THIS IS SAD 😞:mclory Rory breaks down in tears as they have been another shocking secret and bombshell about him and CBS reporter Amanda Balionis relationship and he also revealed…… full details below ⬇️

THIS IS SAD 😞:mclory Rory breaks down in tears as they have been another shocking secret and bombshell about him and CBS reporter Amanda
Balionis relationship and he also revealed…… full details below ⬇️

Wait a minute, you didn’t give me condolences on purpose. I didn’t even think about this.’ He’s (Pippen) crossed the line. Him and Jordan, it’s over. Take it from me. It’s over.” Here’s what Pippen wrote in his book that made Jordan furious. “Another opportunity, if you can call it that, came during the summer of 1993, and I feel horrible every time I think about it,” Pippen wrote. “Michael’s father, James Jordan, had been murdered. The two were inseparable. When I heard the news, I should have reached out to Michael right away. Instead, I went through the Bulls’ PR department, and once they told me no one from the organization had been in contact with him, I gave up. Having lost my own dad three years before, I might have been able to offer Michael some comfort. To this day, he and I haven’t spoken about his father’s death.” Jordan and Pippen won three NBA championships before James Jordan was killed and three more after. Pippen had multiple chances to talk to Jordan about James Jordan’s death, but he never did. “As soon as I heard the news, I contacted Tim Hallam, the PR guy for the Bulls,” Pippen wrote. “I was hoping Tim could let Michael know how badly I felt for him and his family. I couldn’t call Michael myself. I didn’t have his number. Besides, he had a strong support group around him. He didn’t need to hear from me. What could I possibly say others couldn’t? “Tim told me no one from the organization had been in contact with Michael. When I heard that, I should immediately have tried another way. I knew plenty of people who could have easily gotten a message to him. Instead I told myself I was off the hook because I had made my ‘attempt.’ I would express my condolences the next time we saw each other, at training camp in October. “Looking back, I wish I could blame my youth for being so incredibly insensitive. I can’t. There is no excuse. A friend of mine lost his father and I didn’t say a word to him. I will have to live with that for the rest of my life. “Why didn’t I make a stronger effort? Perhaps I didn’t want to deal with Michael’s grief. Just as I didn’t deal with my own grief when my dad passed away three years earlier. I’ve always been good at running away from that kind of pain. Too good.” Jordan and Pippen won six NBA titles together on the Chicago Bulls and three-peated twice. Sadly, they won’t speak ever again and that is Pippen’s fault.

Florida State head coach Mike Norvell spoke highly of super-senior transfer quarterback DJ Uiagalelei all offseason. He had praised his experience and smooth pickup of the offense, and many took that as a sign that Florida State would once again be a College Football Playoff contender. The bad, horrible, no good, awful news for FSU is that the Seminoles are 0-2 with losses to Georgia Tech and Boston College before Week 1 even officially wrapped up. It’s been a terrible start for FSU, and the critics are out. Uiagalelei, who has been suboptimal in both losses, has been a prime candidate for those unhappy with the Seminoles. It was so much so, in fact, that fans at Doak Campbell Stadium were chanting for backup quarterback Brock Glenn during Monday’s loss. After spending all summer praising Uiagalelei, Norvell didn’t do much to defend his quarterback in his postgame comments. Notably, he didn’t pull the veteran in favor of Glenn, a redshirt freshman, but he also just came out and said that criticism is part of the gig when you’re a big-time college football quarterback. “That’s part of the game. At the end of the day, I mean, there’s — everybody’s gonna have an opinion on what it is. And obviously, you know, it’s playing quarterback, being the coach, being, you know, being a part of a great, great university, great program with high expectations, I mean, it’s our job to go and to play to a high level. And there’s times that you might hear things that you don’t want to hear,” Norvell said, according to On3’s Griffin McVeigh. “You might have to go through, you know, hard and challenging situations and those are all — it’s all part of it.” Challenges are part of being a quarterback at a place like Florida State, but nobody could have predicted the challenges the Seminoles have faced through two games. Losing to an up-and-coming Georgia Tech program is one thing, but then following that up with a 28-13 loss to Boston College at home? There’s something seriously wrong in Tallahassee, and it’s more than just the quarterback. Case in point: The Seminoles were outrushed by Boston College, 263-21. Still, along with Norvell, Uiagalelei is the face of this current Florida State iteration, and he’s not done anything to help the Seminoles pull out of this hole just yet. He completed just 21 of 42 passes against Boston College for 272 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

