The biggest storyline at Zandvoort Thursday? Cookies
Formula 1 is back this week, with the Dutch Grand Prix bringing the summer shutdown to an end. If early reports from Zandvoort are any indication, there is one dominant topic ahead of the Grand Prix this weekend.
Stroopwafels.
No, not Max Verstappen’s pursuit of his ninth-straight victory, which would tie the mark set by Sebastian Vettel back in 2013. No, not news on driver lineups for 2024, which might dismay Haas a bit, given that the team announced that Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg would be back for next season.
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Former ESPN radio host Mike Golic will host a weekday sports morning show on the DraftKings Network with his son, Mike Golic Jr., according to a report from The Athletic.
The show, which will be called GoJo and Golic, will be broadcast from 8–10 a.m. ET on Samsung TV Plus and DraftKingsNetwork.com. Jessie Coffield will also be featured on the show, as she will be participating from the DraftKings studio in Boston, while the Golics will be based in Arizona, California and sometimes in South Bend during college football season.
“Me and Dad talked about this for a while,” Golic Jr.
“Hi, Jack!” Marcus Freeman is waving at a towheaded toddler walking behind his mother outside the Notre Dame football facility on a recent afternoon. Jack, the son of defensive backs coach Chris O’Leary, waves back at his dad’s boss.
Moments later, inside the building, Freeman walks into his office and finds the seats around his conference table filled by his own sprawling family: six kids and his wife, Joanna, are digging into Chick-fil-A box lunches. The brood is perfectly at home in the facility, and Freeman is perfectly fine with that.
Nicole Lynn is an influencer of elevating influence. Lawyer, agent, author, public speaker and president of football at Klutch Sports Group. She’s only 34, or relatively young for a power broker who counts Jalen Hurts, Quinnen Williams, Myles Garrett, Will Anderson Jr. and Bijan Robinson as clients.
Still, the totality of her accomplishments can create unintended consequences. All are first-world problems, to be sure, the product of what can seem like sudden and outsized success.
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F1 is back from the summer shutdown with the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, and all eyes are on Max Verstappen
After a relatively quiet summer shutdown, Formula 1 roars back to life this weekend with the Dutch Grand Prix.
Here’s how to watch, and what to watch for, this weekend.
How To Watch (all times Eastern):
Practice 1 – Friday August 25 – 6:25 a.m. – ESPN2/ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN
Practice 2 – Friday August 25 – 9:55 a.m. – ESPN2/ESPN Deportes/WatchESPN
Practice 3 – Saturday August 26 – 5:25 a.m.
Whether you go Zero RB or Hero RB, you can never have too much insurance at the position.
As more and more teams go to running back-by-committee, it’s become more difficult to predict who will get the value touches. I like to keep my bench loaded with options at this position, which has a lot of injury turnover. All of these players have more than just handcuff value. These players differ from the value tier (James Cook, Rachaad White, Zach Charbonnet) because they can be picked up in round 10 or later.
Baseball players across the major leagues are mesmerized by the two-way ability of Angels star Shohei Ohtani.
Ohtani has been an unbelievable player, with his versatility garnering comparisons to the great Babe Ruth. Ohtani owns a career 3.01 ERA on the mound across his six major league seasons, proving to be a bona fide frontline starter. In addition, he’s a career .274 hitter with a .921 OPS. He’s hit 171 career home runs to go along with 433 RBI.
He’s a true star in every way, to the point where it sometimes seems as if he’s not real.
The addition of Stanford, California and SMU to the ACC is gaining momentum after talks seemed to have stalled late last week, sources tell Sports Illustrated. “We’re getting closer, but it’s not done,” a source says. “There’s a lot to be worked out.” There is still no formal vote by the presidents of the ACC schools currently scheduled on the matter, but talks are progressing and were described as “positive.”
In order for Cal, SMU, and Stanford to join the league—and it is expected to be all three or none of them—12 of 15 schools must approve the addition.
The 2023-24 NFL season kick-off is almost here! OutKick is unveiling its team-by-team preview series. Over the past two weeks, we covered the AFC West and NFC West and the AFC North and NFC North. This week, we’re tackling the two South divisions, continuing with last year’s champion in the NFC South, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2022-23 Record: 8-9
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2023-24 Win Total Over/Under: 6.5
Offseason Moves
Obviously, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost quarterback Tom Brady to retirement. Even with Brady, the team went 8-9 last year.
BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 5 LSU was counting on behemoth defensive tackle Maason Smith for the top college football opener of the 2023 season on Sept. 3 against No. 8 Florida State (7:30 p.m., ABC) in Orlando.
LSU-Florida State Is Only Top 10 Matchup Early This Season
The LSU-FSU winner will have cleared the first hurdle toward national championship contention in the last year of the four-team College Football Playoff. Florida State beat LSU, 24-23, last season in the Superdome in New Orleans. The Tigers rebounded to win the Southeastern Conference West and finish 10-4.