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Plus: Milwaukee, Denver, Boston, and Philly are all locked into their playoff seeding
With 80 games in the books for most teams across the NBA, the playoff picture is starting to take shape.
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“We’ll see Michelle. We’ll see Barack.”
We can put Caitlin Clark on the backburner for now, because Angel Reese vs. first lady Jill Biden is fast becoming the wildest beef in sports. Earlier this week Reese took exception to comments from the first lady that both LSU and Iowa should visit the White House, bucking championship tradition. A move the first lady has since apologized for. Now Reese is suggesting that the Tigers should just ignore the presidential visit all together and go hang with Barack and Michelle Obama.
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Hülkenberg finished seventh in Australia, but is there cause for concern for Haas, Alfa Romeo, and Ferrari?
Haas driver Nico Hülkenberg survived a frenetic finish — and a near-collision in the early stages — to come across the line seventh in the Australian Grand Prix. While a post-race protest from the team was denied, the six points were a much-needed result for Haas, and Hülkenberg.
However, what happened just as the race came to a close under a safety car could be cause for worry at both Haas, Alfa Romeo, and Ferrari.
Tiger Woods is on the course in the first round of his 25th appearance at Augusta National.
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I will not be listening to the Masters app’s creepy AI announcer.
In today’s SI:AM:
⛳ The new-look 13th at Augusta
👟 Speed kills in MLB’s new era
🏈 NFL mock draft 6.0
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What to look for at the Masters
The 2023 Masters is underway. This email should hit your inbox right around the time that Tiger Woods tees off for his first round at 10:18 a.m. ET. (Click here for a full list of tee times.
The pitch clock has led to a bunch of awkward strikeouts just a week into the 2023 Major League Baseball. It has also led to hitters and pitchers changing their routines in order to speed things up.
On Wednesday we saw an odd strikeout that wasn’t exactly from a pitch clock violation but you have to think that it played a part in it because everyone is now super aware of having to be ready before the timer goes off.
White Sox star shortstop Tim Anderson didn’t seem to like what Giants pitcher Logan Webb was doing before a pitch, so he stepped out of the box for a timeout.
Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is entering his second season with the franchise, and though there appears to be no slowing down the 29-year-old, he made a startling revelation on Wednesday.
Hill, who emerged as one of the league’s most explosive receivers with Kansas City, looks like there’s plenty left in his tank as he enters his eighth NFL season. Despite this, Hill says that he plans to retire at the end of his current contract with Miami.
“I’m going for 10,” Hill told the Totally Offensive podcast this week when asked how long he was going to play.
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Keeping tabs on the ridiculous things Shohei Ohtani does this season
There is a joke around social media that “Twitter is not real life.”
However, there are moments that cross the bridge from memes, to reality.
One such moment comes to us courtesy of Shohei Ohtani. The incredible two-way player is doing things in major league baseball that we have not seen in years, if not decades. Or even ever.
LeBron James recently opened up House Three Thirty, a community center in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. Instead of focusing on the good the community center will do for the city, PETA found something wrong with it: the milk being served.
The community center has a Starbucks inside, and just like every other store around the world, it serves milk. Real milk, that is, as in, the milk that comes from cows.
PETA has an issue with that.
PETA wants LeBron James to stop serving milk.
LeBron James appeared to exchange some very heated words with a fan Wednesday night.
The Lakers dropped a rivalry game to the Clippers 125-118, and the four-time NBA champion didn’t seem to be happy with his a fan supporting his team.
In a video from ClutchPoints, a fan wearing a Kobe Bryant appeared to be chirping possibly about championships as LeBron shouted back “I got you one.”
It’s always a great look when you’re arguing with fans of your own team.