Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell has signed a new multiyear contract extension with Adidas – a deal that will take him through a 10th signature shoe with the same brand, becoming the seventh active NBA player to accomplish the feat.
It will also deliver Adidas' further resources for his high school, Greenwich Country Day, to provide students from underserved communities with access to educational resources.
NFL fined the Cowboys and Saints $500,000 each for what it called “the actions that took place at the joint practice between the teams earlier this week.”
The Competition Committee has made sportsmanship – including at joint practices – a point of emphasis over the past several years. All clubs were reminded by memo prior to training camp of their responsibility in preventing unsportsmanlike behavior at joint practices that has the potential to result in injury.
There was only one $20 million-per-year running back entering this offseason.
The NFL now has seen three players enter that category this week alone: Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, and Jonathan Taylor.
John Wall on what he told John Calipari about Darius Acuff Jr.:
"You've had a lot of great guards that were super fast and athletic. He's the best scoring point guard you've had, by far."
(via @NBAonPrime)
Windhorst on potential Giannis trade:
“I was really skeptical that the Boston Celtics were going to go all in on this, and from what I understand, they have … Jaylen Brown is on the table.”
Sources: Miami’s eight-time Pro-Bowl WR Tyreek Hill is being released. Hill turns 32 on March 1, is recovering from a dislocated knee and torn ACL, and now will be an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his NFL career.
His release will save the Dolphins $22.8 million against the salary cap.