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Kentucky's Reed Sheppard lights up NBA Draft Combine
CHICAGO -- A few weeks ago, Reed Sheppard was wrestling with a "family decision" far from the stay-or-go variety for college freshmen at the end of the season.,Circumstances and emotions were high. Kentucky head coach John Calipari exited stage left for Arkansas. Replacement Mark Pope just so happen...
Blazer5 Gaming sink Kings in NBA 2K League's Tipoff
Blazer5 Gaming beat Kings Guard Gaming 67-61 on Monday at the NBA 2K League's 5v5 The Tipoff event.,Claude "Claude" Knight poured in a game-high 32 points on 11-of-20 shooting for Blazer5. He hit 10 3-pointers, and teammate Wahid "Faiz" Faiz chipped in 17 points and six assists.,Nasir "Fatstop" Love...
Aryna Sabalenka survives three match points to make Rome quarters
World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka saved three match points en route to defeating No. 16 seed Elina Svitolina 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) in a late-night marathon in the Round of 16 of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Monday in Rome.,Sabalenka also endured an injury to her lower back/hip area that required a long ...
Reports: Lions award Jared Goff four-year, $212M extension
The Detroit Lions and Jared Goff have agreed to a four-year, $212 million contract extension with $170 million guaranteed, ESPN and NFL Network reported Monday.,Goff, 29, was entering the final year of a contract he signed with the Rams before the 2021 trade that sent Goff to Detroit and Matthew Sta...
Bucs S Antoine Winfield gets record 4-year, $84.1M extension
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are making Antoine Winfield the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history.,The All-Pro safety agreed to a four-year, $84.1 million deal that includes $45 million fully guaranteed, his agents confirmed to NFL Network on Monday.,It marks the first time in NFL history that a s...
Transfer Great Osobor picks Washington, could earn $2M in NIL
Utah State transfer Great Osobor picked Washington over Louisville and Texas Tech, and he's expected to land in Seattle with a Name, Image and Likeness valuation of more than $2 million. ,Osobor was the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year and transferred to Washington to follow coach Danny S...
Report: NBA gives Bronny James medical clearance
A panel of NBA physicians has medically cleared Bronny James to be drafted, ESPN reported Monday.,The three doctors on the league's Fitness to Play Panel evaluated and approved his participation in this week's pre-draft scouting combine in Chicago, per the report.,The oldest son of Los Angeles Laker...
Chiefs to open 2024 season vs. Ravens
Game 1 of the 2024 NFL regular season features the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, Sept. 5.,The Week 1 headliner was confirmed by the league as the build-up begins for a full schedule release on Wednesday night with select marquee games and dates made...
Ultra snag No. 2 seed for CDL Major 3
The Toronto Ultra locked down the No. 2 seed for the Call of Duty League's Stage 3 Major by beating the New York Subliners 3-1 on Sunday as qualifying action came to an end. ,Toronto was one of three teams to enter the final day of qualifying with a 5-1 record. The other two squads, OpTic Texas and ...
Texas, Oklahoma earn top seeds in NCAA softball bracket
Texas received the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Division I Softball Championship when the selection committee revealed its 64-team field on Sunday.,Right behind Texas (47-7) is rival Oklahoma, the three-time reigning champion, as the No. 2 seed. The Sooners (49-6) beat the Longhorns 5-1 in the Big...
Giants OF Michael Conforto (hamstring) on IL; Jung Hoo Lee hurt
San Francisco Giants oufielder Michael Conforto landed on the 10-day IL before outfielder Jung Hoo Lee left Sunday's game with a separated left shoulder.,Conforto was injured in Saturday night's 5-1 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds, exiting in the fourth inning with a right hamstring strain. Th...
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OKC's Sam Presti is an overrated draft savant
Sam Presti is the only NBA executive ever to draft three future MVPs and he did it in three consecutive drafts. It’s a maniacal stroke of luck and an exercise of risk/reward, chance and foresight. By doing so, Presti at the time guaranteed short-term success for the soon-to-be relocated Seattle Soni...
Who is the best point guard in the NBA?
What is a point guard in today’s NBA? The role and term has evolved so much from the 1990s when the position was defined by midrange scoring, playmaking and limited athleticism. Today’s concept of a point guard runs the whole gamut, across all five positions, where a center in Denver is the best pas...
Bob Nightengale keeps trying to rehab Trevor Bauer
Sometimes, there’s no choice but to cover a vile person in sports because they are doing something that can’t be ignored. Trevor Bauer is not that, but that didn’t stop Bob Nightengale from auditioning to get on his payroll, next to Rachel Luba, whatever it is she does other than be the occasional b...
Josh Hart is the hardest working man in the NBA
Work Hart, not smart, has been the New York Knicks blueprint since the end of January. While injuries to Julius Randle and OG Anunoby have kept their front court stars out of the rotation, Tom Thibodeau has turned to his tried-and-true method of working his blue collar contributors until they’re dog...
NFL Safeties are getting the short end of stick this offseason
It’s cap casualty season. The new league year begins on March 13, and every team in the league has to be under the hard salary cap by 4 p.m. EST on that date. Teams across the league are bleeding talent to reach the $255.4 million number....
Jalen Green’s filthy jam over Anfernee Simons is Dunk of the Year Worthy
During the course of an NBA season, we get quite a few wow moments in many different ways. If it’s not a defender getting crossed up so badly he hits the canvas, it’s a rim-shattering dunk that makes folks rise up out of their seats. Sometimes it’s us watching in awe as players like Stephen Curry or...
Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?
It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees.The Minnesota Timberwolves’ deceptive season has been one of the hottest topics in the West so let’s start there....
Draymond Green passed <i>who</i> on the NBA's made threes list?
The explosion in three-point shooting ushered in by Stephen Curry, alongside fellow splash bro Klay Thompson, has literally changed the game we all know and love over the past decade. Once Golden State proved that you could win a championship playing largely on the perimeter offensively, the entire ...