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After the Warriors' 107-97 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night at TD Garden, Curry found his name on a short list with two of the greatest players the game has ever seen.
Essentially the Warriors are on that list twice, with Durant's 2017 Finals series resulting in the first of back-to-back titles for Golden State in 2017 and 2018.
Curry's 34 points in Game 1, 29 in Game 2 and 31 in Game 3 were followed up with a monster 43-point barrage in 40 minutes of action on Friday.
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Steph Curry among elite company with rare NBA Finals shooting stat line
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There was a time when Tony La Russa was considered an inventive, forward-thinking manager. That was over a decade ago, when La Russa led the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series win in 2011 and retired from baseball.
La Russa spent nine seasons away from the game before Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf brought La Russa back and entrusted him with a team that had World Series aspirations. It was a chance for the ever-loyal Reinsdorf to right a wrong after La Russa was prematurely fired by the team during the 1986 season, and a chance for La Russa to prove he still one more World Series run in him.
Instead, the only thing the 77-year-old La Russa proved in 2022 is that the game passed him by and the White Sox should cut bait before it's too late.
The pièce de résistance of La Russa's embarrassing return to the dugout came during Thursday's 11-9 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. With the White Sox trailing by two runs in the top of the sixth, La Russa decided to walk Trea Turner with a 1-2 count so lefty reliever Bennett Souza could face lefty Max Muncy with two outs. Five pitches later, Muncy blasted a pitch to the opposite field for a three-run homer.
La Russa faced scrutiny for the move even before Muncy hit the home run. Freddie Freeman looked confused and the White Sox broadcasters — Jason Benetti and Steve Stone — were at a loss for words. Even a fan in the stands recognized the folly of La Russa's move, shouting, "He had two strikes, Tony" so loud it was picked up on the White Sox's broadcast.
Given hours to reflect on the decision, La Russa doubled down after the game, saying walking Turner with a 1-2 count "wasn't a tough decision," per NBC Sports Chicago.
Some digging on FanGraphs reveals that's not true. Turner is a .258/.313/.390 hitter with a 1-2 count against lefties over his career, good for a .703 OPS, barely above the league average. Muncy hits .253/.366/.499 against lefties over his career, good for an .865 OPS, well above league average. Muncy was more likely to get on base and hit for power in that situation. He had every right to pop off after making La Russa's decision look foolish.
There is no rational explanation for La Russa ordering a walk to Turner in a 1-2 count. It was an inexplicable move that cost the White Sox another game.
Tony La Russa's mistakes are piling up
It's also far from the only egregious mistake by La Russa since his return to the dugout. In the fifth inning, La Russa allowed a struggling Dylan Cease to throw 45 pitches before pulling him. Cease was eventually charged with six runs in the frame, coughing up the White Sox's 4-0 lead.
With Tim Anderson sidelined, La Russa used utility man Leury Garcia in the leadoff spot multiple times. Garcia has a 24 wRC+ this season, meaning he's hit roughly 75 percent worse than the league average. La Russa has prioritized getting Garcia more plate appearances over promoting breakout sophomore Andrew Vaughn or burgeoning star Luis Robert to the leadoff spot.
Tony La Russa is hurting the White Sox's chances to compete. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images)
The lineup is a perpetual issue for La Russa. Despite being one of the best hitters on the team, Vaughn — a 24-year-old standout — received a planned day of rest Wednesday even though the team did not play Monday. Yoan Moncada, who is hitting .136 and has battled injuries all season, continues to hit in the No. 3 spot.
La Russa mistakes aren't limited to 2022. He also faced criticism last season for allowing reliever Liam Hendriks to run the bases in extra innings because La Russa didn't know about the rule change.
The White Sox are underperforming
Following Thursday's loss, the White Sox are 26-29 and sit five games back of the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central. Chicago has a -57 run differential, the fourth worst figure in the American League.
La Russa's poor decisions have played a big role in the team's disappointing start, though the blame doesn't solely fall on him. General manager Rick Hahn once again resorted to half measures to try and plug the White Sox's most glaring holes. Josh Harrison, 34, was signed on the cheap to try and replicate last season's success, unproven outfielder Gavin Sheets was slated to start in right field before a last-second trade for A.J. Pollock and the White Sox added no starting pitching depth despite going into the year with declining Dallas Keuchel and a workload-limited Michael Kopech as prominent members of the rotation.
Injuries to prominent players have made things more difficult, but there's still enough talent in the lineup, rotation and the revamped bullpen to make the White Sox a winning team. La Russa's refusal to adjust his lineup and pitching strategies around those injuries haven't put the White Sox in a position to overcome their losses.
A change at manager is past due
Firing La Russa won't guarantee the White Sox suddenly turn things around. Perhaps poor roster construction and injuries are too much to overcome and the White Sox will continue to earn the moniker "most disappointing team in baseball."
But the Philadelphia Phillies have shown the value in replacing a manager who has run his course. The Phillies are a perfect 6-0 since firing Joe Girardi and replacing him with Rob Thomson. Changes to the Phillies' lineup sparked the team's winning streak. It's also lifted morale in the clubhouse, where Phillies players celebrated so loudly they nearly drown out a Thomson press conference after another win.
History suggests the White Sox won't make that change. Reinsdorf is loyal to a fault, and has waited until the offseason to dismiss other overmatched managers in recent years. He can't afford to make the same mistake this time.
Expectations are much higher under La Russa. With the team finally ready to contend for a World Series title, La Russa was handpicked by the owner to take the team to the promised land.
Reinsdorf stood by La Russa after he was arrested for a DUI before the team hired him, and continues to stand by La Russa despite multiple on-field missteps. In four months, when the White Sox and La Russa amicably "part ways" after another disappointing year, Reinsdorf will likely continue to praise La Russa's baseball acumen.
By then, of course, it will be too late. The White Sox will have wasted yet another promising season after stubbornly standing by a manager who is in over his head.
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It's also his first NBA Finals, and he has been a huge contribution as the Warriors re-gain homecourt advantage for Game 5 with the series tied at two-games-apiece.
Golden State is now just two wins shy of its fourth title in eight years, and unlike that 1967 NBA Finals, the Warriors look to bring home the Larry O'Brien Trophy this time around.
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Andrew Wiggins first Warriors player with Game 4 totals since 1967 NBA Finals
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STATELINE, Nevada — Charles Barkley is done trying to convince the public he is a good golfer.
Barkley spoke to the media this week during a press conference for the American Century Championship Celebrity Golf Tournament, July 6-10 at Edgewood Tahoe.
“Like, halfway through the second day, when they realized, like, this dude might come in the top 70, they came with that bogus rule about you can’t bet on yourself,” Barkley said. “It doesn’t make sense. I bet on me to win. I didn’t bet that I was going to come out of the top 70. I bet I was going to come in the top 70.
“Hey, gambling is gambling. I don’t want to hear all the BS about betting on yourself and stuff.”
Barkley said when he played, the fans in Oakland, the Warriors’ previous home before moving across the Bay to San Francisco, were among the best in the league.
“That’s one of the most fond places I’ve ever played a basketball game, when the Warriors were in Oakland. These San Francisco fans are annoying, to be honest with you. But they’re great fans,” he said.
“But let me tell you something. What has happened to that city is a travesty and disgrace. I know TNT is cheap and they put us in the cheapest hotels in the history of civilization. But all the homelessness and crime you’ve got going down in San Francisco, man, that cannot happen. They’ve need to clean that up.”
“They’re walking around with their head on a swivel. And I always tell them, ‘Hey, shoot ’em. I’ll get you out of jail. If anybody come near us we don’t like, just shoot them, I’ll get you out of jail,'” he said.
Charles Barkley reacts to a missed putt on the first green during Capital One’s The Match: Champions For Change at Stone Canyon Golf Club on Nov. 27, 2020, in Oro Valley, Arizona. Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images for The Match
“I hate NIL because, No. 1, I think it’s going to have tremendous resentment among teammates. They’re going to be comparing who makes the most,” he said. “The transfer portal is going to be, they’re going to be cherry picking guys every single year now, like, how much are they paying you at this school? We need to give you more to come here.”
“The NCAA has nobody to blame but themselves because they’ve been boneheads forever. Suspending guys for getting a free meal, suspending guys for getting an extra pair of sneakers and stupid stuff like that. And now you’ve got the toothpaste out of the tube where every kid is going to the highest bidder,” he said. “These little schools, they got no chance going forward. They’ve got zero chance, because they’re not going to be able to pay what these big schools are going to pay.”
“Instead of passing sensible gun resolutions, they’re out here worrying about the NIL. Are you kidding me? They’re out here talking about abortion in 2022. They won’t pass not one single (law) making it hard to get an assault weapon, but they’re worried about the NIL? And they want to talk about abortion in 2022? That’s only because we’re just fools, the public,” he said.
“They know they’ve just got to say a couple of words to get your vote. They throw the word ‘conservative,’ ‘liberal,’ they throw it around. Those words should be outlawed, liberal, conservative. What are you actually going to do? We’ve got to realize these politicians, both parties, both parties are full of s***.”
Charles Barkley at the 2020 American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe. Photo by Tom R. Smedes/Special to Reno Gazette-Journal
“When we started 27 years ago, that was like 10 stars and 75 backup people,” he said.
On trash talk
Turner Sports sportscaster Charles Barkley at The Match: Tiger vs Phil golf match at Shadow Creek Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
If Barkley has a better score in the ACC this July, he gets to cut off Rodgers’ man-bun.
“Just because you’re too cheap to cut your hair, you can’t make it a style,” Barkley said. “Man, here’s $25. Go down to Fantastic Sam’s and get that thing cut off the back of your head. Just because you don’t cut your hair, that’s not a style. But Aaron’s a much better golfer than me, but I’ll be happy to give a donation to his charity.”
TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley. Photo by Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
“You know, they’re not close. They’re not close at all,” he said of the Knicks. “They probably only have two to three guys who are actually NBA starters. So the number one thing they’ve got to do is get some talent.”
“It’s frustrating because I want to see them do good. I used to look forward to going to Sacramento. That fan base, especially back in Arco, they had a tremendous fan base, a tremendous fan base. It was a hostile, great environment. They loved their team. So I always kind of want to see them do good,” he said. “But I don’t know what the hell happened out there. They traded their best player, (Tyrese) Haliburton. And I’m a big (Domantas) Sabonis fan. So I have zero idea what happened to De’Aaron Fox. I thought three years ago he was going to be a perennial All‑Star.”
“You can’t have that many lottery picks year after year after year and suck. That’s impossible. At some point you’re like I’ve got to have a good player here or there.”
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Angel Yin walked off the 18th green at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles with a USGA pin attached to her shirt where a logo used to be stitched. The pin was a gift from a tournament official, but it underscored the fact that a 23-year-old former Solheim Cup player has no sponsors. Nothing on her hat, her shirt or her bag.
Earlier this year, Yin took the place of defending champion Lydia Ko, who tested positive for COVID-19, at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International. Yin tied for 10th at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club and said she couldn’t pass up another opportunity to work on her game and make money. She compared the quality of the Saudi tournament to a top-tier LPGA event like the Cognizant Founders Cup.
Yin, who admittedly hasn’t watched the news much to read up on the latest in human rights conditions in Saudi Arabia, was heartened by the number of young girls on the range each day for clinics, and what she’d heard from Americans on the ground about strides being made by the Kingdom.
“The way I see it, if they are willing to invest money into women’s golf,” said Yin. “I don’t see how that can hurt.”
In recent years, the laws in Saudi Arabia have changed to allow women to travel abroad and drive a car. However, the male guardian system that’s still in place requires a male relative’s permission to marry, divorce or leave a shelter or prison.
Last month, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman was seen as downplaying the 2018 killing of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi during media day for the inaugural event in London. In March, Saudi Arabia put to death 81 people in a mass execution.
Many view the massive sums of money being thrown toward golf by the Saudis as brazen sportswashing.
As the golf world grapples with the potential ramifications of the new LIV Golf Series, which kicked off this week in London and resulted in some of the game’s biggest names being suspended by the PGA Tour, many wonder what future plans Golf Saudi might have for the women’s game.
Already entrenched in the Ladies European Tour, Golf Saudi currently backs six events – including the Aramco Team Series – which feature prize money that’s three to four times a typical event on that tour. Players on the LET must compete for Saudi money to have a chance to keep their cards, forcing some to choose between their livelihood and beliefs.
With the LET falling under the LPGA’s umbrella, the tour is already a partner of the Saudi government. In addition, several LPGA players – such as three-time major champion Anna Nordqvist, Carlota Ciganda, Bronte Law and Alison Lee – sport both the Amarco Series and Saudi logos on their hats and shirts.
It all seems to beg the question, what comes next in the women’s game?
Alison Lee of the United States reacts after making a putt on the 13th hole during the second round of the DIO Implant LA Open at Wilshire Country Club on April 22, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)
Nordqvist wouldn’t comment to Golfweek on her partnership with Golf Saudi. Lee, a former standout at UCLA, won the Aramco Team Series event in Sotogrande by five shots last year for her first professional title.
“To be honest with you, it’s hard to compare what the partnership that Aramco Series has with the women versus what’s going on with the men,” said Lee, “it’s apples and oranges. The women on the LET, they play for almost nothing. It’s very similar purse sizes on the (Epson) Tour.
“A million-dollar purse for them is huge, absolutely huge. It’s almost life-changing for some of those girls when they make a big check at the end of the week. I feel like on the men’s tour, you don’t have guys rooming every week with another player; you don’t have them sharing an Airbnb; you don’t have them sharing a rental car, staying at host families every week.”
For LPGA players, the allure of a rare appearance fee at Aramco events is too good to pass up. Yin said expenses for the year on the LPGA can reach six figures. As Lee said, even those who make the cut at an LPGA with a $1.5 million purse might not earn enough to cover expenses for the week.
“Sponsors are meant to help you with your expenses throughout the year,” said Yin. “When you have that stress lifted off of you, you can play golf more free and not worry about whether or not you can pay rent.”
The LPGA wouldn’t comment for this story, other than to say that the tour has not received an offer from LIV Golf, which is contrary to what CEO Greg Norman told the BBC. Norman said their offer to make a substantial investment similar to the Asian Tour was rejected by both the LPGA and LET. But, he continued, that doesn’t mean it’s over. (LIV golf has already invested $300 million toward the Asian Tour.)
“Just because we offered that up,” said Norman, “we may have a different strategy going forward, so sit back and wait. We’re here for a long, long period of time. We’re here to grow the game golf on a global basis, not just in one specific sector, which is men’s. It’s across the board.”
Lewis, an LPGA board member who told Golfweek late last year that she wouldn’t compete in Saudi Arabia, said the tour is very concerned about what could happen down the road.
“We don’t have all the money and the power that the PGA does to kind of withstand all this,” said Lewis. “If tour players were to leave and start doing what the guys are doing, I don’t know what would happen to our tour. … We’ve kind of kept them at arm’s length.”
A Saudi man watches a golfer compete in the Saudi Ladies International golf tournament on November 15, 2020, at the King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah. (Photo by Amer HILABI / AFP) (Photo by AMER HILABI/AFP via Getty Images)
Veteran American Marina Alex believes it would be foolish not to think the LPGA is in a vulnerable position.
With 15 events on the LPGA schedule with $2 million purses, it wouldn’t take much for LIV to create a women’s series that could draw away many of the tour’s top stars.
What could the LPGA do to potentially fortify itself against such a potential threat? Alex isn’t sure there’s a good answer to that question. As a women’s organization, it’s even more complex.
“I would just love for girls to have more sponsorship in general,” said Alex, “and it’s unfortunate that that’s not the case. And this is the next option for players, and I can’t fault them for that. If they think it’s going to change the trajectory of their career, how can you deny someone that opportunity?”
Ryann O’Toole looks at the situation on the men’s side and feels this shouldn’t become a battle about where players can compete. While she hasn’t been invited to compete in the Aramco Series, she’d like to participate.
“That’s where it becomes really a fine line,” said O’Toole. “When the LPGA says ‘Hey, you play for the LPGA.’ Well, we as players own the LPGA. At the end of the day, there should be no discrimination about where we should go to play, or what events we choose to play, how we choose to work. The same with the PGA Tour.”
If another women’s tour were created, O’Toole believes it would bring awareness to what many players have been saying: No more $1.5 million purses.
“We don’t want more events,” said O’Toole. “We want bigger purses. We want less weeks on the road.”
Lizette Salas has already competed in Aramco Series events. If a rival tour were to present itself, similar to LIV, Salas said she’d have to see where she is in her career. Many players, she continued, would take that opportunity “regardless of where (the money is) coming from.”
And what if such a tour or series would crush the nearly 75-year-old LPGA?
“Again, it has to kind of be right place, right time for me,” said Salas. “I would just have to analyze where I am in my career, what my core values are and if it’s a good place for me to play … but I’m not taking it off the table right now.”
Top American Nelly Korda, who competed on the Aramco Series last year in New York with sister Jessica, was asked at a pre-tournament press conference at Pine Needles if she’d be interested if someone came along and offered a $10 million purse every week.
“Yeah,” said Korda, “I don’t know if anyone would say no to that.”
Instead of the LPGA?
“Oh, that is something I’ve never thought of,” she continued. “Right now, I have my eyes set on the LPGA, and that’s where I’m thinking.”
Brittany Altomare, 31, has earned $3.1 million over the course of her LPGA career. She has yet to be invited to the Aramco Series but is keeping a close eye on what’s transpiring in men’s golf.
“Honestly, I don’t know what I would do if I was offered something,” said Altomare. “It’s hard, because morally I have an issue when everything that goes on there, especially towards women … but as Rory put it, $100 million isn’t going to change his life. But a couple million changes my life completely.”
Ms. Marvel, which premiered on June 8, 2022 on Disney+, has changed the character's powers. Instead of being Inhuman, she has her powers activated via bracelets.
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It was an emotional win for Mike Repole, the New York native who is a co-owner of both Mo Donegal and Nest.
"I used to cut out of school and it made me an entrepreneur. I used to bet $20 and that's a lot of pressure when you had to pay back your parents. I'm always going to be Mike from Queens. This is New York's biggest race and to win it here, with my family and friends and 70 people here, this will be a big winner's circle."
"I guess we made a mistake not putting him on the fence," trainer Eric Reed said of the decision not to have Leon take Rich Strike to the rail, hoping instead to "give him a good, open run where he could take off."
After his Kentucky Derby upset, Rich Strike sat out the Preakness Stakes, won by Early Voting over heavily favored Epicenter -- neither of which ran in the Belmont.
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Mo Donegal wins Belmont as Rich Strike finishes sixth
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It was a good day for Mo Donegal's owner. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
A few months after maybe the most unlikely Kentucky Derby winner ever, the favorite took the win at the Belmont Stakes.
Mo Donegal, which entered the race as a 5-2 favorite, surged down the stretch to win the 2022 Belmont Stakes. It was a 1-2 victory for owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher, as their filly Nest also placed. Skippylongstocking filled out the podium at third.
We The People, entering the race at 7-2, held the lead for the first mile or so, but eventually faded to fourth.
Here's the winning moment for Mo Donegal:
The biggest disappointment was that of unlikely Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, which entered the race at 4-1 odds. After skipping the Preakness Stakes to focus on the Belmont, the horse looked agitated as he walked to the starting gate and ended up spending much of the race in last place.
Rich Strike was in a similar position during the Derby, but the magic clearly wasn't there again. The horse ultimately finished sixth out of eight.
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Race favorite Mo Donegal surges to win Belmont Stakes
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Purdue athletics held its second Boilermakers on the Road event in Fort Wayne
On Thursday evening, DocuSign , a darling of the pandemic economy, released the first first quarter financial results. For the three month period ended April 30th, DocuSign posted adjusted EPS of $0.38 $-0.14 on revenue of $588.69M. The sales number was good enough for annual growth of 25.5%, and did beat Wall Street.
TikTok star Cooper Noriega was found dead at age 19 in Burbank, California on Thursday, June 9, 2022. A cause of death has not been revealed yet.
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Fred Williams and Sparks continue searching for answers after loss to Aces
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J.D. Martinez was apparently tired of the good-natured joking he was receiving about his long home run drought. Martinez homered for the first time in nearly a month, Bobby Dalbec snapped a tie with a solo shot and the Boston Red Sox won for the eighth time in nine games, beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Friday night. “We know he’s gonna start hitting the ball in the air and the ball is gonna go and he’s gonna become the hitter that we always see,” Boston manager Alex Cora said.
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Aggies heading to CWS; Vols, Hokies, Longhorns force Game 3s
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Sirianni explains why he gave up play calling originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
A lot of coaches wouldn’t give up play calling.
Nick Sirianni did.
While you could certainly find the negative in the situation, that the offensive head coach the Eagles hired last year gave up those responsibilities during his first season at the helm. But the positives stand out even more.
In a profession where ego can derail careers, Sirianni selflessly handed off play calling during the 2021 season to his offensive coordinator Shane Steichen. Earlier this spring, Steichen confirmed he’ll be calling the offensive plays again in 2022.
“I think that's where a lot of problems happen in the NFL is from an ego standpoint,” Sirianni said last week. “It’s what is the best thing to do. If I said I'm going to stand on a table and run these plays that we ran with Philip Rivers, because that's what we do, that's an ego thing to me. So, it's the same thing here. I felt like I needed to make a change in the sense of how to free me up to be a better head coach, and I had a good assistant to call the plays, and so that's what I went with.
“So yeah, no hesitation there at all, no ego thing there at all. Shane has done a great job, and imagining we do what we're supposed to do and win games, do what we were paid to do to come here, Shane will get an opportunity to be a head coach and then we [discuss] it again.”
Sirianni, 40, made it very clear that it’s not like he’s turning over the entirety of his offense to Steichen. Sirianni, with input from his assistants, still devises the gameplan weekly. He and Steichen go over situational football and they even script the first 15 plays together too.
Sirianni’s point was that a lot more goes into play calling than the actual moment Steichen calls the play through the headset to Jalen Hurts.
But we shouldn’t minimize that role either; it’s important. And there are plenty of head coaches who wouldn’t have been willing to turn over the reins. Heck, Doug Pederson never considered turning over his play sheet, even when things were going poorly. That’s not a knock on Doug; he’s a good play caller who wanted to work his way out of a rut. But it’s a good example of how sure of himself Sirianni is.
He felt like calling plays on game days was taking him away from some of his other responsibilities on Sundays.
“What I noticed was, well, I wasn't communicating enough with (defensive coordinator Jonathan) Gannon about something, or I wasn't communicating enough about the defense about something that they needed to be pumped up or [Special Teams Coordinator Michael Clay] or the special teams,” Sirianni said. “I love doing that, to go over into the kickoff return and say, ‘Let's go, let's get a play going.’ There are a lot of things that have to happen on the offense before a drive starts.
