Lebron James takes on new Entertainment deal

Lebron James and his Long Time manager Maverik Carter teamed up and had Warner Bros invest $15.8 million to create a platform where athletes could speak their minds. The goal is to create an athlete-centric content for many platforms including mobile, web and social as well as linear television and film.

NFL: Chip Kelly aware of teams record

DETROIT -- The Philadelphia Eagles are on alert after their third consecutive loss, a 45-14 embarrassment at the hands of the Detroit Lions.

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"It takes a collective effort to get your ass beat like this," Eagles center Jason Kelce said. "It really does. At this point, we're 4-7. We're going to find out what this locker room is made of.

"We're going to find out the guys who are all in and with each other, and we're going to find out who are the cowards. We're going to find out who the guys are that give anonymous (quotes), who the guys are who talk behind people's back. We're going to find out who the guys are who throw people under the bus."

In four days, the Eagles got outscored 90-31 by the Miami Dolphins and the Lions. They gave up 951 total yards. They allowed Jameis Winston and Matthew Stafford to throw 10 touchdown passes.

After games like that, it's fair to wonder if the players are still responding to the coaching staff.

"I'm a coach, not a player," Eagles coach Chip Kelly said. "It starts with me. I'm not pointing fingers at anybody and I don't think anybody points fingers at anybody (else). ... I think once you start pointing fingers and saying you blame it on somebody else, then you've lost what you have to.

Eagles left tackle Jason Peters missed the entire 2012 season with a torn Achilles tendon. He was on injured reserve as Andy Reid's team went 4-12, resulting in the coach's dismissal.

"It made me feel bad that he lost his job and I couldn't fight for him," Peters said. "I'm going to do everything I can to be out there and fight for the organization."

Kelly said that coordinator Bill Davis will remain in charge of the defense. He said he still has confidence in the roster he assembled in a tumultuous offseason of change.

"I have confidence in those players," Kelly said. "I've seen them play before. I have a lot of confidence in those guys. I think we have some really good guys. ... I told those guys in the locker room that I have confidence in 

NBA: Jahlil Okafor involved in street fight

Jahlil Okafor, Rookie for the Philadelphia Sixers, was involved in a street brawl in Boston, MA. 

TMZ released a video showing Okafar verbally disagreeing with someone, moments later a fight broke out. Apparently someone said "The 76ers suck and you guys are all losers, you'll never win a game."

The Sixers lost 84-80 to the Boston Celtics earlier Wednesday evening. Okafor had 19 points and 9 rebounds in the lost. The Sixers have lost 26 straight games dating back to last season and are the first team in NBA history to start 0-16 in consecutive seasons. 

College Football: Snowballs thrown at refs - Northwestern Wildcats game.

Looks like the fans wanted to create havoc at the Northwestern Wildcats Game. With the score ending in the Wildcats favor 13-7, we have no choice but to think such. Watch the video, what do you think?

NBA: Lebron James calls the shots

Lebron James is such a character! Check out the video of him checking himself out of the game. Such a boss move.

Boxing: Alvarez new middleweight champ

It looks like there is a new champion in town. Canelo Alvarez defeated Miguel Cotto, stripping him of the title middleweight champion. 

Punch stats read: 

                  Cotto        Alvarez

Punches

Landed       129          155

Thrown       629          484

Percent       21%         32%

Not only was Cotto stripped of his WBC belt, he was also stripped of the lineal world championship. Apparently there was a dispute over the sanctioning fee. Alvarez agreed to pay $300k, where as Cotto offered $125k.

Cotto was upset by the decision, so he opted out of the post fight interview and news conference. 

Jayz of Roc Nation Sports gave Cotto some words of encouragement and advised the ex champ that he had a great fight despite his lost.

NBA: Brandon Jennings participates in drills

The Detroit Pistons' Brandon Jennings took part in full-court practice Wednesday for the first time since rupturing his left Achilles tendon in January.

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Jennings ran 10-minute, 4-on-4 drills and remains on track for a December return to game action, coach Stan Van Gundy told reporters. The timetable for the 26-year-old has more or less held firm to estimates, as he's been building back strength in his leg.

With the one-time lead guard on the shelf, Reggie Jackson has ensconced himself as the starting point, averaging 20.6 points and 5.6 assists this season. The pair have yet to play together as Jackson was acquired after Jennings went down last season.

