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Due to his affair, Steve Smith filed a $100,000 lawsuit

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Due to his affair, Steve Smith filed a $100,000 lawsuit

A lawsuit has been filed against Steve Smith for allegedly having an affair with a married man’s wife.

In February, a man named Tony Martinez exposed Smith by sharing proof of the affair on the internet. A phone conversation between Martinez and Smith, in which Smith apologized to the man for having an affair with Martinez’s wife, was one of the pieces of evidence. Additionally, Martinez shared screenshots of Smith and Martinez’s wife exchanging explicit texts.

Martinez sued Smith in Mecklenburg County Superior Court on Tuesday, according to an article in The Charlotte Observer on Thursday. The “alienation of affection” law—also referred to as a “homewrecker” law—of North Carolina was cited in the complaint. One of the few states with a statute that permits a married person to sue a third party for purportedly ruining their marriage is North Carolina.

According to the lawsuit, Smith first got to know the woman while filming a feature for NFL Network last season with the Baltimore Ravens marching band. The woman played in the marching band for the Ravens.

Martinez must demonstrate that he and his wife, whom Smith destroyed, were truly in love and devoted to one another. In addition to legal bills, he is requesting damages over $100,000.

According to the lawsuit, Smith got to know the woman while he was a member of the marching band for the Baltimore Ravens the previous season. The woman played in the marching band for the Ravens.

Smith made five Pro Bowls over his 16 seasons in the NFL, which ran from 2001 to 2016. He played for the Carolina Panthers for the first 13 seasons of his career before joining the Ravens for the final three. Smith and his longterm spouse have four kids together. He is still working for NFL Network in spite of the lawsuit and accusation.

After Game 5, Anthony Edwards had a message for Shannon Sharpe

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After Game 5, Anthony Edwards had a message for Shannon Sharpe

Anthony Edwards did not hold back after knocking the Los Angeles Lakers out of the playoffs on Wednesday night.

Edwards shot poorly and only went 5/19, including 0-for-11 on three-pointers, in Game 5 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif. But it didn’t matter as his Minnesota Timberwolves won the game 103-96 over the Lakers to clinch their Western Conference first-round playoff series.

After knocking out the Lakers, Edwards was eager to rub in the predictions made by members of the media over how the series would go.

“You know what makes it feel even better is that they said Lakers in 5, and the Wolves won in 5. I think that makes it feel 10 times better,” Edwards said after the game.

Edwards was calling out Shannon Sharpe, who was the leader of the “Lakers in 5” movement.

Sharpe, who is now on vacation from ESPN, was not the only one who believed the Lakers would win the series. Nearly every one of his ESPN coworkers picked the Lakers to win the series.

The Lakers were the higher seeded team at No. 3 in the West, but the Timberwolves took care of business and are moving on to the second round.

The Angels provide an update on Mike Trout’s most recent ailment

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The Angels provide an update on Mike Trout’s most recent ailment

Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels may be dealing with Groundhog Day all over again.

The Angels superstar Trout exited Wednesday’s loss to the Seattle Mariners early due to an injury. During the third inning of the contest at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash., Trout was trying to leg out an infield grounder that he hit to the right side. He ended up getting thrown out and also hurting himself on the run.

Take a look at the video (after which Trout returned to the field for the bottom half of the third before leaving the game for good in the fourth inning).

After the game, Angels manager Ron Washington disclosed that Trout was taken off as a precaution after experiencing some stiffness in his left knee after hitting the bag. According to Jeff Fletcher of the OC Register, Trout himself stated after the game that his knee was already feeling better and that he planned to try to play in the Angels’ upcoming game on Thursday.

The Angels are clearly trying to downplay the severity of Trout’s injury, but there is still some cause for concern here. Trout, the three-time AL MVP, has been a mainstay on the injured list in recent years, missing an average of around 95 games in each of the previous four seasons. An issue with the left knee is also particularly worrisome for Trout as that is the knee he had surgically repaired after two separate meniscus tears last season (limiting him to a career-low 29 games played).

Trout has already reached that total this season with 29 games played, but his dismal slash line of.173/.261/.462 has prevented him from being productive at all. The 33-year-old great is currently dealing with yet another injury issue after having a hilariously bad start to the 2025 season.

