Cowboys could try to trade in front of NFC East rival at NFL Draft
Jerry Jones might be planning something big for the first round of the upcoming NFL Draft.
NFL reporter Jordan Schultz said Tuesday that the Cowboys are a “team to watch” regarding a potential trade up. The Cowboys have the 12th and 20th picks, and are thought to be coveting a player the New York Giants would possibly want at No. 5.
There’s a belief among teams at the top of the draft that the #Cowboys, who have picks at #12 and #20, are a team to watch in trade-up scenarios, according to multiple league sources.
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) April 14, 2026
Several teams have said they believe Dallas is targeting a player the #Giants also covet, and… pic.twitter.com/9C32GqBSkS
It is not known for sure which player Jones and the Cowboys might be coveting. Josh Norris of The Underdog suggested linebackers Arvell Reese and Sonny Styles, both out of Ohio State, could fit the bill.
If the Cowboys are trading up, it’s likely for one of these two names 👀 pic.twitter.com/UJpNYA4jjD
— Underdog NFL Draft – Josh & Hayden (@UDFootballShow) April 14, 2026
Presumably, the Cowboys are interested in getting into the top five for football reasons, not just to get one over on the Giants. Then again, it might be an added bonus, as there is no love lost between the two teams.
There is little question the Cowboys will look for defense in the first round of the draft, whether they move up or not. The chance to get an elite defensive prospect, however, might be too much for Jones to resist.
Aaron Boone reveals which rival player reminds him of Deion Sanders
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone had some high praise for one rival player.
In an appearance on the “Talkin’ Yanks” podcast, Boone was full of praise for Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson, who is regarded as potentially the fastest player in baseball. Boone even invoked Deion Sanders’ name, having played with him on the Cincinnati Reds, and said Simpson might be even faster.
“I played with Deion in Cincinnati. Deion was like that a little bit,” Boone said. “(Simpson) is another level fast.”
Chandler Simpson's speed reminds Aaron Boone of Deion Sanders pic.twitter.com/kqp0lA4PWw
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) April 14, 2026
Simpson has been garnering attention for his speed since he was still in the minor leagues. He has not disappointed since arriving in the majors, changing games with his speed and allowing the Rays to do things on the bases that no other team can.
Simpson, 25, has 51 stolen bases in only 124 MLB games so far. Sanders never stole 40 in a single season, so Simpson does appear to be ahead of him in that regard.
Sherrone Moore sentenced for incident with his staffer
Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore has been sentenced for an incident with a staff member following his firing as head coach.
Moore was sentenced to 18 months of probation and fined for two misdemeanors, via Dan Wetzel of ESPN. He could have faced up to a year in prison for trespassing and malicious use of a telecommunications device involving a domestic relationship, though this was never seen as a likely outcome.
The former Michigan coach spoke briefly, saying he took the legal process “very seriously” and thanked “my beautiful wife, Kelli, for her support and strength to stand by me.”
In a statement, Paige Shiver, the staffer with whom Moore was conducting an inappropriate relationship, said Moore’s sentence was insufficient.
“He broke into my apartment, crying, yelling, enraged, and came at me with knives,” Shiver said. “I was threatened, and I feared for my life.”
Moore was fired in December for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. After being informed of his firing, he allegedly went to the staffer’s house and threatened her, prompting the felony home invasion charge. He had previously denied any wrongdoing.
Moore was fired for cause after information about the alleged affair came to light. Further troubling claims about his behavior have continued to come out since then.
Dianna Russini makes decision about her future amid Mike Vrabel photos
Dianna Russini has decided to resign from The Athletic amid controversy over photos of herself with New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel.
Russini submitted her resignation letter on Tuesday, via Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press. While she maintained that there was nothing inappropriate about her relationship with Vrabel, she cited the media firestorm as the reason behind her decision to quit.
