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The NFL has officially suspended three players for violating the league’s COVID-19 protocols. Two of the players, Antonio Brown and Mike Edwards, are teammates of Tom Brady’s on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while the third is free agent John Franklin III. All three players will be ineligible to play for the next three matches. The players have allegedly misrepresented their vaccination statuses and thus, violated the protocols. In a joint statement, the NFL and the NFLPA said, “The health and safety of players and personnel is our top priority. The protocols were jointly developed working with our respective experts to ensure that we are practicing and playing football as safely as possible during the ongoing pandemic. The NFL-NFLPA jointly reinforce their commitment and further emphasize the ...

The Memphis Grizzlies have added another historical feat to the franchise, this time scoring a franchise-high of 152 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Grizzlies beat OKC by an NBA-record margin of 73 points with their 152-79 victory. Just back in February, OKC took a 57-point loss at home in a 152-95 defeat to the Indiana Pacers, making it the largest home defeat in the history of the league. With the loss to the Grizzlies, they can now add the worst road loss to the franchise’s historical milestones. The loss has surpassed the 68-point margin loss the Miami Heat suffered from losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1991. With Ja Morant still sidelined due to a knee injury, Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis’ success, scoring 27 points on 9-for-11 shooting as well as made 6/7 from the ...

Shaquille O’Neal has had undoubtedly one of the most successful basketball careers in the history of the NBA. Throughout his time in the league, O’Neal was considered and still is arguably one of the greatest centers of all time. His successes in the sport caught the attention of many in the industry and even the many brands vying for endorsements from the basketball player. Amongst those that reached out to O’Neal was sneaker giant, Nike. However, when O’Neal was drafted, he declined Nike’s offer and signed a deal with Reebok instead. In a recent interview, O’Neal revealed why he rejected the lucrative deal from Nike, “When I got drafted, they gave me the opportunity to have my own shoe — Reebok. Nike was interested, but they didn’t want me to have my own shoe.” He went on to explain that...

Building on top of VAR, FIFA is now introducing a new “semi-automated” limb-tracking technology that’ll help referees determine whether a player was offside. According to FIFA, the new system relies on a series of 10 to 12 cameras installed under the roof of each stadium. Together, the cameras can collect an incredible 29 data points 50 times per second per player, and once it determines that a player has been caught offside by tracking their limbs at the very moment a pass is made, the system will automatically alert to replay operator, who will then review the footage and communicate with the referee. FIFA plans on introducing the technology at the upcoming Arab Cup, and if successful, will bring it through to the 2022 Qatar World Cup as well. “Technology is very important and useful in ...

Golf product artisans Seamus Golf designed a headcover collection for golf enthusiasts, basketball fans, and even sneakerheads. More specifically, “The Shot” collection from Seamus’ is a homage to Michael Jordan’s game-winning shot when he played for the Bulls. Seamus Golf’s “The Shot” headcover collection took inspiration from Michael Jordan’s Air Jordan IVs and also the winning shot against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1989. This head nod to the classic Tinker Hatfield design reflects on that moment of basketball history and utilizes the black and red colorway from the Air Jordan IV, worn in the playoff. Additionally, the tale from this winning moment trickles to the motif of each driver, fairway, hybrid, and blade putter cover that takes the color story using a red leather tab and has a m...

LeBron James is expected to miss several games after being listed in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Shams Charania of The Athletic first reported that the NBA star will sit out of tonight’s game against the Sacramento Kings as he enters protocol, however ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski revealed that James might miss at least 10 days. “Players with positive Covid cases must be out a minimum of 10 days,” he tweeted, adding, “Players with Covid must be out 10 days, or return two negative PCR tests in a 24 hour period. For now, James will remain in the health and safety protocols.” If James is unable to return two negative PCR tests in a 24-hour period, he will likely miss around four or five games. Stay tuned for more updates on James’ condition. LeBr...

