Apr 23, 2022; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Southern California Trojans coach Lincoln Riley during the spring game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports USC paid a jaw-dropping amount to Lincoln Riley in his first year with the school. The Trojans made the surprising hire of Riley in late 2021, and his first season coaching the football team came in 2022. The LA Times got a hold of the federal tax returns filed by USC that showed how much Riley was paid between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. According to the Times, USC…
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Dec 16, 2022; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla watches from the sideline as they take on the Orlando Magic at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla is fed up with one narrative that he has heard about his team during their current postseason run. Mazzulla was asked on Friday about the relationship between his two top players, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. A reporter referenced the talk among analysts and talk show hosts that there is “tension” between Tatum and Brown because both superstars want to prove…
Sep 5, 2022; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney questions the side judge after a replay during the first quarter of the Chick-fil-A kickoff game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Dabo Swinney has stood out in the new era of college football for his refusal to utilize the transfer portal. Swinney believes in home-growing his players rather than paying top dollar for what are effectively free agents. While other schools pluck players out of the transfer portal, Swinney sticks to what he did throughout the 2010s…
PJ Washington can still hardly believe his luck. Washington and the Dallas Mavericks officially clinched an NBA Finals berth with a 124-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of their Western Conference Finals series on Thursday. It marked the first Finals appearance for Dallas since their 2011 NBA title and just the third Finals appearance in the entire history of their franchise. For the Mavs forward Washington, the achievement also had extra meaning. He began the season on the lowly Charlotte Hornets before being dealt to Dallas at the February trade deadline. During Dallas’ celebrations in the locker…
Dec 27, 2020; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; A general view of a Kansas City Chiefs helmet before the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Another member of the Kansas City Chiefs is facing legal trouble over allegations of animal cruelty. Isaiah Buggs, a former standout offensive lineman at Alabama, is facing animal cruelty charges in Tuscaloosa, according to Ryan Phillips of Tuscaloosa Patch. The charges stem from officers finding a pit bull and a Rottweiler mix caged in a home without access to food or water. The dogs were described as “malnourished,…
Sep 2, 2023; Auburn, Alabama, USA; Auburn Tigers running back Brian Battie (21) returns the opening kickoff against the Massachusetts Minutemen at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Reed-USA TODAY Sports Auburn running back Brian Battie on Saturday was reportedly one of several victims of a shooting in Sarasota, Fla. Battie was one of four people injured in the shooting that occurred around 3:30 a.m. at Tallywood Centre Plaza. Battie’s brother Tommie was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a report from ABC7. Police say Brian sustained a gunshot wound to the head. Sarasota investigators and deputies had reportedly closed…
The Minnesota Timberwolves were a tight-knit group right up to the end of their playoff run, as evidenced by one move they made late in the Western Conference Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. According to a new story from Jon Krawczynski and Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Timberwolves collectively decided that no player would appear on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” postgame show following the team’s Game 4 victory. The Timberwolves made the move in protest of the presence of Draymond Green, as the team found Green’s criticisms of Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns to be over-the-top and needlessly personal.…
Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander (23) walks off the field during training camp on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at Ray Nitschke Field in Ashwaubenon, Wis. Samantha Madar/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis. The Green Bay Packers made a significant coaching change during the offseason, and it seems to be popular with one of their defensive stars. The Packers replaced defensive coordinator Joe Barry with Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley during the offseason after Barry’s defense struggled for much of the 2023 season. Alexander is already seeing the impacts, and while he tried to be respectful of his former coaching staff, the…
Jan 9, 2023; Inglewood, CA, USA; Detailed view of a Georgia Bulldogs helmet during the CFP national championship game at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A Georgia football player was arrested over the weekend on charges related to reckless driving. Sacovie White, a freshman who is entering his first season at Georgia, was arrested early Saturday morning after being stopped by Athens-Clarke County Police. Officers pulled White over after White was observed driving the wrong way down a one-way street. Clarke County Jail records show that White was booked at 3:04 a.m. on misdemeanor charges of…
May 24, 2022; Dallas, Texas, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) reacts after a play against the Dallas Mavericks during the first quarter in game four of the 2022 Western Conference finals at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Draymond Green appears to have gotten his wish. The Minnesota Timberwolves were eliminated from the playoffs on Thursday with a 124-103 loss in Game 5 of their Western Conference Finals series against the Dallas Mavericks. The Golden State Warriors star Green had been working as a part of TNT’s studio crew during the WCF series but…