I love how TSA rules are different at every airport and they look at you like you're a fucking idiot when you don't speak their regional dialect of security theater.
Btw lalas supporting the current system is basically proof that it doesn’t work. Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic would never have had the money to pay for the American system. So we are stuck with players like Lalas and Pulisic as a result of this exclusion.
Bill Simmons describes hearing about the Jaylen Brown trade from his wife picking him up from a colonoscopy:
“I think I’m dead. The anesthesia killed me. Are there more first round picks?
When this trade happened I had a camera in my ass, and I had Paul George rammed up my ass”
I had a sports psychologist (life coach) since my junior year of college. It was life changing. Anyways …
One training camp I had severe pain in an area of a previous surgery. The team thought I was faking it despite zero evidence I’d ever done that and they wanted me to speak with their newly hired sports psychologist. “whatever you discuss won’t be shared”
Yea bullshit on that. They are being paid by the team and there’s are no secrets in that building.
Needless to say I skipped out on that opportunity and just called my person instead.
There will always be a deep distrust athletes have sharing personal feelings with team personnel. Maybe 99% do not share anything with their teams. But one story like this and that’s it. Trust is broken for a bunch of athletes.
But I do highly recommend finding your own life coach. We all need someone to talk to.
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Clippers are nearing deal sending Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, 2 first-round picks, 1 pick swap and 2 second-rounders, sources tell ESPN. A return to Canada for the Raptors champion and two-time Finals MVP.
BREAKING: The Memphis Grizzlies are trading two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant to the Portland Trail Blazers for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray, sources tell ESPN.
BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading Miles Bridges, a 2029 first-round pick and a 2027 second-round pick to the Phoenix Suns for Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale and a 2033 first-round pick, sources tell ESPN.
The Timberwolves and Raptors have emerged as two of the teams with trade interest in Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball, league sources tell @JakeLFischer and me.
More to come …
Honestly the main thing I hope we get out of this world cup is the Argentinians swapping barbecue knowledge with the people of KC while they’re in town so we can create a hybrid super barbecue.
NFL agent Sean Stellato, who played Division I football and basketball at Marist College and later played professional arena football, is trying out this weekend in Copenhagen for the Italian Men’s National Flag Football Team this weekend. Stellato is aiming to make Italy’s roster for the 2026 World Games in August.
Joey Chestnut, the reigning champion and 17-time winner of the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, will compete in the July 4 spectacle while on probation after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge.
More via AP:
https://t.co/lFiLakrWhG
I think they trade Kawhi this summer. The Clippers aren’t contenders and he isn’t getting any younger.
*whispers* it also might be the cleanest way to wash everyones hands of the Kawhi/Aspiration scandal. It’s easier for everyone, most notably Adam Silver.
The Clippers came into this era looking old, capped out, and with the perception they had no real future.
They walked out of it with 25-year-old All-Star Darius Garland, 23-year-old Bennedict Mathurin, two intriguing prospects in Yanic and Kobe Sanders, the No. 5 pick, the No. 36 pick in the 2026 Draft, and a 2029 first-round pick.
That’s an insane pivot for a team people thought was headed for a hard reset.
It’s impossible to win if you only have one guy who can create his own shot and good looks for his teammates. Spoiler alert: that guy is Cade.
No matter how well or poorly Cade plays, the Pistons aren’t contenders yet. The issue isn’t Cade. The issue is depth.
Cade Cunningham has been a major disappointment. 6.8 turnovers per game. 29% from 3. You can say the Pistons don't have enough shooting. True. Or that Jalen Duren stunk. Also true. But it's impossible to win when your best player averages 7 turnovers and can't shoot.
"Heavy frontrunner" has emerged among NBA's lottery reform plans, per @sam_amick:
- 18 teams part of lottery (rather than current 14)
- Bottom 10 teams all have 8% chance at no. 1 pick
- Remaining 20% odds at no. 1 divided among other 8 teams
Vote coming next month.