Who’s No. 1? And where does LeBron land? We rank the best players still battling for a championship.
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Being a two-sport athlete is very difficult, as Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson are really the only two to succeed in multiple leagues over the past few decades. Overall, it is tough to go from succeeding at one sport to finding a role in another.
That begs the question: would it be easier for a football player to join the NBA or a basketball player to enter the NFL? That is the question Jason and Travis Kelce asked Paul George, and the Clippers forward defended the NBA in the debate.
Former national championship winning coach Urban Meyer will spend plenty of time around college football next fall. But that time won’t be spent on the sideline. Not now, not ever. At least according to Meyer himself who shut down the idea of again wearing the headset.
During a Thursday appearance at an Ohio State coaches clinic, the 58-year-old Meyer insisted that his next chapter won’t include coaching.
“That book’s closed,” Meyer told the Columbus Dispatch. “It’s going to be TV and grandfather.”
Meyer last roamed the sidelines as coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The NBA playoffs begin on Saturday, starting months of high-level basketball between the league’s best. Prior to the postseason, the NBA released it’s full first round schedule, all the way through potential games sevens.
While the league has been trying to give teams opportunities to rest and recover in between games, one series isn’t getting much of that. The Suns–Clippers series is the only first round series that won’t include two straight days off between any of its first four games.
If umpires are going to behave like robots, then don’t be surprised when they are replaced by actual robots.
The latest example why comes amid another frustrating moment related to Major League Baseball’s newest rules meant to speed up the game.
After signing Chicago Cubs last season, former Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger made his return to LA. But as the crowd began cheering and thank him for spending six years with the club – including a 2020 World Series Championship, the umpire cited Bellinger for a pitch-clock violation.
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Nickel safety Brian Branch was the versatile weapon of Nick Saban’s defense at Alabama
Any team looking for a premier nickel defender or versatile safety should begin their draft board in the 2023 NFL Draft with Alabama safety Brian Branch. Branch is the rare Alabama prospect who has been a major contributor as a true freshman for the Crimson Tide. Branch is a former highly rated four-star recruit who compiled 172 tackles and 4 interceptions over the course of his career in Nick Saban’s defense.
Here’s every team in the 2023 NBA Playoffs ranked by their championship chances.
The bracket for the 2023 NBA Playoffs is finalized, and one of the most wide-open postseasons in league history is here.
The NBA has historically been a league that runs on superpowers, from Bill Russell’s Celtics to Magic Johnson’s Lakers to Michael Jordan’s Bulls to Tim Duncan’s Spurs to Steph Curry’s Warriors. It doesn’t really feel like there’s a team to beat this year.
Max Strus and Jimmy Butler scored 31 points apiece, and the Miami Heat got into the playoffs by rallying in the final minutes to beat the Chicago Bulls 102-91 in an Eastern Conference play-in game Friday night.
Memphis’ encore to its breakout season has been solid, but with some turmoil, while a second-half surge has Los Angeles playing fearsome basketball.
Phoenix and L.A. are loaded with stars and built to win now, yet they’re facing each other in the first round. The difference in this series might be who’s available.