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Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley got away with an easy punishment after tossing a basketball at an Indiana Pacers fan’s head.
According to Shams Charania of “The Athletic,” Beverley will be suspended for the first four games of the 2024 regular season. The 35-year-old is also suspended for refusing to speak with ESPN’s Malinda Adams after the Game 6 loss because Adams is not subscribed to Beverley’s podcast.

It’s unclear if the wager will actually hold up under the league’s gambling policy.

Former NBA player Glen Davis was sentenced to 40 months in prison after his conviction for being involved in a scheme to defraud the league’s healthcare plan.

Rory McIlroy is at Quail Hollow this weekend to play in another PGA Tour signature event, the Wells Fargo Championship. Prior to his round, he was out on the driving range recounting jokes from the Roast of Tom Brady. 
There was one joke he really liked, and it was about Brady’s failed crypto investment. Nikki Glaser, one of the stars of the show, told a hilarious joke that incorporated Brady’s investment along with Rob Gronkowski’s perceived lack of intellect. 
“Tom also lost $30 million in crypto,” Glaser started the joke.

As promised, the new Utah NHL team is deciding its future moniker with a fan vote. Now the 20 names the team is considering are out, and while there are a couple of gems, most are absolute, unadulterated, steaming crap.
If you want to have your say in the matter, team owner Ryan Smith tweeted out the link on Wednesday evening.
But, it’s always good to go into anything as an informed voter, so let’s look at what they’ve got to choose from.

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Patrick Beverley was suspended to open the new season for the second time in career after his ludicrous conduct in the NBA Playoffs
Patrick Beverley has always been an irritant on the basketball court. In the 2024 NBA Playoffs, it was Beverley’s actions off the court that earned him a four-game suspension to open next season.
Beverley was suspended for the first four games of the 2024-2025 NBA season for two incidents in the Milwaukee Bucks’ season-ending elimination to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs.

A transgender runner in Oregon continues to dominate high school girl’s races, and the video of their latest win is a devastating blow to anyone who still doesn’t believe biological men have a physical advantage over women.
Aayden Gallagher, the biological male who identifies as a girl, eviscerated the competition in the girl’s 400-meter race in the Portland Interscholastic League Championship semi-finals earlier this week.
Video shows Gallagher, a sophomore at McDaniel High School, take over the race about 150 meters in and never look back.

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Upgrades are not the only changes coming to Ferrari for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Upgrades are not the only changes coming to Ferrari ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc is getting a new race engineer as well.
The Formula 1 team announced a pair of organizational changes on Thursday, starting with the news that Xavi Marcos, Leclerc’s longtime race engineer, was being moved to a different role with the team.

Hideki Matsuyama grimaces at the 2023 WGC Dell Technologies Match Play. | Photo by Ken Murray/Getty Images
Nine-time PGA Tour winner Hideki Matsuyama has withdrawn from the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.
Hideki Matsuyama has pulled out of the Wells Fargo Championship due to an ailing back.
The 2021 Masters Champion has extensively battled back injuries for over two years, as it once again flared up on him Thursday.
This marks his first exit from an event since he withdrew from the BMW Championship last August.

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PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan, danced his way around the policy board drama regarding Rory McIlroy.
On Wednesday, it was revealed that Rory McIlroy would not replace Webb Simpson on the PGA Tour Policy Board. That came on the heels of Simpson announcing his recusal in order for McIlroy to take his place.
Ahead of the Wells Fargo Championship, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan released a statement regarding the recent development.
“Today’s news is in no way a commentary on Rory’s important perspective and influence.