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Kawhi's Aspiration deal was a $28 million no-show that canceled if he left the Clippers cover

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Kawhi's Aspiration deal was a $28 million no-show that canceled if he left the Clippers

On September 3, 2025, Pablo Torre Finds Out published 3,487 pages of Aspiration documents. Kawhi Leonard's four-year, $28 million endorsement took effect April 1, 2022, and Aspiration could cancel if he left the Clippers. Former employees called it a no-show job. The NBA fined the Clippers $30 million. That fine is on the club, not a personal Steve Ballmer check. Ballmer is suspended one year. Leonard pays $700,000 and was not suspended. Polymarket prices his next team as Toronto at 98...

Koivun won the 3M Open at 25-under three months before a Team USA pick cover

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Koivun won the 3M Open at 25-under three months before a Team USA pick

Jackson Koivun won the 3M Open on July 26 at 25-under 259, three shots ahead of Scottie Scheffler, in his third start as a pro. Three months after Auburn, Brandt Snedeker made the 21-year-old a captain's pick for Team USA at Medinah, September 24-27. Koivun is 48th on the U. S. Points list and 66th in the world. Ben Griffin, 8th in points, and J. J. Spaun, 10th, were left home. FanDuel still has USA -400, Internationals +350, and a tie +1000...

A. J. Brown's $27. 45 million option is still live through September 8 cover

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A. J. Brown's $27. 45 million option is still live through September 8

The Patriots still have a $27. 45 million option bonus due on A. J. Brown the day before Kickoff. ESPN's remaining-contract math is 2026 salary of $1. 3 million plus that option, due Tuesday, September 8. Exercise and it prorates over five years, about $5. 49 million a year plus the $1. 3 million salary. Decline and the bonus converts to 2026 salary, about $28. 75 million against this year's cap. Over The Cap prints the prorated shape as a model...

The Seahawks placed Zach Charbonnet on reserve/PUP cover

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The Seahawks placed Zach Charbonnet on reserve/PUP

Seattle moved running back Zach Charbonnet from active/PUP to reserve/PUP at the 53. He must miss the first four games. A 2026 bylaw change lets clubs open a 21-day practice window after the team's second regular-season game. He still cannot play until Week 5 at home against the 49ers. Week 1 backs are first-rounder Jadarian Price, George Holani, and Emanuel Wilson. Reserve/PUP does not count against the 53. Injured reserve still counts against the cap. Run that backfield at https://realitysport

Polymarket prices Kawhi Leonard's next team as Toronto at 98 percent cover

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Polymarket prices Kawhi Leonard's next team as Toronto at 98 percent

Polymarket's NBA: Kawhi Leonard Next Team board, fetched September 2, prints Toronto 98. 2 percent and the Clippers 1. 1 percent on about $316,000 volume. It resolves October 31, 2026. There is a full expectation the June 30 Clippers-Raptors trade now completes after the league declined to suspend Leonard or void the deal. This is the ticket. It is not the Aspiration history.

The Seahawks are a 3. 5-point favorite in Wednesday's Kickoff game cover

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The Seahawks are a 3. 5-point favorite in Wednesday's Kickoff game

Patriots at Seahawks is Wednesday, September 9, at 8:20 p. M. ET on NBC. SI's DraftKings board is Seattle -3. 5 / 44. 5. Polymarket has Seattle 63 cents on the moneyline. Rams -3. 5 / 48. 5 over the 49ers in Melbourne on Thursday, 8:35 p. M. ET on Netflix; Polymarket has the Rams at 66 cents. The Sunday-Monday card's biggest number is Chargers -10. 5. Bengals-Buccaneers is the highest total at 50. 5 / 51. 5. Dolphins at Raiders drew the largest Sunday Polymarket volume. Chiefs -3 on SI, -2...

Colorado beat Georgia Tech 14-13 cover

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Colorado beat Georgia Tech 14-13

Colorado beat Georgia Tech 14-13 on Thursday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium (ESPN gameId 401856776). Rahkeem Smith's kickoff return and the late blocked field goal closed the game. The free challenge on the old -6. 5 board is closed from the real final.

