The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension with LeBron James, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. This deal will keep LeBron in Los Angeles through the 2024-25 season, when he will be 40 years old. He will, however, have a player option for the final year of the deal. If there … Read more
Detroit Lions’ joint practices with the Indianapolis Colts kicked off on Wednesday afternoon in front of a jam-packed audience with a surprising amount of Lions fans in attendance. As expected, it was a high-intensity practice with plenty of trash talking, big collisions, and emotions coming from each sideline. Due to the layout of the practice—one … Read more
Getty Images At the time, Joe Burrow’s appendectomy July 26 sounded like a routine procedure. But instead of his appendix being merely inflamed, the quarterback’s appendix had ruptured. Burrow revealed that Wednesday during his first news conference since the surgery, which came on the day Bengals veterans reported to training camp. “It … Read more
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Rip them one day, meet with them the next. Those were the last two days in the life of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ quest to get a young group of receivers ready for the fast-approaching start of the regular season. A day after Rodgers expressed his frustration with the … Read more
The Yankees have placed closer Clay Holmes on the 15-day injured list due to back spasms, as one of a series of transactions. Miguel Andujar and Tim Locastro were optioned to Triple-A, while Ron Marinaccio, Estevan Floraland Oswaldo Cabrera were all called up from Triple-A. (Florial and Cabrera’s promotions were reported earlier today.) Holmes’ placement … Read more
Joey Votto‘s season is over, as the longtime Reds first baseman told reporters (including Bobby Nightengale of the Cincinnati Enquirer) that he will undergo surgery on Friday to fix a torn rotator cuff. As Votto told reporters (including reps from Bally Sports), that his shoulder has actually been bothering him since 2015, though it has … Read more
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A day after going through a full workload in the Los Angeles Rams’ intrasquad scrimmage, quarterback Matthew Stafford said his right elbow feels “good” and he feels “right on track to be doing what I want to be doing.” Stafford, who dealt with an elbow injury last season, received an injection … Read more
Wednesday was the 48th day since Deshaun Watson and the NFL made their cases in front of disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson. It was the 16th day since she handed the Browns quarterback a six-game suspension for violations of the NFL personal conduct policy, and two full weeks since the league appealed that ruling. It … Read more
Some people are fans of the Minnesota Vikings. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Minnesota Vikings. This 2022 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Fuck me sideways. Your 2021 record: 8-9, which doesn’t even begin to tell the … Read more
The Patriots and Panthers brawled for the second straight day Wednesday, and this time a fan became an innocent victim. Video shows the teams scraping during a joint practice in Foxborough, where a couple of players ended up near the front row of the bleachers, and Patriots defensive end Deatrich Wise’s helmet landed on a … Read more