Sam Wyche, former Cincinnati Bengals coach, dies at 74

Former Cincinnati Bengals coach Sam Wyche died on Thursday at 74, the crew confirmed in a press release. “Sam was a wonderful guy,” Bengals president Mike Brown mentioned. ”We obtained to know him as each a participant and a coach. As our coach, he had nice success and took us to the Super Bowl. He was pals with everybody right here, each throughout his tenure as head coach and afterwards. We not solely appreciated him, we admired him as a person. He had an awesome generosity of spirit and lived his life making an attempt to assist others. We categorical our condolences to Jane and his kids Zak and Kerry.” Wyche was drafted by

Bulls coach Jim Boylen wants his gamers to hold the

John Paxson and Co. are not any strangers to drawing a line within the sand, inserting the accountability of enchancment on the Bulls gamers themselves. The vice chairman of basketball operations made that very clear a number of occasions main into this season. So on Monday, coach Jim Boylen was simply doubling down on that mentality. The matter was toughness, and in response to Boylen, a training employees may solely instill a lot. At some level this 2-5 group both learns toughness, accepts it and runs with it, or they don’t. “I believe they should take extra accountability for his or her preparedness,’’ Boylen mentioned of his gamers. “I believe they should take extra possession of

Former NBA and ABA coach Tom Nissalke dies at 87

SALT LAKE CITY — Tom Nissalke, who gained coach of the yr honors within the NBA and ABA, has died. He was 87. Nissalke died at his dwelling in Salt Lake City on Thursday after going through a “series of health-related problems” in recent times, in keeping with the Deseret News. He was the primary coach of the Utah Jazz after the franchise relocated from New Orleans in 1979. Nissalke was additionally an NBA head coach in Seattle, Houston and Cleveland. Nissalke obtained his begin within the professional ranks as an assistant with Milwaukee and helped information a workforce that includes Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to an NBA title in 1971. His

Illinois coach Lovie Smith’s beard steals present at Big Ten

For the second consecutive Big Ten media days, Illinois coach Lovie Smith’s beard stole the present on the Hilton Chicago. That was about the one factor value speaking about Thursday on the Illini entrance. Smith’s beard was noticeably thicker and longer than it was final 12 months. But sufficient about his facial hair. This was Smith’s fourth Big Day media days, and he approached it the identical approach as he has previous occasions. He spewed empty platitudes and preached optimism for the upcoming season. ‘‘When we first got here, we knew there were some challenging things that we had to take care of, and we attacked it,’’ Smith mentioned. ‘‘We went to work immediately. We overhauled

Who had the NFL’s worst offseason? Former coach John Fox

When John Fox was requested which NFL workforce had the worst offseason Monday, he pointed to his former employer. “I think when you’re going to play defense, you’re going to lean on takeaways to help a young offense, and you don’t have a kicker, a reliable kicker, that you’re going to need those points from after some of those turnovers,” Fox mentioned on ESPN’s “NFL Live,” the place he serves as an analyst. “I think the kicking question is really big right now in Chicago. And I think that might be a problem for them in the season.” Fox, in fact, was the Bears’ head coach after they lower their all-time main scorer, Robbie Gould. In

Bruce Arena Hired By Revolution As Head Coach, Sporting

Bruce Arena now holds the keys the to the New England Revolution’s kingdom. The Revolution introduced Tuesday in an announcement they’ve employed the United States soccer icon as head coach and sporting director. Arena arrives in the future after the workforce parted methods with basic supervisor Mike Burns and 5 days after the workforce fired head coach Brad Friedel. Arena now has the duty of boosting the fortunes of a membership that has didn't qualify for the MLS Cup playoffs since 2015 and has gained simply three, drawn two and misplaced eight video games thus far this season. “Bruce is one of the most successful coaches in American soccer history, and we feel his commitment to excellence, track record of winning championships

N’Keal Harry Could Be Patriots’ Dez Bryant, College Coach

by Zack Cox on Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 11:29AM Based on the scouting report given Friday by his former school coach, the New England Patriots needs to be very enthusiastic about huge receiver N’Keal Harry, their prime 2019 draft choose. Harry, who at 32nd general was the very best receiver ever drafted by Bill Belichick’s Patriots, performed at Arizona State beneath Herm Edwards, the previous New York Jets head coach and ESPN analyst. At 6-foot-2, 228 kilos and with an innate capacity to make contested catches in visitors, Edwards in contrast Harry’s ability set to that of former Dallas Cowboys star Dez Bryant. “(He’s) a very competitive player,” Edwards mentioned on WEEI’s “Mut & Callahan.” “He jogs my memory quite a