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Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley’s tenures with the Lakers may have ended in less-than-harmonious manners. But they’ll be pulling for the purple and gold for the rest of these NBA playoffs.
Why would they do that? For one simple reason: They want their rings.
Beverley confirmed as much on is podcast, Pat Bev Podcast With Rone, when he recounted running into Westbrook at the gym this week. He said both he and Westbrook expect to be included when the time comes to order championship rings if the Lakers are able to continue their postseason run and win another NBA title.
During the pre-draft process, teams put players through all sorts of different tests. Of course, the physical tests — like the ones at the scouting combine — are well-known prior to the NFL Draft. But it’s during the interviews that teams get to know the players. And Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith has an odd way of accomplishing that.
The Falcons ultimately drafted Texas running back Bijan Robinson with the 8th overall pick in the NFL Draft. But as a team with many holes on its roster, the Falcons likely considered many different positional needs.
After five successful seasons, the Milwaukee Bucks are making a questionable move by moving off head coach Mike Budenholzer.
Coming off a disappointing first round against the Miami Heat, the Bucks organization looked for a problem to solve — not just finish regular seasons as a top seed in the East but advance further than the first round with a loaded cast.
The Milwaukee brain trust landed on Budenholzer as the issue. Milwaukee “dismissed” the coach on Thursday, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
In year 20, LeBron James is still delaying Father Time and defying the odds with greatness on the hardwood.
With the Lakers seeking to take a 2–0 lead in the best-of-seven series against the Warriors, the four-time NBA champion will have has hands full facing a Warriors’ team seeking to avenge its Game 1 loss. But before the two superstars were battling head-to-head in iconic NBA postseason performances, James was a huge fan of Curry’s during his days at Davidson.
The Bucks fired coach Mike Budenholzer on Thursday following their first-round exit from the NBA playoffs.
While some fans were shocked that Milwaukee would part ways with their coach just two years after the team won the NBA title, the firing actually seems to follow an odd pattern that has emerged in the league over the last few years.
Three of the last four coaches from the NBA championship teams no longer work for the team they won the title with. Nick Nurse coached the 2019 Raptors championship team and he was just fired on April 21.
Two USC journalism students were arrested for the theft of first-round NFL draft jerseys, with the value of the stolen property estimated at over $1,000 dollars.
The pair—Eric Lambkins II and Jude Ocañas—were in Missouri covering the draft for student-run news outlet Annenberg Media as part of USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. According to Noah Goldberg of the Los Angeles Times, Lambkins and Ocañas were seen on security footage shortly after 1 a.m. on Friday morning entering NFL draft areas that were restricted.
The Bucks have fired coach Mike Budenholzer after losing in the first round of the playoffs to the Heat.
In the midst of the Mets being swept in a three-game set by the Tigers, reigning National League batting champion Jeff McNeil took issue with umpire Adam Beck during an at-bat in the second inning.
A frustrated McNeil, who went 1-for-10 in the series, was not happy with a called third strike on a pitch that appeared to be out of the zone.
The Mets second baseman, who was already headed up first base after the offering from Detroit’s Eduardo Rodriguez, was stopped in his tracks by a very late call from Beck.
Lost in the excitement of the NFL Draft for fans is that hundreds of young men see their dreams come true. For North Carolina wide receiver Josh Downs, the call from the Indianapolis Colts changed his life.
And he let GM Chris Ballard know exactly how much that meant to him.
Downs received the call surrounded by friends and family, who immediately began shouting with sheer joy and excitement.
It took Downs several moments to gather himself and contain his emotions. But he struggled to contain those emotions, and that’s what makes the video that much more incredible.