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LAS VEGAS — It would appear Kevin Durant’s trade request would be a tipping point to the player empowerment era, a chance for NBA team owners to reset the paradigm after a decade-plus of star movement. After all, if a star in the New York market who’s just entering a four-year extension worth nearly $200 million can force his way out, a contract between player and team might as well be written with disappearing ink. A period that began with LeBron James exercising his right as a free… Source link

The NFL wants to add American football to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but not the breed of American football its fans are used to. Troy Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations, will work alongside International Federation of American Football president Pierre Trochet as co-chairs of the “Vision28” group, an effort to add flag football to the Los Angeles Games, the NFL announced Wednesday. No form of American football has been seen at the Olympics since 1932,… Source link

The transaction rush is over, so let’s get take-y. Here are the winners and losers from the first few hours of NHL free agency. Winners Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus shocked the hockey world, and probably even itself, by landing the No. 1 free agent on the board and one of the most talented players to exit via free agency in recent history, Johnny Gaudreau. Columbus doesn’t appear to satisfy the main bullet-point on Gaudreau’s offseason agenda, which was apparently to be near family. But what’s… Source link

The Kansas City Royals are headed to Toronto to face the Blue Jays this weekend, though calling the team they’ll be fielding the Royals may be a bit charitable. A whopping 10 players on the Royals’ roster are not vaccinated against COVID-19 and will not be able to enter Canada for the Blue Jays series, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Those players reportedly are: OF Andrew Benintendi IF/OF Whit Merrifield C M.J. Melendez DH Hunter Dozier SP Brad Keller SP Brady Singer CF Michael A. Taylor OF Kyle… Source link

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez called it quits more than a year ago, but there’s still lots of love on his part. “Look, we had a great time,” he said on Wednesday’s episode of iHeartRadio’s The Martha Stewart Podcast. “More importantly, we always put the kids front and center in everything we do.” The former baseball star and singer-actress began dating in early 2017, and they were known as much for integrating their families — she has twins Max and Emme from her marriage to Marc Anthony,… Source link

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This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Golf series. The Open Championship Fife, ScotlandSt. Andrews Links (Old Course) – Par 72 – 7,313 yardsField – 156 entrantsPurse – $14M The Preview The 150th edition of the Open Championship finds itself poetically on the sacred grounds of the birthplace of golf, as the Old Course at St. Andrews plays host to the final major of the season along the coast of Scotland for the first time since 2015. A true links test, the Old Course features wide… Source link

One of the busiest days on the hockey calendar lived up to its reputation as NHL free agency opened with a bang on Wednesday. Several big names are already off the board, but there are still a number of high-profile stars looking for new homes. How will the league’s balance of power shift in the hours, days and weeks ahead as players make their decisions? Follow along here with our tracker and live blog for all the latest signings, rumors, trades and more. Nazem Kadri is one of the biggest… Source link

This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Twitter should ditch Musk Twitter (TWTR) has asked a Delaware court to force Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk to stick to his agreement to buy the social network for $44 billion. But the company’s own lawsuit illustrates exactly why the Tesla chief is possibly one of the least… Source link

Yeardley Smith, best know as the voice of The Simpsons‘ Lisa, has married her love Dan Grice — and the story behind it is one that would make the likes of the late Nora Ephron fire up their laptop. Smith explained to the Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday that the pair met when he served as her personal bodyguard in 2014 as she visited Springfield, Ore. After having dealt with a stalker, Smith reluctantly agreed to producers’ pleas to represent her juggernaut show at the… Source link