Author: Michael

Troubled ex-NBA player Ben Gordon reportedly snapped inside a juice spot in Stamford, Conn., leading to his arrest Tuesday morning.
The scene wasn’t graceful, one bit. It began when patrons at the juice shop near Atlantic Street noticed Gordon behaving erratically — allegedly waving a knife around as he threatened onlookers. Then the cops arrived, and it took five officers to apprehend the former NBA player before sending him to a police detention center.

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Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali’s said he’s kicking the tires on drastically altering the typical structure of race weekends. His idea has several vocal critics including Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, the F1 president said he’d be in favor of getting rid of free practice sessions.
Whoa. Let’s not say things we can’t take back, Stefano.
I like drinking some coffee and watching practice on Fridays and Saturdays, but let’s hear him out. When asked, he walked back the idea of “no practice.

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After playing their first seven games of the year on the road, the Mets are back in the Big Apple. New York’s National League team is set to host its home-opener on Friday afternoon.
When Pete Alonso and the gang hit the diamond at Citi Field, their uniforms will feature a new patch.
The Mets announced a new, multi-year partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian hospital on Thursday morning. It will include the first sponsored jersey patch in franchise history.

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The NHL’s playoff picture is starting to take shape, kids.
We know that the Maple Leafs will try to win a playoff series for the first time since 2004 when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning (coincidentally, the Lightning won the Cup that season).
It’s a match-up that will surely have some people squinting at their TVs in a vain attempt at telling the two teams’ jerseys apart.
In the meantime, we’ve got some good stuff from the last couple of weeks of the season while the rest of the matchups take shape.

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Ben Gordon, a former UConn star and the 2005 NBA Sixth Man of the Year, was arrested Tuesday on weapons and threatening charges after demonstrating disorderly conduct at a juice shop in downtown Stamford, Conn., according to the Stamford police department.
Gordon, who was arrested on the day of his 40th birthday mere hours after the Huskies celebrated their fifth national championship, was charged with three counts of carrying a dangerous weapon and two counts of misdemeanor second-degree threatening.

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As the football world awaits Aaron Rodgers’ official move to join the Jets, New York has added another familiar face to its roster.
The Jets are signing quarterback Tim Boyle to a one-year contract, the team announced on Thursday. Mike Garafolo of NFL Network originally reported the move. Assuming Rodgers does indeed get moved to New York, that would reunite the pair after they were teammates in Green Bay from 2018 to ’20.
Boyle, 28, signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2018.

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After a historic run to the women’s national championship game, the University of Iowa’s athletic department has paused ticket sales for next season after soaring demand, according to a report from Chad Leistikow of the Des Moines Register.
Hawkeyes superstar Caitlin Clark captivated the sport with her elite scoring ability, and she will be back in the fold next season to put the school in position to be contenders once again.
The program set a Big Ten conference record for home attendance this season, averaging just over 11,100 fans per game.

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