By Zach Koons He feels like he’s “earned the right” to be in the closing rotation. View the original article to see embedded media. After spending the entire fourth quarter on the bench in Tuesday’s loss to the defending-champion Bucks, Lakers point gu…
Report: Lakers Players Feel Urgency to Make Changes Ahead of Trade Deadline
By Ben Pickman LeBron James admitted Tuesday that Los Angeles is still a ways away from being a title contender. View the original article to see embedded media. Following a 131–116 loss to the Bucks on Tuesday which dropped the Lakers to 26–29 on the …
Inside The Latest SI Weekly: What Impact Will SoFi Stadium, Super Bowl Have in Inglewood?
By SI Staff Host John Gonzalez dives into answers around this, and why Brian Flores decided to call out the NFL now, in the latest episode of the SI Weekly podcast. The Super Bowl returns to Los Angeles for the first time in 29 years. Sunday’s game bet…
Super Bowl LVI Betting Preview: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams
By Frankie Taddeo Let’s agree that is not the matchup most NFL fans and pundits predicted before the start of the season. Heck, even after the postseason commenced, most were not picking both No. 4 seeds as the final two teams left playing on the bigge…
SoFi Stadium Went Up—and Then Everything Changed
By John Gonzalez Crushing traffic, soaring rents and residents forced out. The home of Super Bowl LVI brought prosperity to Inglewood, but at what cost? It’s a sleepy Sunday morning in Inglewood, save for the never-ending parade of planes zooming overh…
NBA Trade Deadline: Latest Buzz, Rumors and Questions
By Chris Mannix Examining key questions and the latest chatter ahead of Thursday’s deadline. View the original article to see embedded media. There’s a chance, a pretty good one, that the NBA trade deadline will be anticlimactic. That’s because the usu…
Mikaela Shiffrin’s Tragic Loss Gives Her Perspective After Latest Olympic Miscue
By Stephanie Apstein Following a disqualification from her second consecutive race in Beijing, the 26-year-old is searching for answers to explain the unfathomable results, but says she’s “not scared to feel a little bit weighed down by some expectatio…
Lindsey Jacobellis Wins Team USA’s First Gold Medal at Beijing Winter Olympics
By Andrew Gastelum Five days after the opening ceremony, the U.S. has claimed gold. View the original article to see embedded media. Five days after the opening ceremony, Team USA’s gold medal drought is over, and it has Lindsey Jacobellis to thank. Co…
Shaun White Lands All-or-Nothing Run to Qualify for Halfpipe Final in Fifth Olympics
By Andrew Gastelum The snowboarding legend fell on his first run, but nailed his high-stake second attempt. View the original article to see embedded media. Shaun White will have one last chance at an Olympic medal, but he didn’t take the easy route. T…
Mikaela Shiffrin Fails to Finish Second Straight Race in Beijing
By Madeline Coleman Shiffrin, who placed fourth in the women’s slalom at the 2018 Games, only made it through a few of the event’s notoriously tight turns. Mikaela Shiffrin skied out of her second straight race on Wednesday, this time in women’s slalom…