The future is now for the Spurs, with No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama set to make his first NBA appearance in Las Vegas Summer League on Friday night.
The much anticipated debut of Wembanyama has drawn a sellout crowd of 17,500-plus for Day 1 of the 11-day Summer League event on the campus of UNLV.
“I can’t wait. Can’t wait,” Wembanyama told the Associated Press on Thursday. “The practices lately have been really intense. I made a little pause in basketball with the draft and stuff, and couldn’t really practice. I’m getting back in shape and I can’t wait.
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The single biggest question of the upcoming Major League Baseball trade deadline is what happens with Shohei Ohtani.
Ohtani has had perhaps his most exceptional season in an already exceptional career.
As a hitter, Ohtani’s been 77% better than league average, leads the majors in OPS, slugging and OPS+ and is on pace to hit close to 60 home runs.
Despite playing his home games in a fairly neutral stadium.
His contributions as a pitcher have been equally impressive.
While Ohtani hasn’t been quite as dominant on the mound as in 2022, he’s still added nearly 3 wins of value.
It appears as if the Los Angeles Angels trading away Shohei Ohtani isn’t entirely out of the question.
Mavericks star Luka Dončić proposed to his longtime girlfriend Anamaria Goltes on Friday night in Lake Bled, Slovenia, the couple announced on Instagram.
Dončić proposed to Goltes on a fitting date, July 7. The date of 7/7 aligns with the No. 77 the 24-year-old star wears with the Mavericks.
Whether that happens to be a coincidence or not remains to be seen, but it seems clear that Dončić is enjoying the NBA offseason back home.
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Over 20 on-air personalities were laid off from ESPN last Friday, but host Paul Finebaum was not one of them.
Finebaum, who hosts The Paul Finebaum Show on SEC Network and provides college football coverage to ESPN every fall, has been a mainstay at “The Worldwide Leader” for the last decade.
This week, Finebaum discussed the company’s recent layoffs in an appearance on The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast.
“It was the worst day in my 10 years at ESPN,” Finebaum said. “I can’t explain Bob [Iger]‘s thinking.
Martin Kirketerp is a sailor from Denmark who won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, but that once-in-a-lifetime competition has nothing on what he has dealt with this year.
In an interview with Olympics.com admitted that this year he has both been struck by lightning and attacked by killer whales, all over a span six months.
The lightning strike occurred following a SailGP event in Singapore, where Denmark finished in second place.
“After the race, I helped sail the New Zealand boat back to the harbor, as they were attending the winning ceremony.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced Friday that it would not file charges following a short investigation into the exchange between pop star Britney Spears, Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of his security team.
The Grammy Award-winning artist previously filed a police report, citing battery charges after she said she was slapped by a security guard when trying to approach Wembanyama for a picture at Catch restaurant inside of the ARIA hotel on Wednesday night, per TMZ.
For one weekend, Fernando Alonso is not the oldest driver on track during a Formula 1 weekend. That honor goes to 58-year-old Brad Pitt, who was turning some laps at Silverstone in between Friday practice sessions at the British Grand Prix.
Pitt has shown up to a few race weekends as he prepares for the Apple Studios film, reportedly titled Apex. He could be seen hanging out in the paddock with the film’s director Joseph Kosinski (who made some little movie called Top Gun: Maverick) and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Yankees star outfielder Aaron Judge remains on the injured list with a torn ligament in his toe that he suffered at Dodger Stadium on June 3 when he made a spectacular catch, running through the outfield fence and injuring his toe in the process.
The injury was a bit of a freak accident, as Judge tore the ligament in his toe after ramming it against a concrete step that separated the bullpen and the field of play. However, Judge is not seeking any sort of legal action against the ballpark for the incident.
Mark Ingram is the latest former star player to join Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff” show.
Ingram, a former Heisman Trophy winner, is officially joining Urban Meyer, Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn and Rob Stone.
Ingram joins the show as a replacement for former USC running back, and another Heisman winner, Reggie Bush.
“Big Noon Kickoff” has rapidly developed into one of college football’s most popular pregame shows, thanks to the chemistry and fun dynamic created by the hosts and analysts.
“I’m thrilled to join FOX Sports and BIG NOON KICKOFF,” Ingram wrote in a statement.