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Ex-Warrior Jamal Crawford details Steph Curry’s work ethic with classic story originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Stephen Curry is 37 years old and still playing like one of the NBAâ€s best. And according to Jamal Crawford, the reason behind Curryâ€s sustained greatness is simple: relentless discipline.

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During an appearance on “Dubs Talk†with NBC Sports Bay Areaâ€s Bonta Hill and Monte Poole, Crawford didnâ€t hesitate when asked what keeps a guard like Curry playing at a high level for so long.

“Doing exactly what heâ€s doing,†Crawford said. “Shape has no age.â€

Crawford knows that better than most. The former guard played in the NBA until he was 42, suiting up for nine teams — including the Warriors during the 2008-09 season — and becoming one of the most respected veterans in the league. He won three Sixth Man of the Year awards, made his name as a legendary ballhandler and, in 2019, became the oldest player in NBA history to score 50-plus points in a game when he dropped 51 for the Phoenix Suns at age 39.

So, when he looks at Curry, he recognizes the work behind the results.

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Crawford recalled last yearâ€s NBA All-Star Game, when most players had long hit recovery mode. But not Steph.

“Steph went and did a weight-room workout after an All-Star Game,†Crawford explained. “That kind of consistency, that kind of discipline, is why he is who he is.â€

Now in his 17th NBA season after being drafted No. 7 overall in 2009, Curry continues to set the standard for veterans who refuse to slow down.

But Crawford said playing deep into your career isnâ€t luck — itâ€s commitment.

“Itâ€s a lifestyle change,†Crawford noted. “You start changing your diet, you start stretching, even if youâ€re sore, you start foam rolling — ice tub. But you get in a routine.â€

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Thatâ€s why watching Curry continue to evolve and dominate year after year doesnâ€t surprise him.

“Iâ€m sure Steph has his routine,†Crawford said. “He has the best team around him. And heâ€s very intentional … Not a lot of wasted motion. He knows how to scale it back, when to ramp it up. Heâ€s in tune and the ultimate professional.â€

Coming from someone who defied time for two decades, thatâ€s as high a compliment as Curry can get.

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SUMMARY of #889 cover-dated December 3, 2005: The cover story looks at the increasing booing of John Cena by fans, how WWE is responding, how Cena is handling it, and why WWE is sticking with his as champion through it all… In part two of the Torch Talk with Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, he talks about the difficult decision he made to turn a friend in to Vince McMahon in order to save his life… Pat McNeill reviews ROH Glory by Honor IV… Sean Radican’s “ROH Focus” column looks at what ROH gains from many of its wrestlers working overseas… James Caldwell examines the parallels between Major League Baseball’s and WWE’s handling of the steroid issue… Wade Keller’s “End Notes” looks at whether the brand mixing leading to Survivor Series helped or hurt WWE… Plus WWE Newswire, TNA Newswire, Backtrack 1995, Quotebook, the Top Five Stories of the Week, in-depth Survivor Series coverage, and more…

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Buzz is growing around the league that — with a new front office in place — Dallas is going to be active around the NBA trade deadline next February.

Just don’t expect Kyrie Irving to be one of the players moved. Anthony Davis on the other hand…

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On his Howdy Partners podcast, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon echoed his previous reporting, and that of others, that Irving is off the table in trade talks with Dallas. The focus, instead, is likely on what the Mavericks might land for Anthony Davis.

“What I would tell you about Kyrie is the Mavericks do not want to trade him…

“Trading AD is a real possibility—and I would even say likelihood—this season. Trading Kyrie is not something that’s on the Mavericks’ priority list, or it’s just straight up not something that they are interested in doing right now.”

Irving, who is still out recovering from ACL surgery (but could return later this season), is on a reasonable contract ($35.6 million this season, a guaranteed $39.5 million next season, followed by a $42.4 million player option for 2027-28), which is part of the reason for the interest in him. However, it likely would take an over-the-top, Godfather offer to get the Mavericks even to consider it.

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Davis is a different story.

He is set to return to the court tonight against the Lakers after missing 14 games with a calf strain. Any serious discussion of a Davis trade has to start with him staying on the court through December and January, putting up big numbers and showing teams that he is still an All-Star, maybe an All-NBA level player.

