9 October 2023
Portland Center Deandre Ayton made a promise to Portland Trail Blazers fans as the team started a season of uncertainty. “I bring dominance,” he said. “My name is DominAyton.” Ayton joined Portland in the three-team trade that sent Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks. He was smiling ear-to-ear when he was introduced this week, mugging for cameras and looking forward to a fresh start after…
9 October 2023
Bill Belichick is searching for answers after the New England Patriots witnessed another blowout loss. Last Sunday’s 34-0 defeat by the New Orleans Saints was the biggest home loss Belichick has ever seen as a head coach. Plus last week’s 35-point drubbing at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys which is the largest defeat of his coaching career. Belichick’s frustrations are growing and his patience…
4 October 2023
Randy Arozarena invited his mother Sandra González to kick off the postseason by throwing out the first pitch on Tuesday at Tropicana Field. González visited the Tampa Bay area from her home in Mexico on Monday, Arozarena said. Game 1 of the Rays’ American League Wild Card Series against the Texas Rangers was the first time she watched her son play a Major League game. So she made her way to the…
4 October 2023
The NBA Board of Governors approved a new participation policy mainly geared toward star players, in September. With new policies and penalties abound, the NBA has made it a rule that all healthy players should be on the court. There is no argument from the players, who said they are not interested in sitting. Some players do not agree with load management any more than the fans who cannot…
4 October 2023
Ex-NFL tight end Russ Francis was killed alongside another aviation enthusiast when their plane crashed after taking off from an upstate New York airport, authorities reported on Monday. Francis is a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the New England Patriots who won a Super Bowl with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers. Francis and Richard McSpadden had just left the Lake Placid Airport shortly after 4…
11 September 2023
The New York Giants felt small on Sunday night, when they were, getting thrashed 40-0 versus the Dallas Cowboys in a streaking rain at MetLife Stadium. There was no downplaying the defeat for coach Brian Daboll. “We just got skunked here, 40 to nothing,” he said after the game, via the official transcript. “When you play a game like that and coach a game like that, there’s nothing that’s good…
11 September 2023
All the goodwill and hope brought by a perfect preseason ended for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the terrible reality of their regular-season opener. Kenny Pickett and the Pittsburgh offense, which had high expectations after scoring on each of their preseason drives, were dragged in a Week 1 home loss to the San Francisco 49ers, 30-7; the most lopsided home defeat in the Mike Tomlin reign. While…
11 September 2023
The New England Patriots, held a special ceremony to honor the legendary quarterback during halftime of the team’s season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and there was no empty seat when Tom Brady addressed the teeming crowd at the Gillette Stadium. “This is an incredible celebration for me, for our family, for my teammates, for all of us to come back and thank you guys, for what you’ve…
11 September 2023
Former Dallas Cowboys star and Hall of Famer Michael Irvin settled his defamation lawsuit against Marriott and officially made his return to the NFL Network on Sunday morning, in time to begin the 2023 season. Irvin filed a $100 million lawsuit against Marriott and six others for defamation and tortious interference in a business relationship after a female employee accused him of making lewd and…
10 September 2023
Per reports by Shams Charania from The Athletic and Stadium, Kevin Knox has been re-signed by the Portland Trail Blazers. Knox is coming off a year where played for the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers. The former Kentucky star was traded in the middle of the season from Pistons to Trail Blazers. He concluded the year while avergaing 6.6 points and 2.8 assists per contest while shooting…
10 September 2023
Gigi Datome who previously played for the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics, will be retiring from basketball. On Saturday, Italy lost to Slovenia in the FIBA World Cup by a score of 89-85. This victory placed Slovenia in seventh place and Italy in eight place in the tournament. Datome who played for Italy, previously announced on Instagram that he would retire at the end of the World Cup. So,…
10 September 2023
The Los Angeles Lakers signed four new players on Thursday. Forward Vincent Valerio-Bodon and guards Damion Baugh, Bryce Hamilton and Scotty Pippen Jr. Valerio-Bodon (6’9’’, 200) recently appeared in 30 matches (all starts) for Sopron KC of the Hungarian NBIA during the 2022-23 season, averaging 8.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 25.7 minutes per game while shooting 50.3 percent from the…