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No, not the Sacramento Kings — the Sydney Kings. POWER RANKINGS: Celtics ride defense to top spot, Cavs keep stumbling Instead of a routine preseason matchup, the 108-84 loss to the Jazz was, for the Kings and Australia’s NBL, a huge deal. It was the first time an NBA team played a game against an Australian opponent and signified a big step in the Australian league’s standing. Appropriately, the Kings faced two Australian products in the Jazz’s Dante Exum and Joe Ingles....

The Classic, a round-robin college baseball tournament, will be held on the first weekend of the season to spotlight the baseball programs of numerous historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Jose Canseco has been jokingly challenging Aaron Judge to a Home Run Derby contest since December last year. The HBCU-college softball game has become yet another reason for the two-time World Series champion Jose to challenge the current Yankees captain....

The former NBA first-round draft pick has been fortunate enough to make both a career. MORE: The best and worst of the 2015 Draft | India’s one giant hope After playing five seasons in the NBA, Ager transitioned to music fulltime and received Grammy consideration in 2013 for his collaborative song, “Far From Home.” While he’s on the path for a successful music career, Ager is often asked why he decided to retire from basketball following his release by the Timberwolves in 2010....

The 24-year-old, playing in his first season for Fenerbahce, collided with Buyukcekmece’s Malcolm Armstead in the first quarter and immediately fell to the floor in serious pain. (WARNING: The video below is graphic.) Members of the Fenerbahce organization visited Ennis in the hospital after the game. There is no initial timetable for his recovery. Ennis, who was selected with the No. 18 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, spent time with the Suns, Bucks, Rockets and Lakers over the first four seasons of his pro career before heading overseas....

Dan Ryckert worked as a journalist for the Game Informer and Giant Bomb Publications before signing a deal to work with WWE in 2020. He worked as a podcast producer, notably for The New Day’s Feel The Power podcast, before leaving in 2022. In a recent interview with MiniMax, Ryckert said that accepting the offer from WWE initially filled him with optimism, but it was short-lived. The former podcast producer then went on to talk about the company’s “culture of fear,” stating that people are often fired on a “whim....

According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the cause of death was heat stroke. Petrus reportedly had been working outside all day in extreme heat in Arkansas. After feeling ill he went to Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock, where he died at 10:45 p.m. Petrus walked on at Arkansas as a fullback but was shifted to guard for the 2007 season and earned All-SEC second-team honors that year. He made the All-SEC first team two years later....

Glick, 84, enrolled at Colorado A&M (now Colorado State) after serving in the Navy. He was on the varsity team from 1953-55, playing halfback, kicker, linebacker, end and quarterback. PHOTOS: Best NFL draft picks of all time, 1-32 Glick was a second-team All-American in 1955 and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1956 draft. He also played for the Colts, Redskins and Chargers, making 14 interceptions in his NFL career, and served as defensive backs coach for the Broncos....

Famous commentator, former Mumbai all-rounder, Ravi Shastri was appointed as head coach of India cricket team last year in July. He began his journey with a nine-match clean-sweep over SriLanka during India’s tour of SriLanka in July 2017. He received a lot of appreciation for leading India to a massive performance in the tour. Though, the road didn’t remain same for Shastri all the way. The back to back ODI and Test series defeats in England has put his job in question as people believe it is time to replace him with someone more skilled as a coach....

Despite that bright future, however, it’s worth noting that Sony has been in a dominant position before only to watch it slip away when the next generation of consoles are finally released. Former PlayStation executive and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America Jack Tretton opened up recently to discuss the nearly catastrophic decline in sales that happened after Sony followed the PS2 with its much more expensive younger brother:...

Tavoris Bottley, 34, had been charged in May in connection with his June 2017 assault on the inmate, identified in court documents only as A.A. The charges included one count of depriving A.A. of constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment, and another count of falsifying prison records. The guilty plea included only the first count, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. Bottley’s lawyer did not respond to a request for comment....

Sadly, as previously mentioned, Microsoft owns the rights to Banjo-Kazooie and doesn’t appear to want to surrender ownership anytime soon, so the group of determined Rare Ware veterans have announced that they plan on making a “spiritual successor” to everyone’s favorite bird and bear combo — provided they can get enough support from the community. So far the project has Grant Kirkhope (the series’ composer) and artist Steven Hurst on board, which means that fans of the original are in for a very authentic Banjo-Kazooie-inspired atmosphere....

