On Monday, reports emerged that ESPN had won the Jason Kelce sweepstakes. The Athletic‘s Andrew Marchand reported the Worldwide Leader was to ink the former Philadelphia Eagles center to a deal that would add him to the Monday Night Countdown desk, the network’s pregame show for Monday Night Football. On Wednesday, Kelce responded.
Sitting virtually across from his brother Travis on their latest episode of New Heights, Kelce made sure to say right off the bat that these reports are not yet set in stone. He has not put any pen to paper.
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This week’s PGA Tour event is sure to provide plenty of fireworks as the low-scoring CJ Cup Byron Nelson tournament gets underway Thursday at the TPC Craig Ranch, arguably the easiest course on tour each year.
The field is light on superstars—Jordan Spieth is the biggest name and has the lowest odds to win—but rife with opportunity to win some money as everyone has +1400 odds or higher.
Jason Day won this tournament last year with a final score of 23 under and K.H. Lee won it the previous year at 26 under.
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Sighs, it’s May and we have to talk about Colorado football for all the wrong reasons. The college football offseason is well underway and Colorado is aiming to improve on a 4-8 season where they dropped eight of their last nine games.
Much has been made about the roster turnover Colorado and head coach Deion Sanders has put the team through since he was hired, and that lack of depth came back to bite them as the season went along. On Apr.
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The Carolina Panthers have used so many draft picks on so few contributors.
The Carolina Panthers have a very unique aversion to delaying pleasure. Whether it’s their owner, David Tepper, who has shown impulsive behavior over the years or the organization as a whole, the Panthers have most certainly not wanted to wait to use their NFL Draft picks.
In the 2024 NFL Draft under new general manager Dan Morgan, the Panthers moved down a few times to pick up more draft capital, but that was very much out of necessity.
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Carmelo Anthony can’t wait to see USA Basketball in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Carmelo Anthony was the guest this week for episode 100 of “Point Forward” and the NBA legend didn’t mince his words when he discussed the need for Team USA to make a major statement at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
To this end, from a business perspective, Melo believes 2024 Team USA is on pat with the 1992 Dream Team when it comes to hype. That’s a serious statement when talking about the most famous basketball team of all time.
Will Corbin Carroll overcome the sophomore slump, and is Craig Kimbrel’s inconsistency his new normal? Some overreactions have begun to ring true.
The Kansas City Chiefs signed tight end Travis Kelce to a two-year, $34.25 million extension on Monday, making him the highest paid tight end in regards to average annual salary.
Kelce spoke about the extension on this week’s episode of the New Heights podcast that he hosts with his brother, retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.
While the Chiefs star expressed his gratitude to the team for making this deal, he also acknowledged how significant this contract is to the future of tight ends’ deals. He hopes to see other players earn lucrative deals like him.
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Tyrese Maxey was the NBA Draft steal that wasn’t so surprising.
Deuce McBride flashed to the middle of the lane and caught a pass from Jalen Brunson as the New York Knicks’ star was getting trapped on the perimeter. McBride calmly stepped into a free throw line jumper and swished it, giving the Knicks a six-point lead on the Philadelphia 76ers with 29 seconds left. Down 3-1 in the series, Philadelphia needed a miracle to avoid elimination in the final seconds of Game 5.
Somehow, Tyrese Maxey delivered it.