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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: No chance I'd play in the NFL
Jimmy Fallon: Do you think that you could ever play for the NFL? Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: No chance, no chance, no chance. Fallon: No, no, no, no, no, you wouldn't do that. SGA: I wouldn't disrespect them like that, nah. Fallon: Really, no? SGA: Just like how they can't come on the basketball court, I can't go on the football field. Fallon: You can't go on there. SGA: Just stay in our lanes. Fallon: But growing up, did you play football? SGA: I did a little bit, yeah. I quit very quickly. Fallon: OK. SGA: I-- like, I played running back, so I got hit a lot. And I, like, fell on the ball when I got tackled a couple times.
Streameast — the world’s largest illegal sports streaming platform — has been shut down after a year long investigation, according to a leading United States-based anti-piracy organisation. The network of 80 unauthorised domains generated 1.6billion combined visits over the past year, providing free access to global sports fixtures, including Europe’s top football leagues and competitions, such as the Premier League and Champions League, as well as the NFL, NBA and MLB.
"Growing up, I always wanted to be a skateboarder. The skate park was right next to the basketball court," he said. "I'd skate there with my friends and they'd skate the park and I'd hoop." When his partners proposed the league, "I was like, 'Why hasn't there been a professional league like the NFL, NBA or NHL for skateboarding?'" Payton II said. "'Let's change the sports game and the skateboard game.'"
ABC/ESPN demotes Doris Burke, promotes Tim Legler
ABC/ESPN has demoted Hall of Fame broadcaster Doris Burke from its NBA Finals team and promoted network commentator Tim Legler to its No. 1 team, sources briefed on the decision told The Athletic on Thursday. Legler will pair with longtime lead play-by-player Mike Breen and Richard Jefferson for the network’s finals broadcasts. Jefferson recently agreed to a new contract with ESPN after working his first finals in June. Burke was on the finals team for two years, becoming the first woman in history to serve as an analyst for one of the traditional four major North American sports leagues championships (NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL).
Skip Bayless is joining Gilbert Arenas for a new football show, Bayless told The Athletic. “I’m not exaggerating to you,” Bayless said over the phone. “I’m telling you, the God’s truth, I’m more on fire for this than I have ever been.” The show will be produced and owned by Underdog, who host Arenas’ current basketball program, Gil’s Arena, that has gained popularity in the digital world. “The Arena: Gridiron” will feature Bayless, former NFL cornerback Aqib Talib and former NFL coach Jay Gruden.
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Prime Video’s live sports offering, which took a major step forward with the addition of NFL Thursday Night Football in 2022, is expanding further this fall with the notable addition of weekly NBA games. The arrival of the NBA helped spur “incremental volume growth,” the spokesperson said.
“He is super-detailed, super-organized,” Musselman said of Brown. “That year with the Lakers, his playbook, he wants to make sure it’s color-coded properly. He got a little bit of an NFL, detail-oriented mindset. … I saw it in the meetings in training camp preparation. Perfect color-coded books. And making sure the periods and the commas were in the right places… Training camp, the drills and the precision … that was real detailed as well.”
Fanatics has lost its appeal against FanFirm Pty Ltd., a small Australian company, to sell Fanatics-branded apparel products in Australia, following a lengthy litigation process that began in 2010. Until last year, Fanatics LLC sold licensed sports apparel under the Fanatics brand for major U.S. sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL) in Australia via its website. In contrast, FanFirm has held trademarks for “Fanatics” across several classes, including clothing and sportswear, and has held “first user” rights in Australia, being active in various forms since 1997.
While discussing work/life balance with fellow ESPNers — reporter Jeremy Schaap, MLB insider Jeff Passan and NFL insider Adam Schefter — Shams Charania explained that his social life has suffered significantly due to his career. “I’ve had to walk out on dates, like I’ve had to walk out on a lot of social events,” Charania said during ESPN’s “The Sports Reporters” on Thursday. “My friends don’t really like me. That’s why it’s very hard to have a consistent relationship because you know the time that requires and you know the time that they deserve, rightfully. And there are just moments where I’m just always going to choose this as of right now.”
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The crypto group's spokesman said it's not their intention to harm anyone, and members of the community have been advised to only throw their branded green items if there is a level of personal comfort and the objects can land without hitting someone. He also shot down any narrative that the sex toys were a sign of disrespect toward the women athletes. Sex toys have been thrown at sporting events in the past, probably the most well known incident was at a New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills game in 2018. "We didn't do this because like we dislike women's sports or, like, some of the narratives that are trending right now are ridiculous," he said. "Creating disruption at games is like, it happens in every single sport, right? We've seen it in the NFL, we've seen it in hockey, you know . . . fans doing random things to more or less create attention.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: We're not competing with the NBA, our competitors are Apple and Google
A recent email regarding Ken Belson’s upcoming book — EVERY DAY IS SUNDAY: How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut — shares a quote Commissioner Roger Goodell private made in the aftermath of Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. “We’re not competing with the NBA or MLB,” Goodell said. “Our competitors are Apple and Google.”
The only professional sports franchise owned via a community collective is the NFL’s Green Bay Packers. Jon Toorock and Scott Dylag want the Portland Trail Blazers to be the second. Toorock, a tech worker-turned-consultant and community advocate, and Dylag, a 20-year Nike veteran and lifelong Blazers fan, recently launched Buy The Blazers, “a community group to buy/invest in a part of the Portland Trail Blazers,” according to its website.
The only professional sports franchise owned via a community collective is the NFL’s Green Bay Packers. Jon Toorock and Scott Dylag want the Portland Trail Blazers to be the second. Toorock, a tech worker-turned-consultant and community advocate, and Dylag, an 20-year Nike veteran and lifelong Blazers fan, recently launched Buy The Blazers, “a community group to buy/invest in a part of the Portland Trail Blazers,” according to its website. While the effort is functionally in its infancy, the concept has bounced around both Toorock and Dylag’s heads for years, they said
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