As the NBA MVP race comes to an end, the debate has continued on who would win the coveted award. Nikola Jokić and Joel Embiid’s names have been a constant with Jokić winning it the last two years and Embiid being the runner-up on both occasions. The resurgence of the NBA big man and the great rivalry has grasped NBA fans every time it comes down to the debate: Jokić or Embiid. One name is left out a little too often, though.
For the last five seasons, there’s no doubt that Giannis Antetokounmpo has been playing at an MVP level.
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Tiger Woods used to show up at tournaments proclaiming he was there to win. And he did. A lot. But he hasn’t won since 2019 and hasn’t finished an event in a year.
Vanderbilt football has not won nine games since 2013, when James Franklin was head coach, but the program hopes to turn things around under third-year head coach Clark Lea. The Commodores won two games in 2021 but won five in 2022.
As the attention turns to 2023, Vanderbilt played its spring game on Saturday night.
There was just one problem— it didn’t have a field to play on. FirstBank Stadium is undergoing significant renovations, so the team has only practiced inside its indoor practice facility over the last few weeks.
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For the second time in the past week, a Connecticut university won a national championship. The Quinnipiac Bobcats from Hamden, Connecticut won college hockey’s title at the Frozen Four on Saturday with a 3-2 overtime victory over Minnesota. But Perhaps the most wholesome moment of the celebration, though, was the reaction of Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold. He could barely contain himself for the postgame interview.
“I’m just trying not to cry,” Pecknold said. “I don’t think I can do this.
“I’m just proud. Just awesome. Awesome.
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Ahead of the playoffs, the Lakers are adding two notable names to their roster. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reports Los Angeles is signing veteran center Tristan Thompson and guard Shaq Harrison prior to the end of the regular season on Sunday.
To clear the roster space, Los Angeles will reportedly waive guard Davon Reed.
Thompson, the former No. 4 overall pick, played with Lakers star LeBron James in Cleveland, including on all four NBA Finals teams and for the 2016 NBA champions. He last played for the Bulls, Kings and Pacers last season, averaging 6.0 points and 5.
Former. NBA superstar and current analyst Charles Barkley — who appears almost everywhere nowadays — has never been afraid to share his blunt opinion on an issue.
With the 2023 Masters underway, Barkley joined the Dan Patrick show on Friday morning as the tournament began.
Barkley thinks the PGA Tour golfers have gone so overboard in their criticism of LIV golfers, that he wants one of them to win the Masters.
“I’m rooting for the LIV guys this weekend,” Barkley told Patrick. “Because these PGA Tour dudes have been too rough on these LIV guys.
Brooks Koepka caught another break on the 15th hole at The Masters during the conclusion of the third round on Sunday morning. It marked the second time in three days that he avoided a major penalty, just in very different fashions.
On Thursday, during the First Round, Koepka and his caddie appeared to assist Gary Woodland and his caddie with a club selection. The Masters Rules Committee ultimately decided not to issue a penalty after the round concluded.
Giancarlo Stanton’s ability to hit baseballs extremely hard and extremely far makes him one of the more unique players in the league. On Saturday night, the designated hitter showed off his unreal strength with a home run over the left field wall in Baltimore.
The shot, which left the bat at 116.3 MPH and went 436 feet, was able to clear the relatively new left field wall in Camden Yards, which has become one of the toughest walls to clear in the league and earned the nickname “The Great Wall of Baltimore.