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The New Orleans Saints have the best color rush uniforms in the NFL, so why not have the best alternate helmets too?
With the NFL relaxing rules on teams wearing an alternate helmet for select games, teams have shown off some new looks. It's hard to believe any of them will beat the Saints' black helmets.
The team tweeted out the new helmets on Thursday:
It appears the new helmets will be worn with the color rush uniforms, though the Saints didn't announce a specific game in which they'll wear the new look.
It's hard to find any new uniform/mascot/team name or anything that gets universal support on social media. The Saints' new helmets might be close.
New Orleans' traditional helmets, with the gold color and the black fleur-de-lis, is one of the better looks in the NFL. Somehow the Saints might have topped it.
It's a bit of callback, as well. In 1969, the Saints wore black helmets during the preseason but the NFL forced them to switch back to the normal gold helmets for the regular season. More than 50 years later, the black Saints helmets have been approved.
While it's hard to believe anyone wouldn't approve of the Saints' new lids, what do you think of their new alternate helmets?
It’s open season on Major League Baseball’s century-old exemption from antitrust law. In a filing siding with three former minor league teams suing the MLB, the Department of Justice on Wednesday urged a federal court to limit the scope of the baseball’s carveout to “conduct that is central to the offering of professional baseball exhibitions.” […]
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Yay or nay? Saints unveil new black alternate helmets
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The name John Ruiz has become fairly well-known in the college sports world in recent months thanks to the name, image and likeness deals his companies have been giving out to college athletes — mainly at the University of Miami.
And now the NCAA is beginning to ask questions.
Ruiz confirmed to Sports Illustrated and On3 that he spoke with NCAA enforcement staff last week. According to SI, NCAA staff members “spent at least two days in Miami prying into NIL deals” while interviewing Ruiz and others.
Ruiz, a Hurricanes booster whose net worth is in the billions, has been very open on social media about the multitude of NIL deals he has struck with college athletes through his various business ventures. Most notably, he posted on Twitter about a two-year, $800,000 deal with Nijel Pack, who transferred from Kansas State to Miami for men’s basketball.
When speaking with SI, Ruiz described his communication with the NCAA as an “interview,” not an “investigation.” Ruiz said the NCAA is trying to gain a better understanding of the current NIL environment.
“A lot of NCAA bylaws are hard to reconcile with the ability and right to enter into NIL deals,” Ruiz said. “I think that the NCAA is starting to get a handle on the fact that it’s not capable of navigating within the [state] NIL laws and their own bylaws. There is an internal conflict. I felt the people from the NCAA were extremely pleasant. They are tasked with the job of making sure they gather enough information and create a functioning standard for everybody. There has to be better regulation.”
Ruiz told SI that he has signed 115 athletes (most of whom attend Miami) and has an overall payroll of “about $7 million.”
ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 04: A general view of a Miami Hurricanes helmet during the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Alabama Crimson Tide on September 4, 2021 at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
NCAA issued new NIL ‘guidance’ in May
Last month, the NCAA issued new guidance to schools “regarding the intersection between recruiting activities and the name, image and likeness environment.” That guidance specifically addressed “collectives” established by booster groups at schools across the country that are designed to pool funds together and attract top recruits.
Those groups have been included in the definition of a booster by the NCAA as it aims to stick with its long-standing rules against “pay-for-play.” Ruiz is the first booster to publicly acknowledge having met with NCAA enforcement since that updated guidance was provided.
“The guidance defines a booster as any third-party entity that promotes an athletics program, assists with recruiting or assists with providing benefits to recruits, enrolled student-athletes or their family members,” the NCAA said. “The definition could include ‘collectives’ set up to funnel name, image and likeness deals to prospective student-athletes or enrolled student-athletes who might be considering transferring. NCAA recruiting rules preclude boosters from recruiting and/or providing benefits to prospective student-athletes.”
At that time, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors directed enforcement staff to look into NIL deals that are “clearly contrary” to the NCAA’s interim NIL policy that was set on July 1, 2021.
That policy suspended NCAA rules barring college athletes from earning income via the use of their NIL. The NCAA held on to those rules as long as it could until states around the country began enacting laws — laws that supersede NCAA rules — to allow college athletes to pursue NIL deals.
It’s been nearly a year since and there have been hundreds of deals struck by college athletes, including some that are reportedly as lucrative as six or seven figures. While those are outliers, the NCAA is attempting to sniff out “the most severe violations of recruiting rules or payment for athletics performance.”
Whether the NCAA can actually enforce rules relative to NIL deals is subject to debate given the NCAA’s unanimous 9-0 loss in the Supreme Court (in the Alston case) and the fact that individual state laws supersede NCAA rules.
Safety Jalon Kilgore, a top 450 overall prospect committed to South Carolina football from a final five that included Clemson.
The 2022 College World Series is set to get underway in Omaha, Neb. Heres info on how to watch every game.
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NCAA looking into NIL deals at University of Miamii
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Eric Dickerson only played four-plus years with the Los Angeles Rams, but he’s unquestionably one of the best players in the franchise’s history. He led the NFL in rushing in three of his four seasons with the Rams, topping 1,800 yards three times – including his historic 2,105-yard, 14-touchdown campaign in 1984.
But he was displeased with his contract, which paid him a total of $2.2 million for four years. He made his frustration known, holding out in 1985. The Rams eventually traded him to the Colts in 1987, and Indianapolis rewarded him with a new contract that paid him $1.4 million per year.
Looking back on his career, Dickerson wishes he could’ve stayed with the Rams for the duration of his time in the NFL. Channing Crowder asked him on the “Pivot Podcast” if he has any regrets, and Dickerson replied by saying this.
“I ain’t going to say regrets. Only regret, and that’s not a regret, do I wish I could’ve stayed with the Rams my whole career? That’s it,” he said. “But I don’t regret it because you want to know why? It didn’t happen like that because when I got traded, it changed the pay scale for other players. It changed the pay scale for running backs. It really did.”
Dickerson isn’t wrong. His holdout and public dispute with the Rams over his pay helped other running backs earn more money in the years that followed. Running backs still don’t earn nearly as much as players at other positions, but Dickerson raised the salaries of his peers.
“A guy told me, he said, ‘Eric, you didn’t know this, but they had a rule called the Dickerson Rule.’ No one could make more than Eric Dickerson as a running back. It brought our salaries up.’ I didn’t even know that,” Dickerson said. “That’s that hidden stuff they don’t tell you. I was outspoken because we weren’t getting paid right. Running backs weren’t getting paid right. It just wasn’t happening for us. They were paying everyone else but what about us? Back in those days, we were the workhorses.”
Though he only spent four of his 11 years with the Rams, Dickerson clearly has much closer ties to that franchise than he does the Colts. He even said when he thinks about his career, he doesn’t think of himself as a Colt.
He went on to have a Hall of Fame career and is viewed as one of the best running backs ever, but that was mostly thanks to his historic start with the Rams; he had 7,245 yards and 56 touchdowns in just 65 games with Los Angeles.
Highlights from Torry Holt's Reddit AMA: Toughest DBs, favorite route, best advice
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Eric Dickerson wishes he could’ve played entire career with Rams
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File this under “keeping tabs on former Lions”…
Former Detroit GM Bob Quinn is one of many internal promotions the Cleveland Browns announced on Thursday in their front office. Quinn is the Browns new senior personnel/coaching assistant for the Browns under GM Andrew Berry after serving as a vaguely-defined special assistant in the 2021 season. His new role will focus more specifically on the coaching staff.
Quinn was the Lions GM from 2016 through 2020, when he was fired with five games remaining and the team spiraling into darkness. The Lions went 32-47-1 under Quinn, a tenure that included a 9-7 record in each of the first two seasons.
Bob Quinn's 10 worst decisions as the Lions GM
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman addressed the Arizona Coyotes' arena situation with reporters in his State of the League news conference.
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Former Lions GM Bob Quinn promoted inside the Browns organization
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Olkinuora was signed to a one-year deal worth $750,000. He's 31, never drafted, has never played in the NHL and projects to play with the Grand Rapids Griffins, likely forming a tandem with 2021 first-round pick Sebastian Cossa. Cossa projects to turn pro after his 2021-22 season ends. He led his Edmonton Oil Kings to the Western Hockey League title and the Memorial Cup. The four-team tournament begins Monday in Saint John, New Brunswick, and also features OHL champ Hamilton, QMJHL champ Shawnigan and host Saint John. In the round-robin stage, Cossa and the Oil Kings face Hamilton on Tuesday, followed by Saint John on Wednesday and Hamilton on June 24.
RELATED: Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman's 'selfish' wish coming true for goalie Sebastian Cossa
Finland goalie Jussi Olkinuora makes a save during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships preliminary round Group B match between Finland and Czechia in Tampere, Finland, on May 24, 2022.
HOMETOWN HERO: Why drafting Frank Nazar III may be the best option for Wings at No. 8
A CUT ABOVE: Why drafting Cutter Gauthier would be boon for the Wings at No. 8
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Red Wings sign goalie Jussi Olkinuora to a one-year contract.
The analytics darling could get paid in free agency (or stick with the Avalanche).
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Detroit Red Wings sign European veteran goalie, still need someone for NHL job
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BROOKLINE, Mass. – So close.
Rickie Fowler fell one spot short Thursday of playing in the 122nd U.S. Open at The Country Club, his streak of playing the national championship ending at 10 consecutive years. He needed two players to withdraw on Thursday to get into the field. Only one player did so.
But don’t worry – the guy whose glass is always 3/4s full is far from glum.
“It’s not how you want it to go. But to go through qualifying, and at least get the alternate spot in the playoff, that was good,” Fowler said. “Enjoyed being around (The Country Club) and playing with the guys and getting in some good work on the range. So there is a lot of good stuff to take away from not being able to play.”
Fowler’s longshot bid to play began earlier this month in the U.S. Open’s final qualifying in Florida at The Club at Admirals Cove. He missed a short birdie putt on his final hole that would have put him in a playoff for the final of four spots. But the following day he won a playoff for the one alternate spot for the U.S. Open out of the site.
And so his wait began.
When Fowler landed Boston on Monday, he was the second alternate to get into the field. On Tuesday, he played nine holes with Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Joel Dahmen. On Wednesday, he played nine more with Brian Harman.
On Thursday, he was at the course at 6:30 a.m. local time.
Fowler’s chances bungee jumped upward when Abraham Ancer withdrew with an illness early Thursday morning, moving Fowler to first alternate. But when the last tee time came and went at 2:42 p.m., Fowler, on the range at the time, knew he wasn’t getting into the field.
“Not knowing but being ready to go hasn’t been bad at all,” said Fowler, who got into the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines as an alternate but knew he was in the field before the week started.
About mid-morning, Fowler, as he always is, was optimistic and in good spirits. He’s let his hair grow into mullet status, or as he said, “going with the flow,” and hasn’t shaved in a week. Basically, he’s been kicking back but keeping his feet firmly planted to play golf as he continues to try and bust out of a slump that has seen him winless since the 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open.
“It’s been the most relaxing, easy-going week, so far,” Fowler said as he hit balls on the range. Fowler and caddie Joe Skovron worked through the delicate balance of being ready and not overworking in case another WD came through.
So Fowler would hit putts and take a break. Chip and take a break. Hit balls on the range and take a break. Each time he’d head to the locker room where plenty of couches, big-screen TVs, his peers and top-notch food provide a comfortable setting to pass time.
Fowler and his family will stay in the northeast instead of flying back to their home in Florida. Fowler will play in a pro-am Monday at Silo Ridge Field Club in Amenia, New York and then head to Connecticut for The Travelers next week.
“We’ll head over to Silo for a few days. Play, practice, relax and get ready for next week,” Fowler said. “I’m looking forward to The Travelers. The game is trending in the right direction and I’ve put in a lot of work.”
Two kids ran off with Jon Rahm's ball on the 18th hole at the 2022 U.S Open at The Country Club, but he recovered and ended up making a crucial birdie on the play.
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After long wait, Rickie Fowler is far from crushed after falling one spot short of getting into U.S. Open
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Jerome Tang feels settled at Kansas State, but he’s still evolving as a head coach
“I wake up in the morning now and it’s a little different feeling. I don’t feel like I’m on vacation or this is just pretend. It’s starting to sink in.”
Austin went on The Tonight Show to show off his skills.
Oklahoma will host Alabama, and Oklahoma State will play Ole Miss in 2023 SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
Missouri's NIL collective opened to the public on Thursday. Find out more about the effort here.
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Big 12 Top Letdown Games For Every Team: 2022 College Football Season
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MICHAEL COHEN: Why Moussa Diabate and Caleb Houstan left Michigan andstayed in the NBA draft
Head coach Juwan Howard and the Michigan Basketball team practice during media day Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor.
The bulk of Michigan's non-conference schedule has yet to be announced. Known engagements include an appearance in the Legends Classic in Brooklyn, where the rest of the field consists of Arizona State, Pittsburgh and VCU; a date with Kentucky in London and a spot in the Jumpman Invitational against North Carolina in Charlotte.
Howard's group will also take a preseason trip to Europe for games in Paris, Athens and Mykonos (Greece) later this summer.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan basketball learns Big Ten opponents for 2022-23 season
The Hoosiers learned which Big Ten foes will visit Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in 2022-23.
LSU basketball will host Texas Tech in the annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Jan. 28, 2023 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, the SEC announced.
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Michigan basketball's Big Ten opponents announced for 2022-23 season
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The Pac-12 clearly needs more teams in the NCAA Tournament.
This past year, only Arizona, UCLA and USC made the Big Dance, although a few others were on the fringe.
The Colorado Buffaloes were one team that was close to making the Field of 68, but they ended up earning an NIT bid and lost to St. Bonaventure in the first round.
In a recent piece by Jon Wilner of The Mercury News, Buffaloes head coach Tad Boyle spoke to great lengths about what needs to change for the Pac-12 to get more teams in the tourney.
Tad Boyle quoted heavily in the piece below.
"The whole key for the Pac-12 is that we have to perform well in November and December."
"To me, the league is measured by how the middle tier, and more importantly by how the lower tier, does in November and December." https://t.co/tnP5DP80Jv
— Justin Guerriero (@GuerrieroCU) June 15, 2022
Boyle is spot-on.
They have to perform better in nonconference play, regardless of who they play. The Buffs caught fire late, but that loss to Southern Illinois in the early part of the season was too much to overcome.
The Pac-12 should be getting at least four to five teams in the field, and we all know that UCLA, USC and Arizona are stalwarts in the Big Dance for the time being.
Oregon is another program close to an automatic lock every year, and the Buffs, Washington, Washington State and others should all have solid arguments in 2022-2023 and going forward.
Boyle has a point, and let’s see if the Buffs can play better during their nonconference slate.
Historically looking at the reported slate of CU men's basketball nonconference games
But there has been increasing talk about Portland potentially targeting the seventh selection to Oklahoma City for No. 12 and a package that could include Luguentz Dort. Source: Jake Fischer @ Bleacher Report More on this storyline In any scenario, ...
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Tad Boyle opens up on Pac-12 NCAA Tournament bids
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It’s hot outside, the sleet has subsided, and the allergies are kicking in. It’s beginning to feel like the college football season is just around the corner, and a quick look at the calendar says that we’re just a couple of months out from what we consider the best time of the year (sorry Christmas).
With the start of the college football season, you’re going to see a ton of lists and predictions, some of them better than others. We’re not immune to it either, so stay tuned if you like that sort of thing.
As we get ready to ramp up our coverage of the football season for Ohio State, we thought we’d take a look at the current head coaches in the Big Ten and rank them from worst to first. It’s not saying we don’t like the guys at the bottom of this list, but the combination of recruiting, records, championships, and off-the-field measures all speak for themselves for the most part.
Instead of getting too cute and trying to analyze this 3,000 different ways to sundown, we’re just lining them up and asking the question: “Who would you take in a lineup to coach your team?”
Here’s a look at our ranking of Big Ten football coaches as we head into the fall of 2022. Let the debate begin.
Scott Frost "grateful" for Ohio State's efforts in B1G football season
Sep 28, 2019; Lincoln, NE, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Scott Frost heads onto the field prior to the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports
Reason for the Ranking
There’s no way around it. Scott Frost has significantly underachieved since becoming the head coach in Lincoln back in 2018. His teams have been close to turning the corner, but we’re guessing Nebraska’s brass expected much more than losing seasons each of his four years in the league.
Mike Locksley, Maryland
Oct 1, 2021; College Park, Maryland, USA; Maryland Terrapins head coach Michael Locksley looks on during the second half of the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium. Credit: Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports
Locksley is currently in the middle of his second stint at Maryland. The first time around didn’t go so well, yet the administrators decided to give it another go after he rode the coattails of Nick Saban at Alabama as an assistant. The Terps did make a bowl last year, but the lack of depth and toughness hasn’t been addressed enough to be competitive in the Big Ten.
Bret Bielema, Illinois
Sep 17, 2021; Champaign, Illinois, USA; Illinois Fighting Illini head coach Bret Bielema walks off the field after the loss against the Maryland Terrapins at Memorial Stadium. Credit: Ron Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Bielema was a rising star when he was at Wisconsin, but the experiment in the SEC with Arkansas was a dumpster fire inside of a derailed train. His results in the Big Ten were enough for Illinois to give him another shot, but there’s a long way to go to make everyone forget the last nine years of losing football.
WATCH: Indiana coach Tom Allen calls Ohio State 'special' after loss
Indiana Hoosiers head coach Tom Allen walks along the sideline during the fourth quarter of an NCAA Division I football game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. Credit: USA TODAY Sports Network
It sure looked like Allen had the Hoosier program pointed in the right direction. After losing seasons in his first three years in Bloomington, he steered the program to back-to-back winning records in 2019 and 2020. Last year was a huge regression though for a team that seemed to have a lot of pieces to be a factor in the Big Ten. There’s still a lot to prove.
WATCH: What Rutgers HC Greg Schiano said about Ohio State postgame
Rutgers Scarlet Knights head coach Greg Schiano walks on the field during pregame warmups before an NCAA Division I football game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. Credit: USA TODAY Sports Network
Rutgers has shown signs of life from what we saw before Schiano arrived in Piscataway for his second stint there, but the game has changed a lot since he had Rutgers in the top ten. The team is tough and the culture has changed, but without a little more innovation, Rutgers will struggle to win games annually in the Big Ten.
Jeff Brohm, Purdue
Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. Credit: USA TODAY Sports Network
There’s no doubt Brohm has brought some explosive offenses to West Lafayette, but consistent winning and solid defense have yet to follow. To take the next leap, the program has to instill more toughness into the culture.
Mel Tucker, Michigan State
Ohio State football vs. Michigan State from a Spartan perspective
Michigan State’s new head football coach Mel Tucker is greeted by Sparty on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at the Capital Region International Airport in Lansing. Credit: USA TODAY Sports Network
Yes, last year was an unexpected and jubilant one for Mel Tucker’s second year as Michigan State head coach. However, we can’t ignore what occurred years prior. At Colorado, Tucker put two back-to-back 5-7 campaigns together, then an abbreviated 2-5 COVID-19 year in the Big Ten in 2020. We’re not ready to crown Tucker as one of the top coaches in the conference just yet.
P.J. Fleck, Minnesota
P.J. Fleck Minnesota Golden Gophers
Nov 30, 2019; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck leads the Minnesota Golden Gophers onto the field before a game against the Wisconsin Badgers at TCF Bank Stadium. Credit: Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
We may not be giving Fleck enough credit, to be honest. He’s taken a Minnesota program and made it a perennial bowl team, even flirting with a West Division title in 2019. He brings a lot of energy and seems genuine, but to crack the top few on this list, there’s a perceived ceiling that has to be raised.
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
Kirk Ferentz Iowa Hawkeyes
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Entering his 24th year at Iowa, Ferentz is the Godfather of Big Ten football coaches. He does a lot with the talent that’s brought into Iowa City, but mediocrity has been around his neck almost every year. Ferentz’s teams will make a run at a Big Ten title every few years, but there’s nothing more than that. I’ve seen some pieces put Ferentz at the top of the league, and the numbers just don’t back that up. Longevity does not make someone a great coach.
Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
WATCH: What Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald said about Ohio State Sunday
Sep 28, 2019; Madison, WI, USA; Northwestern Wildcats head coach Pat Fitzgerald shouts at an official during the second quarter against the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium. Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
With all the academic standards and recruiting challenges at Northwestern, perhaps no coach does more with less than Fitzgerald. His teams are generally well-coached and play hard. There are even a couple of West division titles to boast about in the last four years. If there’s a knock, it’s that there are simply too many valleys to go with the peaks in Evanston.
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan
Michigan football borrows, ah-hem, steals tradition from Ohio State
Jim Harbaugh would owe Michigan a $1.5 million buyout if he were to leave this year.
Ohio State Buckeyes At Michigan Wolverines. Credit: USA TODAY Sports Network.
OK, stay with us here. Yes, Harbaugh finally got the Ohio State monkey off his khakis, winning the East division and finding his way into the College Football Playoff. But we can’t ignore the body of work. Harbaugh has largely underachieved at Michigan since his arrival in 2015. There’s just one win over Ohio State, one Big Ten title, and one bowl game victory during that time. Put aside the recency bias and wait until we see Michigan sustain some success.
James Franklin, Penn State
What Penn State coach James Franklin said about Ohio State postgame
Oct 30, 2021; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin during the first quarter against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium. Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
If it weren’t for Ohio State, James Franklin would probably be thought of as one of the best coaches in the country. He recruits at a high level and has played the Buckeyes as close as any other team in the league on a consistent basis. The problem is that Penn State has underachieved the last couple of years, resulting in a perception that Franklin can’t squeeze enough juice out of the orange. And, there’s only one Big Ten title to speak of despite coming close numerous times.
