Fans continue to turn blind eye to all-star games

Complaints follow every Pro Bowl. The question usually is: Why? As in, why play the game? But as long as fans watch, the NFL’s all-star game will continue. The problem is fewer and fewer are watching all-star games. A day after a riveting Home Run Derby, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game pulled in a [more]

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Report: People around NBA consider it ‘inevitability’ Thunder will trade Russell Westbrook to Heat

Lot of smoke here

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Could Kevin Warren be the NFL’s next Commissioner?

Vikings COO Kevin Warren soon will become the Commissioner of the Big 10. In a profile of Warren, Daniel Kaplan of TheAthethic.com raises this question: Could Warren be the next Commissioner of the NFL? Kaplan, citing unnamed sources with “close ties to the NFL,” writes that those persons view Warren as a “future Commisioner,” and [more]

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Celtics waive 2016 No. 16 pick Guerschon Yabusele

Yabusele lasted just two seasons in Boston

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Albert Haynesworth needs kidney transplant

Albert Haynesworth retired after the 2011 season. He has had a couple of serious medical issues since. The two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle announced on social media this week that he needs a kidney transplant and is seeking a donor. “Well, this is hard for me to say, but my doctors said I should reach [more]

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Konta slams 'patronizing' and 'disrespectful' reporter

She was trying to process an agonizing quarterfinal defeat at Wimbledon, but British No.1 Johanna Konta labeled a reporter "patronizing" and "disrespectful" after he questioned her big-match mentality.

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PHT Morning Skate: Binnington’s worth; Are the Penguins better?

Wednesday's collection of links.

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