Snapshot · Up First from NPR
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby was banned for life by the NCAA after betting on his own team 40 times, before a Texas judge granted him an injunction to play this season.
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Howard Bryant lays out the case for the Knicks' championship destiny with compelling precision. Only 3 losses all postseason. Two comebacks from 20 points down in the fourth quarter. A coaching transition that mirrors the 2004 Red Sox — Thibodeau fired, new energy, same core, championship-level results. [1] — Howard Bryant "The Knicks have only lost 3 games all postseason and have come back from 20-point fourth-quarter deficits twice. Howard Bryant compares the…" 11:40 Bryant draws the Boston parallel knowing New Yorkers will bristle, but insists it's the most accurate analogy: a team where everything works, where the feeling of inevitability is palpable. The Spurs, he acknowledges, have had the lead in the final 2 minutes of every game in the series, and Victor Wembanyama has declared them capable of winning the next 3. But Bryant believes New York's 53-year wait ends this weekend — tonight in San Antonio, or next game back in Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks lost only 3 games in the entire 2026 postseason, making them by far the most dominant team in the playoff field.
The 2018 Supreme Court decision that legalized sports betting made scandals like Brendan Sorsby's lifetime ban inevitable. Teams want their stars to play. Media is bankrolled by gambling companies. The conflict of interest runs in every direction.
Thomas's wife is already ranked in the top 2,000 CrossFit athletes in the world — roughly the top 1% — and Thomas wants her to pursue the sport professionally now that he is graduating law school.
Research shows athletes who mentally imagine practicing basketball or soccer have better performance than those who do not include imagination in their training.
Rico Verhoeven dominated approximately 10 of 12 rounds against undisputed heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk before a controversial post-bell stoppage.
Rico's appeal confirmed the fight was stopped after the bell rang, and the ringside doctor found no concussion or disorientation — yet the result was never overturned.
Glory Kickboxing uses 5 judges rather than boxing's 3, which Joe Rogan argues reduces the chance of a corrupt or incompetent minority swinging the result.
Rico Verhoeven had only one professional boxing match before fighting undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk for the WBC title.
Despite having just one pro boxing match, Rico Verhoeven had been training boxing for 15 years alongside his kickboxing career.
Rico used a full 6 months to transition from kickboxing stance to a proper boxing stance under trainer Peter Fury, calling it essential rewiring.
Rico Verhoeven has had approximately 75 professional kickboxing fights, giving him a massive combat sports experience advantage over pure boxers.
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