Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball is facing intense scrutiny from NBA fans after his trip on Bam Adebayo caused the Miami Heat center to miss the rest of Tuesday night’s play-in game due to injury.
It’s unclear whether or not Ball will be suspended for the play, but the NBA is set to review the second quarter incident before the Hornets next play-in game on Friday night. Ball did apologize for the trip, saying he got hit in the head and didn’t know where he was, but many in the NBA are hoping for more supplemental discipline after such a substantial moment.
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UNC-Asheville transfer Kameron Taylor has committed to Florida State out of the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to On3’s Joe Tipton.
The 6-foot-7 sophomore is coming off a 2025-26 campaign where he led the Big South with 18.9 points per game and was named to the all-league team. In addition to his scoring prowess, Taylor pulled down 5.0 rebounds and dished out 3.8 assists per contest.
This developing story will be updated.
The Jets have decided to cancel their top-30 visit with Texas Tech pass rusher David Bailey ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, reports SNY NFL Insider Connor Hughes.
Bailey, an NFL Draft prospect who led college football with 14.5 sacks last season with the Red Raiders, was supposed to meet with New York at the team’s facilities for player evaluations, including interviews and medical checks, but that will no longer take place.
The Jets did meet with a handful of young talent with their top-30 visits which has a deadline of April 15. Some of those players include Indiana WR Omar Cooper Jr.
Boom! Texas A&M has landed its 12th commitment in the 2027 recruiting class, as blue-chip four-star wide receiver Jade Upshaw, one of the more physical and versatile wideouts in the cycle, committed to the Aggies over Miami, Alabama, and Florida, making things official on Wednesday afternoon.
Before his official visit to College Station on May 29, the Georgia native took an unofficial visit last weekend during Texas A&M baseball’s sweep of rival Texas on the diamond, taking in the Aggies’ elite facilities that have developed countless NFL players and future Hall of Famers.
The New York Times and its sports section, The Athletic, has found its newest outrage target: a statue of a Texas Ranger outside Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. Seriously.
That was the basis for Sam Blum’s 2,000-plus-word Wednesday piece about the Rangers installing the “One Riot, One Ranger” statue at the ballpark. Fellow Athletic writer Stephen J. Nesbitt piled on by calling it a “deeply controversial” statue and capping off his post with the always-serious journalistic flourish: “Yikes.
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 29: Carnell Tate #17 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates after a touchdown during the third quarter against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on November 29, 2025 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Ohio State University.
I’m hardly a fan or an alum, but nicknames belong to the people who they belong to. There is no “the” for any other university. There is only The Ohio State University.
Carlos Ulberg’s one-legged win over Jiří Procházka for the UFC light heavyweight belt was one of the wildest title fights ever. The aftermath was apparently pretty wild too.
The newly minted UFC light heavyweight champion told Fox Sports Australia on Monday, two days after his win at UFC 327, that the physical belt went missing over the weekend, reportedly saying “I’ve lost the belt, bro.”
The New Zealander’s explanation for what happened in Miami:
“Ah, I don’t know exactly where it is,” the Aucklander continues.
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Shortly after Michigan cut down the nets for the program’s first basketball championship since 1989, the 2026 college basketball transfer portal opened.
April 7 marks the beginning of transfer season in college basketball, and the floodgates will be open until April 21 to allow players to enter their name, spanning two weeks.
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Major League Baseball and the Minnesota Twins are both investigating the allegation leveled by Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran, who claimed Tuesday that a heckling fan told him to kill himself after he grounded out in the top of the fifth inning during a 6-0 loss at Minnesota’s Target Field, as reported by The Associated Press Wednesday.
The Pittsburgh Steelers still don’t have a definitive answer on whether Aaron Rodgers will return next season. With the 2026 NFL Draft approaching, it could be a prime opportunity to add some depth to the quarterback room and compete with Will Howard if Rodgers doesn’t return.
The franchise seems aware of this and has welcomed several quarterback draft prospects for pre-Draft visits.