76ers center Joel Embiid’s viral celebration from this weekend is going to end up costing him a pretty penny.
Embiid was fined $35,000 by the NBA as a result of the celebration he did against the Trail Blazers on Sunday, the league announced Tuesday.
During the celebration in question, Embiid could be seen doing a “crotch chop” after hitting a layup in traffic and drawing an and-one. The move resembled the “Suck It” celebration made famous by WWE’s D-Generation X, but it doesn’t seem the NBA was too fond of it.
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Star athletes ranging across all sports showed off their Halloween costumes on Tuesday, though not every superstar was keen to take part in the festivities.
Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was among those less interested in Halloween, opting against dressing up in a costume this year. While his teammates went all out with their outfits, Jokic showed up in a sweatshirt and sweatpants for the team’s flight to Minnesota ahead of Wednesday’s game vs. the Timberwolves.
“I liked Travis Kelce more when he was just a tight end.”
Not only do OutKick’s Donovan McNabb and Armando Salguero feel this way — most of America is tired of KelceMania. Notably little brother Travis Kelce, whose stardom went from premier NFL talent to international household fame.
Ryan Poles made a splashy trade deadline deal for the second straight year, and at least one outlet has questions, comments and concerns about what it means for the direction of the team. On Tuesday, the Chicago Bears acquired defensive end Montez Sweat from the Washington Commanders in exchange for a second-round pick.
Down 2-1 in the series, Arizona will lean on Ketel Marte and his 19-game playoff hitting streak. Texas got bad news with the loss of Adolis Garcia and Max Scherzer to injuries.
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A stunner at the top of the rankings highlights the top-25
At long last, the first College Football Playoff rankings have arrived. After nine weeks of grueling play followed by the AP Poll releasing on Sunday, we now have the first set of college football rankings done by the committee. In a year where nothing truly makes sense, we might know who the top four are after the first part of the season.
Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State and Florida State have consistently been in the top four, and will more than likely remain there.
The first official College Football Playoff rankings of the 2023 season were released Tuesday night, with No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Georgia leading the way.
If the season ended today, the Buckeyes would play against No. 4 Florida State in one semifinal game, and the Bulldogs would match up with No. 3 Michigan in the second playoff game, with the winners poised to meet in the championship on Jan. 8 at NRG Stadium in Houston.
The semifinals will be held at the Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, Fla.) and Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) on Jan. 1.
No. 5 Washington and No.
Trade deadline has come and gone, and we’re picking up the pieces …
• The 49ers have become a model franchise in a lot of ways, and one is how they’ve been able to develop young coaches and executives. And there’s been a benefit on the other end of it (one that other teams, most prominently Carolina, have started to pursue) that pays off at times like this.
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin just can’t help himself when the topic is Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher.
Perhaps, dad will have to step in. In this case, that would be Alabama coach Nick Saban, who dramatically shaped the careers of both men when they were assistant coaches under him.
But even that topic draws Kiffin’s ire. Last year on the Southeastern Conference teleconference, a reporter lumped Fisher’s name in with Kiffin, Georgia coach Kirby Smart and Florida coach Billy Napier as former Saban pupils.
The 49ers, who have had pass rush struggles of late, acquired defensive end Chase Young from the Commanders in exchange for a third-round draft pick.