The Pittsburgh Steelers awarded veteran defensive tackle Cameron Heyward with a new contract. And while it was expected and it’s a positive for fans to know Heyward will now likely spend his entire career wearing only the Black and Gold, it creates a risky situation for the Steelers moving forward. On Tuesday, Heyward inked a deal that’s reportedly worth up to $45M over three years, and is believed to be the largest deal ever signed by a defensive player aged 35 and above, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Also per Fowler’s reporting, $29M of this deal is from new money and $16M of it is guaranteed. At 35, this contract sets Heyward up to retire with the Steelers, the same franchise that drafted him in the first round in 2011. But will Hayward actually play out the life of the deal? And even if he does, what kind of production will he provide? Not only is it unlikely any athlete, let alone an NFL defensive lineman, continues to produce at a high level as he ages, but Heyward has already showed signs of slowing down. In fact, Heyward is coming off his worst season on the field in years. In 2023, Heyward played in only 11 games and registered only 33 tackles – his lowest total since his injury plagued 2016 season. To be fair, he did play in every game in both the 2021 and 2022 seasons, recording 89 (his single season best) and 74 tackles, respectively. He also reached double digits in tackles for loss in those years, but then dipped to just six last season. So why did the Steelers decide to reward Heyward with a new deal? Well, Heyward has been the one constant mainstay throughout the transition from the Ben Roethlisberger era to the present day life of the franchise. His leadership is irreplaceable and he is usually a presence on the field when healthy. However, the reality of the situation is simple — Heyward is being rewarded for his past much more than any projection concerning his future. The NFL is a business, and one with a salary cap. So now that Heyward will remain on the books, and for a big price tag, that means the Steelers will be limited in other areas. It means Pittsburgh will have a tough time finding another Pro Bowl caliber defensible tackle to replace him if his production continues to decline and his body breaks down. Heyward knows he’s now facing pressure to prove those who believe the Steelers aren’t making a smart business decision wrong. “I’ve had to eat (criticism) and absorb it,” Heyward told Will Graves of the Associated Press on Monday. “Everybody’s entitled to their opinion, but I want to make their opinion wrong, and I think I just look forward to playing good football,” he added. On the plus side, Heyward has a newfound motivation beyond trying to win his first Super Bowl title. He even seems to understand the assignment that still exists for him as an individual player, too. But with that said, Father Time is undefeated and it’s possible Heyward won’t be able to live up to his end of the bargain, no matter how hard he tries.

The Green Bay Packers knew they had a problem heading into the 2024 season. They spent a 2023 sixth-round pick on kicker Anders Carlson, but his rookie season was up and down, to say the least. He hit just 27 of 33 field goals and he missed five extra points throughout the season. Notably, he missed a field goal in Green Bay’s NFC divisional-round playoff matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. That’s a game the Packers lost by three points. General manager Brian Gutekunst tried to light a fire under Carlson this offseason by bringing in veteran kicker Greg Joseph, but neither was inspiring during the preseason, which led to both ultimately getting cut before Gutekunst picked up Tennessee Titans rookie Brayden Narveson after 53-man cutdowns. There’s certainly risk in going with a rookie kicker — the Packers learned that last year — but heading into a Week 1 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, head coach Matt LaFleur feels good with what he has in Narveson. “I mean, yeah, I’ve seen enough to be confident in him,” LaFleur recently said, via the team website (h/t NFL.com). “So, if that’s what you’re asking: Do I have confidence in him? Absolutely, I do. I know Rich (Bisaccia), Byron (Storer) and Kyle (Wilber), as well as our scouting department really liked him coming out of college. He was a guy that was on a short list of people that they would like to work with. And when he became available, obviously, you saw what we did. We scooped him up.” Narveson, out of NC State, is still an unknown commodity as an NFL kicker, but he did show extreme promise in the preseason for Tennessee. He hit 6 of 7 field goals, including a 59-yarder that was a game-winner, and he was perfect on extra point attempts. Notably, the only field goal he missed was from 58 yards out. He’s got a big leg, which will help in the Green Bay winters. Now, the Packers are hoping he can put it all together for a team that otherwise looks the part of a Super Bowl contender.

