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The Brooklyn Nets era when Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden teamed up for two years failed to deliver the kind of championship promise many expected it would bring. Harden was with the team for two seasons before requesting a trade, and Irving and Durant asked for a trade during the 2022-23 season, bringing to an end a tumultuous stint that amounted to just one playoff series win.Durant spoke earlier this month about what went wrong during that era on the “Mind the Game” podcast with LeBron James and Steve Nash, the latter of whom was the coach for two…

Marshall was hurt by Green several times during a bruising encounter but felt she did enough to win.The decision went against her, with two of the three judges scoring the contest in the American’s favour.Marshall revealed she had concerns before the fight about all three judges being from the United States.”It was flagged up the day before in the rules meeting,” she added.”My manager (Mick Hennessy) wasn’t happy about it and he was told ‘Look, don’t worry, it’s live on Netflix and the last thing we want is controversy’.”I feel like I was very hard done by. I’m going to…

There’s a line between meticulous and sitting on your hands that’s hard to parse sometimes, and that’s the story of Pittsburgh’s offseason. If you want to write about how they should have kept Justin Fields but were caught flat-footed, you absolutely can. If you want to write about how they should have kept George Pickens and made him happy instead of replacing him with DK Metcalf, you can. Kicking T.J. Watt‘s contract talks down the road until the eve of training camp. Doing almost nothing in free agency and then becoming the Jalen Ramsey team out of nowhere. The quarterback…

Getty Images A cloud hangs over the Washington Commanders’ training camp, as star wideout Terry McLaurin is not in attendance due to his lingering contract situation. The player that caught a franchise-record 13 touchdowns last year still hasn’t received the extension he’s been pursuing for months now, so he decided to voice his frustration to the front office in a different way. With McLaurin absent from camp, the Commanders brought in a new wide receiver to join the room. On Wednesday, the team announced that they signed Tay Martin, who spent last season with the Tennessee Titans. The Oklahoma State product went…

Jul 23, 2025, 08:04 AM ETDakota Ditcheva is hard to overlook. The PFL flyweight champion is 15-0 with 12 knockouts. At age 26, she is one of the brightest young stars in MMA.With Kayla Harrison having moved on to the UFC and the PFL’s high-profile 2023 signee, heavyweight Francis Ngannou, barely active in MMA, Ditcheva is an especially important figure for the second-tier fight promotion. And yet her fight over the weekend drew little notice.Part of the reason was that PFL Cape Town was held on the same day as UFC 318, which was headlined by the retirement fight of…

Jul 23, 2025, 01:15 PM ETThe 2025 MLB trade deadline is just around the corner, with contending teams deciding what they need to add before 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 31.Could Jarren Duran be on the move from the Boston Red Sox? Will the Arizona Diamondbacks deal Eugenio Suarez and Zac Gallen to contenders? And who among the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies will go all-in to boost their 2025 World Series hopes?Whether your favorite club is looking to add or deal away — or stands somewhere in…

Michael Jordan’s rise and domination of the sporting world with the Chicago Bulls happened to coincide with trading card companies pushing their printing presses to unprecedented extremes. As a result, there might be more Jordan cards in existence than of any other athlete. And since this “junk wax era” was also a time when people started to realize that sports cards can have some long-term value, a huge number of those Jordan cards were saved from the garbage bins that ate up a previous generation’s Mickey Mantles. Because of that, as children of the ’90s have been dusting off their…

Marcus Rashford arrives at Barcelona ahead of an official announcement confirming his loan move from Manchester United.

As the MLB trade deadline approaches, fantasy baseball managers have one last chance to shake up their rosters and gain a competitive edge. This is our final trade deadline buy/sell article of the season, and our featured experts have pinpointed the players you should be targeting – and those you should be moving – to maximize value before it’s too late. By analyzing the latest player trends, performance metrics, and projections, our experts have identified key buy-low and sell-high candidates to help you make strategic, deadline-driven trades. Whether you’re looking to bounce back from injuries, bolster a playoff push, or…

Well, folks, it’s time for this guy to try to convince fantasy managers to ditch boring and irrelevant team defenses for the additional strategy and excitement of individual defensive player (IDP) leagues.The notion that IDP leagues are too complicated is poppycock (poppycock I say!) — just as we draft wide receivers and running backs who score points for yardage and touchdowns, in IDP, we simply draft defensive linemen, linebackers and defensive backs who are awarded points for tackles, sacks and interceptions.Yes, the draft is longer — but since when do fantasy managers hate draft day? Don’t let fear of a…