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With the May 19 NBA draft lottery postponed, the draft order won’t be determined until June at the earliest. Following last year’s smoothing of the lottery odds, the amount of shuffling after the ping-pong balls roll is considerable. League sources are hearing about a late August/early September draft. Some agents are being told there could …

Before he earned the chance to play wide receiver for the Jets on Sundays, chase records at Baylor on Saturdays, or fly past opposing defenses in small-town East Texas on Friday nights, Denzel Mims was the quarterback of the future at Daingerfield High School. Until one rainy Thursday night in 2012, when the Tigers’ junior …

Florence Pugh doesn’t need the world’s approval when it comes to her relationship with Zach Braff. “I have the right to hang out and be with and go out with anyone I want to,” the “Little Women” actress, 24, said in the June 2020 issue of Elle UK. The duo was first linked last fall, …

Could there be an RJ-RJ backcourt at the Garden next season? According to a source, RJ Hampton, who skipped college to play in New Zealand, is another point-guard-type under consideration by the Knicks if they select between sixth and 10th in the draft currently slated for June 25. NBA insiders believe the speedy 6-foot-5, 19-year-old …

Donald Faison and Zach Braff paid tribute to their late “Scrubs” co-star Sam Lloyd, who died on Thursday at age 56 after a long battle with cancer. “Hey guys, It’s Zach and Donald here. We have a bit of bad news,” Faison began their podcast, “Fake Doctors, Real Friends” on Tuesday, before telling their fans …

Easy targets beware: Chris Williamson is coming. Williamson already proved he can deliver a cutting punch line at the expense of childhood-rival-turned-Giants teammate Darius Slayton. Whenever NFL practices resume, the rookie seventh-round draft pick will show he can lower the boom on ball-carriers, too. “He is the one in the meeting room that keeps the …

Chris Brickley, Cole Anthony’s trainer since he was 16, was delighted by the point guard’s quarantine request. The Manhattan product asked Brickley if they could scour tape of his underachieving freshman season at North Carolina via Zoom. It was a perfect learning tool during the coronavirus pandemic preventing them from live training. “We watched the …

Imagine yourself as an 11-year old walking into a hospital room and seeing your father handcuffed to a bed, his body riddled with seven gunshot wounds as a result of a drug deal gone bad. Your dad is your superhero. As a former NFL running back, he’s supposed to be indestructible. How do you react? …

Sam Lloyd, best known for playing the iconic hangdog lawyer Ted Buckland on “Scrubs,” has died, TMZ is reporting. He was 56. Lloyd was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in January 2019 after suffering headaches in the wake of the birth of his first child, Weston, with wife Vanessa. Doctors determined that the tumor …

The nation saw Jordan Love at his worst. The Packers saw Aaron Rodgers’ replacement. While attending Utah State’s 42-6 blowout loss at LSU in October — when Love completed 15-of-30 passes for 150 yards, with no touchdowns and three interceptions — Green Bay general manager Brian Gutekunst ignored the junior’s career-worst outing and focused on …