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NFL running backs are in a contract crisis, but there can still be a happy medium.
The running back position in the NFL has fallen on hard times. Both of the position’s highest paid players in terms of cap number were released this offseason in Ezekiel Elliott and Dalvin Cook. The two premier backs that were set to hit free agency this year, Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders and the New York Giants’ Saquon Barkley, were given the franchise tag, which neither player has signed yet.
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Will it be yet another win for Max Verstappen on Sunday?
The Athlon Sports 2023 Fantasy Football Annual magazine reached out to team insiders at all 32 NFL clubs to ask them three key fantasy questions heading into the season. As we count down to training camp, Sports Illustrated will publish their answers here. Today’s team: Carolina Panthers
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Does the quarterback job belong to Bryce Young already, or will he have to beat out Andy Dalton? The Panthers will begin training camp with Dalton the official No. 1 because they don’t want Young to feel like he’s entitled to anything.
LOS ANGELES — Max Homa speaks to the media during a press conference prior to the 123rd U.S. Open Championship at The Los Angeles Country Club on June 13, 2023. | Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
The Los Angeles native has never won a major, but he feels that his hometown can give him some advantage.
Whenever a large sporting event descends upon a city or town, its residents usually feel proud about what their hometown has to offer.
That’s how Max Homa, a Los Angeles native, feels about the U.S. Open coming to his hometown.
“It’s special.
Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines smacked U.S. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre with common sense.
After competing against biological male Lia Thomas in women’s swimming, Gaines dedicated her platform to taking a stance in the transgender athlete debate — reminding people that men hold a competitive advantage over women.
Gaines also argues that continued “inclusion” of trans athletes will lead to the “exclusion” of women in sports.
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Scheffler has experienced some putting woes in recent weeks but hopes to put those behind him at the U.S. Open.
Scottie Scheffler has the yips.
From tee to green, he looks like Tiger Woods in the early 2000s. The stats this season literally back that up. But once he gets to the putting surface, he becomes a double-digit handicapper.
Knowing this, Scheffler admitted Tuesday that he is experimenting with different putters ahead of the 2023 U.S. Open.
“I don’t ever take decisions on switching equipment lightly,” Scheffler noted Tuesday.
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Murray proved himself again on the NBA biggest stage to help lead the Nuggets to their first ever championship.
During Jamal Murray’s last two playoff runs, the focus rightfully fixated on his remarkable blend of scoring volume and efficiency. In 2020, he averaged 26.5 points on 62.6 percent true shooting. As the Denver Nuggets rampaged through the Western Conference this year, he averaged 27.7 points on 59.5 percent true shooting. Against the Miami Heat, those marks fell to 21.4 and 55.1.
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If last season is any indication, Alfa Romeo could earn an unexpected result in the Canadian Grand Prix
So far this Formula 1 season, there have not been many surprises, at least at the front of the field. Esteban Ocon’s surprise podium in the Monaco Grand Prix might be one, but for the most part the shocks have been few and far between.
But could Alfa Romeo have a surprise in store for the field in the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix?
If past is prologue, they just might.
Welcome to 32 teams in 32 days. To get us through the offseason, we’ll be taking a closer look at every team in the league, in order of projected 2023 win totals. Next up: the Panthers.
It’s a new era in Charlotte.
After watching the Panthers flounder under coach Matt Rhule for the better part of three seasons, Carolina revamped its staff this offseason with the hiring of Frank Reich along with defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero.
Then, in March, the Panthers sent star receiver DJ Moore and a litany of draft picks for the 2023 No.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has had a stressful week. Seven days after announcing to the world that the Tour has agreed to a merger with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) and, in turn, LIV Golf, Monahan has endured a “medical situation.”
The commissioner informed the PGA Tour Policy Board that he is currently “recuperating from a medical situation” and the day-to-day operations will be handed off to two other Tour employees.