from ESPN.com: Alabama football coach Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID-19, team sources tell ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi. Saban was informed of the poisitive test by the training staff today. Saban left the football facility immediately. No. 2 Alabama plays No. 3 Georgia Saturday night.
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Brooklyn Nets unveils classic gamers for 2020-21 run
from nba.com : The Brooklyn Nets are the latest team to reveal a new look for the 2020-21 season. The Nets unveiled on Wednesday their Classic Edition uniform, which honors a fan-favorite “tie-dye” design worn during the 1990-91 season. The “sky blue-to-white gradient” uniforms were last worn by the Nets when the team played in New Jersey. Here’s more from the Nets on the history of the design: “The Nets launched the 1990s with an aesthetic reset, introducing a refreshed logo along with these new uniforms, and the 1990-91 season was the beginning…
Read MoreMultiple positive COVID-19 tests causes Saturday’s LSU v Florida game to be postponed
from ESPN.com: Saturday’s game between No. 10 Florida and LSU at “The Swamp” has been postponed after the Gators have seen a surge in positive COVID-19 tests this week, it was announced Wednesday. The game has tentatively been rescheduled for the SEC’s built-in bye week on Dec. 12, which is the week before the SEC championship. The SEC said on Twitter that the game was postponed after “positive tests & subsequent quarantine of individuals with the Florida FB program.” Florida has 18 positives among scholarship players and three walk-ons, athletic director Scott Stricklin said Wednesday. He…
Read MoreCheck out these latest images of the J Balvin Air Jordan 1
Latino artist J Balvin will debut these Air Jordan 1s during the halftime performance of Super Bowl LIV. It sports a layered tie-dyed canvas upper with jagged edges. It also featured exposed foam at the tongue and Balvin’s Happy Face logo is present on the left tongue label. The heel featured a Velcro circle to which any of the three included logos ( a Jumpman , a basketball and J Balvin’s basketball logo) can be attached. This colourful aesthetic is completed by a pink midsole and rubber outsole of the…
Read MoreLaMelo Ball officially joins Puma
Back in August , we covered LaMelo Ball and Puma allegedly being in the final stages of putting together an endorsement deal. Wednesday morning the brand announced their signing of the youngest of the Ball brothers. Per Nick DePaula, Ball had this to say about signing with Puma: “I personally chose a different path to achieve my success because that defines who I am. I know some people think I am mysterious or ‘not from here,’ and I might have to agree. I am someone who likes to be different…
Read MoreAn initial look at “Halloween” Nike Air Foamposite Pro
October will the retail debut of this Nike Foamposite Pro. It shares some visual similarities with 2012’s “Crimson” Foamposite Pro as it also features a silver Foamposite upper with a lateral black Swoosh and black running the eyerow and also present at the inner. Electro orange shows up on the lateral Swoosh , tongue and associated branding, pull tabs and rear Swoosh. A black rubber outsole completes the aesthetic. This Foamposite Pro is scheduled to make its retail debut October 29, 2020. Nike Air Foamposite Pro Flat Silver/Black/Electro Orange CT2286-001…
Read MorePacers could be zeroing in on Pelicans assistant for head coach
As the Indiana Pacers are conducting their head coaching search following the highly questionable firing of Nate McMillan, according to Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer, a candidate may have separated himself from the pack. O’Connor reports that New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach Chris Finch has emerged as the front runner for the job. Finch was the former head coach of the D-League’s Rio Grande Valley Vipers, which included leading the team to a championship in 2009-10. Following that Finch served as assistant with the Houston Rockets (2011-16) and the Denver…
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