Dallas’ challenge in trading Davis is that there is a very limited market for his services — he is a 32-year-old (33 in March) with a history of nagging injuries who is making $54.1 million this season, has a guaranteed $58.5 million next season, and will be seeking a contract extension this summer.

Teams have been mentioned in Davis rumors — Chicago, Golden State, New York and Phoenix (though those final two are highly unlikely) — but even if they are interested, actually constructing a trade is next to impossible. AD’s huge salary and the fact that Dallas is right up against the second-apron hard cap make it incredibly challenging to actually put together a trade that works financially and makes sense for both sides. For example, to make a trade to “win now” and struggling Golden State work, the Warriors would have to send back either Jimmy Butler (straight up) or a trade package built around Draymond Green and Jonathan Kuminga, and neither of those makes much sense for both sides.

That’s not going to stop the Davis rumors. Just know the ones about Kyrie are not coming together this season.

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WWE fans were robbed of seeing a first-time World Champion being crowned owing to an awful domino effect.

In a sit-down interview with Shane Douglas, Ken Anderson (fka Mr. Kennedy) looked back on arguably the highest point of his career. At WrestleMania 23, he won a stacked Money in the Bank Ladder Match that featured major players in the game like Edge, Randy Orton, and Booker T, among others.

One month later, Vince McMahon intended to have Mr. Kennedy cash in on The Undertaker. Unfortunately for him, he got injured, rendering it impossible for him to carry the World Heavyweight Championship on SmackDown. Little did Anderson know at the time that this was as close as he was getting to holding the prestigious title.

WWE Kept The Storyline, But Replaced Ken Anderson With Edge

Meanwhile, The Undertaker had a bicep injury, and after WWE found out about it, Vince McMahon planned to have Ken Anderson cash in on him. Michael Hayes gave Anderson a call and had him fly to McMahon’s office.

According to the former Mr. Kennedy, Batista walked out of the former WWE CEO’s room and embraced him and patted him on his back. McMahon then told the former Money in the Bank winner that the plan was to cash in on The Undertaker after the Deadman narrowly defeated Batista in a Steel Cage match, and someone comes out and beats him to a pulp. This turned out to be Mark Henry.

Meanwhile, Batista and Ken wrestled in an 8 Man Tag Team match, when Anderson noticed “something pop” in his triceps.” He was taken to the hospital after the show. Stephanie McMahon called him the next day and informed him that he tore his triceps off the bone, he needed surgery, and that he would be out for 8 to 10 months.

Ken Anderson recalled that The Undertaker losing the World Heavyweight Championship via Money in the Bank cash-in was set in stone. As Anderson was no longer fit to continue, WWE brought Edge in. The two had a match on Monday Night RAW, where The Rated-R Superstar defeated Ken in a short match, just so that the change was explained in kayfabe.

I remember thinking at the time like, ‘There isn’t any other way you could get the title off of him? It has to be this way?’ I got a YEAR to cash it in. Even if I’m gone for 10 months, I can come back and cash it in. But I just, ‘Okay. Whatever. Business is business,’” Ken Anderson said.

WWE Misdiagnosed Ken Anderson’s Triceps Injury

After dropping the MITB briefcase to Edge, Anderson met Dr. James Andrews, a renowned orthopedic surgeon who had treated many athletes.

Andrews told him it was not a tear and that “everything was intact.” He had to do another MRI, and he found out it was a hematoma.

It was just a large hematoma, which is just a bunch of broken blood vessels. And [Andrews] informed me, ‘You’ll be back in a month.’”

But by then, Edge had already cashed in on The Undertaker on May 8, 2007, and became the World Heavyweight Champion.

Ken Anderson concluded by reflecting on his later years in WWE, stating that while he has had opportunities to contend for the World Title, he never came close to winning the belt.

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Ever since she turned heel, Becky Lynch has become one of the most hated women in WWE, and though he has been sidelined by injury, Seth Rollins was despised when he led The Vision and pulled off “The Ruse of the Century” to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

While it is common to boo heels and for their families to understand that fans hate the character and not the person, it seems that is not the case with Rollins and Lynch’s daughter, Roux, who gets upset when her parents are booed by fans.

Becky Lynch And Seth Rollins Share Roux’s Heartbreaking Reaction To WWE Fans Booing Them

The couple were guests on the latest episode of Something’s Burning, where host Bert Kreischer asked them how difficult it was for the two to explain to their 5-year-old that there was a difference between them and the characters they play on TV.

