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The 26-year-old, now heading to the Nets, was part of the Suns’ trade package for Kevin Durant.
Maybe grab a tissue box before visiting Mikal Bridges’s Twitter page after the forward was part of the Suns’ trade package for Kevin Durant. 
Bridges will now wear a Nets jersey as part of the blockbuster deal that sent him, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks and a 2028 pick swap to Brooklyn for Durant and TJ Warren. The 26-year-old took to Twitter to express his shock.
“Omygod lol,” he tweeted following the reported trade.

The Cavaliers center summed things up in the way only he can at 2:45 a.m.
The NBA world was rocked just after 1 a.m. ET on Thursday morning, with news that the Nets had agreed to a deal to send Kevin Durant to the Suns for a package of players and four first-round draft picks. One notable NBA player was ready for the moment on Twitter: Cavaliers center Robin Lopez.
Two years ago, the Nets traded for then-Rockets guard James Harden, adding the former MVP to a roster that already boasted Durant and Kyrie Irving.

Heather Lyke was determined to revitalize Panthers athletics, and she’s done just that.
When Heather Lyke arrived at Pittsburgh as the new athletic director in 2017, she asked where the school’s Atlantic Coast Conference championship hardware was displayed. The answers were underwhelming.
Turns out, there wasn’t much of it since joining the league in 2013—the ’13–14 wrestling team was the lone Pitt team to have won an ACC title to that point.

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In a world of splashy additions, the Chiefs keep getting better with low-key value moves
There’s always that age old question around birthdays and holidays: “What do you get the person who has everything?” That’s how it must feel to run the Kansas City Chiefs lately.
Though they were coming off of a tough overtime loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship game last year, the Chiefs had been the toast of the conference for four seasons.

Haason Reddick, Javon Hargrave, Josh Sweat and Brandon Graham each took unconventional roads to the NFL. Now they could be key to a Super Bowl LVII victory.

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Trusting the process has always been a part of Jalen Hurts’ life
Whenever people ask Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts about his journey to potentially being the 4th-youngest QB to win the Super Bowl, Hurts talks a lot about trusting the process and keeping the faith. If you’re a fan of Philadelphia sports, you know all about “Trust the Process”.

“It’s about the process, it’s not always about the results.”
Jalen Hurts is officially One Of Us.

During his time at Ole Miss, the now Eagle had a strange agreement with the Padres: He’d make a few thousand dollars here and there … provided he fulfilled one obligation.
As the minor league outfield and baserunning coordinator for the Padres in 2016, ’17 and ’18, Tony Tarasco spent the bulk of the baseball calendar on special assignments, roving from affiliate to affiliate. But there were two days out of each of those summers when he could count on his services being called back to Peoria, Ariz., the organization’s spring training and player development hub.

Eight years later, Marshawn Lynch and other former players reflect on the Patriots’ stunning Super Bowl victory over the Seahawks. And yes, some scars still remain.
That’s Marshawn Lynch on the Zoom screen in mid-December, clad in a black sweatshirt, hood up, G-U-C-C-I in rainbow letters across his chest. Smoke twirls overhead from two wine-flavored Black & Mild cigars. Oversized white headphones dangle near his ears.
He makes one thing clear immediately.

Are the Suns favorites to win the NBA title after landing the superstar? Plus, looking back at the KD-Kyrie era in Brooklyn.
After dealing Kyrie Irving on Sunday, the Nets traded Kevin Durant to the Suns for Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks and additional draft compensation. The Crossover staff breaks down the deal for Phoenix and the end of KD-Kyrie era in Brooklyn.
What’s your immediate reaction to the Kevin Durant trade?
Howard Beck: That it was inevitable, logical and clearly the smartest way forward for the Nets.

This star Texas Longhorns running back will be the next big thing in the NFL—but for which team?
One of the top running back prospects in many years is in the 2023 NFL draft pipeline—Texas Longhorns running back Bijan Robinson. The 2022 unanimous All-American and Doak Walker Award winner had a stellar 2022 season with 1,580 rushing yards, 314 receiving yards and 20 total touchdowns. The former five-star recruit has been one of the best backs in the nation since he was a freshman, when he put up 703 rushing yards on just 86 carries (8.2 yards per carry).