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The Bachelor has a Chris Harrison problem. Well, the franchise actually has a lot of problems, but Harrison, who is essentially the face of Bachelor Nation, is one that is about to implode. As calls for Harrison’s firing grow louder, Matt James, the show’s first Black Bachelor in 25 seasons, broke his silence surrounding the controversy ahead of Monday’s new episode. James specifically called out Harrison’s “troubling and painful” words excusing historical racism. Harrison apologized and… Source link

The Minnesota Timberwolves fired head coach Ryan Saunders on Sunday night. The team announced the decision shortly after multiple reports of his dismissal Sunday evening. The Timberwolves officially hired Toronto Raptors assistant coach Chris Finch on Monday, after The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Sunday that Finch would take Saunders’ place. Finch will join the Timberwolves as their full-time coach, not on an interim basis, according to the report. The Minnesota Timberwolves are hiring… Source link

When the entirety of Urban Meyer’s first coaching staff with the Jacksonville Jaguars was unveiled on Thursday, one name immediately jumped out — especially to those who closely follow college football. Chris Doyle, the longtime head strength coach at the University of Iowa, will serve as Jacksonville’s Director of Sports Performance. It’s Doyle’s first job since he and Iowa parted ways back in June under tumultuous circumstances, including allegations of racism. Doyle was the… Source link

LeBron James has caught no shortage of flak for how he announced he was joining the Miami Heat back in 2010, but there was apparently at least one person who had a problem with how he left the team. That person would be Chris Bosh, who discussed the circumstances of his former teammate’s departure for the Cleveland Cavaliers in free agency during an appearance on Thursday’s episode of the “All the Smoke” podcast. When asked by host Matt Barnes how James told him of the decision, Bosh… Source link

Circumstances change in an instant. In February, Kelly Oubre Jr.’s meniscus was torn. Through no action of his own, he set off a chain of events that eight months later sent him from the Phoenix Suns to the Oklahoma City Thunder. [Create or join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Basketball League for free today] Young Suns guns Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson and veteran Aron Baynes stepped in for him and unlocked a shooting, defending warhorse built for the NBA’s current climate. An 8-0 run in the NBA… Source link

Welcome to the Yahoo Sports 2020 NBA rumor tracker. In this post, we’ll break down all the draft, free agency and trade talk ahead of the 2020-21 season. Top free agents: Point guards | Shooting guards | Small forwards | Power forwards | Center Though it feels like just yesterday the bubble season wrapped up, the NBA draft is set to take place Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. and the season is scheduled to tip off Dec. 22. Suns acquire Chris Paul from Thunder The Phoenix Suns pulled off a blockbuster deal… Source link

Chris Jericho during an episode of All Elite Wrestling’s “Dynamite” program. (Credit: AEW) Chris Jericho has been a mainstay in professional wrestling for the past three decades, performing for myriad companies and in countless cities and countries across the globe. Over the past two years, however — just under 7 percent of the time he has been in the industry — Jericho has been one of the faces of All Elite Wrestling, the latest promotion to take aim at Vince McMahon’s WWE conglomerate…. Source link

The Toronto Raptors arrived to the NBA campus at Disney World with “BLACK LIVES MATTER” written on their buses: Warriors forward Draymond Green had some questions about that. Appearing on TNT, Green asked Raptors president Masai Ujiri about the buses. TNT: Green: You have on your bus Black Lives Matter. As a Canadian team, it doesn’t directly impact your team, because you’re in an entire different country. What made you guys take the stand and put it on your bus? I think one of 22 teams… Source link

Yahoo Sports senior NBA insider Chris Haynes joined “NBA on TNT Tuesday” to report on players calling the league’s anonymous hotline to report player transgressions, the Lakers superstar’s sacrifice in the bubble and the Heat star’s late-night visit from security. Source link