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The cheapest food in sports is back, and remains incredible.
The Masters is all about tradition, pageantry, and one of the most iconic settings in all of sports. If there’s anything more beautiful than the rolling hills of Augusta it’s the concessions menu — which remains the greatest triumph in American sports.
Seriously, just look at this thing.

Huge shoutout to The Masters for continuously being one of the only sporting events that has an affordable menu at the concession stand pic.twitter.

Who can win? Who has the best betting value? What props are the most interesting?

LeBron James or Michael Jordan. Who is the greatest basketball player of all-time?
The debate that never ends reached a new level on Tuesday night in Salt Lake City. The Lakers have made their thoughts on the discourse abundantly clear.
Los Angeles went to overtime with Utah and pulled out its fourth win in a row after blowing a 10-point lead with less than two minutes left. Ochai Agbaji nailed a three, Kris Dunn hit a layup, and Kelly Olynyk knocked down a triple to cut the deficit to three.

Rookies have become a much bigger part of the fantasy landscape in recent seasons. In years past, it was the first-year running backs who typically made the most significant statistical impacts among rookies. But nowadays, we’re seeing an increased number of wide receivers come right in and finish with solid totals.
Don’t believe me?
Well, look at what we’ve seen in just the last few years from the likes of Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, Jaylen Waddle and Amon-Ra St. Brown (to name a few).

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Plus all the rest from a jam-packed 13-game night in the NBA.
Joel Embiid leads Sixers past Celtics, 103-101
Though Boston had a chance to win it at the end on the heels of a late comeback bid…

… this one was all about Joel Embiid’s brilliance. Behind 52 points, 13 rebounds, and six assists, he led the Sixers to a crucial win over rival Boston for the first time this season. Embiid shot 20-for-25 from the field en route to his ninth 40-and-10 game of the season.

Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. My head is spinning after running through all these NBA playoff scenarios.
In today’s SI:AM:
🗽 The Knicks’ blessing in disguise
🏈 Allegations against Cardinals’ owner
🤼 WWE and UFC’s shared history
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Five days left
Though the NBA regular season wraps up April 9, there’s still plenty to be decided by Sunday night.

Thanks to Hugh Freeze, conversations around college football this week have centered around potential scrimmages between teams, instead of bland Spring games. On Tuesday, it was Troy’s Jon Sumrall who offered a new scenario.
On Monday, Auburn’s Hugh Freeze again brought up the idea of substituting a traditional spring game for a scrimmage between in-state schools. The idea has sparked conversations between college football coaches, with Troy’s Jon Sumrall bringing another option to the table.

Since Lakers forward Lebron James returned from a foot injury on March 26, Los Angeles has taken tentative steps toward saving its season. The Lakers have won four of their last five games, and getting out of the Western Conference’s play-in quagmire appears to be a distinct possibility.
With Los Angeles firing on all cylinders in a dramatic 135–133 overtime win over the Jazz Tuesday night, James’s teammates feted him accordingly.
The NBA’s all-time leading scorer contributed 37 points, five rebounds and six assists in the win, which he punctuated with the game-winning layup.

Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcántara is the defending National League Cy Young Award winner and it already looks like he should be the favorite to win that trophy again this year. 
Alcántara was lights out in Tuesday night’s win over the Minnesota Twins. He pitched another complete game (a game that finished under two hours at 1:57) in which he gave up just three hits and had five strikeouts.
One of his most ridiculous pitches was a 91-MPH breaking ball that Twins right fielder Trevor Larnach had no chance of hitting.

All year the Lakers have been scratching and clawing for this moment. Several years of disappointment in the postseason has left a sour taste in the team’s mouth and this year has been anything but easy with nearly every team in the Western Conference battling to at least secure a spot in the play-in tournament. Thanks to the heroics of LeBron James on Tuesday night, Los Angeles is in complete control of their future.