“You have to communicate to all the offensive players, ‘Here are the next string of plays.’ You have to put together the next string of plays of what you're talking about.
“I just really trusted Shane. Shane and I spend so much time throughout the week together, again, coming up with a plan amongst the coaches, and Shane and I are doing most of the heavy lifting.
“We shifted to it during one of the games, and I felt comfortable with being able to talk to everybody – there are things that come up with the referees that I need to do. There are things that come up with the guys upstairs that I need to talk through a situation and how we might need to handle it. There are just so many things that came up, and you know what, I wanted to trust the guys on the staff that I had, because I have good coaches. We just talked about it.”
Even during games, there are plenty of conversations between Sirianni and Steichen about the next set of plays.
And Sirianni contends that he and Steichen have such a long history working with one another, dating back to their years together with the Chargers, that they’re always on the same wavelength anyway when it comes to play calling.
“He knows exactly what I want on a 3rd-and-long at the 40-yard line,” Sirianni said. “He knows exactly what I want. What's that game show where you go behind — I don't even remember, but we would write down the exact same play.”
The Newlywed Game?
“Yeah, the Newlywed Game,” Sirianni said chuckling. “Shane and I.”
The Eagles just have to hope this marriage keeps working.
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Despite the fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking to move on without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, expectations for this team don’t change. Be competitive, push for the playoffs and win games.
This means every man must do his job from the coaches to the players. But which player is under the most pressure to perform this season?
The easy answer here is whoever ends up being the quarterback whether it’s Kenny Pickett or Mitch Trubisky. But there are other players on the roster who will feel the pressure as well.
The top of the line is inside linebacker Devin Bush. Injuries and underperformance since being drafted have now come to a head and he’s playing for a new contract. Now more excuses for the guy the Steelers traded up to get.
Another linebacker who puts the pressure on himself is T.J. Watt. Coming off of his first Defensive Player of the Year award, Watt has set his own bar incredibly high and says he has work to do.
Cast your vote and let us know which player you think has the most pressure to perform this season.
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Death certainly becomes Hulu thanks to Only Murders in the Building, a 10-episode comic mystery starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as three inhabitants of a New York City apartment complex who team up to investigate the death of a neighbor. Co-created by Martin and John Hoffman, the star-filled drama returns June 28 on […]
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Mo Donegal takes first at Belmont Stakes, while Nest and Skippylongstocking follow in second and third, respectively
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Offensive Coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals
The latest to discuss the group was offensive coordinator Brian Callahan, the son of offensive line guru Bill Callahan.
“The additions up front have been really impressive,” Callahan said. “A guy like LC looks like he’s supposed to look. They practice like they’re supposed to practice. Ted Karras has been really fun to be around. He’s dialed in. Seeing those guys, that feels different.”
“It all works together,” he adds, in regards to the upgraded line and its effect on how the offense will operate.
As Bengals.com’s Geoff Hobson also notes in the article, one key here is the continuity between the coaches. Callahan is in his fourth year as offensive coordinator for the Bengals, the longest-tenured OC for the team since Bill Bratkowski spent ten years (2001-2010) in that role.
Having that familiarity for the roster along with the upgraded offensive line should provide plenty of hope as the team hopes to play in Arizona in February.
The Pacers hosted a pre-draft workout for Arizona star Bennedict Mathurin on Friday, marking the highest-ranked known prospect Indiana has brought in.
The Michigan Panthers take on the New Jersey Generals at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich knows the routine like the back of his hand at this point.
Over the course of his time with the Colts, Reich has become no stranger to getting a new quarterback up to speed in the offense. Ryan will be the fifth starting quarterback in as many seasons, but his experience in the league has allowed the transition to take place smoothly.
In addition, Reich has been impressed with how quickly Ryan has commanded respect in the locker room and on the field.
Several of Ryan’s teammates had praise for the 37-year-old throughout the offseason. From his leadership qualities to his on-field performance, Ryan quickly made an impression on his new teammates.
Part of the process isn’t just getting Ryan to learn the offense from Reich’s perspective. It also includes getting to know Ryan as a player and adding elements to the scheme that he’s been successful with.
“Kind of get to learn a few things about him, pick his brain about some of the things he did and what are the favorite things he did in Atlanta,” Reich said. “Let’s see if we can incorporate a few of those things and kind of fit with us. So we got a lot of that done over the last number of weeks.”
Ryan echoed those sentiments about Reich from the duo working together over the last few months.
“I think it’s been great. I’ve really enjoyed spending time with him in the meeting room, getting a feel for his philosophy as a coach and the things that he believes in,” Ryan said. “Getting to know him as a person, you’re not going to find a better person than him. I really feel like we’ve made a lot of good strides in the last two months in terms of getting on the same page and communicating.”
The Colts appear to be in a solid spot going into training camp and, naturally, everything looks rosy this time of year. But it’s at least encouraging that everyone appears to be on the same page going into training camp.
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Colts impressed with Matt Ryan’s commanding presence
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The Eagles have the NFL’s top rushing attack and it’s done by a committee approach with Miles Sanders and Boston Scott as the veteran leadership, but a second-year running back on the roster could be the most talented.
Kenneth Gainwell is a dual-threat running back who can make defenders miss, while also excelling in the passing game with elite skills from the slot or backfield.
CBS Sports recently looked at the under-the-radar player for all 16 NFC teams that could be a star in 2022, and the second-year running back made the list for Philadelphia.
He showed ability not just on handoffs but particularly as a receiver out of the backfield. He set a solid foundation for himself that Nick Sirianni will look to build upon in 2022, and that could eventually make Gainwell the feature back in Philly, especially if Miles Sanders continues to battle durability issues. He would have to fight off veteran running back Boston Scott, however, but even if time is split between two of the three — there’s a huge opportunity here for Gainwell to make sure he’s not the odd man out.
Sanders is in the final year of his rookie deal and Gainwell could snatch the lead running back role with a breakout 2022 season.
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Fans of Netflix's "Shadow and Bone" await Season 2 to find out what happens to their favorite new Ravkan characters after Season 1's dramatic finale.
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Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers understand the situation. Instead of trying to replace one of the game’s best players, the Packers will evolve on offense to fit the leftover personnel.
Rodgers acknowledged that the Packers offense will be different now than All-Pro receiver Davante Adams is in Las Vegas.
“The offense has to change,” Rodgers said last week. “Last year, when you have a guy who is that talented, it’s probably not an exaggeration to say that 80 percent of the plays in the passing game were designed specifically for 17, so we’re obviously gonna do some things a little different.”
Adams was targeted 169 times in 16 games during the 2021 season. He accounted for 123 completions, 1,553 yards and 11 touchdowns for the Packers passing game.
Green Bay granted Adams’ wish and traded him to Las Vegas in March. His departure leaves a significant hole in the offense but also creates an opportunity for Rodgers and coach Matt LaFleur to build something different entering 2022.
There will not be a singularly dominant force at wide receiver, but the Packers have two dynamic running backs, three veteran wide receivers, a diverse group of tight ends and three potential-filled rookie pass-catchers.
The best offenses can change. The best coaches evolve their schemes to fit the personnel.
Games without Adams over the last three seasons present somewhat of a blueprint for what’s likely ahead for the Packers offense. Rodgers will spread the ball around to more players, and the running backs – especially Aaron Jones – can be expected to be used more in the passing game. LaFleur and Rodgers are 7-0 without Adams in the lineup since 2019, so this group knows how to adjust on the fly. But redesigning a passing game in the offseason is different from creating a one-week game plan.
The receiver position will be in the spotlight.
Allen Lazard, who is entering Year 5 in Green Bay, and Sammy Watkins, the veteran addition, will each get opportunities to be the top target. Randall Cobb returns to provide an experienced option in the slot. Christian Watson could help replace Marquez Valdes-Scantling as the deep threat, and he should get opportunities to be a gadget weapon. Romeo Doubs is a polished wide receiver who could get on the field early in his career. And the Packers are bringing back Juwann Winfree, Amari Rodgers and Malik Taylor from last year’s team.
LaFleur could be building the offense around Jones and A.J. Dillon, who each went over 1,000 total yards last season. Jones is a slashing runner who can hit home runs in the run game and also line up all across the formation in the passing game. Dillon is the sledgehammer, but he’s also a highly underrated receiver. Together, the pair could easily handle over 500 touches during the 2022 season.
Adams’ departure leaves the Packers without a star in the passing game. In response, LaFleur and Rodgers are evolving the offense. The end product – which could be a more pure form of the LaFleur scheme – figures to be one of the most fascinating storylines for the Packers entering this season.
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“Pressure changes everything. Some people, you squeeze ’em, they focus. Others fold.”
So said Al Pacino’s fiendish lawyer John Milton in 1997’s The Devil’s Advocate, a film whose creators knew just a little too much about the true nature and identity of evil. That’s a story for another day, though.
Pressure is the focus of this story – and there are more than a few Seattle Seahawks players who will be feeling plenty of it this coming season. In the absence of former franchise quarterback Russell Wilson and legendary middle linebacker Bobby Wagner a new chapter has begun in Seattle and new characters will have to emerge to fill that void in leadership.
K Jason Myers
It may not be fair, but it’s a fact of life playing kicker in the NFL: you’re only as good as your last game. That’s bad news for Myers, who is coming off a brutal 2021 season that saw him connect on less than 75% of his field goal attempts. He was literally perfect the year before, but that may as well have been a lifetime ago in this business. If Myers picks up where he left off in 2021 he likely won’t make it to the end of this coming season.
LB Cody Barton
The one Seahawks defender with the biggest cleats to fill is their new starting middle linebacker Cody Barton. He looked sharp in the final two games of last season with Wagner sidelined by a knee injury. However, it’s a different animal entirely playing a whole year against opponents who have more film to utilize to exploit your tendencies – especially in a division with Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan, who excel at attacking linebackers in coverage. Expect Barton to be under a microscope all year.
LB Jordyn Brooks
Everything that’s true of Barton going into 2022 can also be applied to Jordyn Brooks. Pete Carroll says he will be taking over Wagner’s former role as the team’s defensive play-caller. In addition to that new burden of leadership, Brooks will have to continue to build on the improvement he showed last season compared to his rookie year – especially in coverage. Identifying and shutting down screens should be at the top of the list.
LT Charles Cross
On the other side of the ball the Seahawks have made some major changes to the book-ends of their offensive line. At left tackle, rookie Charles Cross is replacing Duane Brown, who will likely be a Hall of Famer some day. While Abe Lucas has competition to start on the other side, the blindside is practically Cross’ job to lose. While that’s a relief during the offseason it’ll also put tremendous pressure on him once the games begin. Cross has to improve his power and his stance, or he’ll likely have a lot of welcome-to-the-NFL-rookie moments early on.
RB Rashaad Penny
Injuries and inconsistency have plagued Rashaad Penny ever since he was drafted. Odds are he wouldn’t have been re-signed for this year if he hadn’t absolutely exploded in the final five games of the 2021 season. Now, Penny has to try to maintain that high level of production and stay healthy for a whole 17-game season. If he doesn’t, Seattle has a younger and more athletic running back ready to take his place in Ken Walker.
QB Drew Lock
No player on the Seahawks roster has more to gain or lose this year than their 25-year old QB Drew Lock, who came over from the Broncos as part of the Russell Wilson trade. Lock shined down the stretch of the 2019 season but has had difficulty reaching that level ever since. First, he’ll have to beat out Geno Smith for the QB1 job. Then, he needs to prove he can cut down on his turnovers and build on the things he does well on the field. If Lock thrives he could be Seattle’s new franchise QB. If he bombs, he may never get another chance to start in the NFL.
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“Wiggs was fantastic,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “To go against Boston, you've got to deal with (Jayson) Tatum and (Jaylen) Brown, and they are just powerful, skilled players. Great size. They are coming downhill at you constantly, so we had to have Wiggs out there. I thought he was great defensively. …
“Wiggs has done what he's done all playoffs — make it tough for the opposing starter to score,” Golden State’s Draymond Green said.
“We have a lot of guys that can go in the game and affect the game in different ways, and right now, everything is needed,” Wiggins said. “Whatever anybody has to give, you don't want to look back a couple weeks from now and be like, 'I should have done that, I should have done that.' "
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Warriors' Andrew Wiggins shining in NBA Finals vs. Celtics
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Mar 12, 2022; Birmingham, AL, USA; Abby Steiner of Kentucky poses after winning the women's 200m during the NCAA Indoor Track and Field championships at the CrossPlex. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
LEXINGTON — Kentucky track and field star Abby Steiner won her third career individual national title in the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships in June.
Here is what you need to know about the Wildcats' record-setting sprinter.
1. Abby Steiner holds multiple national records
The two-time indoor national champion in the 200-meter dash, Steiner broke the American indoor 200-meter record (22.09 seconds) in February at the Southeastern Conference championships. It was the second-fastest indoor time in the event ever, behind only Jamaican Merlene Ottey's 21.87 world record.
Earlier this spring, Steiner was part of the Kentucky 4x400-meter relay team that broke the NCAA record (3:21.93). She also holds the NCAA indoor record for the 300-meter (35.8 seconds). In winning her first outdoor title in the 200-meter in June, Steiner broke the collegiate record for that event (21.8 seconds)
Steiner broke the school record in the outdoor 100-meter with a wind-legal time of 10.92 seconds earlier this season.
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2. An injury kept Abby Steiner from trying to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
While former UK track stars piled up medals in Tokyo last summer, Steiner had to watch from home after missing the Olympic trials due to Achilles tendinitis.
"I could allow myself to be upset, but that was not going to change anything,” Steiner told the Bowling Green Daily News. “I just had to focus on what I could do better. There was no real rehab for this injury other than rest. I went to physical therapy but there was a lot of just taking time off, which was difficult for me."
While Steiner rehabbed her injury, former Kentucky track stars swept the gold medals in the women's hurdle competitions in Tokyo. Former Wildcats Sydney McLaughlin (400-meter hurdles) and Keni Harrison (100-meter hurdles) are the world record holders in those events.
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3. Abby Steiner played soccer at Kentucky too
Steiner arrived at UK as a two-sport athlete with the chance to compete for both the track and field and soccer teams.
As a freshman, she started all 19 games for the women's soccer team, tallying two goals and five assists. She was the only UK player to start every game that season.
The physical toll of playing both sports proved too much, so Steiner chose to focus on track after her freshman year. That decision quickly paid off as Steiner earned NCAA Indoor All-America honors as a sophomore in three events (60-meters, 200-meters, 4x400-meter relay).
Kentucky track: 'The program is fire': How UK took center stage in Tokyo Olympics
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The Atlanta Braves will try to keep a five-game home win streak going when they play the Pittsburgh Pirates.
French voters were choosing lawmakers in a parliamentary election Sunday as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to secure his centrist majority, which is under growing threat from a new leftist coalition. More than 6,000 candidates, ranging from 18 to 92, were running for 577 seats in the National Assembly in the first round of the election. In other cases, up to four candidates who get at least 12.5% support will advance to the decisive second round on June 19.
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NEW YORK – Aaron Judge revved up the Yankee Stadium crowd less than 15 minutes into the game Saturday night.
Before long, his teammates took their turn trying to one-up the league's home run leader.
And by the end of the night, the Bronx Bombers had folks rushing to the record book.
All told, the Yankees flexed their muscle by crushing a season-high six home runs in an 8-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Left-hander Jordan Montgomery allowed five hits over seven shutout innings after getting an unusual amount of run support.
"Just a great environment to play in here in Yankee Stadium," manager Aaron Boone said. "When you start hitting the ball out of the ballpark and everyone is chipping in to it, it definitely makes for an energetic and fun night in the dugout."
Judge (2-for-3, two HR's, three RBI) started the hit parade with a leadoff shot in the first inning and added his MLB-leading 24th of the season later in the night.
Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres, Jose Trevino and Anthony Rizzo all went deep as well to give the Yankees (43-16) their 10th win in 11 games.
Unfortunately for Cubs starter Matt Swarmer, it was that kind of night.
"Guys are locked in," said Montgomery, who was determined to give the bullpen a rest after a 13-inning marathon the previous night. "It's definitely fun to see them barreling the ball up like that."
Jun 11, 2022; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees designated hitter Aaron Judge (99) reacts after hitting a home run against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankee Stadium crowd serenaded Judge with "MVP" chants as he continued his chase towards Roger Maris' single-season record. Judge is currently on pace for 66 home runs and doesn't appear to be slowing down. He's now reached base in 13 straight games, while hitting .340 (17-for-50) with seven homers and 12 RBI in that span.
"Unreal. It's fun to watch," Stanton said. "I have the best seat in the house too. We all kind of laugh after he puts up nights like this."
The Yankees extended the lead in the fourth inning on back-to-back home runs by Stanton and Torres. Stanton sent a missile off the second deck in left with an exit velocity of 119.8 mph.
In the process, the Yankees' outfielder passed up Shohei Ohtani and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with the hardest hit ball of the season and one of the fastest of the Statcast Era.
"When he hits one like that, you don't see that everyday," Judge said. "I'm lucky enough to see that stuff on a nightly basis."
Rizzo joined the party in the fifth inning to give New York its most home runs in a game since Sept. 17, 2020 against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Meanwhile, Swarmer became only the second pitcher in MLB history to serve up six solo bombs in one game, according to ESPN. (The last was Hollis "Sloppy" Thurston in 1932.)
Montgomery (2.70 ERA) had no such trouble during his longest start of the season.
"The preparation he puts in with the catcher is unmatched," Judge said. "It's fun to see him on gameday."
June 3, 2022; Bronx, N.Y. -- Yankees catcher Jose Trevino (39) reaches third after hitting a two run triple in the fourth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports
Catching on with the Yankees
Luis Severino admits that he didn't know much about Jose Trevino when the Yankees acquired the catcher.
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"(Trevino) certainly has earned being in there, but we love what we have going on with both guys," Boone said. "Obviously we want to get Higgy going a little bit at the plate, but Jose has definitely gotten more and more opportunities."
New York Yankees relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (54) throws in the ninth inning against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, April 9, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
The reports after the game were positive.
"He was excited about it," Boone said. "I didn't get to see it, but (Matt Blake) and (Mike Harkey) were both really encouraged by it. So it was important step for Chappy."
Jonathan Loaisiga (right shoulder inflammation) is expected to be back in New York on Sunday, although he has resumed throwing.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: New York Yankees blow out Chicago Cubs with season-high six home runs
Don Perkins, a six-time Pro Bowl running back with the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960s, has died. The NFL team and the University of New Mexico, where Perkins was a standout player before his professional career, said Perkins died Thursday. Perkins rushed for 6,217 yards in 107 games with the Cowboys from 1961-68, and is fourth on the team's career list behind two Pro Football Hall of Famers — NFL career rusher leader Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett — and their current running back, Ezekiel Elliott.
MINNEAPOLIS — Something has been wrong for a while with Mike Zunino, as his work behind and at the plate has shown at times. The issue is in his left shoulder and bicep, causing tingling, among other things. Without specifying a cause beyond inflammation, the Rays decided the best plan would be rest. So Friday they placed their All-Star catcher on the 10-day injured list with hopes for a ...
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Florida football’s recruiting team has been pounding the pavement on the 2023 class while also courting the best that the 2024 brood has to offer. New head coach Billy Napier has put a strong emphasis on the importance of prep recruiting as a primary component of the program’s rebuild, and thus far, he has both talked the talk and walked the walk.
The Gators have also focused their efforts on in-state recruits given the abundance of talent consistently turned out by the Sunshine State. One of their 2024 targets hails from just down the road — four-star athlete Fred Gaskin III out of Vanguard in Ocala.
The 5-foot-11-inch, 182-pound multi-talented high school sophomore has already visited the university on several occasions in 2021, including his attendance at summer camp, while also making the trek up I-75 thrice this year. His latest visit came earlier this week when he stopped by for Florida’s one-day camp, after which he offered the following to Gators Online.
“It was good getting around the new staff. It started really good and we were just doing positional drills. Pretty much throughout the whole camp, they gave me good energy.
“Since there were not a lot of people at that camp, they were able to give me more one-on-one time and teach me what goes on in their schemes.”
Gaskin, who is projected to play safety if he chooses the Orange and Blue, is ranked No. 135 overall and No. 16 nationally at his position in the 2024 class according to the 247Sports composite, while the On3 consensus has him at Nos. 208 and 16, respectively. While there is still plenty of time for things to change, On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has the Gators in the lead for his talents with a 63.4% chance of signing him while the Miami Hurricanes are next in line at 19.7%.
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4-star 2024 ATH spending lots of time acclimating to Florida football
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Four-star quarterback Jaden Rashada just wrapped a busy week filled with three official visits that ended at the University of Florida on Thursday, and now he has just under a week to make his college decision.
Rashada set a commitment date of June 18 for himself and is currently trying to narrow things down from a top seven to a single school. Cal, LSU, Miami, Ole Miss, Oregon and Texas A&M are the other schools in the mix, with the Aggies and Tigers being the other two that hosted him recently. The west coast schools are in the mix because Rashada is from Pittsburg, California, but Florida has offered a taste of home on the east coast.
“I think (Billy Napier) is a really good communicator and good teacher,” Rashada’s father, Harlen, said to Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports. “I think Florida is going to do really good things. I think he is one of the brighter young coaches in the SEC. Florida is different because they have a Cali kind of vibe. They have a lot of staff from California. You drive around, you kind of feel like you’re in Walnut Creek or something. It doesn’t feel like you’re really in the South but we did see gators on campus, that was different.”
There’s a lot to consider in the next week for Rashada, but his father said that making that final run to the three SEC schools was good for him. He also reminds his son that Jaden is the only one who has set the June 18 date and can take more time if he needs it.
It’s hard to say where exactly Florida falls on Rashada’s list right now, but the 6-foot-4-inch, 185-pound left Gainesville last week impressed with Napier’s group.
The 247Sports composite ranks him as the No. 45 overall recruit in the class of 2023 and the No. 7 quarterback. Napier is running out of options for a quarterback, and it seems that he’s all in on Rashada at this point. He can only hope that the feeling is mutual.
The UNC football program has landed a commitment from a dual-sport athlete in the 2023 class as Kaleb Cost pledged his verbal on Saturday.
Antavious Woody has been cleared to become the sixth offensive lineman in the FSU Football's 2022 recruiting class.
Follow live as launch startup Astra targets 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. EDT for the launch of a NASA mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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American golfer, PGA Tour member, U.S. Open champion
MADISON, WI. — It seemed like Saturday was set up for the megawatt personalities at the PGA Tour Champions’ American Family Insurance Championship at University Ridge.
Even in the regular field, there was some star power grabbing pieces of the spotlight, with fan-favorite John Daly tying for the second-lowest round.
But when the second round was over, it was a relatively unknown golfer, Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee, who was tied atop the leaderboard with a more familiar name in Miguel Angel Jiménez at 10-under 134.
