In merging with LIV, the PGA Tour delivered the ultimate betrayal on the useful idiots it used in its temporary war with the Saudi-backed tour.
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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is going viral again for giving a controversial description of Nuggets star center Nikola Jokić on Tuesday’s episode of First Take.
While discussing that Jokić isn’t the hardest NBA player to guard in the league right now, Smith described Jokić as a “big tub of lard.” This phrasing comes just days after Skip Bayless of Fox Sports was roasted for referring to the Serbian center as a “big tub of Crisco.”
Fans seem generally annoyed with this consistent description of the two-time NBA MVP.
The Spurs will take Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 pick. After that, executives around the league are expecting the unexpected.
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The golf world was shaken to its core Tuesday morning with news that LIV Golf and the PGA Tour were merging, and Spiranac had the perfect reaction.
The golf world was taken by storm Tuesday morning with the shocking news that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf were merging. The DP World Tour is also a part of that merger.
Reactions have poured in across social media. Phil Mickelson, probably the most outspoken LIV golfer chimed in with a simple 3-word reaction that makes it clear how good of a day he is having.
Beneil Dariush is one victory away from fighting for the UFC lightweight title.
Standing in his way is Charles Oliveira, whose success over the past three years in the division is rivaled by only that of current lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.
But Oliveira and Makhachev are not the only ones who have strung together unstoppable stretches. Despite being constantly overlooked, Dariush (22-4-1) has won seven fights in a row. If he defeats Oliveira (33–9, 1 NC) on Saturday at UFC 289, he will be at the front of the line to challenge Makhachev.
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Free throw shooting has never been better on the NBA’s biggest stage, and that’s not the only thing to know from our latest notes from around the league.
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It’s always nice when the suffering can end (well, for one team)
It’s October 28, 1995. We’re at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
Braves reliever Mark Wohlers has retired Cleveland’s first two batters of the ninth inning in a brutally tense 1-0 game. If he can get past Cleveland’s Carlos Baerga, the Braves will hoist their first championship after three World Series appearances in five years, and 29 (often long) seasons in Atlanta.
In the nine seasons of recorded such history, no player has hit the ball harder than the way Aaron Judge is crushing it this year. By a lot. His average exit velocity of 97.2 mph blows away the previous high of 96.1 mph by Giancarlo Stanton in 2015.
That statistical nugget is just one small piece in a mountain of evidence that proves Judge’s historic 2022 season was not some anomalous career year, but the likely booster phase to a career surge. Hard as it might be to believe, but in the year after hitting 62 home runs Judge in many ways is even better.
1. If you’ve been on the internet today, surely you have seen CBS Miami reporter Samantha Rivera stiff-arm the daylights out of an unruly fan in her camera shot during a live hit from the Stanley Cup Final in Las Vegas on Monday night.
Talking about Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, stiff-arming a fan trying to get on camera and getting into the highlights.
Quite the display of multitasking by Samantha Rivera of CBS Miami pic.twitter.
Two Browns players were robbed at gunpoint early Monday morning by six masked men, according to a police report.