round draft picks in the deal. Hawes, in […]