Jaidee had a workmanlike effort with the lowest round at 7-under 65. Jiménez boasts a little more pizzazz with his ponytail, bespoke shoes and animated gestures.
“I’m going to have a bit of wine like every night,” Jiménez said after his 4-under 68. “Like every night, we’re going to enjoy the night and at 7:30 we have our dinner like every day. Have a cigar afterwards and go to sleep like a baby.”
Miguel Angel Jimenez is tied for the lead at the American Family Insurance Championship in Madison.
“I made a few putts here and there, hit a lot of fairways, but the guys are going low,” Daly said. “It’s hard to win out here.”
Steve Stricker, Jerry Kelly lacking energy at Am Fam Championship
Local celebrities Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly, the two-time defending champion, will be hard-pressed to contend for this year’s title.
“Had some opportunities there that I didn’t really take advantage of,” Stricker said. “Especially on the back nine: 11, 12, 13. Yeah, it was a little bit better today, but didn’t really get it in the hole very well at times. But it was better.”
“That’s been the problem with me since I’ve been back is just getting fired up,” Stricker said. “I missed a little putt at I guess it would have been 13 and hit it in there to 3, 4 feet. Missed it. Go back on the tee and beat up the tee a little bit. Then I finally get some energy and emotion.
“That’s what I’ve been lacking a little bit of, that mentality like I had before. And I don’t know why, it kind of comes and goes and I’m kind of going through the motions at times. It was better at times today, but still, it’s not my fiery self at times.”
Kelly is in better position at three shots back after also shooting a 69, but he can relate to the lack of energy. He’s coming off a playoff victory at the Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines, Iowa.
“I’m just tired,” Kelly said. “Normally I’m jacked. I really haven’t gotten as much adrenaline. I mean, that par on 17 got me about as excited as I’ve been this week. The eagle did yesterday on 16.”
Former LPGA star Juli Inkster watches as ex-Packers quarterback Brett Favre throws a football at University Ridge Golf Club on Saturday. They were part of a celebrity foursome at the American Family Insurance Championship.
“I had a blast as always,” Favre said. “I’m honored to be asked back to play in this year in and year out. My back was not cooperating. I’m not making excuses, I suck anyway.
“But I was glad I was able to fight through it and play. It’s always great to be back in Wisconsin and see the fans, especially how they support their athletics.”
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Jack Del Rio situation reconfirms how divided we are as a people originally appeared on Pro Football Talk
The Dolby Theatre was alive with the sound of music on Thursday, as the American Film Institute presented the two-year-delayed Life Achievement Award Gala in honor of Julie Andrews‘ career, from “Mary Poppins” to “The Princess Diaries” Speaking to Variety on the red carpet, Andrews called the honor “a culmination, in a way, of wonderful […]
Sinton baseball players reflect on winning the program's fourth state championship.
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The Phillies made a roster move in their bullpen Sunday morning but it wasn't the one some may have been anticipating. Hard-throwing lefty Jose Alvarado was recalled from Triple A and Cristopher Sanchez was optioned to Lehigh Valley.
"He tightened up a little bit last night and I didn't want to force the issue with him," Thomson said. "He came out here today and he's out there playing catch now. It looks like there's no structural damage. We'll see where we're at, reevaluate him today and see where we go from here."
It is unclear whether Knebel would get the ninth inning on Sunday if a save opportunity arises. It could instead go to Seranthony Dominguez, particularly if the Diamondbacks have right-handed hitters due up. Thomson mentioned the Phillies' various options to close in Dominguez, Brad Hand and Alvarado. If three lefties were due up, the nod would likely go to a southpaw. Hand has appeared in back-to-back games which could impact the decision-making Sunday.
The organization wanted Alvarado to recapture some control during the minor-league assignment because he can still be very effective when throwing strikes. He entered the season with a .213 career opponents' batting average but walks kill.
"Just let him breathe a little bit," Thomson said. "Go down where there's not a lot of pressure and just be him and be able to throw strikes and that's what he did. He did that fairly quickly and now we've got him back. He's a weapon for sure."
Thomson referenced the fact that Alvarado wasn't just throwing strikes at Triple A but quality strikes.
"It's actual strikes, it's not pitches outside of the zone that guys are chasing," he said two days prior to Alvarado's recall. "He's throwing strikes and running the ball through the zone. We're happy with that because he can be a force."
"Camargo we're ramping up a little bit, a little more volume today," Thomson said.
It’s the Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Guardians live from Progressive Field at 11:30 AM today on Peacock. 18 MLB games will be featured on the streaming service this season. Live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m ET. See below for additional information on how to watch the game. RELATED: MLB schedule 2022: Every Sunday morning baseball
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Smart reacts to Steph's big Game 4: 'That's what he does' originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
And as Dub Nation knows, there’s nothing more lethal than Curry in a rhythm -- especially in a must-win game.
“... You got to be aware, especially at the end,” Smart said. “That’s the one guy you can’t allow to beat you. Like I said, obviously he made a lot of tough shots tonight on us. When you get a guy like that, some rhythm early on, those shots, the basketball hoop starts to look a little bit bigger for him.
“... In general, it wasn’t even the bigs on the smalls; it was more [Andrew] Wiggins crashing from the wing,” Udoka said. “They got some extra positions as far as that.”
Udoka felt the Celtics did enough to win on Friday, but the Warriors did even more -- more meaning Curry went off and Golden State was able to overpower them on the glass.
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Road to Stanleytown: The story of Steve Yzerman's toothless grin with Stanley Cup
Famous last words: From Rouse, about to turn 33 and a 14-year veteran: “Winning it in the twilight of our careers, it’s special. I hope the young guys can appreciate it after just playing a couple of years in the league. The only thing better than one Stanley Cup is two, so once the season starts, we’ll go back after it.”
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Red Wings 1997: The story of Steve Yzerman's toothless grin with Cup
Andy Murray faces a race against time to be fit for Wimbledon after he suffered pain in an abdominal muscle during the Stuttgart final.
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ESPN’s Bill Barnwell ranked the offseason moves of all 32 NFL teams and the Cardinals came in nearly last.
They ranked 30th out of 32 teams.
Barnwell doesn’t mind the trade to acquire receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, but would have preferred that the Cardinals draft a receiver than trade for one.
It is an argument to be made, but with the receivers that were available by the time the Cardinals would have selected, Brown is definitely going to be better this year than any rookie would have been.
He also likes the signing of offensive lineman Will Hernandez and the re-signing of linebacker Dennis Gardeck.
However, he did not like the contracts for Zach Ertz or James Conner and believes the Cardinals “just aren’t very good at valuing players within the context of the league, and they get too attached to the recent past.”
He doesn’t like that they don’t have a replacement for Robert Alford or Chandler Jones.
The only teams with worse offseasons? Those would be the Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks.
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In the draft, the building blocks for the future were acquired with the selections of first-round cornerback Derek Stingley, guard Kenyon Green, second-round safety Jalen Pitre, receiver John Metchie, and fourth-round running back Dameon Pierce.
According to Cody Benjamin from CBS Sports, the best move the Texans made in the offseason was actually a trade when they shipped quarterback Deshaun Watson to the Cleveland Browns.
General manager Nick Caserio told reporters on March 19 that the ability to pull off the trade wasn’t as simple as finding a willing trade partner; it had to be a situation Watson would want to go to.
“I think the impetus for getting teams to the table when you have a situation like that was there’s X number of teams that there would have been interest in potentially waiving that clause for, so in order to get those teams to the table we had a certain threshold of what it would take to get to that point for those initial discussions to take place,” said Caserio. “From there, you have to work through the trade compensation and whatever the compensation is that you feel makes the most sense. I think you have to be thoughtful and you have to take the information, process it and try to make the best decision at that time so that’s why we went ahead and did what we did.”
The Texans aren’t just setup to rebuild; they are setup to put the final touches on a roster that could be competing for a playoff spot in 2024. They also have the capital to build packages to acquire Pro Bowl and All-Pro talent, and Houston will also have the salary cap space to do so in 2023.
Dealing Watson provided Houston the opportunity to start over and cultivate a new identity for the franchise. The move also allowed Watson to go to a new NFL city and hit the reset button — although Watson’s legal entanglements may keep the two parties linked for a while longer.
Legend-Wary: Deshaun Watson leaves the Houston Texans in disgrace
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The Fifth Circuit State Attorney's Office has completed their investigation into Lake, Sumter county sex offenders voting in the general 2020 election and will not be filing charges.
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CBS Sports says trading QB Deshaun Watson was the Texans’ best offseason move
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The Indianapolis Colts signed quarterback Nick Foles to a two-year deal this offseason and now we have the details of that contract.
According to Spotrac, Foles signed a two-year deal worth $6.2 million with $4 million guaranteed at signing. The guaranteed money is comprised of his 2022 base salary ($2.5 million) and $1.5 million of his 2023 base salary, which in full is $3.5 million.
Foles also has $100,000 in workout bonuses for each season he’s with the team. His salary-cap hit is $2.6 million in 2022 and $3.6 million in 2023.
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BOSTON — Over four years ago, I had a conversation with Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green on why our society is notorious for flower-giving when it’s too late.
When Green speaks, he’s loud and passionate, and this chat was no different. We spoke for about 20 minutes on why it’s so difficult for individuals to express love and admiration to others in the present.
In the discussion, we attempted to come up with a few reasons as to why society is largely this way. In thinking of contributing factors, Green pivoted, saying, “It doesn’t matter. We gotta do our part to change it.”
He then went quiet for about 10 seconds before surprising me with a curveball.
“I want you to put this out there,” Green said. “Jaylen Brown should be an All-Star this year.”
Draymond Green tells ESPN he believes Boston guard Jaylen Brown should be an All-Star. With John Wall out, Adam Silver must select injury replacement.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) January 30, 2018
The Boston Celtics shooting guard hadn’t made an All-Star team at that point. His first and only appearance didn’t come until 2021.
Green explained he had grown to admire Brown’s game and always privately thought that he was deserving of All-Star recognition: “He deserves his flowers now.”
So I tweeted it, and Brown’s All-Star candidacy became a topic of conversation among blogs and television networks.
That was one example of Green using his voice and stature to present flowers to an individual he has been assigned to defend four years later in these NBA Finals.
Lately, the way he’s utilizing his voice is being deemed as a negative.
He has made four All-Star teams, he is a two-time All-NBA recipient, a seven-time All-Defensive Team performer, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, the 2016-17 Defensive Player of the Year as an undersized power forward and a three-time NBA champion. But the way Green has been discussed over the past week might convince casual hoops enthusiasts that the forward is merely the equivalent of a 12th man.
Many have always had a problem with how much Green talks. Whether he’s chirping at opponents, officials, media or fans, what’s usually opined is that he lacks the offensive arsenal to back up his mouth, leaving Stephen Curry as the source to produce on his behalf.
Of the numerous accolades Green has accumulated — which will put him in consideration for the Hall of Fame once his career concludes — none of those awards was won on the merit of putting the ball in the basket.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, left, celebrates with forward Draymond Green during Game 4 of the 2022 NBA Finals at TD Garden in Boston on Friday. (Paul Rutherford/USA TODAY Sports)
And while Green having more fouls (18) than points (17) in the Finals isn’t favorable for the Warriors, the stat is low-hanging fruit and doesn’t tell the full story of Green’s value to the club.
Green’s offensive struggles and reluctance to shoot has prompted outrageous suggestions that he has been riding the championship coattails of Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant.
The truth: Excluding Durant’s tenure, the Warriors are not a championship squad without Green anchoring the defense and being the undisputed heart of the team. And Green typically sets the table offensively, pushing the ball up court and setting up Curry, Thompson and others for open looks.
Green is a professional trash talker who is a defensive star. In football it’s not a problem, but it’s not common in the hoops world to be a professional trash talker and starring only on the defensive side.
And then there’s his “controversial” podcast.
Face it, “y’all going to get this podcast.” The episodes of “The Draymond Green Show” run 30-40 minutes in length. It’s not time-consuming. It’s not affecting the time he puts into his game preparation. If he wasn’t podcasting for 40 minutes, he’d probably be watching a movie.
The only difference with the pod is that fans actually know what he’s doing for 40 minutes and the illusion of your favorite players working out 18 hours a day is out the window.
Does Green have to play better and at times be an offensive threat to take pressure off of Curry and company?
Absolutely, and he has agreed with that sentiment.
With the way Green trash talks and how it infuriates many, he’s an easy target. But Green shouldn’t be slandered for not doing something he has never done consistently throughout his career: score.
He’s one of the best perimeter and interior defenders in the league and is highly regarded as one of the greatest basketball minds. He is off his game a bit, and for that, the criticism should be directed appropriately and reasonably.
It is time for Green to step up with the series tied 2-2, but make no mistake about it, he has earned his flowers.
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Mark Canha slaps a two-run double to right field in the top of the 2nd inning to extend the Mets' lead. 3-0
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Former Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant is still having success on the football field.
Playing in the Fan Controlled Football (FCF) league, the 25-year-old Bryant led the Zappers to a championship on Saturday, defeating the Bored Apes, 42-24. In the championship game, Bryant completed 84.6% of his passes for 114 yards, one touchdown and one interception while rushing for 58 yards and three touchdowns. His four-touchdown performance led him to be crowned the MVP of the game.
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Although Bryant said he fell back in love with football this year, before Saturday’s game, he told Reggie Chatman Jr. of 11Alive News that participating in the FCF wasn’t an immediate decision.
“Really when I got the call, I wasn’t really sure if I was going to come in play because, at that point, I didn’t know if I was going to be able to play football again. Didn’t know if I really wanted to,” said Bryant.
Before joining the FCF, Bryant played at Clemson from 2015 to 2018. In his one full season as Clemson’s starter in 2017, Bryant completed 65.8% of his passes for 2,802 yards, 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He also added 665 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground.
After losing the starting job to Trevor Lawrence in 2018, he transferred to Missouri in December of that year, where he would start in 2019 for his final collegiate season.
Cornerbacks coach Corey Raymond has his eyes on this three-star recruit out of Georgia and is getting him on campus again Tuesday.
Game time announced for Tennessee-Notre Dame baseball game No. 3 series finale on Sunday.
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Former Clemson QB wins MVP in championship game of 7-on-7 league
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“Why do they need us so badly? Because those players have chosen to sign multi-year lucrative contracts to play in a series of exhibition matches against the same players over and over again,” Monahan said. “You look at that versus what we see here today, and that’s why they need us so badly. You’ve got true, pure competition. The best players in the world are here at the RBC Canadian Open, with millions of fans watching, and in this game, it’s true and pure competition that creates the profile in the presence of the world’s greatest players.
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In CBS interview, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan defends disciplinary action against LIV Golf players
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Standing on the 18th tee Sunday, Justin Rose had a round to remember going. Two swings later it turned into a round to forget.
The 10-time winner on the PGA Tour made three eagles, seven birdies, five pars and two bogeys to get to 11 under through 17 holes during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open at St. George’s Golf & Country Club in Toronto.
Officially on 59—or even 58—watch, Rose was looking to become the 13th player to sign for a sub-60 round in Tour history, and the first since current world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler shot a 12-under 59 in the second round of the 2020 Northern Trust. That is until Rose airmailed his approach to the 18th green.
He got relief from the grandstands and chipped from the thick rough behind the green to leave an 18-footer for par and a piece of history. Instead, he two-putted for bogey and the most-disappointing 10-under 60 in golf history (which set a course record, an RBC Canadian Open record and a personal best).
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The lowest score in relation to par in Tour history is 13 under, achieved four times, most recently in 2017 by Adam Hadwin at the CareerBuilder Challenge. Jim Furyk is the lone player to ever shoot two sub-60 rounds, and is the only player to ever shoot a 58, doing so at the 2016 Travelers Championship.
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Justin Rose blew a shot at PGA Tour history on the final hole of the RBC Canadian Open
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The Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum will have an encore.
Following a first-of-its-kind 2022 event on a 0.25-mile track built inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, NASCAR Senior Vice President of Racing Development and Strategy Ben Kennedy announced Sunday on FOX that the sanctioning body planned to run it back.
The sequel will take place Feb. 5 on FOX and again serve as the prelude to the Daytona 500 two weeks later. The exhibition also will be the first of three visits to California with NASCAR‘s premier series also visiting Auto Club Speedway and Sonoma Raceway in 2023. The remainder of next season‘s NASCAR Cup Series schedule will be announced at a later date.
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“Our entire industry made a bold move by bringing the Busch Light Clash to the LA Coliseum this past February and it paid off by becoming an instant classic with both new and existing fans,” Kennedy said in a news release. “We are intent on showcasing our sport and drivers on the biggest stage and there is none bigger than the LA Coliseum. We‘re thrilled to return to the heart of Los Angeles to officially start the season and set the stage for the Daytona 500.”
Joey Logano was the winner of the inaugural event, a reimagined and innovative approach to the annual preseason race. There was a pre-race concert featuring Pitbull, an in-race performance by Ice Cube — and oh yeah, plenty of beating and banging among the best stock-car racers in the world, with the City of Angels as the backdrop.
Last year‘s rendition marked the first instance that The Clash was held away from Daytona International Speedway, which hosted the event since its inaugural running in 1979. The 2.5-mile superspeedway was home to The Clash through 2020. The 2021 preseason race was held on the facility‘s road course before moving west.
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Last year‘s event was a landmark success, with heat races and last-chance qualifiers setting the tone for the frenetic action that would follow in the main event.
“I feel like I came in with pretty high expectations, and I think everything was just a little bit better,” Kyle Larson said after the race earlier this year. “I think the atmosphere was amazing, just everything about it was really cool. … I hope we can do more of this in the future. I don‘t know what the fans think of it, the new fans that are here, but I hope they enjoyed it. That‘s the most important part. Just really proud of NASCAR for the effort they put in and what they were able to execute. I felt like this was a really smoothly run event, no real hiccups at all and that‘s all you can ask for.”
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As the Next Gen era continues to bring a revitalized sense of “new” to NASCAR, President Steve Phelps emphasized earlier this week that the commitment to fresh ideas is here to stay.
Phelps highlighted a focus on remaining inventive with the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, highlighted by the return of The Clash to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2023, which was announced Sunday.
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“We’re going to be bold and innovative,” Phelps said Thursday in San Francisco. “I think we’ve done that, whether you’re talking about scheduling innovation, think about going to the LA Coliseum and running an exhibition race. The Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum. We never would have done that, right?
“First time any of us heard that, they brought it to me, I’m like, ‘Can we do that?‘ It was important. So we’re going to be bold. We’re going to be innovative. We’re going to keep mashing the gas, if you will. That’s been the success of NASCAR over the last two-and-a-half years, is doing things that are unexpected, going to places that are unexpected.”
Dating back to the 2020 season, NASCAR‘s premier series has raced on eight tracks that featured either new configurations (Bristol Dirt, Indianapolis and Daytona road courses) or entirely new venues (Circuit of The Americas, Road America, Nashville, LA Coliseum, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway).
Taking those risks, Phelps said, is what he hopes NASCAR will be known for.
“We want to get to a point where people are actually saying, ‘Well, that’s actually what I would expect from NASCAR,‘ as opposed to just sitting back and (saying), ‘Hey, we’re running a race here, it’s great,‘ ” Phelps said.
Fresh venues produce exhilarating racing, with notable story lines stemming from last weekend‘s inaugural race at Gateway. The Cup schedule for 2023 has yet to be announced, but the philosophy remains the same: keep it fresh.
“We’re really excited (about) what the future holds,” Phelps said. “I think more schedule innovation is in our future. What that looks like, I don’t know. But we’re poised to be able to continue the success we’ve had for our media partners, our sponsors, and most importantly from our fans.
“The winners in all of this, frankly, have been the fans. It’s really just this terrific racing that these guys are putting on with the Next Gen car.”
The Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum will have an encore. Following a first-of-its-kind 2022 event on a 0.25-mile track built inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, NASCAR Senior Vice President of Racing Development and Strategy Ben Kennedy announced Sunday on FOX that the sanctioning body planned to run it back. The sequel will take place Feb. […]
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After a season as a backup quarterback for the Buffalo Bills and in a locker room alongside star quarterback Josh Allen, former UNC football standout Mitch Trubisky as ready for his second chance as a starting QB in the NFL.
Trubisky, who signed with the Pittsburg Steelers this offseason, is trending as the starting quarterback as OTAs and minicamps are going on.
It also doesn’t hurt to have good chemistry with the No. 1 wide receiver on the team in Chase Claypool.
Claypool talked about his relationship with the former UNC quarterback earlier this week.
“He’s an awesome guy. He’s easy to get along with, easy to talk to and he’s very forgiving if you make a mistake. He doesn’t care, just moves on to the next play,” Claypool said. “I think just because he always comes and talks to you after something doesn’t go perfectly, you know exactly what to do next time so you can build off it.”
Trubisky started 50 of 51 games during his four years in Chicago. He had 64 touchdowns and 37 interceptions with the Bears while throwing for 10,609 yards.
His best season was in 2018, his second season, when he threw 28 touchdowns to just 12 interceptions while leading the Bears to an 11-3 record in 14 starts. He was also named to the Pro Bowl that season.
Time will tell if Trubisky will be able to revitalize his career as the once No. 2 overall draft pick, but though the first few months on the Steelers roster, he seems to be doing all of the right things.
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Chase Claypool getting comfortable with Mitch Trubisky as QB
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The one-year extension was one that Allen earned when looking at his first three seasons. He hit the ground running as a rookie by accumulating 10.5 sacks and earning a Pro Bowl nod, and though he hasn’t been able to match that figure since, he’s well respected around the league and has been a key player for Jacksonville.
That’s exactly why he was named to NFL.com’s top-15 players list when looking at the 2019 NFL Draft. The list, which was compiled by Bucky Brooks, had Allen listed at the No. 14 spot above Las Vegas Raiders receiver Hunter Renfrow.
Here is what Brooks specifically had to say about Allen:
Don’t let the Jaguars’ struggles diminish the solid play from Allen, who has logged 20.5 sacks and 48 QB hits in his first 40 NFL games. This is a high-motor defender with the speed, quickness and burst to wreak havoc off the edges. Although the constant turnover and changing schemes in Jacksonville have prevented the disruptive defender from truly settling in at the NFL level, offensive coaches around the league are well aware of his play-making potential as an athletic edge rusher.
Many would complain that Allen’s sack figures should be higher for a former top-10 pick, but it’s worth noting that the Jags haven’t had any big-time playmakers on the line with him since his rookie season. Despite that, he took a step last season and finished the season with his highest Pro Football Focus mark so far (78.5).
Heading into his fourth season, Allen should only get better as the Jags have added help around him. They invested the No. 1 overall pick into outlook linebacker Travon Walker to rush the passer from the opposite side, which could lead to more production for Allen. Additionally, the young players around him who were previously on the roster like DaVon Hamilton and Roy Robertson-Harris could take a step, too.
