Author: Michael

Now that the 2023 NFL schedule has been released, bettors can take a closer look at how the season might play out. Oddsmakers have released the win totals for the 2023 season, and the reigning Super Bowl champion Chiefs have some company at the top.
According to the most recent odds, the Chiefs are expected to be joined by the Bengals and 49ers in the win column. All three teams have their win totals set all the way up at 11.5, making each of them the favorites to win their divisions.

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Fresh off a successful first season as co-owner of the Welsh soccer club, Wrexham A.F.C., actor Ryan Reynolds’s bid for the NHL’s Senators will reportedly not be moving forward, according to ESPN’s Emily Kaplan.
Reynolds was part of a group led by real estate developer Remington Group. The 46-year-old reportedly requested an exclusive window to negotiate a potential purchase and was denied, which caused Reynolds to bow out of the process. The deadline for formal offers to be submitted is May 15. The Remington Group’s bid was believed to be over $1 billion, per Kaplan.

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For several days, many NBA fans and media personalities had been wondering who was the one voter who didn’t list Denver star Nikola Jokić among the five players on their MVP ballot after 76ers center Joel Embiid won the award last week. On Thursday, that question was answered, as the NBA released the voting ballots for this year’s MVP award. 
It turns out that distinction belongs to ESPN broadcaster Mark Jackson.

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Golf is a frustrating game. Ask anyone who’s ever played even a casual round and they’ll tell you horror stories. The saving grace, though, is that the guys who make millions of dollars to play the sport are often just like us. Enter: Tyrell Hatton at the AT&T Byron Nelson on Thursday.
Hatton is known for having a fiery temper and he always looks angry. Sometimes, he’s not angry. But you’d never know if you just look at his face.

Tyrell Hatton with an all time golf blowup, wait for the yell at the end pic.twitter.

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Damar Hamlin is in the building for the Philadelphia 76ers’ homestand Thursday against the Boston Celtics.
The celebrated Bills safety, who survived an on-field cardiac arrest on Jan. 2. and has spread heart health awareness, is at Wells Fargo Center for Thursday’s highly-anticipated Game 6 tiebreaker.
“Game 6 tonight in Philly; y’all know I’m rocking with the Sixers,” Hamlin said. Hamlin posted a picture of a hat from his foundation, the Chasing M’s Foundation Charitable Fund, which provides development and health resources for youth sports.

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Did the San Diego Padres broadcast take a subtle dig at Fernando Tatis Jr.?
That’s the implication of hilarious video that showed an incredibly poorly timed ad playing over Tatis’s at bat during Thursday’s game.
Tatis, of course, famously missed the majority of the 2022 season with a fractured wrist suffered during a motorcycle crash.
He then hilariously suggested that it wasn’t the first time he’d crashed his motorcycle.
READ: PADRES’ STAR FERNANDO TATIS JR.

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LeBron James fans could potentially expect a docuseries in the coming years about the Lakers star produced by Andy Thompson, who worked on ESPN’s Michael Jordan docuseries The Last Dance.
Lakers radio voice John Ireland spoke with Awful Announcing this week and shared that Thompson, who is the younger brother of Lakers commentator Mychal Thompson and the uncle of Warriors forward Klay Thompson, has been hanging around the Lakers this year and possibly collecting footage of James for a future project.

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Hall of Fame horse trainer Todd Pletcher denies any wrongdoing after receiving a 10-day suspension from the New York State Gaming Commission. The ruling comes after Forte was disqualified from a victory in 2022 for testing positive for a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication.
New York-based sports/turf writer Bob Ehalt of BloodHorse was first to report the news.
Forte, last year’s champion two-year-old Thoroughbred male, won the Hopeful Stakes at the Saratoga Race Course on Sept. 5, 2022.

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