Author: Michael

The three-time major champion has gutted out two surprising victories and played more than 10 hours of tennis en route to the third round. How much further can he go?
Jon Wertheim: This marks the fourth anniversary of Andy Murray’s quasi-retirement. His cheerful exit from the 2019 Australian Open, when the tournament went so far as to produce a farewell video, well…how silly that looks today. Murray never formally retired. He underwent a hip resurfacing procedure and struggled to return. But now, four years later, he’s still going.

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Dwyane Wade is one of the best players in basketball history, but his beer-chugging could use some work. The 41-year-old, three-time NBA Champion returned to Marquette, his alma mater, on Wednesday night.
As the No. 20-ranked Golden Eagles hosted the No. 22 Providence Friars at Fiserv Forum in Wisconsin, much of their 2003 Final Four team was in attendance. Former head coach Tom Crean, Travis Diener, Steve Novak and Wade were among those sitting courtside.
The team was honored for its incredible run to the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament during halftime.

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The NFL announced on Thursday which teams will host international games during the 2023 season, and there’s some big names.
The Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots will all play host to international “home” games next year.
There will be two NFL games played in Germany, one hosted by the Chiefs and the other by the Patriots.
The remaining games, hosted by the Bills, Titans and Jaguars will be played in London. Two of those games, the Bills and Titans “home” games, will be at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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We’ve got three props we like in the third meeting between these NFC East rivals.
The Giants and Eagles will battle for the third time this season when they meet Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in an NFC divisional playoff game.
Philadelphia won both regular-season matchups, in Weeks 14 and 18, and is favored by a little more than a touchdown on its home field. The Eagles, the No. 1 seed in the conference, earned a bye for wild-card weekend. Meanwhile, New York upset Minnesota on the road in Round 1 to set up this NFC East rematch between rivals.

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The retired star considered coming out of retirement to play for Buffalo this season.
Rob Gronkowski recently said he considered joining the Bills before ultimately retiring ahead of the 2022 NFL season, and it appears the team’s quarterback had a lot to do with his consideration.
In an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Robin Lundberg on Thursday, the former Buccaneers tight end was asked which quarterback in history—not including Tom Brady—would he most want to play with.

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New York City Democratic mayor Eric Adams believes that the best thing that the city has to offer is vegan cheesecake.
How do I know this?
Because the mayor, who is supposed to fight for all that NYC represents, has offered VEGAN CHEESECAKE in a bet with Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney ahead of this weekend’s NFC Divisional Game between the Giants and Eagles.
The Philly mayor isn’t even vegan, which makes Adams’ offer even more preposterous.

VEGAN CHEESECAKE IS THE BEST FOOD NYC HAS?
Mayors frequently do friendly wagers when rival cities’ teams play each other.

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Deion Sanders has zero tolerance for any player who abuses or disrespects a woman.
The Colorado football coach is doing his best to rebuild the culture within the program, and that includes teaching young men how to appropriately interact with the opposite sex.
During a team meeting, he had a handful of female staffers come in, and he let the Buffaloes know if you cause problems with women, you can pack your bags and get the hell out.

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Kobe Bryant did to Stephen A. Smith what Skip Bayless, Max Kellerman or Chris “Mad Dog” Russo never could. He scared the living shit out of him.
Smith admitted as much during a Wednesday interview with Howard Stern on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show.
And let’s be real, the only one scared shitless during that interview was the doorframe that had to fit both egos inside one studio.
“Kobe, God rest his soul. Now he scared me. Kobe scared the living shit out of me,” admitted Smith when asked if he ever received calls from athletes he was critical of on-air. “Kobe was a savant.

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Bettors in Ohio may want to ease up on bashing college athletes, because it could get you the boot from sports gambling altogether.
At least that’s the way Matt Schuler, the commissioner of the Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC), sees it.
Schuler floated the idea of banning gamblers in his state from placing further bets if they’re found lashing out at college athletes, which was the case earlier this week when Dayton Flyers head coach Anthony Grant bashed angry online gamblers for attacking his players.

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