The Jags’ defense ranked 20th last season and will hope to get closer to the top half of the league this season. A key to that will be the performance of Allen, who finally seems to have the right pieces around him.
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Josh Allen ranked among top-15 players from 2019 NFL Draft
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Steve Yzerman raises the Stanley Cup in 1997.
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Road to Stanleytown: The story of Steve Yzerman's iconic toothless grin with Stanley Cup
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Inductees to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame called on President Biden and the U.S. government to safely bring Brittney Griner home from Russia during their induction speeches on Saturday night from the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville.
“Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained in Russia for 114 days," Penny Taylor, Griner's former teammate with the Phoenix Mercury, said to open her speech. "BG is our family. She's yours, too. The entire global sport community needs to come together to insist that she be a priority.”
DeLisha Milton-Jones and DePaul head coach Doug Bruno also mentioned the star.
“Brittney is a great human being, and no one deserves what she is going through,” said Bruno, who has coached Griner as an assistant with Team USA. "Enough is absolutely enough. It is time for the powers that be to bring Brittney Griner home."
Griner has been detained in Russia for 115 days as of Sunday, dating back to Feb. 17 when vape cartridges containing hashish oil were allegedly found in her luggage at the Moscow airport. She was returning to play for her Russian club, UMMC Ekaterinburg, after an international break. The U.S. government classified her as wrongfully detained on May 3, allowing friends and family to talk publicly about her case and bring attention to it.
Taylor, Griner and Taylor's wife, Diana Taurasi, played on the 2014 WNBA championship Mercury team. Taylor and Taurasi also won titles in 2007 and 2009. Bruno has experience with the seven-time All-Star through Team USA and Milton-Jones played against Griner in the latter years of her career.
Debbi Antonelli (contributor), Alice "Cookie" Barron (veteran player), Becky Hammon (player), Paul Sanderford (coach) and Bob Schneider (coach) were also inducted. Hammon could not attend as her Las Vegas Aces were in action against the Los Angeles Sparks that night. They moved to a league-best 11-2 record.
Penny Taylor drops in Diana Taurasi joke
Brittney Griner (left), Diana Taurasi and Penny Taylor during the 2014 WNBA championship run for the Phoenix Mercury. Taylor used her Women's Basketball Hall of Fame acceptance speech to call for Griner's safe return from detainment in Russia. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Taylor was joined at the induction ceremony by Taurasi, her wife of five years. Taurasi flew overnight after defeating the Atlanta Dream in Phoenix's Footprint Center on Friday night. The GOAT, as voted on during last year's WNBA 25th anniversary season, celebrated her 40th birthday.
"'I'm so grateful for basketball and all the experiences that it's brought me, but mostly for introducing me to my love," Taylor said during the speech, via the Associated Press. She then joked about Taurasi, "If you continue to work hard, you, too, may be up here."
Taylor spent much of her speech talking about her family and cameras captured the heartwarming interactions by Taurasi and their son, Leo. Their daughter, Isla, was also in attendance.
Leo blowing kisses to Penny during her speech has us in tears 🥺 pic.twitter.com/GYJXpyCm0Y
Taylor was inducted as an international player, though her impact in the WNBA is large. She won three WNBA championships in 13 seasons, 10 of which were in Phoenix. She was a three-time WNBA All-Star (the WNBA did not previously award All-Star nods during Olympic years) and was a 2007 All-WNBA first-team selection.
“She is the soul of what we did to win three championships.”
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Taylor also won a championship in the Women's National Basketball League in Australia as well as titles in Italy, Russia and Europe. With the Opals she won a FIBA World Cup gold and two bronze medals.
The group included a 98-year-old World War II veteran, six Korean War veterans and 22 Vietnam War vets. Eight of the veterans were women.
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After what was a wild and “unfortunate” week for golf, Rory McIlroy survived a star-studded field in Toronto on Sunday afternoon.
McIlroy posted a final-round 62 at St. George’s Golf and Country Club to successfully defend his title and claim the RBC Canadian Open.
“It’s incredible. Playing with Tony and JT today, two of the top players in the world, and all of us playing the way we did,” McIlroy said on CBS. “I think the worst score was 6-under par. This is a day I’ll remember for a long, long time."
McIlroy, who has been perhaps the loudest critic of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, couldn’t help but throw in a shot at the controversial golf league’s CEO Greg Norman.
“21st PGA Tour win, one more than someone else," he said. "That gave me a little extra incentive today. Really happy to get that done."
McIlroy led nearly the entire way on Sunday after he started with a share of the lead with Tony Finau. He made five birdies on the front nine, and then started his back nine with three straight birdies to get to 8-under on the day.
Yet a bogey at the par-3 13th opened the door for the rest of the field, and then McIlroy lost his lead briefly at the 16th after he landed in the bunker on the par-3 and then narrowly missed his par putt. Justin Thomas saved his par, which sent them to the 17th tied up at 17-under on the week.
That’s when McIlroy’s wedge game once again came in handy. McIlroy landed his approach on the 17th just two feet from the hole from 125 yards out, which set up a tap-in birdie to get back to 18-under.
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Thomas, on the other hand, missed his par putt and dropped back down, which resulted in a two-shot swing and gave McIlroy a two-shot lead headed into the final hole. It marked Thomas’ first bogey in 34 holes.
McIlroy then made birdie at the 18th to take his two-shot win.
The win marked the 21st of McIlroy’s career and his second so far this season, following his victory at The CJ Cup. He now has eight top 25 finishes on the season, too, including a runner-up finish at The Masters and an eighth-place finish at the PGA Championship. McIlroy is now fourth in the FedExCup standings.
Finau finished alone in second with a final-round 64 thanks to a huge birdie putt to close out his day. Thomas took third at 15-under after his bogey-bogey finish.
Rory McIlroy successfully defended his 2019 win in Toronto on Sunday, and picked up his second win of the season. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
Justin Rose just misses 59
Justin Rose was in a perfect position to make PGA Tour history on Sunday afternoon.
Yet at the 18th, with a 59 in sight, Rose stumbled.
Rose was sitting at 11-under par with just one hole to go on Sunday in Toronto, which would have made him just the 13th player in Tour history to shoot a 59 or better. Yet Rose missed the final green with his approach, and then had to two-putt for bogey.
So......... CLOSE
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Though that bogey was clearly disappointing, and was one of two he made in his final three holes of the day, Rose’s final round was tremendous. He made three eagles, including a wild one to start his day, and had seven birdies in his round to finish with a 10-under 60.
He shoots, he scores 👏@JustinRose99 holes out from 136 yards away. pic.twitter.com/MyOWAHGWOr
He matched a RBC Canadian Open record and tied his career-low, too, while jumping up 15 spots on the leaderboard to grab a fourth-place finish.
While his stumble was certainly avoidable, it’s hard to criticize the round that Rose put together — but that doesn't mean Rose isn't upset with himself.
"I'm totally disappointed, yeah," he said. "Because you know what's at stake, for sure. You're really just playing the last hole — I never shot 59 before — so it would have been a lovely footnote on the week. I don't know how much was in my control or not, but I could have made we were right in between two clubs and a decision and I went the wrong way on a decision and paid the price for it.
"So those are the things that do happen and it's amazing how those situations present themselves right at the end. It was tricky, but all in all there's tons to take out of this week."
Justin Rose nearly carded a 59 on Sunday at the RBC Canadian Open. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
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Adding to McIlroy’s celebration? It was the first time in 15 attempts that he defended a title. He shot 29 over the front nine – the first 29 on either the front or back nine in his career.
And he had to dig deep to overcome a lull. In full flight, McIlroy was 8 under through 12 holes and led by three. But he missed a four-footer on 13 and a two-footer on 16 to fall back into a tie. But he birdied 17 after knocking his approach from 127 yards to tap-in range and birdied 18 from five feet.
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Rory McIlroy throws subtle shot at LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman after winning 2022 RBC Canadian Open
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They lost 11 players to the NFL and a host of others to the transfer portal. They worked diligently to mitigate the losses by attacking the transfer portal themselves. They filled needs and found several starters through the portal that will have them contending once again for the Big 12 title.
However, over at College Football News, they’re not believers quite yet in what Oklahoma is going to be able to do in Brent Venable’ first season as head coach. They’ve got the Sooners making a return trip to San Antonio for the Alamo Bowl in 2022. And they’ll face a team that many Sooners fans hope will be the thorn in Lincoln Riley’s side this season, the Utah Utes.
With the Sooners in the Alamo Bowl, that means they didn’t win the Big 12, and according to College Football News’ projections, it’s the Oklahoma State Cowboys who take the conference and end up in the All-State Sugar Bowl where they’ll take on the Georgia Bulldogs.
The four teams that make the College Football Playoff according to CFN are the Alabama Crimson Tide who would take on the USC Trojans (a familiar site for Lincoln Riley), and the Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Clemson Tigers. And it’s Alabama and Ohio State, the two schools with the frontrunners for the Heisman meeting in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
Oklahoma may not end up in the College Football Playoff but it’s hard to imagine the Sooners missing a New Year’s Six bowl for a second-straight season.
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The green light has been given for some future Big 12 members to go ahead and join the conference in 2023. And that could expedite the process of seeing a couple of key Big 12 schools make their move to the SEC.
Multiple reports have confirmed Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF will join the Big 12, officially, on July 1, 2023. the three schools have been granted permission from the American Athletic Conference to leave for their new conference home, which some believed would be nothing more than a formality as the AAC wasn’t about to hold the schools hostage against their will longer than necessary.
Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF will now join the Big 12 at the same time BYU will be joining the conference. All that remains to be determined now is whether or not Texas and Oklahoma will still be around to welcome the new schools to the conference. By all accounts, it appeared as though the move to the SEC for the Longhorns and Sooners wasn’t going to happen until 2025, but that timeline looks more and more unlikely by the day at this point. At least, it should be.
At this point, with the Big 12 getting to welcome its four new members in 2023, the negotiations and power brokers that fuel Texas and Oklahoma (and the SEC) should do whatever it takes to get Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC as soon as possible, meaning 2023. The door appears to be left open by the SEC for that possibility too.
The SEC has been contemplating how to organize its future conference schedules with the additions of Texas and Oklahoma. During the SEC’s recent spring meetings, SEC leaders went back to their respective homes without a decision on the future conference scheduling model. As it stands now, the SEC has its 2023 conference schedule tentatively lined up without dates locked in for matchups, but all of that can be scrapped if the money is right. And when it comes to the SEC, Texas, and Oklahoma, the money will find a way to be right.
NEXT: What does this all mean for the Big Ten?
What does this mean for the Big Ten?
For now, absolutely nothing.
The SEC is just one conference that will be overhauling its conference schedule, which is something every power conference is actively exploring. The Big Ten will likely make changes to its conference scheduling format and conference championship game qualifications as a result, but the moves being made by the Big 12, SEC, and the AAC during this time of conference alignment won’t have much sway on what the Big Ten ultimately decides to do.
While the idea of considering expansion options may be enticing for some around the Big Ten, the realized options just don’t appear to be there for the taking that makes sense for the Big Ten. Outside of Notre Dame, there may not be any real candidates to consider for Big Ten expansion unless the Big Ten was prepared to explore potential options in the ACC as it did with Maryland.
Pitt? Syracuse? North Carolina? Georgia Tech? It feels as though we have been down that road before, and it only led to Maryland and Rutgers.
Big Ten expansion is fun to talk about, but we likely won’t be seeing much movement of that needle any time soon.
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A pair of former Iowa Hawkeyes recently found their names included on the 2023 ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame. Former Iowa tight end Dallas Clark and Hawkeye offensive tackle Robert Gallery were listed on the National Football Foundation’s ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame.
Of course, Clark finished his career in 17th place on Iowa’s career receiving list with 1,281 yards on 81 receptions in his two seasons in Iowa City playing tight end. The Twin River Valley High School product from Bode, Iowa, helped the Hawkeyes to a share of the 2002 Big Ten title and the program’s first-ever 11-win season.
He also holds the record for the longest pass reception in school history, hauling in a 95-yard touchdown grab against Purdue during the 2002 season. In 2002, Clark was a consensus All-American and the recipient of the John Mackey Award, which is presented to the country’s top tight end annually.
Clark was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the 24th pick of the first round in the 2003 NFL draft. In his 11 seasons as a professional, Clark reeled in 505 passes for 5,665 yards and 53 touchdowns.
Meanwhile, in 2003, Gallery was a consensus All-American and awarded the Outland Trophy, which is bestowed annually to the nation’s top interior lineman. He was a two-time first team All-Big Ten selection and helped anchor Iowa’s offensive line during its undefeated trek through Big Ten play in 2002. Gallery also helped lead Iowa to another 10-win season in 2003.
After being drafted by the Oakland Raiders with the No. 2 pick in the 2004 NFL draft, Gallery played eight seasons in the NFL and started in 103 of the 104 games he appeared in.
That duo will hopefully see their names called into the College Football Hall of Fame soon and join an illustrious list of former Hawkeyes that already have their seat at the table.
How many former Iowa Hawkeyes have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fames? Here’s a look at the complete list below of National Football Foundation and Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Hall of Fame inductees.
Eddie Anderson, Head coach (1939-42, 1946-49)
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Eddie Anderson, who had two stints as Iowa’s head football coach, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971. Anderson’s tenures as the Hawkeye head football coach were separated by his service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II.
In his first season in 1939, Anderson guided the Hawkeyes to a 6-1-1 record and a second-place finish in the Big Ten. This team earned the nickname the “Ironmen” for the legendary offseason workouts Anderson put them through to morph the program’s culture.
Over his two stints, Anderson compiled a 35-33-2 overall record and a 21-24-2 mark in Big Ten play. His 35 wins rank fifth all-time among Iowa head coaches.
Earl Banks, as Morgan State head coach (1960-73)
Earl Banks played guard at Iowa during the 1946-49 seasons. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for his work as the Morgan State head football coach in 1992. Banks served as Morgan State’s head coach from the 1960-73 seasons and tallied a 96-31-2 record.
Aubrey 'Aub' Devine, quarterback 1919-1921
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Aubrey “Aub” Devine was the Hawkeyes’ quarterback during the 1919-1921 seasons. The Des Moines, Iowa, native led Iowa in rushing, passing and scoring in both the 1919 and 1920 seasons and his drop-kick field goal in 1921 snapped the Irish’s 20-game winning streak in a 10-7 Iowa victory. He was the captain of that 1921 Big Ten championship team.
Devine was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player all three years at Iowa and was a consensus All-American in 1921. He was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1973.
Randy Duncan, quarterback 1956-58
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As the Hawkeyes’ quarterback, Randy Duncan guided Iowa to Big Ten championships in the 1956 and 1958 seasons. Duncan was a unanimous All-American, finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting, won the Walter Camp Trophy and was named the Helms Foundation Player of the Year in 1958.
A two-time All-Big Ten quarterback, Duncan led the league in passing as a senior and was the No. 1 choice in the 1958 NFL draft. Duncan was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1997.
Forest 'Evy' Evashevski, head coach 1952-60
Forest “Evy” Evashevski oversaw the program from the 1952-60 seasons and had one of the most decorated tenures in Iowa history. Evashevski finished with a 52-27-4 overall record and a 33-21-2 mark in Big Ten play. His 52 wins rank third all-time in Hawkeye head coaching history and his teams won three Big Ten titles.
The 1956 team was recognized as national champions by the College Football Researchers Association after a 9-1 finish and Rose Bowl victory over Oregon State.
The 1958 Hawkeyes were also recognized as national champions by the Football Writers Association of America after registering an 8-1-1 record and another Rose Bowl win over California. They were also awarded the Grantland Rice Trophy by Look Magazine, symbolic of the national football championship.
In 1960, Iowa shared the Big Ten title with Minnesota and compiled an 8-1 record. The Hawkeyes were recognized as national champions by four different research outlets, including Berryman, Boand System, Litkenhous, and the Sagarin Ratings.
Evashevski was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 2000.
Hayden Fry, head coach 1979-98
Hayden Fry led the Hawkeyes from the 1979-98 seasons and is synonymous with the modern era of Iowa football. When he arrived in Iowa City in December of 1978, Fry found a program in need of a performance and image overhaul. Enter the creation of the Tigerhawk logo.
Fry guided the Hawkeyes to three Big Ten titles in the 1981, 1985 and 1990 seasons. He ended his time in Iowa City with an overall record of 143-89-6 and a Big Ten mark of 96-51-8. That .648 conference winning percentage is the highest in program history. His 143 wins now rank second all-time behind only current Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz.
Cal Jones, guard 1953-55
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Cal Jones was the first two-time consensus All-American in Iowa history and was the winner of the Outland Trophy in 1955, which is awarded to the nation’s top interior lineman. A three-time first-team All-Big Ten pick, his No. 62 is one of two retired numbers for the Hawkeyes. He was inducted into the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980.
Howard Jones, head coach 1916-23
Howard Jones was Iowa’s head football coach during the 1916-23 seasons and his teams compiled a 42-17-1 overall record, including a 21-12 mark in Big Ten play. His 42 wins ranks fourth all-time among Hawkeye head coaches.
The 1921 and 1922 teams were both undefeated Big Ten champions. The 1921 team was the first unbeaten, untied team in program history and were recognized as national champions by research outlets Parke Davis and Billingsley Report. The 1922 team was also recognized as national champions by the Billingsley Report.
In 1923, Illinois snapped his Hawkeyes’ 20-game winning streak. Jones was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1951.
Alex Karras, tackle 1955-57
Alex Karras was a consensus All-American and won the Outland Trophy in 1957. He was twice an Associated Press All-American, becoming the first two-time pick in that regard in Hawkeyes’ history. He was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1991.
Nile Kinnick, halfback 1937-39
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Many would argue Nile Kinnick is the greatest all-time Iowa Hawkeye. To commemorate 100 years of Hawkeye football in 1989, Iowa fans selected an all-time team. Kinnick was voted Most Outstanding Player by that fan vote.
Kinnick is Iowa’s lone Heisman Trophy winner. He also won the Maxwell Trophy and Walter Camp Trophy in 1939 and was a consensus All-American. Kinnick tragically died during a training flight while serving as a United States Navy aviator during World War II.
His No. 24 is one of two retired numbers at Iowa and the stadium was renamed Kinnick Stadium in his honor in 1972. Kinnick was inducted into the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame in 1951.
Gordon Locke, fullback 1920-22
Gordon Locke was a fullback on Iowa’s undefeated and Big Ten championship winning teams in 1921 and 1922. The Denison, Iowa, native primarily played fullback and scored 72 points as a senior in 1922.
Still, he was voted as one of the defensive backs on Iowa’s all-time teams by Chicago Sun-Times reporter Jack Clarke in 1961, the fan vote in 1989 and Gannett News Service’s 2000 team.
Locke was inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame in 1960.
Chuck Long, quarterback 1981-85
Chuck Long
Chuck Long was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 1985 in one of the closest races in the award’s history. He was a consensus All-American and won the Maxwell Trophy.
In addition, Long was the first quarterback in NCAA history to pass for more than 10,000 career yards. The three-time first-team All-Big Ten selection was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999.
Edward 'Slip' Madigan, head coach 1943-44
Slip Madigan was Iowa’s head football coach during the wartime seasons of 1943 and 1944. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.
Fred 'Duke' Slater, tackle 1918-21
Iowa’s field bears Duke Slater’s name. A tackle during the 1918-21 seasons, Slater was a three-time All-Big Ten selection that also earned All-American honors. He helped the Hawkeyes to an unbeaten record and conference championship in 1921 and was also the longest tenured African American player in the NFL during that era, primarily for the Chicago Cardinals. Slater was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1951.
Larry Station, linebacker 1982-85
Larry Station started his final 42 games with the Hawkeyes and is the only player in Iowa history to lead the squad in tackles four times. Station garnered consensus All-American honors twice and was a finalist for the Lombardi and Butkus awards in 1985. The three-time first-team All-Big Ten pick was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009.
Bob Stoops, as Oklahoma head coach (1999-2016)
Of course, Bob Stoops was a defensive back for the Hawkeyes during the 1978-82 seasons. He was one of the Hawkeyes’ most recent inductees into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 2021 for his work as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners.
Stoops’ teams compiled a record of 191-48 and he and the Sooners won the national championship in the 2000 season. His final win actually came in Oklahoma’s Valero Alamo Bowl win over Oregon to end the 2021 college football season as he came out of retirement to help the Sooners top the Ducks, 47-32, following Lincoln Riley’s departure to USC.
Andre Tippett, defensive end 1979-81
Andre Tippett was also inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 2021. Tippett was the first consensus All-American for coach Fry and a two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection. He holds the record for tackles for loss in a season with 20 in 1980. He was also a five-time All-Pro selection in the NFL.
Ossie Solem, head coach 1932-36
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Ossie Solem registered just a 15-21-4 overall record as Iowa’s head coach during the 1932-36 seasons, but he was named to the Hall of the Helms Foundation. Solem helped mentor legendary University of Oklahoma head football coach Bud Wilkinson who went on to win three national championships with the Sooners.
Emlen Tunnell, halfback/defensive back 1946-47
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Emlen Tunnell is a member of the Hall of the Helms Foundation. He played both halfback and defensive back for Anderson’s Iowa teams during the 1946 and 1947 seasons. Tunnell was the first black player to play for the New York Giants and was also the first inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Tunnell won a pair of NFL championships in 1956 and 1961.
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Penn State’s Class of 2023 picked up another commitment from in-state on Sunday. Yazeed Haynes, a three-star wide receiver from Fort Washington, gave his commitment to the Nittany Lions with a message posted on his Twitter account.
Penn State quickly became a leader in the recruiting process after Haynes backed out of his commitment to Rutgers earlier this year. Haynes, who is entering his senior year of high school football for North Penn High School, was believed to be considering Penn State and Minnesota. Haynes made an official visit to Penn State over the weekend, leading to his commitment decision.
Haynes also just came off a solid showing at Penn State’s recent White Out Camp, where he was routinely paired with Class of 2023 quarterback commit Marcus Stokes. It was at this camp where Penn State extended a formal offer to the in-state target.
So, as it turns out, it looks like we could very well be seeing Haynes and Stokes connect again in the future in Beaver Stadium.
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Daniel Suárez has made history.
The 30-year-old Suárez became the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race on June 12 at Sonoma Raceway, steering his No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet to the checkered flag.
The victory came in Suárez‘s 195th career start at NASCAR‘s top level.
“It’s a crazy day. I have so many thoughts in my head right now,” Suárez said, becoming emotional in his victory celebration. “I mean, it’s been a rough road. It’s been a rough journey in the Cup Series. These guys believe in me — Trackhouse Racing, Justin Marks, Ty Norris. Everyone that helped me to get to this point. A lot of people in Mexico: Jay Morales, Carlos Slim. My family, they never gave up on me. A lot of people did, but they didn’t. … Just very happy we were able to make it work.”