“I wish more would have been done, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of willingness from some people to try to fix it.”

McIlroy pointed to the interest generated by his thrilling U.S. Open showdown with LIV’s Bryson DeChambeau — the most-watched Sunday of East Coast golf in 11 years.

“Yeah. I mean, I was on the wrong end of it, but look at the numbers that Bryson and I did at Pinehurst,” McIlroy said. “That’s what needs to happen.”

“[LIV] have a lot of the personalities, you know. The PGA Tour, I mean, we’re here trying to create the best product. You need villains. Otherwise it can get flat.”

Six weeks later, the surprisingly compelling Men’s Golf competition at the Paris Olympics — which, featured LIV and PGA Tour stars competing for medals instead of money — offered yet another enticing reminder of what professional golf could be.

“I still think that the Ryder Cup is the best tournament that we have in our game, pure competition, and I think this has the potential to be right up there with it,” McIlroy said in Paris. “I think with how much of a sh-t show the game of golf is right now and you think about the two tournaments that might be the purest form of competition in our sport, we don’t play for money in it.

“So it speaks volumes for what’s important in sports and what’s important, I think every single player this week has had an amazing experience.”

Unfortunately for McIlroy (and golf fans), an agreement doesn’t appear imminent. As Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm, et al. speak glowingly about LIV’s future, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan spent his Tour Championship presser — a rare media session — evading questions via regurgitated platitudes, even when asked directly how many times he’s physically sat in the “same room” with PIF personnel.

“I think the best way for me to respond to that is when you look at where we are right now, we’re in regular dialogue,” Monahan said. “We have the right people at the table with the right mindset. I see that in all of these conversations, and that’s both sides. That creates optimism about the future and our ability to come together.

“But at the same time, these conversations are complex. They’re going to take time. They have taken time, and they will continue to take time.”

McIlroy (-6) is T10 after Round 1 of the Tour Championship, nine back of leader Scottie Scheffler (-15). After addressing his 2-under 69 in the scorching Atlanta heat, the four-time major champion briefly reiterated his big-picture concerns about the PGA Tour.

“I think anyone that cares about golf, I think has to be frustrated. I think anyone that cares about the PGA Tour has to be frustrated because we’re not putting forward the absolute best product that we can. I get the argument that these guys left and that was their choice and whatever. I just think that it’s gone on long enough. I think everyone is trying to find a solution. It’s just a solution is hard to get to.

“Like the U.S. Open with Bryson and I, you’re only really going to get that four times a year at most. I think the game of golf deserves having those sort of things happen more than just four times a year.

“If it doesn’t happen soon, then honestly, I think PIF and the Saudis are going to have to look at alternative options, right? I’d say that’s the next step in all this if something doesn’t get done.”