Becky Lynch recalled an incident at a Money In The Bank match a few years ago, which was the first time Roux saw her perform live. The Man stated that while her daughter was alright with her playing a mean character, she got highly upset when fans started chanting, “Becky Sucks.” Lynch shared that the chants made Roux so upset that she started crying, and Lynch still has a hard time explaining to her why fans hated her mother.

Seth Rollins added that Roux asked him why people hated her mom at the same event after he was done with his match and had gone straight to his bus to spend time with his daughter. He recalled how he and Roux were watching a recent episode of RAW, and the 5-year-old asked him if fans started liking her mom again, to which he had to explain to her that it was Lynch’s job to be hated.

The entire conversation was as follows:

“[Becky Lynch]: Oh gosh, we’ve been trying to do that. She was very upset. She went to sit in the front row, the first time she’d ever watched the show. She’d been starting to get into wrestling music, less so the actual wrestling part. So she was sitting in the front row. She had watched the women’s ladder match, and she loved it. And then I came out, and now I’m the heel and the bad guy. She was okay with me being mean. She was okay with me getting beat up. But when the crowd started chanting, ‘Becky sucks,’ she could not take it. She was like, ‘My mama doesn’t suck. Why are they saying mama sucks?’ And then she burst into tears and had to come back. I was trying to explain to her that it’s me doing my job. It means I’m good at my job. I want them to say Becky sucks. She said, ‘But you don’t suck.’ She still doesn’t get it. Every now and again, she’ll ask, ‘Why was they saying mama sucks?’

[Seth Rollins]: Yeah, it was Money in the Bank, and I had just come back from my ladder match. I was miserable. I was so angry, and I went to the bus to see my kid because I went straight from the ring to the bus. I was so mad. I saw my daughter, and I was so happy to see her. She takes me out of that for a minute. Then she said, ‘Why was they saying mama sucks? Why were they saying mama sucks?’ We even watched her on Monday, a couple of weeks ago. She was wrestling, and we were watching on TV, and she asked, ‘Did they like mama?’ I said, ‘No, no, baby, they have to boo her. That’s Mama doing her job.’ She gets so upset about it.” (1:09:02 – 1:02:19)

You can hear the full conversation in the video below:

While they remain hated, hopefully, this story changes opinions about Lynch and Rollins in the eyes of the WWE fans.

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Rusev in a romantic angle featuring Nia Jax and Lash Legend? An interesting idea was floated by his wife, CJ Perry (aka Lana).

During their first WWE run, former Chairman Vince McMahon had booked Lana and Rusev in a breakup storyline, in which the Bulgarian Brute was out to get revenge on Bobby Lashley, who was seeing Lana as part of the angle.

In an interview with TMZ Sports’ Inside the Ring, Lana confessed her love for romantic storylines in wrestling. And if it were up to her, she would book Rusev in one, with Nia Jax and Lash Legend. She feels her husband should be involved with both of them, calling Legend the new “Lashley girl,” perhaps a subtle reference to her own previous storyline.

I love romantic storylines. If I was the person writing the shows, there would be more soap opera stories, and Rusev for sure would be in a romantic angle by now. If I had anything to do with it, I’d probably have him like–isn’t there a new Lashley girl?” Lana’s question got the hosts wondering who she was referring to.

“I think it would be great for him to be in a romantic storyline with Nia Jax or Lash Legend. Maybe he could have a tag team, and he could be in a romantic storyline with both of them.”

Check out her comments in the video below:

Lana And Rusev Have Different Opinions On John Cena’s Forthcoming WWE Retirement

At Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 13, John Cena will retire from in-ring competition. At the time of this writing, Rusev has a chance at becoming The Never-Seen 17’s final opponent at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.

The Bulgarian Brute credits John Cena for getting him over in 2015. After a lengthy reign as the United States Champion, during which he even scored a technical submission win over Big Match John, Rusev finally fell to Cena at WrestleMania 31. A decade later, he feels it would be poetic to retire the man to whom he felt he owed a certain extent.

Meanwhile, Lana is not convinced that The Last Real Champion will retire for good in December. However, she admitted it is probably denial, as she could not fathom immortal guys like John Cena, The Undertaker, and Triple H ever stepping away from the ring entirely.

