Win total projections are not perfect. You might remember the Seahawks’ line was set at 5.5 a season ago and they hit the over before their bye week. On the flip side, the total for the defending Super Bowl champion Rams was set at 10.5. They won five games.
So I’ll repeat, win totals are not perfect, but they are informative. They’re a huge help when it comes to grouping teams into tiers. There are the Super Bowl contenders — Chiefs, Eagles, Bills, Bengals, 49ers — each of whom is projected to win 10 or more games in 2023. Then there’s the large middle class in the 7.5-9.
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Following an injury in the NFC Championship Game, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy’s availability for the start of the 2023-24 season came into question. The team let Jimmy Garoppolo walk in free agency. They still have Trey Lance and they added Sam Darnold in free agency.
Coming into this season, it seems the 49ers quarterback depth chart depends on Purdy’s health. And, according to reports, everything is going well for the former “Mr. Irrelevant.” Purdy had surgery this offseason to repair his injured UCL.
Arkansas’ Britton Wilson will try to win both the open 400 meters and the 400-meter hurdles at the same NCAA championship meet. It’s never been done before.
There is some good news from the Pac-12. John Canzano reported a verbal agreement is in place about a Grant of Rights among Pac-12 schools. For the uninitiated, that magical legal term essentially means that all members in a conference grant the rights to the conference office for the duration of the pact. A team could still leave the league after the agreement is signed, but the conference would still control their rights and a penalty would be ridiculous (the ACC’s penalty, for instance, has been estimated by industry sources up to $500 million).
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Duncan Robinson is on fire in NBA Finals, and he’s letting his opponents know about it.
The Miami Heat appeared headed toward another loss in the 2023 NBA Finals as the fourth quarter of Game 2 began. Miami was down eight points on the road against the Denver Nuggets, a place where no road team had won so far in these playoffs.
But in the fourth quarter, Duncan Robinson seemed to decide that the Heat would not lose this game. For most of the playoffs, the Heat’s savior has been Jimmy Butler, their boisterous star guard, who averaged 37.
The dog days of college football are in full swing, which leads us to the heart of “talking season.” And one of the best traditions of “talking season” comes with the release of Athlon Sports’ college football magazine.
Within the pages of the fabled magazine is a section in which coaches speak anonymously about other conference programs. It never fails to provide some juicy drama.
Although there have been spicier comments in the past, the 2023 edition is no exception. Especially when it comes to Rutgers and head coach Greg Schiano.
Air quality has reached dangerous levels across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic as a smoky haze has engulfed the two regions of the United States due to the ongoing wildfire disaster in eastern Canada.
The air quality is so poor in parts of the Northeast that baseball games on Wednesday night are at risk of postponement. The Yankees are set to host the White Sox at 7:05 p.m. ET, but scenes coming out of Yankee Stadium on Wednesday afternoon have cast doubt on whether or not the game will be played.
Here’s the scene at Yankee Stadium just after 2 p.m. ET, courtesy of Erik Boland of Newsday.
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Yankee Stadium looks like a terrifying movie scene with wildfire smoke from Canada infiltrating the New York air.
As smoke from wildfires in Canada continues to swoop into the United States, New York City and other states along the East Coast are seeing air quality deteriorate and the skies continue to darken.
That remains the scene at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees are set to take on the Chicago White Sox Wednesday night in the second game of a three-game series.
Hilinski’s Hope, created in honor of late Washington State QB Tyler Hilinski, has blossomed into a nationwide push for mental health awareness among student-athletes.
New York Mets outfielder Jeff McNeil found himself in the middle of a brutal, one-man comedy of errors on Tuesday night.
The Mets were on the road visiting the Atlanta Braves when in the eighth inning Braves left fielder Eddie Rosario sent Mets pitcher Adam Ottavino’s 1-2 pitch to left field.
McNeil fielded the high fly ball off the Truist Park wall. He first tried to barehand the ball but couldn’t get a grasp on it. He used his glove the next time, only he muffed the exchange to his throwing hand.
That’s less than ideal, but it happens.