Wait, he didn’t retire as a Colt?

(Kidding. Congrats to a good dude on the end of a great run.)

Is women’s basketball having a moment within the NBA too?

Based on our anonymous player poll, the answer is yes.

We asked 142 NBA players for their favorite non-NBA athletes. And Caitlin Clark garnered the second-most votes.

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This is gonna be awesome

#Colts GM Chris Ballard on the unique structure of DT DeForest Buckner's extension:

'Just to make Twitter go nuts.'

Lol he laughed it off and said it was about flexibility.

This was a lot of fun. Legend 👇🏻

He accused a ref of getting paid off. He went at Michael Jordan and Larry Bird. He once screamed at a fan, 'Take that b—!' after drilling a 3.

(And that's not even the John Starks stuff.)

The stories behind Reggie Miller's greatest trash-talking moments:
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I enjoyed spending time with Caitlin Clark today. I really appreciate her being so candid with me on a lot of fun topics.

• Excitement to play in Indy
• That iconic 18.7 Million 📺 tweet
• Tyrese Haliburton
• Special Message to Indiana Fever fans
• #22 Golf game 😜⛳️

I wish there were more players like this in today's NBA ... but let's be honest, they'd probably get thrown out of games all the time

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He accused a ref of getting paid off. He went at Michael Jordan and Larry Bird. He once screamed at a fan, 'Take that b—!' after drilling a 3.

(And that's not even the John Starks stuff.)

The stories behind Reggie Miller's greatest trash-talking moments:
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New: The Pacers are back in the playoffs. Felt like a good time for this one.

How'd a stringbean shooter on a small-market team become one of the biggest s— talkers of his era?

Jordan, Bird, Starks, Spike — Reggie Miller's wildest trash-talking moments:
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'Is the coach in this situation 20% crazy? Is the offensive coordinator 40% crazy? Is the linebackers coach 60% crazy? Because they might be.'

Why don't NFL teams draft better? This story is such a fascinating look at that topic 👇🏻

via Alec Lewis

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Spent the last couple of months trying to answer a question: How random is the NFL Draft? The answer led me to Nobel Prize-winning professors, to Johnny Manziel and to the messy concoction that makes the event so fascinating. For The Athletic:

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Reaction from the draft party in Indiana as the Fever take Caitlin Clark with the No. 1 pick 🗣️

🎥 James Boyd | #WNBADraft

Biggest draft pick for the city since …
2012? Or 1998?

(If you missed it over the weekend)

Speaking to reporters in Indianapolis for the first time since he stunned the NFL almost five years ago, Andrew Luck on his life now, never getting the itch to play again and why he stayed quiet for so long:

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One of the best guys I’ve covered in the NFL. Hell of a player, too

Look like they could go 14 for 175 yards RIGHT NOW

Man this story makes me think.

A really well reported and told narrative podcast about Andrew Luck would be awesome to listen to.

Andrew Luck makes long-awaited return to Indianapolis: ‘It’s my turn to give back’ ⤵️ theathletic.com/5411970/2024/0…

Did he ever get itch to play again?

Is he at peace with how it ended?

What's he up to now?

Andrew Luck, in front of the cameras, for the first time since he walked away: theathletic.com/5411970/2024/0…