Late For Work 2/18: Maybe Ozzie Newsome Wasn't Bluffing About Joe Flacco Contract
Maybe Ozzie Newsome Wasn’t Bluffing About Joe Flacco Contract After agent Joe Linta said Wednesday that he hasn’t spoken with the Ravens about a contract restructure for Joe Flacco, some started to think General Manager Ozzie Newsome wasn’t bluffing after all. At last month’s end-of-season press conference, Newsome said the team might be able to live with Flacco’s $28.55 million cap hit if the team was strategic enough. “The Ravens do things on their own timetable and they essentially won’t nee..>> view originalLate For Work 2/18: Maybe Ozzie Newsome Wasn't Bluffing About Joe Flacco Contract
Maybe Ozzie Newsome Wasn’t Bluffing About Joe Flacco Contract After agent Joe Linta said Wednesday that he hasn’t spoken with the Ravens about a contract restructure for Joe Flacco, some started to think General Manager Ozzie Newsome wasn’t bluffing after all. At last month’s end-of-season press conference, Newsome said the team might be able to live with Flacco’s $28.55 million cap hit if the team was strategic enough. “The Ravens do things on their own timetable and they essentially won’t nee..>> view originalReports: Celtics refuse to use Nets' pick in trade for Horford or Howard
Heading into to Thursday's trade deadline, the Boston Celtics are armed with several assets, like a potentially high first-round Brooklyn Nets' draft pick. Yet according to several reports, they are unwilling to use it in a trade to get a marquee player like Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard or Atlanta Hawks big man Al Horford.The Celtics have been reportedly very interested in trading for Horford, yet according to the Boston Herald's Steve Bullpett, Boston never engaged the Hawks in a discu..>> view originalNets pluck Sean Marks from Spurs, hire him as new general manager
It turns out Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov does know Sean Marks' name. The Nets have hired Marks as their new general manager, the team announced on Thursday, one day after Prokhorov told reporters that he'd "never heard this name before" when asked about his candidacy.According to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski, Marks' contract is for four years, and the team had to "significantly" increase the offer late Wednesday night.Marks previously served as assistant general manager for the S..>> view originalReport: Pistons acquire Motiejunas, Thornton from Rockets
Give and Go: Biggest storylines of NBA's second half Sports Illustrated's Matt Dollinger and Ben Golliver preview the biggest storylines of the second half, including the Warriors' run at history, the jumbled race in the Eastern Conference and more.>> view originalDuke and Kentucky might be taking control of another college basketball season
Point guard Tyler Ulis seems poised to lead Kentucky deep into the tournament once again. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Last college basketball season ended with Duke snipping nets, and it will be remembered most for Kentucky’s pursuit of a perfect record. Those two programs defined the year, as happens a lot of years in college basketball. For most of this season, it seemed as though 2015-16 would not follow suit. Only 10 days ago, Kentucky lingered near the bottom of the Top 25, and Duke had fa..>> view originalPacquiao Respects Nike's Drop: A lot of People Alarmed By Truth!
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao said Thursday that he respects Nike's decision to sever ties with him over his comments about gay relationships but stood pat on his opposition to same-sex marriage and added he's happy that "a lot of people were alarmed by the truth." The American apparel giant said Wednesday that it will no longer have any business dealings with the Filipino boxing champion, adding that it found his comments "abhorrent." Nike says it strongly opposes any kind of di..>> view originalIs Artemi Panarin really the best rookie in the NHL this season?
Hot and notArtemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks Panarin continues to outpace all other rookies in the scoring department, netting a hat trick in the Hawks' 5-3 win over the Rangers on Wednesday. He has 11 points in the past six games.Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers Lundqvist entered Wednesday's game on a five-game winning streak, but that came to a screeching halt when he allowed four goals on just 23 shots in the loss to the Blackhawks.Is Artemi Panarin the runaway Calder Trophy leader?@ESPN_B..>> view originalNBA trade rumors 2016: Rockets, Jazz discussed Ty Lawson deal, but talks died
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Houston would reportedly have received Trey Burke and another player in exchange for the veteran, but talks fell apart on Thursday. The Utah Jazz want another point guard for the stretch run and had discussed acquiring Ty Lawson from the Houston Rockets, according to ESPN's Marc Stein. The talks were also reported by the Salt Lake Tribune's Tony Jones, who says Trey Burke would have be part of the package heading back to Houston in the deal. However, the ..>> view originalSara Errani, Caroline Garcia advance to Dubai semifinals
AP 12:38 p.m. EST February 18, 2016Sara Errani returns the ball to Madison Brengle during their quarterfinal match ast the Dubai Championships.(Photo: Marwan Naamani, AFP/Getty Images)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sara Errani of Italy advanced to the semifinals with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Madison Brengle of the U.S. at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday.Brengle, leading 4-1 in the third set, called her coach, former French player Julie Coin, to the court during the ..>> view originalJared Allen announces retirement after 12 seasons
The NFL's cowboy literally rode off in style on Thursday morning. Jared Allen, a 12-year veteran with 136 career sacks, announced his retirement on Twitter in appropriate fashion -- atop a horse, presumably in the Minnesota wilderness he calls home. Like Marshawn Lynch's retirement announcement during the Super Bowl featuring a pair of cleats strung up over a telephone wire, Wednesday's development was perfectly Allen. Perennially overlooked and underrated, Allen was a fourth-round pick out ..>> view original
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