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Joel Embiid has signed a contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers, the team announced Friday. It’s a three-year max deal worth $193 million, as confirmed by CBS Sports NBA insider Bill Reiter. Embiid himself announced the deal in an Instagram post. “Philadelphia is home,” he wrote. “I want to be here for the rest of my […]

Getty Images Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase did not receive the long-term lucrative extension he was after this offseason, and now, he finds his wallet a bit lighter due to his outburst during the Week 2 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.  According to CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones, Chase has been […]

Juventus meet Napoli on Saturday for a key match in the race for the Scudetto after the two teams had a solid start to the new season under new coaches Thiago Motta and Antonio Conte. The Azzurri started off the season with a 3-0 defeat against Verona, but then were able to win three games […]

A final offering of news and notes you need to know as Week 4’s action-packed, star-studded slate gets underway in earnest. Topics we cover in this week’s college football insider notebook: The impact the expanded College Football Playoff will have on the coaching carousel and what that means for Florida as it potentially pursues big names […]

Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua will tangle on Saturday in London for the IBF heavyweight championship in a scheduled 12-round bout. The main Joshua vs. Dubois fight card at Wembley Stadium is scheduled to start around 11 a.m. ET, with Joshua and Dubois making the ring walk several hours later. This will be the first meeting […]

In what might have been his final start at Minute Maid Park as a member of the Astros, Justin Verlander got hit hard again Friday, this time surrendering six runs in 4 2/3 innings against an unimpressive Angels lineup. The offense picked him up and Houston won the game (HOU 9, LAA 7), but Verlander […]

Getty Images The Oakland A’s celebrated Rickey Henderson bobblehead night against the New York Yankees on Friday night, and the franchise legend took the field for the ceremonial first pitch. The kicker was that Henderson took his place behind the plate while his daughter, Adrianna, threw a strike. As their final season in Oakland comes […]

Getty Images Five-time NBA All-Star and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum has commemorated his team’s 2023-24 NBA championship with a new back tattoo of him holding the Larry O’Brien Trophy. The tattoo was revealed in photos posted to Instagram. Tatum, the No. 3-overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, was an integral part of a […]

USATSI It’s safe to say that rookie quarterbacks have struggled out of the gates in 2024. First-year signal-callers have 196 passing attempts, zero passing touchdowns and six interceptions through two weeks, as defenses have always had the upper hand. Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton is going through some growing pains with his new quarterback, Bo Nix. […]

Two wins and 10 goals from their last two games means that for once the atmosphere around Manchester United is relatively buoyant, no matter that those triumphs came against a likely relegation contender and a League One opponent. A trip to Crystal Palace could well bring Erik ten Hag crashing down to earth, certainly it […]