Kelly Oubre was sent to the scorers table but the game didn't stop for him to get in.
After the Wizards scored, Carlisle called timeout and as Walker was walking to the bench he gave him an ear full.
Pacers trail 34-29 with 9:40 left to play.
This game is nuts. Super impressed with @NavyBasketball tonight, regardless of what happens in the final 31 seconds. They have played their asses off against a really good Penn team.
The #Reds had the 29th ranked outfield in Major League Baseball by fWAR last year (1.2 WAR combined).
29th in wRC+ (84)
29th in wOBA (.298)
29th in AVG (.220)
28th in OBP (.301)
Asked Joe Mazzulla about what the general public doesn’t understand about NBA locker rooms and player relationships:
“That’s a really good question. I think that’s it. And one, I’ll tell you right now, all 30 teams, it’s not Boy Scouts. We’re not all just sitting there getting along, and everyone’s happy-go-lucky. I mean, that’s just not how the world works. So to think that a group of guys are just supposed to be happy with each other all the time. This isn’t camp. We’re going after something that’s highly competitive and stressful, and there’s things at stake, and with that comes conflict. Doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. You work through things together. Secondly, you got people that are single, married, divorced, kids, no kids. People have been traded four times. People haven’t been traded at all. You just have a plethora of experiences from on and off the court that you have to mix together into a group of guys, and you have to leave space for that. And but it’s not over that. I think the one thing I’d like people to understand is this isn’t supposed to be summer camp where we all just get along all the time. There’s plenty of times within a great culture, good culture, where you have disagreements, you have things where you say, hey, we could have done this better, we should have did this, we didn’t do that. That’s just a part of the competitive journey and going after greatness together. So, but they’re also humans. They’re people. They got guys that have been through a bunch of different stuff, and I think it’s important to highlight that and leave space for that. And there’s different personalities. There’s different opinions. The way they view the world is different. I think that’s the piece that I enjoy, is just getting a group of guys and creating a space where everyone understands each other. And how can we get to the point where we just go after greatness together, but at the same time appreciate each other’s life?”
Philip Rivers and Jason Witten are both former NFL greats with big ambitions in college football. The wrong one is about to become a head coach.
Column for @yahoosports
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Mendoza on Cousins: "Really, truly from the bottom of my heart wanted to thank Kirk and the entire Cousins family. ... They, as a family, have done so much for me. They essentially took me into their household when they were here. ... It would've been really easy for Kirk to be a veteran quarterback and kind of already having proved everything to be a little more dismissive. He had me with open arms and has taught me so many things."
Details of the SEC’s proposed cap policy are emerging: The league would penalize schools in a tiered fine system reaching $10M+ in fines for those spending $70.5M+ on rosters, sources tell @YahooSports.
Said one AD: “The new cap would basically be $70M.”
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Watched Osa Odighizuwa pass out over 200 turkeys and meals to the San Jose community. He was asking every single person if they needed help walking their bags to their car.
Someone I talked to who has known him since the age of 9 said he has BEEN that dude and truly humble like that.
Injury Report for tonight's game against the Wizards:
T.J. McConnell - Available (right hamstring strain)
Tyrese Haliburton - Out (left hamstring strain)
Ben Sheppard - Out (left meniscus surgery)
Johnny Furphy - Out (right ACL repair/surgery)
Feel bad for Haliburton, first and foremost, and taking whatever time is necessary for him to heal is 100% the right decision, but this team still needed time to jell and now are going to be really up against it to stack wins when he returns.
Pacers games the next 10 days:
-Washington
-New York
-@ Philly
-Houston
-@ Cleveland
If Haliburton were to return after the 10-day timeframe Carlisle gave, his first game back would be on Nov. 22 against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.