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Jim Nantz’s advice from losing his father will bring a tear to your eye

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ESPN’s Kevin Clark shared earlier this week that he had lost his father.

“Jim was an old-school newspaper man, a legendary UCF history professor, an all-time football guy and a Hall of Fame grandpa (and a great hang),” he wrote in a moving tribute on Twitter. “Together we conquered every hockey practice, Magic game and WWF Raw taping in Florida. God he loved us. Call your dad.”

Clark is one of the brightest and most curious minds in the NFL media landscape; in recent years he’s gone from a writer at the Ringer to his own show at ESPN. And this week, in the wake of his father’s passing, he kept an interview with CBS golf and football legend Jim Nantz — who calls both golf and football for CBS — because, he said, “my dad would want me to keep going.”

Nantz was determined to help Clark keep going, too. He researched Jim Clark in an effort to engage with Kevin on the subject. And so their conversation strayed from football to fathers. (It’s worth your time and you can find it here.) After their official conversation ended, Clark added, Nantz kept talking.

“I can’t describe how special and meaningful it was,” Clark said.

Clark, understandably sensitive about blending his father’s passing with his content world, initially told his producers not to make any social-media cuts of Nantz talking about grief. But then, he said, “enough people reached out about this part I changed my mind.”

What he ended up posting — Nantz on losing his own father, facing decisions without him and getting meaningful advice from Arnold Palmer — is the CBS legend at his very best. Here’s the clip, which I’ve transcribed below.

Jim Nantz to Kevin Clark on Arnold Palmer’s fatherly wisdom:

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got came from Arnold Palmer, in a moment like this. My dad had not passed yet, but he was failing, and I was facing some rather large career decisions.

Actually, it was the opportunity to move over to news and leave the boyhood dream. This is all I ever wanted to do is work for CBS Sports, but now I had an opportunity to work for CBS News and leave this behind.

And it was a big opportunity, financially and beyond. But that wasn’t what was in my heart. And I grieved because my dad wasn’t capable of being able to consult me on this. He was deep down the road on with his battle with Alzheimer’s.

But there was some attention about this decision in the media. And I ended up saying, ‘I’m not taking the money. That’s not the driver for me. I’m, I have the job I ever always wanted. I’m staying with sports.’

So, shortly thereafter, I mean maybe two weeks after that decision had played out in the press, I saw Arnold at Augusta. It’s one of his last times as a competitor. He was on the putting green, and he looked over, he saw me and he said, ‘Hey, come over here.’

And I had been the beneficiary of a wonderful friendship with Arnold. It was so deep that actually one day I did his eulogy — I was one of his eulogists at his funeral. So anyway, he came over and he walked me through, ‘How come you made this decision? How did you come to it?’

And I told him it was hard. He said, ‘Why was it hard?’ And I said, ‘Because my dad wasn’t there to be able to talk it through.’

He says, ‘No, you don’t understand. Your dad made that decision with you.’

I said, ‘How’s that?’

He said, ‘He was talking the whole time. You just didn’t realize it. He was right here.’

‘And Arnold had big hands, like baseball mitts, and he reached [Nantz touches his chest] and almost knocked me over. He kept hitting me right here in the heart.

He says, ‘Jim, he was right here. He’s right here. He’s always gonna be right here. You were listening to him and you made that decision in concert with your father. Don’t ever forget, for as long as you’re alive and you face moments in your lifetime, you don’t know what to do. Just remember, It’s right here.’

That’s the best advice I can tell you. As you march on, your career is magical, hugely successful. It’s only gonna get bigger. So many roads to conquer and great things to go out there and achieve. He’s still gonna be right there. Just like Arnold said.

Thanks to Kevin, and to Jim, for sharing the moment. And spare a thought for Jim Clark, who sounds like he was the best.

Football

Christian Pulisic suffered low-grade hamstring tear with USMNT

Oct 17, 2025, 12:05 PM ET

MILAN — Christian Pulisic was confirmed by AC Milan on Friday to have injured his right hamstring while playing in a friendly for the United States this week.

“An MRI scan performed today revealed a low-grade tear in his right hamstring,” Milan said, adding Pulisic “will be reevaluated in approximately 10 days.”

Injuries such as that can heal in as few as three weeks and a city derby against Inter Milan on Nov. 23 is one target for Pulisic’s return. He has starred this season for Milan, which is third in Serie A.

Christian Pulisic will be out at least 10 days with a hamstring injury suffered in the USMNT’s win over Australia. JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images

Pulisic seemed to overstretch his right leg in the first half of a 2-1 win Tuesday against Australia at the Colorado Rapids’ stadium.

The U.S. has friendlies scheduled for Nov. 15 and 18 against Paraguay and Uruguay which, like Australia, have both qualified for the first 48-team World Cup. The U.S. will co-host the tournament with Canada and Mexico.

The U.S. team’s next competitive game is its World Cup opener on June 12 at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles. The opponent will be known at the finals tournament draw on Dec. 5 in Washington DC.

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Basketball

Kings’ Keegan Murray out for start of season with UCL tear

Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb during a preseason loss in Portland on Friday night, the team announced.