Paul Chryst, Wisconsin
Jan. 1, 2020; Pasadena, California, USA; Wisconsin Badgers head coach Paul Chryst looks on in the first half against the Oregon Ducks in the 106th Rose Bowl game at Rose Bowl Stadium. Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
Paul Chryst seems to keep Wisconsin at or near the top of the Big Ten West on an almost yearly basis. During his seven seasons in Madison, the Badgers have three division titles, have won six bowls, and finished with a winning record every season, no less than third in the West. All that’s missing is a Big Ten title and College Football Playoff appearance.
Ryan Day, Ohio State
Ohio State coach Ryan Day puts $13 million NIL price on roster stability
Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day watches during the spring football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on April 16, 2022. Credit: USA TODAY Sports Network
It’s absurd at this point to not have Ryan Day as the top coach in the league. He has the best winning percentage, most wins, most Big Ten titles, most College Football Playoff appearances, most College Football Playoff wins, a high APR score, recruits better than any other coach in the league, and has championed some great causes off-the-field. That all speaks for itself. The only thing holding him back is the lack of a national title. Here’s to hoping that comes this season.
Michael Vick said that if he had an NIL deal, he would have remained at Virginia Tech for another year instead of going to the NFL draft.
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Ranking Big Ten football coaches heading into 2022
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After taking an unofficial visit to Madison on Thursday, Greg Gard and his coaching staff have officially extended an offer to 2024 center Raleigh Burgess out of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Currently unranked by all reputable recruiting services, the 6-foot-10, 205-pound Sycamore High School standout currently holds offers from Cincinnati, Dayton, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio Ole Miss, Penn State, Purdue, Wake Forest, Wisconsin, and Xavier.
As a sophomore, the Ohio native averaged 10.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks on 62.6% shooting from the field. You can watch his highlights here.
Burgess announced his scholarship offer from the University of Wisconsin via his Twitter account:
The Badgers have offered a new WR in the 2024 recruiting class:
Matt Fitzpatrick is through the first round of the U.S. Open with a score of 68 after a bogey on the 18th hole dropped him to 2 under par for the day. The 27-year-old Englishman won the 2013 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club — the most recent of the 17 USGA championships held on the course. Fitzpatrick sank a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th hole but then gave the stroke back on No. 18 when he hit his approach into a greenside bunker and two-putted for bogey.
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Wisconsin basketball offers 2024 Center Raleigh Burgess
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The Arizona Cardinals made a pair of moves after the conclusion of mandatory minicamp to add depth to the roster. They announced the signing of former Green Bay Packers cornerback Josh Jackson and former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Ben Niemann.
Jackson is 6-0 and 196 lbs and was drafted in the second round in 2018 by the Packers.
He spent three seasons there and appeared in 44 games, starting 15. He was traded to the New York Giants in August of last year and then, after not appearing in a single game for the Giants, was released in October. He went on to sign with the Kansas City Chiefs on their practice squad. He appeared in two games for the Chiefs.
The Cardinals could use some depth at cornerback, as they lost Jeff Gladney, signed this offseason in free agency, to a car accident that tragically killed him. Gladney was slated to take over the role that Robert Alford held as their third cornerback.
Niemann (6-2, 233) spent the last four seasons with the Chiefs after making the team as an undrafted rookie out of Iowa. He has appeared in 62 games in four seasons, starting 12. He has 167 career tackles and 2 career sacks. He played 50% of the Chiefs’ defensive snaps last season and at least 59% of the team’s special teams snaps every year he has been in the league.
He presumably will battle with Tanner Vallejo and Joe Walker for a role on the roster.
Jackson’s signing made the NFL transaction report, which came with the release of safety Javon Hagan.
Niemann’s signing was not on the transaction report but there will be a corresponding roster move made tomorrow.
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Cardinals sign CB Josh Jackson, LB Ben Niemann
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Kelvin Joseph remains a man in limbo.
The second-round cornerback from Kentucky would seem to be in a most precarious place with the Cowboys. While uncertainty continues to surround him off the field over the role he played in a fatal shooting this spring in East Dallas, his place on the team’s roster is also up in the air, with the 22-year-old having suffered an injury of some kind recently.
The club maintains that they are hopeful about both situations.
The 2021 draft pick was present during Tuesday’s minicamp-opening practice, sporting his new No. 1 jersey. But he was off to the side, not working with the defense.
With Wednesday’s and Thursday’s sessions cancelled, he’ll now wait until July’s training camp in Oxnard for a chance to get a leg up in what has become a crowded DB room.
The Cowboys currently have ten cornerbacks on the roster, ranging from last year’s interception leader Trevon Diggs to veterans Jourdan Lewis and Anthony Brown to special teams ace C.J. Goodwin to fellow sophomore Nahshon Wright to new rookies DaRon Bland, Quandre Wright, and Isaac Taylor-Stuart.
Big things are expected of Joseph in the Dallas secondary, after being the 44th overall pick last year. He saw action in 10 games as a rookie, but was limited to barely 14% of the team’s defensive snaps for the season and logged just 13 tackles.
Head coach Mike McCarthy, though, didn’t seem overly concerned about Joseph’s health as the team heads into its long break.
“I think he’s going to be okay,” the coach told reporters Thursday. “It’s a minor injury that he’s working through. I think after the five weeks off, I anticipate he’ll be a full go in training camp.”
Kelvin Joseph missed OTA session today with an undisclosed ailment. pic.twitter.com/Bj4wBkaqH6
What’s less clear is his legal outlook.
Joseph was present on the night of March 18, when Cameron Ray was shot to death outside the OT Tavern by members of a group Joseph was with. While his attorney maintains that Joseph was unarmed and not looking for trouble that night, he did not come forward regarding his involvement until a month later and did so only after his image from surveillance video had been broadcast on the local news. He was not charged after meeting with homicide detectives for several hours.
The Cowboys have reportedly addressed the matter privately with Joseph and have allowed him to participate in team activities, even as the NFL and Dallas police continue their separate reviews.
McCarthy was asked about Joseph’s legal status in mid-May, just before the Cowboys’ rookie minicamp.
“I do not have an update on that situation, and I understand the concern,” he told reporters then. “I just want you know when the situation occurred, we had a lot of internal conversation that was really in-depth. And based off the information that we’ve been given, we felt it was important to support him, and he’s been here everyday. He’s been having a pretty productive offseason so far.”
Except for the injury prognosis, the coach had no further updates on Thursday, saying, “I haven’t been told anything for at least a month.”
Joseph himself made a somewhat cryptic post to Twitter on Thursday just as the team’s pre-training camp break got underway.
Ima handle my business nobody can carry my weight
— Kelvin Joseph (@bossmanfat1) June 16, 2022
Ripley's Believe It or Not! said Thursday that Kim Kardashian, who wore a 1962 Monroe dress, didn't damage the dress while at the 2022 Met Gala.
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The Green Bay Packers are still working through their starting offensive line for the 2022 season. They have consistently fielded one of the strongest lines in the NFL, but this year is different in that it presents some unique challenges.
Many are wondering what is going on with David Bakhtiari, who is still working with the rehab group this offseason after tearing his ACL in December of 2020. Not even Matt LaFleur knows whether Bakhtiari will be ready for training camp, as he dealt with multiple setbacks while trying to return to the field.
Left tackle is one of the most important positions on the field, especially when Aaron Rodgers is the quarterback. However, left tackle is not the only position up front where the Packers face a lot of uncertainty at left tackle, as right tackle is also a big question mark.
Billy Turner was released earlier in the offseason after starting 43 games over the last three years. Capable of playing either guard or tackle, Turner was very reliable and considered a Pro-Bowl caliber player by Rodgers. Last season, Turner started 13 games at right tackle but was released so the team could save about $3.36 million in cap space.
That leaves a glaring hole on the right side, which will essentially be an open competition that extends into training camp. An eventual winner will emerge after weeks of practice and three preseason games, but in the meantime, it doesn’t hurt to rank Green Bay’s current right tackle options.
1. Elgton Jenkins
If not for an ACL injury, Jenkins would be the starting right tackle entering the 2022 season. Hailed as one of the most versatile linemen in the game, Jenkins has lined up at every spot on the Packers’ offensive line since 2019 and was named a Pro Bowler in only his second season. Last year, Jenkins replaced Bakhtiari at left tackle until a knee injury in Week 11 forced him to miss the rest of the season. Jenkins did well on the edge prior to the injury, leading many to believe he is the right tackle of the future. Unfortunately, there is no timetable for his return, leaving the right tackle spot open in the interim. Hopefully, he can return in some capacity for the final stretch of the regular season.
2. Yosh Nijman
Green Bay may have stumbled onto something with Nijman. The former undrafted free agent was surprisingly good when filling in for Jenkins and could be a serviceable swing tackle moving forward. According to Pro Football Focus, Nijman allowed three sacks and 20 pressures in 356 pass-blocking snaps last season. The Packers saw no drop-off with their offense when Nijman was the starter, going 8-0 and averaging over 31 points per game. As far as anyone is concerned, this should be Nijman’s job to lose if he is not needed at left tackle once again.
3. Cole Van Lanen
After spending virtually all of his rookie season on the practice squad, Van Lanen is squarely in the mix to make the roster in year two. Green Bay used a sixth-round pick on Van Lanen in 2021, who was a hometown kid from the University of Wisconsin. At 6-4, 305 pounds, Van Lanen can play both guard and tackle. He appeared in 45 games, including 19 starts in four seasons with the Badgers, most of those coming at left tackle. However, the Packers have been giving him looks at right tackle with starters during OTAs with Nijamn lined up on the left. Right now, Van Lanen cannot be ruled out for the starting right tackle job.
4. Zach Tom
If any prospect screamed Packer during the pre-draft process, it was Tom. Green Bay likes their offensive line to have a size, athleticism, along with positional flexibility, and that perfectly describes the former Demon Deacon. Prior to being taken in the fourth round, Tom was a three-year starter at Wake Forest, where he began his career at center. Tom then made the difficult switch to left tackle and proved to be a natural blindside protector. PFF gave him the highest pass-blocking grade (92.1 percent) of any FBS offensive lineman who has played over 25 snaps. Throughout his college career, Tom played 3,107 snaps and gave up only two sacks. Tom has played guard and center during OTAs and minicamp, but he has the physical tools to play practically anywhere. Eventually, Tom could provide legitimate competition for Nijman.
5. A Free Agent
The Packers would sign a guy off the street before letting anyone else start at right tackle. Royce Newman has played there some as part of the second unit this offseason, but his recent weight gain makes you think he is staying put inside after starting 16 games at guard last season. Rookie third-rounder Sean Rhyan was a left tackle at UCLA but is more likely to be considered at guard. Meanwhile, rookies Rasheed Walker and Caleb Jones also played tackle in college but will be lucky to make the roster. If Green Bay is forced to look elsewhere at right tackle, there is a good chance they turn to a veteran free agent. Over the last three seasons, they have relied on guys such as Jared Veldheer, Rick Wagner, and Dennis Kelly to play meaningful snaps at right tackle when in a pinch. Finding someone with more experience seems like the best alternative compared to what is left on the roster.
With 158 days to go until the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, global soccer’s governing body, FIFA, has named the 16 cities that will host the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. In the U.S. Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and New York/New […]
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Ranking the Packers’ options at right tackle
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The New England Patriots agreed to a contract with rookie running back Pierre Strong on Thursday. The deal is four years in length and worth $4.37 million per season.This was first reported by ESPN’s Field Yates.
With this contract, the Patriots now have only three draft picks unsigned. Guard Cole Strange, wide receiver Tyquan Thornton, and quarterback Bailey Zappe are the only players to remain unsigned.
Strong is coming off a successful 2021 season with South Dakota state. He tallied 1,579 yards and 17 touchdowns on 226 carries last season. He could be a key piece of the equation in the running back room for the Patriots, following the departure of Brandon Bolden to Las Vegas in March.
As New England looks for contributors to step up offensively, Strong should have a sizable opportunity to do so.
Devin McCourty says the 'sky's the limit' for Patriots safety Kyle Dugger
Jack White performed at the County Coliseum on May 27 with Chicano Batman for his "Supply Chain Issues" tour.
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Report: Patriots agree to four-year deal with rookie RB Pierre Strong
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New England Patriots offensive tackle Trent Brown has played for the team in two separate stints. He enjoyed his time in both cases, and prefers playing for the Patriots over other NFL teams.
Brown began his first stint with the New England Patriots in style. He came to the organization in 2018, and was one of their top offensive lineman. His efforts contributed to a Super Bowl championship that year, and as a result, his stock increased.
He signed a deal with the San Francisco 49ers that offseason, but didn’t have the same success he had in New England. Brown re-signed with the Patriots last offseason, and made it clear that he was happy to be back in the organization.
Brown was a guest on a recent episode of the Pat McAfee Show 2.0. He made it clear that his love for New England has not wavered. The way the organization runs is something he respects, as transcribed by Dakota Randall of NESN.com.
“I think accountability is at a higher standard,” Brown said. “… As you guys know, doing business in any business, especially this one, you can be bulls—-ed. People can yank your tail. They can pull you, yank you around and not necessarily tell you the truth. But here, I just respect it just because I know what I’m gonna get day in and day out, and I know I’m gonna get the truth day in and day out — from top to bottom.
As the New England Patriots look to keep up with the Buffalo Bills in the AFC East, Brown will be an essential piece of the line. How he performs could very well dictate the state of the offensive line this upcoming season.
Jack Jones plans to 'gain some weight' and, in the meantime, 'play big as big as possible'
Former NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver Golden Tate joining West Coast League baseball team
Former NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver Golden Tate is joining the West Coast League's Port Angeles Lefties.
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Trent Brown prefers Patriots over other teams for one specific reason
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Valeri Nichushkin making star turn during Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup won’t visit Russia, Belarus for player celebrations this... Bettman says NHL projected to set revenue record this season
All-Star outfielder Jesse Winker and the Seattle Mariners avoided a salary arbitration hearing when they agreed Thursday to a $14.5 million, two-year contract. Winker gets $6.25 million this year and $8.25 million in 2023. In the second season, he can earn $400,000 in performance bonuses for plate appearances: $100,000 each for 500 and 550, and $200,000 for 600.
Yes, the Field of Dreams is a real place — and it's in Iowa. Here are 13 things you should know.
The "Field of Dreams" near Dyersville, Iowa, has been a tourist attraction for years. Now it's the site of a MLB game with another planned for 2022.
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Dadonov – Weber trade a big salary cap win for Golden Knights
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2022 U.S. Open: Shane Lowry shows support for Celtics ahead of Game 6
It's only fitting that the top-ranked Irishman at the 2022 U.S. Open is showing support for the Boston Celtics ahead of Thursday night's pivotal Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals.
A massive development is in the works on 750 acres in Osceola County, just east of Lake Tohopekaliga and west of Florida’s Turnpike.
a Goal from Colorado Avalanche vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
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At 51, Bethenny Frankel Posts Bikini Pic Explaining Why Her 20s Were ‘Less Happy’
Bethenny Frankel, 51, posed in a bikini on Instagram to explain why she was “less happy” with her looks in her 20s. “I dieted & exercised endlessly,” she wrote.
Rebel Wilson is living her best life by the ocean, and she's showing off her seriously sculpted abs in a bikini, too. Rebel recently lost more than 80 pounds.
Vick admittedly didn’t have his best stuff for his U.S. Open debut. But what he did have: plenty of sage advice from a World Series champ.
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Iowa mayor resigns after golf course ‘incident’
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Shaquille O’Neal proves time and again that he is a man of the people, this time by making dinner on him for an entire restaurant of people.
Shaq was reportedly on a date at Jue Lan Club in New York City, when he decided to not only tip his waiters generously, but to also cover the tab for the entire restaurant. A source who was at the restaurant told Page Six that the bill came out to well over $25,000 for all 40 tables that were filled that night. The source also said that Shaq wanted to keep the good deed under wraps until he left.
Per the outlet’s source, Shaq left the restaurant staff “the biggest tip they’ve ever received” before disappearing into the night after eating Beijing chicken, shrimp tempura and chicken satay.
Just in case you were curious, Shaq’s net worth is estimated to be around $400 million. And when he’s not helping a bunch of strangers have a great night out, Shaq spends his time opining about the current state of the NBA.
For example, he recently told Complex why teams in today’s league need more than one star to win a championship.
“No star can win without the other guy. How many would Magic have won without Kareem? How many would Kenny have without Hakeem? I was just in my moment where, sometimes on Twitter people just get to talking and think they can say anything,” he said. “But conversations like that don’t matter. Saying ‘he wouldn’t have won without Kobe,’ I know that. And guess what? I wouldn’t have won without Rick Fox, and Brian Shaw and Big Shot Bob. I wouldn’t have won without my team, but I was the head of the snake and that’s all that mattered.”
Shaq Says Today's NBA Big Men Are 'Powder Puffs'
In our sitdown with NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, he spoke on the Golden State Warriors chase for immortality, today's NBA bigs, and his 2001 Lakers.
Rory McIlroy makes strong start to US Open challenge while Phil Mickelson toils
How a large order from Centene propelled a St. Louis startup toward a new path
Bold Xchange, which runs an online marketplace for products from Black-owned businesses, shifted recently to a different sales model. Then Centene came into the picture and gave it the boost it needed.
Joey made the admission in a series of tweets, saying the eye damage story was "literally created" by blogs and it was "funny to see how gullible people are."
FIFA Set To Announce 2026 World Cup U.S. Sites
Could M&T Bank Stadium host some 2026 World Cup games? That's the big question. FIFA on Thursday is set to announce which U.S. cities will host the games, and Baltimore is in the hunt.
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Shaquille O’Neal Pays Tab of Over $25,000 for Entire Restaurant While on Date
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Officials from the State Department met with the Phoenix Mercury on Monday about Brittney Griner, who is still detained in Russia, and efforts that the United States government has made to secure her release, according to The Associated Press.
It’s unclear what specifically happened in the meeting or who attended, but the State Department confirmed the meeting to The Associated Press and said it involved officials from its office that deals with hostages and wrongfully detained Americans.
"We're here to do whatever we can to amplify and keep BG at the forefront, which is more important than any basketball game and anything else that's going on in our lives," Mercury star Diana Taurasi said, via AZCentral's Jeff Metcalfe.
"We want BG to come home as soon as possible. It's No. 1 on our list. Once we knew that BG was classified as wrongfully detained, that was a signal to us all. It's something that we've talked about intimately as a group. Now knowing that the State Department at the highest level, from U.S. President Joe Biden to the team that is working on bringing back all Americans who are wrongfully detained, gives us a lot of confidence that they're working on it. Anything that we can do on our side to amplify and to put BG first will be our No. 1 priority."
Griner has been detained in Russia for more than 115 days after officials claim they found vape cartridges with hashish oil in her luggage at a Moscow airport. The State Department has classified her as a wrongfully detained citizen. Russia is reportedly open to a deal that would release Griner, but wants to exchange her for notorious arms trafficker Viktor Bout, who earned the nickname the “Merchant of Death.”
Griner has been able to answer certain emails from WNBA players and others through a special account set up by her agent, but she’s been otherwise isolated.
Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard was skeptical of the meeting with the State Department on Sunday, but sounded content with how it went after the meeting ended.
“It was great to hear from the State Department that we should continue to amplify that message and that we should continue to press all those who have any influence or power to help bring BG home ... She's our teammate, she's an American and we want her back home," Nygaard said, via AZCentral's Jeff Metcalfe.
Nygaard also invited both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to attend their game against the Washington Mystics on Tuesday and speak with the team.
“You’re welcome to come into our locker room and talk to us,” Nygaard told CNN on Sunday. “You’re also welcome to just enjoy the game, you can see what our team looks like without Brittney Griner, but also we would just love to see you as a supporter of our team.
Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia for more than 115 days. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The agent had sex with and accepted gifts from the man, who was the target of several federal investigations, federal prosecutors say.
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Mike McCarthy fined, Cowboys docked an OTA day in 2023 for physical practices originally appeared on Pro Football Talk
The US housing market is not as invincible as builders once thought it was. New US home construction fell by 14.4% from April to May, and housing starts slowed down to the slowest pace since November 2020. The decline was led by multi-family unit construction, which dropped nearly 24%, but single-family construction fell, too, by 9.2%.
The World Cup is coming to AT&T Stadium. Here’s what it means for Dallas-Fort Worth
The audience for a World Cup game is almost as much as the Super Bowl, so imagine having six Super Bowls in one month, said Jason Sands with the Fort Worth Sports Commission.
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Mike McCarthy fined, Cowboys docked an OTA day in 2023 for physical practices
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"Gosh, probably just YouTube 'Game 6 Klay' because there were some very high-pressurized situations I was in,” Thompson told reporters earlier in the Finals. “I ended up shooting the ball well. When you can do it when your back is against the wall, you can do it at any given moment. It's just about keeping that mental strong."
“Game 6 Klay is still Game 6 Klay,” Green said on The Draymond Green Show after the Warriors closed out Memphis in six games. “I think one of the beautiful things about Game 6 Klay is that obviously became this narrative, like this thing people say. Klay really believes that now. Like in his head, he’s like, ‘it's Game 6, of course, I’m going to do this, are you crazy?’... And he believes Game 6 Klay is a real thing, and guess what, if Killa Klay believes it, then I believe it.”
Report: How Celtics responded to Game 5 loss to Bucks internally
ESPN's Zach Lowe shared some enlightening details about how the Celtics overcame adversity similar to what they now face against the Warriors.
