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Buffalo Bills rookie punter Matt Araiza didn’t play in the team’s final preseason game on Friday night against the Carolina Panthers, following civil lawsuit allegations that he and two former San Diego State teammates gang raped a 17-year-old girl in 2021. Araiza traveled with the team to Charlotte, and was at Bank of America Stadium while Buffalo’s other special teams players took the field for warmups. Backup quarterback Matt Barkley assumed the Bills’ punting duties. Araiza released a… Source link

Julio Jones is signing a one-year deal to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Terms of the deal weren’t initially reported. The seven-time Pro Bowl receiver joins his second team since leaving the Atlanta Falcons after a single season last year with the Tennessee Titans. He’ll team up with Tom Brady in pursuit of his first Super Bowl championship. [Set, hut, hike! Create or join a fantasy football league now!] Jones joins the Bucs as leading receiver Chris Godwin… Source link

LAS VEGAS — The first weekend of Summer League was jam-packed with exciting games and glimpses of top players from the 2022 NBA draft. The No. 1 pick, Paolo Banchero, went head-to-head with No. 4 pick Keegan Murray in a sudden-death double-overtime thriller. No. 2 pick Chet Holmgren is settling in with the Oklahoma City Thunder, while No. 5 pick Jaden Ivey showcased some flashy passes and dunks in the open court. “This is a great class and people were kind of underestimating our class,”… Source link

Since launching in 2016, Pokemon Go has driven enthusiasts to chase their favorite monsters in delivery rooms, at funerals, and even inside the White House. Soon, we’ll see how far hoopheads will go in search of their favorite players. Niantic, the makers of Pokemon Go, announced a partnership with the NBA Tuesday, with plans to launch a similar mobile game featuring NBA stars. More from Sportico.com NBA All-World is set to debut later this year, hoping to draw fans around the world to… Source link

NEW YORK — Los Angeles Clippers forward Nicolas Batum is declining his $3.3 million player option to hit free agency, but it is widely expected that he will re-sign a new two-year deal, league sources told Yahoo Sports. It is anticipated that the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz will have strong interest in trying to pry away the 14-year veteran from Clipper Land, sources said. But the Clippers are in the driver’s seat, sources said. The free… Source link

Two outs, two strikes. Tying run on second. Gerrit Cole on the bump. You’re pinch-hitting, you tell yourself in the batting cage. The crucial pitch is on the way — just as soon as it matriculates its way through that ubiquitous metal tripod, the pitching machine. Shoop. Here it comes. A 75 mph, arrow-straight fastball, down the middle. Actually facing Gerrit Cole is nothing like that. He could throw you a blistering four-seamer. Or a slider, or a cutter, or a changeup, or a curveball. And… Source link

Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in January 2017.Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Speculation is mounting that late Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen’s pro sports teams could be sold. Nike founder Phil Knight already submitted a $2 billion bid for the Portland Trail Blazers. Allen’s trust has sold off other assets, including property and a yacht, since his death in 2018. When Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen died in 2018,… Source link

Andy Behrens and I teamed up on an episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast this week to offer up the five most interesting teams for 2022 leagues. A great idea by our producer, I decided it might be good to unpack my top five a little further here. A lot is going to change between now and seasonal league drafts in August but this can serve as a template for what we should be thinking about as training camp approaches. 5 – Detroit Lions Well, well, well, how the turntables … I find the… Source link

The picks are in, from No. 1 (Travon Walker to the Jacksonville Jaguars) through No. 263 (Brock Purdy to the San Francisco 49ers), and we have broken all of them down. Here are our final NFC team-by-team grades for the 2022 NFL draft (picks listed by round and overall pick): NFC East Picks: 1-24: Tulsa OT Tyler Smith; 2-56: Mississippi EDGE Sam Williams; 3-88; South Alabama WR Jalen Tolbert; 4-129: Wisconsin TE Jake Ferguson; 5-155: North Dakota OT Matt Waletzko; 5-167: Fresno State CB DaRon… Source link

The NFL draft went to Las Vegas and quickly got drunk. In the shadow of Caesars Palace, commissioner Roger Goodell morphed into part carnival barker, part pit boss, announcing 32 picks and a record nine first-round trades in a wild night befitting a wild offseason. (Remember when Tom Brady retired? Me neither.) There were just three trades in last year’s first round. Teams moved up. Teams moved down. They traded picks and players. They dished veterans on the side. And, yes, they made some… Source link