The tax issue for NBA player Terry Rozier is apparently behind him. The Internal Revenue Service released the $8.2 million tax lien filed against him earlier this fall, according to ESPNâ€s Paula Lavigne and David Purdum. The release was filed Oct. 29, less than a week after Rozier was arrested and charged amid a massive gambling scandal within the NBA.

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Following an incredibly successful inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL), ESPN and Athletes Unlimited (AU) on Wednesday announced a multi-year rights extension that strengthens ESPNâ€s role as an official broadcast partner for AUâ€s professional leagues in softball, basketball, and volleyball. The expanded agreement deepens ESPNâ€s investment in womenâ€s sports and reflects its ongoing commitment to spotlighting top-tier female athletes across its platforms.

The Orioles are finalizing a deal to hire Guardians associate manager Craig Albernaz as manager, according to a report from ESPNâ€s Jeff Passan. The club has not confirmed the news. Albernaz, 42, spent the last two seasons on Clevelandâ€s coaching staff. Albernazâ€s coaching career began in 2015 in the Rays organization. Across five years, he handled various roles, including a managerial stint for High-A Bowling Green in 2018.

Before they bonded on the court, Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr bonded on the green. In an interview with ESPNâ€s Anthony Slater published Friday, the Warriors†star guard and coach revealed how a golf outing shortly after Kerr was hired in 2014 helped the duo form the chemistry that ignited Golden Stateâ€s dynasty. As Slater writes, Kerr felt he needed to connect with Curry, the teamâ€s star, who had voiced support for the Warriors†previous coach…

ESPNâ€s major gamble on WWE content may already be backfiring. During Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer broke down ESPN Unlimitedâ€s performance after WWE joined the $325 million-per-year streaming partnership. While the service saw a surge during WrestlePalooza, it wasnâ€t nearly enough to justify the dealâ€s massive price tag. According to Meltzer, the platform reached 2.1 million total subscribers, but the true value to ESPN hinges on whoâ€s paying for WWE. The key weekend—WrestlePalooza—reportedly added around 100,000 to 125,000 subscribers, but Meltzer did the math and it doesnâ€t look good. “If every month ends up kind of like this one… itâ€s worth $35 million a year. Now, theyâ€re spending $325 million a year for $35 million a year of revenue coming from having these WWE events. Which is a very bad number.†Meltzer pointed out that ESPN is betting big on long-term growth, but that strategy might cost them heavily in the short run. He said most of the 30 million existing ESPN subscribers are getting the service for free through cable providers, which means the real revenue is only coming from a small portion of WWE diehards. “Thatâ€s why these companies are losing lots of money on this type of stuff—with the idea that down the road, when we get 50 million subscribers paying 30 bucks, weâ€ll be able to afford all this.†When asked how WWEâ€s value compares to other mega sports deals, Meltzer didnâ€t hold back. “Theyâ€re probably going to be more valuable to ESPN than UFC will be to Paramount… Thatâ€s a $1.1 billion deal. Thatâ€s going to be a giant, giant, giant money loser. This will be a big money loser too—just like Peacock was for WWE.†While the idea of WWE helping launch premium sports platforms sounds exciting on paper, Meltzer says the real winners are WWE executives cashing those checks—not necessarily the platforms footing the bill. “WWE has managed to get itself in that position—to where people are paying a lot to launch services based on these types of people: WWE, NBA, and all that. So itâ€s good to be those people. But man, a lot of companies are losing a lot of money doing this business.†Whether ESPN can turn things around or not, one thing is clear: WrestlePalooza may have brought in short-term hype, but it didnâ€t bring enough paying customers to make the numbers make sense. ESPNâ€s faith in WWE is costing them more than just rights fees—itâ€s turning into a brutal lesson in subscription economics. Please credit Ringside News if you use the above transcript in your publication.Are you subscribing to ESPN after WWE moved it's content from Peacock? Please share your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below. Source link

At least for right now, Giannis Antetokounmpo is focused on the Milwaukee Bucks.Antetokounmpo was asked on Wednesday about a report from ESPNâ€s Shams Charania this week that the Bucks and the New York Knicks engaged in trade talks about him this summer. The Knicks were reportedly the only other team in the league that Antetokounmpo wanted to join.Advertisement[Yahoo Sports TV is here! Watch live shows and highlights 24/7]Antetokounmpo said Wednesday that he didnâ€t read Charaniaâ€s story, and he didnâ€t deny the Knicks connection explicitly. But Antetokounmpo said repeatedly that he is “locked in†with the Bucks in the weeks leading up to the 2025-26 campaign.“Iâ€ve said this many times, I want to be in a situation that I can win and now Iâ€m here. I believe in this team,†he said, via The Athletic's Eric Nehm. “I believe in my teammates. Iâ€m here to lead this team to wherever we can go and itâ€s definitely going to be hard. Weâ€re going to take it day-by-day, but Iâ€m here. … Iâ€m locked into whatever I have in front of me.“Now, if in six, seven months, I change my mind I think thatâ€s human too. Youâ€re allowed to make any decision you want, but I'm locked in. Iâ€m locked into this team. Iâ€m locked into these guys, to this group and to this coaching staff and to myself.â€Notably, Antetokounmpo left the door open there for an exit in the future.The two-time league MVP has spent his entire career with the Bucks, who selected him with the No. 15 overall pick in 2013 out of Greece. He averaged 30.4 points, 11.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists last season while making a league-high 11.8 field goals per game.AdvertisementThe Bucks, though, are in a weird spot. The franchise, which went 48-34 last season, was knocked out of the playoffs in the first round for a third straight campaign. They lost Damian Lillard, Brook Lopez and Pat Connaughton in the offseason, too, while picking up Myles Turner. Itâ€s easy to understand why Antetokounmpo may want to be traded to a championship contender, especially as he enters his 13th season in the league and will turn 31 in December. He's in the back half of his career, after all.But the Bucks, at least according to head coach Doc Rivers, have never made a legitimate move to trade Antetokounmpo away.“At the end of the day, thereâ€s nothing we can do about it,†Rivers said about the report, which he called “unbelievable.â€â€œI can tell you [general manager Jon Horst] has never called a team about Giannis. That has never happened. And until that happens, you really donâ€t have a story.â€So for the moment, Antetokounmpo and the Bucks are content with the state of their relationship. But if things get off to a rocky start and the team struggles, Antetokounmpo's future in Milwaukee is sure to be called into question again in the coming months. And with the way he's been playing, it'd be hard to find a team that wouldn't be at least a little interested in trading for him. Source link