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Jordan Poole celebrates Game 6 Klay Thompson with epic 2011 NBA Draft shirt
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Perk believes Steph will do 'absolutely nothing' in Game 6 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
“Listen, the Boston Celtics are going to come out with a lot of pride, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are going to be on fire. I don't even expect this game to be close. Boston is going to win this game in great fashion. Boston is winning. Steph Curry has no effect, I don't expect nothing out of Steph.”
And history might put Perkins' prediction to shame, given that Curry is averaging 4.4 made threes per game on 46 percent shooting in the next game after not making a 3-pointer, including a then-NBA record 13 triples in November 2016 vs. the New Orleans Pelicans.
Even more impressive, Curry's shooting 52.5 percent on 3-pointers in the game after not making a three over the course of his career.
Of course, anything can happen in Game 6. But if Curry does have another big night in the Garden, it won't be the first time he has proven someone wrong.
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Kendrick Perkins: Steph Curry will do 'absolutely nothing' in Game 6
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The project underway could send thousands of Yosemite trees to sawmills.
The man who shot and killed two El Monte police officers this week could have faced additional time in prison, but may have received a lighter sentence as a result of one of Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascon's policies regarding "prior strike" convictions. A judge later deemed the policy illegal.
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Lakers may be able to get second-round pick from Hawks and Pistons
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MetLife Stadium was one of the venues selected by FIFA to host 2026 World Cup matches. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
NEW YORK — Kansas City and Boston are among the North American cities that will stage 2026 men’s World Cup matches — but Washington D.C. and Baltimore are not.
FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, revealed the tournament’s hosts on Thursday here in Manhattan. It selected three Mexican cities, two Canadian ones, and 11 in the United States — New York/East Rutherford, N.J.; Philadelphia; Boston/Foxborough; Miami; Atlanta; Houston; Dallas/Arlington; Kansas City; Los Angeles/Inglewood; San Francisco/Santa Clara; and Seattle.
It did not, however, select the U.S. capital. "This was a very, very difficult choice," Colin Smith, FIFA's chief competitions and events officer, said. He acknowledged that "it's hard to imagine ... a World Cup coming to the U.S. and the capital city not taking a major role."
Washington D.C. merged its bid with Baltimore earlier this spring to counter FIFA's concerns about FedEx Field, the oft-ridiculed home of the Washington Commanders. FIFA officials confirmed widespread negative perceptions of the stadium when they toured it last fall, sources told Yahoo Sports. In response, organizers pitched a plan to play games at M&T Bank Stadium, the home of the Baltimore Ravens, while hosting ancillary festivities and VIP events in Washington.
But FIFA ultimately snubbed the joint bid, and instead chose Boston and Kansas City, two other bubble cities. FIFA officials said they made the final decision Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Boston's candidacy was boosted by Robert Kraft, who was the honorary chair of the North American bid committee, and who has a personal relationship with FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
A FIFA spokesman also confirmed to Yahoo Sports that the Los Angeles games will be held at SoFi Stadium, not the Rose Bowl. (Organizers had considered staging games at both.)
The U.S., Canada and Mexico won the right to host the 2026 edition of the world’s most-watched sporting event back in 2018, and offered two dozen metropolitan areas as potential venues for matches. They originally proposed that there’d be 10 in the U.S., and three each in Mexico and Canada.
Instead, on Thursday, they chose 11 U.S. cities and just two north of the border. They confirmed all three Mexican candidates — Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey — but only Toronto and Vancouver in Canada. With Montreal withdrawing its bid last summer, citing hefty costs, but Vancouver then reemerging as a candidate this spring, FIFA officials turned away from Edmonton.
The four other finalists not chosen were Orlando, Cincinnati, Nashville and Denver. Nashville's hopes were torpedoed by uncertainty around the future of its NFL stadium. But those four, like the 16 match sites and other non-finalists, could still host team base camps and pre-tournament friendlies. Most participating national teams will train at colleges and MLS facilities across the U.S.
There'll also be “Fan Fests” — FIFA-sponsored outdoor watch parties — in non-host cities. Washington D.C. had envisioned one on the National Mall. When asked whether that would still happen, Smith began to give a non-committal answer, but Infantino cut him off with a smile and one word: "Yes."
Hey DC,
President Infantino confirms there will be a fan fest in Washington DC #WorldCup2026 (Question from @HenryBushnell) pic.twitter.com/fQPt2xf1cy
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With the World Cup expanding to 48 teams in 2026, 60 of 80 games will likely be held in the U.S. FIFA has not said how many matches each city will host, but the North American bid committee originally proposed a minimum of five per U.S. city, including at least two knockout-round games each. A schedule shell, which "is being worked on," according to FIFA vice president Victor Montagliani, could be released as soon as next year.
There’ll likely be three games on opening day, one in each country, with venues for specific matches still to be determined. “We’ll take our time with that decision," Infantino said Thursday.
The top two candidates to host the final, according to a source familiar with the planning process, are MetLife Stadium in North Jersey and AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The other stadiums will be Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia); Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts); Hard Rock Stadium (Miami); Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta); NRG Stadium (Houston); Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City); SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California); Levi’s Stadium (Santa Clara, California); Lumen Field (Seattle); Estadio Azteca (Mexico City); Estadio Akron (Guadalajara); Estadio BBVA (Monterrey); BMO Field (Toronto); and BC Place (Vancouver).
Why some U.S. cities won't be involved
Like Montreal, some U.S. cities chose not to be involved. Chicago, citing taxpayer risk and “FIFA’s inflexibility and unwillingness to negotiate,” pulled out of the running in 2018, months before the so-called United Bid had even been chosen by the 200-plus international soccer executives who comprise FIFA’s membership.
Minneapolis also withdrew due to FIFA’s demands, which include tax breaks and various local government guarantees. Host cities essentially pay to stage 3-7 games, a “Fan Fest” and other events. They welcome thousands of tourists, but FIFA collects the vast majority of revenue from the games themselves and makes a multi-billion-dollar profit.
“Specifically, we were requesting flexibility on the financial liability caps and/or stronger estimates on anticipated costs associated with the events,” the Minneapolis bid committee said in a statement. “The inability to negotiate the terms of the various bid agreements did not provide our partners, and our community, with sufficient protections from future liability and unforeseen changes in commitments.”
Like with the Olympics, host-city contracts are widely viewed as one-sided, granting FIFA widespread power to dictate the tournament while shirking financial risk. When asked about the tax breaks, and why FIFA pushes for extra money that could serve local governments, Infantino argued that cities derive economic benefits stemming from tourism, and explained that FIFA distributes its revenues to its 211 member associations, many of whom rely on the payouts to function. He defended the practice as "a fair compromise."
World Cups also come with civil concerns. They often bring heavy policing and, in some cases, displacement of vulnerable people. A coalition of labor and human rights groups wrote to FIFA late last year to demand a series of minimum rights standards around the 2026 tournament, and on Thursday “expressed concern regarding negotiations with FIFA over human rights and worker rights.” Cathy Feingold, the international director at the AFL-CIO, told Yahoo Sports in a phone interview that the human rights plans presented by the selected U.S. cities were “very uneven.” (FIFA plans to follow up on the North American bid's human rights commitments over the coming months and years.)
Host cities celebrate
Nonetheless, the 16 cities and their residents celebrated on Thursday. Many hosted downtown watch parties promoted and graced by mayors.
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Tickets will likely go on sale in 2025. The tournament will likely begin Thursday, June 11, 2026. And it will almost surely smash the record for World Cup attendance — which is still held by the 1994 men's World Cup in the U.S.
This is the first men's World Cup on North American soil since that one, the first jointly hosted by three countries, and the first with 48 teams. Smith, considering those factors, said the in-stadium audience could be twice as large as any other. The 1994 high-water mark, he said, is "gonna be blown out of the water."
"2026 will be much, much, much bigger [than 1994]," Infantino agreed. "I think this part of the world doesn't realize what'll happen here in 2026. I mean, these three countries will be upside down. The world will be invading Canada, Mexico and the United States. And they will be invaded by a big wave of joy and happiness."
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Michigan State is one of 10 schools still in the thick of it for a big-time recruit in the 2023 class.
Four-star defensive lineman Kayden McDonald released his top 10 schools list on Thursday — which included the Spartans. Michigan State was joined by Arkansas, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, NC State, Michigan, Oklahoma, Ohio State and Texas A&M.
McDonald is ranked as the No. 37 defensive lineman and No. 242 overall player in 247Sports’ rankings for the 2023 class. He’s also marked as the No. 24 player from Georgia.
McDonald is currently projected to end up as a Georgia Bulldog commit, according to 247Sports’ crystal ball predictions. However, he is slated to take an official visit to Michigan State later this month so that could possibly help the Spartans’ chances at landing this key defensive target.
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The details of this latest incident that drew a punishment have not been made public. But McCarthy’s fine has been doubled from last year’s, to $100,000.
Despite losing an entire day during this year’s voluntary OTAs, the team closed their mandatory minicamp early on Thursday, after canceling the final two of three practices. McCarthy cited having “crossed the finish line” with the material he and the coaching staff had wanted to cover.
Now their OTA schedule for 2023 has also gotten a little bit lighter already.
Not to mention McCarthy’s wallet.
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Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer was involved in a deadly vehicular crash with a pedestrian while exiting a Missouri highway.
Bowyer, now an analyst for Fox Sports, was driving and allegedly struck a woman walking on the ramp identified as Mary Jane Simmons while near the Lake of the Ozarks. Per Lake Ozark police, Bowyer was not under the influence at the time of the crash and was the individual who called 911. Police believe Simmons may have been under the influence of a controlled substance.
From Kansas City’s Fox 4:
Bowyer was not a part of Fox’s Cup Series broadcast of the Sonoma race won by Daniel Suarez on June 12. The network said that Bowyer would miss the race for personal reasons and offered no other explanation for his absence. Bowyer confirmed the wreck in a statement to Fox 4 and asked for privacy for he and his family and prayers for Simmons' family.
The crash happened the night after a Cup Series race outside of St. Louis. The St. Louis metro area is approximately two hours away from the Lake of the Ozarks region — an area that is a popular summer destination for Missouri residents.
Bowyer has been a part of Fox’s Cup Series booth since retiring from NASCAR at the end of the 2020 season. He won 10 races across 541 Cup Series starts from 2005-2020 and finished second in the points standings in 2012. With the Cup Series off for Father's Day weekend and NBC taking over the rest of the schedule for the season, Sonoma was scheduled to be Bowyer's final race of 2022.
Clint Bowyer has worked for Fox for the past two seasons after retiring from NASCAR after 2020. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
Paul Blackburn's hard work paying off, shines in Athletics' win vs. Red Sox
Paul Blackburn quietly is becoming one of the most dominant pitchers in the American League.
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This week is a big recruiting one for the Ohio State football program. It’s hosing a 7-on-7 camp, and that includes some wide receivers that are priority targets for the Buckeyes. One of those is 5-star 2023 wide receiver Brandon Inniss out of Four Lauderdale.
Inniss is one of the most sought-after receivers in the recruiting cycle. At 6-foot, 190-pounds, he is ranked as the No. 2 receiver and 18th overall prospect in the entire 2023 class according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. He holds offers from nearly every big-time FBS school out there, and he included Ohio State in his top six schools ahead of his visit to Columbus this week.
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This is, of course, no surprise. It is largely believed that Inniss has OSU as one of his top two schools right now, with USC being the other. And with him visiting OSU this week, it goes without saying that you can expect Brian Hartline and the coaching staff to roll out the red carpet and try to make a lasting impression on the talented pass-catcher.
The other schools included in Inniss’ top six include Miami (FL), Alabama, LSU, and Texas A&M.
We’ll continue to stay on top of Inniss’ recruitment and where we hear things are going. There’s a good chance he’ll find his way to the banks of the Olentangy like we’ve seen other top receivers during Hartline’s tenure.
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Penn State Nittany Lions Preview 2022: Offense
The offense didn’t do enough. It was mediocre overall averaging 376 yards and just 25 points per game, struggling to hit tough downfield pass plays – even with Jahan Dotson stretching the field – and with little to nothing happening for the ground game.
It’s Penn State, so there’s plenty of talent to work around, and before getting into too much of a twist, there were plenty of chances to come through in close games against good teams. This won’t be a high-powered attack. It should be better, though, if …
The offensive line has to be stronger. There’s size, and there’s decent depth thanks to the transfer portal – getting Hunter Nourzad from Cornell and JB Nelson from the JUCO ranks to work at guard – but there are only two starters back.
Juice Scruggs will work at center, Caeden Wallace will return at right tackle, and then it’ll be a fight for just about everywhere else for a line that struggled for the nation’s 118th best running game and was awful at allowing defenses to get into the backfield.
Second-leading rusher and former star recruit Noah Cain is gone to LSU, but Keyvone Lee is the main man, superstar recruit Nick Singleton will get every shot at some work, and there’s good depth to rotate in if the line can pave the way.
Sean Clifford is back at quarterback after throwing for over 3,100 yards and 21 touchdowns with eight picks. He’s good, but with his experience and in his fifth year with the program, he needs to elevate the offense and team.
There’s no fight for the gig, but the battle for No. 2 will be interesting between last year’s backup Christian Veilleux and big-time recruit Drew Allar.
Jahan Dotson was the main man for the receiving corps with 91 catches and 12 touchdowns, but he’s a Washington Commander now.
Parker Washington and KeAndre Lambert-Smith form an excellent 1-2 punch – they’ll do more to fill the Dotson void – and in comes transfer Mitchell Tinsley, an 87-catch, 14 touchdown playmaker from the wide open WKU attack.
Brenton Strange and Theo Johnson are two good passing catching tight ends – they’ll combine for at least 40 grabs.
Penn State Nittany Lions Preview 2022: Defense
The defense gave up plenty of yards but not a lot of points. It wasn’t great against the decent running teams, but the pass defense was good, and, of course, the idea is to avoid getting scored on.
The D only allowed more than 24 points twice – once came in the 33-24 loss to Ohio State, and the other time was in the 30-27 loss to Michigan State – no real shame there. Yeah, the defense could’ve been a wee bit better, but the offense should’ve been able to get to 24 points every week.
When the defense allowed 20 points or fewer, Penn State was 7-1. It was 0-5 in the other games, and again, it’s not like it got torched. However …
More of a pass rush would be a plus. The Nittany Lions got 9.5 sacks out of Arnold Ebiketie, but he’s done, and the second-leading sacker came up with just three and the team overall generated just 27.
The overall excitement on the line is over the new guys. Dani Dennis-Sutton is one of the nation’s best defensive end recruits, Zane Durant is ready to roll at tackle to go along what should be a strong front four.
The tackles are set with PJ Mustipher and Coziah Izzard a good veteran tandem, but the ends are going to be a work in progress.
It won’t be a problem, but it should take fall camp to figure it out. Nick Tarburton is a good veteran, but Maryland transfer Demeioun Robinson along with Dennis-Sutton will make this interesting.
The linebacking corps loses leading tacklers Ellis Brooks and Brandon Smith, and now Curtis Jacobs has to be the star of the bunch after making 61 tackles with three sacks. The other spots will be battles, but that’s not a bad thing – the Nittany Lions have options.
The secondary has a star in next-level corner Joey Porter, and Ji’Ayir Brown is the team’s leading returning tacklers with 74 stops. Throw in Kalen King on the other side of Porter, along with a slew of good new recruits, and this group will grow into a strength. It’ll be even better, obviously, with more of a pass rush.
Penn State 2022 Preview | Keys To The Season
Penn State Nittany Lions: Keys To The Season, Top Game, Top Transfer, Fun Stats NEXT
Penn State Nittany Lions: Keys To The Season, Top Game, Top Transfer, Fun Stats
Penn State Nittany Lions: Key To The 2022 Offense
Start running the ball better.
It’s Penn State. It’s Saquon Barkley, Miles Sanders, and those are just the recent star talents for a program known for phenomenal backs over the decades.
Penn State shouldn’t be averaging 3.2 yards per carry.
There’s a decent commitment to the ground attack, but it’s just not effective. The running game failed to get to four yards per carry in either of the last two years average averaging 4.8 yards per pop in 2019, and that’s averaging over five yards per carry in 2020.
You have to go back to 2014 when the running game was worse than it was last year, and it starts with the offensive front. The backs are good, and now the push needs to come.
The offense only hit 145 rushing yards three times last year. the team won all three games.
Penn State Nittany Lions: Key To The 2022 Defense
The pass rush has to do more.
You have to go back to 2014 for the last time the running game was as bad as the 2021 version. You have to go back to 2010 for the last time the pass rush was as mediocre as last year’s version.
The 2.08 sacks per game were light, but it was more about the lack of consistency.
There were times when it rocked. Oddly enough, the four sacks against Illinois came in a loss, and the five against Arkansas also came in defeat. It has to come from several spots, but the Nittany Lion defense needs to be good enough to generate at least three a game.
Penn State Nittany Lions: Key Player To The 2022 Season
PK Jake Pinegar, Sr.
Can he get his groove back?
Pinegar hit 16-of-24 field goals as a freshman, nailed 11-of-12 kicks in 2019, and was an okay 9-of-13 as a junior.
Jordan Stout ended up taking over last year and hit 16-of-23 field goals, but he missed a 40-yarder in the 20-18 loss to Illinois and didn’t connect on a 27-yarder in the 30-27 loss to Michigan State.
Penn State will win its share of games without needing a clutch field goal, but the difference between being 7-to-8 win good and 9-to-10 win great might come down to a few kicks for a team that played four games decided by four points or fewer last year.
Penn State Nittany Lions: Key Transfer
WR Mitchell Tinsley, Sr.
The Nittany Lions might not have another Jahan Dotson, but they’ve got a few excellent targets in place for what should be a terrific passing attack.
Helping the cause is Tinsley, a 6-1, 203-pound downfield threat who made 43 catches in his first season at WKU and blew up last year with 87 catches for over 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns.
He doesn’t have to be a No. 1 target, and he’ll be devastating in this offense as a 2 or 3.
Penn State Key Game To The 2022 Season
at Purdue, Sept. 3
It’s the problem when you lose a bowl game – you have to wait a long time sitting on a defeat.
Penn State closed out last season with a loss to Arkansas and a 2-5 record over the last seven games following a promising 5-0 start.
It needs to kick things off with a win.
Starting out at Purdue isn’t exactly a make-or-break moment before the season even gets going, but the Nittany Lions still have to go on the road to face Auburn and Michigan, and they’ve got to deal Ohio State, Michigan State, and Minnesota, too.
Penn State Nittany Lions: 2021 Fun Stats
– 1st Quarter Scoring: Penn State 80 – Opponents 33
– Time of Possession: Opponents 32:03 – Penn State 27:57
– Penn State opponents hit their last nine field goals and 18 of the last 20 after missing the first attempt.
Penn State Nittany Lions Season Prediction, What Will Happen NEXT
Penn State Nittany Lions Season Prediction, What Will Happen
Good teams win the close games. Great ones don’t let games get close.
All fortune cookie football wisdom aside, Penn State didn’t get rolled by anyone last year, and it had a whole lot of chances to put up a great season, but it couldn’t seem to catch any sort of a break over the back half of the season.
Whether it was Sean Clifford being hurt against Iowa, or being sucked into the vortex of miserable that was the Illinois game, or tough three point loss to Michigan State or the fought the good fight 21-17 loss to Michigan, the team was in every game.
The Ohio State loss was a one-score game late, and Arkansas pulled away, but there’s 7-6, and there’s 7-6 that could’ve been a whole lot better.
The recruiting class is great, there’s a good base of talent to work around, and now the lines need to up their respective games to make this more like a ten-win season than a fight just to get to a decent bowl.
Set The Penn State Nittany Lions Regular Season Win Total At … 8
The problem will be all the sneaky-tough road games before the huge-break easy ones kick in.
Going to Purdue and Auburn in the first three weeks will push this year’s team hard, and going to Michigan is obviously going to be a fight.
On the plus side, the only two road games over the second half of the season are at Indiana and Rutgers, and Ohio State, Michigan State, and Minnesota are all at home.
Of course, Penn State is supposed to be the team that wins all those home games against Ohio State, Michigan, and Minnesota, and going to Purdue and Auburn shouldn’t be anything to sweat over if everything is rolling.
Penn State will be better, but there will be just enough tough losses to keep this from being quite what everyone is looking for.
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Bangladesh's well-established vulnerability to fast bowling was in evidence again with the visitors crashing to 103 all out off fewer than 33 overs after being put in to bat against the West Indies on the opening day of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday.
Jed Hoyer danced, dodged and ducked around rebuild-timeline questions on the day the Cubs lost for the 10th straight time.
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Former Ranger, Blue Jacket makes snarky comment on Flyers' hiring of Tortorella originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Flyers have a new head coach, and it's none other than the fiery John Tortorella.
The Flyers have yet to formally announce the hiring of Tortorella, but sources have confirmed to NBC Sports Philadelphia's Jordan Hall that the almost-64-year-old is set to take over behind the Philly bench.
A lot of people have a lot of opinions about Tortorella joining the Flyers. On one hand, he's the second-winningest American head coach in NHL history and a two-time Jack Adams Award winner. Plus, he guided the Tampa Bay Lightning to their first Stanley Cup title in the franchise's history in 2004.
One of those players was apparently former Ranger and Blue Jacket Brandon Dubinsky, who tweeted a snarky remark Thursday night about the Flyers' hiring of Tortorella.
Dubinsky played under Tortorella for eight years — four with the Rangers, four with the Blue Jackets — so he clearly knows a thing or two about the Flyers' new bench boss.