“Commentators in various media have engaged in self-feeding speculation that is simply unmoored from the facts,” Russini says in the letter. “Moreover, this media frenzy is hurtling forward without regard for the review process The Athletic is trying to complete. It continues to escalate, fueled by repeated leaks, and I have no interest in submitting to a public inquiry that has already caused far more damage than I am willing to accept.
“Rather than allowing this to continue, I have decided to step aside now – before my current contract expires on June 30. I do so not because I accept the narrative that has been constructed around this episode, but because I refuse to lend it further oxygen or to let it define me or my career.”
I submitted my letter of resignation to The Athletic. Everything I have to say about it is below. pic.twitter.com/401nrtbEsj
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) April 14, 2026
The Athletic had not yet completed the probe it launched into Russini and the photos last week.
Page Six had initially published the photos last Tuesday, in which Russini and Vrabel appeared to be holding hands and hugging. Both Russini and Vrabel denied that anything inappropriate happened, and claimed the photos lacked context and that the two had been part of a larger group.
It was later revealed that the person who took the photos initially sought four figures for the rights to publish them.
Russini had been The Athletic’s top NFL insider since 2023, having previously worked at ESPN.
Eastern Conference team likely to aggressively pursue Giannis Antetokounmpo
If Giannis Antetokounmpo gets traded this offseason, one team appears likely to be extremely aggressive in trying to land him.
ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on “NBA Today” Tuesday that Pat Riley and the Heat are extremely motivated to land a huge name this offseason and will look into any star that becomes available. Charania specifically named Antetokounmpo as a possible target amid the forward’s uncertain future with the Milwaukee Bucks.
“Pat Riley wants his whale, his shark, his tiger, whatever animal you want to use to describe it,” Charania said. “They’ll be back in the Giannis hunt. Whatever star they can find that becomes available, they’ll see if they can get that No. 1 guy.”
Shams:
— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) April 14, 2026
"The Heat, Pat Riley, it's clear around the NBA when I talk to rival executives: Pat Riley wants his whale, his shark, his tiger. They'll be back in the Giannis hunt and then whatever star they can find that becomes available to see can we get that #1 guy" pic.twitter.com/KwS6UxKcn2
The Heat have been floated as a possible destination for Antetokounmpo before. It would also fit what Riley likes to do. He tried to trade for Kevin Durant last offseason, and always sniffs around whoever might be available.
Interestingly, Charania suggests the Heat will look into any star that might be available in order to try to pair a true No. 1 option with Bam Adebayo. The clear message is that Miami will be aggressive this summer. Whether that is enough to actually land a big star after falling short in previous offseasons remains to be seen.
Bill Simmons had the best suggestion for the Hornets-Heat play-in game
The Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets will face off in the NBA’s Play-In Tournament on Tuesday, but Bill Simmons thinks there should be some added incentive to win the game.
Simmons suggested on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” that the loser of the game should have to take back disgraced guard Terry Rozier. Rozier played for both teams before his arrest for his role in an illegal gambling ring.
“I had an idea for this. Charlotte-Miami winner advances to the 8-9. Loser has to take Terry Rozier back,” Simmons joked. “He’s actually at the game. He’s hanging above the arena like how WWE does the Money in the Bank belt. Terry Rozier’s just in a strap hanging from the arena and after the game gets lowered down and rejoins one of the two teams.”
Bill Simmons crazy idea for the Heat vs Hornets play in matchup 😳
— NBA Courtside (@NBA__Courtside) April 13, 2026
“For Charlotte vs Miami, winner advances to the 8-9, loser has to take Terry Rozier back. He’s actually at the game hanging from the arena like how WWE does the Money in the Bank belt. Terry Rozier is just in a… pic.twitter.com/w7o0xUNZCy
The NBA won’t find this funny, but plenty of others did. Rozier played for the Hornets from 2019 to 2024, when he was traded to Miami. He spent a season and a half with the Heat before his career essentially ended with his arrest, and Miami waived him earlier this week to officially cut ties with him.
