Author: Michael

The Lakers forward stood by one of his biggest supporters.
The Lakers defeated the Grizzlies on Friday night, but the focus on the game was more about what happened off the court than on. Fox Sports analyst Shannon Sharpe got into it with the Grizzlies, which included Ja Morant’s father Tee, leading to incidents with Steven Adams and Dillon Brooks, among others.
Sharpe told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin that he was heckling Brooks, saying he couldn’t guard LeBron James, and Brooks wasn’t too happy about that.

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After a verbal confrontation at the Lakers-Grizzlies game, the two seem to have smoothed things over.
Tee Morant, father of star point guard Ja Morant, explained that he and Shannon Sharpe “are good” after the two were at the center of a fracas during Friday night’s game between the Grizzlies and the Lakers in Los Angeles.
The stunning scene took place at the end of the second quarter at Crypto.com Arena when Sharpe, Tee Morant and a number of Memphis players got into a heated verbal confrontation that resulted in them needing to be separated by security and referees.

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San Francisco will enter the offseason with Purdy and Trey Lance both on the roster.
Since Brock Purdy has taken over as the starting quarterback of the 49ers, the team is an undefeated 6–0, with seven wins when including the game Purdy replaced an injured Jimmy Garoppolo. In those seven games, Purdy has 16 touchdowns to just three interceptions, with a completion percentage over 60% in each game.
Entering the offseason, San Francisco will once again have a decision to make at quarterback, as Garoppolo hits free agency and Trey Lance returns from injury.

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A shocking scene broke out at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday night between the former NFL star, the Grizzlies and Ja Morant’s father.
A shocking scene broke out at Friday’s Lakers–Grizzlies game at Crypto.com Arena when a number of high-profile personalities, both on the court and on the sideline, got into a heated verbal confrontation at the start of halftime.

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New video shows emergency personnel helping former NFL star Peyton Hillis, after he nearly drowned while trying to rescue his own children.
The frightening video was recorded on an Escambia County Sheriff’s deputy’s body camera and was released earlier this week.
The video shows paramedics administering an IV bag, checking his vitals and rolling Hillis on his side as onlookers reacted to the clearly tense situation.

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It took different timelines and different management styles, but two of English soccer’s most storied clubs are back.
It’s January 2020, and Mikel Arteta looks like a weight has been lifted from his shoulders.
And indeed it has: For the first time since taking over as manager of Arsenal, the club for whom he finished out a 15-year career as a midfielder, the Gunners have won a match, and emphatically so. Arteta’s side trounced Manchester United in a 2–0 victory that wasn’t really ever in question.

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The 23-year veteran has a humongous decision about his football future to make in the coming weeks.
Though Tom Brady has yet to make a decision on his football future following a wild-card round loss to the Cowboys, several players within the Buccaneers locker room believe they may have seen the last of the 45-year-old quarterback in Tampa Bay.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Saturday, five days after the Bucs’ 31–14 home loss to Dallas, that Brady plans to take his time deciding what to do next in his football career.

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We are on the verge of seeing the AFC Championship being played in Atlanta. Here’s what got us to this point.
The NFL is now reaching the point where cancelling Week 17’s game between the Bills and Bengals is having a profound impact on the playoffs. There’s no question that abandoning the game and narrowing the focus on Damar Hamlin’s health was the correct move — even if the NFL didn’t want to do it, but had their hand forced by the bravery of the Bills and Bengals who refused to play considering the circumstances.

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