Strangely enough, Dubinsky put together some of his most productive seasons with Tortorella at the helm. Playing under Torts during the 2010-11 season, Dubinsky logged a career high 24 goals and 54 points.
Dubinsky clearly isn't a fan of Torts. This was highlighted in a story written by Aaron Portzline of The Athletic when Dubinsky described his relationship with Torts as "a s*** show" just before he was traded to the Blue Jackets in 2012.
"It wasn't a good year. We weren't getting along," said Dubinsky. "I didn't agree with the decisions he was making for me, so for me, Columbus was a fresh start. I was energized and excited. I was back to playing the way I knew how to play."
While Dubinsky's experience was far from positive, many other players have spoken very highly of Tortorella in the past, including Blue Jackets players Zach Werenski, Joonas Korpisalo and current Flyer Cam Atkinson, who unpromptedly dropped some words of wisdom he learned from Torts during his end-of-season presser.
Tortorella may have butt heads with players from time to time throughout his career, but he's also clearly made some positive impacts with others. With the Flyers, it's hard to imagine he won't leave a similar mark — hopefully for the better.
John Tortorella, winningest coach in Blue Jackets history, nearing deal to become Philadelphia Flyers' next coach
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The Golden State Warriors spent two years in the NBA wilderness. Now they are back in a familiar spot: on top of the NBA.
The Warriors beat the Boston Celtics, 103-90, Thursday night to clinch their fourth title in eight years behind Stephen Curry’s 34 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds.
The Warriors finished with the league’s worst record in 2019-20 and then failed to make the playoffs last season. That stopped a string of five consecutive Finals appearances.
The Warriors joined the 1985 Los Angeles Lakers as the only visiting team to celebrate winning an NBA on the Celtics’ home court.
The Warriors accomplished that by going on a 21-0 first-quarter run, the longest such run in the Finals since 1972. They had a 22-point lead at one point in the second half. The Celtics eventually trimmed the deficit to 86-78. But they were never able to seriously threaten the Warriors.
Steph Curry collapsed on the court in tears; wins Finals MVP
Steph Curry collapsed on the court in tears with 3.3 seconds left in the game while the Warriors were up by 13 as the realization that he won his fourth NBA title started to sink.
"I’m so proud of our group. I thank God every day that I get to play this game at the highest level," Curry told Lisa Salters afterwards. "This is what is all about, playing for a championship and what we’ve been through these last three years. Beginning of the season, nobody thought we would be here expect everybody on this court. It’s amazing. Very surreal."
Curry shared an emotional embrace with Steve Kerr after the final buzzer.
“We did it coach,” Curry said while hugging Steve Kerr. “We did it."
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Adam Silver misses Game 6 in COVID protocols; won’t present trophy
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has missed his second consecutive NBA Finals game on Thursday after entering the league’s health and safety protocols earlier this week.
As commissioner, Silver has handed out the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy the past eight seasons, but NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum will take over in Silver’s absence if the Warriors maintain their lead.
Silver has been the NBA’s commissioner since February 2014. This is the ninth championship series the league has held during his tenure, including the 2020 season pandemic bubble season.
Celtics cut Warriors lead to 10
The Warriors kept their foot on the gas to start the third quarter and extended their lead to as many as 22. But the Celtics climbed back into the game and cut the Warriors lead to 76-66 with a 16-4 run to close the third.
Al Horford scored 12 of his 16 points in the third quarter. Jaylen Brown scored 10 of his 24 points, while Jayson Tatum was held scoreless in the third quarter.
Four of the Warriors five starters are in double figures. Steph Curry has 21 points and Klay Thompson has 12.
Odell Beckham Jr. sends love to Klay Thompson after back-to-back injuries
The Splash Brothers, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, led the Warriors with 12 points each. Golden State is shooting 42.9% (12-for-49) and 43.5% from 3-point range (10-for-23). Jordan Poole has 11 of the Warriors' 15 bench points.
The Golden State Warriors visit the Boston Celtics with a chance to close out the 2022 NBA Finals. Here's how to watch or stream Game 6 live.
A new champion has been crowned after the 2022 NBA Finals. Heres a look back at the series between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics.
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Steph captures elusive Finals MVP after Warriors win title originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
RELATED: "Petty king" Curry enjoyed taunts from fans during Finals
The Golden State Warriors beat the Celtics 103-90 in Game Six of the NBA Finals in Boston on Thursday to win the Championship trophy for their fourth time in eight seasons. Stephen Curry led the way for the visitors with 34 points, seven assists and seven rebounds to claim his fourth title. “I’m so proud of our group," an emotional Curry said after the win, adding, "... at the beginning of the season nobody thought we would be here except everybody on this court".
The Warriors won their fourth title in the past eight years, cementing their dynasty.
For the fourth time in eight years, the Golden State Warriors are NBA champions.
Jayson Tatum's late-game struggles persist as Warriors seek NBA Finals win
Jayson Tatum hasn't produced during the fourth quarter of the NBA Finals, and the Warriors will look to keep it that way.
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Steph Curry wins NBA Finals MVP after Warriors beat Celtics for title
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Baltimore Ravens quarterback coach James Urban has been paired with quarterback Lamar Jackson for a few seasons now. They’ve created a special bond, one that has played a big part in Jackson’s development over the course of his entire NFL career.
Sometimes a player can read and hear things from the media that might cause some distractions. Urban was asked about how great Jackson is about ignoring the distractions when he’s on the practice field and in the facility, and the coach talked about how the quarterback is a master of not worrying about any outside noise.
“No, we’ve always had this mentality when we come to this building, when you walk through the doors of ‘The Castle’ here in this beautiful facility, we go to work. So, when we walk out onto the field, it’s time to work. We don’t worry about the outside distractions. He is a master of that. He is tremendously good at focusing on the task at hand. So, when we’re in meetings, that’s the task. Or when we’re on the field, that’s the task”
"We don't worry about the outside distractions. Lamar is the master of that." QB Coach James Urban pic.twitter.com/0BWPYWuAoi
One of the best things about Jackson is his ability to ignore everything that’s not important to the team. He’s extremely focused on winning and bringing a championship to the Ravens organization, and won’t let anything outside of the organization distract him or impact him in any negative way.
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Ravens QB coach James Urban discusses mentality of QB Lamar Jackson when ignoring outside noise
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2022 NBA Draft Reel: UCLA's Johnny Juzang
UCLA men's basketball guard Johnny Juzang declared for the 2022 NBA Draft after averaging 15.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists for the Bruins in 2021-22. Juzang shot 43 percent from the field, 36 percent from 3 and 84 percent from the free throw line.
We now have a slightly better indication of how the Michigan State basketball schedule will look this upcoming season
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2022 NBA Draft Reel: UCLA's Johnny Juzang
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Angels' Mike Trout reaches for a cowboy hat at the dugout after he hit a two-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the seventh inning on Thursday in Seattle. The homer was Trout's second of the night. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)
Angels' Shohei Ohtani throws against the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning on Thursday in Seattle. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)
Mike Trout's leaping catch
Mike Trout chases one down and makes a leaping catch in center field to rob a home run and end the bottom of the 1st inning
Mike Trout's two-run homer
Mike Trout cranks a two-run home run to right field and opens the scoring at 2-0 in the top of the 3rd inning
Callum Tarren nearly had to get a new set of clubs for the U.S. Open after they were misplaced by an airline but that did not unsettle the unheralded Englishman who went out and grabbed a share of the first-round clubhouse lead on Thursday. The PGA Tour rookie flew into Boston from Toronto on Saturday but his clubs did not make the trip until the next day, which was actually an improvement compared to 2019 when he said they did not arrive until the eve of his first U.S. Open. The 31-year-old Darlington native said people he stayed with during last week's Canadian Open, where he missed the cut days after qualifying for the U.S. Open, went to the airport to give "a little kick" to the airline staff.
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Mike Trout homers twice, Shohei Ohtani pitches Angels past Mariners
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Thing is, Wardell Stephen Curry II is not just the greatest shooter ever. It's time to finally call him what he is - one of the greatest players ever. Go ahead, put him in the Greatest Of All Time conversation. It's a debate that will never end anyway, and he has earned the right to be there for one simple reason.
''I think he's pretty much established what he can do,'' Warriors guard Klay Thompson said after the NBA Finals ended Thursday night with Golden State as champions and Curry as Finals MVP. ''But to see him earn that, he's one of the greatest ever and we all followed in his lead and gosh, that was awesome. What a series.''
''I'm happy for everybody, but I'm thrilled for Steph,'' Warriors coach Steve Kerr said as the champagne was spraying about in the champions' locker room in Boston after Golden State's title-clinching win. ''To me, this is his crowning achievement in what's already been an incredible career.''
''Best point guard of all time,'' Golden State's Andre Iguodala said.
''Damn, we did it. It's crazy to think about,'' Curry said. ''All that talk paid off. Manifest your destiny in a certain way, and that stubbornness - who we are matters more than what anybody is saying about us - is why we're here.''
''I thank God every day that I get to play this game at the highest level with some amazing people,'' Curry said on the floor as the celebration was starting, tears running down his face, game ball cradled under one of his arms. ''This is what it's all about.''
''He's a guy who's going to fit in quite nicely,'' said Larry Riley, then the general manager of the Warriors.
''For Steph to win a finals MVP, and I know he said it don't matter ... but to add that to your resume as a competitor, you want that,'' Warriors forward Draymond Green said. ''For him, well deserved. It's been a long time in the making. But he left no doubt. Left no doubt. He carried us. And we're here as champions.''
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Analysis: On Stephen Curry, far more than a great shooter
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(Reuters) -The Golden State Warriors cemented their place as one of the NBA's great dynasties with Thursday's 103-90 Game Six win over the Boston Celtics sealing their fourth Championship in eight seasons. The 4-2 Finals series win brought the Warriors a seventh championship, breaking a tie with the Chicago Bulls for sole possession of third place in the all-time winners list behind the Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, who both have 17 titles. The Warriors are also the first team to win four championships in an eight-year span since the Bulls won six from 1991 to 1998.
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NBA Finals: Stephen Curry didn't need validation, but his 4th Warriors title put any debate to rest
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Tatum, Draymond share long embrace after Warriors end Celtics' season originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Draymond Green succeeded in getting under Jayson Tatum's skin during the NBA Finals. But make no mistake, there's nothing but respect between the two All-Stars.
After the Golden State Warriors finished off the Boston Celtics to earn their fourth NBA championship since 2015, Green took a moment give Tatum some words of encouragement. The two shared a lengthy embrace before Green celebrated the victory and Tatum left for the locker room.
Despite how it may look when they're battling on the court, Green thinks the world of Tatum. He recently shared extremely high praise of the Celtics star on his podcast, "The Draymond Green Show."
“Now, Jayson Tatum is like a young version of that. Obviously, he doesn’t have all the experience that Kevin Durant has. Kevin is in his 15th or 16th year, J.T. is in his fifth and you’ll continue to see that growth. But nonetheless, who he is right now is absolutely amazing.”
Tatum is well on his way to superstardom, but he'll have to reach another level if and when he returns to the NBA Finals stage. The 24-year-old struggled with turnovers and was ineffective in the fourth quarter throughout the series.
Tatum finished with 13 points (6-18 FG), seven assists, and five turnovers in Boston's Game 6 defeat. Green had one of his best games of the series, tallying 12 points to go with 12 rebounds and eight assists.
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Two-time major winner Dustin Johnson and 2021 US Amateur champion James Piot led 15 LIV Golf Series players by cracking par in Thursday's first round of the US Open.
Cedric Mullins had three hits, Tyler Wells pitched six innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time, and the Orioles pounded former Baltimore pitcher Kevin Gausman in a 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. Wells (4-4) allowed one run and five hits, completing six innings in consecutive starts for the first time in his career to help the Orioles split the four-game series. “We took really good at-bats off Gausman,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said.
Adam Hadwin of Canada is the leader after one round of the U.S. Open. Hadwin ran off three straight birdies at the end of the front nine and only dropped one shot on the back nine of The Country Club for a 66. Dustin Johnson was “Low LIV.”
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Exploring prop bets on yards and touchdowns for Hurts in 2022 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
This upcoming season will be a big one for Jalen Hurts.
The Eagles’ third-year quarterback will enter his second season as the Eagles’ starter with plenty to prove.
NBC Sports betting partner Points Bet has released a couple Hurts props for the upcoming 2022 season:
Hurts passing touchdowns: o/u 23.5
Hurts passing yards: o/u 3,450.5
Last season, Hurts played and started 15 games. He threw for 3,144 yards and 16 touchdowns. So if he hits the overs, it would seem to indicate a pretty significant improvement from his first season as an NFL starter.
But let’s look at each prop separately:
Passing yards: o/u 3,450.5
Hurts averaged 209.6 passing yards per game in the 15 games he played in 2021. Had he played 17 games at that pace, he would have thrown for 3,563.2 yards. Staying healthy alone would mean Hurts has a shot at hitting this over.
And then you also have to remember that the Eagles became a very heavy running offense last year out of necessity. This year, Hurts will have A.J. Brown as his top receiver, adding to a group that includes DeVonta Smith, Dallas Goedert, Quez Watkins, Zach Pascal, Miles Sanders, Kenny Gainwell and more.
The Eagles’ finished as the NFL’s 25th-ranked passing offense in 2021 and Hurts was still on a pace that would have hit this over in a full season. Of course, staying healthy is not guaranteed, especially because of the way Hurts plays the position.
In their history, the Eagles have had 10 QB seasons with passing yards over this over/under prop for Hurts. The Eagles’ single-season passing record belongs to Carson Wentz, who threw for 4,039 yards in 2019. He’s the only Eagle to throw for for over 4K in a season. To break into the top 10 this season, Hurts would need to pass Randall Cunningham’s mark of 3,466 from 1990.
Here’s a look at the top 10 passing seasons in Eagles history:
1. Carson Wentz (2019): 4,039
2. Donovan McNabb (2008): 3,916
3. Donovan McNabb (2004), 3,875
4. Randall Cunningham (1988): 3,808
6. Sam Bradford (2015): 3,725
7. Sonny Jurgensen (1961): 3,723
9. Ron Jaworski (1980): 3,529
10. Randall Cunningham (1990): 3,466
Hurts’ mark of 3,144 in 2021 ranks 24th in franchise history.
Passing touchdowns: o/u 23.5
Hurts threw 16 passing touchdowns in 2021, a pace of just over 1 per game played so even if he played all 17 games, he was on pace for just 18 touchdowns. But it’s important to remember that Hurts also rushed for 10 touchdowns in 2021. That’s an extremely high mark and the Eagles would probably like to see things even out a little bit more.
The addition of Brown should certainly help in this area. In his three NFL seasons, Brown has caught 24 touchdown passes. Just nine players in the NFL have had more receiving touchdowns during that span.
If Hurts were to throw 24 passing touchdowns, that would tie him with Randall Cunningham (1988) and Norm Van Brocklin (1960) for 11th place in Eagles history.
Here’s a look at the top 10:
1. Carson Wentz (2017): 33
2. Sonny Jurgensen (1961): 32
3. Donovan McNabb (2004): 31
4. Randall Cunningham (1990): 30
5. Norm Snead (1967): 29
t-6. Nick Foles (2013): 27
t-6. Ron Jaworski (1980): 27
t-6. Carson Wentz (2019): 27
t-9. Donovan McNabb (2001): 25
t-9. Tommy Thompson (1948): 25
Hurts’ mark of 16 passing touchdowns in 2021 ranks tied for 36th in franchise history.
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Exploring prop bets for Eagles’ Jalen Hurts in 2022
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Ime Udoka shares message to Celtics following loss in NBA Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Pain was the common emotion in the locker room for the Boston Celtics after dropping Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals, coach Ime Udoka said.
In his postgame interview with NBC Sports Boston's Abby Chin, Udoka said that after getting this far, to within two wins of a championship, suffering a season-ending loss like the 103-90 decision at TD Garden is going to sting.
That's not to say it was all doom and gloom from the Celtics' first-year head coach, who told Chin he shared a message of better days ahead with the team after the Golden State Warriors secured their fourth championship in the last eight seasons.
"I'm proud of the overall year," Udoka said he told the team. "We went through a lot. The foundation has been set."
As recently as Jan. 6, the Celtics were 18-21, in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.
"We'll try to paint a broad look at the big picture of the things we did well this year and what we can build on," Udoka said.
Udoka can provide a unique perspective when it comes to losing in the NBA Finals in his first year in a role. A first-year assistant coach under Gregg Popovich in San Antonio in 2013, the Spurs were 5 seconds away from finishing off LeBron James and the Heat in Game 6 when former Celtics guard Ray Allen drilled a corner 3 to help force overtime, a game Miami would go on to win before capturing Game 7 and the series.
"It's always going to sit with you," Udoka said. "The way I lost it, you always remember that. You have to use it as fuel and motivation and experience to propel you forward...We'll learn from this as a staff and that's what I said with the guys, no one can come back the same."
Those Spurs, who featured the likes of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard, would return to the Finals the very next year and beat the Heat with Udoka still on staff.
Can the Celtics get back to the Finals in Udoka's second year behind the bench in Boston? As he noted to Chin, you have to move on eventually, with the draft, free agency and summer league coming in the weeks ahead.
Until then, Udoka and the Celtics be both disappointed in the way things ended while still looking through a half-full glass at the future.
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Ime Udoka shares message to Celtics following loss in NBA Finals
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Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Grover Stewart was named the 2022 NFLPA Black College Football Pro Player of the Year, the players’ association announced Wednesday.
Stewart is the sixth recipient of the honor, “which is presented annually to a top professional football player who attended a Historically Black College and University (HBCU),” per the players’ association.
“I’m very humbled to receive the 2022 NFLPA Black College Football Pro Player of the Year because it pays respect to the many great HBCU players who came before me and paved the way,” said Stewart in a statement. “Every time I step on the field, one of my goals is to represent HBCUs to the best of my ability. That’s why it’s an honor to be recognized in this way.”
Stewart, who attended Albany State, will be recognized Saturday, June 18, at the Black College Football Hall of Fame (BCFHOF) Induction Ceremony & Juneteenth Celebration in Atlanta.
The award is to “recognized one active NFL player who serves as a positive influence in his community, has ties to his HBCU alma mater, exhibits good character and has performed at a high level during the most recent NFL season.”
Colts linebacker Darius Leonard was a co-recipient in 2019 with then-Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen.
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Grover Stewart named NFLPA Black College Football Pro Player of the Year
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One of the Tennessee Titans’ three preseason games will be broadcast on NFL Network this year.
According to NFL Network, it will be the Titans’ Preseason Week 2 game against quarterback Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which is set to take place in Nashville on Saturday, August 20 at 6 p.m. CT.
Prior to the contest, the Titans and Bucs are scheduled to have joint practices, as is the case with the Titans and their Preseason Week 3 opponent, the Arizona Cardinals, who they will meet in Nashville, also.
All preseason games broadcast on NFL Network will be blacked out in local markets, so if you’re living in Tennessee you’ll still watch on WKRN, which is set to broadcast all three Titans preseason games. The contests can also be heard on the radio on 104.5 The Zone.
Prior to their meetings with the Bucs and Cardinals at home, the Titans will open their preseason up against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank stadium.
You can check out Tennessee’s entire 2022 schedule right here.
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NFL Network to broadcast one Titans preseason game
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Rock Ya-Sin
The Raiders made some big improvements to their defense this offseason, adding the likes of Chandler Jones, Bilal Nichols and Duron Harmon. But the one spot that could still give them trouble during the 2022 season is at cornerback.
Casey Hayward Jr. was the team’s best defensive back last season, but he left in free agency to sign with the Falcons. That left a big hole on the outside and the Raiders are hoping that recently acquired Rock Ya-Sin can fill that spot.
So how has Ya-Sin looked in practice? According to Tashan Reed of The Athletic, he’s been very solid and consistent. Here is what Reed had to say about the former second-round pick from the 2019 NFL Draft:
“Rock Ya-Sin looked good. The soft-spoken corner hasn’t been talked about much, but it’s not because he’s performed poorly. He’s been consistent, fluid and in the right position regardless of who he’s matched up against. Mullen’s health aside, the Raiders need Ya-Sin to be a good starting corner this season. He had an up-and-down career with the Colts, but he was steady through the offseason program.”
Ya-Sin is one of the most important players on defense for the Raiders entering the season as they desperately need him to play well in order for this team to survive on defense. If he struggles, they don’t have many other options at cornerback and it could wind up being their biggest weakness.
But so far, the news and tidbits coming out of camp have been encouraging. The hope is that Ya-Sin can continue this positive momentum into training camp and into the season.
One of the Titans' three preseason games will be broadcast on NFL Network.
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Raiders CB Rock Ya-Sin has impressed this offseason during OTAs
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“He’s been much more confident,” quarterback Justin Herbert has said of Palmer. “He’s a guy that came in really early last year and he picked up the offense pretty easily. But this year it’s a different Josh Palmer out there. He knows exactly where he’s going. We throw a bunch after practice. I feel comfortable with him.”
Selected in the third round of the 2021 draft out of Tennessee, Palmer is a 6-foot-2 possession receiver who can get early separation with his route running, and he can also grab contested balls over the top. Last year, Palmer ended the season with 33 receptions for 353 yards and four touchdowns: while only playing a total of 38% of the offense’s total snaps.
Let’s go to the film to see why Palmer should be the third option in the Chargers’ offense!
Route-running
Palmer is a flat-out playmaker. One of the main reasons why he is likely to win the WR3 position is because of his football IQ paired with his route running. Palmer has quick feet out of his release, and a high football acumen when it comes to finding an open space against zone defenses.
