Author: Michael

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Let’s take a dive into the numbers — and examine the track record of WNBA stars on lower-seeded teams earning the honors.
A’ja Wilson has been hailed the runaway favorite for MVP and by most accounts, she’ll likely be the unanimous pick. Her individual numbers are better than they’ve ever been, and the national discourse this year has operated under the assumption that no one else really stands a chance.
But, do they?
Let’s take a closer look at the MVP case for A’ja Wilson — and examine if anyone else stacks up.

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In their effort to chase down Red Bull, McLaren is introducing improvements to the MCL38 at the Dutch Grand Prix
During the summer shutdown, we made the case that as good as McLaren has been so far this season, they could be even better in the second half of the campaign. Why? While some might point to McLaren ironing out some of the strategic miscues they made during the first half of the year, the deeper reason is that the team brought just one significant upgrade package to the track so far this year, at the Miami Grand Prix.

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Finding value in the freshman class of wide receivers for your fantasy football roster.
I never thought I’d start a fantasy football discussion with the four words below, but here goes.
Once upon a time, it was a rarity in fantasy football for rookie wide receivers to be worthy of an early or middle-round draft pick. Sure, there was Randy Moss in 1988 (1,300 yards, 17 TDs) and Anquan Boldin in 2003 (101 catches, 1,377 yards), but those monster seasons were exceptions.

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