Author: Michael

ESPN’s Stan Verrett shared a heartfelt farewell to longtime SportsCenter co-anchor Neil Everett on Twitter on Thursday following the news of Everett’s departure from the network after 23 years.
Verrett, who also arrived at ESPN in 2000, worked alongside Everett on the L.A.-based, late edition of the network’s flagship program since ’09. Over their 14-year run, the two went on to become fixtures on TVs, phones and laptops amongst diehard and casual sports fans around the country.

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Jayson Tatum appeared to take Damian Lillard’s reported disinterest in the Celtics to heart following recent chatter distancing the Blazers star from a possible move to Boston.
The ongoing conversation surrounding Lillard’s possible availability reignited on Wednesday after the seven-time All-Star named the Heat and Nets as two teams he’d be interested in hypothetically joining. The buzz swelled again on Thursday after TNT’s Chris Haynes reported it was “pretty safe to say” Lillard won’t land in Beantown after laughing at a question about the possibility.

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Oklahoma softball received waves of praise from around the sports world on Thursday after notching the program’s third consecutive national championship with a historic sweep in the Women’s College World Series.
Billie Jean King and noted OU alums Kyler Murray and Trae Young were among those who weighed in on the Sooners’ 3–1 win over Florida State to close out the WCWS. 
With the win, the Sooners and coach Patty Gasso made NCAA history by becoming the second team, and the first in over 30 years, to three-peat as national champions.

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