FanDuel has Team USA at -400 for the Presidents Cup at Medinah cover

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FanDuel has Team USA at -400 for the Presidents Cup at Medinah

FanDuel still has Team USA -400, Internationals +350, and a tie +1000 for the Presidents Cup at Medinah from September 24-27. Kalshi's last verified print before Tuesday's picks was USA 81 percent, Team World 18 percent, and a tie 4 percent. Brandt Snedeker set four-ball for Thursday. Jackson Koivun is on the U. S. Koivun session price, so the four-ball-point board is a yes-or-no until a book prints one. Tape the 3M Open win, not another roster d

Patriots video boards showed opposing kickers a reverse set of uprights cover

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Patriots video boards showed opposing kickers a reverse set of uprights

Pat McAfee amplified Ryan Paganetti's tape study: when opposing kickers lined up at Gillette, the video board showed a reverse view with a second, offset set of yellow uprights. He found dozens of examples and that the illusion appeared on Patriots kicks zero times across 52 reviewed Patriot field-goal attempts. Those counts are his review, not a league finding.

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Garrett Crochet could throw a bullpen this weekend

Chad Tracy injury graphics: Garrett Crochet could throw a bullpen session this weekend, and Adley Rutschman could be available off the bench today if necessary. Those are the graphic lines as posted, not an independent medical report.

The NBA stripped the Clippers of five first-round picks in the Kawhi case cover

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The NBA stripped the Clippers of five first-round picks in the Kawhi case

The NBA penalized the Clippers for salary-cap circumvention around Kawhi Leonard after a Wachtell Lipton investigation. The team forfeits first-round picks in 2029 through 2033 and is fined $30 million. Steve Ballmer and Gillian Zucker are each suspended one year, Lawrence Frank six months without pay, Leonard owes $700,000, and Dennis Robertson is banned from NBA business for five years. The Clippers reject the findings. The NBA and NBPA called the penalties final.

Both Presidents Cup teams are set for Medinah cover

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Both Presidents Cup teams are set for Medinah

The 24 players headed to Medinah. Captain Brandt Snedeker and International captain Geoff Ogilvy finalized six picks apiece on September 1, joining six automatic qualifiers on each side. Matches are September 24-27 at Medinah Country Club. This is a field page, not a restack of this morning's Malbon/Koivun item.

Tiger Woods's license was suspended for five years after a Florida plea cover

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Tiger Woods's license was suspended for five years after a Florida plea

Tiger Woods had his driver's license suspended for five years after a plea deal in his DUI case from a car accident earlier this year. Woods pleaded no contest after the original DUI-related charge was reduced, and that Judge Darren Steele imposed a five-year license suspension with no exceptions.

Acuña became the fastest to 200 homers and 200 steals cover

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Acuña became the fastest to 200 homers and 200 steals

Ronald Acuña Jr. Hit a three-run homer to become the fastest player in major league history to 200 home runs and 200 stolen bases as Atlanta beat Washington 9-0. Cincinnati beat San Diego 7-3. The Athletics beat Texas 9-2. Colorado beat Baltimore 6-5 in 11 innings. Seattle beat Boston 8-3. Arizona beat Philadelphia 1-0. The Mets beat Tampa Bay 10-4. San Francisco beat Pittsburgh 5-4 in 10 innings. Toronto beat Cleveland 11-0. Detroit beat Minnesota 11-6. Miami beat Kansas City 9-6. Milwaukee bea

McVay will not play Aaron Donald in Australia if he is not ready cover

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McVay will not play Aaron Donald in Australia if he is not ready

Aaron Donald is on the same Rams 53 as Myles Garrett. Week 1 is September 10 against the 49ers in Australia. Sean McVay told the Los Angeles Times on September 1 that if Donald is not ready, he absolutely would not have him play in Australia. Monday's non-practice was part of the plan. Polymarket's "Donald to Play Week 1? " market sits around 56-57 percent Yes on thin volume, a mood meter, not a forecast. The return; reporters have the deal at about one year and $20 million wit

Kyle McCord is the Dolphins' QB2 cover

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Kyle McCord is the Dolphins' QB2

Kyle McCord is the Dolphins' QB2, Joe Schad reported. Also in this pack: Justin Jefferson's four-year 98th-percentile mark versus press coverage per Reception Perception, six 49ers on ESPN's Top 100 as posted, Yahoo Fantasy's note that no overall fantasy WR1 has repeated the next year in a decade, and Bryce DeGroat's overall-RB1 tiers. The Lions' Isiah Pacheco IR is a separate filing.