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Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was cited for two counts of third-degree assault following a postgame outburst Tuesday following Minnesota’s elimination from the playoffs.
Denver Police Department spokesperson Jay Casillas said Edwards picked up a folding chair and swung it, striking two female employees at the arena. The employees sustained minor injuries, and asked for charges to be pressed against Edwards following the incident.
Edwards’s attorney, Harvey Steinberg, released a statement to Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report on Thursday defending his star client.

By 8 a.m. Thursday morning, all that was left of a Kentucky Derby dream was lying across a wooden railing in front of Barn 43 at Churchill Downs. Folded and placed there like a silent memorial, the bright-yellow saddle cloth read, “Wild On Ice.”
The horse by that name was already gone. Earlier that morning, Wild on Ice had been loaded on an equine van for transport to a surgical facility in Lexington for examination after injuring his left hind leg during his final workout before the Derby, which will be contested May 6.

The NBA on TNT crew is great for many reasons, including how they love to laugh at each other over silly stuff while the cameras are rolling and fans are watching. 
That happened again during the halftime show of the Warriors-Kings playoff game Wednesday night when Shaquille O’Neal admitted that he was having some stomach issues that his pals Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith might have caught wind of. 
That’s right, Shaq let the world know on live television that some lasagna caused him to pass gas while sitting in his chair.
This video below belongs in a museum.

During the first round of the NFL draft, Florida coach Billy Napier will be with his former quarterback as an invited guest in Kansas City on Thursday night, when the player who may just be the future of the position at the pro level walks across the stage. If signal-caller Anthony Richardson meets his potential, he will maximize his skill set.
“When a player on your team is going to be a first-round pick, it’s hard to argue with them or convince them to come back,” Napier says.

Deion Sanders is doing what he said he would do when he was hired as Colorado’s head football coach, by radically turning over the Buffaloes’ roster with 60 new players and counting heading into the upcoming season.
There has been a recent mass exodus of players out of the program, as more than 40 athletes have entered the transfer portal since the window opened April 15 and at least another 25 more since CU’s spring game April 22. One of those players, freshman tight end Zach Courtney, sent a message telling interested coaches that Sanders was withholding practice film.

With the 2023 NFL draft just hours away, the Texans should know what they intend to do with the No. 2 pick. But during the week leading up to the big night, the franchise has been legitimately struggling with what player to select. 
Houston has been “torn” this week on whether to pick a quarterback or an edge rusher with the second pick in the draft, a source told Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer. The Texans have known they’ve had the No. 2 pick since the regular season ended on Jan. 8 and have gotten every opportunity to evaluate players since.

Louisville football is going to need to find a new kicker before it takes the field against Georgia Tech on the first day of September. The Cardinals lost their three-year starter to the transfer portal earlier this week, and the announcement came with an important decision that created a lot of speculation.
James Turner, who made 47 of 59 field goal attempts in 42 games over four seasons, holds the school record for field goal percentage in a single season after going 20-of-22 last season.

Commissioners determined preliminary dates for the additional Playoff games of the expanded College Football Playoff, voting to hold first-round games that conflict with the NFL and semifinals on midweek nights. CFP executive director Bill Hancock confirmed the dates during an interview with reporters following the final day of commissioner meetings this week in the Dallas suburb.
In the 2024 Playoff, the first-round games, played at the home site of the better seed, will kick off the third week of December. One game will be played Friday night, Dec. 20, and three games Saturday, Dec. 21.

Wild On Ice, a winner of three of five lifetime races, was euthanized on Thursday after suffering an injury to his left hind leg while training at Churchill Downs. The horse was preparing to run in the Kentucky Derby on May 6.
According to the horse’s owner, Frank Sumpter, the three-year-old ran five furlongs before being pulled up by the jockey while galloping on the backstretch.
READ: JOCKEY GETS SHOVED FROM HORSE DURING RACE IN TERRIFYING SCENE

.@ToddTVG reports on the devastating news regarding Kentucky Derby hopeful WILD ON ICE, who was euthanized after training this morning.

Have you ever seen a baseball vanish into thin air in the middle of a play? Hudson Valley Renegades catcher Antonio Gomez thought he did. 
During the first inning of Tuesday’s night game between the Greenville Drive (the High-A affiliate of the Red Sox) and the Renegades (a Yankees affiliate), Greenville shortstop Marcelo Mayer hit a routine single between first and second. Eddinson Paulino, the runner on second, hustled home and slid in just ahead of the throw from right fielder Grant Richardson.