There’s no doubt that Karl-Anthony Towns is one of the best big men in basketball right now. But NBA fans called for the Timberwolves star to pump the brakes on Wednesday when a bold quote of his went viral.
While appearing on The Pat Bev Podcast with Rone, Towns was asked where he thought he fit in with big men in today’s NBA. His answer was confident to say the least.
“I feel like when my time’s up, and I retire and I put the shoes up . . . I feel like there’s people that’s gonna say that I changed the game,” Towns said. “And I’m gonna be very appreciative of that.
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PGA Tour players who did not leave for LIV Golf will reportedly receive financial compensation beyond equity in the new company.
It’s the first day of the 123rd U.S. Open, behind held at the prestigious Los Angeles Country Club. Typically, the beginning of the U.S. Open is story enough to capture the golf world. But the groundbreaking news last week of the PGA Tour making a deal with the Saudi’s Public Investment Fund has brought the world’s attention to the sport.
There are still so many unknowns regarding the deal.
When Mike Breen is at a sporting event, he’s usually got the best seat in the house—but not on Wednesday night in Queens.
As ESPN’s lead NBA play-by-play broadcaster (just don’t call him “the voice of the NBA”), Breen is used to sitting as close to the action as possible, with nothing to distract him from the action but the occasional bickering between Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy.
Breen, fresh off calling the NBA Finals, was at Citi Field on Wednesday for the Subway Series and didn’t have the greatest seat.
While the NBA world awaits Adam Silver’s decision on Ja Morant’s punishment, Kendrick Perkins made a surprising suggestion to help turn around the troubled star’s career.
Perkins believes Morant, who has been suspended indefinitely by the Grizzlies after flashing a firearm on Instagram for the second time, would benefit most from a change of scenery and a trade out of Memphis. Perkins’s ideal destination for the the troubled star raised plenty of eyebrows though, as he suggested that the Heat would be the best organizational fit for Morant.
One QB could put himself squarely in the big-money picture next offseason, and so can a handful of young defenders who haven’t quite found their footing in the pros yet.
Longtime WFAN media personality Craig Carton is leaving the station for a lucrative contract with FS1, according to a report from Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.
The contract for Carton at FS1 will pay him seven figures, sources told Marchand.
The 54-year-old Carton returned to WFAN in 2020 after serving more than a year in prison starting in June ’19, following a conviction for fraud charges stemming from a fake ticket scam. Carton left the station following his arrest in Sept. ’17, after cohosting Boomer and Carton for more than a decade.
Fantasy baseball analyst Fred Zinkie offers up his blueprint for the final days of Week 11.
The Bradley Beal situation highlights the volatility and challenges of striking a deal with the NBA Draft and free agency on the horizon.
Phillies teammates Bryce Harper and Bryson Stott, who both were born in Las Vegas, said that the Athletics should remain in Oakland and that their hometown would be better served by an MLB expansion franchise.
The Saudi Public Investment Fund brought sportswashing to golf. If would be difficult — though perhaps not unworkable — to try it in pro football.