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Harris County records show Harden was released from jail on bond later Saturday morning and given an arraignment date of June 22. However, the records also show that hearing date was rescheduled on Monday to Aug. 3. Harden, according to the records, has hired high-powered Texas attorney Rusty Hardin to represent him in the case. Hardin has previously repped several famous professional athletes, including Deshaun Watson when the NFL quarterback was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple massage therapists.
In the last five completed seasons, head coach departures in Europe’s top five leagues are at least 10 per cent more frequent on average than in the NHL and MLB, and between 15 and 25 per cent more frequent than in the NFL and the NBA. To understand the reasons, it helps to dig into why European football coaches get sacked in the first place. An unceremonious in-season exit can be influenced by tensions with owners, a loss of faith in the dressing room, a toxic atmosphere in the stands, or all of the above. Fundamentally, though, it tends to follow a bad run of results that leave the season either doomed or in danger of falling short of expectations.
While athletes in tennis and even the NFL have double dipped in broadcasting and playing, the trend of active player contributors continues to gain steam in professional basketball. NBA players Kyle Lowry and Tyrese Haliburton joined Prime Video as athlete contributors. On the WNBA side, Kelsey Plum signed on as a player contributor for Prime, Sophie Cunningham is working as a studio analyst for USA Network and Caitlin Clark made multiple appearances on NBC’s studio show for NBA games.
According to local police, the two Chilean citizens were part of a crime ring that targeted the homes of prominent athletes in the U.S. and Argentina, including NFL stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce and former tennis player Juan Martín Del Potro. Targets also included the homes of NBA players Luka Doncic and Mike Conley Jr.
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A Houston jeweler whose clients include NBA and NFL celebrities has been indicted on federal charges over allegations he used his business to launder and export gold acquired by a network of scammers targeting older people. Zohaib Muhammad and three other people were arrested May 12 on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Muhammad and another of the indicted men, Samir Ali, own ZoFrost and Co. Custom Jewelry. The Sharpstown jeweler has made headlines in recent years by making diamond-encrusted jewelry for famous athletes, including NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. and NFL Pro Bowler Maxx Crosby. The store also designed Simone Biles’ engagement ring and collaborated in the design of the Oklahoma City Thunder's NBA championship rings.
Over the decades, the NFL has maintained a steady baseline of teams bucking the home-color trend at least 15 percent of the time, peaking around 25 percent in the mid-1990s with the rise of 75th anniversary throwbacks and other alternate unis. But in recent years, there hasn’t been much more than a slight uptick in the prevalence of white jerseys at home — this has just never really been much of a thing in football.
Launched in 2023, EverPass looks to deliver sports streaming to commercial establishments. Owned by the NFL, RedBird Capital Partners and TKO Group Holdings (parent company of UFC and WWE), the company started as the only business-to-business distributor for NFL Sunday Ticket. They have since expanded to include an exclusive deal with NBC’s Peacock, Apple TV, ESPN+ for Business, NFL Sunday Ticket, Paramount+ and Prime Video. EverPass has also streamed the NFL’s Netflix-only content, UEFA Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup. That covers virtually every streaming platform that has acquired exclusive rights to major live sports. “They need a legal way to stream this content,” CEO Alex Kaplan told The Athletic. “You need to give it to them in a productized way that’s built for business, because it’s not the same thing as residential and that’s why we’re here.
By partnering with prediction markets, Gouker believes sporting organizations could gain “more of a measure of control”, ultimately concluding that they “don’t have any choice but to work with them, especially on integrity matters. “The problem is that it’s not regulated like gambling, that’s maybe the biggest concern that sports folks have.” “The big ones that we’re looking at are the NFL and NBA,” Bender says. “That’s the tipping point of where it gets real for this industry. If they say yes, that’s a pretty big deal.”
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Celtics alternate governor Aditya Mittal and minority owner and CEO Wyc Grousbeck are making a bid to purchase the NFL’s Seahawks, league sources confirmed Thursday. The sources said if the group secures the winning bid for the Super Bowl champions, the roles Mittal and Grousbeck hold with the Celtics would remain unchanged, and both remain committed to the franchise.
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: Steven, who is the NFL’s Ja Morant? Steven Jackson: Oh, I don’t know about that one! I like Ja, he plays with a lot of passion. Obviously, there’s some things you’re probably looking into with that question… but I just think it’s about young people understanding the boundaries of wanting to “keep it real” and stay connected to things of the past, while looking at what your future could be. I don’t know if there’s truly a Ja Morant of the NFL; he’s one of a kind. It’s just a balance of knowing we all have to grow. It’s a tough thing, but you gotta go down that road by yourself—you can’t take everybody with you.
Nowinski cautions about rushing him back too soon. According to Nowinski, the 48-hour window isn’t necessarily a well-known marker in the latest neurological science, but rather more of a cautionary reflection of the NBA’s typical “every-other-day” game schedule. For example, the NFL doesn’t have a set time span in its revamped policy; instead, the league instituted a five-step return-to-play protocol that every concussed athlete must pass. “NBA players often return to full participation faster than we see, for example, in the NFL,” Nowinski said. “That’s in part because most NFL games are a week apart, and so they have a more gradual return to play. The league protocols are designed to fit the game schedule rather than necessarily what we think about in terms of managing long-term risks.”
The NBA has had a coach's challenge system since 2019, the NHL since 2015 and the NFL since 1999. "You're paid to get the plays right. You're paid to get them right," said Joey Crawford, who still works for the NBA to support officials. "So we train referees and they're very, very good. They're going to make mistakes. They are guys who miss a jump shot. Coach calls a timeout they shouldn't have called. It's all the same thing. We've got to watch. You're at the end of the game. The key is not to blow that whistle and guess. You got to know that it happened. Don't assume that it happened."