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Antonio Brown shares bizarre, profane music video about Saints workout

The New Orleans Saints’ Antonio Brown workout has led to another social media stunt for he free agent wide receiver, and now a music video.

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Some things are inevitable. The sun rises and sets. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. Somewhere, Antonio Brown diligently hammers another nail into the coffin of his dying NFL career.

The free agent wide receiver produced a very strange song and music video surrounding his workout with the New Orleans Saints a few weeks ago, which was his last public contact with an NFL team since the New England Patriots cut him earlier in the 2019 season. Before that, he successfully got himself released from his Oakland Raiders contract and traded away from the team that drafted and developed him, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Saints coach Sean Payton probably didn’t anticipate being featured in lyrics in Brown’s “Home From The N.O.” feature, but that’s what connecting his team to the mercurial wideout brought upon him. Brown reportedly brought a video crew with him to his Saints tryout (among other hangers-on), and now we’ve seen the results. His music video features several shots of Brown interacting with Saints players, coaches, and team personnel during his visit, as well as interior shots of the team facility. Payton probably didn’t anticipate that, either.

Interestingly, the intro to Brown’s video features a phone call with who appears to be his agent, Drew Rosenhaus. The speaker on the other end of the call can be heard explaining the Saints’ interest in Brown while emphasizing how important it would be for Brown to sign with a Super Bowl-contending team, and that New Orleans is most curious to see what headspace Brown is in after getting himself run out of several towns in the last year.

After this latest stunt, it’s safe to assume he won’t be visiting New Orleans again. We’ve embedded the video below, but be warned that it includes extensive, explicit language.

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Cameron Jordan invites Vikings to watch the rest of the playoffs from his couch

New Orleans Saints players Cameron Jordan and Michael Thomas offered a spot on their couches with the playoff-eliminated Minnesota Vikings

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Who does Twitter better than Cameron Jordan?

The New Orleans Saints defensive end followed up a career-best 15.5-sack season by getting voted into the Pro Bowl and the All-Pro second team. And even if his squad exited the playoffs sooner than expected, he hasn’t allowed 24-hour ribbing from Minnesota Vikings fans to get him down.

So when the Vikings were eliminated in a one-sided 27-10 loss on the road to the San Francisco 49ers, Jordan did what any neighborly soul would do: he offered a spot on his couch to the Vikings and their fans, who are now stuck on the outside looking in just like he was. How’s that for spinning a negative into a positive?

But Jordan wasn’t the only Saints player to take some time to laugh at the Vikings’ expense. Wide receiver Michael Thomas also lit up his Twitter timeline, bringing the jokes and welcoming Minnesota to a long, cold offseason. Maybe he and Jordan will host a playoff-viewing party for all their opponents who also won’t be playing in Super Bowl LIV.

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Emmanuel Sanders clears the air after comments on Denver radio station: ‘I’m a fan of the Broncos’

Some Broncos fans were upset with Emmanuel Sanders’ recent comments on a Denver radio station. Sanders cleared the air on Friday.

Former Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders went on 104.3 The Fan — a Denver radio station — this week to talk about his time with the Broncos and about his new team, the 49ers.

One topic that was brought up was the different cultures established by Denver’s and San Francisco’s leadership. Sanders seemingly prefers the 49ers’ approach.

“I feel like sometimes in the NFL, teams cautiously treat guys like kids,” Sanders said, via The Athletic’s Nicki Jhabvala. “That’s one thing I noticed here [in San Francisco] in the aspect of they treat everybody like grown men.”

Sanders was seemingly praising the 49ers’ organization more than he was discrediting the Broncos’ organization but not all fans in Denver saw it that way.

“Funny we got better after he left too,” one fan remarked on Twitter.

Sanders apparently took notice of the backlash on social media and posted a response on his Twitter page Friday.

“I should of never went on a Broncos sports station to talk 49ers,” Sanders wrote. “I knew it was a bad idea when they reached out and asked. I knew some people would twist everything as if I’m throwing shade at the Broncos in describing the 49ers environment. Just know I’m a fan of the Broncos.”

The receiver’s tweet was well-received by fans.

Sanders and the 49ers will face the Vikings in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs on Saturday afternoon on NBC.

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6 times Kevin Durant owned his critics on social media

Kevin Durant is officially not nice.