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Suárez becomes the fifth Cup Series winner born outside the United States. The others: Aussie Marcos Ambrose, Italian-born Mario Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia and Canadian Earl Ross.
Suárez is a graduate of NASCAR‘s Drive for Diversity program. Before going national, Suárez spent a good chunk of time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, which is now known as the ARCA Menards Series East.
Where Suárez first made his name known was the NASCAR Peak Mexico Series. The Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, native had his first stock-car start there on Sept. 6, 2009. He had four starts that year but then raced five full-time seasons through the 2014 season. Suárez won 10 times between 2012-14, placing a career-best runner-up in the 2013 final standings. His career then took off.
“I‘m extremely proud to be the driver from Mexico, the driver from a different background,” Suárez previously told NASCAR.com. “I don‘t feel that the sport could have found someone more committed to myself, my culture and my background.”
During his first season with Trackhouse in 2021, Suárez scored one top-five and four top-10 results. He led laps in five different races for a total of 74 laps out front. He averaged a 20.1 finish and placed 25th in the standings.
Suarez Win Graphic
In just the second event of 2022, Suárez matched his best run from 2021. He came in fourth at Auto Club Speedway, tying his mark in the Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Race last season. He also finished fourth three weeks after that at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Safe to say, Suárez is more comfortable and confident in Year 2 with Trackhouse.
“We‘re going to win a few races very soon here,” Suárez said after Auto Club. “I just can‘t thank everyone enough in my team. We had a fast car, but we went through a lot of adversity. … I‘m happy and I‘m honored at the same time. I can tell you that I‘m going to work very, very hard to go to Victory Lane very, very soon here.”
Before Trackhouse, Suárez raced for Gaunt Brothers Racing in 2020. In 2019, Suárez had a career-best four top-five showings, along with 11 top-10 runs. He piloted Stewart-Haas Racing‘s No. 41 Ford at the time.
From 2017-18, Suárez was with Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 19 Toyota. His first career Cup Series start came on Feb. 26, 201, in the Daytona 500, where he placed 29th. His career-best finish — up until his breakthrough win — was a runner-up on July 29, 2018, at Pocono Raceway.
Suárez dominated the Xfinity Series the year before. He won the 2016 title and earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Year award with three wins, 19 top fives and 27 top 10s. It was his second full-time season in the Xfinity Series, both of which were spent with Joe Gibbs Racing.
Marks announced Trackhouse‘s formation in October 2020, tabbing Suárez as his driver. Not long after, Armando Perez — better known as Pitbull — became a team partner. Ross Chastain joined the fold before the 2022 season as Suarez‘s teammate in the No. 1 Chevy, and he’s won twice in 2022.
There‘s a strong foundation in place despite the team‘s youth.
“You look to my career in the last few years, I haven‘t had consistency, and I feel like consistency in racing is something super important,” Suárez said when the team was revealed. “If you can‘t have consistency, you cannot be successful. It was very important for me to know I‘m going to have everything I need to be competitive and successful — not just next year but as well for what is after that.”
49ers linebacker Fred Warner led the field around Sonoma Raceway in the pace car prior to Sunday's NASCAR race in the Bay Area.
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Daniel Suarez reaches to fans during driver introductions before the NASCAR All-Star race at Texas Motor Speedway on May 22. Suarez took his maiden NASCAR Cup win Sunday on the road course at Sonoma Raceway. (LM Otero / Associated Press)
Suárez entered the 350-mile race over Sonoma’s winding road course 20th in the Cup series standings with four top-10 finishes this season. His best previous best finish was fourth. But Sunday’s win qualifies him for NASCAR’s 10-race playoff this fall, and he drove the race of his life to earn it.
He muscled by Buescher heading into Turn 7, a sharp right-end turn at the end of “the chute,” a downhill portion of the 1.99-mile road course, on the first lap of the third stage and methodically lengthened his lead the rest of the way. When he took the white flag for the final lap, he led by more than half the straightaway.
Suárez started racing as a 10-year-old, competing in karting events in Mexico. Five years later he won the class championship, and by the time he turned 16 he was racing in the preliminary category of NASCAR Mexico, becoming the youngest driver to win a race in the mini-stocks series.
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Daniel Suárez roared to his first NASCAR Cup Series win Sunday, leading the most laps and prevailing at Sonoma Raceway.
Suárez was in front for 47 of the 110 laps in the Toyota/Save Mart 350, pushing the Trackhouse Racing No. 99 Chevrolet to a 3.849-second margin of victory as the end. His triumph on the 1.99-mile road course was the first in the Cup Series for a Mexican-born driver.
Chris Buescher, back after a one-week absence due to COVID-19, placed second in the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford. Michael McDowell finished third with Kevin Harvick fourth and Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric completing the top five.
Points leader Chase Elliott led 26 laps, but was hampered by a penalty for service outside the pit box by his No. 9 team near the end of Stage 2. He started the final stage in 34th place and rallied to place eighth.
MORE: Suárez lands historic first
Teammate Kyle Larson, the pole-starter and last year’s Sonoma winner, took Stage 1 and also led 26 laps, but his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet lost the right-front wheel heading up the hill shortly after a final-stage pit stop. Rule book guidelines mean a four-race suspension for No. 5 crew chief Cliff Daniels when the midweek penalty report is released. He finished 15th.
The NASCAR Cup Series is idle next weekend, returning for its next race Sunday, June 26 (5 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Nashville Superspeedway.
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Willy Adames crushed a two-run homer and Andrew McCutchen belted a solo jack to lead the Brewers to a 4-1 win over the Nationals
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Position players pitching is one of the most absurd things in sports.
Yet it happens with regularity at the MLB level, where professional baseball teams on the wrong end of blowouts trot out most decidedly unprofessional pitchers to face big-league competition. Take, for instance, Frank Schwindel.
The Chicago Cubs first baseman is a fine hitter and a solid source of power with eight home runs and 30 RBI in 56 games this season. He is not, however, a capable MLB pitcher. But he found himself on the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning on Sunday after the New York Yankees opened up a 17-4 lead at Yankee Stadium. The Cubs had gone through four pitchers at that point, and manager David Ross was done putting stress on his bullpen.
Kyle Higashioka was first up at the plate for the Yankees. On his first offering, Schwindel threw out this beauty:
Higashioka responded with his second home run of the day, this one over the left-field wall. Per Codify Baseball, Schwindel's lob clocked in at 35.1 mph and is the slowest recorded pitch in MLB history to result in a home run.
Some opined on social media that Scwhindel's toss was an eephus pitch. But that's giving it credit for qualifying as a pitch at all, which seems generous.
Frank Schwindel is not a pitcher (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Schwindel escaped the inning without further damage to the scoreboard in the 18-4 Yankees win. He allowed a base hit to Aaron Judge, but retired the other three batters he faced.
Despite the historically bad pitch, it added up to a better effort than Schwindel's previous pitching outing. On June 3, he took the mound for the ninth inning of a 14-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. That day, he allowed two runs on back-to-back home runs by Corey Dickerson and Lars Nootbar.
Frank Schwindel's RBI groundout
Frank Schwindel hits a ground ball to third base to drive in a run in the top of the 4th inning for the Cubs' second run of the game
Justin Verlander earned his major league-leading eighth win and the Houston Astros snapped their three-game losing streak with a victory over the Marlins.
Right-handed pitcher Jeffrey Springs helped the Tampa Bay Rays defeat the red-hot Minnesota Twins by a final score of 6-0.
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Matt Carpenter on two-home run day, success with the Yankees so far | Yankees Post Game
In this Yankees post game news conference, Matt Carpenter explains his mindset when he was told only an hour before the game on Sunday that he'd get the start at third and what it's been like so far playing in New York and finding so much success.
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Cubs 1B Frank Schwindel allows Yankees HR on 35.1 mph pitch
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Kerith Burke: Kerr on Steph’s conditioning: “Just the consistency of his routine. It’s like a metronome. Every day, it’s the exact same thing. He’s in the training room. He’s in the weight room. He’s on the court…He enjoys it so much. He loves the process.” -via Twitter @KerithBurke / June 12, 2022
After the Warriors fought back for a road game victory in the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics, the team returned home to blazing hot temperatures — and Klay Thompson took to the San Francisco Bay to cool off and rejuvenate. A photo posted to his Instagram stories shows Thompson in chest-deep water with the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge behind him (based on the view, it looks like he’s somewhere near the Presidio Yacht Club). -via San Francisco Chronicle / June 12, 2022
Stephen Curry knows the Warriors will have to be ready to take the Celtics' best punch in Game 5 as Boston has been lights out all postseason following a loss.
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Steve Kerr on Andrew Wiggins: He’s taken a leap in these Playoffs
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That’s how Austin, Texas, sent the USMNT off to a World Cup that feels eons away. This was the team's last match on American soil before the global showpiece, but it ended without drama or postgame ceremonies, a little before midnight ET with the sports world’s eyes on the NBA. The U.S. will fly to El Salvador this weekend, then break for summer vacations. It’ll reconvene in Europe in September, ever so briefly. And then, 24 hours after players duel for their clubs in November, they'll gather in Doha — with a World Cup opener seven days away.
Yet there were several players absent — some injured, some just resting. There were no film sessions on World Cup opponents. And “we didn't really have many training days,” head coach Gregg Berhalter admitted. “We're learning the most from these guys in the games” — and yet two of four games are against vastly inferior opponents that won't come close to replicating the challenges that await in Qatar.
It felt nothing like a typical send-off series, players and coaches agreed. "I don't think we're there yet in terms of the buildup," Berhalter said that week. "I think that this is an important training camp for us as a group, but I don't think the world is saying, 'The World Cup's right around the corner.'"
“We'll never have enough time on the field, which is a shame,” Berhalter said in April. “But that is what it is.”
“We're gonna have to be really effective in these weeks in June,” he continued. But many players arrived with weary bodies and minds after draining nine-month club seasons exacerbated by the World Cup qualifying grind. The coaching staff understood the need to relieve some stress. “We just need to be mindful of how we're pushing them, and how we're occupying their time,” Berhalter said. He left some — most notably Ricardo Pepi — off this June roster altogether.
For many of them, a critical piece of World Cup prep will be the upcoming European offseason. It’s “really important,” Tyler Adams said earlier this spring, “that you get fresh going in, you recover the body, the mind, have a good mental break, and you're able to start the [2022-23] season well.”
“When we get to Qatar, it's basically, prep for a game, and you go from there,” Berhalter said.
“It's less than ideal preparation, in terms of the time we'll have,” he admitted the morning after securing qualification. “But every team's gonna be doing the same thing. So we'll be able to deal with it, just like everybody else.”
Retired Gen. John Allen resigns from the Brookings Institution amid a federal investigation into whether he illegally lobbied on behalf of Qatar.
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The Greenville super regional has had no shortage of excitement.
East Carolina took care of business in Game 1, defeating Texas 13-7. Late game heroics in Game 2 pushed the Longhorns over the Pirates 9-8 to force a Game 3 on Sunday.
Texas was trailing 7-2 at one point on Saturday and many already threw in the towel as it looked like East Carolina was on their way to clinching their first College World Series appearance. However, Skyler Messinger hit a three-run bomb in the eighth inning to tie the game for the Longhorns.
Shortly after, Dylan Campbell hit a solo home run to put Texas up by one. East Carolina would respond with a solo home run of their own in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game, only for Campbell to come through in the clutch yet again with a walk-off single when bases were loaded with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
Here’s how to tune in to the winner-takes-all game on Sunday.
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In his first five seasons in the NFL, Jayron Kearse had a hard time getting on the field. In his first year as a Dallas Cowboy, he rarely came off it.
Now having inked a two-year contract in March after a breakout campaign, the veteran safety looks to take more of a leadership role within the Cowboys locker room. But he also hopes to take his increased opportunities on the field and make himself one of the league’s recognized leaders at a versatile hybrid position that’s becoming more prevalent in today’s game.
Kearse spent his first four seasons with the Vikings after being drafted in the seventh round in 2016. He was always a contributor on special teams, but even his busiest season saw him on the field for under 25% of Minnesota’s defensive snaps in 2019.
In Detroit in 2020, that number jumped to about 45%, when he played 503 defensive snaps for the Lions.
Last year in Dallas, defensive coordinator Dan Quinn had Kearse on the field for 1,014 snaps, over 88% of the defense’s total action and third-highest on the entire unit (just one snap behind Trevon Diggs).
Kearse says he’s the same player he’s always been, even in those other cities. But it took a simple (albeit dramatic) increase in reps to help him showcase the skills that were there all along.
“In my time in Minnesota,” Kearse told reporters last week during the final OTA sessions, “I had the opportunities to play this same position- the big nickel position- but it was seldom that I was getting that opportunity week in and week out. I think the only thing that has changed since I’ve been here is the opportunities have presented itself week in and week out and just given me the ability to be on the field at all times.”
Credit evolving defensive strategies with providing Kearse those extra snaps.
Kearse himself referenced the “big nickel” position, a hybrid role that is seeing more and more use in today’s NFL.
“Think of a normal nickel that’s playing in the slot: covering,” Kearse explained. “You have to do the same things that a normal nickel does. You cover receivers, you cover tight ends. It’s no different.”
Typically seen as being invented by former Packers defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur in the mid-’90s, big nickel takes the nickel concept- using a third corner as a fifth DB- and, instead, puts a third safety on the field. Usually the best safety on the team, the big nickel player takes on traditional linebacker and cornerback roles. He generally has the size and strength to cover a tight end, the reach and speed to handle a slot receiver, but he can also be deployed in blitz situations and is even an effective run defender if the play stays on the ground.
At 6-foot-4, Kearse is the tallest of the Cowboys’ safeties, although second-year man Israel Mukuamu is right there, too. At 215 pounds, Kearse was the beefiest at the position until Dallas brought in undrafted free agent Juanyeh Thomas, currently listed at two pounds heavier.
It’s clear that he’s the prototype that the Cowboys are trying to collect more of to combat explosive offenses.
“It’s becoming a pass-first league,” the 28-year-old Clemson product said. “Having guys like myself and the other safeties that can play multiple positions, it helps out a lot. You don’t get caught up in positions where you have may a linebacker that’s good for run but can’t play the pass. You have a safety that you know can play the pass and also can play the run.”
The size and strength of a linebacker. But with the coverage skills of a true defensive back. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Kearse led the Cowboys in total tackles last year… by a lot.
It’s no coincidence, then, that Kearse is also the Cowboys defender who wears the green dot that identifies him as the primary play-caller for the entire unit.
An effective big nickel gives the defensive coordinator more options with the rest of his personnel and allows for more creativity in using exotic sub-package schemes in the other levels of the defense.
A great big nickel can turn the guy playing the position into a superstar.
“You’ve got the Tyrann Mathieus- a safety, but can go down and play in the nickel, and he also gets in the box,” Kearse offered.
Kearse is the latest example of the Cowboys’ teamwide emphasis on positional versatility. But he may be the one to finally elevate safety in particular, seemingly undervalued in Dallas for so long, to the leader of the defense.
“You don’t have a lot of players, a lot of different positions, that can go out and play multiple positions,” Kearse added. “That’s mainly safeties. We can bump them down, and we can bring them off the edge. We can put them in coverage. We can play them in the box. So I definitely feel like the safety position is gaining a lot of value.”
With more defensive snaps last season than in Kearse’s previous four years combined- and possibly an even higher total in line for 2022- the Cowboys seem to be getting considerable value from their big nickel investment.
Samir Suleiman and Jeff Nixon were both promoted this year to their new titles as vice president of football administration and assistant head coach for offense, respectively.
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One of the biggest questions for the Jacksonville Jaguars heading into this offseason was their receivers room. Now, free agency and the draft have passed, but questions remain about the unit.
The Jags started the offseason by signing two receivers in free agency in Christian Kirk and Zay Jones, both of whom are set to earn a reasonable amount of money. They also signed former New York Giants tight end Evan Engram in free agency. Then in the draft, the Jags elected to pass on selecting a receiver but were able to sign a draftable prospect in Kevin Austin.
When factoring in all of these moves, many critics in the football community weren’t all that impressed with the additions at receiver. It appears Pro Football Focus also feels that way, as they recently ranked the Jags’ receivers corps 28th in their league-wide look at the position.
What it boiled down to for Ben Linsey was the fact that the Jags didn’t get a top-end talent at the position, and as a result, their receivers group found themselves in the fourth tier of the rankings.
The Jags’ decisions at receiver came in an offseason where several No. 1 receivers were traded. The one that made the most sense for the Jags was Amari Cooper, who was traded from Dallas to Cleveland for fifth and sixth-round picks in April’s draft. The Jags were interested but weren’t able to put a better offer on the table than the Browns, which left many Jags fans wondering if their team had missed out on a good deal.
As for the players they were able to acquire at the position, Kirk seems like he has the best chance to be a No. 1. While he never registered 1,000 receding yards in a season while with Arizona, he proved to be a talented individual who did a little of everything. However, a key part of his game is his ability to challenge teams deep at times, which would be a huge attribute for second-year quarterback Trevor Lawrence to have by his side this season.
Another name to watch who could bolster the receivers group is Travis Etienne. While he’s predominantly a running back, he’s been getting looks as a receiver in organized team activities and has impressed in the process.
As pointed out by Linsey, a lot will depend on Doug Pederson getting the most out of the group. He shouldn’t be doubted in the process, either, as he was able to win Super Bowl LII with a group that consisted of Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Agholor, and Torrey Smith as his top receivers. He also had Zach Ertz on the roster, but even with the Pro Bowl talent, there wasn’t a single pass-catcher on the roster who hit the 1,000-yard or 900-yard receiving mark.
If it’s a coach who can get the most out of the present group, it’s Pederson. Ultimately, time will tell if he can make history repeat itself and shock the football community by making the Jags’ receivers group respectable.
Link Jarrett breaks down Chase Dollander’s performance against Notre Dame
Link Jarrett breaks down Chase Dollander's performance against Notre Dame.
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Source: Lance staying in Bay for extra week of 49ers practice originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
SANTA CLARA -- Trey Lance is doing everything in his control to prepare for his second NFL season with the 49ers.
Coach Kyle Shanahan cut short the team’s mandatory minicamp by one day, explaining that the staff has seen all they need to for the time being.
This is nothing new for the head coach, who has turned the third day of minicamp into a picnic day for the players, staff and their families for the past few years. Bounce houses, kids activities and food vendors are brought in to help create an environment that promotes a bonding amongst the group.
“I look at the offseason as you're allowed to have 12 practices,” Shanahan said after Day 1 of minicamp. “Nine of them are called OTAs and three are called mini-camp, but I just look at it as 12 practices and I don't think you need 12 practices. I never have. And that's why we've never done 12.”
The head coach recalled holding 11 offseason practices as the most for the team but added that the number of practices are determined as the offseason progresses. This season Shanahan thought the group’s progress was going well enough to move minicamp up a week instead of holding it June 13-15.
Along with Lance, the 49ers' 2022 draft class will remain in the Bay Area for another week of work along with several second-year players and a few veterans. Most veterans, including Deebo Samuel will leave the facility to work with their own private trainers closer to their hometowns and/or family.
While Samuel did report to team headquarters without a contract extension yet completed, he did not work with Lance on the field for team drills during the two practices. Not wanting to risk injury, the star receiver worked with the team trainers on agility and was seen running sprints on the side of the field.
Lance does not feel that missing time working with one of his top skill players will hinder building chemistry. The young quarterback knows they will be seeing a lot of each other once the team reconvenes for training camp at the end of July.
RELATED: Lance throws two long touchdown passes on Day 2 of minicamp
“No, I don't think so,” Lance said during minicamp. “It would be great to have him out there, but I understand the situation and we'll get to spend a ton of time together this offseason in July and the end of June. So it’s not something I'm worried about at all and training camp is nothing but reps.”
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The Eagles love speed and one of their 2022 free agent signees just recorded one of the fastest times in 110M hurdles history.
Devon Allen bypassed an NFL career after some early success at Oregon to chase his Olympic dreams and he’s developed into one of the top hurdlers in this country’s deep history in the sport.
Allen clocked 12.84 seconds at Icahn Stadium at the NYC Grand Prix just days after challenging Darius Slay and any other Eagles player to a $10,000 race.
Olympic silver medalist Grant Holloway finished in second place at 13.06.
It remains to be seen if Allen can develop into a natural wide receiver in the NFL, but the Eagles will certainly give the former Oregon star an opportunity to make a dent on special teams and in the return game.
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Devon Allen is trying to make the Eagles as a wide receiver this year, but Sunday brought a reminder that he’s a gifted track athlete as well. Allen ran the 110 meter hurdles in 12.84 seconds during the New York Grand Prix in New York City on Sunday. That was good enough to win the [more]
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Watch: Eagles’ WR Devon Allen runs third-fastest 110m hurdles time in history at NYC Grand Prix
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It pays to play well on the PGA Tour, folks. Just ask this week’s winner, Rory McIlroy.
The 33-year-old Northern Irishman defended his title from 2019 and claimed his 21st PGA Tour win by two shots over Tony Finau and three over Justin Thomas at the 2022 RBC Canadian Open at St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Ontario, Canada. The event was played for the first time after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions.
McIlroy will take home $1.56 million for his efforts and is now over $64 million in career on-course earnings. Finau, meanwhile, earned a cool $948,300. Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2022 RBC Canadian Open.
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Giants jump back in NL West race after 'big' sweep of Dodgers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
SAN FRANCISCO -- As raucous Giants fans poured into the streets outside Oracle Park and smoke and music filled the home clubhouse, Gabe Kapler stood in a quiet manager's office and stuck to a common theme from the last two seasons.
"We're gonna not get too high or too low," he said.
The Giants played truly awful baseball at times in May, and Thursday's loss to the Colorado Rockies was one of the uglier ones of the year. They have at multiple times been 7 1/2 games out in the race for an NL West title they won last year, and they took the field Friday with a 6 1/2 game deficit.
It's early, but it's not that early, and a really bad weekend could have all but sunk the Giants in the division. Sure, they'll get healthier at some point, but the Los Angeles Dodgers do not have the type of roster you chase down from 10 games back, and the San Diego Padres have hung right behind them despite spending the whole first half without Fernando Tatis Jr.
There was no guarantee that the Giants could climb out of a big hole even if they did play a style more closely resembling their 2021 season, which makes this weekend's result notable, even if it is still the middle of June.
"Yeah, it's big," said lefty Carlos Rodón, who allowed just two hits in six innings. "That turns it around for us a little bit. We'll try to build off today and this whole weekend and carry it through."
