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The NBA has reached an agreement with its gambling partners to remove proposition bets on players who are, according to the report from The Athletic’s Joe Vardon, “making the least amount of money,” which is to say players on either two-way deals or 10-day contracts. Specifically, sports books and the NBA’s betting partners — FanDuel, […]
On Thursday, the Chicago Fire took the first step forward in ending a seven season run of missing the playoffs as former United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter was unveiled as their new Director of Football and head coach. Berhalter has already gotten to work with figuring out what he wants the roster […]
Tim Tszyu’s ascent toward boxing superstardom was slowed in his last outing when he dropped a split decision to Sebastian Fundora in a bloody war, losing the WBO junior middleweight title in the process. Tszyu looks to get back on track on Saturday when he faces IBF champion Bakhram Murtazaliev. Tszyu’s 2024 has been rocky. […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Tony Bennett does not handle attention all that comfortably. He’s never one to seek a spotlight and, to my mind, has never called a member of the press in search of credit or to suss out a buzzy behind-the-scenes rumor. Bennett, sometimes to the frustration of the media, is often humble to […]
Getty Images The New York Yankees have replaced reliever Ian Hamilton with fellow righty Mark Leiter Jr. on their ALCS roster, MLB announced Friday. Hamilton tweaked his left calf covering first base in the sixth inning of Thursday’s Game 3 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. He went for an MRI on Friday that apparently revealed an […]
Anthony Hernandez will take on Michel Pereira in a middleweight bout on the main event of UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira on Saturday night. The main UFC Fight Night card from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas is expected to get underway around 10 p.m. ET with the main walk beginning about 1 a.m. […]
Gettty Images The New York Mets are ready for a do-or-die game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The legendary vocal group The Temptations performed the national anthem, as well as a live rendition of Francisco Lindor’s walkup song, ahead of NLCS Game 5. The Mets were on the brink of elimination on Friday, but Citi […]
USATSI Less than two months after he was shot in an attempted robbery, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall will make his NFL debut in Sunday’s Week 8 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed on Friday. The 24-year-old Pearsall, a first-round draft pick of the team in April, returned to […]
It’s hard to pinpoint an original sin here. Every step that took the Clippers to this point was at least defensible in the moment. Trading Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a mountain of draft picks for Paul George looks terrible now. It also created a championship favorite. Doubling down on James Harden was riskier, but, well, they […]
A fun fact about the lyrics on Rihanna‘s “SOS” was shared in a recent interview with the songwriter, Evan “Kidd” Bogart. Speaking to the Behind the Wall podcast, he shares it was his first time ever creating a pop song. “I was going off of instinct. If you look at the verses, they’re crafted with a lot of […]
