Gregg Popovich done coaching Spurs; Mitch Johnson takes over​

Basketball Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich will no longer coach the San Antonio Spurs and is transitioning to a full-time role as the team's president of basketball operations, the team announced Friday.

Mitch Johnson, who was named acting head coach after Popovich suffered a mild stroke in November, takes over head coaching duties permanently.

Popovich has been involved with the team and present at San Antonio's facility in recent days, and will continue to be a vital member of the franchise's day-to-day operations, sources told ESPN. As much as he wanted to return to the sideline, he decided that he no longer could move forward with the taxing grind of being an NBA head coach. He has been making steady progress with his health in recovery from the November stroke, sources added.

"While my love and passion for the game remain, I've decided it's time to step away as head coach," Popovich said in a statement. "I'm forever grateful to the wonderful players, coaches, staff and fans who allowed me to serve them as the Spurs head coach and am excited for the opportunity to continue to support the organization, community and city that are so meaningful to me."
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Former Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins would’ve been 28 years old today.

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Through January 2025. This list includes CFP playoff games and bowl games (including CFP Title Games), but doesn’t include CCGs.

46-29-3 Alabama
38-22-3 Georgia
37-21-0 USC
33-27-2 Texas
33-21-2 Penn State
31-29-0 Ohio State (4 wins last season)
31-26-1 Oklahoma
31-26-0 Tennessee
31-24-1 LSU
30-18-2 Florida State
27-27-0 Nebraska
27-24-0 Clemson
27-15-0 Ole Miss
26-21-0 Georgia Tech
25-24-0 Florida
24-21-2 Auburn
24-22-0 Notre Dame (3 wins last season)
24-29-0 Xichigan
22-12-0 Oklahoma State

This also counts a Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas because it happened, 1 similar win for ND, FSU, and Ole Miss, and 2 for LSU.

The old B1G rule of only 1 team going to a bowl until 1974 impacts the total appearances of tOSU and TTUN.

The ONLY team with more than 20 of these wins with a losing record in these games resides in the whore-town named Ann Arbor.

Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:

If there was any question which of Ohio State and scUM moves meters, it should be clear by now it is the scarlet and gray who people care about, not those piss and blue jackoffs. Fuck them.

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Harsh.

But appropriate

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Buckeye goalie Jakub Dobeš getting some playing time with Montreal:

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With a year of professional hockey under his belt, Dobeš came out of the gates strong in the 2024-25 season, posting a 9-3-1 start to the season before he was called up to the NHL by Montreal on Dec. 27. Dobeš made a memorable NHL debut the next night at Florida, shutting out the defending Stanley Cup champs, becoming the fourth goaltender in Canadiens history to record a shutout in their debut.

With the victory over the Panthers, Dobeš became the seventh goaltender to defeat the defending NHL champs in their debut.

Dobeš dream start to his NHL career would continue when he became the first goalie in Montreal history to allow just one goal in his first two starts, his 3-0-0 record tied Bob Perreault as the only Canadiens goaltender to allow three goals or less in his first three starts, he joined Charlie Lindgren as the first goaltender to go on the road and win their first four career starts, and he was the 13th player in NHL history to win their first five starts between the pipes.

At the end of the regular season, Dobeš was 7-4-3 with a 2.74 goals against average and a .909 save percentage in 16 games played.

Montreal snuck into the Eastern Conference Playoffs by earning the second wild card spot, drawing the top-seeded Washington Capitals in the first round. After losing the first two games of the series to Alex Ovechkin and then Capitals, Montreal returned home on Friday night.

Midway through the game, starting goaltender Sam Montembeault was injured, resulting in Dobeš stepping in. The former Buckeye allowed just one goal in 28 minutes in the 6-3 win by the Canadiens.

Montembeault’s injury was serious enough that it didn’t allow the starter to play in Sunday’s game, which allowed Dobeš to make his first start in the NHL Playoffs. Unfortunately Dobeš wasn’t as sharp as he was on Friday night, giving up three goals on 24 shots in the 5-2 loss, which gave Washington a 3-1 lead in the series.

With Montreal’s season on the line in tonight’s game, Montembeault’s status isn’t yet known, as he is listed as day-to-day. If Montembeault isn’t cleared to play, Dobeš will get the start and will hope to channel some of his dominance on the road from the regular season as the series moves back to Washington.

Bag’em.