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CJ Perry didnâ€t hold anything back when she sat down with TMZâ€s Inside the Ring, opening up about the one thing she never achieved in WWE and the personal reality check that came with it. Despite becoming one of the most recognizable personalities of the 2010s, Perry never captured championship gold—something she says stung more than fans may realize.

She explained that she always understood the uphill battle she faced coming in as a performer with far less in-ring experience than the women who were breaking out around her. Perry said the division was full of young, seasoned prodigies while she was still learning the basics.

“Oh my god, are you kidding me? I like—it was my dream to be champion. But I feel like I was always very realistic. And Iâ€m good at helping people find their money pockets. So that as well with me. So I was there, Iâ€m like, 26 years old, and Iâ€m competing against Saraya, Paige, Emma, Sasha, Bayley… Bayley was, you know, 22, had already wrestled seven years. And so itâ€s like, these girls were seven, ten years in and theyâ€re like 21, 22, 23, and Iâ€m like, ‘Okay, 30â€s around the corner—itâ€s going to take me 10 years to get really good at this.†So yes, I wanted to wrestle, but I wanted to be iconically great. And Iâ€m like, ‘Okay, I can become iconically great.†So I really went on that road.â€

Once Vince McMahon decided he wanted her to transition deeper into wrestling, she literally uprooted her entire life to try to make that championship dream possible.

“Then Vince really wanted me to wrestle. So Iâ€m like, ‘Okay, if you want me to wrestle, Iâ€ll move to Florida. Iâ€ll be away from my husband and my dogs, live in a motel for 200 days of the year, train with Nattie at the Dungeon.†And thatâ€s what I did.â€

But after all that effort, she ultimately never got the title moment she fought for.

“And it didnâ€t pay off in a championship. And that is disappointing. But, you know, I think thatâ€s life. Not everyone wins a Super Bowl.â€

Even with all of that behind her, Perry admitted that the desire to perform never really goes away. The rush of being in front of a crowd still pulls at her, and she didnâ€t shy away from describing how deeply she feels it.

“Oh my god, are you kidding me? I miss it so much. I feel like a drug addict a little bit, you know? And itâ€s like, thatâ€s the high. Thereâ€s no high and no adrenaline rush like that in the world.â€

She went on to describe the feeling of connecting with a live crowd, provoking emotion, and the raw electricity that comes with stepping through the curtain—calling it a relationship you simply canâ€t replace in normal life.

In the end, Perry made it clear her story in wrestling doesnâ€t feel “finished,†even if she isnâ€t currently active in the ring. And with her admitting how much she longs for that high again, it wouldnâ€t surprise anyone if Lana eventually reappears in front of an arena full of fans.

Perryâ€s honesty about her career journey, the grind she endured, and the title she never got might be one of the most relatable reveals sheâ€s ever shared. Not everyone gets the trophy—but the passion is still real.

What do you think? Should CJ Perry get one more real run in WWE or would she thrive more outside the ring in a manager or character role? Drop your thoughts below and let us know what direction you want to see her take next.

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November 25, 2025 8:47 am

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NAPLES, Fla. — Nelly Korda’s birdie attempt just slid by the 18th hole, leaving her a tap-in for a par and a third-round, seven-under 65 that included seven birdies and zero blemishes.

It was another dazzling display from the World No. 2 — one that could have been even better had a few putts teetered the correct way.

“There are definitely a few I left out there, but that’s golf,” Korda said after her round at Tiburon Golf Club. “They’re all very close, burning edges, so that means I’m hitting it where I want to.”

That has been Korda’s season, one that has seen her go winless with one round to play. She has played good golf but has just been a tick off here and a tick off there, keeping her from lifting a trophy one year after she hoisted seven. Even when Korda has been at her best this year, she has either been bested (like by A Lim Kim at the Tournament of Champions) or her putter has let her down, as it did in her runner-up finish at the U.S. Women’s Open.

Korda sputtered in the first round in Naples but responded by blitzing the course on Friday to vault into contention. She backed that second-round 64 up with a Saturday 65, only to see World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul best her by one shot and extend her lead to six heading into the final round, leaving Korda with a big mountain to climb if she plans to finish the season off with a win.

‘Double-edged sword:’ LPGA’s big conundrum has no clear answer

But while Korda doesn’t want to go winless in 2025, she doesn’t plan to approach Sunday’s final round any differently to ensure she finishes with a trophy. She’ll put the pedal down while staying in her process.