The winner of Tuesday’s game would face the loser of the game between the 76ers and Magic for the right to take on the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the playoffs. Rozier’s future, for better or worse, will not be part of the outcome.
Iowa punished for tampering with ex-QB Cade McNamara
The Iowa Hawkeyes have been forced to vacate multiple wins due to illegally tampering with former quarterback Cade McNamara.
The NCAA announced Tuesday that Iowa would face punishment for “impermissible contacts with a student-athlete who was enrolled at another NCAA school at the time and who had not yet entered the NCAA Transfer Portal.” Coach Kirk Ferentz and assistant coach Jon Budmayr were in contact with the unidentified player over a dozen times before the player entered the transfer portal.
The timing of the violations suggests the player was McNamara, who played for the Michigan Wolverines before transferring to Iowa for the 2023 season.
The most significant punishment for Iowa is having to vacate all records in games McNamara played in. That takes four wins off Ferentz’s and Iowa’s records.
Iowa is forced to vacate 2023 wins in which the player it allegedly tampered with (Cade McNamara) participated in.
— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) April 14, 2026
By my count, that would be:
Utah State
Iowa State
Western Michigan
Michigan State https://t.co/uGlJIrtl4F
Ferentz had previously been suspended over his recruitment of McNamara. That was considered part of the NCAA punishment that has already been fulfilled.
McNamara was a big get for Iowa at the time, but it did not work out. He suffered a season-ending injury a little over a month into the campaign. Now, to make matters worse, he was part of the reason the school will have to take a modest punishment from the NCAA.
Steve Kerr has created ‘internal frustration’ with Warriors
Steve Kerr’s future with the Golden State Warriors is not in serious doubt, but the coach has apparently caused some frustration behind the scenes this year.
Kerr’s contract expires at the end of the season, and the coach openly wants to stay and there is no internal expectation of a split, according to Nick Friedell of The Athletic. However, the Warriors will still take their time on a decision, particularly after a season that failed to meet expectations.
Kerr’s brutally honest public statements about his team have caused “internal frustration.” An example of this would be the coach openly suggesting that the Warriors are not really a championship contender anymore, which caused backlash among fans.
As far as accomplishments go, there is no one more successful than Kerr, who oversaw one of the great multi-year runs in NBA history with the Warriors roughly a decade ago. The 60-year-old has a lifetime record of 604-353 with the team. However, he is coming off just his second losing season in 12 years, and the organization’s future is murky.
One possible outcome is that Kerr will come back for one more year before the two sides part ways.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. reacts to his sister Gabriela Jaquez getting drafted by the Chicago Sky
Jaime Jaquez Jr. is no longer the only pro in the family.
On Monday, Jaquez’s sister, Gabriela Jaquez, was selected fifth overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky. Gabriela was expected to be among the first names called at the draft, given the body of work she put together during her college career with the UCLA Bruins.
Like her brother, Gabriela played college basketball for UCLA, but she one-upped the Miami Heat forward by winning a national championship with the Bruins during the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
Jaime was not able to attend the WNBA draft at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City, N.Y., as the Heat are scheduled to play the Charlotte Hornets in an NBA Play-in Tournament game on Tuesday, but he sent a message on social media to celebrate his sister’s big day.
“Mama we made it!” Jaime wrote in a post highlighting Gabriela’s career milestone.
Jaime Jaquez on IG after Gabriela Jaquez was selected by the Sky in the draft.
— Don March (@ItsAlwaysMarch) April 14, 2026
Via Jaime Jaquez Jr.'s IG pic.twitter.com/6PEi27ZrZg
Gabriela now looks to help turn things around for the Sky, who have missed the WNBA playoffs in each of the last two seasons and have won just 23 games against 61 losses over that stretch.
In her final year with the Bruins, Gabriela averaged 13.5 points on an excellent 53.9% shooting from the field and 39% percent from deep, 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists through 38 games.
Angel Reese had a message for Atlanta Dream’s draft pick
Angel Reese is thrilled with the Atlanta Dream’s first-round pick at the 2026 WNBA Draft.
