Author: Michael

Conor McGregor is reportedly under investigation for allegedly harming a woman in Spain.
The UFC legend is being investigated by authorities in Ibiza, Spain after he allegedly attacked a woman on a yacht last July, according to Majorica Daily Bulletin (via Daily Beast).
The alleged attack took place during a birthday party for the MMA sensation, and the unnamed woman claims she was in such fear that she thought McGregor was going to kill her as he allegedly punched her face and kicked her belly, according to the same report.

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After completing the fifth year of his rookie deal, Saquon Barkley will hit free agency. The Giants have to re-sign, right?
The running back position doesn’t have a ton of superstars available on the free agent market, but there are a few names of interest … none more than Saquon Barkley. After two injury-plagued seasons, the superstar back remained healthy in 2022 and finished fifth in fantasy points at the position with 284 (17.6 PPG).

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Spread, over/under and prop bets for Tuesday’s Celtics-Heat game in Miami. The Heat are small home favorites.
The fourth and final regular-season meeting between the Celtics and Heat tips off Tuesday in South Florida.
Boston beat Miami in seven games in the Eastern Conference finals last May and leads the regular-season series, 2–1. The last time these teams played it was a two-game set at the TD Garden on Nov. 30 and Dec. 2—the Celtics won the first game, 134-121, and the Heat won the second in overtime, 120-116.

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The think tank where a former NFL exec is melding the out-of-work with the up-and-coming.
Two years before presiding over one of the biggest comebacks in NFL playoff history, Doug Pederson was just another recently unemployed coach who couldn’t get far enough away from a sideline. “Gosh, I went several weeks after being let go by the Eagles [in early 2021], just riding off into the offseason,” recalls Pederson. “I needed to take a break. I needed to relax. I needed to clear my head.”
At the same time, Pederson knew he didn’t want to remain away from the league for long.

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There are no words for how stupid this all is.
Absolute morons, the stupidest, greediest parasites society has to offer, are peddling a conspiracy theory so dense it defies belief. Any hopes of ignoring “Damar Hamlin is a clone” have now gone out the window, with Hamlin himself feeling the need to poke fun at the grifters spreading the lie.

“Clone” pic.twitter.

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The need for a quarterback upgrade is apparent, so look no further than the spacey 39-year-old. It’s time for New York to decide how good it would like to be in 2023.
A few years ago, I would have written this out of sickness.
As a former Jets beat reporter, I remember what an absolutely, mystifyingly out-of-body experience being in that locker room could be. Here we were standing in the middle of a quarterback Bermuda Triangle with Tim Tebow, Mark Sanchez and Greg McElroy. We had no idea who was starting Sunday. The head coach (probably) talking about fighting someone.

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The Dallas running back is set to make about $11 million in 2023.
Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is open to taking a pay cut in order to stay with the team next season, The Dallas Morning News reported Monday.
Elliot, who is set to make 10.9 million in 2023, will reportedly look to negotiate his recently extended contract after a season that saw statistical lows and Tony Pollard emerge as the team’s running back of the future.

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Cincinnati uses angles to their advantage in the ground game
Week 6 of the 2022 NFL season feels like a lifetime ago.
If you can remember back that far, the Cincinnati Bengals were 2-3, coming off a loss on Sunday Night Football to the Baltimore Ravens, and the vultures were circling. A deluge of stories was written debating whether the Bengals were the latest victim of the dreaded “Super Bowl hangover,” and chuckleheads like me were wondering what was wrong with their offense.

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The Hall of Famer is coming off two seasons working with the Colts.
Lipscomb Academy in Nashville is reportedly set to hire Pro Football Hall of Fame center Kevin Mawae as the next football coach at the prep school, per The Athletic’s Matt Fortuna.
Mawae will replace former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer at Lipscomb Academy. Dilfer coached at the prep school for four years before being hired as the next coach at UAB in November.
This news comes after last month’s report that Lipscomb Academy sought to hire former NFL tight end Jason Witten.

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