Ben Simmons isn’t ready to make his debut with the Brooklyn Nets just yet while he’s dealing with a lingering back injury. He will, though, be with the team when they take on his former team on Thursday. Simmons, Nets coach Steve Nash said on Tuesday, will join the team in Philadelphia on Wednesday and then sit on the bench with them on Thursday night. “It’s great. He’s on our team, he needs to be with his teammates and get the whole Philly thing out of the way a little bit,” Nash… Source link
Read More »Joel Embiid ‘did a lot of chasing’ to try to keep Ben Simmons
With the second half of the NBA season starting this week, Joel Embiid insists he has put the Ben Simmons saga behind him. “I did a lot of chasing around trying to get him back and try to make him feel comfortable again,” Embiid told ESPN’s Malika Andrews on Tuesday of his former teammate. “It was tough. “I didn’t care anymore.” Simmons was involved in a messy exit from Philadelphia after he requested a trade and then sat out for months while racking up fines and refusing to play…. Source link
Read More »Ben Simmons breaks silence on trade
Ben Simmons handed out a few answers after an elongated holdout and last week’s trade to the Brooklyn Nets. The 2016 No. 1 overall pick told reporters his mental health had nothing to do with the deal, but that things had piled up during his tenure with the Philadelphia 76ers that forced his way out. “It piled up a bunch of things over the years where I knew I wasn’t myself and I had to get back to that place of being myself and being happy as a person and taking care of my well-being,” Source link
Read More »Ben Roethlisberger, how will you remember him?
How will you remember Ben Roethlisberger, who retired Thursday after 18 seasons in the NFL? Will you remember him as a two-time Super Bowl champion who never once played for a losing team? Or will you remember him as a man twice accused of sexual assault? Will you remember him as a cinderblock-shaped comeback artist? Or will you remember him as the target of an NFL investigation that saw him suspended four games, despite the fact that one of the cases against him was settled and the other… Source link
Read More »Exploring the market beyond Ben Simmons
The Philadelphia 76ers have been shopping three-time returning All-Star Ben Simmons for the entire season, so nobody would be surprised if he is moved before the NBA trade deadline on Feb. 10. We have also discussed potential deals involving the Portland Trail Blazers‘ Damian Lillard and Washington Wizards‘ Bradley Beal ad infinitum, despite both players pledging loyalty to middling franchises in serious need of a roster shakeup. The list of potentially available franchise players beyond them… Source link
Read More »Ben Roethlisberger doesn't say he's retired after Chiefs loss, but time with Steelers sounds over – Yahoo Sports
Ben Roethlisberger all but announced his retirement from the NFL on Sunday night in Kansas City. After the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ 42-21 loss to the Chiefs in the AFC’s wild-card round, the longtime Steelers quarterback sounded like he had played for the final time in the league. “It’s tough. I’m proud to have played with these guys,” he told reporters postgame. “God has blessed me with an ability to throw a football, and has blessed me to play in the greatest city, Pittsburgh, with the… Source link
Read More »De’Aaron Fox, Ben Simmons deal explored
SACRAMENTO — Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox’s name is circulating throughout the league as a big-time player who can potentially be moved by the Feb. 10 NBA trade deadline. The Philadelphia 76ers canvassed the prospect of a Fox-Ben Simmons trade package as recently as a few days ago, but dialogue remains exploratory due diligence, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Kings have received an abundance of interest in Fox and second-year guard Tyrese Haliburton, but the internal plan… Source link
Read More »Ben Roethlisberger thanks fans for ‘love and support’
Ben Roethlisberger continues to send signs that his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers is coming to an end. Roethlisberger released a statement Tuesday thanking fans for sending him “love and support” during Monday’s game. The statement was released on Roethlisberger’s website, BigBen7.com, and the website’s Twitter account. Roethlisberger does not have a personal Twitter account. Roethlisberger led the Steelers to a win in what was expected to be his final home game with the team…. Source link
Read More »Google Maps Shows Users “Potentially Fatal” Route on Ben Nevis
In this May 2000 file photograph, sheep graze at the base of Ben Nevis in Scotland. Photo: Lisa Marie Pane (AP) A few years ago, instead of leading my best friend and I through a lovely and picturesque Spanish mountain trail, Google Maps took us to an isolated field with some cows. While I learned then not trust the internet when it comes to nature, it appears that an increasing number of visitors to the Scottish mountain Ben Nevis continue to do so, which could endanger their lives. In… Source link
Read More »Google Maps suggests ‘potentially fatal’ routes up Ben Nevis, say mountain charities | Google Maps
Scottish mountaineering charities have criticised Google for suggesting routes up Ben Nevis and other mountains they say are “potentially fatal” and direct people over a cliff. The John Muir Trust, which looks after the upper reaches of the UK’s highest mountain, said attempts to contact the company over the issue had been met with silence. The charity said certain searches for routes up Ben Nevis on Google Maps directed users to the car park nearest the summit as the crow flies, and… Source link
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