UFC: Poor Rhonda

ICelebrities makes it clear as day how they feel about Rhonda Rousey losing her undefeated record in UFC fighting. Apparently everyone feels that Rhonda is not a nice person and she's too cocky. In my humble opinion, most of the greats are cocky. That's what is exciting about the fight. Take a look at what some celebrities had to say:

NFL: Julian Edelman to have foot surgery but might return this season

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman will undergo surgery for a broken bone in his left foot, sources tell ESPN. There is hope Edelman will return this season.

Edelman left Sunday's 27-26 win over the New York Giants on the final play of the first quarter with a left foot injury. He did not return.

Patriots Losing Reception

The Patriots will have to account for a lot of lost offense as Julian Edelman is third in the league in receptions over the last three seasons.

	Rec Since '13
Antonio Brown	318
Demaryius Thomas	271
Julian Edelman	258
-- ESPN Stats & Information

He had helped the Patriots convert a first down with a 12-yard catch-and-run play on third-and-4 and came up limping at the end of the play as he was tackled by linebacker Jasper Brinkley.
Edelman slammed his helmet to the ground in frustration. He sat on the bench and took off his left shoe, and members of the medical and athletic training staff examined his foot.
After a short while, Edelman laced up his shoe and walked to the locker room under his own power for further evaluation.

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Edelman entered the game as the team's leading receiver, with 57 receptions for 639 yards and seven touchdowns. In a further reflection of his value to the team and how he plays in every package, he entered Sunday having played 87.7 percent of the team's offensive snaps. His five touchdowns out of the slot were tied for the most in the NFL entering Week 10.
According to ESPN Stats & Information, Edelman, since he became a fulltime starter in 2013, had been targeted 365 times by Tom Brady -- almost 100 targets more than Rob Gronkowski, who is second over that span with 270.

In Edelman's absence, No. 3 receiver Danny Amendola saw an immediate increase in playing time in two-receiver packages and finished with 10 receptions for 79 yards. No. 4 receiver Aaron Dobson also bumped one spot up the depth chart.

According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Patriots, without Edelman and Dion Lewis, have lost two players who accounted for nearly 40 percent of the their receptions this year.
Lewis was lost for the season last week after suffering a torn ACL.

EA cover: Ronda Rousey

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They call it the Madden Curse. Leading sports video game publisher EA puts an NFL star on the cover of its annual football franchise and then that star gets hurt or suffers some other bad fate. On Friday, EA announced Ronda Rousey as its cover athlete for its second UFC game. Whoops.

The previously undefeated and seemingly unbeatable Rousey was knocked out on Sunday in Melbourne by Holly Holm in a huge upset that few saw coming. 

Rousey’s defeat won’t stop her from being a big star and a potentially viable cover athlete for EA. It’ll certainly help if she wins her next fight, but her planned presence on the video game cover looks awkward at the moment. The game launches this coming spring. Rousey, for what it’s worth, is also a lifelong gamer.

EA has had a rough run with cover athletes of late. It had to remove Patrick Kane, one of its two cover athletes for NHL 15, after the hockey star was accused of rape, a charge that has since fallen apart.

Rousey’s defeat has echoes of another time a dominant combat athlete went halfway around the world to get annihilated by an alleged no-hoper, Mike Tyson getting thrashed by Buster Douglas in 1990. Tyson had no video game cover in the works at that moment, but he was swiftly pulled from a then-WWF Main Event special running a couple of weeks later. Douglas took his place.

NBA: R.I.P Flip Saunders

Flip Saunders, who tallied more than 1,000 victories over a 35-year coaching career that included successful stops with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons, died Sunday of cancer at age 60.

He also coached the Washington Wizardsduring a career that spanned 17 seasons as an NBA head coach and a 654-592 record.

Saunders announced in August that he was being treated for Hodgkin lymphoma. Doctors considered it "very treatable and curable," and Saunders at the time said he planned to remain the Timberwolves' head coach and president of basketball operations. However, he was hospitalized following a setback in September, and it was announced Friday that Saunders would miss the entire 2015-16 

Saunders first became an NBA coach in 1996 with the Timberwolves and eventually led the team to eight straight playoff appearances. A standout offensive coach, Saunders specialized in coaching point guards. But perhaps the player he had the greatest impact on was a big man, a wiry kid who came straight from high school in 1995 named Kevin Garnett. Under Saunders' tutelage, Garnett developed into one of the best players in the NBA and eventually an MVP.