"I'm not surprised. We did it last year and we have the same group back," right-hander Dominic Leone said. "Every year is different but I think we have confidence in everybody that's out there and not much has changed from last year. We've just got to get the ball rolling and get guys in good spots to pitch."
Leone handled the eighth on Sunday and got through the heart of the lineup, starting with Freddie Freeman. He ran into some trouble, but he was perhaps the biggest beneficiary of what might have been Austin Slater's best defensive game in the big leagues.
"Huge. Huge. He got a great jump on the fly ball by Smith," Leone said. "I mean, that ball, I watched it -- it just kept tailing away and I didn't think he was going to get there, and next thing you know he made an unbelievable play."
The next one was just as important. The Giants have pushed their outfielders to be aggressive on sinking line drives, even if it costs them extra-base hits at times. The calculus is that the diving catches will lead to outs that outweigh any damage. Justin Turner followed Smith with a liner to right and Mike Yastrzemski couldn't glove it, but Slater was backing him up perfectly, and he shockingly kept Trea Turner from scoring on the play.
"It's always fun to pitch in these rivalry games," Leone said. "It meant a lot to us last year, especially having to fight them tooth and nail to the end. That's our goal this year. They're not going to go away and I think, for us, we want to show everybody that we're still here, we're still a competitive team, and that we can play our best baseball with anybody."
The Giants won the West by just one game last year, and it doesn't look like anybody is going to run away from the rest of the division this season. As good as the Dodgers are, they left Oracle Park reeling, and with ace Walker Buehler on the Injured List for at least a couple of months.
It's setting up for another intense summer in the West, and the Giants, with their best weekend of the year, made sure they're right back in the thick of it. That's a place their manager always expected them to be, no matter how bad things might have looked in recent weeks.
"I think it's a solid position to be in, but everybody in this room has been around the game long enough to know that divisions aren't won in June and they're probably not lost very often in June, although it happens," Kapler said. "I didn't think we were in that danger zone. Look, I understand why it feels that way sometimes and why it feels very easy to be like, 'Oh man, the division is getting away from us.'
"I just don't think it happens very often with good baseball teams, and I think we're a good baseball team."
Jonah Heim hit a two-run single in the 12th inning and the Texas Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox by a final score of 8-6.
Arizona Diamondbacks pitching coach Brent Strom wants to see some mechanical changes from left-hander Dallas Keuchel.
Carlos Rodon pitched six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants completed a three-game sweep of the division-leading Dodgers, beating Los Angeles 2-0.
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All-time NASCAR Cup Series winners
The all-time list of NASCAR Cup Series winners starts with Richard Petty (200 wins) and includes more than 60 drivers who won just a single time at NASCAR’s top level. Below is the list of all-time winners, in order, in the NASCAR Cup Series. Last update: After Race 16 of 2022 season (Sonoma Raceway) Active […]
Brady Slavens’ walk-off single in the second game of the NCAA Tournament super regional series lifts Arkansas past North Carolina baseball.
Hunter Elliott's parents sat behind Ole Miss baseball's dugout as their son led their alma mater back to its first College World Series since 2014.
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1-on-1 with NASCAR’s newest winner, Daniel Suárez
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There are legacy commitments and then there are — well legacy commitments. Former Michigan football head coach Lloyd Carr is woven in the very fabric of Wolverine football, being a longtime assistant and then head coach for 13 seasons.
You would think that would endure a relative of his to think very seriously about attending the school he coached at, but apparently not.
That brings us to this past week. Carr has a grandson who is a blue-chip quarterback in the 2024 class, C.J. Carr. He’s from Saline, Michigan, just a stone’s throw from Ann Arbor. According to the 247Sports Composite Rankings, Carr is ranked as the No. 5 quarterback and 20th overall recruit in the 2024 cycle and holds offers from almost every major school in the country, including TTUN.
However, there’s a glitch in the maize and blue matrix it seems. Instead of choosing his grandfather’s school, the young gunslinging Carr chose former Ohio State linebacker Marcus Freeman’s squad, Notre Dame.
Yes, that means not only did Carr choose a historical rival to give his verbal to, but he’ll be coached by a former Ohio State player as a head coach.
Of course, Michigan fans are claiming the school didn’t really want Carr, but that’s nothing but a line of bologna. You don’t turn a blind eye to a kid who is the grandson of a former head coach that brought home a national title right in your backyard.
No way, no how.
What might give you even more of a chuckle is seeing Lloyd Carr in a Notre Dame hat.
Michigan may have finally gotten the Ohio State monkey off its back last season, but these types of things just seem to follow Harbaugh and the program around.
The universe seems to be correcting itself, and let’s hope it comes back into perfect alignment on November 26.
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The Blue Devils picked up a commitment from grad transfer Jacob Grandison, who played the last two seasons at Illinois. Grandison has one season of eligibility remaining. The 6-6, 210-pound Grandison shot 41% on 3s (55 of 134) last season, averaging 9.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
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Lloyd Carr’s grandson chooses Notre Dame, not Michigan
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Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger can't reach a first-inning home run hit by the Giants' Austin Slater on Sunday in San Francisco. The Dodgers lost 2-0 and suffered a three-game sweep. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
Amid his team’s recent slump, however, the conversation quickly turned to another of Roberts’ frustrations — one he believed was more widespread within the Dodgers' clubhouse and much harder for the typically mild-mannered manager to reconcile.
In what were unsolicited comments, Roberts said the team’s mindset needed to improve, that the Dodgers' sense of urgency, especially at the plate, needed to change.
“We've done a good job of setting the table,” third baseman Justin Turner said. “We just haven't been able to get that big hit to unplug this."
He added: “I don't feel like we're defensive. I just feel like we could get downhill faster and stay downhill. I think we can do a better job of that.”
“I don't think we're doing anything differently,” he said. “Go out and you set the table and try to come up with a big hit, and [we] just didn't."
TJ Friedl hit a tiebreaking triple in the seventh inning and Tommy Pham added a solo homer as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-6, Sunday to snap a four-game losing streak.
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Shanahan is already known as an offensive mastermind who helps elevate offenses to a high level even without a top-end quarterback. Now he has a chance to make his mark on the league with one of the athletic, big-armed quarterbacks that have become something of a requirement for Super Bowl contention (word to Tom Brady).
And that’s really what Shanahan’s missing from his resumé. He’s yet to have the quarterback he can hitch his wagon to long-term. Bill Walsh had Joe Montana. Bill Belichick had Tom Brady. Andy Reid had Donovan McNabb and then Patrick Mahomes. Sean Payton had Drew Brees. Now Shanahan has a chance to launch himself into that stratosphere.
There are some issues with fourth-down play-calling and overall lack of aggressiveness that have hurt Shanahan during his tenure with the 49ers. Perhaps those continue to be problematic with Lance. Having an elite quarterback to make plays in those situations though could change some of Shanahan’s play-calling tendencies in tight spots. That would also go a long way toward elevating him in the hierarchy of his peers.
There’s also the winning problem. Winning matters, and not having a Super Bowl is a knock on Shanahan’s record, especially given the team’s fourth quarter collapse against the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV. Shanahan signed off on moving three first-round picks for Lance in hopes that he develops into a player that acts as a better safety net against those late-game collapses.
Of course, this turning point could go the other way. As high as the ceiling is for the ShanaLance 49ers, the floor looks something like rock bottom.
If Shanahan mortgaged his team’s future to pick a player No. 3 overall, and then he can’t make that player great, it would go down as a pretty significant knock against his coaching record. Even if Lance is just okay it won’t look great. If he’s not good at all, then there’ll be a new set of questions about Shanahan as a coach and player evaluator.
However it plays out, the 2022 season matters more for Shanahan than any season ever has, and the next two or three years will set a course for his coaching career and the future of the 49ers’ entire franchise.
From private clubs to public courses, East Tennessee has all kinds of golf courses for you to check out.
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2022 a big year for 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan
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Here’s some of what they had to say:
DC Renaldo Hill: “We have a lot to work with right now.”
Hill’s time on the podium was all about diversity on the defensive end, something he said was a focus for the team going into the offseason. Hill also mentioned that most of the additions were guys they felt fit the defensive scheme better than last year’s players did and said linebacker Kyle Van Noy as a “jack of all trades” that the team is excited to have in the building. Later on, Hill also emphasized the importance of competition in the secondary in ensuring that backups are prepared to play if their number gets called.
That competitive atmosphere and its benefits can probably be extended to the defensive line as well, where several players have uncertain roles or roster spots heading into the heat of summer. It sounds as though year two of Staley and Hill’s scheme will emphasize versatility, which could lead to some surprise roster decisions down the line. It also means that the defense should be better equipped to deceive opposing offenses.
DL Morgan Fox: “I’m grateful and happy to be part of this room.”
Fox confirmed what’s been shown on Twitter for the last few days by telling reporters that the defensive line room has been getting along swimmingly despite so many new additions this offseason. He also confirmed that the calls and verbiage of the defense are the same as when he played for Staley on the other side of town.
While there’s not any evidence that morale was low on the defensive line last season, it’s refreshing to see that the entire room is having as good of a time as they are this year. Locker room morale is an oft-underrated aspect of on-field performance, and the early returns this season seem to suggest that these successful new relationships between teammates will engender more success on the field.
Another point of comfort for Chargers fans: if all the nuances of the defensive scheme are truly the same as they were for the Rams in 2020, the defense has a leg up on fine-tuning their knowledge with so many former Rams now in the building to serve as tutors. Fox, Joseph-Day, and linebacker Troy Reeder all have prior experience in the system and should be able to pass along their tips and tricks to the rest of the team, which could lead to big returns.
LB Kyle Van Noy: “I’m trying to get the most out of players around me.”
Van Noy echoed Hill’s comments about competition, saying that he wants every guy on the team to do well because that competitive atmosphere will inspire him to be his best. He also said that everything about the Chargers organization convinced him to come to play in LA before telling reporters that his exact role in the defense is a “secret.”
Van Noy’s enthusiasm for the culture that the Chargers have built under Brandon Staley is excellent news for keeping talent home and convincing them to come to LA. While traditionally a “big market” team, the Rams have always seemed to have better luck luring talent to the City of Angels than the Chargers have. Van Noy’s comments suggest that it may be shifting in favor of the Bolts, although it’ll still be even at best given the Rams’ continued hyper-aggressiveness.
The fact that Van Noy declines to tell reporters what his exact role in the defense is going to be is notable, as it implies that he’s going to be asked to do just about everything on the field. That’s something that many fans guessed when he was signed, but I think it does lend credence to the theory that he’ll spend time at off-ball linebacker to supplement Drue Tranquill and Kenneth Murray. Of course, that’s in addition to his role as a secondary edge rusher behind Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack.
TE Donald Parham Jr.: “I had to take my time and just think about if this was something that I wanted to do for the rest of my career.”
Parham was candid with the media in saying he wasn’t sure he’d ever return to the field after a nasty concussion against the Chiefs in week 15 that kept him from playing for the rest of the season. He said he didn’t feel back to normal until the end of February to early March. Now, Parham is fully healthy and feels motivated by a locker room that he said: “makes me feel like part of a family.”
On the one hand, it’s a frightening look at the reality of concussions to hear that Parham didn’t feel himself until nearly three months after his injury occurred. Nobody could blame him for not being willing to risk returning after an injury like that. On the other hand, it’s again a testament to the culture Staley and GM Tom Telesco have built that Parham feels so strongly about his teammates that he decided he was willing to battle back from such a severe setback.
Few players have worked more challenging to get to where they are than Parham, who has risen from the XFL to even be on the roster, let alone play such a significant role as the second tight end next to Gerald Everett. We should all hope he breaks out in a big way and stays healthy in 2022.
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4 quotes from Week 3 of Chargers OTAs that stood out
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Although the team has multiple quality contributors at all of the positions on their roster, there are a few that lack the depth that others have. One of those is pass rusher, where the team faces a bit of uncertainty due to the recoveries of outside linebackers Tyus Bowser and David Ojabo from torn achilles injuries.
There are still a few good pass rushing options on the free agent market who Baltimore could choose to bring in if they feel like they’re a good fit both on and off of the field. On Thursday, pass rusher Jason-Pierre Paul visited the team, and many were excited about the potential of him bringing his talents to the Ravens.
Across 12 NFL seasons with both the New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pierre-Paul has totaled 603 tackles, 91.5 sacks and 21 forced fumbles. He played primarily as a defensive end in New York, but once he arrived in Tampa Bay he began to play outside linebacker, so he does have a bit of the positional versatility that Baltimore values.
The three-time Pro Bowler is a very disruptive player, and if signed by the Ravens would provide a steady veteran presence both on and off of the field as a pass rusher. He would also come with plenty of experience, something that Baltimore doesn’t have a lot of at outside linebacker at the moment with Justin Houston and Pernell McPhee still on the free agent market.
Pierre-Paul is one of the better players still available on the free agent market, but his value might not be as high as some might think, as his 2021 season was marred by an injury, causing him to finish the year with just 2.5 sacks. Adding Pierre-Paul on a cheap one-year deal that could possibly allow the veteran to hit free agency again in 2023 seems like it would benefit both sides, as the Ravens would add a proven player at a position of need while the pass rusher would get the opportunity to rebuild some of his value that was lost during his injury-filled season last year.
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The lean, athletic forward registered 17 points, pulled down a career-high 16 crucial rebounds, had a starting unit high plus-minus of 20 and held Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum to 23 points on 23 shot attempts. His desire to win and compete was displayed in his 43 minutes Friday.
There was a period during his six seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves that his competitive spirit was in question. Wiggins possessed athleticism, a quick first step and the ability to handle the ball at 6-foot-8, yet he didn't break out into a star, leaving critics to believe he wasn’t seeking to maximize his attributes.
“I would never say that I wasn’t competitive at any point. I was just on a losing team [in Minnesota],” Wiggins told Yahoo Sports after practice Sunday. “I used to score more and do pretty much everything, but now I’m on a winning team. So, everything I do, people will appreciate it more and that’s what winning does. No one respects losers, and I feel that. Everyone says they want to be a winner, but everyone can’t do it. People respect winners, and I’m happy to be in this situation.”
That “noncompetitive” label is being shed now in Wiggins’ third season with Golden State after being traded there in 2020. There is evidence from his rookie season that supports his assertion he always carried a competitive fire.
The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Wiggins with the No. 1 pick in the 2014 draft. And not too long after, LeBron James made a splash when word trickled out that he was returning to Cleveland after spending the last four years guiding the Miami Heat to two titles.
From there, Wiggins’ fate was unknown as management suddenly had to quickly assemble a championship roster around James.
The Cavaliers got a title out of the trio of James, Love and Kyrie Irving in their second season together after upsetting the Warriors in historic measures by overcoming a 3-1 Finals deficit in 2016.
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NBA Finals: Andrew Wiggins wants to set the record straight. He was always a competitor
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Most Warriors fans probably re-watched Game 4 of the 2022 NBA Finals over the weekend, wanting another glimpse of Steph Curry's remarkable 43-point performance in a 107-97 win over the Boston Celtics.
"It's cool because when you watch film, there's a lot of different emotions because you usually know the outcome of the game, whether you played well individually or not, you always know what happens at the end like you're watching the end of a movie," Curry told reporters on Sunday. "It's always nice to know the movie turns out great at the end.
"But it's more so just the balance of watching what worked and trying to understand those patterns so that you can repeat that for the next game, maybe anticipate some adjustments that might happen. Try to slow it down and try to be one step ahead of that."
And just like Warriors fans and NBA fans in general, Curry's attention wasn't just on what he was doing on the court against the Celtics on Friday night.
"In the meantime, also watching a lot of different reactions in the crowd and on the bench, stuff like that too," Curry said. "That's always some good entertainment."
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“Any player will tell you,” Curry said Sunday, “when you get respect and praise from your colleagues and guys who have been on this stage and know what it's about and how hard it is to do what we do, that means the world.”
“We all know what he can do outside of 20 feet, 30 to 35, 40 feet,” Smart said. “The dude is special in that regard. The way that he's able to affect the game by being able to run around and play off the ball and get himself open, it's just tough on a defender because you can't take a break. The instant you think that he's not doing anything, the play is over for him, and that's when you get beaten. That's when you get burnt.
“That's when this mentality comes in and you've got to stay ready, you can't give up, you've got to keep going.”
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Oregon Ducks women’s basketball fans know quite well how good Sabrina Ionescu can be. They could sense a triple-double coming like Obi-Wan Kenobi can sense the force.
New York Liberty fans are just beginning to get that sense as Ionescu became the youngest and just the fourth WNBA player to achieve multiple triple-doubles in her career.
Although the Liberty lost 88-86 to the Chicago Sky, the former Oregon great did more than her part with 27 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. She’s also the first player in history to accomplish the feat in three quarters.
New York won four of its last five games before this most recent setback. The Liberty is currently 5-9. As for Ionescu, she is averaging 17.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 5.6 assists a game.
Candace Parker, Sheryl Swoopes, and Courtney Vandersloot are the only three other players to chalk up multiple triple-doubles.
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Colombian racing driver; former Formula One driver
“Then one of my friends told me, ‘Hey, just remember how people learn language when they are kids,’ Suarez told NBC Sports in 2016. “They learn by TV and talking to people, watching cartoons most of the time. If you think about it, cartoons are always more simple in the words and the way they talk. They talk more slow. I said ‘Man that makes sense.’
He won one NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race in 2013 and twice in 2014.
Suarez’s time with Joe Gibbs Racing did not produce any wins in two seasons and he was replaced in 2019 by Martin Truex Jr. Suarez ran for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2019 but was replaced the following year by Cole Custer.
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When ranking the top-10 best defensive players in NFL history, Jeff Kerr of CBS Sports put a member of the Baltimore organization who was a part of many elite defensive units on his list in inside linebacker Ray Lewis. The veteran came in at No. 3, with Kerr talking about the many accolades that Lewis was able to secure over the course of his long career.
“Lewis has accolades that are unmatched for his position in NFL history. The face of the Baltimore Ravens, Lewis is the first — and only — player in NFL history with 40 sacks and 30 interceptions in a career, while his 50 career takeaways (31 interceptions, 19 fumble recoveries) rank second among linebackers since the AFL-NFL merger…A two-time Defensive Player of the Year (2000, 2003), Lewis was the leader of the 2000 Ravens defense — one of the greatest units in NFL history. The Ravens posted league records in a 16-game season for fewest rushing yards (970), shutouts (four), and points allowed (165). He captured Super Bowl XXXV MVP honors that season, the first of two Super Bowl titles he won in Baltimore (ended his career with a title in Super Bowl XLVII).”
The Hall-of-Famer played for 17 seasons in the NFL, all with the Ravens. He accumulated a whopping 2,059 tackles, 41.5 sacks, 31 interceptions, 20 fumble recoveries, and 19 forced fumbles in that span, becoming one of the most dominant defensive players ever. He was a true leader both on and off the field, and he made an imprint on the Baltimore franchise that will never be forgotten.
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Former Ravens ILB Ray Lewis ranked as top-five defensive player in NFL history by CBS Sports
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The UNC football program received a commitment from four-star defensive back Kaleb Cost on Saturday night, adding to its 2023 class.
Cost, a dual-sport athlete who also plays baseball, was offered by UNC in February and the relationship never looked back after that.
Not only was relationships with the staff key in his decision, playing for Mack Brown was at the top of his list.
He broke down his decision with Rivals.com.
“He’s all about family,” Cost said of Mack Brown. “Obviously, he’s been in this game so long. He knows what he’s doing. He doesn’t even really coach, but he puts coaches in the position to coach his players at the highest level. He knows what he’s doing. He might be on the older side, but he has a good mindset of what needs to be done to win games.”
Cost visited North Carolina last week for an official visit and after that he knew the Tar Heels were the team and program for him.
He wasted no time in making a decision and shut down his recruitment by cancelling visits to Pittsburgh and UCF.
“North Carolina, they set the standard. They’ve been loving me since the first day they recruited me,” Cost said. “Everybody, the whole coaching staff hit me up the first day. I felt the love. That’s really what I was looking for in the recruiting process, where the love was at. They said I have the opportunity of playing day one with a lot of DBs leaving and everything this year, going to the draft, doing their own thing. That’s a big thing.”
The Fayetteville, Georgia native is ranked as the No. 29 player in the state and the No. 45 defensive back in the Rivals 2023 class.
North Carolina now has five commitments in its 2023 recruiting class as an important June recruiting month is just getting underway.
Cost will also play baseball at North Carolina.
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History made as FIFA picks 6 female referees, assistants for men’s... World Cup draw, live! Updates, groups, how to watch, stream, format, qualified... What is the best and worst case scenario for USMNT in 2022 World Cup group...
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Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo will not be forced to pay millions of dollars in a civil lawsuit to a Nevada woman who once accused him of rape, as reported by Deadline. Ronaldo, age 37, is one of the most highly paid and recognizable sports stars in the world. He plays for the English Premier League […]
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SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 13 June 2022 at 9:00 am Sampo has converted 1,000,000 B shares into A shares A total of 1,000,000 B shares in Sampo plc have been converted into A shares in accordance with the conversion clause of Section 4 in Sampo’s Articles of Association. The conversion was registered into the Finnish Trade Register today. The decision of conversion was made by the Board of Directors of Sampo plc on request of Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company, the holder of Sampo’s B shares.
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American college football player and coach
Rodriguez took over the job at Jacksonville State in November of last year. The FCS program has seen recent success and Rodriguez’s offense is a reason for further optimism. To help run his offense he decided the best man for the job was on James Franklin’s staff, Rod Smith.
Even though he was only on staff for a short time, we can add another name to the James Franklin coaching tree. James Franklin has long had success being a pit stop of sorts for college coaches and Smith proved to be no exception.
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Rich Rodriguez plucks Penn State analyst for Jacksonville State staff
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Much of the ink printed about Showtime’s prestige series The First Lady has (deservingly) been in reference to its female creative team, whether it be stars Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson, director Susanne Bier or producer Cathy Schulman. But there’s a good story to be told about two men on The First Lady, […]
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Joe Burrow is quickly becoming one of the top quarterbacks in the game.
The former Heisman Trophy winner at LSU and first overall pick for the Cincinnati Bengals had his rookie year end prematurely with a knee injury in 2020, but in 2021, he engineered the end of a playoff win drought that dated back to 1990. He led Cincinnati to the Super Bowl, where it came up just short against the Los Angeles Rams.
Still, the future is bright for Burrow and the Bengals. But as his profile grows, he seems to have remained in touch with his fans. After practice on Tuesday, he stopped to sign autographs for and take pictures with all of the kids standing outside.
Video was captured by FOX19’s Joe Danneman. You can even spot one fan wearing Burrow’s LSU jersey.
It’s certainly a cool gesture from Burrow, and it will be a memorable moment for all of those kids. Expectations are high for Burrow in Year 3, who could take a step forward and make a claim as one of the game’s elite quarterbacks.
