Former San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is expected to once again be a backup quarterback in 2024. But Garoppolo will not be eligible to suit up for his new team, the Los Angeles Rams, when the season kicks off. The two-time Super Bowl winner will serve a two-game suspension for violating the league’s performance-enhancing …
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Aaron Donald announced his retirement from the NFL last week after 10 seasons, 10 Pro Bowls, eight All-Pro selections, three Defensive Player of the Year awards and one Super Bowl ring with the Los Angeles Rams. The decision may have come as a surprise for NFL fans who have watched the 32-year-old dominate opposing offensive lines from the middle of …
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March Madness is here, and other than college basketball fans wanting their brackets to work out and see some classic upsets, some of the NBA’s future players will be on the hardwood trying to up their draft stock. The top prospects in this year’s draft will be playing in the NCAA Tournament, and while their minds are on winning it …
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College athletics are under siege and this time, fans may have no one to blame but themselves if they continue to push Congress to regulate their favorite sport. There are few people in the world with less patience than a sports fan. We want our teams to win and win now. Bad clock management at the end of a game? …
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Two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant is generally held in high regard for his sharp shooting skills. Despite leading the league in scoring four times throughout his prolific career, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green recently asserted that Durant should not be considered the NBA’s best scorer. At one point during a recent edition of the “Draymond Green Show,” the Warriors …
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As tensions between Russian and Belarusian athletes and the International Olympic Committee continue to rise ahead of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, the IOC announced Tuesday that neutral athletes with passports from those countries will not be able to participate in the Opening Ceremony parade. The IOC’s Executive Board agreed on a number of measures involving Individual Neutral Athletes …
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Steve Tensi, a former NFL quarterback who played for the Denver Broncos for most of his career, has died, the team announced on Monday. He was 81. Tensi spent four of his six-year career with the Broncos. He played in 41 games, recording 5,153 passing yards and 38 touchdown passes. He also played two seasons with the San Diego Chargers. …
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When Creighton basketball player Isaac Traudt’s teammates take a break at practice, they might grab a drink of water, chat it up or go over assignments. Traudt does that, too, but not before he checks a device attached to his body that tells him his blood glucose level. Depending on what it says, he might need to grab some energy …
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The advent of name, image, and likeness (NIL) continues to fuel a firestorm across the college sports landscape. NCAA rules stipulate that top college football players and any other sort of athlete can collect lucrative payments in exchange for their autograph, their image appearing in an advertisement, and more under current NIL policies. However, some athletes participate in individual sports …
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Ahkil Crumpton, a former wide receiver for the University of Georgia, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in the shooting death of a gas station employee. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Crumpton, 26, was sentenced for “interference with commerce by attempted robbery” and providing a “false statement during the purchase of a firearm.” Crumpton had previously been charged with …
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