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Hope you’re ready for some football, because it has arrived, and it’s going to be glorious. Following Wednesday’s Super Bowl rematch between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, we’ve got “Thursday Night Football” (technically Friday morning football, actually) as a delightful warmup ahead of our first NFL Sunday of the 2026 season. And in…

Doug Mello found weddings to be especially tough. He could handle the first hour, give or take, but then the thought of never watching his son Chris dance with his bride would consume him and force him out of the room. This is why Mello despised the notion that “time heals all wounds.” Time failed…

By the start of the 2026 NBA playoffs, it was a foregone conclusion to many the road to Western Conference supremacy would go through San Antonio and Oklahoma City. Once the Spurs and Thunder completed their epic, seven-game battle in the Western Conference finals, which ended with the Spurs upsetting the defending NBA champs on…

“I was really keen on a hat-trick, and it seemed like he was very eager to stop me from getting it,” Erling Haaland told TV2 after scoring twice in Manchester City’s 2-0 victory over Porto on Tuesday. He was talking about Pablo Rosario, the Porto defender who hauled Haaland to the ground in the 93rd…

The Los Angeles Lakers have hired Miami Heat executive Eric Amsler as an assistant general manager, sources with knowledge of the matter told The Athletic. The Lakers did not immediately return requests for comment. Amsler has an extensive history in basketball scouting, having worked for the Heat since 2004 in several personnel roles. Most recently,…

Jalen Brunson’s victory lap after winning the NBA Finals with the New York Knicks continues, as he will head to Rockefeller Center to host “Saturday Night Live” later this month. The popular NBC sketch comedy show revealed Wednesday that Brunson will host its season 52 premiere on Sept. 26. Musical guest Katseye will accompany Brunson…

The booming trading card world fascinated NBA veteran Mo Bamba from the jump when simply serving as a special guest at an Austin card shop a few years ago. The experience hooked the former Texas standout immediately, and the wonderment only grew from there. “People from age 13 to 45 were all in there, and…

In the past week, Arte Moreno decided to give up ownership of his beloved Los Angeles Angels of Annual Losing, and Steve Ballmer got suspended for a year after his Los Angeles Clippers were busted by the NBA following the Pablo Torre-induced Kawhi Leonard salary-cap circumvention scandal. Throw in Dodgers owner Mark Walter’s shocking sale…

In the age of the dreaded second apron, having useful players on rookie-scale salaries has never been more important. Look at the Oklahoma City Thunder’s offseason. They traded Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins and Isaiah Joe in an effort to avoid the harshest penalties. They could do that because they have backfilled those slots with Cason…

So … when will the LA Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard finally join the Toronto Raptors and put an end to his controversial Clippers tenure? With a week having passed since the NBA came down hard on the Clippers with its ruling in the historic salary-cap circumvention case centered on the 35-year-old small forward, that remains to…