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Michigan Coach Juwan Howard Suspended For Rest Of Regular Season After Fight

The fallout from Michigan men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard’s handshake-line shenanigans with the Wisconsin Badgers has arrived. The former Fab 5 star won’t be on the sidelines for the remainder of the Wolverines’ regular-season games. In…

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Olympic Coach Peter Foley & Snowboarder Hagen Kearney Under Investigation

U.S. Ski & Snowboard is investigating longtime Olympic coach Peter Foley as well as Olympic snowboard racer Hagen Kearney after allegations surfaced that the former took pictures of naked female athletes and the latter used racist language…

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Lakers Waive DeAndre Jordan, Sign DJ Augustin & Wenyen Gabriel

As things have started to go haywire, the Los Angeles Lakers plan to make some tweaks to their roster. The team plans to waive backup big man DeAndre Jordan and sign free agent guard DJ Augustin. The move shows the…

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FIFA & UEFA Suspend Russian Teams

FIFA and UEFA have suspended all Russian international and club teams from competitions “until further notice,” the pair announced in a joint statement Monday. The world’s governing soccer body, FIFA, and European’s, UEFA, said that each’s presidents—Gianni…

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Derek Jeter Resigns As Marlins CEO

The Miami Marlins and CEO Derek Jeter have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately, the Hall of Famer announced Monday. The former Yankee legend was baseball’s first—and remains its only—black CEO. He had one year remaining…

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International Olympic Committee Urges Sports Bodies To Ban Russian Athletes

On the heels of the Ukrainian invasion, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urged “with a heavy heart” sports bodies Monday to exclude the country’s athletes and officials from international events. The IOC said the move…

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New Video Show NSFW Fight Between Juwan Howard & Greg Gard

A new video has come to light showing the moments leading up to the donnybrook between Michigan head coach Juwan Howard and Wisconsin’s Greg Gard. The video can be seen below, but be warned: It’s…

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Kings & Nuggets Show Support For Ukraine Crisis Before Game

The Kings and Nuggets held a moment of silence before their game Thursday in Sacramento and linked arms with Sacramento center Alex Len to show support for what’s happening in his native country. Len, 28, and Raptors wing Svi Mykhailiuk—the…

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Lakers Booed, Lose By 28 To Zion-Less Pelicans

If the on-the-court results weren’t apparent enough, the fans’ reactions made it clear: the Lakers are in serious trouble. The team Sunday night suffered its worst loss of the season—123-95 against the Zion Williamson-less Pelicans,…

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Rams’ Coach Sean McVay Urges Aaron Donald To ‘Run It Back’

“Run it back!” That’s the phrase that was jokingly used by Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay at the team’s Super Bowl victory parade to stave one of the greatest defensive players off from potential retirement.…

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Falcon’s Matt Ryan Sets Record With $48.6 Million Cap Hit

Set to enter his 15th NFL season, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is about to set a record. Sure, he’s moving up the all-time passing yardage ranks—he’s on the verge of entering the top five…

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Jaxson Hayes Pleads No Contest To Two Charges For Resisting Arrest

Facing an L.A. judge Thursday stemming from his July arrest, Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes pleaded no contest for resisting arrest and false imprisonment charges. He was facing 10 other charges, but the judge dismissed those. The…

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Aaron Rodgers To Inform Packers Of His 2022 Fate By March 8

Green Bay Packers quarterback (for now) Aaron Rodgers says that he plans to soon inform the team of his intentions for the 2022 NFL season. He said he’d share his 2022 plans by March 8, the…

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Former Boxing Champion Klitschko Brothers To Fight For Ukraine

Former boxing champions Wladimir Klitschko and Vitali Klitschko are preparing for the fight of their lives, as the former enlisted in the Ukrainian reserve army three weeks prior to Thursday’s Russian invasion and the other…

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Eileen Gu’s VPN Use For Social Media At Olympics Draws Criticism

Beijing Olympics gold medalist Eileen Gu has found herself in hot water with some fans after divulging a potentially illegal way to avoid internet censorship at the games. “Why can you use Instagram and millions of Chinese people…

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MLB & MLBPA Meet For Five Hours; No New CBA In Sight

Monday’s five-hour boardroom session between MLB and the MLB Players Association—at times in the same room, other times in separate quarters—seemed to be all for naught, as the two parties remain far apart on a…

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Atlanta Falcons Release LB Dante Fowler Jr.

The Atlanta Falcons have released veteran linebacker Dante Fowler Jr., who was set to hit free agency as the final year of his contract was converted into a void year. The 27-year-old edge rusher initially…

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Phil Mickelson Apologizes To Everyone – Except PGA Tour – For Comments About Saudis

Phil Mickelson apologized Tuesday for comments about the Saudis and a proposed super league – harsh words that “Lefty” says were off the record and not meant to be shared publicly. “It was reckless, I…

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Jonathan Allen Apologizes For Saying He Wants To Have Dinner With Hitler

This was not the nosh he was looking for, apparently. Washington Commanders’ Jonathan Allen has apologized for a since-deleted tweet in which he said he’d like to have dinner with Adolf Hitler. During a self-prompted Q&A session…

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Goran Dragic To Sign With The Nets

Veteran (now former) free-agent guard Goran Dragic is signing with the Brooklyn Nets for the remainder of the season. Dragic, 35, started the season with Toronto before he was sent to San Antonio at the…

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Yankees To Retire Paul O’Neill’s 21

Twenty-one years after his final game with the team, Paul O’Neill will finally have his number 21 retired by the New York Yankees. No Yankee has worn it since LaTroy Hawkins donned it in 2008…

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