John Elway makes a statement regarding Agent Jeff Sperbeck’s passing

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John Elway makes a statement regarding Agent Jeff Sperbeck’s passing

John Elway issued a statement on Wednesday regarding the death of his agent and friend, Jeff Sperbeck.

Sperbeck died early Wednesday morning at the age of 62, days after being injured in a golf cart accident. The accident occurred on Saturday when Sperbeck fell off a golf cart being driven by Elway while the men and their spouses were having a fun weekend in the Palm Spring area for the Stagecoach country music festival. Sperbeck hit his head and suffered traumatic injuries that led to his death. He was taken to a medical facility afterwards and ended up on life support.

Tyrese Haliburton’s father event is explained by Giannis Antetokounmpo

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Tyrese Haliburton’s father event is explained by Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s confrontation with Tyrese Haliburton’s father did not come unprompted.

The Milwaukee Bucks star Antetokounmpo was involved in a couple of heated incidents following his team’s season-ending loss on Tuesday to the Indiana Pacers. Indiana defeated Milwaukee in overtime 119-118, and Antetokounmpo was seen giving a piece of his mind to John Haliburton, father of Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton, after the end of the game. You can see the video of the entire episode (plus another one that Antetokounmpo had with Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin).

Speaking with reporters afterwards, Antetokounmpo explained what all the fuss was about. He said John Haliburton walked onto the floor to taunt him as the final buzzer sounded, which sparked their later confrontation.

“I think that when you win, you should be humble,” Antetokounmpo added. Many people may believe that winning the game gives you the right to talk trash and that treating someone disrespectfully is acceptable. I don’t agree.

“Having a fan, which at the moment I thought he was a fan,” Antetokounmpo added. “But then I realize it was Tyrese’s [father]. I love Tyrese. I think he’s a great competitor. [But] it was his dad … Coming in the floor and showing me his son, a towel with his face, [and saying], ‘This is what we do. This is what we F-ing do. This what the F we do.’ I feel like that’s very, very disrespectful … Coming to me and disrespecting me and cursing at me is totally unacceptable. Totally unacceptable. I’m not a guy that points fingers because in my neighborhood, snitches get stitches. So I don’t want to say something for him to get fined or anything. But it’s not respectful. I talked with him at the end. And I think we’re in a good place.”

Indeed, video soon surfaced of the moment that John Haliburton walked onto the floor to get in Antetokounmpo’s face and taunt him. In his hands was a towel handed out by the Pacers that displayed the face of Tyrese Haliburton.

With 1.3 seconds left in overtime, Tyrese Haliburton made the Pacers’ game-winning basket. However, considering his lengthy history of animosity with the Pacers, Antetokounmpo obviously did not enjoy being made fun of by the elder Haliburton following the final buzzer.

Daulton Varsho offers a contender for the all-time finest MLB catch

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Daulton Varsho offers a contender for the all-time finest MLB catch

Daulton Varsho managed to produce the greatest (or at the very least, the most unusual) catch of all-time on Tuesday night.

During his team’s game against the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre in Toronto, the Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Varsho pulled off a ludicrous, gravity-defying catch in center field. While pursuing a fourth-inning ball that was hit to dead center by Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran, Varsho lost his footing on the warning track. He then did a 180 somersault, somehow relocated the baseball within a split second, and made the backhanded catch from a very awkward crouching position.

Take a look at the amazing video (with Varsho finishing things off by passing the baseball behind his back for good measure).

That catch might not have had the historical significance of a Willie Mays or the high-flying acrobatics of a Ken Griffey Jr. But in terms of sheer degree of difficulty (not to mention recovery and reaction time), that had to be one of the very best grabs in MLB history.

Varsho, 28, has always been known as a plus defender and won a Gold Glove Award in center field for the Blue Jays last season. But what is even more impressive is that the outfield is not even his natural position. Varsho began his career as a catcher before starting to play in the outfield too in 2019 as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

The Red Sox won the game 10-2, though, in the meanwhile. However, Varsho, who was previously mostly recognized by supporters for another reason, has made sure that nobody would recall the score while reflecting on that match.

Ivanka Trump is the object of an Eagles player’s intense crush

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Ivanka Trump is the object of an Eagles player’s intense crush

Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Eli Ricks is a big fan of Ivanka Trump.

