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As the stars descended upon Denver for Game 1 of the NBA Finals, a touching exchange between two of the greatest athletes of all-time gave both NBA and NFL fans a pre-game moment to be hyped about.
One of the many ESPN cameras courtside for Monday’s matchup between the Heat and Nuggets captured Peyton Manning and Shaquille O’Neal greeting each other prior to tipoff. Shortly after the Hall of Famers shook hands, Manning introduced O’Neal to his 12-year-old son Marshall, who was wearing a Nuggets-era Allen Iverson jersey.

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Adam Silver says Ja Morant’s latest gun suspension is coming after the NBA Finals, and he didn’t sound happy.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that the league will issue a punishment to Ja Morant for his latest gun-related incident after the 2023 NBA Finals. Silver spoke to the media ahead of Game 1 between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat, and said the NBA uncovered new information since it began its investigation in mid May.
Silver said the league didn’t want to take attention away from the NBA Finals by announcing the Morant suspension now.

Social media is making life tougher for NFL rookies.
Any mistake that surfaces from OTAs or in-season practices gives rookies trepidation to never slip up. Or else.
One guy that recently saw a swell of criticism from his first week of OTAs is new Titans quarterback Will Levis.
Despite already facing a tough journey after a brutal first round of the NFL Draft — where Levis waited for ages to get picked, settling for a second-round selection — the criticism against Levis piles on as more footage from his OTAs surfaces.
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed the latest in the league’s investigation into Ja Morant’s recent off-court incident, one that appeared to show the Grizzlies’ star displaying a gun during an Instagram live video in May.
During a press conference ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Silver told reporters that the NBA has “uncovered a fair amount of additional information” in its investigation of Morant’s behavior. However, Silver said he believed it would be unfair to the Heat and the Nuggets to announce the results of the league’s investigation during the Finals.

American tennis star Taylor Fritz won a tough four-set match, 2–6 6–4 6–3 6–4, during the second round of the French Open on Thursday, but he was met with a chorus of boos from the crowd.
This was because Fritz, the No. 9 seed in the major tournament, took out France’s last hope of winning the men’s title, since he beat Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech.
There are now no French men remaining in the draw, so the home crowd let Fritz hear it throughout the match.
Right after match point, Fritz immediately went to silence the crowd, which only further egged on the boisterous boos.

Andy Behrens reveals his priority pickups, headlined by elite prospect Jordan Walker.

“Why do we have to be so anal about this to have the clock shoved in everybody’s face?

Adam Silver is waiting to pull the trigger on Ja Morant’s suspension.
Speaking with the NBA media ahead of Thursday’s Game 1 between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat, Silver addressed Morant’s upcoming suspension for flashing a gun on social media (the second instance in a two-month span).
The second incident occurred after the Lakers eliminated the Memphis Grizzlies in Round 1 of the Western Conference Playoffs.

The pitch clock has brought about immense change in baseball, and players have more or less gotten the hang of quickening the pace after just two months of live games. That doesn’t mean that they’re all happy about it—and one of the game’s most outspoken voices had something to say about the way umpires have been enforcing the pitch clock rules.
Mets ace Max Scherzer had some criticism for how pitch clock violations have been handled after his start on Thursday, which New York won, 4–2.

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — You’ve got to hand it to the Southeastern Conference. It is turning indecision and disagreement into a TV show.
On June 14, the league that cannot make up its mind will unveil its 2024 schedule live on the SEC Network. It will be an eight-game conference slate, not nine, with a single-division lineup leading to the two highest-ranked teams playing in the championship game. But it will not be the beginning of a so-called “one-seven” model, with one permanent opponent and the other seven rotating annually.
It might not be the beginning of anything. Or maybe it is.