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The Indiana center’s name has featured in trade talks for years.
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After years of bandying his name about in trade talks, the Pacers will hold on to center Myles Turner for the time being.
The center agreed to a two-year, $60 million contract extension with the Pacers, according to a Saturday afternoon report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal reportedly includes a $17 million renegotiation on his salary this season, the largest in the history of the NBA, and will pay Turner $20.

Embiid was fined $25,000 for doing the gesture in a game.
On Wednesday, Sixers center Joel Embiid brought out the DX crotch chop celebration in a win over the Nets, which led to a fine from the NBA for $25,000. The league was unhappy that Embiid made “an obscene gesture on the playing court.”
While Embiid’s wallet is now lighter, he did appear to gain an admirer through the endeavor. On Saturday, Triple H tweeted his admiration that Embiid used the WWE celebration in a basketball game, so much so that he pretty much offered to help pay for it.

Western Kentucky basketball traveled to Boca Raton, FL over the weekend for its road matchup against No. 21 Florida Atlantic. While there, players allegedly slid into the DMs of multiple girls on the night before the game.
In apparent screenshots posted online by the women with whom the Hilltoppers were conversing, pieces of the puzzle start to add up. The female Owls appear to have set up their school’s opponents with plans to expose them.
All of the conversations occurred on a dating app on Friday night, according to the date on the images.

The incident comes on the heels of a similar controversy involving the Philadelphia Flyers on Jan. 17.
For the second time in the span of weeks, the NHL is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons after a contentious Pride Night.
The Rangers promised fans they would wear Pride-centric jerseys and tape while warming up for their game against the Golden Knights Friday evening, but went back on that promise and wore their usual uniforms.
Saturday afternoon, New York released a statement on Friday’s events, according to a report from USA Today‘s Vince Z. Mercogliano.

You know what they say: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
And then maybe just go to the USFL.
In an effort to show NFL teams he can still play, linebacker Reuben Foster will sign with the Pittsburgh Maulers, according to Ian Rapoport.
The Maulers have not yet announced the signing. But just a couple weeks ago, Foster asked his Twitter followers for some career advice.

The Chiefs starting quarterback found himself hampered after the low hit and now may be affected in this week’s AFC championship
Jaguars linebacker Arden Key was fined by the league for a hit in last weekend’s AFC divisional-round game against the Chiefs, but it wasn’t for his actions on the play that injured Kansas City star quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Instead, the NFL docked Key $15,914 for a roughing the passer penalty committed on Chiefs backup Chad Henne in the second quarter, according to Tom Pelissero.