The Dream used their No. 13 pick to select South Carolina Gamecocks center Madina Okot to boost their frontcourt, which also now features Reese.
In an Instagram Story post, Reese shared her reaction to Okot’s arrival in Atlanta.
“ROOK!! Another walking double-double!! LET’S GOOOO!!!” Reese wrote.
Angel Reese welcomes Madina Okot to the Dream.
— Don March (@ItsAlwaysMarch) April 14, 2026
[Via Reese's IG] pic.twitter.com/9915Ol8k5t
Reese was correct in her scouting report on Okot. The rookie was a double-double machine during the 2025-26 season with the Gamecocks, averaging 12.8 points and 10.6 rebounds across 39 games. A season before that, she nearly averaged a double-double for the entire 2024-25 campaign with the Mississippi State Bulldogs, as she scored 11.3 points and grabbed 9.6 rebounds through 34 games.
Okot can expect a significant role in her rookie season in the WNBA. She will be among those counted upon by Atlanta to provide inside presence, especially after the departure of Brittney Griner in free agency. Okot should be able to learn the ropes in the pros with the help of Reese, who is also new to the Dream after getting traded by the Chicago Sky to Atlanta in the offseason.
With Reese, a two-time WNBA rebounding champion, and Okot in the fold, the Dream figure to be a problem on the glass for Atlanta’s rivals.
Texans GM sends a clear message on CJ Stroud after offseason decision
CJ Stroud will remain with the Houston Texans for at least two more seasons after the team picked up his fifth-year option in early April, but the partnership is expected to continue beyond the 2027 campaign, if Texans general manager Nick Caserio’s statement about the quarterback is to be believed.
“I don’t really think it affects his future,” Caserio said Monday, via a clip shared by Aaron Wilson of KPRC.
“I mean, he’s our quarterback. We’ve said that from the beginning. DeMeco [Ryans] and I have both said it. I think it was more of a procedural thing. I don’t want to say it was a no-brainer, but it was kind of a no-brainer. Glad he’s here. Again, it’s more part of the process.”
There is still plenty of time for the Texans to decide on their final move with Stroud, particularly whether they will offer him a contract extension or let him test the free-agent market when the time comes.
For Stroud, a successful 2026 season could very well result in a huge contract extension offer from Houston, which selected him second overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Stroud is coming off an unspectacular campaign, passing for 3,041 yards and 19 touchdowns with 8 interceptions in 14 games during the 2025 season.
Stroud also left a bad taste in Houston’s mouth when he imploded in the AFC Divisional Round against the New England Patriots, where he threw four interceptions and was sacked three times.
The 2026 season will be pivotal for Stroud.
Concerning details emerge about Deion Sanders’ Colorado program
The Colorado Buffaloes football program under Deion Sanders is losing its luster, if one is to base it on the attendance at the team’s spring games.
According to data collected by College Sports Only, attendance at the Buffaloes’ spring games since Sanders took over the program in 2023 has been in sharp decline.
There were over 47,000 people who went to Colorado’s spring game in 2023, which was the height of the program’s hype following Sanders’ arrival to the program. The following year, that number dropped to 28,000. In 20,000 fans watched the spring game. On Saturday, the trend continued, as 17,500 people attended the game at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.
Colorado spring game attendance under Deion Sanders:
— College Sports Only (@CSOonX) April 13, 2026
2023: 47,277
2024: 28,424
2025: 20,430
2026: ~17,500
While 17,500 is still way more than the year before Coach Prime got to Boulder (~2,000), everything about CU's program feels like it's headed in reverse… 📉 pic.twitter.com/UuMFABfiYI
However, there is a discrepancy in the reporting of the actual number of attendees at the 2026 spring game. The University of Colorado said there were 27,772 people in attendance, while Sean Keeler of The Denver Post estimated the figure at 17,000-18,000.
