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Michael Jordan gushed about just how good Julius Erving was from a business side of things as that's what he took away from him.   There were very few people Michael Jordan looked up to in the sporting world. Walter Davis and David Thompson were a few of these men but Julius Erving was certainly on this list of his as well. A layman could tell by a simple eye-test that there were clear similarities between Jordan's game and 'The Doctor's'.   Well, the similarities end at the dunks in all honesty as Erving never really developed a mid-range game that was close to being as lethal as Michael's. However, when you thought about guys who made their bank on aerial battle, Julius Erving in the 70s and Michael Jordan in the 80s came to mind. Also read: "Michael Jordan drank beer all afternoon and dropped 52 points on Cleveland": Hockey great, Jeremy Roenick, details his wild afternoon of golfing and drinking with the Bu...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Manny Bates enters transfer portal, becomes 4th NC State player to leave Wolfpack    Raleigh News & Observer NC State Basketball: What Manny Bates' transfer means for Wolfpack    Busting Brackets The Awkwardness that is NC State Men's Basketball    Pack Insider NC State's Manny Bates enters transfer portal; Seabron, Smith explore NBA options    WRALSportsFan State redshirt junior center Immanuel "Manny" Bates was missed throughout the 2021-22 season. Now, he's on the move.    TheWolfpacker View Full Coverage on Google News

While the Kentucky Wildcats basketball season landed unexpectedly and way-to-soon, Big Blue Nation did have one wish granted this March. According to Kyle Tucket of The Athletic, the checkerboard jerseys have been eliminated from the Wildcats' uniform rotation. It is my understanding that the checkerboards have, in fact, been killed in the new iteration of Kentucky basketball's permanent uniform to be unveiled next season. That's one message that finally got through. https://t.co/meZUcV9lm0 — Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) March 22, 2022 To the point of Kentucky Sports Radio's Matt Jones, Kentucky hasn't won anything "since that nonsense started." The university unveiled the checkerboard-heavy uniforms back in the early fall of 2016 — the same season North Carolina crushed the hearts of Big Blue Nation in a 75-73 Elite Eight loss before going on to win the National Championship. Kentucky was arguably the best team in the tournament that year ...

Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC The UFC is reportedly looking to schedule a bout between two struggling lightweight fighters on its May 7 pay-per-view card.  Per MMA Fighting's Damon Martin, Michael Chandler and Tony Ferguson have agreed to a match slated for UFC 274.  Martin noted both fighters are expected to sign the contract soon.  UFC president Dana White has been working on putting this fight together for some time. He said in January on ESPN+ (h/t Adam Guillen Jr. of MMA Mania) that the company was trying to get Chandler and Ferguson in the Octagon.  The match has been talked about even before this year. Chandler told Danny Segura of MMA Junkie in October 2020 that Ferguson turned down a fight against him that would have taken place at UFC 254.  Guillen noted that Ferguson confirmed the bout was offered at that time, but he turned it down upon learning that Chandler would get a bigger payout.  UFC 274 is expected to be he...

Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports The 2022 Major League Baseball season is almost here and Sportsnaut's MLB predictions offer projections for the standings, award winners and more. MLB games today will offer daily predictions and the full schedule for the entire season from 2022 Opening Day to the World Series. As part of our year-round MLB coverage, we'll provide analysis, the latest news and MLB trade rumors. Our MLB projections will impact our projected postseason bracket. When the MLB playoffs begin, we'll provide predictions, matchup analysis and provide the full schedule for October baseball. Bookmark this page for in-season updates to our MLB predictions. MLB predictions: Projecting the National League Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports NL West predictions The Los Angeles Dodgers might have lost the NL West in 2021, but there's no doubt this is the best team in the division entering the 2022 season. From the starting rotation to the lineup, Los Angeles holds the ad...

During the height of the pandemic, when NBA owners were losing money due to empty buildings, long-dormant talk of an NBA expansion to 32 teams gained momentum. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver even discussed it, and it felt like there was real momentum behind the idea, with Seattle and Las Vegas as the front runners. The owners are expected to take up the topic again this summer (although that agenda is not locked in). While league sources previously told NBC Sports some owners have cooled on the idea — they don't want to further divide the revenue pie, even for the short-term boost of a $166 million (or more) expansion fee check that would go to every team — Bill Simmons put the issue back on a front burner by saying on his podcast he had "intel" that the league would expand soon, and that LeBron James could have an ownership stake in the Vegas team after his playing days end. On Wednesday, a league spokesman denied Simmons' report to NBC S...

The following is a glance at sports on TV, including channels, radio listings and game times for local games and national sporting events for March 28-April 3, 2022. Frequent TV channel numbers are listed at the bottom of the page. Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times Pacific. Note: Check back often for updates throughout the week. For a complete list of sports on the air posts, bookmark topics.oregonlive.com/tag/sports%20on%20the%20air/ Monday, March 28 NBA 5 p.m. NBA — Golden State at Memphis 7 p.m. Root Plus — Oklahoma City at Portland, 620-AM NHL 4 p.m. NHL — Carolina at Washington 7:30 p.m. Root — Seattle at Los Angeles Baseball 10 a.m. MLB — NY Yankees at Detroit 1 p.m. Root, Root Plus, MLB — Texas at Seattle 6 p.m. MLB — Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Women's college basketball NCAA Tournament 4 p.m. ESPN — Elite Eight 6 p.m. ESPN — Elite Eight Tennis 8 a.m. Tennis — Miami Open PHF hockey 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Isobel Cup final --- Tuesday, March 29 NBA 4:30 p.m. TNT —...

Credit: CBS Sports The COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down for a few months. Times were tough for everybody, and many folks wondered if things would ever get back to normal. The one positive outcome of the shutdown during the pandemic would be that this was the moment the world discovered what happens when Michael Jordan takes something personal. The highly anticipated, The Last Dance, came out on April 19, 2020, and it took over the world by storm. Young basketball fans who never got a chance to watch Jordan play had their chance to witness the greatness of the G.O.A.T. and one of those traits was when someone "upset" his Airness. The Last Dance showed a few stories of when Jordan took it personally, but one story, in particular, is the topic of this article. The incident happened in 1993, against the Washington Bullets… LaBradford Smith It was March 19, 1993, and the Washington Bullets were in Chicago getting ready to play the two-time defending champion Bulls. Nobody ...

By Bryan Kalbrosky | March 24, 2022 3:35 pm ET Since my last mock draft, we have seen several NBA prospects excel while playing on the biggest stage in college basketball: March Madness. Although the tournament isn't over, after the first two rounds, scouts and executives around the league have potential draft targets they are falling more and more in love with. Meanwhile, as teams begin to get eliminated, many players are beginning to either declare for the draft while others are entering the transfer portal. Even though we don't yet have a full idea of who will actually turn pro when it is all said and done, the picture is becoming more and more clear. Several prospects were not included (Alabama's JD Davison, Duke's Trevor Keels, Michigan State's Max Christie, Michigan's Caleb Houstan, and UCLA's Peyton Watson) in this mock....