Breaking: The Chiefs are adding two years to Patrick Mahomes’ contract, tying him to Kansas City through the 2033 season at a value of $504.75 million, making it the first NFL deal valued at over a half-billion dollars, sources told @adamschefter and @RapSheet.
The Chiefs QB can earn up to $522.25M with escalators. Beginning in 2027, the deal averages $64M/year.
The fan who ran on the court during Game 1 of the NBA Finals was arrested & will be banned for life from all NBA arenas, via @ByTimReynolds
A second individual will also receive a lifetime ban for his role in the incident
NCAA statement on Sorsby ruling: "The NCAA strongly disagrees with the court’s ruling in Sorsby's case and is deeply concerned about the damaging, far-reaching and broadly destabilizing ramifications of this outcome — which undermines and corrupts the integrity of sports. The NCAA is committed to supporting student-athlete mental health but must continue to aggressively defend against actions that defraud college athletics and threaten competitive integrity, such as betting on one's own sport."
The hero of Alabama State's first NCAA tourney win and three of his teammates on the 2024-25 team were ruled permanently ineligible for accepting payment from gamblers to fix the outcome of a game that season, the NCAA announced Friday.
According to the NCAA, the four players were offered a total of $2,000 to throw the game. https://t.co/eXQQIa1e9h
The Bears’ Board of Directors voted Thursday to advance the stadium development in Hammond, Indiana, with the exact to be selected. This is this first time that the Bears’ board has voted on any stadium site.
As one source said, “There is more work to do but barring anything very strange, it’s a done deal.”
Edge Nick Herbig and the Pittsburgh Steelers reached agreement today on a four-year, $100 million dollar extension that includes $42 million guaranteed per @MikeGarafolo and me.
The deal was negotiated by Joe DiBenedetto, Andy Simms and Ken Sarnoff of @1OF1FOOTBALL.
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ESPN sources: The Eagles are trading Pro-Bowl WR A.J. Brown to the Patriots for a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick that is the better of New England’s two fifths. The deal that has been speculated on for weeks now finally is happening. Brown and Patriots HC Mike Vrabel are reuniting.
BREAKING: The Orlando Magic are finalizing the hire of San Antonio Spurs associate coach Sean Sweeney as the franchise's new head coach, sources tell ESPN. Sweeney broke into NBA coaching in 2011 and now lands the Magic head job as a top rising candidate.
Federal prosecutors allege Terry Rozier agreed to a $100,000 bribe in order to manipulate his performance in an NBA game as part of a gambling scheme and filed two new charges against him Thursday. https://t.co/v9t4zwxWqB
Breaking: The NBA's Board of Governors has passed new anti-tanking rules that include expanding the draft lottery from 14 to 16 teams, a relegation zone where the bottom 3 teams get penalized with lessened chances for the No. 1 pick, and flattened odds, sources tell ESPN.
Breaking: The NCAA has denied Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby’s request for reinstatement for eligibility for the 2026 season, sources tell @petethamel.
Sorsby completed his 35-day in-patient rehab for his gambling addiction and will return to campus in the upcoming days. His court date is June 1 in Lubbock County.
After a complaint on May 23 and a subsequent investigation, Packers RB Josh Jacobs was arrested this morning and booked into Brown County Jail on five charges: battery/domestic abuse, criminal damage to property/domestic abuse, disorderly conduct/domestic abuse, strangulation and suffocation, and intimidation of a victim.
Breaking: Five-time Pro-Bowl selection Derwin James now has become the highest-paid safety for the second time in his career.
James agreed today to a three-year, $25.2 million per year extension that includes $57.5 million guaranteed, his agent told @adamschefter.
Breaking: Kenny Atkinson is returning as coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for a third season, sources tell @ShamsCharania.
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