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Former Laker and NBA great Magic Johnson tended to hate the Boston Celtics during his illustrious playing career in which he led the Lakers to five NBA championships in 1980, ’82, ’85, ’87 and ’88. There were none sweeter than when Magic beat Larry Bird and the Celtics for titles in 1985 and ’87, avenging the NBA title loss to Boston in 1984.
But Johnson watching his former rival get embarrassed by Miami, 128-102, on Sunday night to fall behind, 3-0, in the NBA Eastern Conference finals hurt badly.

The NBA on TNT crew has been tremendous all postseason, and with the Miami Heat now a win away from ending the Eastern Conference finals, we are close to saying goodbye to Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley until next season.
The guys have been having fun being on location for the Heat-Celtics series, including Sunday night when Barkley had fans rolling with his brutally honest take on the struggling Celtics.

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The Monaco Grand Prix has been called the “Crown Jewel” of F1, but will it keep its crown?
Formula 1 descends on the streets of Monte Carlo this week for the Monaco Grand Prix, and while there are a number of storylines to track this week — from Charles Leclerc’s bitter history at his home course to whether Sergio Pérez can remain “King of the Streets” — one of the biggest storylines to follow might be the Grand Prix itself.

Hannah Arensman, a 35-time winner on the national cyclocross circuit, recently retired from the sport due to biological men competing against biological women. Now, officially out of cycling, she’s speaking out against transgender women in women’s sports.
Arensman called it quits shortly after finishing fourth at the UCI Cyclocross National Championship in December. Austin Killips, a biological man, finished third in the race while another transgender female finished just behind her in fifth.
“I have decided to end my cycling career.

New York Jets offensive lineman Mekhi Becton doesn’t seem to be the biggest fan of his coaching staff.
Becton’s last two seasons in the NFL have been a mess. He hurt his knee in 2021, switched to right tackle during the 2022 offseason and then suffered a season-ending knee injury before the season ever started.
He knows exactly who he blames for his health struggles:
The coaches who made the decision to switch him from left to right tackle. Becton argues the move put more pressure and stress on his already hobbled knee, which led to the 2022 injury.

The National Football League lost one of its true giants last week, as the great Jim Brown passed away at the age of 87. His playing career started in 1957 and ended in 1965, one year before the first Super Bowl. He won numerous accolades during his nine seasons in the league, including Rookie of the Year, four league MVPs, eight unanimous first-team NFL picks and nine Pro Bowl appearances.
These days, a player’s overall success is also largely based on his fantasy football production and value.

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In a wide-ranging interview with The Daily Mail, Domenicali addressed some critical topics
In a wide-ranging interview with The Daily Mail, Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali talked about the next move for Lewis Hamilton, the growth of the sport and drivers’ frustrations with some recent changes, and even the future of F1 itself.
The comments drawing the most attention focus on recent changes to the sport, and pushback from drivers.

Shemy Schembechler has apologized for liking a variety of different tweets that led to him losing his job at Michigan.
The son of legendary Michigan coach Bo Schembechler resigned from a position with the football program after being on staff for just a few days.
His resignation came after people discovered he’d liked tweets quoting Thomas Sowell, in support of RFK Jr., tweets about how black people suffer when reliant on the government, Jim Crow, a tweet showing black people fighting and tagged as Biden voters and other controversial tweets.

Jadeveon Clowney is on the hunt for a new NFL contract and wouldn’t mind it if the team who originally drafted him, the Houston Texans, came calling.
Clowney, the first-overall pick in 2014, had a strong five seasons in Houston as he was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and picked up 29 sacks along the way. While he hasn’t been much of an impactful player as of late compared to his early years in the league, he still believes he has plenty left in the tank and a return to Houston wouldn’t be an opportunity he’d pass up.
“It would be nice. My family is here. Friends here.

The Boston Celtics are in a lot of trouble after losing Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals to the Miami Heat on Sunday night. They are now down 0-3 in the series and very well could be swept out of the playoffs Tuesday night in south Florida. 
One of the big reasons for their struggles against the Heat has been the play of their All-NBA guard, Jayson Tatum. He has disappeared in the fourth quarters of all three losses and has left Celtics fans wondering why he isn’t being the force he has been before in the playoffs.