Author: Michael

The AFC North has four teams who all have legitimate reasons to believe they can make the playoffs.
Few teams spent their offseason in the spotlight more than the Ravens. Baltimore finally extended quarterback Lamar Jackson, giving him a record contract of $51 million per year, along with providing him more weapons in receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and first-round rookie Zay Flowers.
Furthermore, the Ravens’ offense will look wildly different with Todd Monken replacing offensive coordinator Greg Roman. Baltimore will be throwing significantly more, putting pressure on Jackson in new ways.

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Since Korda returned from injury, she has been refining her game. This week at the LPGA’s Portland Classic, it seems better than ever.
After the first round of the LPGA’s Portland Classic, Nelly Korda sits two shots off leader Perrine Delacour, who carded a bogey-free 63.
Korda fired off a 65 herself Thursday at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. The weather was far from ideal, but she still found ways to go low.

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With just one more win, Max Verstappen will make history
Fresh off the Dutch Grand Prix last weekend, Formula 1 heads right back to the track for the Italian Grand Prix.
Monza, often known as the Temple of Speed, can be the site of history this week. With just one more victory Max Verstappen will notch his tenth-straight win, setting a new mark atop the F1 record books.
Here is how you can follow his pursuit of history.
How To Watch (all times Eastern):

Practice 1 – Friday September 1 – 7:25 a.m.

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The back-and-forth between New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and New York Giants linebacker Jihad Ward continues to roll a week after the two exchanged pleasantries.
A meaningless play in a meaningless football game has never been talked about more, but hey, that’s preseason football.
The Rodgers-Ward ‘rivalry’ came to light during the most recent episode of MAX’s ‘Hard Knocks.’ During the Jets’ win over the Giants on August 26, Ward shoved Rodgers a bit late after the QB got rid of a pass.
“What the [expletive] was that? “Show some respect, bro.

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The ACC has finally made a decision on the potential additions of Stanford, Cal and SMU to the conference. In a Friday morning meeting, ACC member school presidents voted ‘yes’ to extending a formal invitation to the trio.
This is a monumental day for a lot of reasons, with the ACC deciding this was the right time to add three more teams. It also means the Pac-12 is dead and buried for good, with Oregon State and Washington State being left out in the cold.

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Today we are following up on Thursday’s article comparing current player props with current fantasy football ADPs. In that one, we looked at the NFC; now we turn our attention to the AFC.
In reviewing player props, we are hoping to find some value that may have been overlooked in fantasy drafts.
Here are three interesting things to consider for your fantasy draft if you believe Vegas has an inside track.

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Nick Chubb’s rushing yards prop is set all the way up at 1225.

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The 2023-24 NFL season kick-off is just one week away! OutKick is unveiling its team-by-team preview series. Over the past three weeks, we covered the AFC West and NFC West, the AFC North and NFC North and the AFC South and the NFC South. This week, we’ve turned our attention to the final two divisions. And that concludes with last year’s NFC East — and NFC conference — champion, the Philadelphia Eagles.
Philadelphia Eagles 2022-23 Record: 14-3

Philadelphia Eagles 2023-24 Win Total Over/Under: 11.

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Drake Maye’s season gets underway Saturday against North Carolina. Here’s how it can end as QB1
Caleb Williams is perhaps the most electrifying player in all of college football. The USC quarterback is coming off a Heisman Trophy season, and has already delivered his first dynamic moment of the 2023 college football season with this incredible play against San Jose State a week ago.

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Daniil Medvedev punched his ticket to the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday night after a four-set victory over Christopher O’Connell. While the match inside the lines lacked a bit of drama, the Russian getting into with fans at Louis Armstrong Stadium certainly caught everyone’s attention.
Medvedev is no stranger to complaining and making snide comments to fans, but after failing to close out the match on multiple occasions in the third set, he officially reached his boiling point with the crowd.

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Khalil Mack chatted with a few teammates, as he made his way toward the Chargers’ locker room after an afternoon practice in June.
Perhaps the seven-time Pro Bowl edge rusher was sharing football advice with his inexperienced defensive teammates, or maybe it was a discussion about the latest season of Bel-Air, the show Mack was watching when he got the call about being traded for a second time in his career, going from the Bears to the Chargers in 2022.
Whatever Mack was chatting about before being stopped on that day in Costa Mesa, Calif.

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