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Sandy Alderson’s Tim Tebow signing as New York Mets general manager was deemed by some as purely a publicity stunt. But that doesn’t come close to another move Alderson tried to make that didn’t come to fruition.

NBA stars are all swagger. It’s why the term ‘baller’, informally meaning someone who is a talented basketball player, is now also a term for someone who has made it to the top and has all the self-assurance that goes with it.

Sixers coach Brett Brown sat down with Ben Simmons and his family before the current NBA season began and discussed benching the Aussie star if he didn’t begin shooting three-pointers, ESPN reports.

Draymond Green felt like he was having flashbacks.

The first two instalments of “The Last Dance” earned near-universal acclaim, but the documentary isn’t flawless.

Much of the second episode of The Last Dance centres on legend Scottie Pippen’s battle with the Chicago Bulls over his contract — widely considered one of the worst in NBA history.

AFL Players Association President Patrick Dangerfield has urged the AFL to take a more ‘authoritarian’ approach to clubs and demand unprecedented media access to AFL clubs and players.

If you’re trying to determine who the biggest winners and losers were from the first two episodes of ‘The Last Dance’, it’s pretty clear-cut.

On the court Michael Jordan and teammate Dennis Rodman were driven by the same ruthless competitiveness that powered the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships but off the court the pair were chalk and cheese.

Of all the stories written about Michael Jordan amid the release of The Last Dance documentary it’s a column written 36 years ago that’s perhaps the most interesting.