WWE WrestlePalooza is already in the books but some people were shocked when ESPN writer Andreas Hale gave the show a C grade. Thatâ€s why itâ€s not a surprise that Booker T has now come to WWEâ€s defense and criticized the rating. While speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T strongly disagreed with ESPN writer Andreas Haleâ€s C grade for WrestlePalooza, saying the show deserved a much better score. Booker T explained that there were only five matches and none of them were bad. Two were outstanding, with the womenâ€s world title match as the biggest highlight. He praised Cody Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre as a hard-fought battle and called the mixed tag team match possibly the best of its kind heâ€s ever seen. Because of this, he felt giving the event a C grade made no sense. Booker compared it to the recent Crawford–Canelo boxing match. Some people rated that fight low even though it was a skilled and well-planned match. He said wrestling is similar: itâ€s about long-term stories, not just instant action. He believes that the John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar match is only the first chapter of a bigger story that fans havenâ€t seen play out yet. “There were five matches on the show — only five — and not one was bad. Two of them were absolutely stellar. The womenâ€s world title match was the crown jewel, Cody and Drew had a hell of a time, and the mixed tag might have been the best of its kind Iâ€ve ever seen. So how do you give a show like that a C? Thatâ€s crazy — thatâ€s a crazy take. I look at it from different angles. Coming off the Crawford–Canelo fight: it wasnâ€t the greatest fight ever, not Haggler–Hearns or Leonard–Durán, and it wasnâ€t an all-out war. But it was a technical battle between two experts, and some people still called that a C. When I look at professional wrestling, I look at the whole story. Itâ€s not easy to knock it out of the park every time. We have to layer and build stories to reach the bigger picture. We donâ€t even know where the John Cena–Brock Lesnar story might go. So when people rush to judgment — as Johnny Cochran would say — I always say sit back, watch, and wait, because the best is yet to come.†The WWE Hall of Famer admitted the Cena–Lesnar match might rank last of the five but said it was full of drama and emotion. He pointed out how some children in the crowd were crying real tears, which he sees as proof the match worked. For him, getting that kind of reaction matters more than high-flying moves or five-star ratings. Booker also questioned why wrestling is now graded like a school test with letters like A or C. To him, the show told great stories and set up what comes next, making it far better than the grade suggested. Booker said while the match could always be improved, it was still a classic Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena fight and an important part of WWEâ€s larger storyline. “What more did people want from Brock and Cena? Iâ€m not saying it was the best match of the night — if I ranked them, it would probably be last out of the five — but it had strong dramatic moments. For the naysayers, go back and watch the footage. When they pan the crowd, youâ€ll see kids crying real tears. As a babyface, if I can get a real tear from someone in the audience, Iâ€ve done my job. Donâ€t just watch the match; watch the crowd. Youâ€ll see emotion, drama, and real theater. Was it the greatest match ever? Was it a five-star bout full of flips? No. But for pure drama, it was very good — and the announcements added to it. I donâ€t know when wrestling became about letter grades. We went from star ratings to A, A+, maybe A++. For me, it was simply a damn good match leading to whatever comes next. Could it have been better? Sure. Could it have been worse? Absolutely. Was it a classic Brock Lesnar–John Cena fight? I think so.†WrestlePalooza may not have been filled with nonstop five-star action, but Booker made it clear that it gave fans what truly matters: drama, real emotion and storylines that set up the future, which is everything that makes pro wrestling great. Do you agree with Booker Tâ€s defense of WrestlePalooza? Was ESPNâ€s C grade too harsh, or do you think the event didnâ€t live up to the hype? Sound off in the comments. Please credit Ringside News if you use the above transcript in your publication. September 23, 2025 10:39 am Source link

Kobe Bufkin is getting a fresh start. The Atlanta Hawks struck a deal to send Bufkin to the Brooklyn Nets on Monday afternoon, according to ESPNâ€s Shams Charania. In exchange, the Hawks will receive cash considerations from the Nets. Advertisement The Hawks selected Bufkin with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft out of Michigan, though heâ€s struggled so far in the league.

En Cataluña, comunidad autónoma de España, existe un lugar que cautiva al visitante por su ambiente medieval presente en sus calles, en sus casas, pero sobre todo por su ubicación que parece desafiar ...