DeAngelo Williams, a multidimensional, utilitarian running back who totaled 343 yards on 98 carries in nine games for Pittsburgh last year, is looking for a job. Speaking to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Williams ran down the list of reasons for why a team might get stricken from his play-for list. Williams’ time in Carolina ended ugly, and so he won’t be going back.
In the NBA’s latest efforts to speed up play, the league announced Wednesday it reduced the number of timeouts per game in addition to implementing two more potential time-saving rule changes. The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved a reduction in the maximum number of timeouts per game from 18 to 14, according to the league’s press release. Additionally, the NBA eliminated the under-nine-minute television timeouts in the second and fourth quarters and reduced the number of timeouts allowed in both the final three minutes of regulation and overtime from three to two.
The former coach is suing the school for punitive damages related to what the civil suit says was a "long-running … smear campaign" aimed at Nutt.