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Welp.
The Broncos’ blockbuster trade for Russell Wilson already lives in infamy, and somehow it found a way to get even worse for Denver.
Eyioma Uwazurike, the only player other than Wilson to come from the trade (by way of a 4th round pick in 2022) was suspended by the NFL indefinitely on Monday for gambling on NFL games. He’s the 10th player to be caught gambling, but one of only a handful who bet on league games. Uwazurike will now miss the entire 2023 season, with potential reinstatement not coming before July 24, 2024.
Author: Michael
The definition of a “boom or bust” fantasy player is simple. Either a player performs to or above his average draft position (ADP), or he fails to meet those expectations. Some players can fit under the definition of both labels before drafts, however.
Last season, Saquon Barkley was the poster boy for such a player.
The Giants running back had barely played the previous two seasons due to injuries, and when he did play, he wasn’t nearly as productive as he was as a rookie. Still, he was a second-round pick in many leagues. That created a boom or bust scenario.
Aces star Candace Parker will be out indefinitely after undergoing successful surgery on a fracture in her foot, according to a release from the team early Tuesday morning.
The statement from Las Vegas said that Parker had been playing on a fracture in her foot all season but recently consulted with the team’s medical staff and opted to have surgery instead of risking further injury to her ailing foot.
The veteran big has started 18 games for the Aces this season after coming over from the Sky in free agency to join the defending WNBA champions. She has averaged 9.0 points and 3.
Ledecky won her 15th individual gold medal Tuesday at the world championships.
Errol Spence Jr. is a human oxymoron. He is a fierce, undefeated, punishing boxer. And he might be the nicest, most understated superstar in sports. That’s Spence: kind fighter, pleasant champion. And it’s a duality he embraces, because, to him, it’s not a duality at all.
“People see me outside the ring, I’m so nonchalant. I’m chill,” he says. “I don’t let too much bother me. I don’t let people inside my world. A lot of people can’t even believe I box.”
Spence points to one particular fight as evidence over a Zoom call in mid-June. Maybe his fourth. Maybe his seventh.
The Giants and RB Saquon Barkley have agreed to a 1-year deal worth up to $11 million, sources confirmed Tuesday to ESPN.
The running back position has become the proverbial black sheep of the National Football League, at least as it pertains to getting paid. NFL teams simply don’t value the position as they once did, resulting in a lot of unhappy runners (just ask Austin Ekeler). It also appears to have resulted in one holdout, as Josh Jacobs will not be present at Raiders camp. Saquon Barkley was also expected to hold out, but he and the Giants agreed to a one-year deal Tuesday, so he’ll avoid any missed time.
That leaves Jacobs as the lone back to be in a “holding out” pattern.
The Lions have just one postseason win since 1957, but Dan Campbell’s team has shown that it is talented enough to make a major jump this upcoming season.
For Von Miller, the past 12 months have been just like his 12 NFL seasons. There were sacks and success, risks taken and payoffs seized. There was another injury and another comeback (and another baby). And, throughout, whether sky high or subterranean low, Miller couldn’t shake the concept that defines him. That will, literally, define him.
It’s legacy, and Miller’s matters to him more than ever now—and in more than one way. The most obvious slice of how Miller will be remembered—as his generation’s preeminent sack master—was actually the part he thought the least about.
Saquon Barkley made it clear he was not signing the franchise tag that the Giants placed on him ahead of free agency in the spring, making it unlikely that he would report to training camp without a new deal.
After the team failed to reach a contract extension with its star running back, the Giants went back to the bargaining table with Barkley, and the sides have come to terms on a new one-year deal worth up to $11 million, according to a report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The contract includes a $2 million signing bonus for Barkley and beats the franchise tag number of $10.