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It took them a while, but the Houston Rockets managed to get Kevin Porter, Jr. off the team.
KPJ — known mostly for his locker-room antics and serious controversies despite his talent — was sent to the Oklahoma City Thunder as Houston becomes the latest team to cleanse itself of Porter’s presence.

CLEVELAND, OHIO – MARCH 26: Kevin Porter Jr. #3 of the Houston Rockets pauses during the first half against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on March 26, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Dodgers got steamrolled in the NLDS by the Diamondbacks.

Rickie Fowler at the 2022 ZOZO Championship in Chiba, Japan. | Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images
Plenty of PGA Tour stars are in the ZOZO Championship field this week at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan.
The PGA Tour has returned to the land of the rising sun.
This week, the ZOZO Championship takes center stage at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan, about 30 miles east of Tokyo.
Rickie Fowler will be on hand, as will defending champion Keegan Bradley.
“I really, really love playing in the country of Japan,” Bradley said Tuesday.

Netflix is going to ease itself into broadcasting live sports with a special event called The Netflix Cup which will feature professional golfers and Formula 1 drivers hitting the links in Las Vegas.
The streaming giant announced the live-streamed event will serve as a crossover of sorts to two of its popular sports docuseries, Drive To Survive and Full Swing.
It’s like a real-world sports version of when Ray Barone would show up on King of Queens. Or like when Doug Heffernan would drop by Everybody Loves Raymond.

The Colts will be without defensive tackle Grover Stewart for at least six games after he was suspended by the NFL due to a violation of the league’s policy against performance-enhancing drugs.
Stewart acknowledged the suspension on Tuesday on his Instagram story, in which he apologized to the league, his teammates, and fans in Indianapolis for violating the PED policy.
Stewart said that he was unaware of taking any banned substances, but accepted responsibility for his mistake.

Even though the Cowboys pulled out a 20-17 win over the Chargers on Monday Night Football, Dallas owner Jerry Jones was still very critical of the game.
The Cowboys moved to 4-2 on the season with the win, but Jones felt like the team wasn’t performing at its best.
“I felt it was as disjointed or sloppy a game as—maybe that’s a strong word—for both sides,” Jones said on Tuesday’s 105.3 The Fan. “I really thought the game was, relatively speaking statistically, was even. … Penalties evened out. The stats were real even on the game.

The New York Jets upset the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday afternoon/evening, depending on your location. Millions upon millions tuned in to watch. Over 26 million, in fact. It was the most-watched broadcast — of any kind — since the Super Bowl in February.

Eagles-Jets delivered the largest Nielsen-measured audience of the NFL season, with the Rodgers-less Jets in each of the top three games: https://t.co/oJcdewzycu
— Sports Media Watch (@paulsen_smw) October 17, 2023

Many thought that the networks were losing their minds after Aaron Rodgers got hurt.

Stewart will eligible to return for the Colts’ Week 14 game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The record is not pretty for James Franklin. He’s 1-5 against Ohio State and just 3-15 vs. top 10 teams. Beating the Buckeyes would show that these aren’t the same old Nittany Lions.

If you’re not a true fan, Dabo Swinney doesn’t want you.
The Clemson football head coach unloaded on so-called “bandwagon” fans who aren’t pleased with the Tigers’ 2023 campaign. Ranked No. 9 in the preseason, Clemson has fallen out of the polls after losses to Duke and Florida State.
“We’re at a point in our time, and I hate that, where people, if you don’t go undefeated, (say) ‘You’re losers. You’re terrible.’ And it’s just such a terrible mindset,” Swinney said. “And honestly, maybe we need to lose a few games and lighten up the bandwagon.