Last year, Williams had this to say about Palmer’s skillset, “He be balling… Josh is smooth”. Added Williams: “He sinks his hips real good.”
What Williams is referring to is when Palmer is about to make his break, whether that is for a comeback route, pivots or slants, he gets low when breaking out of his route, which allows him to turn at the drop of a dime.
In the clip below, Palmer is running a whip route from outside the hash to the middle of the field. Since the linebackers are waiting to break to the ball, it’s important that Palmer gets horizontal to the sideline as quickly as possible.
In the clip below, Palmer is up against cornerback Kendall Fuller, and he’s running an out-route. Palmer starts running at the defenders outside hip and then quickly sells the vertical route which opens the defenders’ hips. As soon as Fuller is ready to turn and run with Palmer, he sinks down to turn and gets immediately open at the sideline.
Palmer is not an explosive playmaker, but more of a technical receiver with an ability to maintain his play-speed down-field. Getting separation is one of the most important skillsets to have in the NFL, and Palmer has potential to be elite in this regard.
Reliability when it's time to move the sticks
One aspect of Palmer’s game that we’ve noticed after his rookie year is his reliability. According to Pro Football Focus, when he was playing for the University of Tennessee, 70% of his catches resulted in a first down. This is similar to what he did for the Chargers last year. Palmer ended up with 18 first downs on only 33 receptions. That means that 54% of his catches resulted in first downs.
This is a big reason why when Allen was hurt in week 14, against the New York Giants, Palmer came in and played 87% of the offense’s total snaps and ended the day 66 yards and a touchdown.
He is able to get his body past the first down marker, and then slow down maintaining good position to make an uncontested catch at the sideline. This was a great pass by Herbert and an equally impressive catch by Palmer.
Over the next five weeks, Palmer would go on to play 66% of the total offensive snaps and pull in three touchdowns while maintaining a 71% catching percentage at 7.8 average yards per reception.
Winning as a possession receiver
If Palmer wants to compete for the third receiver spot, he will have to carry the momentum from the end of the last season into the start of this season.
If he can maintain his status as a possession receiver who Herbert can rely on late in plays, against man and zone coverages, he has a chance to earn a ton of playing time.
Last year in week 17, the Chargers were in need of a touchdown and Palmer was able to find the soft spot within the Las Vegas Raiders zone to catch a bullet from Herbert.
Palmer continues to show his impressive route running, reliability and ball skills when given the chance. In the clip below, there were two impressive catches by Palmer which helped him get more snaps as the end of the season neared.
It’s likely that Jalen Guyton and Palmer will be competing for the WR3 spot this season. Although Guyton is a speedster and who’s shown that he can spread the field, Palmer is more of an all-around player who can come in and play as the Z receiver, who can block, and win contested catches. He will also play the big slot to get separation underneath when the Chargers need the first down.
It’s possible that if Palmer does win that WR3 spot, he could finish the season with 800 yards and seven or eight touchdowns.
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Why Josh Palmer is ready to jump up in the Chargers’ receiver room
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The quest for the NBA title is on. Here is the complete schedule for the 2022 playoffs on the road to the NBA Finals and the Larry O'Brien Trophy.
American Express And Delta Air Lines Unveil The First-Ever Credit Card Made From A Boeing 747
Have you ever heard of a credit card made out of an airplane?
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ASK IRA: Did Mark Cuban, Mavericks outmaneuver Heat for Christian Wood?
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All of the quarterfinals, semifinals and the World Cup final will be played in the U.S.
Tim Hortons is the most trusted brand in Canada: survey
Data intelligence firm Morning Consult says the number of Tim Hortons locations across Canada – more than 3,900 as of May 2022 – played a factor in propelling the brand to be the most trusted in the country.
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The New York Giants are undergoing a roster overhaul this season with tons of changes on both sides of the ball. They have brought in a slew of players that have gotten little press coverage this spring.
Here are three names on the offense that intrigue heading into training camp.
TE Austin Allen
Austin Allen went undrafted out of Nebraska this spring as many teams didn’t know what to make of him. His size (6’9″, 255) is a bit long for a traditional NFL tight end and is a project in many scouts’ eyes.
That’s fine by the Giants. Allen was good enough to be named the Big Ten Tight End of the Year in 2021, leading all TEs in the league in receiving yards.
Allen was a team captain, the Cornhuskers’ offensive MVP and a first team All-Big Ten selection last year.
The knock on Allen is his speed (he ran a 4.83 40 at the NFL Combine) and his long frame, which needs some filling out.
WR Richie James Jr.
Richie James Jr., 26, is an interesting pick up for the Giants. He can make plays in the passing game as well as serve as a returner. His size (5’9″, 185) and his injury history are working against him, but if he’s healthy he will add a dimension to both the offense and special teams.
James was a two-time All C-USA Conference first team selection at Middle Tennessee State and showed flashes as a receiver and a returner for the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL.
James missed the 2021 season due to a knee injury but the Giants are taking a flier on him this summer in hopes he can regain his form.
RB Antonio Williams
Antonio Williams, 24, has been a victim of circumstance most of his football career. He began his college journey at Ohio State where he was buried behind the likes of J.K. Dobbins and Mike Weber before transferring to North Carolina, only to be a third wheel behind Javonte Williams and Michael Carter.
Williams was signed by the Buffalo Bills as a UDFA in 2020 and found himself in another crowded running back room and spent most of his time on the practice squad.
He’ll have an opening here with the Giants, who are banking on the health of Saquon Barkley and free agent Matt Breida is basically a committee back.
Williams could become a valuable resource in the Giants’ backfield this year, coming from Buffalo where he played under Brian Daboll, so he knows the system.
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When listing out players that he believes should be on the trade block in 2022, Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report named Baltimore cornerback Marcus Peters as one of his choices. Knox talked about the salary cap savings that the team could get from trading the veteran, as well as the fact that the might need additional cap space in order to extend quarterback Lamar Jackson.
“Instead of banking on a return to form from Peters, the Ravens should see what they can get for the 29-year-old on the trade market. He’ll turn 30 next offseason and will be a free agent. Moving him now would save Baltimore $10 million off the cap while only incurring a dead-cap hit of $5.5 million…The Ravens may need the additional cap space if they’re hoping to extend quarterback Lamar Jackson—who is entering the final year of his rookie deal—this offseason.”
Knox then names his best fit for Peters as the Indianapolis Colts, with his reasoning being that they have $10.6 million in cap space
“The trick would be finding a contender willing to take a bit of a gamble on Peters. The Colts, who have $10.6 million in cap space, could be the perfect trade partner…Peters wouldn’t be out of the AFC, but he’d at least be with a team Baltimore doesn’t play this season. The Colts, meanwhile, acquired quarterback Matt Ryan this offseason and are looking to make win-now moves.”
Even though Peters is recovering from a major injury, it doesn’t feel like there are many positives to trading away the All-Pro cornerback. Baltimore has built up their depth in the secondary to account for any time Peters misses as he finishes up his recovery, and it doesn’t feel likely that the team could add a better player than Peters with the $10 million in cap savings they would get for him. Plus, it’s unclear if Peters would even be able to generate a return package worth dealing for based on what he brings to the Ravens both on and off of the field.
Peters has become an extremely integral part of the Baltimore defense, and his presence on the field was missed in a big way during the 2021 season. He and cornerback Marlon Humphrey form one of the best duos in the NFL when healthy, and to split that up would hurt the Ravens’ depth at cornerback. Peters has stated he hopes to spend the rest of his career in Baltimore, which would be an ideal path for both the veteran and the organization.
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In Draft Wire’s latest 2023 NFL mock draft, the Indianapolis Colts selected Kentucky quarterback Will Levis.
Holding the No. 20 overall pick in this mock draft, the Colts go after a potential franchise quarterback. Even with Matt Ryan at the helm for at least two seasons—and potentially more—the Colts will be looking for their future quarterback.
In this scenario, the Colts stay put and grab a passer with some potential.
At 6-foot-3 and roughly 222 pounds, Levis became the starter during the 2021 season for the Wildcats. He completed 66% of his passes for 2,826 yards, 24 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.
He added some work on the ground as well, taking 107 carries for 376 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns.
We’re still a long way away from the 2023 draft but taking a quarterback is certainly among the possibilities for the Colts.
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Colts select QB Will Levis in Draft Wire’s 2023 mock draft
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The 2022 NFL draft went off without a hitch for the New Orleans Saints, who for once followed the track laid out in a lot of mock drafts by picking wide receiver Chris Olave and left tackle Trevor Penning in the first round. But things went off the rails in round two — as far as fans could see, anyway, in the surprise selection of Tennessee cornerback Alontae Taylor. Corner wasn’t widely seen as a need, and there was pre-draft speculation that Taylor might be converted to safety in the NFL. The pick was a little confusing, from the outside looking in.
Taylor has been rotating in and out of drills with Paulson Adebo, the 2021 third rounder who worked his way into the starting lineup. And the competition between them might be more intense than we’d first expect. A couple of months and many reps in practice later, and Saints head coach Dennis Allen has been surprised by Taylor, too. But Allen is enjoying what he’s seeing out of the first-year pro.
“I really like (Taylor). I think he’s probably a little further ahead than what I anticipated when he got in here,” Allen told Nola.com’s Rod Walker, adding: “I’m excited about seeing what he can do.”
We shouldn’t read too deeply into quotes like that in June, but it’s worth acknowledging that Taylor has a shot at displacing Adebo if things go his way. He’s doing the right things and competing well in practice, which is as strong a start to the process as you could hope for. It’s a result of the hard work Taylor has put into developing his craft.
And Adebo’s rookie year wasn’t flawless. Sure, he was the only defender on the team to start in all 17 games, but he also led New Orleans with 7 penalties (1 declined), which tied the NFL lead among rookie corners. Pro Football Focus charting found he yielded 733 receiving yards into his coverage, the highest total in the 2021 draft class. He was also dinged with 10 missed tackles, 7 of them on passing plays. It’s fair to say he had his ups and downs.
So it’s far from impossible to imagine Taylor trotting out there in the season opener against those dirty birds wearing Malcolm Jenkins’ old No. 27 jersey. If anything, things are shaping up for a fascinating training camp battle between two talented young corners. With Marshon Lattimore anchoring one side of the field and Bradley Roby waiting for either of them to slip up, the Saints finally seem to have real depth at cornerback. Let’s see how it all shakes out.
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Dennis Allen impressed by second-round draft pick Alontae Taylor
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New York Jets wide receiver Elijah Moore has no problem with his team bringing Garrett Wilson into the wide receiver room via the 2022 NFL draft.
In fact, Moore is welcoming the first-round pick with open arms.
During minicamp, Moore made a statement that sounds like he’s seen enough.
Between him, Wilson, and veteran Corey Davis? He thinks this receiver room in New York cannot be stopped going forward.
“I feel like, first of all, we’re all different. But I feel like there’s no way a team should be able to guard three of us–plus all the other guys that’s coming along too. I feel like we got a good group,” Moore said via video conference.
“It just opens everything up,” Moore added. “That’s how we expect to be on the games on Sundays.”
Heading into his second season, Moore acknowledged up and downs during his rookie season. Those come for many first-year players and the telling sign can be how a player reacts to the lows in Year 2.
So far, so good, says Moore.
It’s early, but New York head coach Robert Saleh provided some team-wide spring analysis as well. He also likes what he’s seeing.
“I’m an optimist,” Saleh said. “I think we’re in a really, really good place. I really do. What it looks like from a results standpoint that’s for all y’all to judge. But we’re a lot further along this year than we were a year ago.”
The Jets now pack up and head home for over a month. The next time we’ll see Gang Green we’ll be one step closer to the regular season with training camp.
For more from Moore, check out the clip of him below discussing the Jets offense via SNY:
"The way we're flowing, it's going to be unstoppable"
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Wonder Man is the latest Marvel superhero to get the screen treatment. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton has teamed up with Andrew Guest, a writer-producer on comedies such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Community, to tackle a live-action series featuring the longtime Marvel character. Guest will serve as head […]
The important details from Joe Burrow's meeting with the media.
Joe Burrow's top five in the mind of at least one expert.
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The last two offseasons have seen a handful of veteran quarterbacks join new teams after lengthy tenures with one franchise. Matthew Stafford went from the Lions to the Rams last year, and this offseason, Matt Ryan was traded from the Falcons to the Colts.
It was a big change for Stafford last year, transitioning from a place of comfort in Detroit where he knew everyone in the Lions’ building to a completely new organization in Los Angeles. Obviously, it worked out for both Stafford and the Rams (see: Super Bowl LVI), and Ryan hopes he finds the same success in Indianapolis.
“I talked to Matthew Stafford right after, and before I got traded, when the possibility was out there,” Ryan said, via Sports Illustrated. “He was like, Don’t get me wrong, you love the experience that you’ve had the entire time, and you love the continuity and the people that you know, but it’s a bit like going to that first day of high school, where you switch schools and you’re going in trying to meet people. There’s that nervous, anxious excitement that comes with it.
The Rams were much better equipped to contend for a Super Bowl last year than the Colts are this season, but Indianapolis has the pieces to make a run now that Ryan is at the helm. He gives the Colts a nice trio with Jonathan Taylor and Michael Pittman Jr., and with their offensive line being as talented as it is, the Colts could make some noise in 2022.
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There has been some buzz around the cornerback group for the Buffalo Bills this offseason.
From the addition of CB Kair Elam from Florida in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft to the play of Dane Jackson in the absence of injured pro-bowler Tre White, the corner position has been one of interest.
While the team and fans await White’s return, Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott threw his support behind the player filling in for him at OTA workouts this week.
That being Dane Jackson, of course.
“Dane’s a winner”, McDermott said while addressing the press.
“He is committed. He’s one of the first ones here every morning, one of the last to leave. Comes in on his own, even on the weekends at times, and he’s a true pro.”
Questions had surrounded the cornerback position since last season, from who would fill in during White’s recovery to who would replace former starter and departed free agent Levi Wallace.
The Bills have answered them, whether it’s been Jackson’s play on the field or the addition of Elam.
And while he’s expressed his confidence in him before, McDermott isn’t the only one commending Jackson for his play and work ethic.
DC Leslie Frazier sang his praises during OTA’s as well, calling the CB’s gameplay experience last season “tremendously valuable” during his latest press conference.
“He played a lot of snaps for us”, Frazier added. “Really held his own, the moments never seemed too big for him. One of the best tackling young corners that’s in the league”.
That is high praise from Jackson’s coaches, and affirmation of the young CB himself as well as to the fans who’ve wondered if the team would look to add talent to White’s position until he returns.
With Jackson performing well as the next-man-up, there is reason for optimism that he’ll be able to hold down the fort at the corner while White returns and continue to contribute in rotations with the position group.
That type of youth and depth is valuable, especially in providing the team with competition and performance on the field against opponents, and also in helping to not only fill in for White but to help share the workload as he eventually transitions back to gameplay.
Jackson held his own last season and is continuing to earn the praises of the Bills coaching staff, which is both a testament to the team’s scouting and player development as well as to his work ethic.
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The NASCAR Cup Series heads into its sole off weekend of the 2022 season. With 16 races complete, take a look at standout stats from the regular season. There are 10 races left before the playoffs begin, starting with a trip to Nashville Superspeedway on June 26 (5 p.m. ET on NBC/NBC Sports App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
— Kurt Busch is the only Stage 2 winner to go on to win the race (Kansas Speedway).
— Michael McDowell‘s six top-10 finishes and 38 laps led are his most in a season.
— Twelve different winners through 16 races is second most all-time. The most is 13 in 2003.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 20: Austin Cindric, driver of the #2 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series 64th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 2022 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) | Getty Images
— Denny Hamlin‘s 48 wins without a championship is second most all-time to Junior Johnson‘s 50. Johnson is a NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee.
— Kyle Busch has won at 24 different tracks, adding in Bristol Motor Speedway‘s dirt this year. Most all-time, Richard Petty at 50 different tracks.
— Twelve drivers have won in 2022. Only four of them have more than four top-five finishes: Ross Chastain (seven), Kyle Busch (six), Kyle Larson (six) and Joey Logano (five).
— Five drivers got their first pole in 2022 (Austin Cindric, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Cole Custer and Chris Buescher), the most since six in 2001.
— Four drivers got their first win in 2022 (Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain and Daniel Suárez), the most since five in 2011. Through 16 races, though, four is the most since 10 in 1950, the Cup Series‘ second season.
— Twenty drivers have won since Kevin Harvick last did. Harvick is riding a 59-race winless streak, the second longest of his career. He had a 115-race winless run between 2007-10.
HAMPTON, GEORGIA - MARCH 19: Kurt Busch, driver of the #45 Monster Energy Toyota, enters his car in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 19, 2022 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images) | Getty Images
— There are eight drivers who won in 2021 and have not in 2022 (Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney, AJ Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell and Michael McDowell).
— Cole Custer has failed to finish in the top 10 through the first 16 races this season. His best finish has been 11th at Auto Club Speedway. His last top 10 was at Dover Motor Speedway in May 2021, 39 races ago.
— William Byron is the only driver to break 500 laps led, leading the Cup Series at 570. The next-closest driver is Chase Elliott at 471. Only three drivers are above the 400-lap mark, adding in Ross Chastain at 426.
— The longest top-10 finish streak at the moment is two, held by Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain. The longest top-10 streak by a driver this year is five races, three times: Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch and Christopher Bell.
— All four Championship 4 drivers from last season have at least three fewer top-five finishes through 16 races in 2022 compared to 2021. Kyle Larson six vs. nine. Martin Truex Jr. two vs. six. Denny Hamlin three vs. nine. Chase Elliott three vs. eight.
— Only one driver has more runner-up finishes without a win all-time than Tyler Reddick, who has five in 90 career starts. G.C. Spencer had seven in 415 career starts. The most runner-ups all-time prior to a win is 12 by James Hylton, who scored his first win in his 187th career start at Richmond Raceway in 1970.
TEAM FACTS
— Since 1949, Hendrick Motorsports has tallied an all-time most 37 wins after an off weekend. Next best, Richard Childress Racing at 27.
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 29: Daniel Suarez, driver of the #99 CommScope Chevrolet, and Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Advent Health Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 29, 2022 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) | Getty Images
— Hendrick Motorsports is the only team to crack 1,000 laps led this season, currently at 1,332. The next best is Joe Gibbs Racing at 848.
— It took Trackhouse Racing 52 races to notch three wins. The fewest races it has taken a new team to win three races: 33, Team Penske in 1975.
— Trackhouse Racing and 23XI Racing both started in 2021 and expanded to two teams in 2022. Each has two runner-up finishes and five stage wins.
— Trackhouse Racing‘s three wins in 2022 came from two drivers (Ross Chastain, two; Daniel Suárez, one) and two crew chiefs (Phil Surgen and Travis Mack) who had never won in Cup Series prior to this year. Chastain, Suárez and Surgen had finished runner-up before, and Mack had a best finish of fourth.
TRACK TRENDS
— The final stage at Talladega Superspeedway was caution free. It is the only final stage in 2022 to go caution free.
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 29: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 29, 2022 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) | Getty Images
— Charlotte Motor Speedway‘s race took 5 hours, 13 minutes and 6 seconds to complete. It is only the second time in the last 55 years a Cup Series race took more than 5 hours and 13 minutes to complete.
— Since the stage era begin in 2017, there have been at least three drivers to get their first win of the season in the final 10 races of the regular season. There were three in 2017 and 2020-21, four in 2018 and five in 2019. If the trend continues, there will be at least 15 winners in the 2022 regular season.
— The pass for the win came in the final 10 laps in 12 of the 16 races in 2022. The only races that had a longer leader stretch was Phoenix Raceway (Chase Briscoe led final 24), Martinsville Speedway (William Byron led final 83), Dover Motor Speedway (Chase Elliott led final 53) and Sonoma Raceway (Daniel Suárez led final 26). In 2021, there were only six race winners decided in the final 10 laps through 16 races.
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Farewell Sadio Mane, one of Liverpool's greatest players of the modern era - GETTY IMAGES
Liverpool's Roberto Firmino celebrates scoring the third goal with Mohamed Salah (R) and Sadio Mane - REX
Liverpool have agreed the £35 million sale of Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich following talks on Friday.
Manchester City will begin the defence of their Premier League title against West Ham on August 7, after the new season's fixtures were released in full.
Former Kentucky guard Shaedon Sharpe is a very polarizing prospect for the 2022 NBA draft on June 23.
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Farewell Sadio Mane, one of Liverpool's greatest players of the modern era
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Who could have imagined that the dramatization of the Los Angeles Lakers’ ’79-’80 NBA Championship season known as ‘Showtime’ would interest anyone other than die-hard hoop fans? Basing the narrative on Jeff Pearlman’s book, and every news report and book written by members of the Lakers, and taking more than a few creative liberties, Adam […]
The Golden State Warriors headed into TD Garden on Thursday night and beat the Boston Celtics 103-90, to win the 2022 NBA finals. The Celtics began the game by going on a 14-2 tear, and they briefly looked like they would force a decisive Game 7 in San Francisco. The Warriors held Boston scoreless for the first two minutes of the second quarter as Golden State rained three-pointers down on their hapless opponents.
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NBA teams with the most championships after Warriors beat Celtics
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An investigation by the WWE board of directors has uncovered a secret $3 million settlement paid out by chairman and CEO Vince McMahon to hide an affair with a former employee, according to the Wall Street Journal's Joe Palazzolo and Ted Mann.
The employee in question was reportedly hired as a paralegal in 2019 and eventually left after signing a separation agreement this January barring her from discussing the relationship.