NBA icon Michael Jordan will never speak to Scottie Pippen again after Pippen said in his book that he regretted not offering Jordan condolences after James Jordan was killed in 1993. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith spoke to Jordan in November 2021 after Pippen’s book came out. “His father passed away after the first three-peat,” Smith said. “So you had year one without Michael Jordan, year two. You had the three years you were with him for the second three-peat to express your condolences. You never did it. Michael Jordan never even thought about that until he saw it, and then he realized, ‘Wait a minute, you didn’t give me condolences on purpose. I didn’t even think about this.’ He’s (Pippen) crossed the line. Him and Jordan, it’s over. Take it from me. It’s over.” Here’s what Pippen wrote in his book that made Jordan furious. “Another opportunity, if you can call it that, came during the summer of 1993, and I feel horrible every time I think about it,” Pippen wrote. “Michael’s father, James Jordan, had been murdered. The two were inseparable. When I heard the news, I should have reached out to Michael right away. Instead, I went through the Bulls’ PR department, and once they told me no one from the organization had been in contact with him, I gave up. Having lost my own dad three years before, I might have been able to offer Michael some comfort. To this day, he and I haven’t spoken about his father’s death.” Jordan and Pippen won three NBA championships before James Jordan was killed and three more after. Pippen had multiple chances to talk to Jordan about James Jordan’s death, but he never did. “As soon as I heard the news, I contacted Tim Hallam, the PR guy for the Bulls,” Pippen wrote. “I was hoping Tim could let Michael know how badly I felt for him and his family. I couldn’t call Michael myself. I didn’t have his number. Besides, he had a strong support group around him. He didn’t need to hear from me. What could I possibly say others couldn’t? “Tim told me no one from the organization had been in contact with Michael. When I heard that, I should immediately have tried another way. I knew plenty of people who could have easily gotten a message to him. Instead I told myself I was off the hook because I had made my ‘attempt.’ I would express my condolences the next time we saw each other, at training camp in October. “Looking back, I wish I could blame my youth for being so incredibly insensitive. I can’t. There is no excuse. A friend of mine lost his father and I didn’t say a word to him. I will have to live with that for the rest of my life. “Why didn’t I make a stronger effort? Perhaps I didn’t want to deal with Michael’s grief. Just as I didn’t deal with my own grief when my dad passed away three years earlier. I’ve always been good at running away from that kind of pain. Too good.” Jordan and Pippen won six NBA titles together on the Chicago Bulls and three-peated twice. Sadly, they won’t speak ever again and that is Pippen’s fault.

Florida State head coach Mike Norvell spoke highly of super-senior transfer quarterback DJ Uiagalelei all offseason. He had praised his experience and smooth pickup of the offense, and many took that as a sign that Florida State would once again be a College Football Playoff contender. The bad, horrible, no good, awful news for FSU is that the Seminoles are 0-2 with losses to Georgia Tech and Boston College before Week 1 even officially wrapped up. It’s been a terrible start for FSU, and the critics are out. Uiagalelei, who has been suboptimal in both losses, has been a prime candidate for those unhappy with the Seminoles. It was so much so, in fact, that fans at Doak Campbell Stadium were chanting for backup quarterback Brock Glenn during Monday’s loss. After spending all summer praising Uiagalelei, Norvell didn’t do much to defend his quarterback in his postgame comments. Notably, he didn’t pull the veteran in favor of Glenn, a redshirt freshman, but he also just came out and said that criticism is part of the gig when you’re a big-time college football quarterback. “That’s part of the game. At the end of the day, I mean, there’s — everybody’s gonna have an opinion on what it is. And obviously, you know, it’s playing quarterback, being the coach, being, you know, being a part of a great, great university, great program with high expectations, I mean, it’s our job to go and to play to a high level. And there’s times that you might hear things that you don’t want to hear,” Norvell said, according to On3’s Griffin McVeigh. “You might have to go through, you know, hard and challenging situations and those are all — it’s all part of it.” Challenges are part of being a quarterback at a place like Florida State, but nobody could have predicted the challenges the Seminoles have faced through two games. Losing to an up-and-coming Georgia Tech program is one thing, but then following that up with a 28-13 loss to Boston College at home? There’s something seriously wrong in Tallahassee, and it’s more than just the quarterback. Case in point: The Seminoles were outrushed by Boston College, 263-21. Still, along with Norvell, Uiagalelei is the face of this current Florida State iteration, and he’s not done anything to help the Seminoles pull out of this hole just yet. He completed just 21 of 42 passes against Boston College for 272 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

