Author: Michael

When asked about the unusual security presence, coach Nate Oats alluded to Miller receiving threatening correspondence.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Alabama men’s basketball saga took a new turn Wednesday when star player Brandon Miller came to an NCAA tournament press conference accompanied by armed security. When asked about the unusual, perhaps unprecedented, security presence, coach Nate Oats alluded to Miller receiving threatening correspondence.
“If you guys saw some of what I’ve seen sent his way, I think you’d understand why that’s the case,” Oats said.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama star freshman guard Brandon Miller had quite a screen setter at the NCAA Tournament practice and press conference Wednesday at Legacy Arena.
Alabama beefed up its security – literally – with an armed and badged officer around Miller, according to Alabama coach Nate Oats. The security was not provided by the NCAA or the Southeastern Conference.
This officer with gun and badge escorted Alabama player Brandon Miller to practice and a press conference Wednesday at the NCAA Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. He would not give his name to OutKick.

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Two days after it was reported that Ja Morant was entering a Florida rehab center, the embattled Memphis Grizzlies star is apparently out, cured and ready to ball.
And yes, you can go ahead and ask the question now: did Morant’s two-day strip club bender last longer than his counseling session?
You wouldn’t be alone! Several on Twitter posed the same question just seconds after Adrian Wojnarowski dropped his daily Woj Bomb.

ESPN Sources: Grizzlies star Ja Morant met with NBA commissioner Adam Silver in New York today.

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Often times we see Masters champions get too fancy with their champions dinner menus, but Scottie Scheffler isn’t falling into that trap. Mr. Scheffler is a red-blooded American and doesn’t mind that his menu could very well be the most All-American menu the Masters has ever seen.
The menu was shared by the Masters on Wednesday afternoon, and it sounds great. It may look similar to Chili’s menu, but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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Aaron Rodgers says he intends to play for the Jets in 2023 which sent the oddsmakers scrambling to adjust New York’s Super Bowl odds.
The wait is finally over as Aaron Rodgers emerges from the darkness and says he intends to put on another green jersey. Odds shifted dramatically on Wednesday after the former Packers quarterback went on the Pat McAfee Show and announced he intends to play for the Jets in 2023. Intends being the keyword as the trade from the Packers to the Jets is not official, nor has any compensation been reported.

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Maybe the Buccaneers are drawing on lessons learned from the last time a team had to replace the GOAT.
When the Patriots eyed their first year without Tom Brady, it was not lost on Bill Belichick that whoever would replace the greatest quarterback in NFL history had to have the right kind of temperament. They needed a kind of aggressive comfort in themselves and a beautiful naivety about what it would look like to simply walk into the door Brady had just walked out of and say: “What’s up, everybody?”
Say what you will about Cam Newton, but in 2020 he was that player personified.

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