With any meal you cook at mass quantity, there are going to be some really delicious corners of the serving tray and some hard bits of pasta that were completely untouched by boiling water. So went my first foray into 100 predictions 100 days out from the regular season, which debuted in May 2022. I correctly predicted that an Andrew Luck unretirement rumor would leak (there were two), and also projected the Panthers, Texans and Bears would be in contention for the No.
Author: Michael
Aaron Rodgers is quickly becoming the King of New York. And if you thought that was a crown worn by Aaron Judge, Pete Alonso or hip-hop artist Pop Smoke before his untimely death, you obviously haven’t been paying attention.
Because in the five weeks since he was traded to the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers has been on a whirwind coronation tour.
Rodgers celebrated his trade to the Jets by attending the first-round NHL playoff game between the Devils and Rangers at Madison Square Garden with several teammates. He got a rousing ovation.
Many have already penciled in Bijan Robinson as one of the best running backs in the NFL after the Falcons selected him with the No. 8 pick in April’s draft.
Robinson starred in college as a running back who can both block and receive, so that projection might come true. But the incoming rookie will have to prove his all-around skill set transfers to the NFL, and it won’t be easy in a league where many running backs delivered breakout seasons in 2022.
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Everyone is chasing Red Bull, but maybe that’s a good thing
There is beauty in dominance.
In inevitability.
For example, consider the years where Tiger Woods was inevitable. Every time he hit a tee shot, you expected the ensuing “Tiger Twirl” of the club. Each time he entered a tournament, you expected a win. The dominance was there week-in, and week-out, and we celebrated it. We cherished it. We appreciated the dominance of the moment, a master of his craft who made every week exhilarating, even if it was inevitable.
Jimmy Butler didn’t just talk the Miami Heat making the NBA Finals into existence, he was apparently offering up NBA Finals tickets to tennis star Coco Gauff before the playoffs had even started.
Gauff, who lives in South Florida, is a huge Heat fan and has certainly had fun watching her favorite team stun the NBA world by reaching the finals as the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Speaking with the media from this week’s French Open, the Heat became a topic of discussion, which is when Gauff revealed Butler offered her tickets.
The Big 12 and Colorado are kicking the tires on possibly making a huge move.
Smoke has been swirling for weeks that the Buffaloes might jump ship from the PAC-12 to the Big 12 amid nonstop media rights chaos with the west coast conference.
Colorado’s AD Rick George sent speculation into overdrive when he didn’t rule out leaving the PAC-12.
“We’re members of the Pac-12, we’re proud members of the Pac-12 and we’ve got to see where our media rights deal lands and where our conference goes.
Donald Trump will have to sell his Turnberry golf resort before the Scottish course is considered for another Open Championship.
Months after signing for $5.6 million as an international free agent, 16-year-old Padres catching prospect Ethan Salas made his professional debut on Tuesday night, batting second for Single A Lake Elsinore.
Salas immediately made a strong first impression, going 2-for-3 with a walk, double and run scored to spearhead a 3–1 victory.
Salas, who turns 17 on Thursday, is the first player born in 2006 to play in the minor leagues. His signing set a record for the largest bonus ever given out to an international amateur in the hard cap bonus era.
After six seasons and coming off a trip to the second round of the playoffs, the Knicks and general manager Scott Perry will part ways this summer, according to SNY’s Ian Begley.
Perry, 59, was hired in 2017 as the Knicks were in the midst of four straight seasons with a losing record. He helped the team get back to the postseason in ’21, ending a seven-year drought, as New York lost in the first round against the Hawks in five games.
The Knicks went 47–35 this past season, posting their best record in a decade.
Denver’s championship focus began in October and Miami’s stunning run started in the play-in tournament. Like it or not, every NBA game matters.