Author: Tim Runn

The Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL reveals key star-studded partnerships, fan-engaging promotions, and charitable giving initiativesDETROIT, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Little Caesars, the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL, is pulling out all the stops by partnering with Super Bowl-winning quarterback Matthew Stafford, launching season-long pregame promotions, and focusing on giving back to underserved communities.  Earlier this summer, the third-largest pizza chain in the world announced a multi-year partnership with the NFL. “We are really excited to work with Matthew Stafford for our debut as the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL,” said Greg Hamilton, senior vice president of…

The San Antonio Spurs enter the 2022-23 NBA season at the start of a rebuild. What that ultimately means for Jakob Poeltl’s future with the organization remains to be seen. Poeltl is coming off a career year with averages of 13.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.7 blocks in 29.0 minutes per game. It was the second season of his NBA career, even reaching the 20 minutes per game threshold. HoopsHype recently ranked each of the top 25 centers in the NBA entering the 2022-23 season. Poeltl was narrowly on the outside of the top 10 as he ranked 12th overall.…

Meg Oliphant | Getty Images Editor’s note: This year’s playoff field will be spotlighted in USA Network’s new unscripted series “Race for the Championship” airing this fall. The first episode is Thursday, Sept. 1, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Watch the trailer here. The 16-driver field for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs is set after Sunday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. MORE: Race results | Best Daytona photos Fourteen drivers had clinched postseason berths heading into Daytona by virtue of wins, leaving two spots up for grabs. The below drivers will compete for the NASCAR Cup Series championship…

Unionization would represent a seismic change in the way the minor leagues have operated for more than a century.The Major League Baseball Players Association, which has represented major leaguers in matters of collective negotiations and labor law since 1966, is seeking to do the same for the thousands of players who annually toil in the minor leagues for notoriously low pay. Alan Franco, Josef Martinez and Juan Jose Purata all scored goals on headers Sunday as Atlanta United FC earned a 3-2 victory over visiting D.C. United on Aug. 28, 2022 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Click for more. If enough cards…

Saranac Lake Golf Club Friday Night League champions Todd Lindsay and Larry Bashaw accept the trophy from last year’s champion Curt Hayes and Howie Peckham on Friday night in Ray Brook. Lindsay and Bashaw defeated Chuck Dobson and Ron Jones to win the title. Other scores: Skins — Larry Bourey and Sheridan Swinyer #4, Victor Woodruff and Jim Norcross # 6-7, Jim Strack and Paul Demarco #9. 2-Man Scramble — Jim Strack and Paul Demarco. Closest to Pin #4 — John Gagnon. Closest to Line #9 — Jim Norcross. (Provided photo) Today’s breaking news and…

Syracuse football faces one of the more difficult schedules in college football. The Orange faces five ranked opponents including two in the top five and three in the top 15. Three of the five ranked opponents are on the road. How does Syracuse navigate the schedule to get to six wins and a bowl berth? 1. Win the Games You ShouldSyracuse has to beat Wagner and UConn. Period. Both are teams that should be inferior to Syracuse. If you cannot win both of those games, you are not going bowling. 2. Win “Toss-Up” GamesThere are several games on the schedule that will…

In 2018, Hardik Pandya was playing the Asia Cup and then he got injured. It was so bad that he was taken off the field and that too on a stretcher. Fast forward to 2022, and Pandya is back and how. This is the Asia Cup once more and here is Pandya firing at all cylinders. That’s what he did exactly as he came out to bowl against Pakistan in Dubai, picking up three crucial wickets. ASIA CUP 2022: FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS Especially his 15th over where he picked up the wickets of dangermen Mohammad Rizwan and Khushdil Shah in the very…

By Sam Volz: Andre Ward believes that the size, skills, and dogged determination of Tyson Fury may prove to be too much for the smaller unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in a fight between the two for the undisputed championship. Ward is intrigued by this match-up because it pits two highly skilled champions that are vastly different in size. The 6’9″ Fury (32-0-1, 23 KOs) will enjoy a six-inch height advantage and possibly a 40+ lb weight advantage against the 6’3″, 221-lb Usyk. That’s not to say that Usyk can’t win because Fury’s whole game is centered around fighters that…

Rafael Nadal’s nineteen-match winning streak at the Slams is yet to come to an end for all intents and purposes, as he was forced to miss the Wimbledon semi-final with an abdominal problem. The same, essentially, that prevented him from participating in the number one section of the mini-tournament on North American cement, in Montreal.The Spanish champion, who after his defeat in his debut against Borna Coric in Cincinnati immediately moved to New York to start training, finally learned the name of his first-round rival and the hypothetical path to the 23rd Slam and first place of the ranking.Despite the…

NHL Network is spending the offseason presenting the best current NHL players at each position. On Sunday, the network’s producers and analysts revealed their top 20 defensemen in a special program. To add to that conversation, we asked six NHL.com writers to pick the player they think will be the best defenseman in the NHL in three seasons. Here are their choices:Cale Makar, Colorado AvalancheWhen you’re 23 years old and being mentioned in the same sentence as Bobby Orr, you’re pretty good. Makar did just that last season when he became the third defenseman to win the Conn Smythe Trophy…