There is one proven way to boost interest from fans and students in a football program, and it’s winning games. Sanders will always get attention and grab headlines, but at the end of the day, it’s team success that fans will gravitate toward most.
After winning nine games and earning a bowl invite in 2024, Colorado regressed in 2025, going just 3–9, as the Buffaloes struggled mightily in their first year without Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders.
Carlos Correa sends a profane message amid the Astros’ concerning situation
The Houston Astros are on a downward spiral, and they can’t seem to find a way to stop the bleeding.
They suffered their sixth consecutive defeat on Monday, punctuating a four-game series against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash., with a 6-2 loss.
Injuries have greatly slowed down Houston, which started the season winning six of nine games, particularly the team’s pitching staff, but Carlos Correa would rather attribute the Astros’ struggles to their horrid play.
“I don’t want to attach our failures to the injuries. Our failures are because we’re playing s—-y baseball. We’re a good club playing bad baseball,” Correa said after the game, via Chandler Rome of MLB.com.
Over their last six outings, the Astros have hit just .240/.300/.340. Their pitching is a bigger issue, with 105 earned runs over the same stretch– the worst in the big leagues over the last seven days.
With Hunter Brown, Christian Javier and Tatsuya Imai all on the shelf due to injuries, the Astros will have to dig deep and find a way to get out of a rut, as they are currently last in the American League West standings with a 6-11 record.
They can start on Tuesday, when Houston begins a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas.
Mike Trout gets honest about his unforgettable duel with Aaron Judge
Two future Baseball Hall of Famers went toe to toe on Monday and produced one of the most memorable games of the still-young 2026 MLB season, as Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout and New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge traded blows and answered each other’s home runs at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y.
Fans will be talking about that duel for a long time, and it’s one Trout will remember as well, even though the Angels ended up losing the contest, 11-10.
“It was definitely a battle,” Trout said following the game, via Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com. “A fun one to be part of. The loss is disappointing, but we fought throughout the whole game and we battled back and had great at-bats all game from up and down the lineup. To go blow for blow like that back and forth with both teams, it’s pretty cool.”
Judge started the show with a monstrous 456-foot 2-run home run in the first inning. Trout would get his in the top of the sixth inning, tying the score at 7-7 with a 421-foot, 3-run dinger.
It did not take long before Judge responded to it with a solo homer that went 398 feet deep to put the Yankees in front, 8-7. Trout stepped up in the clutch again in the eighth frame with a 2-run blast to get the Halos a 10-8 lead.
Judge and the Yankees got the last laugh, however, with an anticlimactic walk-off win on a wild pitch by Angels closer Jordan Romano.
Trout and Judge surely lived up to the billing, and it’s what most of the fans could have asked for in a game like this on a random April night.
The most unexpected Dodgers player becomes first to 20 RBIs
A Los Angeles Dodgers slugger has hit the 20-RBI mark before anyone else in the majors — and it’s not anyone fans would have guessed to do it.
The Dodgers have a murderer’s row of hitters atop their batting order in Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman. They also feature All-Stars littered throughout their lineup in Teoscar Hernandez, Will Smith, Max Muncy, and the Dodgers’ shiny new toy in Kyle Tucker.
But it’s centerfielder Andy Pages who’s been MLB’s most productive hitter through the first three weeks of the 2026 season. The 25-year-old Cuban accounted for three of the Dodgers’ four runs in a 4-0 shutout win over the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.
All three of Pages’ runs came from one heavy swing of the bat: a 3-run dinger off of Mets starter David Peterson in the bottom of the 3rd inning.
Andy Pages continues to RAKE as he hits his fifth home run of the season to give the Dodgers a 4-0 lead! pic.twitter.com/k7vBY9tY5o
— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 14, 2026
The 3-run blast gave Pages 20 RBIs this season, becoming the fastest player to reach the mark in the majors. No other player even has 18 through Monday’s slate of games.