When it comes to siblings in the NBA, LaVar Ball has long been known as the mastermind behind his sons’ professional basketball careers. While only two of them, Lonzo and LaMelo Ball are in the league and LiAngelo is in the G-League, LaVar has recently revealed that he would like to see all three of his sons play together on the same team. LaVar seems to be confident of the brothers’ chemistry, speaking to Block Club Chicago about his hopes and wishes for his sons. LaVar says, “Now I say my boys are going to be the first billionaires to play basketball. Individuals, we’re all millionaires. But as a family, we’ll be billionaires. That’s what makes me do what I do. I’m going to show folks: When any Black family sticks together, it’s going to grow far.” LaVar also revealed that he is interest...

This February, Tiger Woods was hospitalized following a car accident in Los Angeles. Earlier this week, Woods spoke about the incident in his first in-depth interview after the crash, touching on his future in golf and what to expect next. The legendary golfer sat down with Golf Digest, shedding some light on his traumatic injuries, his recovery process as well as how he has been moving forward. When it came to discussing the longevity of his career post-accident, Woods said, “I think something that is realistic is playing the tour one day—never full time, ever again—but pick and choose, just like Mr. [Ben] Hogan did. Pick and choose a few events a year and you play around that.” He added, “You practice around that, and you gear yourself up for that. I think that’s how I’m going to have to...

Lionel Messi has been crowned the best player in world football for a record seventh time during last night’s ceremony at Paris’ Theatre du Chatelet. The Argentine — who transferred from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain earlier this year — helped his country win the Copa America and scored over 40 goals across 2021, to earn him his seventh accolade. The award, which was postponed last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, sees Messi go two wins ahead of Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, after also beating Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, Chelsea’s Jorginho and Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema who came second, third and fourth respectively. Out of the 30 players shortlisted for the award, the Premier League boasted 14 with five representing Chelsea and Manchester City, two fro...

Tristan Thompson had a fan ejected from the Memphis Grizzlies-Sacramento Kings game on November 28. According to reports, the Grizzlies fan was removed from his courtside seat at the FedExForum in the fourth quarter. Drew Hill of the Daily Memphian added that the spectator had made comments about the Kardashians directed at Thompson; the NBA player shares a three-year-old daughter with Khloe Kardashian. “Per multiple people around the fan that was thrown out of the Grizzlies game tonight, he was tossed because he was making comments about the Kardashian family in the direction of Tristan Thompson,” Hill tweeted, however the specific comments were not shared. Kings coach Alvin Gentry addressed the ejection after the game, “I think (when) you pay for a ticket you’ve got a right to boo g...

After their recent altercation, LeBron James has now spoken out about Isaiah Stewart‘s claims that he intentionally elbowed the Piston in the face. In a recent post-game interview, James talked about meeting Stewart back on the court, “I don’t go into a game and make it an individual thing.” After hearing about Stewart’s response to the altercation doubling down on the fact that James purposely elbowing him in the face, James explained, “I saw his comments today and he felt it was intentional or wasn’t an accident. The actual chop down was on purpose to get his arm off me, that part was on purpose, but the point of my hand hitting his face was not on purpose. You can literally go through numerous plays in the NBA where guys were chopping down on guys’ arms or hands trying to get them off o...

It comes as no surprise that LaMelo Ball has caught the eye of basketball fans and critics everywhere. Perhaps one of his greatest champions is outspoken and boisterous father LaVar Ball. At only 20 years old, LaMelo holds an impressive NBA career with the Charlotte Hornets. In the past 11 games, LaMelo has averaged 18.8 points, 9.9 rebounds, 9.4 assists and 1.9 steals. TMZ recently caught up with his father, LaVar Ball who when asked if LaMelo can be the league’s youngest MVP, he responded, “Do I think he can win it? No. I know he can win it!” However, despite having faith in his youngest son, LaVar understands that his prediction will only hold true if the Hornets win a championship first. LaVar has said that in order for LaMelo to be considered in the running, he would need to first win...