NBA: LeBron James gets injection in back, likely to miss rest of preseason

LeBron James had an anti-inflammatory injection in his back earlier this week, Cavaliers general manager David Griffin told ESPN.com, and it could keep him out for the remainder of the preseason.
James has been dealing with a sore back, but the injection was mostly performed out of caution and to take advantage of the downtime before the start of the season.
The Cavs have a full week of training camp between their preseason finale and regular-season opener against the Bulls on Oct. 27. With that in mind, Cleveland had long planned to sit James out toward the end of the exhibition schedule and put its emphasis on ramping up as a team in that final week of practice, with both James and Kevin Love leading the way on the court. Griffin said the team timed James' injection in conjunction with that planned rest period.
The Cavs are currently without injured players Kyrie Irving (knee) and Iman Shumpert (wrist); Love (shoulder) hasn't been fully cleared to return to games. Tristan Thompson is still away from the team because of a contract impasse.
With the expectation that James will again have to carry a heavy burden early in the season until the Cavs are able to get healthy -- Timofey Mozgov and Anderson Varejao are playing but still coming back from surgeries -- the team is trying to take measures to prepare.

LeBron James is unlikely to play in the remainder of preseason after reportedly receiving an injection in his back earlier this week. The Cavaliers open the regular season at Chicago on Oct. 27. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

 

Cavs coach David Blatt said Thursday that James might not play in the team's final two preseason games next week but did not indicate James had an injury. James has played sparingly in two of the Cavs' five preseason games to this point.
But the Cavs have not totally ruled James out of the preseason finale in Cleveland against the Mavericks on Monday. The team is weighing the benefits of having him get some game-situation experience with Love, who is expected to play, against those of giving James an extra day or two to rest.
The Cavs, who have also seen regulars J.R. Smith and Matthew Dellavedova miss time in the preseason with minor injuries, have been woeful in the practice games. They are 0-5 thus far as Blatt hasn't been able cobble together any lineups he'd realistically prefer to use in the preseason.
"I'm not having fun right now," Blatt said after the Cavs lost 107-85 to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday. "This has been a tough week."
James has battled back issues off and on for the past decade and has had shots in his back in the past. According to Griffin, James got a similar shot in January during his two-week rest and rehabilitation program in the middle of the season. But that time the shot was reactionary, tending to a lower back that had already become inflamed from the early-season grind.
James has taken various steps over the years to limit the back pain, including using stretching techniques, doing yoga and losing weight.

NFL: When will Browns have had enough of Johnny Manziel?

 

"It probably looked more interesting than it was."

These are the words Johnny Manziel used to explain his latest incident that, according to a police report, involved an argument with his girlfriend, passing another car on an interstate while driving on the shoulder at a high rate of speed, driving across several lanes to exit the interstate at the same high speed and pushing his girlfriend's face into the car window while he drove as the two argued.
Manziel and Colleen Crowley pulled over in Avon, Ohio, and were questioned by police after 911 calls were placed about their behavior.
The facts, as presented in the police report, of what happened Monday are concerning. Plain and simple.

The focus will be on Manziel's admission of drinking, because he spent 10 weeks in a treatment facility in the offseason. However, he never has said why he voluntarily went to the Caron Treatment Center, nor has he detailed his aftercare and whether he has been counseled not to drink.
Police determined Manziel was not intoxicated. He and Crowley were allowed to leave together. But the way he drove put himself, Crowley and anyone else on that highway at serious risk.
Questions no doubt will follow, but there is one key question for the Cleveland Browns: When will they have had enough?

The Browns have chosen to not berate Manziel publicly, but to deal with him privately. That can be questioned; the word "enabling" comes to mind, though we also don't know what the team is doing privately. The collective bargaining agreement also limits what the team can do.
Manziel could be made inactive Sunday, but when Justin Gilbert was involved in an alleged road rage incident that had several people calling 911 reporting Gilbert and another car were racing down a different highway, the Browns handled it internally.
Manziel was not charged, arrested or even tested for alcohol.
Since the day Manziel was drafted, he has had his share of off-field distractions. He seemingly had put those distractions on the shelf this season after his rehab stint.
But his rookie-year troubles included the rolled-up bill in the bathroom and the floating swan and then security rousting him from bed the morning before the season finale because he was sleeping after being out late the night before.
Manziel said he looked like a "jackass" for those late-season actions, then said his future actions had to speak louder than his words.
Now we have this: Allegedly arguing with his girlfriend and endangering the lives of others, then tweeting that "it looked more interesting than it was."
This latest incident in no way, shape or form diminishes the efforts Manziel made in treatment, or the respect he deserves for going. But what happened Monday does raise concerns, again, about his choices.
To say it looked more interesting than it was?
For a guy trying to get and keep his life together, it's a red flag, bright and persistent as the lights on top of the police cars that pulled up to Manziel on Monday afternoon.

