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data-mm-id=”_vql3mua5g”>Markelle Fultz has been everything he needs to be in Orlando. Serviceable. With the Magic, he is not the No. 1 overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft. Instead, he is a player who they acquired in a trade for minimal compensation. His role is to be a productive young point guard, and anything else is a bonus. As of right now, the third-year guard is averaging 12.0 points and 4.1 assists per game and shooting 47.9% from the field. Those numbers are not earth shattering, but he is doing this as the starting point guard on a team who would find themselves in the playoffs if the season ended today.With the Magic, not only are the expectations lower, but they're a team that is still growing. The 76ers are currently in NBA-Finals-or-bust mode. The Magic are a young ex…

data-mm-id=”_15gmn2l0q”>The will-he, won't-he return rumors can stop. Rob Gronkowski's days playing football appear to be officially over after it was announced he is close to signing a deal with the WWE. Of course, this was the expected outcome by many. Gronk retired from the NFL after the 2018 season. He was beat up (bad back, dislocated elbow, torn ACL/MCL, concussions, etc.) and the reality was at that point he was better suited for life as a caricature of himself than a football player. Yet, un-retirement rumors followed him throughout last season. He perpetuated some by not dismissing the idea of possibly returning if Tom Brady called and posting cryptic messages on social media about a "big announcement" right before the NFL deadline for players to announce i…

data-mm-id=”_p8ef072xp”>Michael Jordan has basically been the only sport available to Americans for the last two months. With the final episodes of The Last Dance airing tonight, everyone on the Internet is clearing out the Michael Jordan warehouse which was full of takes, anecdotes and classic highlights. Like this quote from Jordan saying he could beat his Hornets players one-on-one which was written about on Fadeaway World on Friday and noticed by small forward Miles Bridges on Saturday night.Let’s get it then https://t.co/7MbAOAFhSL— Miles Bridges (@MilesBridges) May 17, 2020There is something funny about the idea of Miles Bridges, stuck in his house or apartment, getting fired up about something Jordan said a full five years ago in a French publication.”“I’m pretty sure I…

data-mm-id=”_y4yi0xq8c”>After an offseason filled with public contract negotiations, Jamal Adams is making a stand. The two-time Pro Bowler has reportedly informed the New York Jets that he wants a trade with the team apparently unwilling to ink him to a new deal with two years left on his rookie contract. The Jets-Jamal Adams situation continues to deteriorate. Adams informed the team he wants to be traded, a source tells ESPN. #Jets— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) June 18, 2020Adams has firmly established himself as one of the league's best all-around safeties in only three years as a professional. Last season, he had 75 tackles along with 6.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. He isn't a ballhawk safety with only two interceptions in three seasons, but has 25 passes defended over …

data-mm-id=”_ao8063n20″>Trevor Lawrence is considered to be the best overall quarterback prospect to enter the college football realm since Andrew Luck. He is the consensus No. 1 pick in just about every 2021 NFL mock draft and has been slated for that position since he burst onto the scene two years ago. There remained a possibility, however slight, that Lawrence would want to finish his career at Clemson. That possibility is now eliminated as he announced on College GameDay this morning that he would be graduating in December and entering the NFL Draft soon afterwards. "I’m planning on this being my last season [at Clemson]." —@Trevorlawrencee The Clemson QB on racial injustice, why he wants to play this season and more: pic.twitter.com/w26bWwlM21— College GameDay (@C…

data-mm-id=”_snxh8rbjr”>You really hate to start off a day by judging someone else's hard work. It's certainly not something I relish doing on a Sunday morning. But after seeing this "Who Let the Dogs Out" parody video featuring the Browns, I had no choice. This needed to be criticized. ESPN Steelers beat reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala provided a report from Pittsburgh today ahead of its showdown against the Browns. In her tweet promoting the report, she told users they have to stay for the music video. Intrigued, I did that very thing and was met with an unmitigated disaster. I know this is one of those things where I say something smells bad and then ask you to smell it, but if I'm going down you're coming with me. Music video starts at 0:45 if you can'…

data-mm-id=”_vffni0mp2″>This year in basketball, everything is a little funky because the season started two months later than it normally does. So if you, dear reader, have absolutely no idea when the trade deadline is supposed to be in 2021, do not feel ashamed. The deadline this year is March 25. There's just under a month until the fateful day when all rosters are (more or less) locked in for the stretch run of the season. Which teams are buying is fairly straightforward. Which teams are selling, less so. There's enough time before the deadline that teams currently sitting at the bottom of the standings can convince themselves they can turn it around and make a push for a low playoff seed. Between flattened lottery odds for the three worst teams and the addition of play-i…

data-mm-id=”_oefew96il”>The Philadelphia Eagles lost Super Bowl LVII to the Kansas City Chiefs 38-35 in a thrilling contest. The game came down to a controversial late penalty call Eagles fans are not happy about. NBC Sports Philadelphia's Michael Barkann was especially ticked after the game.During his station's post-Super Bowl coverage, Barkann went off on the NFL's officials for that late call. He called it "bullsh*t" on live TV while his three co-hosts looked on stoically. Here's video:Michael Barkann is all of us. Says “bullshit call” on Eagles Post Game Live. Video: @NBCSPhilly pic.twitter.com/AxkAsLQzvX— David Grzybowski (@DavidGrzyTV) February 13, 2023Yeah, that's a strong take.The call was certainly borderline, but Eagles cornerback Jame…

data-mm-id=”_muf3f8y4m”>The first Republican presidential debate took place on Wednesday night. Anyone hoping to see Donald Trump had to settle for a pre-taped interview that aired online or wait for him to be arraigned in Georgia on Thursday morning. But Ron DeSantis was there, centerstage, still struggling to smile like a human. The Internet latched on to one particular close-up of DeSantis clearly remembering he was supposed to smile when people clap, but his facial muscles failed him.This man is in PAIN pic.twitter.com/MCFNGyCRRZ— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) August 24, 2023Pain really does seem like the only way to describe DeSantis smiling. Or trying to. Time and again he just looks like he's forgotten to have fun out there. This looked painful. pic.twitter.com/ePuupuFcNG…

data-mm-id=”_zijmj7i8s”>ESPN's Brian Windhorst does it right. He gets on a beat covering the most compelling basketball player on the world and then rides the rollercoaster. He spent so many years chronicling LeBron James and it was hard to imagine there'd be another prospect worthy of such attention and investment but then Victor Wembanyama came along and, hell yeah, everyone's going to be intensely interested in a 7-foot-4 unicorn who can somehow do everything on a basketball court except — I don't know — lift as many courtside chairs as some grunt named Larry or something. The Spurs' rookie sensation had the best game of his young NBA career last night, scoring 38 points and grabbing 10 rebounds as his team beat the vaunted Phoenix Suns for a second stra…