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Count Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce as one of the few players banging the drum for Thursday night football games.
Pretty much anyone who has ever talked about Thursday night NFL games has been against them. That includes Al Michaels, who was subjected to a lot of terrible ones last year as the voice of Thursday Night Football (although things are looking up this season).

Kelce Brothers Sound Off On New NFL Kickoff Rule: ‘This Is Whack’

While most of the complaints from players stem from having short weeks, Kelce has a different take.

Jayson Tatum was on fire in the first half of Game 6 against the Heat on Saturday. The Celtics star dropped a game-high 25 points in the half, helping Boston hold onto a four-point lead through the first two quarters.
Tatum is looking to keep the Celtics’ season alive. A win on Saturday would see the Eastern Conference finals evened up at three wins apiece and force a Game 7 in Boston.
His 25 points came on 7-of-13 shooting from the field, and he added 11 points on 11 attempts from the free throw line.

NBA on TNT commentator Stan Van Gundy made sure Tyler Herro didn’t have the last word in their ongoing war of words on Saturday after the Miami guard responded to the ex-NBA coach’s comments from Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Van Gundy went viral on Tuesday after jabbing at Herro, who has been sidelined since April 16 with a broken hand, about his fashion. On Saturday, the fourth-year guard responded to SVG’s barb with a roast of his own in an Instagram post insinuating he was a bad coach during his 18 seasons at the helm.

The Aces’ rings feature 561 total diamonds and 11 carats. Other than Davis, the design process for the rings was led by an all female team. The rings are products of popular jeweler, Jason of Beverly Hills.

Heat guard Gabe Vincent, who missed Game 5 with a left ankle injury, returns to the starting lineup in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, while Caleb Martin will take Kevin Love’s place in the starting lineup.

Ryan Crouser unveils a new technique that “clicked” for the first time in competition at the Los Angeles Grand Prix, smashing his world shot put record.

The Celtics will look to even up the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday, set to battle the Heat in Game 6. Ahead of the clash, TNT’s Inside the NBA crew invited Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk to the desk to discuss his team’s run to the Stanley Cup Finals.
As it turns out, two of the stars of the respective conference finals of each sport go way back. During the segment, Tkachuk revealed that he and Boston star Jayson Tatum actually attended the same high school and were even members of the same gym class.

Just one year after Aaron Judge set a new American League record with 61 home runs, Pete Alonso is already giving chase.
As of Saturday afternoon, Alonso had 19 home runs in just 52 games. That puts him on pace to get to 59 by the end of the season.
Shocking close to 60 or even Judge’s 61.
The New York Mets slugger admitted this week that he’s already thought about it.
“It would be really cool if it happened,” Alonso said.
And Judge recently admitted he’s keeping tabs on the Mets’ first baseman’s success to start the season.

As a member of the legendary 2016 Warriors, Draymond Green has often heard about both the good and bad of that team’s run over the last several years. But, according to the star forward, those days could soon be behind him if the Celtics pull off a never-before-seen feat in the Eastern Conference finals.
During the latest episode of his self-titled podcast, Green posited an interesting theory regarding the historical implications of the Celtics’ overcoming their 3–0 deficit against the Heat.

It appears someone has learned from Ja Morant’s mistakes, but that person isn’t Ja Morant, it’s Damian Lillard.
Lillard was doing a live video on Instagram when a viewer asked him to show his Glock. He wasn’t going to fall for this one, what with how many times this has gotten Morant in trouble.

Damian Lillard responds to fans asking him to show a Glock on instagram
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