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Cam Newton backed Steve Smith Sr. after his former colleagues made a joke at the Carolina Panthers legend’s expense on air.  Newton addressed the exchange on an episode of his 4th&1 podcast, saying Smith had every right to feel disrespected and that the locker-room version of Smith would have handled it very differently. “Journalists should […] The post Cam Newton Calls Out ESPN Analyst for Disrespecting Panthers Legend’s Career Live On-Air appeared first on EssentiallySports.

The WNBA’s next commissioner will take over a league at a point the league has never seen before, with record viewership, expansion plans, and a new CBA.The search for the next “thick-skinned” WNBA commissioner continues, as the outgoing WNBA commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, hopes to name her successor by year-end. “Outgoing WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said […] The post Cathy Engelbert Provides Insight Into the ‘Ongoing Process’ Of Selecting Next WNBA Commissioner, Stays Silent Over Major Dilemma appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Lane Kiffin isn’t happy with what college football is becoming, and he isn’t holding back about who he blames. The LSU coach pointed to the SEC’s pursuit of more money as a major reason the conference’s championship game is reportedly headed for the chopping block. The College Football Playoff’s move to a 24-team format has […] The post Lane Kiffin Blames SEC’s Greed After Reported Death of Its Most Prestigious Game appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Despite all the advantages offenses have secured over the years, defenses are better at pressuring the QB than any other time in recent historyThe Baltimore Ravens are preparing to start their fourth quarterback this year, Jacoby Brissett, against the beleaguered Los Angeles Chargers on Monday, because of injuries to Lamar Jackson, Tyler Huntley and Joe Fagnano. That puts them dangerously close to the NFL record of five within a single season (a record shared by the 1984 Bears and 2023 Browns when excluding the 1987 strike season).Jackson, Huntley and Fagnano were all injured after taking hits in games. And if it seems like quarterbacks are taking punishment more often this year, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Through nine weeks, quarterbacks have been hit on 15.1% of their dropbacks, the most we’ve seen since 2006, when hits were first logged in official box scores. Continue reading...

The Ballon d’Or validated the forward’s career and he extended his incredible record for England with yet another goal on his 126th appearanceHappy Harry Kane day! And many happy Harry returns. There is a process in clinical psychology known as semantic satiation. Subjects are asked to repeat a word or phrase so many times that it loses any kind of meaning. Suddenly “daffodils” is just an absurd, empty set of sounds. So it was in the buildup to Harry Kane’s record-breaking 126th cap, at the end of Harry Kane Ballon d’Or fortnight, as Harry Kane’s England were led out by top scorer Harry Kane, climax to a week of Harry Kane tributes, Harry Kane montages, 26-page Harry Kane … wait. Where were we?This was that kind of occasion from start to finish, a night where you expected to look up from your desk mid-match to see Kane’s head looming helpfully over your shoulder, to enter the Wembley toilets at half-time and find him silently offering you a breath mint and a scented tissue. Continue reading...

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Victoria police will not lay charges due to ‘insufficient evidence’One of women who made report ‘devastated by outcome’ Victoria police have decided not to charge four Sydney Swans players who were under investigation over an alleged sexual assault at a Melbourne hotel earlier this year, leaving one of the women at the centre of the allegations “devastated” by the outcome.Sydney vice-captain Isaac Heeney as well as James Jordon, Chad Warner and Nick Blakey – the latter now a North Melbourne player – are understood to have assisted police with their investigation but will have no further case to answer. Continue reading...

Cummins insists he did not know of ball-tampering plot in South Africa‘No masterplan around using illegal methods,’ Cummins says‘Abrasive’, ‘arrogant’ and ‘ugly’: standout moments from the press conferencePat Cummins flatly denied Usman Khawaja’s claims that the entire Australian cricket team was implicated in the 2018 sandpaper scandal, saying at a press conference in Sydney the allegations were “complete and utter nonsense”and “100% wrong”.The Test captain’s defiant appearance on Friday morning prompted David Warner to later accuse Cummins of throwing Khawaja under the bus as the feud engulfing Australian cricket continued. Continue reading...