Author: Mikesportz
Jrue Holiday will not play tonight against the San Antonio Spurs due to a right elbow sprain. Holiday is the only Celtic on the injury report, and Al Horford is expected to join the starting lineup as a result. Derrick White will assume all lead guard duties, and Payton Pritchard should see an increase in minutes as well. Horford and Kristaps Porzingis are active again after missing Boston’s last game against Toronto. Holiday has been playing great in his last few games, averaging 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists per game with a steal and half…
LOS ANGELES — Michigan wide receiver Cornelius Johnson has seen it all during his time for the Maize and Blue from the lowest of the lows to the highest of the highs. The veteran receiver wasn’t the most highly-decorated prospect coming out of high school from the state of Connecticut, but he’s proven a lot of doubters wrong and looks to end this final season with a championship. “When we first met (Sam), it was way back into recruitment back in like 2017, 2018 when the journey first started,” Johnson told The Michigan Insider. “Coming down to…
The Seattle Seahawks appear to be ringing in the new year the only way they know how, with yet another close game. Seattle, which has been no stranger to tight games for years now, heads into the locker room facing a 17-14 deficit against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at Lumen Field. For a game featuring two teams with below-average offenses (statistically speaking, anyway), both squads have been able to move the ball quite well. Pittsburgh has the edge with 248 total yards, but Seattle hasn’t been bad with 178 ya The Steelers got on the board first thanks to…
The Portland Trail Blazers avenged their Thursday night loss to the San Antonio Spurs with a victory against the Spurs Friday. The Blazers will open up 2024 with a trip to the Valley of the Sun to face the Phoenix Suns on Monday. Leave your questions in the comments and we’ll pick a few to add to our preview, with proper credit of course. The approximate cutoff time for this game is 7 p.m. Pacific on Sunday. That way we can have the preview ready for publishing early on each game day. Reminder: It can be about either team…
One of those set to come back to school in 2024, according to 247Sports’ Alejandro Zuniga, is offensive tackle Myles Hinton. The Stanford transfer hasn’t played a huge role in 2023, but with LaDarius Henderson out of collegiate eligibility, he will have a shot to earn the starting left tackle position. Another guy, however, has plans to go to the pros following the season — do-it-all offensive lineman Karsen Barnhart. The native Michigander has been in college since 2019, and he admitted he made the decision prior to this season beginning. “I’m going on to the NFL,” Barnhart…
One interesting aspect of what’s felt like an injury-riddled NBA season, is the number of high-profile players who could ultimately become ineligible to be in the mix for season-long awards this year. The current rule states that players must average 20-plus minutes in 65 regular-season games or play at least 62 games, suffer a season-ending injury and play the majority of games prior to the injury. So this means names like Ja Morant, Bradley Beal and Tyler Herro are already ineligible for the Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved Player awards. But beyond that,…
The Jacksonville Jaguars won’t have quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the lineup as they try to save their sinking season on Sunday. But the Jaguars will have left offensive tackle Cam Robinson available for the first time in a month. Robinson left Jacksonville’s 24-21 victory over the Houston Texans on Nov. 26 with a knee injury. The Jaguars placed the former Alabama All-American on injured reserve the following day, and he missed the next four games. Jacksonville lost all the games missed by Robinson to slip to 8-7 and into a tie for the top spot in the AFC South…
The Los Angeles Rams are in the thick of the NFL Playoff hunt, but we are also in the middle of college bowl season. While more players have been opting out this year, it’s still been a good opportunity for some to showcase their talent. With bowl games in full force, so are mock drafts. Pro Football Network’s Ian Cummings released his latest 7-round mock draft on Saturday and had the Rams going defense heavy. Cummings’ mock draft does not include compensatory picks as they are not official. With the 23rd overall pick, Cummings has the Rams taking Alabama cornerback…
Phoenix Suns forward Josh Okogie is listed as probable for Sunday’s home game against the Orlando Magic, while forward Nassir Little was ruled out with knee soreness. Suns coach Frank Vogel said both Okogie and Little were limited to walk-through activities at practice on Saturday, but Okogie is expected to play. Okogie sprained his ankle on Christmas against Dallas and was limited to 12 minutes in the loss against the Mavericks. He was 0-for-5 from the field, including 0-for-3 for behind the arc. The former first-round pick from Georgia Tech returned and played 10 minutes in Phoenix’s win over Houston…
PASADENA, Calif. — In 2021 as their senior year of high school wrapped up at IMG Academy and JC Latham, Greg Crippen and J.J. McCarthy all went their separate ways Latham made a bold prediction. Following his 2019 visit to Ann Arbor to watch the Wolverines fall 56-27 to Ohio State, Latham, now a star offensive lineman at Alabama, had decided that Michigan’s troubles were not due to a lack of talent, but something deeper. And as he and his high school teammates split up — with Crippen and MCarthy headed to the Wolverines he texted them to say…