Lost among the shocking upset pulled off by the New York Giants on Sunday was the final nail being driven into the coffin of the Tush Push. Its death has been long overdue. Honestly, the play should have been outlawed the week after it first appeared. Over the last offseason, the Green Bay Packers did their level best to kill it. Too many owners were incomprehensibly stupid at the league meeting and failed to vote to ban the play.
She was 14, working a youth game in Southwest Florida, when she awarded a throw-in. As the team which lost possession protested vehemently, an opposing player stepped into the scrum and sheepishly confessed to touching the ball last. "I'm like, 'OK, well thanks for admitting that. I guess we'll throw it the other way, right?'" said Unkel who, as an attorney in addition to being an official, knows the value of a confession.
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve has been suspended one game due to her "conduct and comments" during and after her team's loss to the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of their playoff series, the WNBA announced Saturday. Reeve will serve the suspension during Sunday's Game 4 in Phoenix. The Minnesota coach was ejected in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter of Game 3 after berating an official for not calling a foul on a play that left Lynx star Napheesa Collier injured.
The moment occurred in the 59th minute of Australia's match against Fiji, where a minor officiating misjudgment disrupted what should have been a crucial try for Fiji.