Murray will undergo surgery and be reevaluated in four to six weeks, ruling the Kings’ young power forward out for at least the first 10 games of the regular season.

The injury comes at a pivotal time in Murray’s career. Entering his fourth season, he is eligible for a contract extension in the next week. The deadline to come to an agreement with the Kings is Oct. 20. If they can’t, Murray will enter restricted free agency next summer.

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Murray has been a pillar of durability early in his NBA career, appearing in 233 of a possible 246 games his first three seasons, starting all but two of them. This UCL tear is the most significant injury he has suffered as a pro.

Murray was the projected starting power forward for a Kings team attempting to compete for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. He has made 543 career 3s and developed into a versatile defender on the wing, meaning the Kings will be without a crucial floor spacer and their most trusted stopper in the opening month.

Veteran forward Dario Saric, veteran guard Malik Monk, fourth-year guard Keon Ellis and rookie Nique Clifford are among the candidates who could start in Murray’s place. Dennis Schroder, Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis are the four other expected starters.

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Basketball

Scoot Henderson suffers hamstring tear during Trail Blazers offseason workout, will miss 4-8 weeks

With the 2025-26 NBA season around the corner, Portland Trail Blazers point guard Scoot Henderson will be missing time to start the year. The team announced Friday that Henderson suffered a left hamstring tear during an offseason workout.

As a result of the injury, Henderson will be out 4-8 weeks. The team says Henderson can return to basketball activities in that time, though an exact timeline for his return is unclear.

Portland begins preseason Oct. 8 with a matchup against the Golden State Warriors. The Trail Blazers’ season opener is set for Oct. 22, as the team hosts the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Henderson, who was drafted No. 3 overall by Portland in 2023, was set to start his third season with the team. The 21-year-old point guard averaged 12.7 points, three rebounds and 5.1 assists per game last season, leading the team in assists per game.

Henderson was likely to come off the bench this season behind veteran point guard Jrue Holiday, an offseason acquisition for the Trail Blazers. With Henderson out, Dalano Banton will likely get more time off the bench behind Holiday.

Henderson is the latest NBA player to suffer an injury during the offseason. Philadelphia 76ers guard Jared McCain’s injury woes continued after tearing a ligament in his thumb Thursday. Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet suffered a season-ending ACL tear during a team workout in the Bahamas, with the veteran guard successfully undergoing surgery.

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Sixers guard Jared McCain suffers UCL tear in right thumb during workout

Philadelphia 76ers guard Jared McCain suffered a UCL tear in his right thumb during a workout Thursday, the team announced.

“McCain and the 76ers are consulting with specialists on next steps, and further updates will be provided as appropriate,” the Sixers said in a statement.

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Philadelphia selected McCain out of Duke with the No. 16 overall pick in last year’s draft. He averaged 15.3 points, 2.6 assists and 2.4 rebounds in the 23 games he played in before suffering a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee in December and missing the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

Injuries plagued the Sixers last season, Philadelphia’s first missing the playoffs since 2016-17. In the second year of Nick Nurse’s run as head coach, the Sixers had a whopping 54 starting lineups. Star center Joel Embiid played only 19 games. Paul George, whom Philadelphia brought aboard last offseason on a four-year, $212 million max contract, played just 41 games. Even standout point guard Tyrese Maxey was in for a career-low 52 games.

When Maxey was out early last season, McCain took over at point. In that six-game span, McCain averaged 25.2 points, 4 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game while shooting 44.1% from deep. In the process, he turned in 27-, 29- and 34-point performances.

Even after Maxey returned to the lineup, McCain still registered another 30-piece. That outing against the Brooklyn Nets gave McCain seven straight 20-plus-point games and, more importantly, the NBA record for most 3-pointers made in the first five starts of a career (26), the Sixers’ recordfor most 3-pointers made through the first 15 games of a career (37) as well as the NBA rookie recordfor most consecutive games with at least three 3-pointers made (8).

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McCain became the early favorite for NBA Rookie of the Year before his knee injury. He’s part of a Sixers backcourt that features Maxey but also includes this year’s No. 3 overall pick V.J. Edgecombe.

McCain’s injury news Thursday raises additional questions about the Sixers and restricted free agent guard Quentin Grimes, who averaged 21.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.2 steals in 28 games, and 25 starts, after the Sixers acquired him at the trade deadline last season.

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Wednesday that two sides “are very far apart on a deal.”

Charania said Grimes’ agent told him that Wednesday was the first time the Sixers had made a “formal hard offer” to Grimes as a restricted free agent.

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Grimes will not be attending Sixers media day on Friday, nor will he be traveling with the team this weekend for preseason, Grimes’ agent reportedly told Charania.

“From the 76ers’ side of this all, getting V. J. Edgecombe in the high lottery, obviously that changes the dynamics of their backcourt,” Charania said. And there is a level of uncertainty going into this year health-wise with key players like Joel Embiid, Paul George and where does that leave the Sixers in terms of offering those high-value, high multi-year deals.”

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