Author: Michael

I like big jorts, and I cannot lie.
Paolo Banchero has been weirdly lost in the conversation despite coming off a monster rookie season that’s already established him as one of the best young big men in the league.
Now there’s no excuse to ignore him and his GIANT JORTS.

THE FULL FIT.
Paolo Banchero covers SLAM 244. https://t.co/1Manl7O24s pic.twitter.com/ILxOJzE1Qf
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) May 24, 2023

This look is a whole mood. The Oakley goggles, the jersey, jorts that could double as an emergency sail is a yacht suffers a mishap. It’s a whole beautiful thing.

The Los Angeles Lakers were swept by the Denver Nuggets, but nobody is talking about it. Instead, LeBron James floating the idea of retirement after his Lakers were bounced from the NBA playoffs is dominating headlines, and Charles Barkley hates it.
During Tuesday night’s TNT coverage of the Miami Heat-Boston Celtics game, Barkley took the time to essentially call out the media’s lack of coverage of the Nuggets’ accomplishment and only focusing on James.
“I was so mad [on Tuesday] morning I actually turned the TV off,” Barkley said.

Tennessee police completed a welfare check at Ja Morant’s home Wednesday after the Grizzlies star made multiple mysterious posts on his Instagram Story.
According to TMZ, the Shelby County Sherriff’s Office visited Morant’s home to make sure he was all right and safe. The check-in came after the 23-year-old posted and subsequently deleted posts on his Instagram Story early Wednesday with pictures and captions that included “Love ya ma” with a heart emoji, “love ya pops” with a heart emoji and “you da greatest baby girl” with another heart.

Tua Tagovailoa is back on the practice field for the first time since December this week and he looks noticeably bulkier than he did during his breakout 2022 season.
NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe noted that the Dolphins’ former first-round quarterback is bigger and stronger heading into his fourth year in the league. Tagovailoa is also reportedly wearing the VICIS Zero2 Matrix QB helmet, which is specifically designed for signal-callers to help reduce concussions.

SI.com’s Week in Wrestling is published every week and provides beneath-the-surface coverage of the business of pro wrestling.
CM Punk’s return could go awry
CM Punk is returning to AEW.
Where that leads represents a pivotal stretch for the company.
The Punk situation has been a conundrum ever since last September, when he
was injured at All Out and forced to vacate the world title.

Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger center today’s podcast around all of the different directions that live sports could splinter off into as cable and streaming networks take a bigger slice of the broadcasting pie.

The Oakland Athletics appear to be significantly closer to officially moving to Las Vegas.
On Tuesday, reports broke that local Clark County officials had expressed concern about the team’s future revenues.
READ: A’S MOVE IN JEOPARDY? VEGAS OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY CONCERNED ABOUT TEAM’S FINANCIAL FUTURE
Given the A’s revenue challenges in Oakland, local authorities had justifiable concern about their ability to meet debt service payments. If the team falls short of revenue goals, it could force the county to step in.

Check out our first batch of draft rankings for the fantasy football wide receivers of 2023!

We are hurtling toward fantasy draft season, so there’s no better time to get an early start with our draft rankings!

As soon as the NFL announced that it had approved a new rule change for 2023 that would enable kickoff returners to call for a fair catch and allow the offense to start with the ball at the 25-yard line, the football world had plenty of strong reactions. Now, the world’s premier football league is catching flak from one of its competitors: the USFL.
The nascent league, which is currently in the second season of its current iteration, posted a strong response defending the traditional kickoff, which it views as a path to the NFL for many players.