Bagmen

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Alijah Arenas 'walking, talking,' to be released from hospital​

Alijah Arenas, a basketball recruit for USC and son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, is expected to be released from the hospital with no major injuries following a fiery single-car crash early Thursday morning, according to a statement made on Gilbert Arenas' podcast.

"Happy to announce that Alijah is doing much better," Josiah Johnson, one of the hosts of "Gil's Arena," said during the show Monday. "Just got off the phone with Gil. ... Alijah's doing better, walking, talking, progressing very well, should be released from the hospital very soon. No major injuries as a result of the car accident."

Johnson said Alijah Arenas, 18, was driving back from the gym when he "lost control" of the Tesla Cybertruck he was driving in the Reseda area of the San Fernando Valley. According to the L.A. Fire Department, the vehicle crashed into a tree and/or fire hydrant. Video obtained by TMZ shows the front of Arenas' vehicle on fire after the crash, with two people attempting to help remove him from the truck while water sprays from a damaged fire hydrant.
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Just sayin': That's very good news.

“Smigiel” LOL

…in the 2025 draft

• Emeka Egbuka, WR – Round 1, Pick 19, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Donovan Jackson, OG – Round 1, Pick 24, Minnesota Vikings
• Tyleik Williams, DT – Round 1, Pick 28, Detroit Lions
• Josh Simmons, OT – Round 1, Pick 32, Kansas City Chiefs
• Quinshon Judkins, RB – Round 2, Pick 36, Cleveland Browns
• TreVeyon Henderson, RB – Round 2, Pick 38, New England Patriots
• JT Tuimoloau, DE – Round 2, Pick 45, Indianapolis Colts
• Cody Simon, LB – Round 4, Pick 115, Arizona Cardinals
• Lathan Ransom, S – Round 4, Pick 122, Carolina Panthers
• Jack Sawyer, DE – Round 4, Pick 123, Pittsburgh Steelers
• Ty Hamilton, DT – Round 5, Pick 148, Los Angeles Rams
• Jordan Hancock, CB – Round 5, Pick 170, Buffalo Bills
• Denzel Burke, CB – Round 5, Pick 174, Arizona Cardinals
• Will Howard, QB – Round 6, Pick 185, Pittsburgh Steelers

Special shoutout to Seth, who would’ve made it a record-tying 15 if not for a ballistic rupture of his Achilles

FWIW, There is an article in the Uniquely Gahanna (Spring 2025) magazine on Roy Hall, see pages 18-19:



Click here: https://issuu.com/614media/docs/uniquely_gahanna_spring_2025

Apparently he does motivational speaking, is helping with the Gahanna HS football team, and is still running his foundation.

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Give it back after they have paid taxes on it. Sweeeeet.

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and bought shit that most likely didn't appreciate in value



welcome to the world kids.

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Remember that Tiger's record didn't occur in a calendar year. But to my way of thinking, all four trophies appeared on his living room mantle at the same time, who cares if it wasn't during an arbitrary time period. Never heard of the term 'straddle slam', which isn't significant of anything, but will tuck it away to use at some point in time. I forgot to mention Hogan, Player and Sarazen. Thanks for the correction.

Shaquille O'Neal runs off in middle of live show for emergency bathroom break: 'He couldn't hold it'​

Nature came calling for the four-time champ during an episode of "Inside the NBA."

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Just sayin': So the next night....

Taking The Piss On 'Inside The NBA'... Trolled With Portable Toilet!!!​

Shaquille O'Neal's bathroom emergency wasn't about to come and go without some chain yanking from his "Inside the NBA" cohosts ... with the NBA legend getting trolled with a portable toilet right next to his spot on the desk!!

Fresh off O'Neal's abrupt exit from Monday night's show to drain the snake, his coworkers decided to help him out a bit with some hijinks.

The hilarious prank was documented during Tuesday night's TNT coverage of the NBA playoffs ... something Charles Barkley didn't even notice when he arrived to the studio.

Once Ernie Johnson, Kenny "The Jet" Smith, Shaq and Chuck were all together, they acknowledged the silly antics ... and the four-time champion decided he'd make use of it by pretending to relieve himself during the segment (sound effects and all).

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Chuck joked he badly wanted to tip the stall over ... but Kenny advised him it wasn't in their best interest.

When Shaq reappeared, he fully leaned into the bit ... even exposing some toilet paper coming from his waistband and spraying some air freshener.