The board's investigation reportedly began in April and has unearthed other nondisclosure agreements involving claims by former female WWE employees of alleged misconduct by McMahon and WWE executive John Laurinaitis. The payments reportedly total in the millions of dollars.
The preliminary finding of the board is reportedly that McMahon used personal funds to pay the former female employees. While McMahon is chairman of the board and has three other allies at the table, the investigation is being led by independent director Man Jit Singh. Singh and the other eight independent directors have reportedly retained law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to conduct the investigation.
Board learned of alleged Vince McMahon affair, payments from anonymous email
The board reportedly learned of the $3 million agreement via a series of anonymous emails received from a person who said the paralegal was a friend.
As the emails laid out, the woman left after encounters with both McMahon and Laurinaitis.
“My friend was so scared so she quit after Vince McMahon and lawyer Jerry paid her millions of dollars to shut up,” the initial email to the board said, referring to Mr. McMahon’s longtime lawyer, Mr. McDevitt, who negotiated the deal, according to people familiar with the board inquiry.
A WWE spokesperson reportedly told the Journal the company is fully cooperating with the investigation and McMahon's relationship with the paralegal was consensual. McDevitt, McMahon's attorney, said the paralegal had made no claims of harassment against McMahon and the WWE paid no money to her "on her departure."
McMahon, who has helmed the WWE since 1982, is married to Linda McMahon, who was the company's CEO before pursuing a U.S. Senate seat and later becoming the head of the Small Business Administration under former President Donald Trump.
Vince McMahon is alleged to have multiple settlements with former female WWE employees. (Photo by Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)
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WWE uncovers Vince McMahon NDAs with female employees, per report
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The Arkansas basketball team is headed out on the road in the fall. Way out on the road.
The Razorbacks are headed to Italy and Spain from August 6-16 for a set of four expected exhibition games.
“We will get 10 extra, full practices to prepare for the trip,” Arkansas coach Eric Musselman said. “Second, the ability to play others, not just scrimmage each other, will be critical for this team with so many new faces.”
Arkansas has just two players returning from last year’s roster. Guard Devo Davis and forward Kamani Johnson will help integrate the six freshmen who make up the No. 2 recruiting class in the country. The Hogs are also breaking in six players from the transfer portal.
As such, the games will help the new faces adjust to each other on the court before the season begins in November.
Arkansas will play three games in Spain and one in Italy during the trip, which is the program’s first overseas since the 2016 team went to Spain. The NCAA allows teams one international trip every four years.
Musselman went to Costa Rica in 2017 when he was at Nevada and China in 2013 when he was at Arizona State.
Fans might have assumed the character was mostly CGI, but a new timelapse video shows how the real actor was behind the terrifying villain's face.
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We now have a slightly better indication of how the Michigan State basketball schedule will look this upcoming season.
The Spartans released their Big Ten opponent pairings for the upcoming season on Thursday. The release breaks down which Big Ten foes the Spartans will play twice (both home and way) and which they’ll only play once (either home or away).
The pairings can be found below in the tweet from the Spartans’ official Twitter account:
Michigan State’s draw on paper isn’t going to be easy with the Spartans playing four of the top projected teams in the league twice — Indiana, Ohio State, Michigan and Purdue. Michigan State will also have to travel to Illinois and Wisconsin, which are never easy places to win.
The exact date of the games has yet to be announced but that should be coming in the next month or two. Additionally, we should start to find out more about the Spartans’ non-conference schedule in the next few months.
Summer is here. Outdoor adventures, blue ice cream and 93-mph roller coasters await.
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BOSTON — When the Memphis Grizzlies blew out the Golden State Warriors on March 28, as Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green managed mounting injuries, 22-year-old Jaren Jackson Jr. tweeted, "Strength in numbers," mocking the original slogan of a dynasty once built with veteran depth.
"It pissed me off so much," Thompson said, months after logging it into his "elephant" memory. "Going to mock us? Like, you ain't ever been there before, bro. We been there. We know what it takes. Hold that."
The Warriors knew they still had the weapons, as long as the remaining members of their first three title teams could get healthy enough to play their best basketball in the playoffs, even if Jackson spoke for the many who came to doubt them in the three years since their last trip to the NBA Finals. And they were right.
The Warriors submitted a signature 103-90 win over the upstart Boston Celtics on Thursday to secure a 4-2 series victory and their fourth ring in eight seasons. The four years between titles and all that came with them led Curry to concede, "This one hits different." Analytics models gave Boston a better than 80% chance to win the series, but those calculations failed to account for Golden State's championship DNA.
"You talk about the fabric of this team throughout the last eight years, those three guys have had this league in a choke hold, in a headlock for a good period of time," said veteran Warriors forward Andre Iguodala. "You go historically, there aren't too many teams that have been able to do that. It's a handful."
The Warriors with Kevin Durant were a juggernaut, their championships in 2017 and 2018 inevitable. That all changed in the 2019 Finals, when in successive games they lost Durant and Thompson to yearlong injuries. Durant bolted for the Brooklyn Nets following their Finals loss to the Toronto Raptors three years ago, and Thompson suffered a second serious injury that delayed his return until this past January after 941 days.
"It was easier to accept 2019, because I had never been hurt before and that five-year run took a lot out of us," said Thompson. "But the second time it happened it was like, What the heck is going on, man? Just to stay with it, just calf raise after calf raise after underwater treadmill, so many days, not even touching a ball.
"Then to go through this season with the ups and downs, and even these playoffs, I'm just at a loss for words at times, because I knew this was possible but to be here in real time, man, I don't want to leave."
In between, Curry lost nearly an entire season to a broken hand, and Green was just lost, no longer the tie that bound these Warriors. Outside the Splash Brothers' spotlight, he was stripped of his All-Star and All-Defensive status, and the Warriors fell from the grace of five straight Finals to the bottom of the standings.
Curry's return for the 2020-21 campaign could not fully correct their course. The Warriors mustered no more than a play-in tournament exit without Thompson, but they built equity with a new set of strength in numbers over the last third of that season. Durant begot D'Angelo Russell, who begot Andrew Wiggins, the once miscast No. 1 overall pick who blossomed into a 3-and-D threat at the end of last season, an All-Star this year and ultimately the two-way force that swung the last three Finals games in Golden State's favor.
"Draymond, Klay, Steph, Andre, all the vets, they challenged me every day," said Wiggins. "Every time I stepped on the court, they challenged me, and that's motivational. Those are future Hall of Famers. Whenever they tell me to do something, I just want to get it done, prove to them and earn their respect."
The Warriors recalled Jordan Poole, their No. 28 overall pick in 2019, from the G League in March 2021, and he flashed a few months of the skill that ultimately made him the "Splash Nephew" who would net a momentum-shifting circus shot in Monday's Game 5 and 15 points off the bench in Thursday's clincher.
All the while, Kevon Looney, a 21-year-old part-time center when last the Warriors won a championship, battled back from a series of ailments that derailed his career to be a key cog for a resurgent defense.
Golden State general manager Bob Myers abandoned pure talent acquisition in favor of cultural fits around the players who transformed the franchise into a dynastic enterprise. He reacquired Iguodala, whose contributions as a veteran voice and brilliant tactician earned him a spot on the court with Curry, Thompson and Green as the buzzer sounded on their fourth title together. Myers also targeted the two-way abilities of Otto Porter Jr. and Gary Payton II, who knew their limitations and fulfilled them further down the hierarchy.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr had seen championship teams restore their glory with experience as their guide. He won three titles with Michael Jordan and watched the Chicago Bulls win three more following a two-year sabbatical. Kerr won rings with Tim Duncan in 1999 and 2003 and more than a decade later accepted Golden State's coaching job shortly before the San Antonio Spurs won their fifth championship in 2014.
This was Kerr's task, to blend the old with the new and lead them all back to the mountaintop.
Golden State Warriors mainstays Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry won their fourth NBA championship together. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
"Steph reminds me so much of Tim Duncan," said Kerr. "Totally different players, but from a humanity standpoint, talent standpoint, humility, confidence, this wonderful combination that just makes everybody want to win for him. ... Steph ultimately is why this run has happened. Much like Timmy in San Antonio."
Even within this Finals, Golden State's championship acumen was tested. When a Boston barrage beat the Warriors in Game 1, Green insisted, "We'll be fine." He was right. And when the younger, longer and more athletic Celtics took a 2-1 series lead, Curry reminded us, "it does help knowing that we've been through a little of everything the last eight years and can draw from that experience when you need to." He was right.
Or, as Thompson said after Game 3, "We've been in this situation before. Getting big 2015 vibes."
As they did then against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Warriors won the next three games to win in six. The lottery picks that resulted from Durant's departure and two years in the tank — James Wiseman, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody — combined to play 19 minutes against the Celtics. Next season will present the challenge of incorporating them into the championship culture, but the Warriors will savor this one first, because they know how dramatically fortunes can change in the NBA. Light-years can turn dark quickly.
"All that stuff mattered," said Curry. "You carry that through the three years not knowing how it's going to end up. All you can do is control that belief behind the scenes and how you show up every single day. You embody that, and when it comes time to take advantage of an opportunity, things click. ... We limped our way into the postseason, and we clearly said, 'We have to peak at the right time,' not knowing what our rotation was going to look like and what our chemistry was going to look like, because that's what the situation called for. But, damn, we did it. It's crazy to think about. All that talk paid off. Manifest your destiny in a certain way, and that stubbornness of who we are matters more than what anybody says about us."
As Curry exited TD Garden with Finals MVP trophy in hand, his family trailing, Sonya Curry, matriarch of basketball royalty, stopped Hall of Famer Gary Payton, whose son joined his father as an NBA champion.
"Congratulations, dad," she said.
Payton responded in kind. "Congratulations, mama."
One last reminder. Championship DNA comes full circle.
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Coming over from the Clemson Tigers, new Oklahoma Sooners’ head coach Brent Venables brought with him a reputation for sustained defensive success.
During his tenure with the Tigers, no school had more sacks or tackles for loss than Clemson. His units regularly ranked inside the top 10 in the country and the Tigers were able to compete with the SEC on the field with their two national championships and off the field in recruiting.
More specifically, the work Venables and his assistants did with the front seven group (defensive line and linebackers) is what stands out the most. In stints with Oklahoma and Clemson, Venables had a litany of players go on to the NFL and a number of them get selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Isaiah Simmons, Dexter Lawrence, and Gerald McCoy to name a few.
So it’s no surprise to see that Clemson’s front seven is looking strong again heading into 2022.
Barrett Sallee of CBS Sports ranked the Clemson Tigers group as the No. 1 front seven heading into the 2022 college football season.
If coach Dabo Swinney’s crew is going to get back to the top of the college football world this year, it’ll be on the heels of one of the best defenses — personnel-wise — that he’s ever produced. Superstar Bryan Bresee will anchor the middle of the line of scrimmage and, when healthy, is the top defensive lineman in the country. Add Xavier Thomas and K.J. Henry at edge, and the line should be devastating. The linebacking corps will be led by Trenton Simpson, who had 64 tackles, 12.5 which were for a loss, last season. The only real question here is if the success former defensive coordinator Brent Venables had during his tenure in the upstate can be replicated by new defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin. – Sallee, CBS Sports
Though you can’t completely extrapolate Venables’ success at building defensive fronts at Clemson to Oklahoma, it gives you a pretty good idea of what’s to come for the Sooners.
The track record speaks for itself with Brent Venables. His defensive prowess combined with his attitude and energy have many optimistic about what’s to come for the Oklahoma Sooners. Though it’s only year one and it’ll still be a couple of years until we see Venables recruiting classes make significant on-field impacts, you can expect that the Sooners will create a front seven that will be among the best in college football.
They’ve made a strong emphasis on recruiting the defensive line and linebackers to build an elite front seven.
Defensive tackle coach Todd Bates was a big part of what Clemson’s built over the years working alongside Venables. Now with the Sooners he can apply his strong recruiting and coaching to building the Sooners defensive interior into an elite unit.
Though this is Miguel Chavis’ first job as a position coach, the defensive ends coach has already made an impact on the recruiting trail. Signing day flips of R Mason Thomas and Kevonte Henry showed that the first-year defensive ends coach has the chops to be a player on the recruiting trail as well.
Though he’s left, Brent Venables’ fingerprints remain on the Clemson Tigers, at least for a little while longer. But that success and that track record will continue on in earnest with the Oklahoma Sooners.
Venables has a vision for what he wants his team to look like, especially as they prepare for life in the SEC. Be strong, suffocating, fast, and aggressive in the front seven. As they wait to make their move, the Sooners hope to unleash that same philosophy on their Big 12 foes as they make their trek back to the top of the Big 12 mountain.
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If you’re a fan of the Oregon Ducks and someone who is in touch with the recruiting side of things, then the past few weeks have been pretty encouraging.
There’s a certain player in the Ducks’ 2023 recruiting class who has turned heads in the last month and is quickly rising up many analysts’ rankings as one of the best players in the class.
We’re talking about Jurrion Dickey, a 4-star WR out of Northern California. At the moment, Dickey is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 10 WR and No. 59 player overall in the 2023 class. However, his performance this spring — mainly at the OT7 camp in Las Vegas last week — has made a case for him to rise up those rankings and potentially earn a fifth-star before all is said and done.
According to 247Sports National Recruiting Analyst Greg Biggins, Dickey has made a case to be named the No. 1 WR in the class. Here’s what he had to say about the Oregon commit:
We knew East Palo Alto (Calif.) Valley Christian wide out Jurrion Dickey was a very talented athlete but after seeing him last weekend at the Overtime OT7 event in Las Vegas, he deserves to be in the discussion for top receiver prospect in the country.
When you’re rated the No. 88 player nationally in the 247Sports Composite and No. 59 in the Top247, it’s not exactly like you’re being ‘slept on,’ but the reality is, Dickey looks grossly under-rated outside the national top 40.
He’s rated the No. 10 receiver in the country but there may not be another receiver in this class that has his combination of size, length, burst, hands, body control, toughness, and compete level. There really isn’t a weakness in his game no matter how hard you try and nitpick for one.
Of course, we also have an incredibly strong class of receivers in 2023, with Zachariah Branch, Carnell Tate, and Brandon Innis leading the rankings. However, if you were to compare Dickey with any one of those players, Biggins says that he stands up well and can compete with any of them.
Just for the fun of it, if you’re comparing Dickey with those three, he probably has the best all around size/skill set in the group. He’s not as fast as Branch but is five inches taller, 40 pounds heavier and more of a natural pass catcher.
He’s a bigger, better athlete than Innis and looks more explosive than Tate. He’s not just a camp or 7v7 guy either and dominated with the pads on last season, catching 78 balls for 1,300 yards and 19 touchdowns and picked off four passes while playing safety as well.
It’s already impressive that the Ducks got the No. 10 WR in the class to commit to them, but if he starts climbing up those rankings and ultimately becomes a 5-star player before all is said and done, there’s a good chance that Dickey is among the most coveted recruits that Oregon has had in a long time.
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‘Grossly under-rated;’ 4-star Oregon commit Jurrion Dickey makes case as No. 1 WR in 2023 class
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Once upon a time, Florida football’s head coaching job was among the most enticing in the nation, known for its great weather and facilities while also sitting smack dab in the heart of one of the deepest reservoirs of recruiting talent. Nonetheless, the Orange and Blue still represent a storied program that is working its way back to the top, but it has its work cut out against its fellow conference peers.
On3’s Jesse Simonton recently took a look at the 14 SEC schools and ranked each based on how name, image and likeness, collectives, and the transfer portal — among many things — have changed the way business is done in collegiate football. He placed the Gators at No. 5 and offered the following justification.
A decade ago, UF finds itself higher on this list. It’s slipped some in recent years, but the Gators remain one helluva attractive job — even if it’s a harder gig than say Georgia or LSU. The Sunshine State is a fertile (but notably competitive) recruiting base and the school’s administration has shown a renewed financial commitment (hello brand new football-only facility). The Gators also have one of the foremost aggressive NIL collectives going right now.
Florida trails the Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide, Texas A&M Aggies and LSU Tigers, respectively, in the rankings, while sitting one spot ahead of the Tennessee Volunteers. Unsurprisingly, the Vanderbilt Commodores came in last.
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“Top Gun: Maverick” has roared past the $800 million mark at the global box office, and by crossing that milestone it now ranks as the highest-grossing film in Tom Cruise’s storied career. The long-gestating sequel to “Top Gun,” the 1986 aeronautics action flick that solidified Cruise’s place on the A-list, has now passed “Mission: Impossible […]
Broncos announce 2022 training camp schedule
The Broncos will have 14 training camp practices open to fans this summer.
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Broncos Sale Reveals Fading Opportunities for Black Ownership
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FIFA announced June 16 that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in North America. The games will be the first time since 2002 that multiple nations will provide host cities.
Mexico will be hosting for the first time since 1986. The United States hosted in 1994. Canada gets its first crack at hosting the men’s tournament.
Of course, the United 2026 bid may not have prevailed if not for help from the NFL. With 11 of the 16 sites being the venues for NFL teams, it really helped make the case for bringing the FIFA World Cup to North America.
Here is a list of the NFL venues that will host games in 2026.
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The home of the Falcons holds a capacity of 71,000. The Atlanta United FC plays at Mercedes-Benz also.
Last Super Bowl — Super Bowl LIII (2019)
Everyone knows “Boston” in this context means Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots’ home since 2002 has a capacity of 65,878. The New England Revolution have also been playing there since 2002.
Again, not actually in the host city. The Dallas Cowboys’ home can hold 80,000 but is expandable up to 105,000.
Last Super Bowl: Super Bowl XLV (2011)
The Houston Texans’ home has a seating capacity of 71,500.
Last Super Bowl — Super Bowl LI
Kansas City — GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
76,416 can fit inside the home of the Chiefs. The Kansas City Wizards used to play there from 1996-2007.
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The regular seating capacity is 70,240, but is expandable up to 100,240.
Last Super Bowl — Super Bowl LVI
Although not home to an NFL team, Estadio Azteca will host an international series game between the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers this season. The seating capacity is 87,523.
Technically, the home of the Dolphins also belongs on the list of “stadiums not in the actual host city” as the site is in Miami Gardens, Fla. The seating capacity is 64,767.
Last Super Bowl — Super Bowl LIV
The seating capacity is 82,500, but expandable. The New York Giants and New York Jets are the only tenants.
Last Super Bowl — Super Bowl XLVIII
The home of the Eagles has a seating capacity is 69,879. The Philadelphia Union played there for one season in 2010.
San Francisco Bay Area — Levi's Stadium
The home of the 49ers has a seating capacity of 68,500. Aside from the RedBox Bowl, not much goes on there.
Last Super Bowl — Super Bowl 50
The home of the Seattle Sounders and the Seattle Seahawks has a seating capacity of 68,740.
Why not college venues?
I’m getting ratio’d hard lol.
I totally understand the infrastructure and lodging. I just wanted one historic college football stadium on the World stage. Just one.
I’m 100% old man yells at cloud, I know. 😉
— Dunking and Dragons (@DunkingNDragons) June 17, 2022
@DunkingNDragons on Twitter made a great point about college football stadiums having greater capacities. The point and also the self-deprecation was too good not to include on the list.
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Al Jefferson
Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune
American basketball player, coach, executive (1955-2015)
"One day I was sitting with Jimmy (Butler) and showed a video clip of him busting it and chasing down a player on a breakaway. On the other side, there was a flash of Andrew sprinting back.Jimmy said, 'Run that back.' And then he said: 'That's what Wigs can do. That's the player he can be.' And he's been that in the the playoffs.''
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Reusse: You knew it would happen. Wiggins gets traded, wins NBA title
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Just a few days after being released by the Kansas City Chiefs, C Darryl Williams has found a new team.
According to a report from NFL Insider Jordan Schultz, Williams is set to sign with the New England Patriots. Williams originally signed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent out of Mississippi State following the 2020 NFL draft, spending time on the practice squad in each of the past two seasons.
Williams was released ahead of mandatory minicamp in order to make room on the roster for RB Jerick McKinnon. With Austin Reiter and other new interior offensive lineman on the roster, Williams was fighting for reps even during minicamp.
The Patriots have had some success with former Chiefs offensive linemen lately. Last season, ahead of 53-man roster cuts, New England acquired OT Yasir Durant from Kansas City. He’d appear in seven games, including one start during the 2021 NFL season. Perhaps Williams will get a chance to compete through training camp in New England and actually appear in some games with the Patriots.
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Former Chiefs C Darryl Williams to sign with Patriots
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You have to get through 31 other coaches just to find Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell sitting dead last in the latest Pro Football Network head coach rankings.
This is obviously O’Connell’s first year on the job, and all of the other first-year head coaches are thrown at the bottom of the list as well. But none of them are ranked as low as the Vikings coach.
Not Mike McDaniel. Not Brian Daboll. Not Nathaniel Hackett. Not Matt Eberflus.
Every head coach, including the newcomers, got a higher ranking than the coach that just won a Super Bowl as the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams.
Pro Football Network’s Mike Kaye wrote:
“Kevin O’Connell, despite being a former NFL QB and coordinator, is the mystery man among the head-coaching ranks. While the Vikings kept their roster mostly in place, O’Connell will clearly bring his own ideas to the table. O’Connell is a true wild card, for better or worse.”
Not only does O’Connell come from the same coaching tree as the man ranked No. 4 on the list, Rams coach Sean McVay, but he has also inherited one of the more talented rosters in the league.
It wouldn’t be a surprise if he waltzed right into Minnesota and led the Vikings to their first playoff appearance in over two years. What better way to quell doubters, while simultaneously putting the NFL on notice?
