Damian Lillard’s talents extend beyond the basketball court, as the Bucks star has enjoyed success as a rapper, and he apparently nearly featured ESPN analyst Doris Burke on one of his songs—until her verse got cut.
Burke detailed her short-lived career as a rapper during Milwaukee’s preseason game against the Lakers on Sunday night.
“Do you know I once got cut from a Damian Lillard track? I kid you not. He had me record lines. I didn’t make it. Not surprised,” Burke said with a laugh.
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ESPN tasked longtime bigot Mark Jones to call the Colorado-Stanford game last Friday, during which he fawned over Deion Sanders for being a black coach.
Like the last time he called a Colorado matchup, Jones randomly referenced, sang, and danced to rap songs in the booth.
Mark Jones is, by definition, a clown.
His antics are cringe. They distract from the game at hand, the cardinal sin of a play-by-play commentator.
He is also a second-tier broadcaster often stumbling upon his words and crediting the wrong player for plays. (Shedeur Sanders doesn’t play defense, Mark.
There’s a shakeup happening in WWE leadership. Vince McMahon has stepped down as CEO to take on a new role as the company’s executive chairman. So Paul Levesque — better known as Triple H — will now have full control as WWE’s Head of Creative.
Last month, the merger between WWE and UFC was completed — all under the umbrella of the Endeavor Group. Combined, the new company is now worth more than $21.4 billion, with UFC valued at $12.1 billion and WWE at $9.3 billion.
The Marlins announced Monday that general manager Kim Ng would not return in 2024.
The club decided to exercise its half of the mutual option in her contract, but Ng declined to exercise hers, allowing the executive to pursue other opportunities.
Ng led the Marlins for three seasons—overseeing the team as it clawed its way out of mediocrity to become a playoff team. Before coming to Miami, she had decades of experience in the game, including as senior vice president of baseball operations for the commissioner’s office and as an assistant GM with the Yankees and the Dodgers.
There was a shot during Sunday’s Seahawks-Bengals broadcast on CBS that Joe Burrow would have no idea the cameras caught, a few ticks after he found rookie Andrei Iosivas scored his first career touchdown to give Cincinnati a 14–7 lead with 12:20 left in the second quarter.
Burrow had jogged over to Bengals coach Zac Taylor when it hit him. Out of seemingly nowhere, he planted his foot, and ran to a member of the officiating crew wearing a black vest and handling the footballs. The official saw Burrow and pointed to the end zone, where a ball was sitting on the turf.
Georgia tight end Brock Bowers will undergo surgery on his injured left ankle and will be out for three to six weeks, the school announced Monday. Bowers is widely considered to be a first-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft.
Bowers left Saturday’s game at Vanderbilt with a high ankle sprain in the second quarter, and he’ll undergo surgery Monday in order to stabilize it. The junior was named first-team All-America last season, recording 63 catches for 942 yards and seven touchdowns.
Patriots legend Tedy Bruschi didn’t mince words when talking about Bill Belichick’s current situation in New England.
Floyd Mayweather continues to prove he’s a strong supporter of Israel.
The star boxer was one of the first major celebrities in America to voice his support for the Israelis and condemn Hamas following the horrific terrorist attack that left more than 1,400 people dead.
The images and videos that came out of Israel shook all good people to their core.
The IDF released shocking video of Hamas terrorists murdering innocent Israelis before being killed by security forces.
This is what idiots on college campuses rallying for Hamas support.
Don’t look away.
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is often regarded as one of the best coaches in NFL history.
However, the 71-year-old could add an unfortunate record to his long resume this season depending how the Patriots finish out the year. If the Patriots lose at least nine more games this season, Belichick will become the losingest coach in NFL history.
After New England’s 21–17 loss to the Raiders on Sunday, Belichick’s squad moved to 1–5, which remains to be the worst start of his coaching career. This moved the six-time Super Bowl champion’s all-time coaching record to 299–157.
I feel the need to open up this week’s edition of Par Talk with a personal note about my own golf game, because I’m very much battling demons at the moment. We’ll get to the professional golfers in a bit, I know you’re all much more concerned about how my round went on Sunday with $30 on the line.
Full disclosure here, I’m a 2 handicap who typically plays once a week and gets to beat balls on the range once or twice a week as well, which as I write that while hearing my 11-month-old son screaming downstairs sounds selfish, but dad has to get his money’s worth at the country club.