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Lumiere, a guide dog, melted hearts as he helped his owner, Scott Heigel, through the crowds at CMA Fest.
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John Skipper—former ESPN president, current executive chairman of DAZN, and co-founder of Meadowlark Media—said the existence of a league-owned streaming platform will be helpful in both ongoing and future broadcast rights negotiations, and that the NFL is unlikely to be overly concerned with subscription counts. (Representatives for the NFL declined to comment for this story.) NFL Plus could help to drive up the price of NFL Sunday Ticket, since the current deal expires after the 2022 season, and will put existing and hopeful media partners on notice. “If you don’t give us a big check for [a specific rights package come 2034], we’ll just go and do it ourselves,” Skipper explained.
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Lakers rookie guard Austin Reaves grew up on a 300-acre farm "in the middle of nowhere," he said of Newark, Ark. (Steven Jones / For The Times)
“I looked him in his eyes,” Reaves said. “And I was like, 'To tell everybody to f— off.' My whole life, I've been too skinny. Not athletic enough. At one point I wasn't skilled enough. Everybody found excuses for me not to. … It was always, ‘We're gonna find something about him that he can't do good enough to make it.’
"Even if you don’t love basketball, you love Austin."
Following his NBA debut with the Lakers, a season that personally couldn’t have gone much better, Reaves came back home, splitting time between the farm in Newark and his father Brian Reaves' house 10 minutes down the road in Batesville.
Austin Reaves shoots over his mother, Nicole Wilkett, on a half-court next to the family's house on a 300-acre farm. (Steven Jones / For The Times)
“Now I'm Austin's older brother,” Spencer said with a laugh. “And I hate when that happens.”
"I thought it was a typo. Like I had no idea."
"He never shied away from competing in that sense even though I was beating the s— out of him.”
“In small towns, sometimes basketball or sports are the only thing people have to experience together," Spencer said. "We don't have a NBA team. We don't have a NFL team. … I think it's nice for people to have something to hold on to, to be connected to. And we were good enough as a high school team to be one of those things. It was really cool.”
"He was clearly the guy who was going to dictate what was going to happen on the floor."
Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger on Austin Reaves' leadership
“People were still proud of him,” Reaves' father said. “But when people go … it’s nothing like when they’re here winning state championships.”
Typically, Austin would’ve been asked to mimic the opposition as a member of the scout team. But he wasn't playing like a typical reserve.
“And this was really the first time it hit me. I was like, ‘Damn. This guy has been around. He's seen all sorts of basketball. He had Trae. He had Buddy [Hield]’ ... So that was really the first time that I was like, ‘Oh, it's actually like really possible.’”
“Austin, his instincts for the game are really good. He's got a really good feel for what's going on and knows what needs to be done,” Kruger said. “… There wasn't any question who the leader was. He was clearly the guy who was going to dictate what was going to happen on the floor.”
"When you have an opportunity to see the arc of a player, to discover him in the scouting process ... seeing that arc is really satisfying."
Lakers guard Austin Reaves dives for a loose ball alongside Dallas' Tim Hardaway Jr. during a game in December. (Tom Pennington / Getty Images)
Before Reaves headed back to Los Angeles, where he'll work on his spot-up shooting and try to improve his flexibility with yoga, he sat in his father’s living room between rounds of golf. He kicked off his shoes, argued with his dad’s dog and bantered with his younger sister.
Austin Reaves drives around a pond on his mother's farm in Newark, Ark. (Steven Jones / For The Times)
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“I’ve just got to be more complete,” said Strus, aware that the shelf life of Heat 3-point specialists can be limited, as exemplified by the Heat tenures of Jason Kapono, James Jones, even Wayne Ellington. “Obviously teams are going to force me to make plays inside the arc. So I’ve got to get better there. And I think I’ve taken leaps and bounds as a player in this league. -via South Florida Sun-Sentinel / June 12, 2022
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Kevin Durant: ‘Kobe Bryant would tell you the difference between him in ’06 and ’09 was the addition of Pau Gasol’
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Steph proves Jefferson wrong with all-time Game 4 performance originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
While it wasn't the prettiest win, the Warriors managed to pull out an incredible 107-97 win over the Celtics, thanks to an iconic 43-point, 10-rebound performance by Steph Curry.
It wasn't the most points Curry ever has scored in an NBA Finals game (47 against the Toronto Raptors in 2019) but the Warriors needed every single point from the two-time NBA scoring champion. Playing on an injured left foot, Curry shot 14-of-26 from the field and 7-of-14 from 3-point range.
With Draymond Green stuck in a massive funk and Klay Thompson not hitting on all cylinders, Curry willed the Warriors to a season-saving win, hitting several clutch shots in the second half.
Hours before the Warriors and Celtics tipped off in Boston on Friday, ESPN's "NBA Today" panel looked back at the best NBA Finals Game 4 performances of all-time, and wondered if anyone from Golden State or Boston would be able to crack the list.
The discussion was spurred on by an article from ESPN's Kevin Pelton, who picked the best Game 4 performances by position.
When host Malika Andrews asked analysts Kendrick Perkins and Richard Jefferson who had the best chance to author an all-time performance in Game 4, neither picked Curry.
Perkins: "Jayson Tatum. This is the moment for Jayson Tatum right now. He hasn't had that standout 'I'm the best player on the floor' moment in this series. The conversation has either been Steph or the conversation has been Jaylen Brown. I don't care about Jayson Tatum going out there and getting 25 or 30. I want to see one of them 40 pieces tonight and I think he has it in him. I think he's going to perform well tonight and I think he's going to do it in great fashion with Deuce on the sideline cheering him on."
Jefferson: "I don't think anybody. I don't think anybody has a chance to join that list. I'm not being a Debbie Downer. I just looked at that list, Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar], [Charles] Barkley, [Michael Jordan]..."
ESPN NBA analyst Zach Lowe: "You know Steph Curry is playing in the game, right?"
Jefferson: "I don't think anybody has a chance. We'll see if I'm wrong. We'll see on Monday."
Pelton broke his list down by position and has Magic Johnson's 1987 Game 4 performance against the Celtics as the best game by a point guard. In that game, Magic finished with 29 points, eight rebounds and five assists. He went 12-of-20 from the field and didn't attempt a 3-pointer. Not an eye-popping stat line, but per Pelton, it was one signature moment that has Magic on the list.
With the Lakers down 106-105 with seven seconds remaining, Johnson took the inbound pass, drove across the lane with six-time All-Defensive team member Kevin McHale on him and hit a sky hook -- dubbed the "junior, junior sky hook" -- with two seconds remaining to give Los Angeles an eventual 107-106 win and a three-games-to-one lead.
Did Curry do enough to supplant Magic from the list? That's up for debate but on pure numbers, a strong case could be made that the two-time NBA MVP now has the most impressive NBA Finals Game 4 performance of all-time by a point guard.
If you consider Curry more of a shooting guard, he's not knocking Jordan off the list after MJ dropped 55 points on 21-of-37 shooting in the Chicago Bulls' 1993 Game 4 win over the Phoenix Suns.
RELATED: Curry's NBA Finals performance for the ages leaves teammates in awe
As for Tatum -- Perkins' pick -- he went 8-of-23 from the field and finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds in the Celtics' loss.
It was Curry who had the performance to remember, proving Jefferson -- and Perkins to some extent -- wrong.
If there's anything we've learned during Curry's career, it's a losing cause to bet against him.
WBZ TV's Dan Roche talks to Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell about Game 5 of the NBA Finals in San Francisco Monday night.
Christina White, an aquatics fitness instructor from Athens, was honored recently at an international conference in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Police are working around the clock to make sure you are safe when you go out this summer. It’s apart of Atlanta’s Summer Safety Program to address crime.
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STORY: Members of the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) complain about a lack of "rights for bikes" in the chaotic street environments of the Mexican capital, one of the world's biggest and most polluted cities.
"We seek to raise awareness about the fragility of the human body," said Fabian Conejo a member of the World Naked Bike Ride Organizing Committee.
The next round of Pennies for Progress is approaching the planning stages. Tell us what roads you think are most in need of improvements.
Calorie labeling on menus hasn’t dramatically changed how many calories most people consume when they dine out, new research has found.
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Annual nude bike ride turns heads in Mexico City
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A win on Monday will put the Warriors one victory away from achieving that goal. But Golden State is trying not to look too far ahead. “One game at a time” has been their mantra since the start of the season, and as what happened three years ago taught them, anything can happen. That being said, will the Warriors take a moment to reflect back on their journey? “Maybe for a second,” Thompson said. “But when I step on that court, I want to win by any means necessary. I don’t care how ugly or pretty it is. Let’s just win and protect our home court. I’m not going to sing ‘Kumbaya’ or anything. I just want to frigging win.” -via ESPN / June 13, 2022
Three years ago Monday, Thompson tore his left ACL in Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. He didn’t know it at the time, but that ended up being the last game he would play for 941 days. “Wow, what a time. Three years ago,” Thompson said as he thought back to that moment. He wasn’t aware that Monday marks the three-year anniversary until a reporter pointed it out to him. “That — wow. It just goes by fast.” -via ESPN / June 13, 2022
Then there is the emotional component. Regardless of Curry’s skills or reputation as the greatest shooter ever, there remains a challenge to the Celtics’ egos. Depending on your point of view, they have let this happen, or have been bystanders while Curry goes off. “We let it happen, but it happened,” said Marcus Smart, voted by working members of NBA media as the best defensive player in the league this season. “We all know what he can do outside of 20 feet, 30 to 35, 40 feet,” Smart said. “The dude is special in that regard. The way that he’s able to affect the game by being able to run around and play off the ball and get himself open, it’s just tough on a defender because you can’t take a break.” -via The Athletic / June 13, 2022
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Andrew Bogut on Stephen Curry: ‘He is one of the few superstars I have been around that does not act like a superstar’
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As he continues down a winding career path, Matt DiBenedetto is taking his hands off the wheel.
That’s unusual for a NASCAR driver, but the Camping World Truck Series driver is taking life as it comes, a shift in his mindset that came after a tumultuous last few years in his racing life.
“I’ve kind of dropped what my plans are and what I want to do and more so just let it happen as we cruise along. Trust God’s plan, because every time I try and intervene, I mess everything up,” he said ahead of Saturday night’s DoorDash 250 at Sonoma Raceway.
The California race is one that DiBenedetto had circled as the one he was most excited for before the season even started, he said.
It’s been a place of success for him. In 2019, he finished fourth in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 as a Cup Series racer for Leavine Family Racing. At 27 years old, he appeared poised to build off the success.
That ascension never materialized, instead turning into a steep decline.
DiBenedetto went from being in the Cup Series to competing in the Truck Series — two NASCAR levels down — for a nearly brand new team.
Leavine dropped him after that 2019 season. He moved to Wood Brothers but didn’t last there past the 2021 campaign, replaced this year by Harrison Burton. In those three seasons, he finished 22nd, 13th and 18th in points, respectively, in the Cup Series with no wins and only reaching the Cup playoffs once, in 2020.
DiBenedetto found himself without a Cup Series opportunity for 2022. He moved down, racing full-time in the Truck Series for Rackley WAR — a team in just its second full year in the Truck Series.
His struggles have continued, even at the lower level of competition. He ranks 13th and would miss the playoffs if they started today. Through 12 races he has no top-five finishes, including at Sonoma on Saturday where he finished 10th.
“We’ve had some tough circumstances, some rough luck,” he said. “It’s been crazy, a crazy first part of the season. You know, a cut tire when we’re running good at Charlotte … it just seems like it’s been one thing after another.”
DiBenedetto’s frustration with the lack of results is slightly tempered by his knowledge of the team’s limitations, he said.
Rackley WAR’s inexperience and resulting mistakes have combined with lesser financial resources to create the issues that have bit his team through the first half of the year, he noted.
But the racer remains optimistic about his squad’s long-term possibilities.
“I think people are seeing we’re starting to clean those things up, having smoother runs,” he said. “We’re starting to execute and put it all together.”
Even if DiBenedetto and Rackley turn their season around, he said he isn’t looking to jump back to the Cup Series. He’s enjoying the Truck Series, calling it refreshing, and said he isn’t here for the short term.
When asked if he knew about the potential openings for next season, he said he hadn’t “paid the slightest bit of attention.”
On the surface, that lack of urgency to get back to the highest level seems puzzling, especially for someone who’s been in racing since he drove go-karts as a seven-year-old.
But DiBenedetto’s contentedness is borne out of an increased perspective about the role racing plays in his life.
“I just have more mental clarity than ever driving a race car,” he said. “Is your life staked in racing in a sense? Yes. But also at the end of the day, man, it’s our job and we’re lucky to be doing it. I have a more balanced approach to it.”
He detailed his previous approach — one consumed by the stress of a negative outcome. He’d obsess over the consequences of not winning a race or finishing in the top five to the point that going to the racetrack became torturous.
“It’s absolute torment, mental torment,” he said. “Then things go wrong and then my poor wife has to deal with me where I could go home and throw things, I’m so angry.”
DiBenedetto looks back on that time in his life with a certain measure of regret, saying he was silly for how he handled himself.
He explained the stress that built up in him and those around him because of the uncertainty and unknowns the future provided, calling it an emotional roller-coaster.
“My wife would be crying, family’s a mess, we’re down in the dumps,” he said.
His own mindset contributed to that, he said, calling his previous self-complacent and entitled. Over time, he began to realize that racing in the Cup Series and having a career centered around racing that always allowed him to “put food on the table” wasn’t a given.
His new mindset is based on that appreciation for what he does. He appreciates going to the racetrack and driving that truck rather than looking at it with derision as the symbol of his demotion.
That shift in mentality has helped how he feels at the racetrack. That previous mental torment is now replaced by a sense of relief.
“Through being smacked in the head 1,000 times,” DiBenedetto said, “by now I’ve learned I’m not in control.”
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Chet Holmgren was the No. 1-ranked player coming out of high school and averaged 21 points and 12.3 rebounds his senior season. He was selected as a McDonald's All-American and also was honored with a roster spot on the Nike Hoop Summit and Jordan Brand Classic, the top prestigious All-Star games for high school seniors.
During Holmgren's one year at Gonzaga, he dominated conference play, recording eight double-doubles and averaging 15.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game during the second half of the season.
Chet Holmgren's strengths as a pro
He's undoubtedly an elite rim protector and one of the best defenders in the country on the weak-side block, recording 117 blocks last season.
Offensively, he's uniquely different from other 7-footers in the league and can handle the ball like a guard, taking players off the dribble from the perimeter or bringing the ball up after a missed shot. Holmgren ranked in the 93rd percentile and averaged 1.4 points per possession in transition, according to Synergy Sports.
"We have a lot of game minutes logged together," Holmgren told Shams Charania of Stadium. "Just for the stars to align and to be able to play together again would be crazy, and if it does happen, I think we would be beyond excited to play together again."
Chet Holmgren's questions at the next level
There has never been a player quite like Holmgren and opinions are split among NBA fans as to whether or not he'll pan out as pro and potential All-Star.
Whether it's the Magic that take a swing-for-the-fences chance on Holmgren and reunite him with his former teammate who he already has established chemistry with or the Thunder where he could be catching lobs from Josh Giddey, Holmgren will not have to wait long to hear his name called on draft night.
SportsWorks - 6-12-22 -- Woody talking Tigers, Lions NBA, NHL PGA & LIV golf with Pat & Stoney
Mike Stone and Pat Caputo of 97.1FM stop by to discuss the Tigers week on the field. Lions discussion as weel as they are coming off mini camp. They dive into the NBA & NHL playoffs as well before hitting on the PGA and LIV golf tour.
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The Indianapolis Colts wrapped up minicamp last week and with it, the offseason training program.
As the team goes its separate ways for the next month and a half before returning to Westfield for training camp, we learned plenty about the storylines that will take place at Grand Park beginning in late July.
Here are 10 things we learned about the Colts this offseason:
The Matt Ryan trade is starting strong
The biggest move of the offseason seems to be going well so far. The trade for quarterback Matt Ryan should give the Colts a better chance at winning the AFC South, and the veteran has been nothing but impressive during his first few months with the team.
Head coach Frank Reich raved about Ryan’s leadership and accuracy all offseason. The way in which Ryan immediately commanded the respect of his teammates has left an impression on the fifth-year head coach while his teammates had nothing but positive things to say about the 37-year-old.
Ryan’s top target, wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr., echoed similar statements about working with the veteran.
“The ball is just right there, and you just turn and catch the ball. I mean, it just makes it easy,” Pittman Jr. told reporters during OTAs. “Matt can pretty much put it wherever he wants.”
Inuendos aside, the Colts need more stable play at the quarterback position. Ryan wasn’t flawless by any means during OTAs and minicamp, but he did show consistent ball placement throughout the offseason workouts.
We’ll see just how far the Colts can go with Ryan, but the move is starting out on the right foot.
A big holdout looming
For the first time in Chris Ballard’s tenure as general manager, he may be looking at a contract holdout. Cornerback Kenny Moore II made it clear that he feels undervalued and underpaid relative to his position across the league. It led him to sit out voluntary OTAs and while he participated in the first day of minicamp, he suffered a minor injury that kept him off the field the final two days.
Moore spoke to reporters during minicamp to give his side of the story. He does have a legitimate gripe with his pay even though the Colts feel the deal he signed was fair at the time and still is.
“I would love to be on the field at training camp,” Moore II told reporters during minicamp. “With it being June right now, I’m just taking it one day at a time right now, respectfully.”
Part of the issue for Moore is the way he feels he valued as a pure slot cornerback when his role truly is more extensive than that.
There is still time to get this resolved one way or another, but this is a fine line for Ballard to walk. Does he simply fold every time a player wants a new deal with two years left on their current one? Or does he stand pat and make it clear that renegotiating can only be done on the team’s terms?
Either way, there will be implications from this contract dispute regardless of how it ends.
Parris Campbell could breakout if...
…he stays healthy.
*ducks*
I know, I know. We’ve been saying this ever since Campbell was drafted in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft. Though the injuries didn’t truly start until the regular season of his rookie campaign, this has been the constant theme for Campbell.
The truth of the matter is Campbell’s skill set is still perfect for the NFL, and it’s perfect for what the Colts need. There’s a reason he has shined during OTAs and minicamp. His elite speed and vision with the ball in his hands make the perfect combination with Matt Ryan’s quick release.
It’s just a matter of whether he can avoid another season of freak injuries. It’s a challenge that Frank Reich has bestowed upon the fourth-year wideout.
“I think we’re all pulling for Parris (Campbell) but there’s no sentimental favorites here. You have to earn every rep you get on that field,” Reich said during OTAs. “We all love Parris and we all have a lot of belief in Parris and the upside, this is like I said, there’s no sentimental favorites. Every guy is going to get a fair shot to earn a spot to be on the field.”
The talent Campbell has could bring him as high as the WR2 in the offense. No one would be shocked if a full season from a healthy Campbell saw him finish with a line of something around 60-70 receptions for 800-900 yards and roughly five touchdowns. That’s in his range of outcomes.
But staying healthy has been the biggest challenge for Campbell. Can he do it entering a contract year?
The battle at left tackle
One of the most important position battles for the Colts comes at Matt Ryan’s blindside. It’s the classic case of a veteran holding the spot while a promising rookie battles his way into more reps.
Through OTAs and minicamp, the job is still Matt Pryor’s to lose. The Colts were intrigued by his performance in a spot-start situation against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 17. That’s what led to the Colts re-signing him to a one-year deal this offseason.
Pryor has been taking most—if not all—of the first-team reps at left tackle this offseason. However, the Colts also spent a third-round pick on Bernhard Raimann.
The rookie has been impressive with his opportunities thus far, showing the promise the Colts thought he had when they drafted him at No. 77 overall.
“Yeah, Bernhard’s done a really, really nice job. Really smart, really engaged, really athletic for the position,” Reich said during OTAs. “It’s only obviously been a short time so far, but he’s made a very good first impression.”
Raimann is still learning the position after switching over from tight end in 2020. With that said, there is a very strong possibility he takes over the starting role early in the season or even during the preseason. The latter would be a bit more surprising, but it’s not outside the realm of possibilities.
This battle will be the one with the most eyes on it during training camp—or at least it should be—because it will have plenty of implications both in the short and long term.
Nyheim Hines is going to be used A LOT
One of the most head-scratching storylines from the 2021 season was the lack of usage for Hines. Despite having signed a three-year extension that offseason, Hines saw career lows in several categories.
His 57 targets, 40 receptions and 310 receiving yards were all the lowest marks of his career. In the three seasons prior, Hines averaged 71.7 targets, 56.7 receptions and 409 receiving yards per year.
Now, the Colts are trying to correct that mistake in a big way.
The versatile Hines was lining up all over the field throughout the offseason. He saw his typical work in the backfield and in the slot but was also seen taking reps against cornerbacks while being split out wide. He had his share of successes, too, including a deep 40-yard reception against Brandon Facyson.
How the Colts use Hines will be interesting but one thing is for certain: he will be involved heavily.
Isaiah Rodgers szn is coming
The Colts have several players vying for a breakout campaign in 2022. One player to keep an eye on in this regard is Rodgers, who was one of the most impressive players on the defensive side of the ball this offseason.
Going into his third season, Rodgers is coming off of a very promising 2021 campaign. According to Pro Football Focus, Rodgers allowed a 62.3% completion rate, 10.7 yards per reception and a 72.2 passer rating on 61 targets.
Now, he’s been one of the best players on the defense during the spring.
Hearing that Isaiah Rodgers was one of if not the best performers on the defensive side of the ball at OTA’s was great news coming out of #Colts camp.. Has been steadily improving every season and if he takes another step he lifts the ceiling of this entire defense…
— The King Of Colts👑 (@ShaadMcGinnis) June 12, 2022
Rodgers is battling for the No. 3 cornerback role with Brandon Facyson, who also had a solid showing this spring. With the contract situation looming for Kenny Moore II, the Colts are going to need Rodgers to step up into a bigger role.
And the former sixth-round pick is proving he’s up to the task.
UDFAs making noise
The Colts saw their streak snap of 22 consecutive seasons with an undrafted rookie on the Week 1 roster in 2021. The chances of that happening again in 2022 are slim after some players from this year’s crop have begun to show out.
Coming on the defensive side of the ball, the Colts had a pair undrafted rookies make some noise during OTAs and minicamp. Linebackers Jojo Domann and Sterling Weatherford.
Domann was one of the highest-ranked undrafted free agents following the 2022 NFL draft. He saw reps with the first team as the SAM backer during minicamp and recorded an interception.
The other is Weatherford, who entered the draft as a safety. However, the Colts clearly likely his athletic traits considering they would be unique to the linebacker position. He’s made plays throughout the spring.
