Share this: In case you haven’t heard, Kevin Durant’s tenure with the Golden State Warriors didn’t get off to a swell start Tuesday night. KD’s new club got blown out by the San Antonio Spurs, 129-100, in its own gym on Opening Night. It was a shocking start for a team with such high expectations and, given the circumstances, it represented the perfect opportunity for his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammates to gloat. So, point guard Russell Westbrook and the Thunder were asked Wednesday if they watched any of the Warriors-Spurs game. Here’s how Westbrook responded: In sum: Westbrook did everything Tuesday night but watch basketball. “I played cards, man,” Westbrook said. “I was just chilling, minding my business, eating a nice dinner, talking to my wife on the phone,
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Quentin Groves, Former NFL Player And Auburn Star, Dies At 32
Share this: Seven-year NFL veteran and former Auburn star Quentin Groves died in his sleep early Saturday morning after reportedly suffering a heart attack. He was 32. Groves and his wife, Teska Baptiste, were in Trinidad for the weekend to visit Baptiste’s homeland. The two met while at Auburn, where Baptiste ran track. During his NFL career, Groves amassed 9.5 sacks and 175 tackles while playing for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns and the Tennessee Titans. However, Groves made his mark during his career at Auburn, where his 26 sacks are tied for the school record. Groves was named first-team All-SEC in 2006. Groves is survived by his wife and two children, Que’Mani Kassan Shiloh and Que’Jaah. Thumbnail photo via Andrew Weber/USA TODAY
Eat Sleep Podcast Repeat: How Seth Rollins’ Return Changes WWE Landscape
Welcome back to Eat Sleep Podcast Repeat, NESN.com’s wrestling podcast. In this episode, Doug Kyed and Jeff Hancock break down WWE Extreme Rules. The biggest news out of the pay-per-view came at the very end, as former WWE World Heavyweight champion Seth Rollins returned to deliver a pedigree to his former Shield teammate and current champion, Roman Reigns. In an interesting twist, Rollins’ return came after Reigns retained the title by defeating AJ Styles in a brutal extreme rules match. Because of the format, Rollins interfering would have been completely legal, but the ex-champ decided to wait until his opponent was weakest to hand out the cr...