A month has now passed since the Jets acquired quarterback Aaron Rodgers from the Packers for draft compensation. It’s been an eventful one for the four-time MVP: he’s been a frequent presence at New York sporting events, but also suffered a minor calf strain Tuesday at OTAs.
Despite the setback, Rodgers maintained a sunny outlook on his new environment in a Tuesday afternoon press conference.
“Every day I wake up excited about coming to the facility,” Rodgers said. “Now the commute being two minutes really helps.
Author: Michael
Matt Araiza has landed his first workout with an NFL team since being cut by the Buffalo Bills ahead of last season over gang rape allegations. The New York Jets are giving the free-agent punter a look, according to Adam Schefter.
Jets are working out free-agent punter Matt Araiza today, his agent @JLSports3 confirmed.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 24, 2023
Matt Araiza was cut by the Bills in August 2022 shortly after an allegation was made public that he had taken part in the gang rape of a minor while attending San Diego State.
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I still don’t think the Celtics can pull off the comeback, but I wouldn’t be entirely shocked if it happened.
In today’s SI:AM:
The Celtics force a Game 5
Analyzing LeBron’s retirement speculation
How Carmelo could have changed Pistons history
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Boston avoids a sweep
The Celtics will get to play at least one more game at home.
Jimmy Butler dismissed the Celtics have momentum after their season-saving win in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The matchup for the 2023 NBA Finals isn’t set — not yet. After the Denver Nuggets completed a sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, the expectation was that the Miami Heat would do the same as the faced the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals with a 3-0 series lead.
Instead, the Celtics beat the Heat, 116-99, in Game 4 to roar back into the series and stave off elimination.
The Celtics are trying to become the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3–0 deficit in a playoff series. The team took the first step Tuesday night with a 116–99 Game 4 win over the Heat in Miami.
Boston sports fans know all about coming back from 3–0 deficits, as the Red Sox did against the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS, and then going on to win their first World Series since 1918.
During Tuesday night’s game, TNT cameras found two famous members from that Yankees team—Derek Jeter and Alex Rodiguez—sitting courtside.
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Tatum’s third quarter helped lift the C’s past Butler and the Heat
I feel like I could’ve named 80 things more likely to happen in Game 4 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals than a double-digit Celtics win, so in that respect, good on Boston for what they accomplished, asserting their identity in the third quarter and taking control of the game, avoiding elimination by a landslide.
Jimmy Butler and the Heat had hoped to win Game 4 in the Eastern Conference finals at home Tuesday and punch their tickets to the NBA Finals. But the Celtics had different plans, rallying back in the second half to save their season with a 116–99 win and force a Game 5 on Thursday in Boston.
Butler met with the media following the game (something he didn’t do after Game 4 and was punished by the league for it), and he had a surprising take on where the momentum now sits in this series.
WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg wrestled in hundreds of matches when he was in the ring throughout his career. Many were routine – he knew who was going to win and how they were going to win. But sometimes things don’t always go as planned – even in real life.
This past weekend, Goldberg suffered an accident while he was doing something that had also become routine to him, using his tractor.
Northwestern Michael Schill isn’t the biggest fan of the Big Ten expanding.
The B1G will formally accept UCLA and USC next summer, and the move is part of the reason why the conference has locked down the most lucrative TV deal in the history of college sports.
The Big Ten will be on both coasts once the Trojans and Bruins join summer 2024. Fans are pretty excited for the new era of B1G action.
However, Schill apparently is much less enthusiastic about the situation.
UCLA and USC will join the B1G in 2024.
A decade ago, no running back in the NFL had a higher stock than Adrian Peterson.
Then a member of the Vikings, Peterson had just polished off the best season of his career. He ran for an astounding 2,097 yards in 2012—eight shy of Rams legend Eric Dickerson’s single-season record—and swept MVP and Offensive Player of the Year honors from the Associated Press.
Now, Peterson is just trying to stick around the league at the age of 38. Despite going unsigned in 2022, he expressed to Clarence Hill Jr.