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The Thunder currently sit at 26-16 and third in the Western Conference playoff picture. Some people are saying Paul George is having an MVP caliber season and is a legit candidate to win the award. But can we consider the Thunder to be a legitimate threat to win the NBA championship? Let’s take a closer look. Only eight of the 26 wins are against teams over the .500 mark. They are 8-7 against current playoff teams.

Tom Brady will be going for a sixth Super Bowl victory when his New England Patriots take on the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. But the legendary quarterback will have at least one famous face cheering against him - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. In an interview with Variety, Daniel called out Brady for his support of American president Donald Trump. In 2015, a Make America Great Again hat was spotted in Brady's locker, prompting the quarterback to declare that it "would be great" if Trump became president...

Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has never been one to hold back on his criticism of President Donald Trump, and that's no exception during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While the Spurs volunteered Monday at the Champions Against Hunger dinner, a fundraiser for the San Antonio Food Bank, Popovich spoke his mind on the government shutdown, now in its fourth week. "It's just a shame that so many people are affected by what President Trump and our politicians have done. We all know it's really for no good reason," Popovich told reporters. "It's a prop. It's childish. Petty....

I‘ve always been a slow runner, you’ve probably heard me say that before. I’ve been slow at my skinniest, I’ve been slow at my fittest. In fact I don’t think I’ll ever get to a sub 10 minute mile unless I quit my job, divorce my husband and never see my friends again. I’d have to put in some serious woman power and fortunately I have a life to live and other goals I want to achieve. But do you know what, that’s ok. It’s ok to not hit a sub 10 minute mile and still call yourself a runner....

Former NFL player Reggie Bush said Monday he thought President Trump’s “American fast food” spread in celebration of the Clemson Tigers was a disservice to what the team had accomplished. Earlier this month, the college football team scored their second national championship in three seasons, defeating the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide with a final score of 44-16. In a visit to the White House following their victory, Trump told reporters Monday that he foot the bill for a feast that included “lots of hamburgers” and “lots of pizza.” "We have some very large people that like eating, so I think...

Wisconsin got a bold new leader on Monday; a young, dynamic, charismatic figure who is as innovative as he is likeable and who promises fundamental change through sheer force of will. Wisconsin’s new governor was also sworn in. To say that the Packers hiring Matt LaFleur to be their new head coach overshadowed Tony Evers’ inauguration would be the understatement of the new year. After news broke late Monday afternoon that the former Tennessee Titans’ offensive coordinator would be Green Bay’s coach, Evers’ inauguration became an afterthought. That’s not a dig at a state or a media far too obsessed...

It did not take long for Jeremiah Criddell to get involved in the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry. Right after Criddell, a four-star defensive back from California, announced his commitment to Oklahoma live on ESPN2, he flashed the “horns down” right to the camera.

hile money is not the root of all evil, it is undeniably responsible for the transformation of the University of Oregon (UO). It changed from a typical state flagship where athletics were a nice diversion for some students and alums into a sports powerhouse where the quest for glory in football and basketball dominates the school. The person directly responsible for that is Phil Knight, the founder of the athletic shoe and apparel giant Nike. At a time when the university’s president was desperately looking for outside funding for the school, Knight, an Oregon alum and huge athletics booster, was...

NEW YORK -- Joan Steinbrenner, the wife of late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, died Friday. She was 83. The Yankees said she died while surrounded by family at her home in Tampa, Florida. Joan Steinbrenner held the title of Yankees vice chair.

The older we all get and the older Dirk Nowitzki gets, the harder it sometimes is to remember how truly great he was. There will always be a group of basketball nuts that will remember the specific greatness of Dirk, but we’re slowly creeping into the territory where a lot of fans, younger specifically, don’t really know much of Dirk except that 1. he used to be really good and 2. he’s mostly the older goofy former All-Star that seems really nice and likes to clown on his oldness. It’s only nature. “What have you done for me lately” is...

The Women’s World Cup draw is Saturday in France, only a week after New Zealand thumped Fiji to claim the final place in the tournament. That means the United States, one of the tournament favorites; the host, France; and the rest of the 24-team field will find out their opponents for the group stage and the cities where those games will take place. Here’s a primer before the balls are pulled out of the pots.

First lady Melania Trump called the opioid epidemic the "worst drug crisis in American history" during a wide-ranging discussion at a town hall in Virginia Wednesday. It's another example of how the first lady is speaking out more in public. Trump was promoting her "Be Best" campaign and even took a few impromptu questions from the audience. She spoke about everything from her taste in holiday decorations to a topic that is typically off limits: her son. "I'm here speaking to you in my official capacity as first lady, but I want you to know that I'm also here as...

Ivanka’s photo of her son was retweeted by some and included references to the use of tear gas, which Trump officials claim was necessary after migrants allegedly threw ‘projectiles’ at U.S. Border Control agents, reported the Washington Post....

Update: 12:30 PM EST (November 25, 2018) – VIBE has learned that the accuser is not a transgender woman, but is, in fact, an alleged cisgender ex-boyfriend who identifies as a gay man. A cisgender man—who many believed to be a transgender woman—has come forward to accuse Dwight Howard of sexual harassment and threatening his life. On Saturday (Nov. 24) Twitter user Masin Elije took to the social platform and went into detail about their alleged relationship and the events leading up to the present day accusation. Elije said he met Howard on the set of Wild ‘N Out. “We...

As I writing there is less than 7 minutes left in Michigan v. The Ohio State University. THE Ohio State University has put 55 points, incl 7 off a blocked punt, on supposedly the best defense in the nation. Dwayne Haskins has obliterated the Michigan secondary. Michigan's defense is a fraud, Michigan is a fraud, and Harbaugh is a fraud. Harbaugh is Meyer's rhymes with witch. This has to be the most bitter Michigan loss in recent history. Everything was in place to complete the so called Revenge Tour, beat Northwestern, and go to the playoffs. It all came to...

When you're a professional in the sports business, you've got to develop some thick skin. Competition is the name of the game, and you learn to rise above the haters. But there's something about being dunked on by a kid that you just can't recover from. Jerry Jones—the protest-busting geriatric oil baron who owns the Dallas Cowboys—is taking L after L, with his team posting a brutal 3-5 record so far this season, telegraphing plays, and even Cowboys legend Troy Aikman is calling for a "complete overhaul." And then he watched as the discarded Dez Bryant signed with a legitimate...

NBA Star Fined $25k For Saying No Homo By Liberal Gestapo's! Is The PC Movement Going Too Far?

Panthers safety Eric Reid’s visible beef with Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins in today’s game was indeed for the expected reasons. After Philly collapsed and Carolina took the 21-17 victory, Reid was at first hesitant to explain why he exchanged words with Jenkins during the pregame coin toss, but then he kind of explained it anyway.

This book was written to fill a gap we believe exists in golf instruction. It comes not from golf pros that have spent a lifetime learning and studying the golf swing and how to teach it. Rather, it comes from the viewpoint of amateur golfers who have struggled all of their lives to not only learn how to swing a golf club correctly, but to also lower their scores. In that quest, a common and chronic problem has arisen for all of us—the round-wrecker shots we all seem to hit when the pressure is on: either because of the anxiety...

NEW YORK -- The NFL is attacking the concussion issue on a team-by-team basis. At the owners meetings in New York on Tuesday, Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL's chief medical officer, said the league identified seven teams in 2017 that had a higher incidence of preseason concussions than the others and "did a targeted intervention with those clubs." Sills said that process involved wide-ranging discussions with the football operations staffs of the teams that included the design of practice drills and which helmets players were wearing.