NEW YORK — Wearing a Peter Millar half-zip and dress sneakers at the MLB offices on Tuesday, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner almost seemed like one of the fans in the jersey store downstairs, decrying noncompetitiveness across the sport.
The Yankees’ payroll of $278 million is the second highest in major league history—following only this year’s Mets, whose roster costs $331 million. Meanwhile, the A’s are set to spend $57 million, which would have been the lowest payroll as far back as 2015. After rattling off six straight victories, Oakland is on pace to win 43 games.
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Indianapolis Colts rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson met with the media following minicamp on Tuesday. After a question from a reporter about how he feels, Richardson leaned into the microphone and said, “I’m here so I won’t get fined.” Richardson and the room broke into laughter, as everyone understood his reference to Marshawn Lynch.
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— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) June 13, 2023
Lynch famously appeared before the media prior to Super Bowl XLIX.
Kirby Smart is cut from the Nick Saban coaching tree and the apple does not fall far from that tree. The 47-year-old Georgia coach has won back-to-back national championships, two SEC titles and has been named SEC Coach of the Year three times.
To get to this point, Smart has built a program that is focused on winning. And to get to that point of consistent success requires a “dawg” mentality. That means working hard in practice, going all-out in every drill, and giving every ounce of yourself in every single moment.
Not only did the Denver Nuggets win their first NBA championship in franchise history Monday night, but they also managed to avoid becoming the latest victims of the dreaded Drake Curse.
Even more stunning is that Drake placed a pair of bets on the series, and the Nuggets still came away unscathed.
According to The Daily Mail, before the series, the rapper threw a cool $1 million on the Nuggets to win the series to win $230,000. Given that Denver was heavily favored that’s not a bad bet, but remember, this is a dude with a history of sinking teams.
Drake decided to make an additional bet.
CBS Miami reporter Samantha Rivera entered Game 2 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final on June 5 as just that—a reporter.
Unfortunately, she left it as a national story. As Rivera shot a postgame hit after the Panthers‘ 7–2 loss, an unruly Golden Knights fan seemingly attempted to interrupt her take on camera. Rivera responded by throwing the fan off with a perfectly executed stiff-arm that won her viral fame.
Rivera was widely praised for her actions and professionalism. However, she tweeted Monday afternoon that her notoriety had come with a darker side.
New Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was on the field for minicamp on Tuesday, where the team was holding kicking tryouts that featured a familiar foe.
Former Georgia kicker Rodrigo Blankenship was on hand at the workout, kicking in front of the coaching staff in hopes of earning an invitation to training camp. Blankenship was instrumental to the Bulldogs’ 2018 Rose Bowl victory against Mayfield’s Oklahoma Sooners, and the Tampa quarterback still hasn’t forgotten about it.
“I still don’t like you!” Mayfield said to Blankenship while shaking his hand during the tryout.
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Nikola Jokic’s hard journey to becoming the best basketball player in the world fully paid off.
Putting a label on Nikola Jokic’s game has long been a nearly impossible challenge for evaluators. Jokic himself might be the only person to effectively do it. As he was leaving home in the northern part of Serbia to enter the 2014 NBA Draft, Jokic told teams exactly who he was: a “fat point guard.”
Jokic showed up to his first pro gig at Mega Vizura weighing 300 lbs.
The SEC is set to host a primetime show on Wednesday night to reveal the 2024 schedule, which will include Texas and Oklahoma.
You can go ahead and prepare to be disappointed in some way, as every team will surely not get the matchups they want. The good news is that most of the secondary rivalries in the conference should be honored for the first season with the Longhorns and Sooners.
There will be no divisions and only eight league games, which SEC presidents voted on two weeks ago at Spring meetings in Destin.
Ricky Karcher’s MLB debut was one to remember. So was his postgame interview.
The Reds called up Karcher, 25, from Triple A Louisville on Friday. He didn’t get into a game over the weekend, but on Monday, with the Cincinnati bullpen shorthanded, he got the call to try to secure the save in the bottom of the 10th against the Royals in Kansas City with the Reds clinging to a one-run lead.
It wasn’t easy. Karcher struggled with his fastball command, throwing nine of them and missing the strike zone with each one.
Fresh off his first NBA championship, Nuggets star Nikola Jokić delivered a quote for the ages in an appearance on ESPN’s NBA Today.
Jokić was asked by Malika Andrews about his rise from being drafted No. 41 in the 2014 NBA draft and his selection not even being televised during the pick announcement to becoming a multi-time MVP and now, an NBA champion and NBA Finals MVp. His response was priceless.
“They didn’t believe in the fat boy,” Jokić said with a grin. “It seems like it worked out. Don’t bet against the fat boy.”
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