Author: Michael

Eastern Illinois basketball is not very good this year (outside of a huge upset win over Iowa) and lost its 17th game of the year on Thursday night. One Panthers player physically engaged a fan sitting court-side in the loss and it made for a truly insane sequence.
Late in the first half, Eastern Illinois had the ball on its own half of the court. Junior guard Caleb Donaldson dished down low to 6-foot-8 center Nick Ellington.

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The Nets’ title odds have dropped after Kyrie Irving reportedly requested a trade.
Reports of Nets’ star point guard Kyrie Irving demanding a trade sent oddsmakers scrambling to adjust the odds on the Eastern Conference power Friday afternoon.
Brooklyn’s odds to win the title have plummeted at SI Sportsbook to +1200 after beginning the week at +550, tied for the second-best odds in the NBA.
The Nets are now tied with the Clippers for the eighth-best odds and the fourth-best in the conference behind the Celtics, Bucks and 76ers.

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Eric Mangini joins Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes on First Things First to discuss Aaron Rodgers ruling out the San Francisco 49ers as a possible landing spot next season. Nick believes Aaron Rodgers ruled out the 49ers because he believes they have ruled him out first. The group then discuss whether Rodgers would be able to handle the pressure if he were to play for the 49ers.

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The latest concussion data paints a harrowing picture.

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The NFL released concussion data on Friday for the 2022 season that paints a harrowing picture regarding the state of head injuries across the league this year.
Per the data released by the NFL, there were 149 concussions suffered over 271 games this season. That’s an 18% jump from the 126 concussions a year ago, and is 14% higher than the three year average of 130 concussions from 2018 to ’20.
The NFL’s chief medical officer Dr.

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The three Western Conference clubs are expected to be in the mix for the veteran point guard after his Thursday trade request.
With the NBA’s trade deadline less than a week away, guard Kyrie Irving decided got the ball rolling by requesting a trade from the Nets on Friday, according to multiple reports. Already, at least three teams seem to be in the mix for eight-time All-Star. 
Both the Lakers and the Mavericks are teams that Brooklyn is expected to speak with in regards to an Irving trade ahead of Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET deadline, Marc Stein reports.

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AFC Pro Bowl Games coach Peyton Manning’s message to his players is simple: the more they win, the less their bar tabs cost. It is a motivational tactic that would inspire most anybody to get out and come home with a victory.
The first official NFL Pro Bowl was held in January of 1951. Every year since, the best players from each conference face off against one another on the weekend prior to the Super Bowl.
While it is an honor to be invited, it is also just a lot of fun. Especially this year.

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