Browns announce training camp dates, how fans can get tickets
Tickets, get your tickets! Browns training camp dates are official with access to get tickets starting next week:
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The Tennessee Titans saw a defensive revival during the 2021 season, and it was the defense that was mostly responsible for Tennessee’s success in the regular season, as the offense struggled to find consistency.
Cornerback Kristian Fulton was a big part of that revival, as he took a huge leap forward in his second season, establishing himself as one of the best young cornerbacks in the NFL.
Despite that, he remains mostly overlooked nationally; shocking, we know.
The Titans will be returning all but one of their defensive starters from last season and Fulton believes that continuity will help Tennessee’s defense be a special group that is capable of taking this team to multiple Super Bowls.
“We see that there’s potential. We see what we brought back. We just want to keep that going. We know we can be a special group,” Fulton said, via Jack Gentry of AtoZ Sports Nashville. “The best defense usually gets to the Super Bowl. That’s our goal and intention.”
#Titans Kristian Fulton just said this defense has the potential to win Super Bowls.
Multiple. Plural.
— AtoZ Sports Nashville (@AtoZSports) June 15, 2022
Looking ahead to his third season, Fulton wants to take on a bigger role in “reading the offense,” which he says will help him play faster and be around the ball more.
“Just trying to take on a bigger role as far as reading the offense,” Fulton said. “I want to be around the ball more this season, so that’s what it’s going to take. Getting lined up and know what’s coming to me pre-snap, that way I can play faster.”
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No one can accuse of the Houston Texans of being soft.
According to Dan Graziano from ESPN, Texans coach Lovie Smith was fined $50,000 due to prohibited one-on-one drills between the offensive and defensive lines during organized team activities.
It is plausible that the rules changed between the last time Smith led an NFL team with the 2015 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That was a different collective bargaining agreement than the one that was agreed upon in 2020. However, Smith was in the league as the Texans’ defensive coordinator and associate head coach last year under David Culley.
Rough OTAs and performance in the regular season do not always correlate. The Jacksonville Jaguars were similarly hit in 2021 for OTAs infractions, but ended up firing coach Urban Meyer en route to a 3-14 finish.
There is a common theme between the Jaguars’ fine and the Texans’: new offensive line coach George Warhop, who coached in the same capacity for Jacksonville from 2019-21. However, the Jaguars’ 2021 violation involved the receivers and defensive backs, not the offensive line.
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Texans coach Lovie Smith fined $50K for OTAs violations
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been hard at work over the past few weeks, hitting the field for multiple team activities in preparation for the 2022 NFL season.
After their rookie minicamp and voluntary offseason workouts, the Bucs had their first mandatory minicamp last week, giving them their first opportunity to see their returning players mesh with the new faces added via the draft and free agency.
Tom Brady and the Bucs are just two years removed from a Super Bowl victory, but will be looking to avenge last year’s early playoff exit when they kickoff their 2022 campaign.
Check out this behind-the-scenes look at Brady and the Bucs preparing for the upcoming season, as well as Mike Evans’ charity golf tournament:
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Houston Texans coach Lovie Smith did not make Pro Football Focus' list of top defensive play-callers.
A group of six House Democrats from the Washington, D.C., metro area sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday, asking him to release the results of an investigation into the Washington Commanders’ workplace culture. The letter comes one day after an NFL spokesperson confirmed that Goodell plans to testify before the House…
SpaceX fires employees who complained in a letter that Elon Musk's antics were 'a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us.'
Washington receiver Terry McLaurin elected to stay away from the team’s mandatory minicamp this week as he awaits a new contract. Head coach Ron Rivera has expressed optimism that a deal will get done, while also saying that the team won’t trade McLaurin. One of McLaurin’s teammates was also clear this week that he’d also [more]
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With help from Logan Thomas, Cole Turner shines in crowded Commanders TE room
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The Seattle Seahawks looked to beef up their offensive line this season, selecting two tackles in the 2022 NFL draft – Charles Cross in the first round and Abe Lucas in the third. So far, Seahawks offensive line coach Andy Dickerson likes what he sees.
“We talked to Charles – very intelligent young man,” Dickerson told the reporters after an OTA this week. “Ability to communicate and just watching him play in the SEC as much as he did and how well he played. Same for Abe, just great career in college, and then just getting the interview process and being able to talk to those guys and really get a feel for how they are and how they understand and process football.
“So really excited about all the picks and all the guys we got.”
And while Cross seems to have the starting job at left tackle locked up, the entire offensive line will need to prove they are deserving of the jobs before securing the starting positions.
“We’re looking for guys who are smart, tough, and reliable, and we have all those guys in the building,” Dickerson said. “It’s just going to be when the competition comes and we get through the training camp and the preseason games, who’s the person, who are those five that we think are going to make the best offensive line.
“Not just the right tackle, but who are those guys who’ve earned those jobs?”
The battle continues when the Seahawks reconvene for training camp later this summer.
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Seahawks offensive linemen will be earning their starting jobs this year
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The only NFC West team to have their quarterback settled are the Los Angeles Rams. Matthew Stafford’s first year in the City of Angels was a smashing success and will likely continue to be a reliable high-end quarterback in 2022.
Last year, the 49ers traded up to draft NDSU’s Trey Lance. With Lance’s raw talents but lack of experience, conventional wisdom suggested he would sit behind Jimmy Garoppolo for a year. After 2021, it followed logic the 49ers would trade Garoppolo away and give the reigns to Lance. Yet here we are in mid-June, and Garoppolo is still a Niner.
Reports indicate the 49ers haven’t been impressed by trade offers, which is fair considering Garoppolo has four playoff wins under his belt as a starter. But at this point it is fair to speculate if Lance is ready to be the full-time starter yet. It’s not easy moving on from a quarterback who translates to many more wins than others who started in his place, but it would be easier if the team knew for certain they had a bonafide replacement/upgrade. It’s why the Packers were able to move on from Brett Favre, and why they have had to acquiesce to Aaron Rodgers since his supposed-replacement in Jordan Love has struggled.
Meanwhile, the Cardinals have had an offseason wrought with drama concerning quarterback Kyler Murray and his quest for an extension. Easily the most physically dynamic quarterback in the division, questions about maturity, leadership and most importantly, durability are likely holding up contract negotiations. In each year Murray has been a starter the Cardinals have improved their win total, but he has missed time due to injuries each year as well.
Although the Seahawks will likely be rolling with one of two quarterbacks who have underwhelmed thus far in their careers, perhaps they are better situated moving forward. No one considers Geno Smith or Drew Lock to be the future of the franchise. Since Seattle has made no additional moves to acquire other quarterbacks, it stands to reason they have their eyes set on a signal caller in a deeper draft class in 2023.
Perhaps they take their lumps for 2022, while positioning themselves for the future.
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Only two episodes in to “Ms. Marvel,” Kamala Khan, played by Iman Vellani, is Marvel’s newest superhero, winning fans around the world. The teen superfan-turned-superhero has just discovered her powers, and as she goes on this journey, music supervisor Dave Jordan and co-music supervisor Shannon Murphy have accompanied her adventures with lots of banging needle […]
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More than all of those contributions, though, we’ve got to consider what the Saints were wearing. Everyone knows their sick jerseys and iconic uniform combos were what won all those games and set all those records. Right?
Jokes aside, it’s fun to keep up with arbitrary stats like this. And things are going to change with the advent of new black helmets to be used in select games this season. With the Dennis Allen era dawning before us, let’s look back at the record New Orleans achieved in each of their different uniform combos dating back to Payton’s hire in 2006; a milestone that helps mark the modern era of Saints football.
White jerseys, white pants
Record: 8-3 (0.727)
This look debuted a few years ago when fans embraced the “Color Rush” variants so passionately; NFL rules limited how often the Saints could wear those popular alternates, so white pants were introduced to kind of mimic it and tide us over between appearances.
"Black and Gold" throwbacks
We haven’t seen these uniforms in a while, having been first used in 2011 wins over the Houston Texans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and then shelved after a 2016 loss to the visiting Detroit Lions. The throwback to the 1967 Saints team is still a strong look.
"Color Rush" alternates
Some of the luster came off the “Color Rush” jerseys in 2021 when the Saints took a couple of tough losses while wearing them — including back-to-back losses in prime time against the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys. Let’s hope for better luck in 2022.
Black jerseys, gold pants
Record: 24-14 (0.632)
This has been one of the more common looks we’ve seen from the Saints since 2006 (worn in 38 games), though gold pants went on hiatus for a couple years after Drew Brees suffered an injury to his throwing hand against the Los Angeles Rams early in the 2019 season. Maybe it’s superstition, but we didn’t see gold pants for quite a while after that.
White jerseys, black pants
This uniform combo has been the second-most popular look the Saints have used since 2006, totaling 68 appearances including the playoffs. With team captains voting on what to wear each week, they’ve often preferred to save the black home jerseys for home games and go with white away jerseys when on the road, which is unsurprising.
White jerseys, gold pants
The Saints have used this uniform combo in 61 games, third-most since 2006, so you’d expect it to have a lower winning percentage than less frequently-used looks. Still, it almost always contrasts well with opposing teams’ home uniforms.
Black jerseys, black pants
The all-black uniforms have been almost everyone’s favorite (until the “Color Rush” jerseys dropped, anyway), including the players, with team captains voting to use them in 79 games since 2006. That’s more than any other jersey-pants combo in the modern era of Saints football, most often appearing in national-broadcast matchups from the Superdome. Those tend to be the most challenging games, too, so it makes sense for the comparatively low winning percentage.
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The Arizona Coyotes gave an elaborate presentation, had players on hand to give their support and listened to concerns presented by Sky Harbor Airport officials. More than 100 citizens offered their opinions, then statements from 220 more were read in the Tempe City Council chambers. After the eight-hour meeting, the Coyotes finally got what they wanted: approval to negotiate with the city of Tempe to build a new arena close to downtown.
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Four-star defensive line recruit Victor “Vic” Burley has committed to the Clemson Tigers. Burley committed to Clemson over Georgia, Tennessee, and Michigan State.
He’s arguably Clemson’s best defensive commitment in the class of 2023. The Tigers frequently recruit top talent from Georgia and the rising senior class is no exception.
Vic Burley is the second-ranked played in Georgia. Burley is the No. 40 recruit in the country and is not far from being ranked as a five-star recruit. Burley had taken recent visits to each of his schools, but committed to Clemson as expected.
Vic Burley plays high school football for Warner Robins High School in Warner Robins, Georgia. Burley is also considered the No. 4 defensive lineman in the country. He is Clemson’s second highest rated recruit in the class of 2023.
The 6-foot-5, 275-pound Warner Robins standout intends to play in the 2023 All-American Bowl. Burley has won back-to-back 5A state championship with Warner Robins
The four-star defensive lineman has numerous scholarship offers. Burley also impresses in track and field for Warner Robins, but does not plan to do track and field in the spring of 2023. He has put up some impressive numbers in shot put and in discus.
Burley is Clemson’s 11th commitment in the class of 2023. The Tigers have the No. 6 recruiting class in the country per 247Sports.
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During his time at Auburn, former head coach Gus Malzahn achieved plenty. The only thing lacking was a national championship. He came close but it just wasn’t meant to be as the Tigers fell to the Florida State Seminoles back in 2013, his first season back on the Plains.
There were plenty of good memories as well as some that were not so great. The not-so-great moments ultimately ended his tenure after returning to lead the program where he won a national championship with as the offensive coordinator.
One of the great moments included the hail mary pass that was dubbed the “Prayer at Jordan-Hare.” Needing a final desperation touchdown with time winding down, Auburn snapped the ball on fourth and 18. Quarterback Nick Marshall threw a pass that bounced off a Georgia Bulldogs defender and landed in the hands of Ricardo Louis, who scampered into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown. What a moment.
However, when Paul Finebaum asked about the greatest college football play you’ve seen in person, Malzahn had another play in mind and it took place just a week later against the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Late in the Iron Bowl game with the Tide, Marshal once again had a big play as he found Sammie Coates for a 39-yard touchdown pass to tie the game after the Cody Parkey extra point with just 32 seconds left. Alabama and Nick Saban opted for a long field goal attempt to win the game and head to the SEC Championship. However, with the 57-yard field goal try landing short, Chris Davis took care of the rest.
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Alabama's Will Anderson Jr. told the Tuscaloosa News how he's preparing for his junior season, including working with new OLB coach Coleman Hutzler.
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The 6-foot-1-inch, 215-pound ball-carrier has made several trips up to Gainesville during his recruitment and recently decided to drop in for an unofficial visit this weekend, according to Swamp247. There appears to be a growing mutual fondness between the prep prospect and the Gators as running backs coach Jabbar Juluke’s philosophies seem to jibe well with the in-state target.
“With Florida, I like the way they use their running backs,” Baxter told Swamp247. “They are going to use at least three back a game and they are all going to get at least 10 carries, minimum. That saves your body for the next level. So, it’s that and then I feel like a priority for them.”
The four other schools vying for the coveted running back are the Alabama Crimson Tide, Miami Hurricanes, Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies. He has only used one of his official visits so far, stopping in Austin to see the Longhorns on June 10 and is not expected to make any more in the near future, likely saving them for after the fall football season.
Baxter is currently ranked No. 46 overall and No. 3 nationally at his position according to the 247Sports composite, while the On3 consensus him at Nos. 43 and 3, respectively. On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has Florida out in front of the other suitors with a 54% chance of signing him, while Texas and Miami follow at 13% and 10.5%, respectively.
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Longtime Davidson coach Bob McKillop is retiring, ending a run that included coaching NBA star Stephen Curry with the Wildcats and ranking among the Division I men's basketball's winningest active coaches.
McKillop announced his retirement Friday at a campus news conference, effective at the end of the month. His son, associate head coach and former Wildcats player Matt McKillop, will take over as coach after working on his father's staff as an assistant since 2008.
The retirement announcement came shortly after athletic director Chris Clunie said Davidson would make Curry's No. 30 the first number retired by the school after he earned his degree this year - 13 years after he left school early for the pros and one day after Curry won his fourth title with Golden State while being named NBA Finals MVP.
''Everything happens for a reason,'' McKillop said as he choked up. ''Did you see Steph after the game last night? He was crying, crying, tears. I thought that was a message to me: It's OK to cry today.''
''Love you Coach!'' Curry posted on Twitter. ''Thank you for everything you've done for me, my family, Davidson and every person you've impacted along the way.''
''This program is in a bright place right now,'' he said. ''The current roster we have is exhilarated and energized and inspired to take the next step in our journey forward.''
As for Curry, Clunie said the school plans to pay tribute to the former All-American on Aug. 31 with a ceremony to honor his number retirement, induct Curry into the Davidson Athletics Hall of Fame and present him with his diploma in a ''mini-graduation ceremony.''
''We are so blessed and graced to have had his presence here, and we still have his fingerprints all over us,'' McKillop said of Curry. ''We are very fortunate.''
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Florida basketball will take on Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas, on January 28 of the upcoming season as part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
The matchup was announced on Thursday as were the rest of the matchups that make up the interconference challenge. The Gators have fared well since the series began going 6-3 against the Big 12 over the last decade. Florida knocked off Oklahoma State at home last season and beat No. 11 West Virginia on the road in 2020-21.
Things are different this year, though. Todd Golden has taken over for Mike White, who is now the lead man in Athens, Georgia. Golden is relatively unproven and is looking to rebuild what once was a proud dynasty in Gainesville. The good news is Kansas State is also dealing with a first-year head coach, so both teams should have an equal amount of time to figure things out under the new regime before facing each other.
SEC/Big 12 matchup is set 👀
For the first time in this Challenge Gators takes on K-State in Manhattan, KS 🐊
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— Florida Gators Men’s Basketball (@GatorsMBK) June 16, 2022
The two teams have only faced off twice, once in 2010 and again in 2012. In the first matchup, Florida took down then-ranked No. 6 Kansas State on neutral ground at the Orange Bowl Classic in Sunrise. The Wildcats returned the favor by upsetting 8th-ranked Florida two seasons later in Kansas City at the Sprint Center (now the T-Mobile Center).
Here are all of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge matchups:
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The former Arkansas guard entered the transfer portal in mid-May. On Thursday, he announced he will play the 2022-23 season at Brigham Young.
The time is now for Connor Noland and Arkansas baseball and Noland is ready
Arkansas right-hander Connor Noland has been waiting for Saturday for five years.
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Brad McGuire was most known by Louisiana football fans for his role in leading the team to its first New Orleans Bowl victory.
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NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: NYMT) (the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on shares of its common stock for the quarter ending June 30, 2022. The dividend will be payable on July 25, 2022 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 27, 2022. In addition, the Board declared cash dividends on the Company’s 8.000% Series D Fi
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5-star offensive tackle blown away by ‘crazy’ Florida visit
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BOSTON — A code of conduct message was briefly displayed on the Jumbotron a few times per game at TD Garden during the NBA Finals. And at least on one occasion a night, the PA announcer read the message to fans.
Plastered on the entire screen in green with a white font, it read: “Fans engaging in any disruptive behavior such as: fighting, throwing objects, attempting to enter the court or interrupt play, USING IMPROPER OR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE or gestures are subject to ejection, ban, and possible arrest.”
After the Golden State Warriors finished a crucial come-from-behind victory in an obscenity-filled Boston atmosphere in Game 4 to even the series, the treatment Celtics fans displayed toward Draymond Green was still fresh on the mind of players.
A fired-up Klay Thompson walked to the locker room and was greeted by staffers. Upon entering and issuing high fives, he yelled, “Stupid ass fans talking all that s***.”
Players were enraged with the “f*** you, Draymond” chants that began flooding TD Garden in Game 3, and that behavior continued into Game 4.
Inside the locker room, sources told Yahoo Sports, a few players quipped, “So much for enforcing [the] code of conduct.”
Sources said it was even brought up among some players how NBA commissioner Adam Silver praised the behavior of Celtics fans when asked about the obscenities directed at Green, stating, “I love the energy Boston fans bring to the game.”
“I want fans to enjoy themselves,” Silver told WCVB’s Peter Eliopoulos. “Of course, from the league office, you want to see it done with respect for all the participants, but I get it.”
Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green celebrates during Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals at TD Garden in Boston on June 16, 2022. (Elsa/Getty Images)
That pivotal Game 4 win by the Warriors turned the series around, and the Celtics, and their fan base, never recovered from the collapse. Golden State completed a three-game winning streak Thursday night to capture its fourth championship in eight years.
Warriors players celebrated in the locker room and among the ruckus, they began reciting a familiar chant: “F*** you, Draymond. F*** you, Draymond.”
Green hadn’t yet joined his teammates in the locker room at the time of the chants, which illustrated how much his team took exception with the way he was treated.
The former Defensive Player of the Year was a force on both sides of the ball in the 103-90 Game 6, clinching win. He produced 12 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists, two steals, two blocks and was 2-of-5 from beyond the arc.
Boston got out to a 14-2 lead, but was outplayed from there and the crowd was taken completely out of the game with the exception of a few second-half premature mini runs.
There wasn’t really a “f*** you, Draymond” on this night.
“Game 3, it just caught me off guard,” Green said about the chants. “Like you’ve heard crowds boo, and I never heard an entire crowd yell ‘f*** you, Draymond.’ That was a different thing. And then so you couple that with having a so-so game, and it’s like, ah, man. … For me, I said what better time than to put it together tonight. I don’t think I heard ‘f*** you, Draymond’ all night. They couldn’t. So, you know, it’s easy to chant ‘f*** you’ when somebody is having a bad game, but can’t you do that when they’re having a great game? I didn’t hear much of it tonight. Maybe I was just that locked in.”
One of Green's toughest critics is his mother, Mary Babers. She saw how her son dealt with the chants and she challenged him to find a way to get through it and dominate.
“I think he handled it very well and handled [it] better than most people had, but it still affected him. It affected him big time,” Babers told Yahoo Sports. “I think he had lost his confidence a little bit. Being an athlete, you never really experience that. Of course you get five to seven haters in the gym opposed to 20,000. But the way he bounced back was amazing. I told him to tune it all out and he did. You know they say revenge is a dish best served cold. He responded like a true champion.”
After the champagne-spraying locker room celebration, players ventured off to multiple television interviews with different networks on the court.
Stephen Curry, the newly crowned Finals MVP, was in high demand per usual. He had many stops to make before his night was over. Each network had to be patient as he made his rounds.
But the networks were not the only ones on hold.
Former President of the United States Barack Obama called to congratulate Curry, but the sharpshooter was still being interviewed and couldn’t get to the phone.
The two did eventually connect.
Green, Curry, Thompson and head coach Steve Kerr make up the nucleus responsible for building this dynasty. The way each has had one another’s backs through the years is seldom seen in professional sports.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, guard Klay Thompson and guard Stephen Curry celebrate after beating the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals to win the NBA championship at TD Garden in Boston on June 16. 2022. (Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports)
From Thompson’s grueling two-year hiatus, to Curry’s injuries over the last few years, to the organization’s fall from grace and to defending their brother Green in Boston, it’s a model franchise that will go down as one that drafted and developed a game-changing core.
Green is often ridiculed for how outspoken he is and it’s one of the sole reasons why Celtics fans gave him a cringey earful.
But Green got the last word in, and it was the most impactful statement yet.
“It still hasn’t been proven that when we’re whole, nobody can stop it,” he said.
