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Kyrie Irving can’t stay on the court or on social media without interruption.
On Thursday, the 30-year-old Brooklyn Nets guard announced that his Instagram account had been abruptly suspended, citing no known reason for the platform’s ban.
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Using a spare account (KD, anyone?), Irving posted a message on the platform banning his account, claiming he has no insight into a possible violation that he may have committed.
Kyrie posted, “[Instagram] suspended my @kyrieirving account, idk why, nor do I care to know the reason why.

The former NBA star didn’t complain while chowing down on the dish.
Making a bet on TCU to win the college football national championship didn’t work out in anyone’s favor as the Horned Frogs lost Monday in the biggest blowout in title game history, 65–7, to Georgia.
One person who wagered an interesting bet was Shaquille O’Neal. He bet his fellow NBA on TNT host Ernie Johnson, a Georgia graduate, that he’d eat horned frogs on live television if TCU lost.
So, as one can imagine, the bet had to be fulfilled.

The baseball trend towards robot umpires is accelerating.
Controversy around umpiring mistakes has grown in recent years, thanks in large part to visible strike zones during TV broadcasts.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has supported the idea, although opinions have been mixed throughout the league.
Some managers have openly encouraged it out of frustration with the current system of balls and strikes.
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But others around the game, including many players, prefer to keep the human element.

The defending AFC champions are not shy as they begin their quest to return to the Super Bowl.
Last year, the Bengals’ run to the Super Bowl caught most of the football world off guard. They won’t be sneaking up on anyone this time around—and, based on the words from their star running back, that’s just the way they prefer it.
Joe Mixon threw down the proverbial gauntlet on Thursday, three days before Cincinnati’s wild-card round matchup with the division rival Ravens.