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On Friday, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid‘s reps announced they settled their collusion complaint against the NFL for an undisclosed amount. Kaepernick filed the grievance against the NFL in October 2017 after he failed to find a new team following his dismissal from the San Francisco 49ers. LeBron James has made it clear that he’s very […]
Danny Ainge is pushing back against the idea that the Boston Celtics are better without Kyrie Irving. While the team has gone 9-2 without their star player this year, the Celtics president thinks believing they are a greater team without Kyrie is ridiculous. “It’s completely illogical. It makes no sense,” Ainge said in an interview […]
In an interview with Bloomberg Business of Sports podcast, former NBA commissioner David Stern said that he thought the NFL should have suspended Colin Kaepernick from the moment he first started protesting police brutality by kneeling during the playing of the national anthem. Stern believes that if the league took that course of action with […]
We’re less than two months away from wrapping up the 2018-19 season, and that end couldn’t come fast enough for Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans. The two sides have found themselves in an immensely awkward situation after the Pelicans failed to pull the trigger on a deal for Davis, who requested a trade less than two weeks before the trade deadline […]
Steve Kerr absolutely lost it after a hack by Draymond Green was upgraded to a flagrant foul, leading to the Golden State coach being ejected during the Warriors’ contest against the Portland Trailblazers. Late in the fourth quarter, Green fouled Blazer Zach Collins to prevent the center from getting a clean dunk at the rim. Initially, […]
Four words. That’s all it took for the NBA to take $25,000 out of the pocket of Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid. Following the Sixers’ 112-109 loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday, Embiid spoke with reporters and ended his press conference by saying, “the referees f**king suck” before walking out. On Wednesday, the league fined Embiid […]
The Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-109 on Tuesday (Feb. 12), and Joel Embiid wasn’t happy about it. As USA Today reports, Embiid expressed his frustration with how the game went afterwards, stating that the “referees fucking sucked.” In fact, that’s how he ended his time at the post-game press conference, leaning into the microphone to deliver his […]
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports the league office is investigating whether contact between the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons violated any NBA rules. While speaking with reporters in Philadelphia Sunday, Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson revealed that Simmons’ team reached out to him about getting together in the summer. Johnson […]
Every NBA team has at least one scrub on its roster. That said, if you’re currently earning a paycheck as one of the 494 players in the Association, you must be doing something right. But no pro sports league in North America overpays its players more than the NBA. Sure, the NFL and MLB have […]
Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson told ESPN that he believes the New Orleans Pelicans weren’t acting in good faith as the two sides looked to come to terms on a deal centered around Anthony Davis. Late last month, Davis’ agent Rich Paul informed the Pelicans that he would not sign a contract […]
