NBA fans most times look forward to the NBA free agency period. This period lasts for about 48 hours and is usually the most entertaining and the craziest and is the period where teams begin speaking to free agents. NBA Twitter is also very active at this period where there are rumors, meetings, midnight visits and salary figure discussions. In this season there is an increase in salary figures to about $94M. There is an increase in cap space to around $27M where the Wolves will be going to the free agency with about three free roster spots. This is despite the fact that Doogie Wolfson has a different amount of $29M recorded in his podcast. This period the league does not have a lot of money to spend on the free agents class during the summer.

This is to mean that there will be some big contracts set aside for insignificant guys that will cause regret in the coming period. Wolves are interested in some players and Darren Wolfson in his podcast link has cited eight of them. The players include Eric Gordon, Kris Humphries, D.J Augustin. Joakim Noah, Ryan Anderson, Courtney Lee, Randy Foye and Luol Deng, Anderson seems to have been doing poorly in his recent games. Foye and Gordon do not seem to give much hope in the NBA games. Other players that are of interest include Mizra Teletovic, Zaza Pachulia, John Leur among many others. The New York Liberty will be hosted by Lynx where they will try to get back on track even though they have had major improvements moving from 10-5.

Pat Summitt who was a great pioneer of the women’s basketball team has passed on. She was also a well-known coach and worked hard to make the women’s college game popular. She coached at Tennessee and won 8 national titles, 1098 wins in 38 seasons. Her competitiveness, longevity and her ability to bring her team to the limelight made her stand out among others. She was a great person and will be remembered more so because of her personal attributes.

Nobody expected that the return of golf after 112 years would be faced with such a mess. Various players such as Shane Lowery, Charl Schwartzel, Jason Day, Adam Scott, all announced their withdrawal from the game. There are a number of many others expected to withdrawal from the game. Jordan Spieth is also expected to be among the players who will pull out from the game since he has been hesitant. At the press conference for the WGC Bridgestone Invitational, the 22 year old player announced that he was uncertain of whether he would engage in the game since there were a number of factors to consider before engaging in the game.

One of these factors is the major support from Coca-Cola which supports golf game in a big way. Olympic golf in all the 112 years has not has a top shot hit and the game is already suffering, despite the fact that Spieth will not be joining them. Golf will be played only in 2016 and 2020 in Tokyo and there is a possibility that after the Games, it will be dismissed just like baseball and lacrosse. People are not being blamed for their lack of zeal to go to Rio due to concerns for their family. This is because Zika virus is posing a threat though Geoff Shackelford said that the Zika virus was not connected with those building the golf course.

Mosquitoes in Brazil are few due to the winter season and since the golf course is located in a windy area of Rio the Zika mosquitoes pose no threat. Even though most golf players have withdrawn, the golf field is still quite strong. Bubba Watson, Danny Willet, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson and Dustin Johnson are among the top 10 players that are planning to play. The strange thing is that only men are withdrawing from the game while no woman has at the moment withdrawn. Women are ready to embrace the opportunity of taking part in the golf game and they are hoping for safety assurances.

There are various aggressive Canadian players that are likely to represent Canada in Rio. Those ready to represent them in the Maple Leaf include David Hearn and Graham DeLaet from the men’s side and Alena Sharp and Brooke Henderson from the women’s side. There is still hope that with the Olympics golf will pick off at the competitions but at the moment no golf player is willing to take that chance thus leading to the falling of golf at the Olympics.

NFL will have a new major online distributor as the main media partner. For a long time traditional television networks such as NBC, CBS, network ESPN, FOX and the satellite provider DirecTV have been NFL’S main media partners. Michael Bidwill who is the Cardinals President on PTF Live said that he hopes that online video distributors such as You Tube, Amazon, or Netflix will one day outweigh the traditional media companies and start transmitting NFL games. The Cardinals president is very much hopeful that NFL will someday be transmitted by online video distributors.

However, he has worries on how they will be able to evolve to online media distributors. In his statement he said that the best thing to do for now is listening to what their fans have to say about the online media distributors and whether they would be open for NFL games being transmitted online. He also noted that a number of their fans were now using digital devices and also made use of mobile devices and other handheld devices such as iPads. Michael Bidwill says he wants to make use of that digital migration by fans.

The new documentary series of All or Nothing which makes its first performance on July 1^st is as a result of the partnership between Cardinals and Amazon. It will be aired on Amazon Prime and Michael Bidwill has hopes that the series will be able to capture various new fans for the NFL games from outside Arizona. The series will also be a sure way of broadcasting their story all over the country and expanding their footprints as well as their fan base. According to Michael Bidwill NFL still hopes to expand its fan base all over the world, and the use of online distributor services such as YouTube, Netflix, and Amazon will be the start of broadcasting their games online.

NFL fans had a lot to say about the new expected transition. Most of them were in support of it while some said that the transition was not entirely possible. One of the fans said that NFL had to first expand a Prime-ticket like service in order to transition to online distributors.

