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Before James Harden’s incredible Game 1 performance against the Celtics on Monday night, the star 76ers guard showed up to TD Garden in a—interesting outfit. Harden wore what appeared to be a blue jump suit with fur on it the same night as the Met Gala. 
The best NBA players can never make an appearance at the gala, usually, because it takes place during the playoffs. But after Harden dropped 45 points in Boston to lift Philadelphia to victory without MVP candidate Joel Embiid, Harden took to Twitter to bask in the moment Tuesday.

Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is expected to plead guilty to “one count of DUI resulting in death and one count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter,” according to ESPN, following the 2021 car crash that resulted in the death of 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog.
Ruggs, who was released from the Raiders less than 24 hours after the crash, will plead guilty to both counts during his hearing in the 8th Judicial District Court next week on May 10. He will serve anywhere from three to 10 years in the Nevada state prison.

The result of an expanded College Football Playoff will be a never-before-experienced football viewing nirvana.

What has happened at Colorado over the last five months is unprecedented. Most of the football team left the program after the Deion Sanders’ hire and Mike Sanford Jr. wants to help!
The mass exodus is unlike anything we have ever seen in the sport, and it is a perfect reflection of the harsh reality that comes with the modern era of the transfer portal and Name, Image and Likeness. College football is no longer an amateur sport on any level. It has been professionalized in all aspects.

A Tuesday morning report from The Athletic‘s Shams Charania sent shockwaves across the NBA as the Grizzlies will reportedly not re-sign swingman Dillon Brooks “under any circumstances.” 
Brooks, while not a franchise cornerstone, had been a solid contributor for Memphis for six seasons. Nevertheless, his provocations of players around the league, grew to overshadow his production this season. Here’s a comprehensive blow-by-blow look at Brooks’s antics during the 2022–23 season.

The 149th Kentucky Derby is finally here, with the Run for the Roses set for Saturday. In accordance with tradition, attendees will descend upon Churchill Downs in their finest elaborate hats, mint julep in hand. While Saturday’s race is often referred to as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports,” the Derby is a weekend filled with festivities, starting on Friday.
For those who want to catch race-favorite Forte and the rest of the field in person, there are still plenty of opportunities to take part in the pomp and circumstance.

Joel Pohjanpalo, a Finnish national playing soccer in Italy, has been known to enjoy a postgame pint. However, instead of waiting until he gets home or takes a shower and hits the pub, the 28-year-old prefers to drink a brewski on the sideline during (or immediately after) the game.
The whole thing got started in February.
Pohjanpalo was subbed out after two assists, left the sideline, walked over to the stadium bar and grabbed himself a cold one. He even stopped to take a few selfies with fans before heading back to the bench. The game was still going on.

Just weeks after taking full ownership of the franchise, the arena football team owned by Antonio Brown is in disarray, with the former NFL star having to take to Twitter to hunt down new players midseason.
Brown purchased a stake in the Empire, a National Arena League team, in March alongside his father Eddie, who played arena football in Albany when the franchise was the Albany Firebirds. According to the Albany Times Union, Brown took full control of the team in April after what former co-owner Mike Kwarta called a “power struggle.

Tiger Woods’ future in golf is up in the air yet again after recently sharing that he has undergone a subtalar fusion procedure. With Woods being sidelined for the foreseeable future, his caddie, Joe LaCava, has joined forces with Patrick Cantlay.
While initial reports suggested that LaCava’s move to Cantlay’s bag was a one-off situation for this week’s Wells Fargo Championship, Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis is reporting that this is a “permanent” move.

After a tumultuous season with the Grizzlies, Dillon Brooks’s time in Memphis is coming to an end as the team decided he will not return “under any circumstances,” according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
Brooks made headlines for all the wrong reasons, as his trash talk towards LeBron James and the Lakers backfired when Los Angeles defeated Memphis in six games. That, combined with Brooks’s antics over the years, has the Grizzlies ready to move on when Brooks becomes a free agent.