Andy Pages is the first to 20 RBI this season! pic.twitter.com/Ep7KCp5lkI
— MLB (@MLB) April 14, 2026
One could argue that Pages was able to pad his RBI numbers because the hitters ahead of him are on base so often. While that is true, there’s no arguing against his MLB-best .417 batting average with a 1.186 OPS. Pages has gone 25-for-60 over his first 16 games, with five of those hits being home runs.
The Dodgers were already the most stacked team in baseball coming off back-to-back World Series victories. Pages making a leap like this for the defending champs is borderline unfair.
Pirates post monstrous 10-run inning vs. Nationals
The Pittsburgh Pirates laid the lumber on the Washington Nationals on Monday with an inning for the ages.
The Pirates had Paul Skenes on the mound, who historically hasn’t gotten a lot of run support throughout his young career. That wasn’t the case against the Nationals in front of a raucous home crowd at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The home team scored five early runs through the first three innings. But the serious damage was done in the 6th, where the Pirates bashed the life out of the Nationals’ pitchers to the tune of 10 runs.
The scoring avalanche began with a bases-clearing triple off the bat of Bryan Reynolds, who got driven on a booming double from Ryan O’Hearn one pitch later.
94 SECONDS OF PURE BUCCO BASEBALL. 🙂↕️ pic.twitter.com/fGZnQBWHlM
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) April 14, 2026
Konnor Griffin and Oneil Cruz drove in three more via a pair of singles before Brandon Lowe provided the exclamation point with a 3-run homer.
🎶 WAY UP, WAY UP, WE GO 🎶 pic.twitter.com/61qogZcIic
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) April 14, 2026
The Pirates ran away with this one 16-5 in what was the most run support Skenes has ever received as a major leaguer.
Skenes has made four starts this season, and Pittsburgh has plated seven or more runs each time he’s taken the field thus far. Last season, the Pirates scored five or more runs in just three of Skenes’ 32 starts.
It’s a welcome change for both Skenes and Pirates fans everywhere, small sample size or not.
Anthony Davis gets brutally honest on his future with Wizards
Anthony Davis made his feelings very clear Monday as he spoke about what the future holds for him as a member of the Washington Wizards.
The 10-time All-Star was candid with reporters Monday about his new team, months after the blockbuster trade that sent him to D.C. Davis asserted that he needs the Wizards’ brass to assure him that the team is ready to go from bottom feeder to playoff contender in short order.
“I’ve been in this league a long time, and I’ve been with losing teams, been on losing teams,” Davis said, via The Athletic’s Josh Robbins. “It’s very hard to be a losing team and then a championship contender, right? I think one team has only done it: Boston in ’08. The only team, right? Even when I was in New Orleans and we had two losing seasons, then we made the playoffs our third year — that, within itself, is a huge jump: showing that you want to be on a path to winning.
“And that’s what it takes. So, if something comes out of the conversation where that’s the path — and, obviously, you won’t know until the season starts — that’s what I would like to see. What is our plan for winning going into next season? And how? Not like this is a plan, but how do we execute that? And based on that, we’ll kind of see what happens.”
Davis assured the media that he still sees himself putting on a Wizards uniform come October, joking that he loves his money too much to hold out on his new team.
The Wizards finished with the NBA’s worst record this season, which assures them a top-5 pick in the loaded 2026 draft. Washington was among the handful of teams many felt were intentionally trying to lose for the sake of better draft positioning.
The team does have a few promising pieces in center Alex Sarr and swingman Kyshawn George on top of fellow All-Star addition Trae Young, whom the team acquired in January. Washington could develop into a frisky young team next season. But if the team underperforms to start the year, the 33-year-old Davis may not have the patience to see it through.
Scott Boras gets fired by an MLB All-Star client
Another MLB client has decided to drop The Boras Corporation.
Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm has fired his agent Scott Boras, Charlotte Varnes of The Athletic reported on Monday. Varnes adds that Bohm is rehiring Nick Chanock, an agent with The Team (formerly known as Wasserman). Chanock previously represented Bohm earlier on in Bohm’s MLB career.
