Adam Silver and the NBA brought the hammer down on the Clippers.Announcing the findings and penalties from a year-long investigation into the Clippers using team sponsors and business partners to circumvent the salary cap and funnel more money to Kawhi Leonard, the league came down with the harshest penalties in league history:Advertisement• The Clippers surrender five first-round draft picks (2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033).• The Clippers are fined $30 million.• Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is suspended from anything to do with the team or the league for one year.• Clippers President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker is suspended for…
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Pablo Torre, the journalist whose reporting led the NBA to crack down on the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing the league salary cap rules, said he is not done with the story.”There is more to come than is in the NBA report,” Torre said Wednesday, Sept. 2 during his podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out. “This is not everything.”AdvertisementTorre, 40, and his two co-hosts did not provide specifics. But Torre did offer a couple of possible hints while pointing to the findings of an investigation conducted by referring to a law firm hired by the NBA, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzThe…
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Clippers 6, Cubs 2This was a nice win from the Clippers, we saw multi hit efforts from both George Valera and Blake Perkins and a homer from Dayan Frias. Kyle Manzardo, Cooper Ingle, and Alfonsin Rosario all had a hit and an RBI.AdvertisementBen Lively had another good start tonight. He tossed 4.2 innings with zero earned runs and his AAA ERA is now down to 2.00. Ryan Webb, Jack Leftwich, Steven Perez, and Connor Brodgon combined for 4.1 scoreless innings of relief.RubberDucks 13, Squirrels 4The RubberDucks had an offensive explosion today. They scored 13 runs on 14 hits and 8…
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. wasn’t supposed to be at Daytona International Speedway when Tom Cruise arrived.NASCAR changed that.Earnhardt revealed on the “Dale Jr. Download” that he had initially planned to leave Daytona after the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race. Instead, NASCAR asked him to spend another night in town for a…
Everton have emerged from the transfer window with a thin squad and a growing problem involving a 25-year-old defender who could not secure the move the club had been considering. The Telegraph via Goodison News reports that Jake O’Brien is “disillusioned” after Everton entertained interest in him but failed to…
It’s hard to imagine a better birthday call than the one Auston Kim of St. Augustine got from U.S. Solheim Cup captain Angela Stanford on Aug. 16.Kim was whiling away a Sunday afternoon during a break from her LPGA schedule playing frisbee in the backyard of her St. Johns Golf…
Honda’s hybrids achieved their best August sales month ever, with 36,776 sold. CR-V hybrid sales were up 8.0 percent, with 20,437 sold. Honda has sold over 1 million cars so far this year. Honda’s latest sales report paints a rosy picture for the Japanese automaker, propelled by…
Evander Kane has been a lightning rod for controversy throughout his lengthy NHL career, from the infamous “track suit” incident with Winnipeg that resulted in him being dealt to the Buffalo Sabres in 2015, to financial and marital issues that occurred while a member of the San Jose Sharks. Kane…
Bengals defensive end Shemar Stewart returned to practice on Wednesday, ESPN’s Ben Baby reports.It was Stewart’s first practice since hyperextending his left knee on the first practice of training camp July 29.AdvertisementStewart was carted off the field with what initially appeared to be a serious injury. However, an MRI showed…
Ryan Blaney will begin his pursuit of a second NASCAR Cup Series championship with a significantly different team around him.Just days before the Chase opens at Darlington Raceway, Team Penske has swapped the pit crews assigned to Blaney’s No. 12 Ford and Austin Cindric’s No. 2 Ford.AdvertisementA Team Penske spokesperson…
The latest episode of BBC Radio Stoke’s A Cold Wet Tuesday Night podcast is out now.Matt Sandoz and Lucas Yeomans reflect on a hectic transfer deadline day for Stoke City and analyse the club’s business throughout the summer window.They also discuss the 1-0 win over Norwich City in the Championship.Listen…
Under a plea deal, Tiger Woods will avoid jail time from his March crash and arrest, but will have his license suspended for five years. But will that affect his ability to drive a golf cart?The question came up during a Wednesday press conference and, in the moment, it stumped…
On Tuesday, the NHL kept going with its top 15 assists from the 2025-26 season, and Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson made the list for the second time with the third-best assist of the season. It’s the third time a Hab player appears on the list, after Juraj Slafkovsky manufactured…
The Washington Commanders were in Ashburn today for the last practice of the week and also the first padded practice of the regular season. Dan Quinn gave some positive injury updates on Bill Croskey-Merritt (knee) and K’Lavon Chaisson (knee) who both participated today. Odafe Oweh (calf) will be back at…
The Chandler Smith and Carson Brown tandem in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series at Richard Childress Racing was three years in the making.Danny Lawrence, who oversees division operations for RCR, says the recruitment of Brown has been something he and Chief Operating Officer Mike Dillon have contemplated for quite a long…