If you don’t recognize the name, you’ll likely recognize the story. Rice was fired from Rutgers in 2013 after video of him physically and verbally abusing his players surfaced. The video showed him throwing basketballs at players, cursing and using homophobic slurs. MORE: Will Purdue make the tourney? | Vitale on missing UNC-Duke | Jahlil Okafor in protective boot Now, NJ.com reports Rice was ejected from his son’s high school basketball game on Feb....

Christine Kominek, who also appeared on Big Brother in 2014, prefaced by claiming she worked at Starbucks for over a decade and was now planning on creating a series of videos on how to get your favorite drinks for cheaper. “Let’s start with the dirty chai. This is a chai tea latte with shots of espresso, which is extremely popular. Most of you say, ‘Hey can I get a grande chai with two shots?...

There have been some questions regarding the chemistry between the two, but things have started to change recently. Especially after RK-Bro’s match against The New Day. Orton and Riddle secured the victory against Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston in what could be considered an exemplary tag-team performance. In fact, one of their opponents, 14-time tag team champion Kofi Kingston, appeared on WWE’s The Bump, where he gave his honest opinion on RK-Bro as a tag team and what makes them work:...

That prediction obviously turned out wrong, and the teacher who told that to him has regretted saying it ever since. That’s why last month the teacher wrote Edelman a letter, apologizing for doubting his talents. The Patriots receiver shared that message Tuesday on Twitter: Here’s what the letter says, in full: Just goes to show that you should never let anyone tell you what you can’t do. “I’m not sure you’ll remember me: I was your teacher for your English 100 class at CSM in the spring of 2006....

Keibler wrote on her website: Jake Roberts finally overcomes his addiction thanks to Diamond Dallas Page WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts made a special appearance last Saturday at an alumni picnic for A Forever Recovery, a rehabilitation facility in Battle Creek, Michigan. Roberts, who was the last to speak on Saturday, noted that it took 12 stints in rehab and the help of “Diamond” Dallas Page to finally overcome his addiction and get his life back on track....

Richards landed a vicious steel chair shot to JBL’s head during the July 7, 2005, episode of SmackDown. Although he intentionally hit the former WWE Champion in the head, Richards did not mean to connect with so much force. Speaking on Rene Dupree’s “Cafe de Rene” podcast, Richards revealed that he and JBL worked together with WWE’s website after the show. Both men tricked people, including The Undertaker, into thinking they had real-life issues....

The Pasco Sheriff’s Office said Neidhart fell at home, hit his head and “succumbed to his injury” on Monday in Wesley Chapel, Florida. No foul play was suspected. Neidhart’s daughter, known as Natalya, wrestles for the WWE and is a former women’s champion. Neidhart made appearances with his daughter on the WWE reality series “Total Divas.” “My dad was always a fighter,” she wrote in an Instagram post. Neidhart, Bret “Hitman” Hart and manager Jimmy “The Mouth of the South” Hart made up the Hart Foundation stable in the 1980s and 1990s, and the tag team won two WWE championships....

The news was shared jointly by Nikki Bella and Chigvintsev via their Instagram accounts, with the couple seemingly taking off to Paris to get married and spend at least part of their honeymoon, something that will probably be revealed in further detail in the E! Entertainment 4-episode special called Nikki Bella Says I Do, which they also announced. Nikki Bella rose to fame in the WWE SmackDown circuit, alongside her sister Brie, mainly during the 2010s....

Speaking to Dr. Chris Featherstone on SK Wrestling’s Inside SKoop, “The Masterpiece” went into detail about why he believes the 1992 Royal Rumble stands out above the rest. Like many other fans, childhood nostalgia played a part in Chris Masters’ reasoning. In comparison, Masters also pointed how wrestling can have a devastating impact on passionate, young fans when matches don’t go the way of the hero. The 1992 Royal Rumble was arguably the most star-studded in history Chris Masters would go on to list specific superstars who made the 1992 Royal Rumble match arguably the greatest in its history....