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LOS ANGELES — It was a grand opening ceremony for one of sports’ iconic franchises in late July. Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, along with former Laker greats, were in attendance at the team’s practice facility to promote Buss’ docuseries titled, “Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers,” scheduled to premiere Monday on Hulu. It’s a 10-episode series in which Buss quelled the notion that the project would not reveal any hard-hitting revelations due to being an in-house… Source link

Jerry Jones apologized on Tuesday after using a derogatory term for little people during a Dallas Cowboys news conference. “Earlier today I made a reference which I understand may have been viewed as offensive,” a statement from Jones reads. “I apologize.” The Cowboys owner used the term while speaking about late Cowboys director of scouting Larry Lacewell. He did so as he paid tribute to former players and staff members who recently died while addressing media at the start of training… Source link

Former Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett is back in the NFL, this time as a coach. The Detroit Lions hired Barrett as an offensive assistant Saturday. This comes almost two years after Barrett was waived by the Pittsburgh Steelers before the 2020 season. Barrett had signed with the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League in January, but an injury in March forced him to the retired list. Barrett signed with the New Orleans Saints after going undrafted in 2018 following an illustrious… Source link

The following players are widely available in Yahoo Fantasy Baseball formats and may be worth grabbing, depending on your league’s depth. Hicks has three homers and two steals while batting .323 with more walks than strikeouts over eight games in July. The Yankees have remained patient with him all season (a .359 OBP thanks to an elite walk rate helps), and more power is finally starting to show. Hicks has 10 runs scored and eight RBI over the eight games this month, as counting stats will… Source link

The Buffalo Bills handed the New England Patriots an embarrassing 47-17 wild-card loss on Saturday night, and in the process they made NFL history.  They became the first team ever to have a perfect offensive performance. They scored touchdowns on every single one of their possessions (except the kneel downs at the end of the game). They didn’t face a single fourth down in the entire game, so they had no punts or field goals. They also held onto the ball when they had it, turning the ball… Source link

Media top headlines January 13 In media news today, Associated Press tells staff to ‘avoid emphasizing COVID case counts, the Economic Council director urges the media to focus on wage increases instead of inflation, and the mainstream media drags Rand Paul for clashing with Dr. Fauci. Yahoo is rejecting a digital ad from Republican Senate candidate Jim Lamon for touting the widely-used anti-Biden expression.  Lamon, a businessman and Army veteran running in the GOP primary in Arizona,… Source link

Every great quarterback knows they would be nothing without their offensive line. The men in the trenches who give them the time to set and throw the perfect spiral on the game-winning touchdown deserve a little recognition too, especially around the holidays. Ever since former Miami Dolphins QB Dan Marino famously gifted Isotoner gloves to his teammates in a memorable 1980s commercial, it’s almost become a cliché for the starting QB to at the very minimum give them a gift card to Outback… Source link

The Carolina Panthers didn’t spend their bye week quietly.  As teams around the league got the early slate of games underway, the Panthers announced they have fired offensive coordinator Joe Brady. Head coach Matt Rhule made the call. “I met with Joe this morning and informed him that I have decided to make a change,” Rhule said, per a team statement. “I’m very grateful to him for his time and effort in helping us get established over this past year and a half.” Senior offensive assistant Jeff… Source link

Google parted ways with a cloud services executive after he published a LinkedIn manifesto about Israeli-Palestinian relations and his vehemently antisemitic past. CNBC reports that Google faced internal criticism over Amr Awadallah, VP of developer relations at Google Cloud. While Awadallah said he published the piece to promote tolerance and understanding, employees objected to how Awadallah described Jews and expressed concerns about his past beliefs. Awadallah began the June 13th post… Source link