The Eagles made a visit to the White House on Monday to be honored for winning the Super Bowl in February. The visit apparently left a strong impression on Ricks, who liked seeing Ivanka at the venue.

Ricks, who just completed his second season with the Eagles, shared some posts on social media about the president’s 43-year-old daughter.

“Donald trump (sic) daughter is beautiful damn,” Ricks wrote on X Monday.

Ricks also seemed to send out signals.

“After seeing her in person Ivanka is exactly my type,” Ricks wrote.

Charles Barkley attacks Miami Heat supporters once more

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Charles Barkley attacks Miami Heat supporters once more

After nearly a decade-and-a-half, Charles Barkley is renewing his feud with Miami Heat fans.

The Basketball Hall of Famer Barkley took a notable shot at the Heat fanbase on Saturday prior to the team’s Game 3 showdown against the Cleveland Cavaliers. On the TNT pregame broadcast, Barkley credited Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra and actually picked the Heat to win Game 3. But with Saturday’s game taking place at Kaseya Center in Miami, Barkley also got in a swipe at the home crowd.

“That’s not a tough environment [to play in],” said Barkley of the Heat arena. “That’s not a tough environment.”

Even when then reminded of Miami’s success during the play-in tournament, Barkley replied, “Yeah but that’s still not a hostile environment.”

You can see the video below.

At least since 2011, when the Big Three—LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh—were still leading the team, Barkley has disliked Heat supporters. Barkley called Heat fans “the worst fans” in the NBA at the time, and they were frequently accused for being fair-weather. At one point, during a Miami TNT telecast, Barkley even threw Heat fans the finger.

Fast-forwarding to the present day, the Heat ended up getting run out of their own gym by the Cavaliers, losing in a 124-87 howler to go down 0-3 in the series. Barkley was entirely correct that the Kaseya Center was not a difficult place for the Cavaliers to play in on Saturday and also may have put the infamous “Barkley Curse” on the Heat by picking them to win Game 3.

An extremely uncommon 4-homer game from an unlikely MLB player

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An extremely uncommon 4-homer game from an unlikely MLB player

One unlikely player suddenly became Barry Bonds on Saturday night.

Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Eugenio Suarez had the game of a lifetime against the Atlanta Braves at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz. on Saturday. Suarez homered not once … not twice … not even three times … but four times on the day.

Perhaps even more impressive was that his four homers came in his only four at-bats. Suarez saved his best for last too as his fourth dinger was a game-tying shot in the bottom of the ninth inning.

The 33-year-old Suarez became just the 19th player in MLB history to have a four-homer game and the first since JD Martinez in 2017. Four home runs in a single game is even rarer than a pitcher throwing a perfect game, which has been done 24 times in MLB history.

The 33-year-old Suarez became just the 19th player in MLB history to have a four-homer game and the first since JD Martinez in 2017. Four home runs in a single game is even rarer than a pitcher throwing a perfect game, which has been done 24 times in MLB history.

Suarez was unable to do much, though, as teammate Justin Martinez hit a wild pitch to drive home the game-winning run, and Arizona lost to Atlanta 8-7 in 10 innings. However, the versatile right-handed hitter Suarez will only be able to enjoy a welcome improvement in his batting splits and a well-deserved spot in baseball’s all-time history book.

NFL teams rejecting Shedeur Sanders causes Mel Kiper Jr. to have an on-air tantrum

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NFL teams rejecting Shedeur Sanders causes Mel Kiper Jr. to have an on-air tantrum

During Saturday’s 2025 NFL Draft broadcast, Mel Kiper Jr.’s anger was directed at every NFL franchise.

Kiper warned the New Orleans Saints for passing on Shedeur Sanders on Friday, the second day of the draft. All 32 teams were within the blast radius of Kiper’s on-air explosion a day later.

The Colorado quarterback finally heard his name called on Day 3 after being taken by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round. Rather than calming down after Sanders was picked, Kiper grew even angrier and repeatedly criticized the NFL’s entire prospect evaluation process.

“The NFL has been clueless for 50 years when it comes to evaluating quarterbacks,” yelled Kiper as part of his emotional rant. “Clueless. They have no idea what they’re doing in terms of evaluating quarterbacks. There’s proof of that. When they say, ‘We know exactly what we’re talking about with quarterbacks.’ They don’t.”

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