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Trevor Bauer says pitchers are still using pine tar to boost spin rates

In a conversation on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” Bauer says he believes that 70% of pitchers are still using pine tar to boost spin rates, hiding it on their gloves, hats, and belts.

In a conversation on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” Bauer says he believes that 70% of pitchers are still using pine tar to boost spin rates, hiding it on their gloves, hats, and belts.

NFL fans noticed that Marshawn Lynch made an appearance in the new ‘Westworld’ trailer

Did not see that one coming.

The HBO series Westworld is a visually stunning show with an exceptional cast. It’s often difficult to follow and paces slowly, but still, if you can get past being confused for 40 percent of the time, it makes for an entertaining watch.

Oh, and Marshawn Lynch will be in Season 3.

HBO dropped its latest trailer for the third season of the futuristic sci-fi thriller set for March 15, and fans quickly noticed that Beast Mode made an appearance in the trailer.

The trailer, which had a lot of Aaron Paul (yeah, science!), also had the Seattle Seahawks running back walking behind Aaron Paul with Lena Waithe for about a second. Here’s the entire trailer — Lynch makes an appearance around the 55-second mark.

Yeah, that’s Beast Mode. It’s unclear what role exactly Lynch will play in the show, but he’s made appearances in television before on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The League and Good Kidd. So, it may be more than a mere cameo.

Fans were not expecting to see Lynch in the trailer, though.

It’s just another reason to tune in come March.

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Marshawn Lynch makes appearance in HBO’s ‘Westworld’ trailer

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is continuing his acting career, set to appear in Season 3 of HBO’s “Westworld” in March.

The Seattle Seahawks brought back a former fan favorite last year when they signed running back Marshawn Lynch to the roster after Rashaad Penny, Chris Carson and C.J. Prosise suffered season-ending injuries ahead of the team’s playoff run.

Lynch has yet to indicate whether or not he plans to return to football in 2020 but he’s been staying busy this offseason.

On Thursday morning, HBO’s series “Westworld” introduced its trailer for the upcoming third season and Lynch made his appearance at the .55 mark.

“Live without limits in a world where every human appetite can be indulged,” reads the description on the show’s website. “This dark odyssey follows the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Now renewed for Season 3.”

Lynch’s role in the series has yet to be revealed but it certainly isn’t his first foray into acting. His personal IMDB page lists a number of credits, including appearances in the “The League” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” among others.

Season 3 of “Westworld” premieres on Sunday, March 15 on HBO.

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5 teams that are eligible for Hard Knocks 2020

Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Training camp starts in July but for a lot of fans, the NFL season doesn’t start until they hear the sound of Liev Schreiber’s voice narrating over a training camp practice. It is the sign that the football season …

Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Training camp starts in July but for a lot of fans, the NFL season doesn’t start until they hear the sound of Liev Schreiber’s voice narrating over a training camp practice. It is the sign that the football season is getting close. For those not in the know, that last reference was about “Hard Knocks,” the hit HBO show that follows a team around their training camp and preseason games. Last year we were treated to the last season of the Oakland Raiders and it was interesting following around Jon Gruden, Antonio Brown, Derek Carr, and the rest of the silver and black. This year, the Raiders are exempt from the show. In fact, a lot of teams are exempt from the show since the NFL put in new rules about what teams may be forced onto their small bit of reality television. Teams that have made the playoffs in the past two seasons added a new head coach, or have been on the show in the past 10 years can certainly volunteer to be on “Hard Knocks,” but there’s little chance of that happening in today’s NFL. That leaves us with five teams eligible for this year’s version of the show. Let’s get to them in alphabetical order — this is not a ranking, but just what teams can be forced on by the league.

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Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins to appear on HBO’s The Shop: Uninterrupted with Maverick Carter

Malcolm Jenkins to appear on HBO’s The Shop: Uninterrupted with Maverick Carter

On top of being one of the most talented safeties in the NFL, Malcolm Jenkins has given his time and resources to fighting social injustice, while co-founding the Players Coalition, a public charity and advocacy organization to advance social justice and racial equity.

With the offseason in full swing and Jenkins having more free time on his hands, the Eagles star will make a guest appearance on LeBron James show, ‘The Shop’: Uninterrupted on HBO.

Jenkins will be joined by host Maverick Carter, Megan Rapinoe, Whoopi Goldberg, Sue Bird, Stacey Abrams & Hasan Minhaj.

Steelers will ‘grin and bear it,’ if chosen for 2020 season of ‘Hard Knocks’

The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the five eligible teams and they have declared their approach to the show if it becomes a part of their 2020 fate.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the five eligible teams and they have declared their approach to the show if it becomes a part of their 2020 fate.