Kevin Durant is not nice. That’s an old tag line from a Nike campaign they were running for Durant during his Oklahoma City days. It was totally untrue and forced back then. He was, in fact, extremely nice — probably to a fault.

Today? Truer words have never been spoken.

Durant is straight up eviscerating fools on Twitter. Kendrick Perkins was his latest victim last night. There were plenty more before him — fans, players and media alike.

Durant is a phenomenal basketball player, but these days his best work is coming off the court. Let’s take a look back at some of the all-time roasts Durant has gifted us with.

(Warning: These interactions contain some profanity.)

6. That time KD defended his move to the Warriors in an Instagram DM

Someone took to Durant’s DM on Instagram to go at him for joining the Warriors. He bragged to him about how well he sleeps and then thoroughly broke down why it made sense for him to go to Golden State.

Let me tell you, he’s a more patient person than he gets credit for. Most of us would swiftly hit that block button.

5. Durant vs. CJ McCollum

Durant went at CJ McCollum on his own podcast one day and then came at him on Twitter the next. McCollum was on Twitter talking crazy about Durant’s decision to leave the Thunder for the Warriors after their loss in the Conference Finals.

Then KD swooped in. NOT. NICE.

“Snakes in the grass boy I tell ya” is still a wild quote. It’s accurate though.

4. Middle schoolers can get it too

He literally roasted a teen on Instagram for saying he wasn’t in the “same galaxy as LeBron.”

His response was to call him a “middle school stephen a.” Ruthless.

Honestly? You’ve got to respect this. This is the equivalent of blocking a kid’s shot that’s six inches shorter than you or whooping them by 50 in 2K. Let them know who is boss.

3. That time he went at Chris Broussard

Everything always seems to come back to the Warriors, doesn’t it?

Fox Sports’ Chris Broussard said Durant’s “worst nightmare” would be watching his Warriors teammates win a title without him. He also said that he and Durant have a “love/hate” relationship and that they’ve had text conversations that span over five hours.

Of course, KD wasn’t having it. He called him out on Twitter.

Broussard chose to respond by clarifying that their conversations haven’t been through text, but rather social media DM’s? That’s… a choice. He didn’t want to drop receipts, though. He called respect for Durant’s privacy.

2. KD doesn’t care about your stupid math

It’s basketball. Only buckets matter.

Durant found himself in a Twitter conversation with The Action Network’s Matt Moore. The heart of the conversation? The death of the midrange shot.

Durant believed that too many players were taking threes and not enough were taking shots they were comfortable with. Moore argued that the three point shot was better than a midrange two.

To prove that, he dropped a chart that detailed the value of the three point shot. Kevin Durant’s response?

This is like when someone sends you a 10 page text message that they know you won’t read. This is how you let them know you won’t read it.

Somebody tried to defend the use of the graph in their conversation — and the graph honestly did make sense. But to Durant’s point:

… Fair enough.

1. Kendrick Perkins has to retire from everything now

I know this just happened yesterday, but it was just SO MEAN.

Perkins called Russell Westbrook “Mr. Thunder” in his return to Oklahoma City, which is fine. He’s basically a lifer there. But he’s very clearly not the best player to ever wear the uniform — that’s Durant.

Yet, Perkins tried to make that argument. He then called Durant out for losing in the 2nd round of the playoffs without Westbrook.

KD called him out for… not being good at basketball.

He tried to have mercy, y’all. He tried to give Perkins an out. He really did.

BUT HE CAME BACK FOR MORE AND GOT BURNED AGAIN.

THAT’S JUST MEAN.

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Players show off Augusta National Women’s Amateur invitations on social media

The field hasn’t been officially announced for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, to be played April 1-4, but invitations are out.

Between the classic font and the logo that has already become iconic, an Augusta National Women’s Amateur invitation is instantly recognizable.

The field hasn’t been officially announced for the second annual event, to be played April 1-4, but invitations are out. They began arriving in mailboxes this week and showing up on social media shortly after.

For many players, receiving an ANWA invitation is validation for a year of work – tournaments played, time traveling all over the country and the world and hours spent practicing.

A large percentage of the 72-player field will be selected according to the Women’s World Amateur Golf Rankings. A handful of exemptions and special invitations will fill the rest of the field.

Here’s what a few of those celebratory tweets from invitees looked like:

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