College Basketball: Kentucky, North Carolina share No. 1 spot in preseason coaches' poll

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The more things change, the more they stay the same?

The Kentucky Wildcats lost the top seven scorers from last season's team that went 38-1, but that hasn't deterred coaches from picking them as the No. 1 team in the USA Today preseason poll for the third consecutive season.

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But the Wildcats aren't alone at the top entering the 2015-16 season. This year, another traditional powerhouse -- the North Carolina Tar Heels -- are the co-favorites.

UNC even got more first-place votes -- 12 to UK's 11 -- but both finished with 749 points. It's the first time there have been co-No. 1 teams to start the season since the coaches' poll was instituted in 1991.

And more of the sport's blue bloods are on the heels of the co-No. 1s as the Maryland Terrapins, Duke Blue Devils and Kansas Jayhawks round out the top five. All five teams received first-place votes -- the most since eight teams picked up No. 1 votes prior to the 2004-05 season.

The Virginia Cavaliers, Iowa State Cyclones and Oklahoma Sooners filled the next three spots, giving the ACC and Big 12 three representatives apiece among the top eight. Villanova and Arizona round out the top 10.

Kentucky, which had its bid for a perfect 2014-15 season derailed by Wisconsin in the national semifinals, finished third in the final coaches' poll last season, even picking up two first-place votes.

North Carolina, which starts No. 1 in the coaches' poll for the fourth time, finished 12th last season with a 26-12 record under coach Roy Williams.

NFL: Matt Ryan vs. Drew Brees makes Thursday matchup more intriguing

NEW ORLEANS -- Matt Ryan and Drew Brees have gone head-to-head 13 times, with Brees winning eight of those matchups.

However, Ryan has won two in a row, with his Atlanta Falcons get ready to battle the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night.

The Falcons are 5-0 and the Saints 1-4, but records tend not to mean much when these two NFC South rivals meet. Seven of the last 11 meetings have been decided by four points or fewer, with three overtime games.

Matt Ryan vs. Drew Brees

Matt Ryan missed a game in 2009 (Week 14) that Brees and the Saints won. Ryan and Brees have gone head-to-head 13 times, with Brees winning eight.

	RYAN	BREES
Wins	5	8
Comp pct	64.0	65.7
Yards	3,894	4,176
Yds/att	7.7	7.9
TD-Int	20-7	25-20
Sacks	18	17
Total QBR	73.8	67.4

So could it all come down to quarterback play? Absolutely. Although Ryan struggled Sunday with three interceptions and a passer rating of 55.1 against the Washington Redskins, the Saints are fully aware of his ability to pick them apart. ESPN Stats & Information notes that Ryan hasn't thrown an interception against the Saints in the last three matchups. Last season, Ryan completed 73.5 percent of his passes, averaged 385 passing yards and threw four touchdowns with no interceptions against the Saints.

"No. 1, he's extremely competitive," Saints coach Sean Payton said of Ryan. "He's always played some of his best football, it seems, in the fourth quarter. And then he's accurate. He's got enough 'escapability' that he can extend the play, find the receiver down the field. When you start putting together all the things you're looking for from a skill set, the leadership -- he's durable as well. He's doing a great job of playing the position and obviously playing it effectively late in the game. What's most important is winning, and he's doing a good job with that."

Ryan will have his top target on the field, as Julio Jones will attempt to push through hamstring and toe injuries. Ryan found a new weapon last week in tight end Jacob Tamme, who had a team-high eight catches Sunday. The Falcons also have offensive balance with the strong running of Devonta Freeman, who is punishing opposing defenses and leads the league with eight touchdowns.

The Saints' Drew Brees has more victories in matchups against Matt Ryan, but Ryan and the Falcons have won the last two. AP Photo/David Goldman

The biggest concern for the Falcons might be if the offensive line can continue to stay in rhythm with James Stone stepping in at center for the injured Mike Person (ankle). The line established chemistry with Person in the lineup, so there could be a decline. Then again, the Falcons will face the league's worst defense statistically. The Saints allow 409 yards per game, surrender 28.6 points per game and have given up 11 touchdown passes with no interceptions in their last seven home games.