Steelers will ‘grin and bear it,’ if chosen for 2020 season of ‘Hard Knocks’ (Steelerswire)

The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the five eligible teams and they have declared their approach to the show if it becomes a part of their 2020 fate.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the five eligible teams and they have declared their approach to the show if it becomes a part of their 2020 fate.

With firing of Pat Shurmur, Giants will once again avoid ‘Hard Knocks’

After firing head coach Pat Shurmur, the New York Giants are exempt from appearing on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” in 2020.

The New York Giants very nearly landed on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” in 2019, but ultimately avoided the big stage when the Oakland Raiders were given the nod.

That was obviously a sigh of relief for co-owner John Mara, who has stated previously that the Giants will appear on “Hard Knocks” only over his dead body.

The good news for Mara & Co? They won’t even be in the running to appear on HBO’s successful docuseries in 2020.

Unless the Giants volunteer — which they certainly won’t — they no longer meet the criteria as outlined by the NFL.

A team is exempt from appearing on the show if:

  • It has a first-year head coach.
  • It has made the playoffs in either of the previous two years.
  • It has appeared on “Hard Knocks” over the previous 10 seasons.

Currently, only five teams meet the necessary criteria to appear — the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Another year, another win for the Giants over HBO.

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Nick Saban and Bill Belichick -The Art of Coaching premieres tonight

One of the most intriguing HBO documentaries premieres tonight, December 10th, on HBO at 8PM CT.

One of the most intriguing HBO documentaries premieres tonight, December 10th, on HBO at 8PM CT.

The Art of Coaching, which is a 73 minute documentary, will take you down a long road of history and friendship between Saban and Belichick.

According to HBO,

“Bill Belichick and Nick Saban–two of the most successful and revered football coaches in the history of the sport–open up in this documentary that looks at their four-decade-long friendship as they share a multi layered conversation about their interwoven history, admiration for each other, coaching philosophies and more. Combined with one-on-one interviews and extensive inside access captured over the past three decades, the film includes topics never publicly broached before, including their fathers’ respective influences on their careers, their tenures with the Cleveland Browns organization in the 1990s, and how they connect with the newest generation of players. The film features interviews with peers, assistant coaches and family members, including both coaches’ children, Hall of Fame tight end and former Ravens General Manager Ozzie Newsome, Georgia Head Coach Kirby Smart and Patriots Offensive Coordinator Josh McDaniels, among many others.”

There’s no doubt this documentary will be one of the best we’ve ever seen on Nick Saban. We know him as one of the most successful college coaches of all time. But how did he get here, and how does Saban do what he do?

You’ll find that out, and more, tonight.

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Fans cannot sue over Mayweather-Pacquiao bout, U.S. appeals court rules

Fans who were unhappy with the highly anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao cannot pursue a lawsuit on that basis.

Fans who felt swindled after learning that Manny Pacquiao was injured going into his long-awaited fight with Floyd Mayweather in 2015 cannot follow through with a class-action lawsuit because they were disappointed with the outcome, according to a verdict by the U.S. appeals court Thursday.

The ruling applies to both those who watched the fight on pay-per-view and fans in attendance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

“The Fight of the Century” fell short of expectations, as Mayweather cruised to a unanimous decision victory. The fans turned their ire on defendants Pacquiao, Mayweather, HBO (which distributed the pay-per-view) and promoter Top Rank and its CEO Bob Arum.  However, The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that the fans “got what they paid for” even if Pacquiao’s alleged injury was one of the reasons that the fight turned out to be a dud.

Judge Jacqueline Nguyen wrote: “Although the match may have lacked the drama worthy of the pre-fight hype, Pacquiao’s shoulder condition did not prevent him from going the full 12 rounds. Plaintiffs therefore essentially got what they paid for – a full-length regulation fight between these two boxing legends.”

Pacquiao revealed immediately after the fight that he had injured his right shoulder nearly four weeks earlier. His team believed that the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which presided over the fight, would have allowed Pacquiao to take an anti-inflammatory drug to numb the pain but paperwork reportedly was bungled. As a result, the commission learned of the injury three hours before the fight started. The commission denied the team’s request for a shot at that time. 

“We are very pleased,” Daniel Petrocelli, a lawyer for Top Rank and Arum, told Reuters. “The court established the very important principle that while sports fans may be zealous and passionate they do not have the right to sue because they are disappointed in how a contest was conducted, or in the outcome.”

As unsatisfactory as the fight was, Mayweather-Pacquiao generated a record 4.6 million pay-per-view buys and more than $400 million in revenue.