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2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket
Selection Sunday is behind us, the First Four and more importantly, the 2016 NCAA Tournament is ahead. While there are surprises with some of the overall selections and seeding, there’s nothing surprising about the number one teams: Kansas in the South regional, Oregon in the West, North Carolina in the East and Virginia in the Midwest.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Transformed When Draymond Green Gets Into it
The remarkable comeback by the Golden State Warriors in their fourth quarter onslaught on the Phoenix Suns wasn’t surprising or special at all. Stephen Curry scored the points, but once again, all of it wouldn’t have been possible without Draymond Green.
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NBA Rumors – Thunder Can’t be Champions, Even With Durant & Westbrook
The loss to the San Antonio Spurs was a classic Oklahoma City Thunder moment of realizing that no matter how good Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are as players, the team built around them just isn’t going to win an NBA championship.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets a Dead Team Walking
Making the playoffs or not, the Houston Rockets, with the concept that puts James Harden at the heart of this team, aren’t going to win a championship or even come close. Everything happening now is just basketball redundancy. A team wrongly put together, with players that can’t wait for it all to fall apart, and go their separate ways.
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NBA Rumors – Dallas Mavericks Stuck in Mediocrity, the League’s Worst Sin
And the Dallas Mavericks are at .500. Again. And it seems their inability to become more than just a good team and make some sort of impact in the playoffs is going to be part of their M.O for this postseason (if they even make it) and next season as well. The attempt to build a championship team in the final years of Dirk Nowitzki on a court is failing miserably.
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NFL Rumors – Chicago Bears & Los Angeles Rams Trying to Sign Zach Miller
One of the ‘come out of nowhere’ stories from last season had to be Zach Miller, the Chicago Bears tight end, who is now entertaining offers from both the Bears and the Los Angeles Rams.
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NFL Rumors – Bears & Lions Interested in Signing Akiem Hicks
One player who seems to have a decision coming up for him with two teams to choose from is defensive tackle Akiem Hicks, who looks like he’ll end up playing for either the Chicago Bears or Detroit Lions.
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NFL Rumors – Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens & Pittsburgh Steelers Interested in Signing Mike Wallace
While being released by the Minnesota Vikings sends out a signal of Mike Wallace no longer being worth the money he was supposed to be paid in 2016, he might still end up going back there or even the Pittsburgh Steelers who are in need of a wide receiver, while the Baltimore Ravens have also shown interest in him.
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Jeremy Lin Looks More Comfortable as Charlotte Hornets Offense Sizzles
The Charlotte Hornets aren’t stopping, as their home stand pushes them closer to a playoff berth with a 125-109 win over the Houston Rockets, enjoying one of the worst defenses the NBA has to offer. Jeremy Lin looked better on offense with a bit more playing time than usual, while Kemba Walker was back to his scoring and Marvin Williams enjoyed the acres of space he had to shoot.
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NFL Rumors – Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, Baltimore Ravens & Jacksonville Jaguars Interested in Signing Kelvin Beachum
The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t give up on the idea of re-signing Kelvin Beachum, but it’s more than likely he ends up playing somewhere else from 2016 onward, with the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks and the Baltimore Ravens all trying to pull the left tackle in their direction.