Author: Michael

In current society, pandering is all the rage. Bud Light panders to the transgender community. NHL teams pander to the LGBTQ movement. Even an English soccer league panders to Black Lives Matter. But the New York Mets officially took pandering too far.
They sent out tweets rooting for ALL of the New York teams currently in the playoffs, including the Rangers, Islanders, Knicks and Nets.

Let’s go @NYRangers! #NoQuitInNY pic.twitter.com/Yiqea55TzM
— New York Mets (@Mets) April 18, 2023

Best of luck in the playoffs, @NYIslanders! pic.twitter.

Money, more than ever before, has a direct correlation to success in collegiate athletics and Marc D’Amelio is putting his wallet to work. The 54-year-old entrepreneur and local politician is the father to social media personalities Charli and Dixie D’Amelio.
Charli, the younger sister, has more than 45 million followers on Instagram and 150 million followers on TikTok. Dixie, the elder of the two, has nearly 25 million followers on Instagram and 57 million followers on TikTok.

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts woke up Tuesday morning as a placeholder.
For however long it takes Joe Burrow to sign his new deal with the Bengals or Justin Herbert with the Chargers, Hurts stands alone with the biggest contract in NFL history. Hurts signed a five-year extension Monday with the Eagles worth $255 million, including $179.3 million guaranteed. The annual figure is the most ever given to a player.
At least for now.
But what about the other positions? Here’s a rundown of the financial king for each, based on annual average value. All financial information is courtesy Spotrac.

New Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien said Tuesday that quarterback Mac Jones and the rest of the offense have a clean slate this season.

The Chiefs will reportedly have a new face backing up quarterback Patrick Mahomes in 2023.
Kansas City is signing longtime backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert, according to a Tuesday afternoon report from Pat McAfee. McAfee broke the news on Tuesday’s episode of his eponymous show.and the report was later confirmed by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Gabbert, 33, has spent 12 years in the NFL with the Jaguars, 49ers, Cardinals, Titans and Buccaneers.

While going over some tape of Kentucky quarterback Will Levis ahead of this month’s NFL draft, Peyton Manning saw some of himself in the film—or a better outcome for one part of his own game that needed fine tuning. 
Levis’s accuracy has been a knock on his stock, having thrown 23 interceptions in the last two seasons. While watching the film, Manning said, “If you force one, you at least better make up for it by making a tackle.

Veteran NFL reporter Jim Trotter is joining The Athletic following his departure from the NFL Media Group last month, the publication announced on Tuesday.
Trotter will begin his duties as a reporter for The Athletic beginning in May.
Trotter’s contract was not renewed in the NFL media newsroom when it expired in March, which he believes was due in part to his criticism of commissioner Roger Goodell’s handling of diversity issues plaguing the NFL, specifically in the NFL Media newsroom.

The Rams are trading wide receiver Allen Robinson to the Steelers pending a physical, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports.
In his first season with Los Angeles last season, Robinson played in 10 games and totaled 339 yards on 33 catches with three touchdowns. Robinson has two years left on a three-year deal he signed last offseason, and he is due $15 million guaranteed. 
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Rams will pay $5 million of Robinson’s contract, while Pittsburgh will pay $10 million. 
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Juan Soto had spent his whole career basking in the spotlight, and at first, this felt no differently.
He loved the attention when he was demolishing the majors at age 19. He loved it when he hit three World Series home runs for the Nationals in 2019. He loved it when the cameras zoomed in on him as he added increasingly intricate gestures to the dance he does after taking a close pitch, the Soto Shuffle, and as he debuted a necklace last spring bearing a diamond-encrusted version of himself doing it.

An intense restructuring of Bullet Club is underway.
Just shy of its 10th year, Bullet Club is New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s premier collection of stars. It has featured breakout performances from Finn Bálor, AJ Styles, Kenny Omega and Jay White, each of whom has served as the group’s leader.
While most of America sleeps, David Finlay is the architect behind the Bullet Club revival.
“We lost sight of what Bullet Club is designed to do,” says Finlay. “We became obsessed with selling T-shirts. That isn’t our intent. Bullet Club is here to disrupt and destroy.