10/31/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday
31 October 2023 Sports
From Wayne Mausser
The Green Bay Packers worked out an extension with linebacker Rashan Gary, keeping him in the green and gold for four more years. The NFL announced the deal Monday morning, saying the contract is worth $107 million.
On his own social media account, Gary valued the deal at $107,532,706 and said it included a $34.6 million signing bonus.
“Thanks to everyone in the Green Bay Packers organization, my family, business team, NFL, friends, fans & supporters for taking this ride with me,” Gary posted. “The grind don’t stop. Sacrifices lead to achievable goals. Put cheese on everything.”
The 25-year-old has been with Green Bay for five seasons, since the Packers picked him from Michigan in the 1st round of the 2019 NFL Draft. He would have become a free agent at the end of his contract.
According to the NFL, Gary’s has 4.5 sacks so far this season and a total 27 sacks since starting his NFL career. The Packers add that he’s made 159 tackles, including 90 solo, and 66 quarterback hits in the 63 regular-season games and 5 post-season games he’s played in. He was a starter in 32 of those games.
He’s currently tied for the team lead in tackles for a loss and number-two on the team in quarterback hits.
Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst wrote, “Rashan has been an impact player and person for us since he joined the Packers…. His work ethic is unmatched and he has developed into a team leader and cornerstone of our team. We are very pleased that he will remain in Green Bay for years to come.”
The Packers are off today before starting preparations Wednesday for Sunday’s home game against the Rams.
In Monday Night Football the Lions won at home over the Raiders 26-14 Jared Goff was 26-37 for 272 yards, and a touchdown along with one interception. Jahmyr Gibbs rushed 26 times for 152 yards and a touchdown as the Lions rushed for 222 yards.
Las Vegas quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo completed just 10 of 21 for 126 yards and was intercepted once. The Lions improve to 6-2 while the Raiders fall to 3-5.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, Damian Lillard added 25 and the Milwaukee Bucks built a 25-point lead before holding off the Miami Heat 122-114 on Monday night.
The Heat were playing without two-time All-Star center Bam Adebayo, who bruised his hip Saturday in a loss at Minnesota.. Tyler Herro led the Heat with 35 points.
This game carried more intrigue than a typical October matchup because of the postseason and offseason connections between these two teams
The Heat stunned the top-seeded Bucks in last season’s playoffs, winning their first-round series in five games. The Heat ended up going all the way from the play-in round to the NBA Finals, while the Bucks responded to the upset by firing coach Mike Budenholzer and replacing him with former Toronto Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin..
Milwaukee executed the biggest move of the offseason by acquiring seven-time all-NBA guard Damian Lillard, who expressed a preference to play for the Heat when he initially requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers.
Miami closed its playoff triumph over Milwaukee by completing huge comebacks in the last two games of the series, and the Heat rallied down the stretch to make it close on Monday. The Heat made this fourth-quarter run with playoff hero Jimmy Butler and most of their other starters on the bench.
After trailing 103-78 with less than 10 1/2 minutes remaining, Miami got the margin down to single digits. A jumper by Duncan Robinson cut the lead to 115-109 with 1:22 left.
Antetokounmpo converted a three-point play with 1:16 remaining, The Bucks’ lead didn’t drop below six the rest of the way.
In last year’s playoffs, Miami produced a 119-114 Game 4 victory by outscoring the Bucks 30-13 in the final six minutes. The Heat rallied from a 16-point, fourth-quarter deficit to win the clinching game 128-126 in overtime.
The Bucks: are at Toronto on Wednesday.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre against ex-NFL tight end and current ESPN personality Shannon Sharpe, ESPN reported Monday.
According to ESPN, Favre accused Sharpe of making “egregiously false” statements about him in September 2022 on a sports talk show. Sharpe’s comments referenced the ongoing welfare fraud case in Mississippi.
ESPN reports that in a court filing, U.S. District Court judge Keith Starrett wrote that Sharpe’s statements were “constitutionally protected rhetorical hyperbole using loose, figurative language,” and “they cannot support a defamation claim as a matter of law.”
Later this year, Favre is set to answer questions under oath about misspending federal welfare money in Mississippi, where about $77 million in public funds intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people were used to fund pet projects Favre and other well-connected people are accused of supporting with the money. The Pro Football Hall of Famer is among more than three dozen defendants in a lawsuit the state Human Favre has denied wrongdoing, sued the state auditor who investigated the misspending for defamation, and said he paid back misspent welfare funds.
A notice of deposition filed in Hinds County Circuit Court by attorneys for Mississippi’s Department of Human Services said Favre was scheduled to give sworn testimony on Oct. 26 at a hotel in Hattiesburg. A subsequent court document filed Friday shows the hearing has been rescheduled for Dec. 11 based on a request by Favre’s lawyers.
Instead of going to needy families, about $5 million in welfare funds helped pay for a volleyball arena that Favre supported at his alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, investigators said. Favre’s daughter played volleyball at the school. Another $1.7 million went to develop a concussion treatment drug investigators have said Favre supported.
No criminal charges have been brought against Favre, although a former welfare department director and other people have pleaded guilty to their part in the misspending.
Services director filed to recover some of the welfare money.
The Texas Rangers won at Arizona over the Diamondbacks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. The Rangers scored all of their runs in the third inning as Corey Seager hit a two-run homer, his fifth of the postseason.
Rangers starter Max Scherzer left the game in the third inning with back tightness. Jon Gray Jon Gray pitched 3 innings of 1-hit ball and picked up the win. Diamondback starter Brandon Pfaadt gave up all 3 runs in 5 ½ innings to take the loss.
Game 4 is tonight in Arizona. Left-hander Andrew Heaney starts for the Rangers against Diamondbacks lefty Joe Mantiply. First pitch is at 7:03 CDT.
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