A coach allegedly broke an ump's jaw, and two youth leagues take stock
The head of a New Jersey-based travel baseball league decried a "toxic" environment in youth sports in the wake of an incident in which an umpire was allegedly attacked by a coach during a 13-and-under tournament. The United States Amateur Baseball League called attention to the assault in a Facebook post this month in which it said the 72-year-old umpire had his jaw broken in two places and needed "extensive dental surgery." The umpire was said to have ejected a coach for violating tournament r
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How Warriors rallied around Draymond Green amid vulgar chants to claim 4th NBA title
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New York Giants linebacker Justin Hilliard has been suspended for the first two games of the 2022 season after violating the NFL’s policy on performance enhancing drugs. Hilliard will not be paid for the two games he misses, but he will be able to participate in all training camp practices and preseason games this summer.
Hilliard was claimed off waivers by the Giants last September, playing two games as a rookie. He was originally signed by the 49ers as an undrafted free agent but was cut at the end of August.
He only played 15 special teams snaps last season and will be a long shot to make the 53-man roster in 2022.
Hilliard explained what happened that led to the suspension, saying he mistakenly took his partner’s prescription medication instead of his own.
The Atlanta Falcons have signed former New York Giants offensive lineman Jonotthan Harrison.
The Ravens have filled the roster spot they opened by releasing defensive lineman Derek Wolfe with an injury settlement this week. The team announced the signing of linebacker Steven Means to their 90-man roster on Friday. Means, who played one game for Baltimore in 2014, tried out for the team at this week’s mandatory minicamp. [more]
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"We would love for him to come up and be an immediate spark," manager A.J. Hinch said Friday. "I do think it's going to bring energy to the clubhouse. Everybody's been anticipating his arrival, and I've never seen a club be more impacted by a young player's injury than when Riley got hurt. It was a gut punch to the entire team. That speaks to how much credibility Riley gained in our clubhouse by how much energy he has, how much he works and the vibe around him."
The 21-year-old joins fellow top prospect Spencer Torkelson, who secured his spot on the Opening Day roster the same day the Tigers learned Greene had fractured his foot and would be sidelined for months.
"Everybody has a lot of challenges when they get called up, and we're seeing it firsthand by some really exceptional players," Hinch said. "I wish, for all of us, we could fast forward to two, three, four years from now and look back at these guys and laugh about how much they've struggled. ... The ability of these young kids to adjust at this level is going to be seen over time."
The Tigers need help offensively, averaging an MLB-worst 2.68 runs per game, but Greene isn't expected to solve all the problems by himself. Several veteran players, especially shortstop Javier Báez, must boost their production.
"I think he's going to handle all of this just fine," Hinch said. "The weight of the world is not on his shoulders. The success of our offense does not rely on him solely. We have a lot of guys that need to pick up the slack. Riley can help us immediately, but if we expect him to be the sole reason for an offensive turnaround, that's completely unfair to Riley."
Expectations should be tempered for all prospects, Greene included, but this left-handed hitter has all the tools to emerge immediately. One weakness is his strikeout rate, 27.6% in Triple-A last season. He is a difference maker in numerous ways though: at the plate, in the outfield and on the bases.
In 2020, Greene hit .417 with two homers in seven spring training games. The next spring, he hit .231 in 22 games. He hit .271 in the minors in 2019, then .301 in 2021.
"The one thing I'm not going to do is have him come up here and sit," Hinch said. "He's going to play, and he'll be in there. I'm not sure if I'm going to hit him sixth or seventh (in the batting order), but I'll have him right around that spot."
He took time away from baseball activities to allow his foot to heal. Eventually, he began his rehabilitation program. He returned to games May 29 with Low-A Lakeland and moved up to Triple-A Toledo on May 30.
"He's competing fine," Hinch said. "He's swinging the bat very well. He's commanding the (strike) zone. He's running the bases. There's things that he's doing as a player that he still has to learn and grow, but there's also freedom in what he's doing."
"His string of bad luck and bad fortune continues," Hinch said of Meadows, who already missed three weeks with vertigo. "He was feeling symptomatic. ... He will be out for a bit as he battles that virus."
As Greene enters his new role, he will be joined in the outfield by Robbie Grossman in left and Victor Reyes in right. Once Meadows is healthy, he will return to his starting role, leaving the Tigers to choose between Grossman and Reyes at one of the corner spots.
Grossman is hitting .195 with a .296 on-base percentage in 48 games, while Reyes — twice injured this season — is hitting .311 with a .340 OBP in 16 games. Grossman, despite leading the Tigers with 23 home runs last season, is still searching for his first homer this season.
The Detroit Tigers and the MLB hosted an event Friday to get more kids interested in baseball. An interest in the sport has been falling.
Roger Yoder will be promoting his book: "Detroit Tigers: Michigan's Favorite Sports Team". The event will be held at the Hillsdale Community Library.
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Detroit Tigers top prospect Riley Greene to be called up for his MLB debut
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Bryce Harper had three hits against his old team, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the skidding Washington Nationals 5-3 Friday in a doubleheader opener for their 13th win in 15 games. Nick Castellanos drove in two runs and scored another for the Phillies, who improved to 12-2 under interim manager Rob Thomson. Philadelphia’s 10-game winning streak against the Nationals is its longest against the franchise since 10 in a row against 1991 Montreal Expos.
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Eagles agree to 1-year deal with S Jaquiski Tartt
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Jaquiski Tartt will not be coming back to San Francisco this time. The Philadelphia Eagles on Friday announced they signed the 30-year-old safety to a one-year contract, officially closing the door on another reunion between the 49ers and their 2015 second-round pick.
Tartt was a free agent last season, but wound up signing a one-year deal with the 49ers late in free agency. He still earned the starting strong safety job and played well in his seventh NFL season.
Durability was always a concern for Tartt, who’s never played a 16-game season and hasn’t played more than 12 games since his second season as a pro. Still, when he’s on the field he’s an effective player with the size to play in the box, but the athleticism to cover down the field.
General manager John Lynch didn’t sound interested in bringing Tartt back when asked about the veteran safety during the offseason. The club was probably looking to get younger and healthier at the position, not to mention Tartt’s dropped interception that might’ve sealed the NFC championship game which likely didn’t help matters.
“We haven’t talked to him. We haven’t gone there yet,” Lynch said in April after the NFL draft. “We will see. He’s a free agent. We think highly of Jaquiski, he’s played a lot of good football for us and we’re grateful for that. Talented, talented dude. And he’ll play in this league and continue to play at a high level.”
Ultimately with Tarvarius Moore returning from an Achilles tear, second-year safety Talanoa Hufanga primed to make a jump into the starting strong safety mix and veteran George Odum signing in free agency, there wasn’t a ton of room on the roster for Tartt. Now he’ll have a chance to carve out a role on a Philadelphia club that might wind up being the best team in the NFC East.
In seven years with the 49ers, Tartt played in 80 games with 64 starts. He racked up 367 tackles, 4.0 sacks and four interceptions.
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Former 49ers S Jaquiski Tartt signs with Eagles
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Patriots signing ex-Chiefs offensive lineman originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots are making a move to bolster their offensive line depth.
Center Darryl Williams signed with the Patriots on Friday, his agency Elite Loyalty Sports confirmed.
Williams signed with the Kansas City Chiefs last year as an undrafted free agent out of Mississippi State. The 25-year-old stayed on the team's practice squad and did not appear in a game last season. He was cut by the Chiefs earlier this week.
David Andrews currently is the only other center on New England's roster. Williams will battle for his spot on the team when training camp gets underway on July 27.
Goaltending has been a major weakness for the Colorado Avalanche this postseason
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Patriots signing offensive lineman Darryl Williams
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The man is back
I’m going to keep this part short and sweet. The biggest news in the NFL this week was the return of Lamar Jackson to the Ravens. Sounds crazy right? Just last week fans and media were screaming at the top of their lungs because he missed the voluntary minicamps. Despite the fact that he and coach John Harbaugh said he’d be back, people acted as if he wouldn’t. As expected, he was asked a number of questions, mainly regarding his contract situation. Jackson acknowledged that he’s been in discussions, as recently as this week, about his contract situation. While admitting he feels worthy of a contract (he is), he made it a point to let the media know that he’s a football player and he’s there to play football. With all of the news surrounding him this offseason, Jackson just wants to play football and win a Super Bowl. Once he wins his second MVP after the 2022 season and takes the Ravens on a deep playoff run, it should quiet down a lot of the fluff news surrounding him.
Tight Ends are the wave
Another day, another player switching positions…to tight end. Earlier this offseason, we saw Eagles (former) wide receiver J.J Arcega-Whitseside make the move to tight end in an effort to finally get on the field. In three seasons since being a second-round draft pick, he has 16 receptions, 290 yards and a touchdown to his name. Thick-wideout Kelvin Benjamin found his way back on our radar last offseason when he signed with the Giants as a tight end. Shortly thereafter he was cut, called it a “hoax” and was meme’d wearing a Popeyes Chicken football uniform. We can’t possibly forget Tim Tebow, who despite not having taken an NFL snap since 2012 (at quarterback), signed with the Jaguars as a tight end. Thank you Urban Meyer for that contribution.
The latest WR-to-TE contestant is Devin Funchess. He hasn’t played since 2019, when he was a member of the Colts. Funchess signed with the Packers in 2020 but opted out due to COVID. In 2021, he was placed on injured reserve and never got to play a down. The Farmington Hills, MI native recently signed with his hometown team the Lions. Already with a solid group of receivers that includes Amon-Ra St. Brown, D.J Chark and Jameson Williams, Funchess will play tight end. T.J Hockenson is the clear TE1 for the team, but Funchess should have a chance to compete for a spot behind him at the very least. There is however, a difference between Funchess and the other converted tight ends: he’s played it. Funchess was a high school tight end and even started out at Michigan at the position. In fact, he made the All-Big Ten team as a freshman. In his sophomore season, he won Tight End Of The Year in the conference. In Funchess’ junior season, he finally made the switch to receiver and has played there ever since. At 28, this may be his last shot to prove that he can play in the league. With experience at the position, there is some light at the end of the tunnel.
Terry making ‘em scary
Speedy wideout Terry McLaurin is holding out of the teams mandatory minicamp in hopes of a new contract. McLaurin is set to play on the final year of his rookie deal for $2.79 million. Since entering the league in 2019, he’s averaged 74 receptions, 1,030 yards and five touchdowns per-season. It’s fair to say he’s done a lot with a little. Despite the inconsistent play of Tyler Heinicke, McLaurin was able to go over 1,100 yards. He’s durable to this point in his career too, having played in 46 of a possible 49 games in his career. Coach Ron Rivera has said that they will not trade McLaurin. As fantasy fans, we would love to see him get into a better situation overall. The Washington Commanders hope they’ve provided that by trading for Carson Wentz. There’s no doubt that Wentz will be the best quarterback that McLaurin’s had in the NFL. If anything, Wentz does go for the gusto (sometimes to a fault), so it could mesh well with a deep threat like McLaurin. Scary Terry has fantasy finishes of WR29, WR20 and WR25 in his career. When the contract gets done no one knows, but to see McLaurin reach his full potential would be nice. Despite the upgrade at quarterback, McLaurin is still a middling WR2 in fantasy.
Burks still absent
First-round wide receiver Treylon Burks has been M.I.A when it comes to Titans minicamp. He missed earlier practices this summer with problems related to asthma. Is it alarming? At this point I don’t think so. Coach Mike Vrabel simply said he’s “unavailable”. If the Titans get to training and he’s still out? Now that’ll be a whole different story. Whatever the case, it’s always best when rookies can get as many reps as they can. Burks was drafted specifically to replace A.J Brown, who the Titans traded to the Eagles on draft day. Despite his absences, Ryan Tannehill said he’s working with the rookie on and off the field “You know, as we’re watching the tape, talking through the reps that other guys had and communicating it”. Robert Woods is making good progress returning back from a torn ACL, so they are getting closer to having a full unit. Burks on the other hand, it’s worth monitoring as we lead up to training camp.
Sarasota state Sen. Joe Gruters drew a GOP primary opponent. Democrats will get to vote in the race because no Democrats or write-in candidate filed.
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Weekly Wrap Up: Terry not playing around
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As summer continues to creep in, Florida football’s recruiting efforts have matched the rising temperatures as Billy Napier and Co. continue to impress some of the best prospects in the nation who have made their way to the Swamp so far. Among those was five-star offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa out of Bradenton (Florida) IMG Academy, who arrived in town on Tuesday and stayed until Thursday on his official visit to Gainesville.
The native of ‘Ili’ili, American Samoa, had seen the sights around the Swamp a few times prior, but his official stop saw the red carpet rolled out for the 6-foot-5-inch, 330-pound lineman. Mauigoa’s connection with a couple of current Gators from his time at IMG, Kamari Wilson and Kingsley Eguakun, added to his positive experience.
“This OV was crazy,” he told Swamp247. “It was one of my favorite OV’s now. Keep on coming back here, you start to feel like more of a relationship. Kind of starting to feel that bond and now I am comfortable with them. I think that is one of the biggest things in recruiting. I just felt the hospitality, I felt the love, and the family bond through the coaches from the coaches to the players.”
The blue-chip recruit also got a chance to hobnob with the entire football staff including offensive coordinator Rob Sale, all of whom made a strong impression on the young athlete.
“We had a meeting with them and they’re some cool dudes,” Mauigoa told Gators Online. “They showed me a lot of things, taught me a lot of things. I was in the meeting room with them and going through film. They are constantly fixing their mistakes and going down the line making sure everything is taken care of.”
The coveted recruit currently has the Alabama Crimson Tide, USC Trojans, Tennessee Volunteers, Miami Hurricanes and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, along with the Gators, as his preferred collegiate destinations. Florida was the second stop on his summer tour after passing through Tuscaloosa last weekend, with the Vols, Trojans and ‘Canes coming up next. The Aloha State got an unofficial visit on June 1.
Mauigoa is currently ranked No. 9 overall and No. 1 nationally at his position according to the 247Sports composite, while the On3 consensus him at Nos. 10 and 2, respectively. Tennessee currently holds the edge on his recruitment with a 59.7% chance of signing him per On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine, with USC in second at 33.6%, UM third at 2.6% and UF trailing in fourth at 1.2%.
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5-star offensive tackle blown away by ‘crazy’ Florida visit
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You usually get the best assessment of someone else when those comments are under the cloak of anonymity and secrecy. That’s why we’re pretty partial to checking out Athlon magazine’s anonymous coaching comments because there are usually some pretty good nuggets that come from it.
It’s that time of year again because if you’ve walked by your local grocery store or newsstand, you’ve probably noticed that the annual Athlon College Football Preview has been set out for inquiring college football minds that want to know.
As it turns out, the annual mag believes Ohio State is going to have a pretty fantastic year on the gridiron again, but when you leaf through to the anonymous coaches’ comments, it’s also clear that there is a lot of jealousy in the league when it comes to a so-called down year in Columbus. These comments are thanks to 247Sports.
“Most coaches in the country would do anything to have a season that’s considered a bad year for Ohio State,” one anonymous coach said. “Their bad year is a great year for anyone else. When we broke down their roster last season, it was like editing your NCAA video game on dynasty mode and you put everyone at 99. Essentially they could do whatever they wanted on offense for most of the season.”
And yeah, by OSU standards that have been set as of late, 2021 was a bit of a letdown with two regular-season losses — one to (burp in my mouth) Michigan, and no Big Ten title. But hey, that Rose Bowl victory was pretty fantastic and memorable.
Still, the defense more or less kept Ohio State more than arm’s reach away from the College Football Playoff and a shot at the national title, but another anonymous coach believes that’s about to change on the banks of the Olentangy.
“The sole issue that kept them out of the playoff has been fixed,” the second coach said. “It’s all about how fast (Jim) Knowles gets them fit for what he wants. If you’re looking for a criticism here, they’re short superstars on this side lately.”
I know these things are anonymous, but I’d love to know where the comments come from. You can bet the offense is going to be a dynamic one again, so if this second coach is correct, the Buckeyes could very well have a monster year this fall.
We’re also going to go out on a limb and guess that whatever two anonymous coaches made these comments weren’t wearing khakis and a hat with a suit, a.k.a — this guy.
Jul 19, 2019; Chicago, IL, USA; ÊMichigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh speaks during the Big Ten Football Media Days event at Hilton Chicago. Mandatory Credit: Jim Young-USA TODAY Sports
We are only two and a half months away from the college football season and we’re here for what we believe Ohio State is going to do in 2022.
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[Warning: This story contains spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode “The Serene Squall.”] Jess Bush knew she had enormous shoes to fill when she was cast as Nurse Christine Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. After all, the only other actress to embody the iconic role was the legendary Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, whose […]
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Anonymous opposing Big Ten coach believe Ohio State has ‘fixed’ defensive issues
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The depth in the secondary for Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks just got a nice boost with the news that sophomore Daymon Davis – who initially entered the NCAA transfer portal on May 5 – will return to Eugene this upcoming season, according to 247Sports.
Davis appeared in nine games for the Ducks as a true freshman in 2021, recording three tackles. He was injured during spring camp and wasn’t able to practice with the team and the new coaching staff, and ultimately ended up entering the portal.
Davis then explored his options, which included taking a visit to Tallahassee and the Seminoles of Florida State before deciding to stick with the Ducks.
Daymon David has change of heart, returning to Oregon for sophomore season https://t.co/uv0TsFL1vl via @247sports
— Erik Skopil (@Erik_Skopil) June 17, 2022
Davis helps provide depth to a position group that lost Verone McKinley III to the NFL this spring, but otherwise retained a large portion of their core from last year’s team – including Trikweze Bridges, Bryan Addison, Jamal Hill, Bennett Williams, and Steve Stephens IV.
Davis will return to Eugene with three years of eligibility remaining and will look to crack the rotation under Lanning in his second season in Eugene.
Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, better known as H.E.R., is suing her record company, MBK Entertainment, for the rights to her music catalog. The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of the State of California in Los Angeles County on Thursday, June 16. The Blast exclusively got the court documents. H.E.R. is suing for declaratory relief […]
U.S.-led forces detained a senior Islamic State leader in Syria on Thursday, according to the coalition. “Coalition forces detained a senior Daesh leader during an operation in Syria June 16,” Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement. “The detained individual was assessed to be an experienced bomb maker and facilitator who became one of the…
How Kendall Pettis recovered to break out for OU baseball on College World Series run
OU baseball outfielder Kendall Pettis bounced back from a mid-season injury to become a breakout player en route to College World Series.
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Daymon David returns to Oregon after entering transfer portal
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In case it flew by you because of all the bad storms and electrical outages in central Ohio this week, it was 614 day on Tuesday, June 14 (makes sense, right?)
In honor of the day, the Ohio State football program went around what looks like the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and other spots on the OSU campus to ask some of the Buckeye players, coaches, and support personnel what makes living in the area code 614 so great.
As you can imagine, a lot of it had to do with food, places, to visit, the scenery, and of course, the people that live in the Columbus area. And in the event that you missed the short video and comments made, shared by the OSU creative team, you can spend a couple of minutes and get caught up.
why do you love Columbus? 🤔🎙#614Day pic.twitter.com/wEf1FEdmis
I guess somewhat unsurprisingly, the weather was not mentioned. Oh well, you can’t have it all, right?
ESPN believes Ohio State has a good chance of winning out in 2022
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WATCH: What Ohio State players and coaches love about Columbus
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Morikawa made a critical gear change and it's paying off.
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Kentucky will host Kansas and Louisville in Rupp Arena as part of its 2022-23 schedule. Here are the games we know UK will play next season.
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Michigan basketball lands grad transfer
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The entire Detroit Lions draft class of 2022 is now under contract. The Lions signed second-round pick Josh Paschal on Friday, the team announced.
Paschal was the last player left to sign. The defensive lineman from Kentucky is now locked in for the next four years. Terms were not immediately disclosed, but the CBA largely negates any bargaining. It is expected the deal is worth $8.4 million with a $3.3 million signing bonus per the league’s rookie salary slotting structure.
Paschal, the No. 46 overall pick, did not participate in the recent minicamp or this week’s OTAs. Head coach Dan Campbell indicated Paschal is still recovering from a “lower extremity” injury that is related to the leg injury that he suffered for the Wildcats in December.
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Josh Paschal signs his rookie contract with the Lions
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The Houston Texans may be at a disadvantage with their coaching staff for the second straight year.
According to Bucky Brooks from NFL.com, Lovie Smith ranks at the bottom of his list of incoming coaches. Part of the reason is because of where the Texans are at organizationally and another is because of the paucity of playmakers on the roster.
Smith will attempt to win games with a “hustle hard” approach that places a premium on effort, energy and execution. The grizzled coach is relying on a young quarterback with limited experience, but Davis Mills started to show promise down the stretch of his rookie season. With limited skill-position weaponry beyond Brandin Cooks, the Texans need their 23-year-old QB to take care of the football and make some winning plays. Defensively, Smith needs to build upon the small successes the unit experienced in 2021. After adding some key players in free agency and the draft, Houston will need its newbies to step in and flourish immediately. Whether it is Derek Stingley Jr. thriving as a CB1 or Jalen Pitre flourishing as a versatile defensive back, Smith needs a productive season from his rookie class to help the Texans compete in 2022. Perhaps Smith can get some surprising contributions from veteran additions to fill in the gaps, but he will need a team of overachievers to be at their best in order to overcome the deficiencies that plague the roster.
Across the rest of the AFC South, the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Doug Pederson ranked No. 8. Sandwiched between Smith and Pederson was the Chicago Bears’ Matt Eberflus, who is the fourth coach the organization has hired since firing Smith in 2012.
The top coach on the list was Todd Bowles, who takes over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following the retirement of Bruce Arians. Bowles has been with Tampa Bay since 2019 as their defensive coordinator.
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