Author: Michael

After spending their entire histories in Washington D.C. and Maryland, two of the District of Columbia’s oldest sports teams may soon be on the move.
Monumental Sports & Entertainment—the group that owns the Wizards and Capitals, as well as the Mystics—has spoken to governmental officials about potentially moving the two teams from Washington D.C. proper to Northern Virginia, according to a Friday evening report from The Washington Post.

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There hasn’t exactly been love lost between Chris Paul and the Warriors over the years.
The future Hall of Fame point guard has run into the Golden State buzz saw, the one that has won four championships over the last decade, far too often in the Western Conference. It’s led to intense playoff battles that have garnered respect between Paul-led teams and the Warriors, but certainly not any longstanding relationships between the two parties.
That all changed earlier this week, when Paul was acquired by the Warriors in a trade that sent guard Jordan Poole to the Wizards.

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Sun center Brionna Jones will miss the rest of the season after rupturing her right Achilles on Tuesday, the team announced. Jones, who on incurred the injury in Connecticut’s game vs. Seattle, underwent surgery on Friday.
“First, I want to thank everyone who has reached out over the last few days. All of the love I’ve received has truly been a blessing as I’ve gone through this tough time,” Jones said in a statement. “While this is not how I envisioned this season ending for me, I am determined and ready to head into the next stage of recovery and rehab.

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He’s the greatest Twitter user of all-time.
There are moments in everyone’s life as a sports fan where you realize that you’re watching greatness. LeBron James scoring 25 straight points against the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, Patrick Mahomes throwing six touchdowns against the Steelers in 2018, Shohei Ohtani…well…being Shohei Ohtani.
Kevin Durant has solidified himself as one of the greats on the basketball court. However, on Friday he etched his name among the great Twitter users in the history of the app.

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Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has been mentioned in trade rumors more frequently this offseason than any in his 11-year career. Most link him to the Heat, a team in need of backcourt help to take the next steps after winning the Eastern Conference title.
Lillard, usually quick to spell out his intense loyalty to Portland, has done little to dissolve these rumors—and in fact may have stoked them even more Friday night.

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THIBODAUX, La. — Before Sean Payton flashed that orange tie clue on FOX’s pregame show last Jan. 29 that he would be Denver’s next coach officially within a week, Peyton Manning knew.
“Yeah, I might have, kind of known a little bit what was going on,” Manning said with a wink as laughter broke at the Manning Passing Academy Media Day Friday at Nicholls State University.
Manning lives in Denver, where he ended his Pro Football Hall of Fame career with a Super Bowl 50 victory over Carolina in Santa Clara, California, in the 2015 season.

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