Another UDFA to keep an eye on his running back D’Vonte Price. While Phillip Lindsay may be leading the RB3 battle right now, Price will find his way into the mix considering his size, speed and receiving abilities.
The WR4 spot is up for grabs completely
The first three spots in the wide receiver room are essentially locked. The spots behind Michael Pittman Jr., Alec Pierce and Parris Campbell, though, are completely open for competition.
While jobs aren’t won in the spring, the foundation is laid out for when it really matters during training camp and the preseason. Dezmon Patmon and Ashton Dulin made the most noise in that regard while Keke Coutee shouldn’t be overlooked either.
Second-year wideout Mike Strachan missed most of the spring due to an undisclosed injury. His upside is intriguing, but he wasn’t able to get on the field for much of the spring workouts. That hinders his ability to win the job entering training camp.
The Colts are still open to adding a veteran wideout to the room, and they may have to considering the question marks surrounding the current state of the position.
Darius Leonard's injury status
At first, it was thought that Leonard was being held out of spring workouts due to precautionary reasons regarding his nagging ankle injury. Then, it was revealed during minicamp that Leonard was undergoing surgery on his back.
It still remains unclear whether the back injury had an impact on the ankle—we haven’t gotten much clarity on the subject. But what we do know is that Leonard is likely going to miss time during training camp as he recovers from the procedure.
Leonard is the type of player that can probably miss some time during camp and still play like his normal self when Week 1 rolls around. But he has missed some valuable time getting work in a new defense under Gus Bradley.
The Maniac is a smart player, and his instincts allow him to maximize his athleticism. So this isn’t a worrisome storyline until it becomes one. However, we should expect Leonard to miss time during camp, and it wouldn’t be a shock if they held him out of the preseason games as a precaution.
Gus Bradley's defense focusing on the pass rush
Pass rush. Pass rush. Pass rush.
That was the main focus for the Colts defense this spring. Bradley has been installing his defense over the course of the last few months, and the focus of the defensive line has been on one thing.
Get off the snap.
“I think it’s just right now, that’s the big emphasis for us is the get-off and the disrupt up front,” Bradley said during minicamp. Obviously, it’s not chaos but just the mindset of get-off and set the line of scrimmage. To affect the quarterback this day and age, you got to be able to affect the quarterback and it starts with a good get-off.”
While the Raiders defense under Bradley in 2021 only had two more sacks than the Colts did, his unit had the fourth-most quarterback hits in the entire NFL.
The pass rush is either going to be the reason the Colts make that jump into the next tier or continue to be a good but inconsistent defense.
The hope remains this new scheme will bring forth the former.
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The season hasn’t even started yet, but it’s already clear that the NFL believes the Denver Broncos are relevant again.
The league’s schedule-makers gave the Broncos five prime-time games in the regular season with seven total nationally-televised games. But wait, there’s more!
All three of Denver’s preseason games are set to be nationally televised on NFL Network this summer, the league announced Monday. So in addition to airing locally on KTVD Channel 20, the team’s preseason contests will also be made available across the country to every fan with NFLN.
Here’s a reminder of the Broncos’ preseason schedule:
Week 1: vs. Cowboys (Aug. 13, 7 p.m. MT)
Week 2: @ Bills (Aug. 20, 11 a.m. MT)
Week 3: vs. Vikings (Aug. 27, 7 p.m. MT)
Before hosting Dallas in their preseason opener, Denver plans to host the Cowboys for a joint training camp practice.
Including preseason, the Broncos are now set to have 10 nationally-televised games this season — with the possibility of additional prime-time games being added during the regular season with flex scheduling.
Russell Wilson has put Denver back in the spotlight.
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The NFL announced that 22 preseason games will air live on NFL Network this August, including the Chicago Bears’ preseason opener against the Kansas City Chiefs on Aug. 13. And it’s easy to see why.
The Bears’ lone home preseason contest will mark the return of Chicago’s former head coach Matt Nagy, who is now the Chiefs quarterbacks coach, to Soldier Field. And it’s safe to assume it’ll be anything but a warm welcome from the home crowd.
Nagy, along with former Bears general manager Ryan Pace, was fired after a 6-11 record in 2021. But it was his mishandling of hopeful franchise quarterback Justin Fields that was a huge factor in his firing.
Perhaps new Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy can show Nagy a glimpse of how to utilize a quarterback with Fields’ skillset. All indications are that Chicago’s new offense has been tailored to Fields’ strengths, including getting him on the move a lot.
While preseason games aren’t known for their remarkable excitement, it’s no wonder NFL Network jumped at the chance to air Nagy’s anticipated return to Chicago.
This marks the Bears’ second preseason game that will air nationally. Chicago’s Week 2 contest against the Seattle Seahawks will air on ESPN on Aug. 18.
Here’s a look at the Bears’ 2022 preseason schedule (with updated networks):
NFL Network*
ESPN*
*National game
Juan Soto, Nelson Cruz and Josh Bell hit back-to-back-to-back home runs, and the Washington Nationals beat Milwaukee 8-6 on Saturday to deal the Brewers their eighth consecutive loss. Milwaukee is in the midst of its longest losing streak since dropping eight in a row from Sept. 11-19, 2015. The Brewers have been outscored 57-20 during their skid.
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Out-of-state Kansas City Chiefs fans received some good news this morning when it comes to watching their favorite team’s preseason games.
NFL Network announced that they’ll carry 22 live preseason games this season, including all three of the games that the Chiefs play in. Fans will be able to watch the games on NFL Network, the NFL app or NFL.com/watch. These games will be subject to local blackout rules, so if you’re a local to Kansas City, games will be shown on KSHB-TV. If you’re in a local market of one of the Chiefs’ opponents, it’s possible the game could be blacked out and carried on a local station.
The Chiefs will kick off a quadruple-header in Week 1, opening things up in Chicago against the Bears on Saturday, Aug. 13. They’ll get the second game of another quadruple-headier in Week 2, playing at home against the Washington Commanders on Saturday, Aug. 20. They’ll get the first and only game covered on Thursday of preseason Week 3, with the Packers traveling to Arrowhead Stadium.
You can find the full schedule with dates and times below:
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4 takeaways following conclusion of Chiefs OTAs
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When the Raiders acquired All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams via trade in March, the transaction caught many by surprise and caused quite a stir leaguewide.
Recently, a quote from Adams raised eyebrows in much the same way. It all started when Adams was asked to compare Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr to his previous signal-caller, future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers. Though Adams gave a lengthy, insightful answer, a small, juicy portion of his comment made the rounds on social media.
Here’s the tweet from ESPN that took a tiny fraction of Adams’ quote and ran with it. Reporters noted that the quote was taken out of context, perhaps because it seemed that Adams compared Carr to Rodgers too favorably. Rodgers won the NFL MVP award in each of the last two seasons and has four MVP trophies overall.
Davante Adams compared Aaron Rodgers and Derek Carr 👀 pic.twitter.com/lJnaU1kR8G
Yeah, publishing that quote by itself is guaranteed to get a lot of likes on Twitter, that’s for sure. But how well does it represent what Adams actually said?
While I agree that the quote is more accurate and interesting with more context, I believe that this fraction of Adams’ comment represents his answer quite well. I might be in the minority in that regard, so I’ll explain shortly. But first, here’s more of the comment, courtesy of The Athletic’s Tashan Reed, who tweeted the quote in full.
“That’s a tough question. I mean, it’s tough to compare. It’s really apples and oranges there,” Adams said, per Reed and his colleague, Vic Tafur. “You have Aaron, who’s cemented as one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game. That’s just like comparing me to Jerry Rice. It’d be tough to do because Jerry’s put together what he’s done and it’s undeniable respect for him. And me, I’m still going and there’s still a lot that I got to do to be able to be mentioned with Jerry, I’m aware of that. And I think Derek is also aware of that from a big picture.
“But as far as talent and ability, I mean, it’s really similar if I’m keeping it real.”
Here is the full quote on Rodgers and Carr from @tae15adams: https://t.co/2HV3jg990F pic.twitter.com/Yz4MwpES5D
— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) June 10, 2022
Adams went on: “So a lot of similarities [between Carr and Rodgers] but much different, and I think Derek is in a position to where he’s chasing to be one of the all-time greats like that. Like I said, that’s not a slight on Derek whatsoever. I wouldn’t be here if I was slighting Derek, but I don’t think I’m ready to compare myself to Jerry Rice just yet. We’ll see when it’s all said and done, or after some more time, just to be fair overall. And I think the same is with Derek. We’re both chasing it and still got a lot in front of us.”
So clearly, there was much more context surrounding Adams’ quote, as tweeted by ESPN. But when Adams stopped just short of comparing himself to NFL great Jerry Rice, who is arguably the best football player in NFL history, it solidified, in my opinion, what Adams meant regarding Rodgers and Carr.
It all relates to talent and ability, the phrase he used in his viral, out-of-context comment. On the surface, comparing Adams to Jerry Rice is ridiculous if you take Rice’s entire career into account, just as Adams acknowledged in his full quote.
But does Adams, considered by many the best WR in the NFL for a few years now, have the talent and ability of Rice? That’s arguable. Though the two are similar, in that sense, right?
I say the answer is yes. Talent and ability don’t equal high-level NFL production, Hall of Fame induction, Super Bowl wins, awards, or really anything for that matter. But it’s a vital part of the equation. Just as Adams believes in his own set of skills over the long haul, he believes in Carr’s, even when having to compare him to Rodgers.
I myself agree that Carr’s talent and ability are similar to Rodgers. But as I mentioned, talent and ability only get you so far. Carr looks like Rodgers on some plays, as Adams described in his quote. On other plays, especially when he fumbles or comes up short in the red zone, Carr looks much less like an elite QB.
Carr’s situation with the Raiders, with one regime change after another, has also been a factor when it comes to his on-the-field issues.
Overall, however, it seems to me that Adams believes he and Carr can eventually reach heights that rival Rodgers’ and Rice’s stature. And why not? They both have talent and ability that is reminiscent of the all-time greats, they’ve both accomplished a lot already, and each has a freshly signed contract and a lot of football left to play.
That aspect is more evident thanks to another comment from Adams, given during the same press conference that produced his quote about Carr and Rodgers. He has big plans for his career (Jerry Rice-level plans, it seems), and that was part of the reason he left Green Bay. Per The Athletic, Adams said he consulted Rodgers about how much longer his career will last, as he’s advancing in age and might retire well before Adams is finished playing.
Adams wants to do “really, really big things” in the NFL and swapped Rodgers for Carr. Apples, oranges, or whatever, Adams definitely believes the two quarterbacks have — to use a synonym for similar — comparable QB skills. Adams has a wealth of knowledge on the subject, mind you, as he and Carr were teammates in college and have stayed in close contact over their pro careers.
So while Adams’ quote had a lot more insightful context, I believe the part taken by ESPN captured most, or perhaps all, of what Adams meant, at least in regards to a Carr and Rodgers comparison.
Let’s get back to Carr though because he’s what the viral tidbit was all about. I’ve been critical of Carr’s play over the years when I believed it was appropriate, or when it was clear to me he needed to play better to solidify his status as the Raiders’ QB. I’ve also been quick to praise his best moments.
But heading into the 2022 campaign, Carr has a new contract and is firmly in place as the Raiders’ signal-caller. He has a new coach and a new scheme, led by Super Bowl-winning play-caller Josh McDaniels, and Carr could realistically improve from his unofficial status as a top-12 QB.
In fact, it would take a mere incremental improvement from Carr for his consensus QB ranking to rise dramatically, mostly by improving in the red zone and limiting turnovers. His new coach and No. 1 WR boost his chances of doing so.
Adams and Carr have the talent and ability to take the Raiders to new heights — Rodgers and Rice, Super Bowl-type heights — and that’s what Adams apparently believes they’ll do. Furthermore, that’s what many have predicted they’ll do.
They have a lot of work ahead of them, and they won’t be the only two players on the field for the Raiders, of course. That’s where aspirations are sometimes thwarted by reality. But as long as the Raiders’ offensive line can block, expectations for Las Vegas are sky-high, both inside and outside of its Henderson headquarters.
So I’m not surprised Adams said Carr has talent and ability that’s similar to the reigning MVP. Perhaps Carr can even earn an MVP award of his own, as the entire Las Vegas roster looks to do really, really big things together in the years to come.
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What did Raiders WR Davante Adams really say when asked to compare Derek Carr, Aaron Rodgers?
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PFF loves Eagles’ offensive line going into 2022 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles’ team-building philosophy for decades has been to start in the trenches.
So it should be no surprise that their offensive line has been ranked by ProFootballFocus as the best unit in the entire NFL heading into the 2022 season.
PFF’s Michael Renner put four offensive lines in Tier 1 and led off with the Eagles at No. 1 overall, followed by the Browns, Lions and Buccaneers.
Here’s what Renner wrote about the Eagles’ OL:
Based on what we saw at OTAs and based on the way the Eagles’ coaching staff talked about the right guard position, it clearly seems like it’s Isaac Seumalo’s to lose. Seumalo, the former starting left guard, has been flipped to the right side of the line to replace recently retired Brandon Brooks, who missed most of the 2021 season.
So here’s a look at the Eagles’ projected starting offensive line:
The combination of Mailata and Johnson as the bookend tackles might be the best in the entire league. Last year, Mailata ranked as PFF’s No. 3 tackle in the NFL and Johnson came in at No. 10.
And then on the interior of the line, Kelce is 34 now but was an All-Pro again in 2021. Meanwhile, Dickerson after a rough start to his rookie season played so well at left guard that the Eagles decided to keep him there. Seumalo was a solid left guard at one point in his career and is the weak spot of this line as he comes back from a Lisfranc injury. But if he’s able to stay healthy, should be their best option there.
This doesn’t even mention the Eagles’ depth on the OL. Even after cutting Nate Herbig, the Eagles have solid depth: Andre Dillard, Cam Jurgens, Jack Driscoll, Sua Opeta, Le’Raven Clark and more are all on their bench.
If you’re wondering about the other offensive lines in the NFC East, the Cowboys ranked at No. 6, the Commanders at No. 15 and the Giants at No. 18.
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Eagles’ offensive line ranked as best in NFL by ProFootballFocus
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Dunlap was a second-round pick by the Bengals in 2010. He played for 11 years in Cincinnati, racking up 82.5 sacks and two Pro Bowl nominations during his time there. He was traded to the Seahawks in the middle of the 2020 season and had a huge positive impact on their defense down the stretch. Dunlap stayed for another season, putting in a total of 25 games in a Seattle uniform. The Seahawks officially released him on June 1, freeing up around $5 million in salary cap room for the 2022 season.
Carolina is in need of another pass rusher to pair with Brian Burns after losing Haason Reddick to the Eagles.
Meanwhile, the Seahawks seem content with their current edge rotation, headed up by top free agent acquisition Uchenna Nwosu and third-year up and comer Darrell Taylor.
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Former Seahawks DE Carlos Dulap visiting Panthers today
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Few former Pittsburgh Steelers were as polarizing as wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. On the field, no player worked any harder and his ability to produce was rarely called into question. But off the field, Smith-Schuster’s free spirit and youthful exuberance were too much for many older fans
Smith-Schuster if now off to Kansas City to play with the Chiefs but on Sunday he came back for one last goodbye to the fans and the city where he got his start. Smith-Schuster held a charity signing event where everyone who participated got a picture, autograph and some merch. All the proceeds from the event went to local Pittsburgh charities.
As Smith-Schuster put it, his exit from Pittsburgh came very quickly and he really never had a chance for closure so this was his opportunity to make his exit for the fans. That’s why he organized this even through the JuJu Foundation.
Smith-Schuster hit free agency last offseason but chose to come back to the Steelers for one more season to play with Ben Roethlisberger in his final season. The Steelers drafted two young wide receivers this year but it’s hard to imagine either guy will be the type of positive figure Smith-Schuster was for this team.
CMA updates: Dierks Bentley, with a nod the past, closes out the 49th CMA Fest
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JuJu Smith-Schuster returns to Pittsburgh to say his goodbyes
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It’s been a long time since the Detroit Lions fielded an offensive line that inspires pride from the fans. This current Lions line, bolstered by three first-round draft picks, is one that definitely merits the pride.
It seems Pro Football Focus agrees. Analyst Mike Renner ranked the NFL’s offensive lines from top to bottom. It doesn’t take long to find the Lions. They are ensconced very near the top at No. 3 overall.
It’s easy to see why. Frank Ragnow is healthy again at center, where he’s arguably the best in the league. The tackle tandem of Taylor Decker and Penei Sewell is also in the argument for the top LT/RT duo. And as Renner notes, even the “weak link” in RG Halapoluivaati Vaitai is an above-average player,
Only the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns rank above the Lions. It’s a nice return on the considerable draft investment Detroit has placed in the offensive line.
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Lions crack the top 3 in PFF’s offensive line rankings
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The Eagles will open up the 2022 NFL regular season on the road against the Detroit Lions, but they’ll play three preseason contests while cutting the roster down from 90 players to 53.
Philadelphia will face the Jets, Browns, and Dolphins during training camp, as NFL.com just announced that their Week 2 matchup against the Browns will be nationally televised on NFL Network.
NFL Network’s Week 2 preseason live schedule will conclude on Sunday, August 21 with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. ET with the Browns hosting the Eagles and the New York Giants hosting the Cincinnati Bengals at 7 p.m. ET.
Philadelphia will participate in joint practices during their trip to Cleveland, so the expectation is that most of the reserves and bubble players will see the bulk of the snaps, with Nick Sirianni choosing to focus on the practice sessions for his starters and key reserves.
Athletics slug their way to streak-snapping win over Guardians
The A's snapped their 10-game losing streak in a big way, blasting four home runs, including a grand slam, in Saturday's win over the Guardians.
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NFL Network to televise Eagles Week 2 preseason matchup vs. the Browns
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After a season that saw the Miami Dolphins come up just short of the playoffs, missing a chance at postseason football for the fifth year in a row, general manager Chris Grier knew that his front office would need to improve aspects of the roster.
And, that’s exactly what they did.
While Grier has been on the receiving end of quite a bit of criticism during his tenure in Miami, some of which has been deserved, he’s put together a team that looks like they should be able to compete for a chance to play in late January.
However, there are still some spots on the Dolphins’ depth chart that seem to be lacking behind. Many will point at cornerback and talk about Xavien Howard, Byron Jones and Nik Needham are all adequate to great starters, but their depth is questionable. That’s probably a statement that most would agree with.
Noah Igbinoghene, coming into his third season in the NFL, is slated as the fourth cornerback on the roster, but there’s been little proof that he can be a capable player at the position if an injury were to take out one of the starters.
Behind Igbinoghene, the Dolphins have Trill Williams, Keion Crossen, Quincy Wilson and a couple of undrafted rookies in Elijah Hamilton and Kader Kohou.
While that may be an uncomfortable position to go into the season with, inside linebacker may be one that is less appealing.
The Dolphins went into the offseason with most of their linebackers on the free agent market, but they opted to bring Elandon Roberts, Duke Riley and Sam Eguavoen back. They then drafted Channing Tindall out of Georgia with their third-round pick.
Miami’s hope is that Tindall adjusts to the speed and competition of the NFL game and takes over Roberts’ spot at some point, but right now, the veterans are still leading the group into the season.
Roberts, at 28 years old, is set stone as an early-down player with his strengths being against the run while Riley will likely play more on passing down. They showed that in 2021, and unless Tindall makes a significant jump through training camp and preseason, that’s the way they’ll look heading into 2022. That leaves a lot to be desired at the position.
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What position has the least depth on the Dolphins’ roster?
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The Seahawks usually play their former division rivals in the AFC West during the preseason. This year they’ll be facing that division during the regular season, though – so the league switched things up with their August schedule.
Good news – fans who are not in the Seattle area will be able to catch all of the team’s preseason games on national TV. Their Week 2 game against the Bears will be broadcast on ESPN. Today, we learned that their first preseason game against the Steelers will be on NFL Network.
Additionally, Seattle’s final preseason game of the year will also be broadcast live on NFL Network. That one will be played in Dallas against the Cowboys on Friday, August 26 at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 p.m. Pacific.
These games will be more valuable than usual as they will likely determine who the team’s starting quarterback will be Week 1. Long-time backup Geno Smith is currently in the lead but Drew Lock also has a legitimate chance to win the job.
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Seahawks 2022 preseason: Games vs. Steelers, Cowboys will be on NFL Network
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The outside linebacker position for the Pittsburgh Steelers is something of a contradiction. On one hand, the team has the best one in the NFL. On the other hand, they don’t have much else. Let’s take a look at the position heading into training camp.
Even with a Defensive Player of the Year award under his belt, T.J. Watt still has far more football in him. He’s vowed to improve even more this season after tying the single-season sack record in 2021.
2022 would be a perfect season for Alex Highsmith to have a breakout performance. Highsmith got six sacks in 2021 and now heads into his third season as the undisputed starter opposite Watt.
For better or worse Derrek Tuszka is the team’s top reserve outside linebacker heading into the season. Tuszka had two sacks last season in his first year with Pittsburgh.
Tuzar Skipper is well-traveled but always finds his way back to Pittsburgh. Typically just a preseason all-star, Skipper has a legitimate chance to make the team given the lack of depth at the position.
Delontae Scott
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Delontae Scott joined the team in 2021 after being with the Green Bay Packers in 2020. He was active for one game last season but has a real shot to make the 53-man roster.
T.D. Moultry
T.D. Moultry is an interesting rookie option the Steelers brought in as a UDFA. Moultry had 7.5 sacks at Auburn in 2021.
Tyree Johnson
Tyree Johnson is another undrafted rookie like Moultry who will need to play well on special teams to have a shot to make the team.
Gernard Avery
Genard Avery is the one veteran addition the Steelers made at outside linebacker and could end up the team’s No. 3 outside linebacker and the team’s primary backup.
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Steelers 2022 training camp: Outside linebacker
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The Los Angeles Rams will kick off their 2022 campaign against the Buffalo Bills in Week 1, but before the regular season begins, they’ll play three preseason games. They’ll match up with the Chargers, Texans and Bengals during the preseason, and thankfully for those outside of Los Angeles, two of the games will be carried live on NFL Network.
It was announced on Monday that NFL Network will carry 22 live preseason games this summer, and two of them are Rams matchups. Rams-Texans on Aug. 19 will be broadcast live on NFL Network at 10 p.m. ET, as will Rams-Bengals on Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. ET.
Rams-Chargers is the only preseason game of the three that will not be nationally televised by NFL Network, but plenty of fans locally in Los Angeles will be tuning in to that matchup.
The Rams’ regular-season opener against the Bills is set for Sept. 8 at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC. That’s when the real fun begins.
The Beavers forced a winner-take-all game against Auburn on Monday with a 4-3 win on Sunday night...
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Two of Rams’ three preseason games will be live on NFL Network
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