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Let’s make some bold predictions for the new NBA season.
The NBA has a reputation as the most predictable league in sports. That’s not entirely unfair. In the 43 years from 1980 to 2023, only 14 different franchises have won the league championship.
It’s possible that’s changing now. The NBA has seen five different champions in the last five years, something that hasn’t happened since 1975-1980, when the league crowned six different champions in six years.
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McIlroy and Padraig Harrington know that in 2027, when the Ryder Cup returns to Ireland, it’s sure to provide an incredible atmosphere.
Team Europe dominated the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, but it’s already time to start daydreaming about the future venues of this iconic team event.
In 2025, the biennual event will be in New York at Bethpage Black, but the next time it’s on foreign soil, the Ryder Cup will return to Ireland. They will play at The Golf Course at Adare Manor, and that has veterans like Padraig Harrington and Rory McIlroy drooling.
Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter may be two of the most renowned college football players in the nation, but even the pair of Buffaloes stars couldn’t hide their excitement after meeting LeBron James.
The Colorado tandem was sitting courtside for the Lakers’ season opener against the Nuggets at Ball Arena on Tuesday night.
After the game, James approached Sanders and Hunter and greeted them, saying “love y’all boys, man.” Sanders could then be overheard asking James to send them jerseys after the game, telling the 38-year-old to “get us right.
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McIlroy, who recently invested into F1 racing, passed on the chance to join Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth with Leeds United.
PGA Tour superstar Rory McIlroy was one of the professional golfers who had a chance to become an investor in the English soccer club, Leeds United. But he passed on the opportunity, according to BBC.
Fellow major champions Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth recently revealed their ownership stake in the former EPL club.
Former NBA star Dwight Howard has denied sexual assault and battery allegations filed against him earlier this year and asked a court to dismiss a civil lawsuit he is facing Georgia.
James Harden has returned to Sixers practice ahead of Thursday’s opener.
Sean Casey says he will not return as the Yankees hitting coach next season, citing his desire to spend more time with his family.
Craig Counsell, who has managed the Brewers to three NL Central titles in his nine seasons, will interview for the Mets’ vacancy, a source told ESPN.
The Seahawks are expected to sign pass rusher Frank Clark, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports. According to Josina Anderson, Clark is flying to Seattle on Wednesday to take his physical with the team.
Clark signed with the Broncos in the offseason but only played in two games for Denver before the team released him earlier this month. The 30-year-old began his career with the Seahawks as a second-round pick in 2015, recording 35 sacks in 62 games over four seasons for Seattle.
Former 76ers coach Doc Rivers appeared on The Dan Patrick Show Wednesday and said that James Harden not being selected for the All Star Game changed his approach to the team for the worse.
Rivers said Harden was a “terrific player” for the first half of the 2022–23 season because he was “being a point guard,” referencing how Harden was facilitating and passing the ball, and wasn’t chasing numbers. Rivers even said a coach called him during the team’s impressive start to the year and said, “I never thought anyone could get him to do that.