As two other major gambling scandals shake up professional sports, the NFL has reinstated five players who had been suspended indefinitely for violating the league’s betting rules. Shaka Toney, Rashod Berry, Quintez Cephus, C.J. Moore and Demetrius Taylor were officially reinstated by the NFL. The latter four are all free agents, while Toney remains with the Washington Commanders. Cephus and …
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Scottie Scheffler dominated this year’s Masters to earn a four-shot victory, his second at Augusta National in the last three years. However, this past week’s tournament wound up being one of the worst-rated in recent memory. Sports Business Journal reported that CBS drew 9.589 million viewers for the final round of the Masters on Sunday, down 20% from last year. …
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FOX Sports and The Basketball Tournament (TBT), the $1 million winner-take-all summer hoops event, on Thursday announced a multi-year media rights agreement to carry games on FOX, FS1, and FS2. TBT will have 27 of its games air live, including three on FOX. “We are thrilled to make FOX Sports the new home of TBT,” said TBT co-owner and Golden …
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The Basketball Tournament is coming to FOX, FS1 and FS2 after a multi-year agreement was announced on Thursday. It’s a unique summertime basketball event that is highly competitive, undoubtedly in no small part due to the $1 million prize that goes to the winning team. To help you prepare for TBT, here is a primer. What is TBT? The Basketball …
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Patrick Mahomes grew up around baseball more than he did football. He admitted in an interview with Time magazine published on Tuesday that baseball was his “first love” as he watched his father, Pat Mahomes, pitch for several teams in Major League Baseball. Alex Rodriguez, who played with the Kansas City Chiefs star’s father when the two were on the …
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LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eyes on history. And they’re just part of a star-studded roster the Americans have assembled for the Paris Games. USA Basketball announced its men’s Olympic team for …
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Coffee has apparently never been part of former NFL coach Bill Belichick’s daily routine. For the first time in a long time, Belichick is not spending the month of April preparing for the NFL Draft. Every NFL team with a job opening in the most recent hiring cycle passed on Belichick, leaving him without a head coaching gig for the …
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Simone Biles, among the most recognizable U.S. Olympic athletes, opened up in a recent interview about the pressure she faced going into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and how a bad bout of the “twisties” contributed to her eventually withdrawing from competition. Biles explained during Wednesday’s episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that she was suffering from the “twisties,” a …
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A hockey fan’s quick reaction saved a young boy from a possible severe injury during a game in Ohio last week. Asia Davis and her 4-year-old son, Nasir, were enjoying a Cleveland Monsters American Hockey League game at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on April 11 when a puck came flying off the ice and was heading right for the young boy. …
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The Los Angeles Lakers are heading to the first round of the NBA Playoffs as they defeated the New Orleans Pelicans, 110-106, on Tuesday night. The Lakers are now the No. 7 seed in the West, and they will be pitted against the Denver Nuggets, the reigning NBA champions, in the first round. At one point, the Lakers had an …
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