Author: Michael

Tennessee is known as the Volunteer State, but it’s fair to wonder whether volunteering nine figures of the public’s money is what that moniker is meant to imply.
That’s the situation the Titans are on the verge of making a reality. The city of Nashville is expected to approve $760 million in revenue bonds geared toward building a new NFL stadium, according to The Athletic‘s Daniel Kaplan. That, combined with the $500 million that’s already been approved by the state, means $1.26 billion of public funds has been earmarked for the Titans’ new home.

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Charles Barkley is a master roaster alongside TNT teammate Shaquille O’Neal on the wildly popular “Inside the NBA.” Even for fans without much of a care for the player-driven, oft-annoying NBA, tuning in to watch Chuck, Shaq, EJ and Kenny “The Jet” is solid late-night TV.
Speaking with the NBA’s newly named Rookie of the Year award — Orlando Magic’s Paolo Banchero — on Tuesday, Barkley couldn’t help but throw a playful jab at Shaq, the former Magic big man.

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero (Willie J. Allen Jr.

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IRVING, Texas — SEC officials have explored a wide range of options in their pursuit of strengthening the league’s penalty structure on fans storming the field, including even banning a team from a bowl game, forfeiting a game or giving up a future home game, commissioner Greg Sankey said Tuesday.
Speaking after Day 1 of a three-day College Football Playoff spring meeting in this Dallas suburb, Sankey confirmed a report from Sports Illustrated earlier this week about the league considering a penalty that would require teams to forfeit a future home game for storming the field.

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Stay classy, LA… Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane is calling out LA Kings fans after the alleged mistreatment of a 10-year-old Oilers fan who is battling brain cancer.
Kane spoke out in support of Cecily Eklund, who attended Game 3 of the Oilers-Kings postseason series at Crypto.com Arena on Friday. The Oilers star shared that Cecily was harassed by Kings fan during a trip to the restroom and spat on for wearing a Kane jersey.

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