The NFL will release the full 2024 schedule on May 15 at 8 p.m. ET, according to media reports on Wednesday. Teams had been told informally that Thursday would be the release day but no reason was given for the delay in a league memo Wednesday afternoon, according to Sports Business Journal. Hans Schroeder, NFL executive vice president of media distribution, wrote in the memo that more details about the plan are expected in the coming days, Sports Business Journal reported. One explanation could be determining which games would be set for Dec. 25, which this year falls on a Wednesday. The league in late March changed its stance to allow playing Christmas Day games if the holiday was a Tuesday or Wednesday. The four teams involved would play in a doubleheader the preceding Saturday. An…

It almost feels too perfect. The scrawny, 7-foot, 195-pound sopping wet Chet Holmgren from Gonzaga playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder. It’s easy to imagine him sharing the court with Josh Giddey and Aleksej Pokusevski. Three caucasian dudes, all above 6-foot-8, and all with diverse skill sets and all skinnier than a bean pole. But what about on the court?   Thunder exec Sam Presti is known for mixing it up when building out a roster. He’s gone full tilt since the breakup of the underachieving Kevin Durant/Russell Westbrook/James Harden/Serge Ibaka group. He’s become a madman in his experimentation with positionless basketball. All three members of the current Thunder core: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Lu Dort, and Giddey, can’t be pigeonholed into a specific position. Each can …

One of Shaquille O’Neal’s many commercials has him in some legal trouble. Don’t worry Icy Hot users, the petroleum jelly didn’t burn anyone in a sensitive area. For those who like to indulge in a Papa John’s Pizza, the pepperoncinis didn’t give guests at a kid’s birthday gathering stomach aches for party favors. For the thrill-seekers who put their money into the cryptocurrency service that O’Neal and Stephen Curry advertised, you all might end up getting some money back. Shaq is part of a bigger lawsuit Cryptocurrency company FTX filed for bankruptcy in late 2022. Shortly after, the company’s CEO was arrested. Samuel Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to 13 counts of securities fraud, money laundering, and campaign finance violations. Some of the spokespeople for FT…

The NFL is in Boca Raton this week for its annual meetings, and that means it’s time for the head coaches to get together for their group photo. ( Click here for full resolution.) I don’t recognize a lot of these guys! But that’s always how it is with new coaches: you can’t truly get to know their faces until you see them sulk after blowing a challenge. So what’ve we got! Well, there’s Rex Ryan, being the only one to rock his team’s gear. There’s Bruce Arians in his Kangol hat—it’s like the story girl with the yellow ribbon, if you take it off his brains will fall out. There’s Jeff Fisher, leaning into John Fox and looking like a man eager to become your stepdad. If you’ve counted, you’ll note there are four coaches missing. We specifically asked the NFL about …

MLB's owners unanimously approved the sale of the Houston Astros from Drayton McLane to Jim Crane today, and included a $65 million price cut in the deal. The Astros will leave the NL Central and join the AL West for the 2013 season, and, to the relief of symmetricists everywhere, each league will have 15 teams. In the deal, McLane agreed to cut the price from $680 million to $615 million. The AP reports that MLB will cover part of his losses by paying him $35 million over three years (last season's 106 losses are not recoverable). The move is, at least in theory, exciting for the American League's mediocre teams that might benefit from playing the Astros more frequently. From the Los Angeles : The realignment will create three five-team divisions in each league and a m…

The Stanford Marching Band—a performatively quirky group of college musicians currently banned from road games for “ sexual hazing”—is continuing its truly remarkable run of pissing everyone off. They got to go to the Rose Bowl because it was a neutral site game, and they commemorated their trip by taking a bunch of digs at Iowa and more or less calling them a bunch of dumb hicks. ESPN cut away from the performance before it was over. Iowa loves cows. Classic. Anyway, Rose Bowl officials got mad and condemned the band: “Given the fine reputations of the schools in these conferences, we have not felt the need to review in any significant detail the planned performances of their representatives,’’ the Tournament of Roses said in a statement, adding that it regretted if any …

data-mm-id=”_32kv4j1kb”>Football players are disproportionally represented in The Bachelor universe. Colton Underwood. Jordan Rodgers. Clay Harbor. Tyler Cameron. But none of those big, beefy hunks pulled off a feat quite like the one Jade Roper Tolbert pulled off this weekend: winning $1 million in a DraftKings daily fantasy content. I’m pretty sure this girl was on The Bachelor. I only know this because my girlfriend forces me to watch it. pic.twitter.com/fkONNR3V99— Alex Baker (@AwesemoDFS) January 6, 2020Jade, who as everyone knows had to reveal her nude modeling to a stoic Chris Soules before eventually finding her soulmate Tanner in Paradise, confirmed that she was the big winner.Hahaha that’s me! And Tanner told me I shouldn’t play DK Metcalf! ?? https://t.co/Ry25Kuq4k9…

data-mm-id=”_n9h25fwv5″>NBA basketball returns in full tonight. It won't be business as usual, as we're all aware. The games will take place with no fans, essentially in empty gyms. The first look of such an experience, stemming from scrimmages that have taken place over the last week and a half, wasn't too bad. It will get weirder, though, when the games start to matter, as they will beginning tonight. The NBA knows that and is trying to get creative with its broadcasts to offset the strangeness of the entire endeavor. The below video details precisely what will be new to our televisions screens, and there's a lot to like. It will be interesting to see how the audio is balanced on broadcasts. There was a lot of trial-and-error during the scrimmages. Some games woul…

data-mm-id=”_fb9oqjffz”>Tiger Woods used to get his edge as a lone wolf. Now he's getting it from the new pack leader. Woods, as is often the case, was out early for a practice round today ahead of The Memorial Tournament, which is Woods' first PGA Tour event since the tour resumed play. Yesterday Woods paired up with good friend Justin Thomas for a practice round. Today, he leveled up with bulky Bryson DeChambeau. Off with Bryson this morning. Call this one: The GOAT and The Girth pic.twitter.com/jUD9ZbOT5d— Tiger Tracker (@GCTigerTracker) July 15, 2020Like his practice partner yesterday in Thomas, Woods is chummy with DeChambeau. The two paired up for a commercial a year or so ago and Woods has been spotted on the range and putting green with DeChambeau, presumably pickin…

data-mm-id=”_fs3vooi9f”>Russell Westbrook reportedly wants out in Houston. The nine-time All-Star and former MVP is done with the Rockets according to Shams Charania. That means a trade is likely this offseason. Rockets’ Russell Westbrook wants out of Houston, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 12, 2020Given the three-years and $132 million left on his deal, it's going to be a chore for Houston to find a trade partner for the 31-year-old. But there are options. Any team without cap space would need to send back at least $33 million in salary to make a deal work. Here's a look at five options. New York KnicksOh yeah, the New York Knicks are here. Leon Rose is in charge of a franchise desperately in need of a spark, well, this w…