MIAMI What began in June with Damian Lillard requesting a trade to the Miami Heat has ended on the eve of training camp with the All-Star point guard being dealt Wednesday by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Milwaukee Bucks. With Heat President Pat Riley and his front office apparently drawing a line with their willingness to dramatically alter the assets of a team that has advanced to .
Kirby Smart says players like tight end Brock Bowers have made it possible for him to have the best 100-game start of any coach in Southeastern Conference history. Bowers caught two of Carson Beck's three touchdown passes, including a 41-yarder that helped No. 1 Georgia overcome a sluggish start, and the Bulldogs beat UAB 49-21 on Saturday night. The win gave Smart an 85-15 record, the best mark through 100 games for a coach at any SEC school.
Damian Lillard was out of view at the NBA2K24 Summer League in Las Vegas and yet still the talk of the town over the past week amid his demand to be traded from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Miami Heat. And there was plenty of talk. Some coherent and cogent. Some perplexing and puzzling. Some fair, some foolish. A few thoughts on what happened in Vegas as nothing happened with Lillard. — A .