Jim Boeheim didn’t stay away from college basketball very long.
The former Syracuse coach retired at the conclusion of last season, ending a legendary 47-year career that included five Final Fours and a national championship. But with the 2023–24 college basketball season near tip-off, he is reportedly getting back in the game.
Boeheim will join ESPN for the upcoming season as an in-game and studio analyst, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. An official announcement from the network is forthcoming, but it’s uncertain when Boeheim will debut on the network.
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Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will practice on Wednesday afternoon, coach Jonathan Gannon said, officially opening the window for his removal from injured reserve and a return to the field.
Murray confirmed that he would be practicing Wednesday with a simple social media post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“Practicing today,” Murray wrote.
Murray has yet to play this season after tearing his ACL last December. Prior to the injury, he had completed 66.4% of his throws for 2,368 yards and 14 touchdowns to seven interceptions.
In a new interview, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league is hoping to bring back the old All-Star Game format that puts the Eastern Conference against the Western Conference.
“Maybe a return [of the All-Star Game] to something more traditional in terms of how the teams are presented. We went to sort of this captain and draft notion, but clearly historically it was East vs. West. So that’s maybe something we are looking at,” Silver told Stephen A. Smith this morning on ESPN’s First Take.
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Let’s help the Grizzlies!
It’s been a tumultuous 12 months for the Memphis Grizzlies with Ja Morant getting into off-court trouble and the team collapsing in the playoffs against the Lakers — but rest assured, they have a plan.
The team is tackling the issue head-on by banning that daggum rap music.
While Morant was away, the team made changes. The rap soundtrack played during the team’s layup lines was replaced by R&B songs, prompting Jaren Jackson Jr.
The NBA is looking to triple its broadcast revenue during its next rights negotiations after the 2024-2025 season.
A report in the Wall Street Journal suggests the league is likely to re-up with its current partners, ESPN and TNT, though in a smaller capacity.
“ESPN and TNT, which carry roughly 165 nationally televised games combined, are exploring signing up for smaller packages, said people familiar with the situation. That arrangement would help them hang onto a premier asset in American media without breaking the bank.
Tom Kim and Min Woo Lee found themselves in the winner’s circle last week, giving us a glimpse of two rising stars on the PGA Tour.
The future of international golf has arrived, as Tom Kim of South Korea and Australian Min Woo Lee will be the sport’s next big superstars.
Kim, who just won the Shriners Children’s Open for a second consecutive year, is now the 11th-ranked player in the world and has three PGA Tour titles to his name, all while being just 21 years old. Kim became the youngest player to defend a PGA Tour title since 1912.
Former Raiders pass rusher Chandler Jones has been arrested for the second time in less than a month, according to court records obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Jones was arrested Tuesday afternoon, according to court records, for violating a domestic violence temporary protection order. That is the same charge that Jones was arrested for in late September.
Jones was put on the nonfootball illness list by the Raiders before his initial arrest and was later released from the team. He is now a free agent as his legal issues continue to pile up.
Jerome Bettis is a name fans around the Pittsburgh area won’t forget anytime soon, or maybe ever. The legendary Steelers running back, who played from 1996–2005 with the team is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, inducted in 2015.
But even still, sometimes it’s easy to fail to piece two and two together, and that’s likely what happened for local Pittsburgh WPXI-TV reporter Gabriella DeLuca. The reporter admitted she thought Bettis was her Uber Eats driver when a car pulled up to her work.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said changes could be coming to the league’s All-Star Game to make the product more competitive.
During an appearance on ESPN’s First Take, Silver told Stephen A. Smith that the league has “lost sight” of emphasizing the game during the league’s All-Star Weekend and is considering several format changes to the exhibition.
“Maybe a return to something more traditional in terms of how the teams are presented,” Silver explained. “We went to this captain, draft notion but clearly, historically, it was East versus West.
Former Las Vegas Raider Chandler Jones has run afoul of Johnny Law once again.
On Tuesday, he was arrested for the second time in about a month, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Police reports and court records cited by the Las Vegas Review-Journal show that the 33-year-old was arrested and charged with violating a domestic violence temporary protection order.
While a spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police was mum on any details of Jones’ most recent arrest, records indicate that police were called to the scene around 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.