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King Large is not a nickname. It is King David Large’s legal name.
The young offensive lineman from Bellflower, California is named King Large. That’s his name.
Large, a three-star recruit in the Class of 2024, plays for West Coast powerhouse St. John Bosco. He committed to play at SMU on Monday and will immediately be a First-Team All-Name college football player as soon as he arrives to campus in Dallas either in January or next summer, depending on his enrollment.

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Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. My apologies for the technical difficulties that caused an incomplete version of the newsletter to go out last night.
In today’s SI:AM:
The Suns’ latest gamble
Chris Paul’s new book
Corbin Carroll’s first 100 games
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Knicks fans have seen this before
The Suns are blowing it all up.
Two years after reaching the NBA Finals, Phoenix is embarking on a franchise overhaul.

I guarantee you that you have no idea who baseball’s hottest hitter is right now.
No, it’s not Aaron Judge – who still remains on MLB’s Injured List. And although Shohei Ohtani is nothing short of a phenom, he isn’t anywhere close to this player, who is putting up Hall of Fame-like numbers.
Last night, Miami Marlins infielder Luis Arraez had his third five-for-five game in June alone – the fourth player to ever do so in a single month since 1900 – according to Elias Sports Bureau. He’s surrounded by names such as Ty Cobb and Tony Gwynn.

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The NBA Draft has never seen anything like superstar twins Amen and Ausar Thompson before.
There’s a moment burned into the brain of anyone watching twins Amen and Ausar Thompson that calcifies just how supernatural their inborn basketball talent really is. For City Reapers head coach and basketball lifer Dave Leitao, it happened during a Dec. game against Cold Hearts at the start of his debut season on the sidelines in the upstart Overtime Elite league.

French investigators raided the headquarters of Paris Olympic organizers on Tuesday in an investigation into suspected corruption, according to the national financial prosecutor’s office. The police are looking into allegations of favoritism and misuse of public money in the attribution of construction contracts, according to the BBC.
The search was at their headquarters in the suburb of Saint-Denis and the Paris organizing committee said that “Paris 2024 is cooperating with the investigators to facilitate their investigations,” per The Associated Press.

Bust. It’s the dirtiest four-letter word in fantasy football.
Fantasy managers who drafted players such as Russell Wilson, Jonathan Taylor and Deebo Samuel last season know the term (and its consequences) all too well. Selecting a bust, especially in the early rounds of your draft, can be devastating to your chances of fielding a true fantasy league postseason contender.
To me, the term “bust” includes players who either don’t live up to their draft position or were selected to play prominent roles and fail in the stat sheets.

335 GALLONS OF JELLO SHOTS!
The Jello Shot Challenge is one of the College World Series’ proudest traditions, and LSU fans blew everyone out of the water in 2023. Each year Rocco’s Pizza in Omaha puts up a big board with the remaining teams, challenging fans to prove their allegiance by downing as many as possible during the week — with all the proceeds going to charity.
LSU answered the call, and well …

Records are meant to be broken! All time team total All time overall total Guinness Book of World Record for shots purchased by one person .

Running back Dalvin Cook and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins have more in common than you might think. Both played collegiately in the ACC for teams that made major bowl games during their tenures—Cook for Florida State, Hopkins for Clemson. Both have made four or more Pro Bowls.
Now, both find themselves free agents at the ages of 27 and 31, respectively. Their concurrent availability has Cook thinking about a potential collaboration, something he expressed to ESPN’s Adam Schefter on his podcast on Monday.

Despite being 38-years-old, injury-prone and the subject of trade rumors for weeks, Chris Paul was surprised that he was traded.
On Sunday, news broke that Phoenix was sending the former Point God to Washington, along with Landry Shamet and a bunch of second round draft picks, for Bradley Beal and Isaiah Todd.
Paul’s trade to DC followed a leak from earlier this month that stated the Suns were going to waive the expensive veteran. He had been in Phoenix for three seasons and is slated to earn $30.8 million (guaranteed) for the 2022-23 campaign.

Min Woo Lee carded one of the lowest scores of the day during Sunday’s final round of the U.S. Open and a text from his fellow countryman Adam Scott the night before seems to have played a role.
Lee put himself firmly in contention after the opening two rounds at Los Angeles Country Club as he found himself at 6-under heading into the weekend. Saturday wasn’t as kind to the 24-year-old as he posted a four-over 74 which led to a drastic drop on the leaderboard.
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