We’re almost to June, and veteran minicamps are next week. Ahead of all that, here’s what you wanted answers to from me this week …
From Nick Cosellian (@nick_cosellian): Are people sleeping on the Browns? Watson’s last full year …
• 4,823 passing yards
• 33 passing TDs
• 7 INTs
• 112.4 rating
• 70.2 completion %
• 444 rushing yards
• 3 rushing TDs
It feels like a full offseason, and no suspension will be much easier for the Browns to compete.
Nick, I agree.
Author: Michael
As it is written, Wednesday is Mailbag day. So here goes …
• We’ll have midterm grades over the weekend. And, as an acknowledgement of those who chided me for taking this event off, we promise to do Seed Reports before Wimbledon.
• The majority of the Roland Garros chatter this week was about the global affairs that have entered (infected?) the chat and the various geopolitical angles that have surfaced so far. Ukrainian players declining to shake the hands of Russian and Belarussian opponents. Aryna Sabalenka being used as a political pawn by Ukrainian strongman Viktor Lukashenko.
Tom Dwan took home the largest pot in televised poker history on Tuesday after collecting $3.1 million during Hustler Casino Live’s Million Dollar Game.
Dwan squared off in his final hand against Wesley “Wes Side” Fei for a chance at the record pot. Dwan’s pocket queens (spade and club) ultimately won him the sizable hand.
The final hand came with plenty of drama. Fellow player Doug Polk folded but declared he saw Fei’s hand, which consisted of the ace of diamonds and king of hearts. Fei decided to go all in with ace-king high, and Dwan was puzzled.
“For sure?” he asked.
Duncan Robinson wanted to get revenge on his hometown friends when he taunted the Celtics in Game 7.
The most disrespectful moment of the Miami Heat’s Game 7 win against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals came from a Heat player who grew up going to Celtics games. Heat forward Duncan Robinson hails from New England, where he began a winding journey to the NBA that started at D3 Williams, took him to Michigan, and eventually led him to the Heat as an undrafted free agent.
Luton Town is one of the greatest stories in sports over the last few days, weeks and months. The professional football (soccer) club is located in Luton, Bedfordshire, England and recently earned promotion from the 2022–23 EFL Championship.
It was a Cinderella story.
This is our story.
The first club to go from non-league to the Premier League! #COVLUT | #COYH pic.twitter.com/n2NvnBiURl
— Luton Town FC (@LutonTown) May 27, 2023
Luton Town was purchased for just $7 in 2003. No, seriously. $7.
The club has since filed for bankruptcy not just once, but twice.
Decades removed from his fast life, 80-year-old Namath is now a doting grandfather who knows just how lucky he is to be here.
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Cook could be on the way out, and these teams would be good fits.
The next major running back cut is on the horizon, with the Vikings reportedly trying to Dalvin Cook before the 4 p.m. ET deadline that would prevent the team moving on without incurring a significant cap penalty. Cook joins Ezekiel Elliott and Christian McCaffrey among the high-paid RB extension players who have either been cut or traded due to their cap hit exceeding their worth on the field.
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This is a new one
There is a lot of excitement around the New York Jets this season, and with good reason. General manager Joe Douglas has put together a talented young core of players, and that group finished 7-10 a season ago, keeping themselves in the playoff mix until late in the season despite less-than-stellar quarterback play.
The youth movement in New York is nothing short of impressive.
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Ahead of the 2023 Memorial Tournament, Jack Nicklaus discusses Rory McIlroy’s major championship drought.
Jack Nicklaus spoke with the media on Tuesday ahead of the Memorial Tournament, and the topic of Rory McIlroy and major championships came up in discussion. The media asked what Nicklaus made of his nine-year major drought and if he had any advice for the Northern Irishman.
Since McIlroy’s 2014 PGA Championship and Open Championship victories, he hasn’t won a major title.
Novak Djokovic doesn’t need any extra motivation in his quest for what would be his third French Open title, but Cameron Norrie may have given some to the Serb.
Djokovic and Norrie, the top-ranked British men’s player, got into it a bit earlier this month at the Italian Open when Norrie hit The Joker to win a point.
Djokovic and Norrie were in a tightly contested fourth game in the second set of their match in Italy. After a lengthy rally, Djokovic was just able to get his racket onto the ball near the net and popped it high into the air.