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Chargers RB Melvin Gordon Had Microfracture Surgery On Knee
Melvin Gordon rushed for 641 yards on 184 carries, av- eraging 3.5 yards per carry as a rookie last season.
SAN DIEGO -- Running back Melvin Gordon partic- ipated on the field in the Chargers' offseason program on Monday, and told reporters he expects to be fully healthy by the start of training camp in the end of July.
A source confirmed that Gordon had microfracture knee surgery in January, per- formed by noted orthopedic specialist James Andrews. Recovery time from the proce- dure is typically four to six months.
"No question, I'll definitely be ready for training camp," Gordon said. "I'm not even worried about that."
NBA Playoffs Second-Round
WESTERN CONFERENCE
(1) Golden State Warriors vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers Golden State Wins Series 4-1
(2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (3) Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma Leads Series 3-2
Game 6 -- Thurs. May 12, 8:30 p.m., TNT
Game 7 -- Sun. May 15, TBD, TNT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
(1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (4) Atlanta Hawks
Cleveland Wins Series 4-0
(2) Toronto Raptors vs. (3) Miami Heat
Toronto Leads Series 3-2
Game 6 -- Fri. May 13, 8 p.m., ESPN
Game 7 -- Sun. May 15, TBD, TNT
Lewis Out On ESPN
Chris Berman may need name tags to identify his new
mates in ESPN's pregame studio.
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The way things are going in ESPN's NFL studio, you never know. For the shakeup of the "Countdown" shows continues with reports Ray Lewis, a member of the Monday Night panel, is being given the boot.
Also appearing to be out is Cris Carter, a mainstay on Sunday morning "Count- down." The Big Lead first re- ported the move, saying Fox's Randy Moss could be
CRIS CARTER And RAY LEWIS
headed to one of the ESPN shows.
Berman and Tom Jack- son, who joined ESPN in 1987 as its first NFL studio analyst, are the only holdovers from last season.
Music Exec Signs #4 Draft Pick To Agency
Sean McDonough Joins
Music business executive Jacob York is expanding the entertainment company he founded in 2008, to include sports management.
Jacob York recently launched Electric Republic Sports, which is a new sub- sidiary of his Electric Republic entertainment and manage- ment company.
The sports division of the company has hit the ground running – almost literally – with their first client, running back Ezekiel Elliott.
Elliott was the #4 draft pick and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the first
'Monday Night Football' As
JACOB YORK AND EZEKIEL ELLIOTT
round of the 2016 NFL Draft. Jacob York has managed and promoted the careers of artists like Notorious B.I.G., Junior M.A.F.I.A, Akon, TLC, Dipset, Karrueche Tran and others throughout his 30-plus years in the busi-
ness.
Mike Tirico Heads To NBC
ESPN has found the man to replace Mike Tirico on "Monday Night Football."
Sean McDonough has been named the new play-by- play announcer for ESPN's flagship football broadcast, "Monday Night Football," the network announced on Monday. McDonough re- places Tirico who had called "MNF" games since 2006.
The news comes less than an hour after NBC Sports offi- cially announced what had been widely expected -- that he was joining the peacock network.
Tirico starts July 1 and will be covering an "array of high-profile properties" in- cluding "Sunday Night Foot- ball" and the Rio summer Olympics, according to NBC.
Tirico said in a conference call with reporters that the
MIKE TIRICO AND SEAN MCDONOUGH
chance to cover the Olympics was at the "top of his list" for making the move.
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McDonough's move to replace Tirico on "MNF" was also anticipated.
McDonough has been with ESPN since 2000 and covers college football, col- lege basketball, and Major League Baseball. He signed a contract extension with ESPN earlier this year.
JR Smith: ‘The Trade From New York To Cleveland, I Was Pissed Honestly’
JR Smith is an integral part of the Cleveland Cava- liers’ current championship run. But apparently, he wasn’t too pleased when he first heard he’d been traded to the Cavs in January of 2015.
In an interview with VICE Sports, Smith says of getting the news, “The trade from New York to Cleveland, I was pissed honestly.”
And even though he had his fair share of run-ins in the Big Apple, JR adds, of play- ing for the Knicks: “Every person that plays in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in your career. To play in the Mecca of basketball at the Garden every night, is proba- bly the greatest decision I’ve
JR SMITH
ever made, to go to New York.”
He comments on his rela- tionship with Carmelo An- thony (“Melo is probably my all-time favorite person that I’ve been around consis- tently”) and his new teams chances of winning it all this year (“In my eyes, we’re going to win the Championship”) among other topics.
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