Month: October 2024

data-mm-id=”_2e9erzgth”>Vlade Divac has stepped down as general manager of the Sacramento Kings after what was a horrific stretch running the team. Divac has been in charge for five years and in that time the Kings haven't reached the postseason and he's made numerous blunders that have only set the franchise back further. The Kings haven't reached the postseason since 2006 and finished the 2019-20 season with a 31-41 mark. It was time for a change, and Joe Dumars will be taking over as the team's GM.Kings GM Vlade Divac is stepping down, source tells @TheAthleticNBA. Joe Dumars (advisor previously) will be interim executive VP of basketball ops and immediately assumes GM duties. Dumars will be involved in the search for a new GM.— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) August 14…

data-mm-id=”_312fypllv”>Steve Sarkisian is reportedly set to interview for Auburn's vacant head coaching position on Sunday. It would be a big opportunity for the 46-year-old, who is currently serving as Alabama's offensive coordinator. While Sarkisian has seemingly turned his career around with the Crimson Tide, hiring him would be an enormous risk for Auburn.Sarkisian is well-liked and respected throughout college football. He, like Lane Kiffin, were looked at as part of a new wave of young offensive minds when they coached under Pete Carroll at USC in the mid-to-late 2000s. Both men wound up with major head coaching gigs in their mid-30s as a result. Sarkisian went to Washington and attempted to turn around a program that had bottomed out under Ty Willingham. The results w…

data-mm-id=”_09cksn369″>On Thursday morning Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported Craig Carton would be leaving WFAN, this time for Fox Sports instead of prison. Earlier this year Carton began hosting his eponymous morning show with Fox, but the grind of double duty with WFAN in the afternoon has been too much. Fox is willing to pay him "millions" to dedicate himself to mornings only. So Carton is off the radio waves, which leaves Evan Roberts without a co-host in the afternoons. Marchand listed two candidates currently in the running to replace Carton. The first is Tiki Barber, already employed by WFAN as one half of Tiki & Tierney. The second is Jerry Ferrara. Yes, that Jerry Ferrara. Per the Post: WFAN will now search for a new partner for Evan Roberts in the a…

data-mm-id=”_5cbsitqer”>The Buffalo Bills-Miami Dolphins game this afternoon lived up to its billing in the first half as both offenses got going early, combining for 21 points in the first quarter. The Dolphins evened things up at 14-14 early in the second and it did not take long for the Bills to answer. With 10 minutes to go in the quarter Josh Allen hit Stefon Diggs for a TD to go up 21-14. Diggs celebrated by sprinting over to the closest Bills Mafia fans, grabbing two beers, and then smashing them together in an homage to Stone Cold Steve Austin. Stefon Diggs celebrates his TD with some beers.pic.twitter.com/V1DWNHVv2V— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) October 1, 2023Obviously it's cool as hell to be tangentially involved in an NFL player's TD celebration but it stil…

data-mm-id=”_2rii6x3br”>The Washington Wizards actually won a game on Monday night, beating the just-as-hapless Detroit Pistons, 126-107. It was just their third win of the season and the team's first since November 8. Despite the easy victory, Jordan Poole still managed to steal all the attention with one spectacularly weird moment. Poole shook Cade Cunningham and took a moment to consider how he would finish what was certainly going to be a highlight. For a brief second it looked like Poole was about to do one of those James Harden stare-downs before nailing an open shot. Except Poole decided against a boring midrange jumper and attempted a scoop layup that was swatted into the stands by Ausur Thompson.Jordan Poole almost had it 😂 pic.twitter.com/BLStRdORU5— Bleac…

data-mm-id=”_gp3f26apd”>The Los Angeles Lakers are struggling and there is no end in sight. They are sitting at 17-18, good for 10th in the Western Conference, with LeBron James and Anthony Davis playing nearly every game. Give the two stars' recent injury history that's not likely to last, which means things are probably going to get worse before they get better. And they are already quite bad, given last night's loss to the Miami Heat sparked a sourced piece from The Athletic about how Darvin Ham is losing the locker room as he desperately changes lineups and rotations to find something that works. Was it all predictable? To an extent. In a league centered around offensive excellence driven by three-point shooting, the Lakers did not do much over the offseason to becom…