“I feel like when you start to push a little harder, sometimes the mistakes do start to creep in a little bit,” Korda said of her mindset trying to run down Thitikul. “You just have to be focused on your process and yourself. If it happens, it happens. You know, just know that you are out there competing hard and you’re trying to win, but you also have to not get too ahead of yourself and play the game.”

While Korda’s winless drought has been the headline of the LPGA’s 2025 season, Thitikul has been the story.

The 22-year-old has won twice and is a few Sunday hiccups away from two more victories. She overtook Korda as World No. 1, and her stats say she has been as dominant as Korda was a year ago, just with five fewer wins to show for it. Thitikul leads the LPGA in scoring average (68.88), Strokes Gained: Total (2.96), Birdie or Better Percentage (27.69%), Bogey Avoidance (10.94%), Par 3 scoring average (2.89) and Par 4 scoring average (3.92).

Thitikul won the CME Group Tour Championship last year and will enter Sunday at 22 under, six shots clear of Korda and Pajaree Anannarukarn. She’s poised to win the Player of the Year Award and the Vare Trophy on Sunday when all is said and done.

But Thitikul, who four-putted on the final hole of the Kroger to lose to Charley Hull, knows that on this gettable course, in these conditions, this tournament is far from over.

“As I always say, all the winners here, the score is like 20-plus something, which is really low scoring,” Thitikul said on Friday. “We just need to make more and more and more.”

As she has all year, she delivered more on Saturday.

After a sloppy bogey at the par-5 first, Thitikul ripped off birdies at 2, 4, 5 and 6 before birdieing four straight on the back nine to stretch her lead heading into Sunday.

Thitikul’s humility and perspective had shone through during a year in which he has statistically dominated the competition. After overtaking Korda as World No. 1, Thitikul laughed and said she still “doesn’t think she’s that good.”

But Jeeno Thitikul is that good, and she can put the perfect topper on the 2025 season on Sunday by defending her title in Naples.

It is fitting that the only one who likely has a chance to track her down is Korda, who is hoping to finally end up on the right side of golf’s fine line to end what has been a frustrating 2025.

“The competition is just getting better and better out here every year,” Korda said on Friday. “Just makes you want to improve as well because there is nothing better than being in contention going down Sunday on the back nine.”

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Los Angeles Kings fans have been watching the same script since the start of the season. They have now played in 10 overtime games this season, tying the Edmonton Oilers for the most in the league, and tonight’s loss to the Boston Bruins puts them 4-0-6 in extra periods, the most losses by any team in overtime.

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Despite outshooting their opponent 32-26, for the second straight game, the Kings once again came up short in overtime, scoring just one goal with 32 shots tells the whole story.

The Los Angeles Kings can play well enough and come back from leads to force overtime; they can even dominate large stretches of games, but when the clock hits zero, something always happens.

Then, itâ€s deja vu in extra periods; everything turns to dust.

On Friday night, coming off another shootout loss to the Sharks last night, the Kings once again fell in back-to-back overtime losses, losing 2-1 to the Boston Bruins. Itâ€s not a fluke when the same ending plays out repeatedly; itâ€s a pattern, and itâ€s frustrating to watch.

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Kings Followed the Same Ending on a Different Night

If youâ€ve watched the Kings play all season, youâ€ve seen this movie before. They battle back, get the tying goal, generate more shots and chances than their opponent, and then, when it matters most, they break down in overtime.

Joel Armia scored the lone goal for LA midway through the third period, giving the Kings the push to stay in the game. Once OT began, the same script repeated: missed assignments, misreads, and the Bruins capitalizing immediately, and Morgan Geekie scored his second goal of the game to take the Kings’ hearts.

Overtime Is A Liability

The Kings arenâ€t getting outworked or losing badly; theyâ€re failing to finish games in one format that has repeatedly haunted them: 3-on-3 overtime.

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LA just looks noticeably less confident once the game reaches sudden death. Back-to-back overtime losses expose an issue that the Kings havenâ€t solved, and opposing teams will use it against them when games matter.

Right now, the story isnâ€t that they’re losing, itâ€s that theyâ€re losing the same way, and everyone keeps seeing it. Until the Kings break the script, the momentum wonâ€t swing in their favor, and the frustration will only keep growing.

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