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Eddie George spent his whole career in Houston, according to ESPN

Chris Chase, yahoo.com

Can you spot the mistake in ESPN's NFL draft chyron for Eddie George? The former Houston Oilers (1996) and Tennessee Titans (1997-2003) running back announced the Titans second-round pick in Friday's NFL draft but the graphics department at the network …

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

52: Tennessee Titans -- Zach Brown, OLB, North Carolina -- Like former West Virginia and current Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin, Brown is all about speed. He'll need to develop as a read-and react guy, but as a moveable chess piece on passing d…

ESPN.com

I’m eager to hear the Titans talk about North Carolina linebacker Zach Brown, whom they just picked at No. 52. The outside reviews are not very good. Over in our chat, Matt Williamson of Scouts Inc. said Brown is a track star with no football acumen. Th…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

In the 2005 NFL draft the Tennessee Titans, coached by Jeff Fisher, took a chance on the troubled but talented Pacman Jones. Fisher eventually found that Pacman was more trouble than he’s worth, but that didn’t stop him from taking another troubled bu…

Arash Markazi, ESPN.com

Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul did not practice Friday with the team due to the strained left groin he suffered Tuesday. Paul expects to practice Saturday and start Sunday when the Clippers open the playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Ball Don't Lie Staff, yahoo.com

The 66-game regular season, mercifully, is over. The NBA jam-packed 66 games into a space where 50 usually went, and the result was a strange five-month run that had us talking about rested legs and oddball rotations more than we spoke of learning and g…

nba.com

The Indiana Pacers' Frank Vogel and the Memphis Grizzlies' Lionel Hollins today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in April.

Lee Jenkins, CNNSI.com

This should be the best series of the first round, Lob City against Grind City, in-your-face against over-your-head. The Clippers are in the playoffs for the first time in six years, but Chris Paul did not join them just to qualify. He did that in New O…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Normally, we’d start a 13-game night off with some recaps, but since the average margin of victory across the NBA last night was like 87 points, it felt good just to look forward to the weekend. The regular season is over and the matchups are set. In th…

ESPN.com

Titans offensive coordinator Chris Palmer looks at first-round pick Kendall Wright and sees a player who reminds him of players from the franchise’s passing glory days. “I think this guy reminds me of Drew Hill and Ernest Givins that we had back in th…