The Pittsburgh Steelers awarded veteran defensive tackle Cameron Heyward with a new contract. And while it was expected and it’s a positive for fans to know Heyward will now likely spend his entire career wearing only the Black and Gold, it creates a risky situation for the Steelers moving forward. On Tuesday, Heyward inked a deal that’s reportedly worth up to $45M over three years, and is believed to be the largest deal ever signed by a defensive player aged 35 and above, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Also per Fowler’s reporting, $29M of this deal is from new money and $16M of it is guaranteed. At 35, this contract sets Heyward up to retire with the Steelers, the same franchise that drafted him in the first round in 2011. But will Hayward actually play out the life of the deal? And even if he does, what kind of production will he provide? Not only is it unlikely any athlete, let alone an NFL defensive lineman, continues to produce at a high level as he ages, but Heyward has already showed signs of slowing down. In fact, Heyward is coming off his worst season on the field in years. In 2023, Heyward played in only 11 games and registered only 33 tackles – his lowest total since his injury plagued 2016 season. To be fair, he did play in every game in both the 2021 and 2022 seasons, recording 89 (his single season best) and 74 tackles, respectively. He also reached double digits in tackles for loss in those years, but then dipped to just six last season. So why did the Steelers decide to reward Heyward with a new deal? Well, Heyward has been the one constant mainstay throughout the transition from the Ben Roethlisberger era to the present day life of the franchise. His leadership is irreplaceable and he is usually a presence on the field when healthy. However, the reality of the situation is simple — Heyward is being rewarded for his past much more than any projection concerning his future. The NFL is a business, and one with a salary cap. So now that Heyward will remain on the books, and for a big price tag, that means the Steelers will be limited in other areas. It means Pittsburgh will have a tough time finding another Pro Bowl caliber defensible tackle to replace him if his production continues to decline and his body breaks down. Heyward knows he’s now facing pressure to prove those who believe the Steelers aren’t making a smart business decision wrong. “I’ve had to eat (criticism) and absorb it,” Heyward told Will Graves of the Associated Press on Monday. “Everybody’s entitled to their opinion, but I want to make their opinion wrong, and I think I just look forward to playing good football,” he added. On the plus side, Heyward has a newfound motivation beyond trying to win his first Super Bowl title. He even seems to understand the assignment that still exists for him as an individual player, too. But with that said, Father Time is undefeated and it’s possible Heyward won’t be able to live up to his end of the bargain, no matter how hard he tries.

The Green Bay Packers knew they had a problem heading into the 2024 season. They spent a 2023 sixth-round pick on kicker Anders Carlson, but his rookie season was up and down, to say the least. He hit just 27 of 33 field goals and he missed five extra points throughout the season. Notably, he missed a field goal in Green Bay’s NFC divisional-round playoff matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. That’s a game the Packers lost by three points. General manager Brian Gutekunst tried to light a fire under Carlson this offseason by bringing in veteran kicker Greg Joseph, but neither was inspiring during the preseason, which led to both ultimately getting cut before Gutekunst picked up Tennessee Titans rookie Brayden Narveson after 53-man cutdowns. There’s certainly risk in going with a rookie kicker — the Packers learned that last year — but heading into a Week 1 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, head coach Matt LaFleur feels good with what he has in Narveson. “I mean, yeah, I’ve seen enough to be confident in him,” LaFleur recently said, via the team website (h/t NFL.com). “So, if that’s what you’re asking: Do I have confidence in him? Absolutely, I do. I know Rich (Bisaccia), Byron (Storer) and Kyle (Wilber), as well as our scouting department really liked him coming out of college. He was a guy that was on a short list of people that they would like to work with. And when he became available, obviously, you saw what we did. We scooped him up.” Narveson, out of NC State, is still an unknown commodity as an NFL kicker, but he did show extreme promise in the preseason for Tennessee. He hit 6 of 7 field goals, including a 59-yarder that was a game-winner, and he was perfect on extra point attempts. Notably, the only field goal he missed was from 58 yards out. He’s got a big leg, which will help in the Green Bay winters. Now, the Packers are hoping he can put it all together for a team that otherwise looks the part of a Super Bowl contender.