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Tyrese Haliburton Leaves Maddison Square Garden On Crutches After Nasty Fall
Indiana travelled to New York on Wednesday night to take on the Knicks and they lost not only the game, but also their best player as Tyrese Haliburton was forced to limp off the court after a nasty fall. Tyrese Haliburton was forced to leave Maddison Square Garden on Wednesday night with crutches, after the Pacers star slipped on landing and injured his ankle. The 22-year old was in clear discomfort after he slipped on landing with a heavy fall on his ankle and Haliburton didn’t immediately get up to defend as he struggled back to his feet. There was just over 2 minutes left on the clock in the third when Haliburton had to exit the game, however the Pacers star man still scored 15 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in his 27 minutes on the court, in yet another good game for the all star ca...
Niners QB Brock Purdy Headlines Player Of The Month Awards
The final player of the month awards for the regular season were announced this morning, as San Fransisco took home multiple awards thanks to a ten game win streak to close the season. The 49ers have been in some seriously good form lately and so it was no surprise when they scooped up two player of the month awards for weeks 13-18 through December and January, as Brock Purdy and Christian McCafferty headlined the honours list. Stacking Ws and awards! Congrats fellas 👏 pic.twitter.com/aP64JD1ttw — San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) January 12, 2023 Purdy has been simply exceptional for the Niners since he stepped into his role this season. The rookie took over from Jimmy Garoppolo as QB in week 13 against the Dolphins and he hasn’t looked back since, winning every game to go 5-0 through ...
Mercedes Benz Stadium To Host Potential Neutral Site AFC Championship Game
The Atlanta Falcons didn’t make the NFL playoffs paving the way for their home stadium to become the site for a potential AFC Championship Game. This potential game will be between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs. If a neutral site AFC Championship Game is played between Buffalo and Kansas City, it now will be held in Atlanta. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 12, 2023 The NFL announced Thursday that Mercedes-Benz Stadium would be the site of the AFC Championship if a neutral site is necessary. The option is necessary because of the way playoff positioning has been determined. After the Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game on January 2nd was canceled after Bills DB Damar Hamlin collapsed in the first quarter. The NFL needed a backup plan if this were to happen. Hamlin is re...
Derek Carr Says Goodbye To Raiders Nation
Quarterback Derek Carr said farewell to the Las Vegas Raiders over social media on Thursday. ☠️ pic.twitter.com/fuSOAWkwk8 — Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) January 12, 2023 “Raider Nation it breaks my heart I didn’t get an opportunity to say goodbye in person,” Carr wrote on Twitter. “We certainly have been on a roller coaster in our 9 years together. From the bottom of my heart, I am so grateful and appreciative of the years of support you gave to my family and me.” Carr also referenced a previous comment in which he said he’d probably quit football if he was no longer a member of the Raiders. “I once said that if I’m not a Raider I would rather be at home and I meant that, but I never envisioned it ending this way,” Carr wrote. “That fire burning inside of me to win a championsh...
Georgia’s Darnell Washington and Kelee Ringo Declare For The NFL Draft
Darnell Washington and teammate Kelee Ringo have declared for the NFL Draft The tight end and corner-back announced Thursday that they are declaring for the 2023 draft. Darnell Washington has made his future plans known. Whoever drafts him will be getting a MAJOR weapon: https://t.co/5Wdgeeup7F pic.twitter.com/0FHIhaHqox — DawgNation (@DawgNation) January 12, 2023 Washington arrived at Georgia as a 5-star prospect in the 2020 recruiting class. He was primarily a secondary contributor during his first two seasons, but he turned the corner in 2022 as part of a one-two punch alongside tight end Brock Bowers. He finished the year with 28 catches for 454 yards and two touchdowns. One of them came in the SEC Championship Game victory over LSU. While his numbers don’t jump off the page, he was pa...
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Miami Heat rename arena to ‘The Arena’ following FTX collapse
The Miami Heat have renamed their home arena to ‘The Arena’ after failed cryptocurrency company FTX filed for bankruptcy in November, ending an intended 19-year sponsorship with the team. A year ago, crypto company FTX was valued at $32bn but filed for bankruptcy protection on 11 November and it has been reported that over $8bn of customer’s funds are missing. In March 2021, FTX acquired the naming rights to the arena for $135 million and the deal was approved by the NBA shortly after, before being officially renamed the FTX Arena in June. The naming rights deal was fully terminated on Wednesday and the Heat will now play their home games at ‘The Arena’ until a new sponsorship can be found. From 1999-2021, the arena was known as the American Airlines Arena where the Miami Heat won three NB...
Stephen A. Smith believes Jayson Tatum should start over Kevin Durant in All-Star game
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith believes Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum should get the nod and start over Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant in the All-Star game. Tatum and Durant are two of the top vote getters in the Eastern Conference frontcourt alongside Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid. There are only three starting spots available between those four players and the current share of the vote has Durant ranked as number one, Antetokounmpo second, Embiid third and Tatum fourth. Tatum is fourth in the league in scoring (30.8 points per game) compared to Durant in seventh (29.7) and averages more rebounds whilst producing similar assist numbers. In an appearance on Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green’s podcast, Stephen A. Smith ma...
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WWE Reportedly Being Sold to the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund
Shortly after Stephanie McMahon announced she would be stepping down as CEO following her disgraced father Vince McMahon‘s return to the World Wrestling Entertainment as Executive Chairman of the Board, the world’s largest professional wrestling company is in the process of being sold to the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF). For those unfamiliar, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia has a major investment in Formula 1, started the LIV Golf professional golf tour, and initiated a takeover of the Premier League’s Newcastle United club. Despite the reports, the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund’s purchase of the WWE is not final just yet. As a publicly-traded company, the WWE must deliver SEC filings and share a public offer price for shareholders. Before word of the PIF stepp...
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Throwback Thursday: Vintage Wild Card Moments That Are Still Talked About Today
The NFL playoffs are just around the corner, and with the Wild Card round coming up this weekend, we’re taking a look at some of the most memorable moments in history from this stage of the postseason, that are still talked about to this day. 5. Terrell Owens Holds On For “The Catch II” All the way back in 1999, Terrell Owens of the San Francisco 49ers produced one of the most memorable moments in NFL history when he won the Wild Card game for the niners in impossible fashion, with a catch which will be remembered forever. The Niners were down four against the Green Bay Packers, with just eight seconds to go, and Owens shocked the nation when he made a catch in the end zone to complete a 25-yard touchdown pass threaded between defenders from quarterback Steve Young, enabling the 49er...
