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Mark Jackson among candidates for Kings coaching job

Adrian Wojnarowski: Sources: Kings search is expected to wide-ranging, including candidates with history of turning lottery teams into playoff teams. Among those expected to be considered: Kenny Atkinson, Steve Clifford, Mark Jackson, Mike Brown, …

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Snyder has ties to both teams after a …

Snyder has ties to both teams after a three-season stint as San Antonio’s G League coach in Austin and one season as a Lakers assistant under Mike Brown. It’s crucial to note, of course, that Snyder is not currently projected to be a coaching free agent at season’s end. The 55-year-old’s precise contract situation is not publicly known, but he signed an extension with the Jazz before the 2019-20 season that, according to an ESPN report at the time, added “multiple years” to a deal that had two seasons remaining. NBA coaching sources nonetheless insist that Utah has been unsuccessful in its attempts to extend Snyder’s contract further, leading to the belief that the coach tied for the league’s third-longest active coaching tenure alongside Golden State’s Steve Kerr might be more gettable than advertised.

Finances, family, and police: Covington, Masvidal streamline trash talk before UFC 272

“D*cksniffer,” “deadbeat f*cking dad,” and steroid accusations hurled on the UFC 272 pre-fight news conference as police watched closely.

LAS VEGAS – The relationship of friends-turned-enemies [autotag]Colby Covington[/autotag] and [autotag]Jorge Masvidal[/autotag] is well-documented.

There’s a lot of pent-up vitriol inside both men. At the UFC 272 pre-fight news conference Thursday, they had the opportunity to release it publicly toward one another face-to-face for the first time.

Insults ranging from “d*cksniffer” to “deadbeat f*cking dad” flew often. Police officers, promotion security, and UFC president Dana White lined the stage, ready to intercept any move toward a physical altercation. At one point, all mentioned intervened and sponsor objects including water bottles were removed from the table to avoid potentially being used as a weapon.

For the duration of the 30-minute news conference, Masvidal and Covington fielded questions from the media, but mostly talked over one another with insults. Covington focused on Masvidal’s family, dropping his other half’s name multiple times and demeaning Saturday’s opponent’s ability to father.

Meanwhile, Masvidal sat behind a briefcase, which contained a UFC trading card of Covington that Masvidal previously burned with a lighter, and a screen playing a video of the moment on a loop.

Masvidal talked up his pay for this fight, the first on a newly-inked deal that his manager Malki Kawa, of First Round Management, claimed Thursday makes him one of the highest-paid athletes in the sport.

Dirty laundry airing continued when Covington accused his former coach, and Masvidal’s current coach, former WEC champion [autotag]Mike Brown[/autotag], of American Top Team, of using steroids during his fighting career.

There was also competition for who was former United States president Donald Trump’s favorite fighter. Covington visited the White House and received post-fight phone calls from former president Trump during his time in office. Meanwhile, Masvidal campaigned for former president Trump in Florida, after former president Trump attended his fight against Nate Diaz at UFC 244 in November 2019.

The news conference concluded with a faceoff from a distance, as White didn’t allow the two bitter rivals to get within swiping reach.

Check out the full UFC 272 news conference video above.

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Mike Brown missed Bengals’ first playoff win in 31 years due to COVID

Mike Brown missed the Bengals’ 31-year drought coming to an end.

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It turns out that after all this time, Cincinnati Bengals president Mike Brown didn’t get to experience his first playoff win in person at Paul Brown Stadium.

While Joe Burrow and Co. were beating the Las Vegas Raiders in the wild card round to end the franchise’s 31-year drought, Brown was stuck elsewhere due to a mild case of COVID-19.

The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Paul Daugherty (subscription required) provided the info:

“Recently, COVID-19 nicked him, a mild case that caused him to miss his team’s first playoff win in 31 years. He watched from home. Yet on this day, Brown looks and sounds energized. Work keeps him young. The winning validates the work.”

Brown has been there from the franchise’s beginning in 1968 and took over as owner in 1991. The team had been 0-8 in chances to end the drought before the wild card round.

Not that Brown didn’t enjoy the win from afar — and what it means to the franchise, fans and city:  “It was as exciting as I can stand. It lifted a weight off me. We know we haven’t crossed the goal line (but) we’ve re-kindled (fan) enthusiasm. That’s what this is all about. It’s what we strive to do. That’s our goal.”

If there’s a silver lining, it’s that thanks to the curse finally ending, Brown will get a chance to see his team win another game this weekend in Tennessee, which would catapult his Bengals to the AFC title game, one shy of the Super Bowl.

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Zac Taylor gave game balls to Mike Brown, city of Cincinnati after playoff win

An awesome gesture by the Bengals head coach after the playoff triumph.

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor and his locker room had a rather subdued reaction to their drought-ending playoff win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday night.

Joe Burrow, during the NBC broadcast’s postgame interview, summed it up well enough — they’re on to the next game, with the goal being a championship.

That subdued locker room saw Bengals head coach Zac Taylor hand out two game balls. While they’d normally go to players with notable in-game performances or feats, Taylor sent a bigger message on Saturday night.

He gave one game ball to Bengals president Mike Brown and the other to the city of Cincinnati.

While the Bengals might be playing calm, cool and collected because the ultimate goal is to win a championship, it’s an admission the team understands just how important ending the 31-year drought was to both the Brown family and the city as a whole.

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