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Carmelo Anthony announced his retirement from the NBA after 19 seasons on Monday.
During his tenure in the league, Anthony received 10 NBA All-Star selections, won the scoring title in 2012-13 and was named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary team.
Anthony announced his retirement with a video posted on social media, including his highlights from his college and professional days with him discussing his career in the background.
“Now the time has come for me to say goodbye, to the court where I made my name, to the game that gave me purpose and pride,” Anthony said.

Glenn “Shemy” Schembechler apologized on Sunday for offensive social media activity which led to him stepping down as Michigan’s assistant director of football recruiting just three days after he was hired.
Schembechler’s Twitter account was deactivated over the weekend after users discovered he had “liked” various racist tweets, including some “suggesting slavery and Jim Crow had the positive effect of strengthening Black individuals and families,” per ESPN’s Heather Dinich.

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This could be the first year in NBA history that both conference finals end in sweeps.
The 2023 NBA Playoffs have already been one of the strangest and most unique postseasons the sport has seen in recent memory.
We have already seen a team in the Sacramento Kings, who made the playoffs for the first time in almost two decades, take the defending champions Golden State Warriors to seven games. We then saw the team many left for dead in the Los Angeles Lakers dismantle them in round two. Then we saw probably the least hyped No.

Boo Bubba Wallace all you want, haters, but perhaps you should be booing whatever the hell that NASCAR “All-Star” race was we just watched.
There was one all-star at North Wilkesboro Sunday, and he ruined the party for the rest of us God-Fearin’ NASCAR fans.
Thanks, Kyle Larson!
Whoooooof. What a SNOOZER of a race to cap what really was an awesome weekend for the sport.

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
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.