As for Brees, he can't be overlooked, even with his most dangerous weapon now in Seattle (Jimmy Graham). He'll likely be without receiver Marques Colston, who is doubtful with a shoulder injury. And he is expected to be without starting left tackle Terron Armstead, who has a knee injury. But Brees is a crafty veteran who still slices up coverages. He might find some soft spots in the middle of the Falcons' zone with crossing routes, or utilize the screen game. Brees isn't having as much success with the deep ball, with no touchdowns on passes thrown 20-plus yards down the field.

Defensively, the Falcons have done a solid job stopping the run, yielding a league-best 78.4 rushing yards per game. Now they have to a way to generate pressure on Brees. Through five games, the Falcons are tied for 29th in the league with just six sacks, one fewer than the Saints.

This has the potential to be a breakout game for rookie pass-rusher Vic Beasley, who has faced four Pro Bowl left tackles in five games. On Thursday, he'll go against an unproven rookie in Andrus Peat. Beasley, with two sacks and three quarterback hits, knows he needs to show up.

The Falcons don't blitz much, although one by linebacker Nate Stupar last Sunday in overtime helped create Robert Alford's game-winning interception that was returned for a touchdown. Coach Dan Quinn and defensive coordinator Richard Smith might want to consider turning up the blitz packages against Brees, who has completed just 48.6 percent of his passes with a touchdown and interception against five or more rushers this season, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

No matter how pressure is generated, it must be consistent to have success against Brees.

"He's as hard to go against as ever because he has a sense of where to go with the ball," Quinn said. "And I think that sounds so easy -- all quarterbacks know that -- but I think when you have that kind of experience and you've seen all the coverages and you've seen all the pressure and all the different looks, and he knows their routes so well, those are the things that what I see when you go against him, it's just hard as you can get."

NBA: Lamar Odom Unresponsive

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NBA player Lamar Odom was found unresponsive in Nevada Last Night. 

Sources say it is not looking good for him, as he remains in critical condition. Odom was found at a brothel in Neveda, when help arrived he was unresponsive.

Prayers up for Lamar Odom

UFC: Rhonda Rousey

UFC's own Nick Diaz was suspended for 5 years due to testing positive for marijuana in his system.

Our girl Rhonda didn't take that to well and this is what she had to say about the situation:

"I’m sorry, but it’s so not right for him to be suspended five years for marijuana," Rousey said. "I’m against testing for weed at all. It’s not a performance enhancing drug. And it has nothing to do with competition. It’s only tested for political reasons.

What are your views on drug testing? 

Does this mean she smokes marijuana?

WNBA: Candace Parker, Protein Ice Cream

The gorgeous Candace Parker advertising Protein Ice Cream

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 frozen banana, sliced
• 2 – 3 tbsp. milk (for even less fat and calories, use unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk)
• 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp. Six Star^® Fit 100% Protein Isolate, Rich Chocolate

INSTRUCTIONS:

Place all ingredients into a small food processor and mix until fluffy (usually takes around 1 minute total). Stop the machine a few times to scrape down the sides and keep all the ingredients together.

View the product at: http://www.sixstarpro.com/nutrition/chocolate-protein-ice-cream/

NBA: Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose needs to get his life together, he's always getting injured someway! ... We wish you a speedy recovery Derrick

NBA: John Wall, good deed

John Wall has called Washington, D.C., home since being drafted by the Washington Wizards with the No. 1 overall pick in 2010. He has developed a strong bond with the fans and the city over the past few years, so when he has a chance to help the community, he is going to do so.

The 25-year-old Wall recently made a large contribution to Bright Beginnings, a child-development center in Washington that helps out homeless children and families.

According to the Facebook post, the $400,000 donation will go toward building a second development center, which is scheduled to open in 2017.

To show appreciation for the contribution, Bright Beginnings will do a couple of things in Wall's honor. There will be a "John Wall, Wall of Achievement" at the new center that will highlight the accomplishments of the center's students. There will also be a classroom named after Wall.

No matter how much money Wall is making in his contract, he doesn't have to make donations like this. He's doing this because he wants to support a good cause. Any contribution would have been appreciated, but one as large as this should go a long way in helping the center.

Wall is doing what he can to make the D.C. area better. It's always cool to see an athlete connect with the city he plays for, and with this donation, the Wizards point guard continues to show he cares about his city.

Via: www.bleacherreport.com