The news comes with Bohm in the middle of a legal dispute against his parents Daniel and Lisa. Bohm filed a lawsuit last month alleging that his parents misused millions of dollars of his money from accounts that they managed on his behalf.
Varnes adds that Bohm has filed for a preliminary injunction, seeking the return of over $525,000 that his parents supposedly withdrew from a brokerage account attached to him last month. You can read Varnes’ full report on the situation with Bohm here.
Bohm, 29, was an All-Star in 2024 for the Phillies and has emerged as one of the premier options at the third base position in the National League. He hit .287 with 11 home runs and 59 RBIs over just 120 games last season but is now batting a rough .148 through the first 14 games of 2026.
As for Boras, 73, he remains baseball’s best-known agent. However, multiple current MLB stars have fired Boras over the last couple of years in favor of new representation.
LiAngelo Ball is interested in returning to the NBA
The forgotten Ball brother may not be finished with basketball just yet.
LiAngelo Ball spoke this week in an interview with Heavy. During the interview, Ball said that he is interested in potentially returning to the NBA.
“I feel like I’m in the position to play in the NBA,” said Ball. “If they ever did ask, I could go tomorrow and start playing and working out and stuff … I do play basketball like with my brothers and some NBA dudes when they come home and stuff. So, I keep my game always touched up pretty much.
“If they need an impact scorer, I feel like I could produce scoring, defense and winning,” Ball added of his game. “Like, I just got a winning vibe for real. Imma do whatever play it takes.”
Ball did also note though that music is still his “main career choice” at this point of his life. You can read his full interview with Heavy here.
Now 27 years old, Ball never appeared in an official NBA game but was technically a member of the league. He played on the Summer League squad of the Charlotte Hornets and also briefly spent time on non-guaranteed NBA deals with both the Hornets and the Detroit Pistons (in addition to appearing for the Greensboro Swarm, the NBA G League affiliate of the Hornets).
That said, Ball, whose brothers Lonzo and LaMelo both played in the NBA this season, seems to have found his calling as a musician. He had a major hit single with his song “Tweaker” in 2025 yet is still not giving up entirely on his professional basketball dream.
Details emerge on what caused Tyrese Haliburton’s sudden weight gain
Tyrese Haliburton has addressed the chatter regarding his visible weight gain in recent weeks.
The Indiana Pacers star became a trending topic for the wrong reasons on Sunday during his team’s regular-season finale. Several fans noticed Haliburton, who has been sidelined throughout the season with a torn Achilles, looking particularly portly.
The jokes immediately started flying at Haliburton’s expense to the point that the All-Star point guard felt the need to address the issue. Haliburton told reporters Monday that the weight gain was due to the medication he’s been taking as he deals with a bout of face shingles.
“I’ve lost part of my eyebrow,” Haliburton said. “My eye is always swollen from itching it. I have good days and bad days, but for the most part, it’s bad days. It has not been any fun. I’m still honestly dealing with it.
“I’ve taken unbelievable amounts of medication to try to get rid of it. It hasn’t worked. It’s obviously caused me to gain weight and look a little bigger. That’s been a topic of conversation through social media, but what can you do? It’s not been fun, and hopefully it goes away here pretty soon.”
Tyrese Haliburton says he's been having a “miserable” battle with shingles
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 13, 2026
Hali says he’s gained weight, lost part of his eyebrow, and has been dealing with nerve pain for two months
(via @Pacers) pic.twitter.com/ypP53FMNSR
Haliburton added that he’s been dealing with nerve pain for two months, and it’s “hard to really tell” how soon his health issues will subside.
Haliburton hasn’t played any serious basketball since June. Shingles or no shingles, he was bound to gain a few pounds as the season went along.
With six months left between now and the start of next season, Haliburton has plenty of time to get back into game shape. All he needs to do is reach out to James Harden’s trainer and dietitian, and he’ll be ready in no time.
