Despite some confusion over the past year, the exact height of Spurs’ No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama has officially been recorded.
The Frenchman stands at 7’ 3 1/2” without any shoes on, the Spurs confirmed on Wednesday.
This height puts Wembanyama half an inch shorter than what the NBA previously listed him at ahead of the NBA draft. However, he’s slightly taller than the 7’ 3 1/4” inches he was listed at back in October when he was playing in Las Vegas for two exhibition games with his French team, Metropolitans 92.
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Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham studies young coaches. Knowing that, it is no surprise that Ra’shaad Samples came onto his radar. The 28-year-old is the son of famed Dallas high school coach Reginald Samples, and although he may have been reluctant to become a coach at first, he’s wowed those who have worked with him with his authenticity, communication skills and ability to lead.
Since his college days at Stanford, 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey has shaped his legacy on the field by honing his multi-faceted skillset en route to becoming one of the NFL’s best offensive players. But even during the football offseason, McCaffrey’s Renaissance-style range of talents was on full display—this time in the music arena.
During Monday night’s Zach Bryan concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo.
Vucevic averaged 17.6 points and 11 rebounds over 82 games with Chicago last season.
Warriors young guard Moses Moody revealed his thoughts about the Chris Paul-Jordan Poole trade.
The agreement concludes a bidding war for the 24-year-old midfielder at the top of the Premier League.
The NHL Draft gets underway on Wednesday night in Nashville, and all eyes are on the Chicago Blackhawks. They’re the ones holding the No. 1 pick, and barring anything completely insane, they’ll use it to select center Connor Bedard.
Still, despite all the attention, Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson took some time to go out on the town and ended up in an impromptu interview.
Penalty Box Radio, a podcast and website that covers the Nashville Predators organization, hit the streets to talk to folks about the draft.
No surprise, the Rays have the best odds to win the AL pennant at SI Sportsbook (+188). Tampa Bay has been unstoppable this season with an incredible 54-28 record. The Rays have the second-best run differential at plus-146, and they have the best slugging percentage (.462) and OPS (.799) in the American league as well as the most home runs in the AL (124) and the most stolen stolen bases in all of MLB (99). In addition, their pitching has been excellent, with the second-lowest team ERA (3.64) in all of MLB.
It feels trite to say that Shohei Ohtani creates stat lines baseball has never seen before.
The numbers speak for themselves—twin rows of greatness in separate parts of the box score. For a while, it felt redundant to note that he was the first player to accomplish a particular feat since Babe Ruth. Obviously: Who else? But now, with his achievements in a different stratosphere, it feels redundant to note that he is the first player to accomplish something. Better to leave it unsaid.
Dawson faces Ismagulov on Saturday at UFC Vegas 76. It’s a pick ’em fight, with both at -110, but Kevin Iole thinks Dawson’s submissions will be the difference.