Aaron Wise explains the awkward embrace with his girlfriend that went viral

When LaVar Ball announced that he was going to start his own professional league for prospects looking for an NCAA alternative — the Junior Basketball Association — there were plenty of skeptics and questions. Most notably, would anyone actually go to the JBA games? LaVar’s JBA was going to need to attract basketball talent that was worth paying for, and outside of LaMelo Ball, no top-150 prospect signed with LaVar’s league. Still, that didn’t stop LaVar from charging exorbitant ticket prices for games in 10,000-plus-seat arenas instead of high school gyms. With two weeks until the Session 1 JBA opener in Ontario, Calif., that strategy isn’t looking good. The Ticketmaster seating chart for the

Raiders quarterback Derek Carr didn’t learn about Amari Cooper’s trade to the Dallas Cowboys until after practice Monday, his brother, David, said on NFL Network. According to David Carr, Cooper was pulled from practice, and Derek wasn’t told about the trade until he returned to the locker room.