What can Pete Carroll do as an encore with Geno Smith under center? Perhaps win the NFC West crown.
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The news that Bronny James, incoming USC basketball player and son of LeBron James, suffered cardiac arrest at practice Monday, left the entire sports world stunned and saddened. The Athletic’s Shams Charania first reported the news by releasing a statement from a James family spokesperson on the situation.
Fortunately, Bronny is now in stable condition and no longer in the ICU after being treated by the USC medical staff and taken to the hospital.
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Jaylen Brown now has the biggest contract in NBA history.
Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics have agreed to a five-year, $304 million contract extension, according to multiple reports. The deal is fully guaranteed and includes a trade kicker. It’s the biggest contract signed in NBA history, surpassing Nikola Jokic’s $270 million deal with the Denver Nuggets.
Brown has one-year, $30.7 million remaining on his current contract, with the new deal set to kick in during the 2024-2025 season. Brown will turn 27 years old in Oct.
Justin Doeden, a professional golfer on the Canadian Tour, admitted to cheating on Monday following the conclusion of this weekend’s Ottawa Open.
An issue with Doeden’s scorecard was initially noticed by Monday Q Info, a popular Twitter account that keeps up with a number of different developmental tours. Doeden withdrew from the tournament in Ottawa after tournament officials had already launched an investigation into his score.
He took to Twitter on Monday to confess his cheating during the tournament asking for forgiveness.
The sports world was shocked Monday morning by news of Al-Hilal’s massive bid for Paris-Saint Germain forward Kylian Mbappé. The Saudi Arabian club bid $332 million for the 2018 World Cup champion, an astounding fee that underscored the kingdom’s vast oil wealth.
With Mbappé said to be in line for a $776 million salary should he elect to play out the remaining year of his contract in Riyadh, stars in other sports are taking notice with varying degrees of seriousness—including Lakers forward LeBron James.
If we are to assign winners and losers of this Saquon Barkley ordeal, obviously you would now pick the Giants as a victor. Barkley, a source confirmed, signed a one-year deal worth $11 million Tuesday morning. This was, essentially, a $2 million up-front payment on the franchise tag salary he was already slated to receive, plus roughly $900,000 in incentive payments. The source also confirmed that the new deal offers no protections for Barkley against being franchise-tagged again in 2024.
Fantasy football analyst Matt Harmon hands out fantasy grades to all four AFC East teams.
The start of NFL training camps is a time to begin anew. It’s a time for hope and optimism. Drama and distractions drive coaches crazy.
So it’s little surprise multiple NFL teams and players did some last minute work to handle potential pressure points of distraction and drama on the eve of training camp.
Consider:
Running back Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants celebrates after his team’s 21-20 victory against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on September 11, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Two days after the RB’s met on Zoom, Barkley screwed them over.
Saquon Barkley was in a position to be an agent of change. The Giants running back was the first to break his silence amid the running back pay controversy, saying he would sooner sit out than be underpaid.
Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron — inarguably one of, if not the best two-way players in NHL history — has announced that he is calling it a career.
Bergeron spent 19 seasons with the Bruins, and on Tuesday he announced his retirement in a statement on the team’s website.
“For the last 20 years I have been able to live my dream every day,” Bergeron wrote. “I have had the honor of playing in front of the best fans in the world wearing the Bruins uniform and representing my country at the highest levels of international play.