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Dallas Mavericks center Nerlens Noel will be making about $13 million less than he reportedly could have this coming season. Noel reportedly accepted the Mavericks’ $4.1 million qualifying offer on Saturday, less than two months after, …
The New England Patriots have reportedly received the worst possible news on wide receiver Julian Edelman. According to the MMQB’s Albert Breer, an MRI confirmed that Edelman suffered a complete ACL tear in his right knee during Friday’s …
Aroldis Chapman hasn’t really gotten the chance to pitch his way back into the closer’s role since losing it, and he’s still struggling to figure out what happened in the first place. Chapman admitted Friday that he is still not …
For better or worse, the Jacksonville Jaguars are staying the course when it comes to their starting quarterback. Jaguars coach Doug Marrone officially named Blake Bortles the team’s Week 1 starter Saturday morning, temporarily quieting …
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon thinks he might have a shot at returning to the NFL. According to NFL reporter Jason Cole, Gordon checked himself into rehab two months ago in cooperation with the league, and he hopes to be reinstated …
Major League Baseball has handed down punishment for Thursday’s Tigers-Yankees brawl. Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera, the primary instigator, received a seven-game suspension, while Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez, who needlessly got …
Ronda Rousey will probably not be paying much attention to the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight, and she has a very good reason for it. UFC head Dana White said on the Rich Eisen Show that Rousey and Travis Browne are getting married on …
The Cleveland Indians continue to try to look for ways to get ace reliever Andrew Miller healthy. The team announced Friday that Miller has been shut down for five to seven days with patellofemoral syndrome, and that he will be re-evaluated after …
Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens had to know the tough questions would come over the team’s decision to trade Isaiah Thomas, but he may not have expected them to come from a kid. That’s what happened Wednesday, though, as Stevens had to …
Kyrie Irving was the highest-profile player to request a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer, but he reportedly wasn’t the only one. According to Dave McMenamin of ESPN, forward Iman Shumpert also requested a trade at season’s …
New York Jets defensive lineman Leonard Williams is setting himself a pretty lofty goal. Williams told Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News that he wants to collect one sack per game for the Jets in 2017. “My goal this year is a sack in …
The Cleveland Cavaliers could have gotten an even bigger haul for point guard Kyrie Irving, according to one report. According to Jason Lloyd of the Athletic, the Cavaliers had the parameters of a three-team deal in place before former general …
As the pennant race heats up in Major League Baseball, the league’s various contenders find themselves in different spots. The likes of the Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, and Los Angeles Dodgers have more or less wrapped up their …
Who will lead the way for the nation’s best teams in 2017? College football is almost upon us, and with the release of the AP Top 25, we’re talking a look at a key player from each of the ranked teams who will have a big say in how things …
Seattle Seahawks kicker Blair Walsh accused his former Minnesota Vikings teammates of taunting him from the sideline during last Friday’s preseason game, but that accusation is news to the Vikings. The Vikings universally denied that anything …
The television broadcast of a Pittsburgh Steelers preseason game made things violent for one Pennsylvania family. A 77-year-old victim’s daughter, Delores M. Amorino, and granddaughter Sarah M. Amorino are both charged with aggravated assault, …