Nepal will have their first home test after campaigning for it for a number of years. This is happening down at Kathmandu’s new stadium where England captain Joe Root is getting ready to make history. There are a number of fans in the stadium and Root’s team comprise of a number of players such as high-ranked players comprising of the captain and Ben Stokes, and others such as Sam Curran and Jamie Overton who are going to greater heights. Nepal has a very good reputation in associate cricket and has received rewards for it. The ICC has come forth to fulfil their promise even though many had doubts. New nations were one of the solutions to reviving Test cricket by the chief executive, David Richardson seven years ago.

This pledge by David Richardson has proved to work and this is visible through a number of filled houses such as Kathmandu, Kabul and Dublin. An ICC annual general meeting is due to take place in Edinburg and there will be discussions on a new format for Test cricket that Richardson has already discussed. They will comprise of promotion and relaxation. Former Black Caps captain came forward to urge cricket players to give their best in order to improve. He was backed up by Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara who said that players who participate in Test cricket will only prevail when they play against the best nations.

Very few fans are available for Test cricket matches around the globe. There are increasing day and night, pink-ball Tests after the match that was held last year between Australia and New Zealand which took place in Adelaide. Over 125,000 fans attended the game which lasted up to three days. Oldest format cricket is being campaigned for and two divisions with high rewards for the top management should be responsible for campaigning for the old formats. They should aim to inspire other nations who have passion for the game. Government interference has made the Cricket Association of Nepal to become suspended.

Cricket will be played in 7-10 years’ time if time if things are done differently this is according to the chief executive BhawanaGhimire as he addressed Standard Sport. ICC has a number of countries who are quite interested in cricket considering the number of people who are interested in cricket in Nepal. 10,000 people attended the two cricket games hosted in Nepal against Namibia in the World Cricket League. In order for cricket to thrive, people should not look in to the disadvantages but the advantages associated with it.

With President Barrack Obama about to leave the White House early in January, a lot has been said about what is expected to become of him after. Probably, he will venture in to other careers, while others such as Josh Earnest who is the secretary Obama might become one of the NBA owners. According to Earnest’s statement earlier on Wednesday, President Obama is a very big fan of the Chicago sports team and he has talked about being a part of the ownership group for an NBA contract. Earnest also said that Obama was reviewing on the opportunity to ensure I was the right thing to do.

Talking to the GQ Magazine in November, Obama who is currently 54 years of age said that he had an interest in becoming an owner of the NBA ownership group. He also added that he had earlier on dreamt of being able to bring together a team and thought the idea was very terrific. However, according to Earnest, the President joining an NBA ownership team would be an option to be discussed under the right circumstances. Obama has been noted a few times in the basketball courts and his love for basketball is undeniable. He also went to watch the Chicago Bulls play against Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2015-16 match in United Centre in October last year.

He also participated in a showdown between the Georgetown Hoyas and Blue Devils which took place at Verizon Centre in January 2010. According to his talk with Bill Simmons in GQ last November, Obama came forward to state that he had a dream of being able to run the NBA someday. He also responded to Bill Simmons question of whether he would one day want to have his own team by stating that he would very much love the idea. Meanwhile, for Obama to have a position in the NBA shares, he would have to have a lot of cash which according to Kurt Badenhausen would be around $1.25 billion according to estimates made six months ago.

William Hill has come before the KPMG consultancy in an effort to look into the strategic effort on the company’s digital and technology operations. This is according to news from the UK business made available earlier last weekend. William Hill financial update which led to the posting of an 11% net revenue decrease in digital division earlier in May is what led to the strategic consultancy review. There has also been a decrease in online games which have gone down to -4% and sports gambling which have gone down to –17%. In an effort to establish internal technology creations back in 2015 modern proprietary website known as ‘Project Trafalgar’ was put in place to increase user engagement with its desktop and mobile offering.

People in charge of William Hill have come out to state that Project Trafalgar original expectations have not been met. Gambling acceptance and expansion will be accepted in the UK market and this will cause mobile integration difficulty in the initial stages. The company is however invested in long term viability. Andrew Lee has been replaced by a new Managing Director of Online known as Crispin Nieboer. This came shortly after the opening half of 2016 which saw William Hill leaders foresee the new digital leadership. The opening half has also seen to the revision of the FTSE-listed operator in terms of all its annual earnings which range from £260-280 million. This has led to a decrease in William Hill shares from 410p in early February to 281p earlier this month.

The William Hill authorities have decided to commence with expansion of technological competences. There is also hope of purchasing the market leading gambling platform provider OpenBet by the Canadian firm NYX Gaming. This is to take place by using the £275 million joint-venture. This announcement comes shortly after the William Hill Director of Innovation and Customer Experience resigned. The director seemed to have played an important part in the development of the WHLabs. He is also responsible for overseeing the Project Trafalgar which led to the development of internal betting website. Hart, who is the retired Director will not be replaced but his role in the company will be divided between the senior management functions.