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Ben Simmons’ return to the NBA took another painful turn just as he was preparing to begin a new season with the Sacramento Kings. The torn right Achilles tendon that ended his 2026–27 campaign also raised an immediate question about his contract: would he lose the $1 million guarantee tied to making the opening-night roster?  […] The post ESPN’s Bobby Marks Reveals Fate of Ben Simmons’ $1M Opening Night Bonus After Kings Guard’s Achilles Tear appeared first on EssentiallySports.

By 1986, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, a man earning more than $1 million a year, was so overextended that, according to his own lawsuit, he had been borrowing money from his business manager just to cover his living expenses. Magic Johnson had a front-row seat. In his autobiography titled ‘My Life’, Magic Johnson recounted […] The post “All his Money Was Gone”: Magic Johnson Watched Kareem Lose Nearly His Entire Fortune appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Manager’s latest setback exposed growing doubts about his squad and his approach as Davide Nicola began his Venezia tenure with a remarkable win“I’ll love you even if you win,” promised the Venezia supporter’s banner. More gallows humour from a fanbase that proved long ago that its relationship with the club could survive a defeat. They had endured six already in the first six rounds of this Serie A season: the only team in the division without a winor even a single point.The last time they were in Serie A, in 2024-25, Venezia finished 19th. The time before that, in 2021-22, they finished bottom. Deja vu all over again? A 3-1 defeat to Atalanta in the first game back after this month’s international break pushed Venezia to a breaking point. The club fired the manager Giovanni Stroppa, who had led them to the Serie B title and promotion the previous season. Continue reading...

Australia pick up three wickets in extended evening session but Temba Bavuma unbeaten on 41The rain radar that I can find doesn’t look promising either. Apart from depicting clouds as giant bilious green snot-chunks, which is highly unappealing, it has these chunks circling about and not moving anywhere. The main piece is off to the east of Gqeberha, but the smaller part over the town is largely static both in the prior tracking and the projection, just shifting in small circles.A bit of a dance went on with the covers, where they came off, umpires talked about an inspection, then the covers went on again. A tale as old as time. Continue reading...

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Bruised Bundesliga champions hit a supposed rival for six and their flying winger is peaking at a perfect momentWhen Bayern Munich fail to win for two games in a row, you know what is coming next. Particularly on a Saturday night showcase, against the sort of good domestic opposition that tend to bring the best out of the champions. It had been a frustrating week, domestically and continentally, in two games on the road. On both occasions they had been caught cold, conceding the Bundesliga’s fastest goal at Augsburg and going 1-0 down in less than 90 seconds in Stavanger.Vincent Kompany’s low profile on the Allianz Arena touchline, almost motionless in his seat as his team rattled a flurry of goals past poor RB Leipzig, had nothing to do with any lingering chagrin connected to those slow starts from his team. The sporting director, Max Eberl, who stood in for his coach in the post-match press conference, explained that the Belgian had been ill, not to mention Kompany’s current hip problem that had made the move from dressing room to pitchside slow and uncomfortable. Continue reading...