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Alijah Arenas is human. He misses shots, he makes turnovers. It encouraged Birmingham coach Nick Halic to order Arenas to be double-teamed the entire game Wednesday. The strategy was working at times. The Chatsworth High sophomore missed his first six shots and was limited to 10 points at halftime. It was only a matter of…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In the wake of the most disappointing finish in franchise history, Doug Pederson said that he was still processing things and didn’t plan on any significant changes to his coaching staff just yet. Hours later, he made the first of those changes, firing defensive coordinator Mike Caldwell, the first in what should…

Jimmy Kimmel went in on Aaron Rodgers in his first show of the new year following the Jets QB hinting Kimmel’s name would appear on documents related to Jeffrey Epstein last week on “The Pat McAfee Show.”   The comment caused a firestorm of controversy and the late-night host didn’t hold back in a roughly seven-minute…

A half-dozen media members converged around the locker of Ivica Zubac late Monday night when one exceptionally tall person joined the scrum, too, pointing his phone’s camera at the Clippers center. It was Zubac’s backup, Daniel Theis, who smiled before quickly leaving. The joke disguised the truth that the spotlight has never found Zubac more…

The Giants are in the market for a new defensive coordinator after the resignation of Wink Martindale. Here are a few highly regarded candidates: Antonio Pierce Will he be hired as the full-time Raiders head coach after going 5-4 as the interim head coach? That is the popular wish in Las Vegas, but it is…

CNN  —  Monica Puig won more than 300 matches during her tennis career and the feeling afterwards was often the same: relief, excitement, and satisfaction that the weeks and months of sacrifice and preparation had paid off. Today, exactly a year after shoulder issues forced her to retire aged 28, Puig is still able to…