With one-third of the season over, the entire National League reached Memorial Day still thinking playoffs. Even the worst team, the 23–31 Nationals, are five games out of a wild-card spot. It is a function of both the extra wild card added last season and abject mediocrity.
For inspiration, every middling team can look to the 2022 Phillies—including the ’23 Phillies. Last year’s Phillies are proof that in an expanded playoff world you are never more than two or three hot weeks from the playoffs (and possibly a change of managers).
Author: Michael
Cheese rolling remains the stupidest, most dangerous sport in the world.
Cheese rolling is the stupidest sport on the face of the earth. I also absolutely love it exists. Every year hundreds of competitors gather at The Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling Competition, one of the steepest hills in Glouchester to run down as fast as they can, with the winner getting a wheel of cheese.
With the NBA Finals now set, what are the best bets to consider?
Jimmy Butler predicted the Heat’s Game 7 win in Boston a year ago.
Jimmy Butler went for the “kill shot.” His pull-up three-pointer would have put the Miami Heat ahead of the Boston Celtics with about 16 seconds remaining in Game 7 of the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals, but it missed. Boston got the rebound, made its free throws, and avoided what would have been a stunning collapse by punching its ticket to the NBA Finals.
We all knew the ending YEARS ago… if only we noticed.
Obvious ‘Succession’ finale spoiler alert: If you keep reading from here on it’s your own fault.
Our national love affair with America’s worst family ended on Sunday night when after four seasons Succession finally told us who would actually be succeeding Logan Roy. When the dust settled it was none other than Tom Wambsgans who became the inoffensive, U.S.-puppet CEO of Waystar-Royco where he’s destined to be shit on by Lukas Mattson for the next 20-30 years, and smile while it happens.
Only three players in golf history have won 10 or more major championships in their careers, but Brooks Koepka believes he could make it a party of four before it’s all said and done.
Koepka picked up his fifth major title at Oak Hill earlier this month with what was his third PGA Championship victory.
While most multi-major-winning players have had the thought of reaching double digits cross their minds, Koepka having five majors to his name by the age of 33 makes the dream a possibility.
Aaron Rodgers, certified “Swiftie”, arrived at the Taylor Swift concert at MetLife Stadium over the weekend and took it all in.
Rodgers sang and danced his way through the evening, clearly seeming to enjoy himself. Complete with the confetti falling as Swift performed, a cell phone video panned to the four-time MVP, who exclaimed “The Jets won the Super Bowl,” trying to speak another confetti-worthy moment into existence.
With the arrival of Rodgers in New York, the Jets now have Super Bowl expectations heading into next season and beyond with an elite quarterback in tow.
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The past two weeks, Bert Kreischer saw a familiar face while watching UFC.
His own.
The actor-comedian is starring in The Machine, a movie now playing in theaters. Advertisements for the new film have been ubiquitous, including appearing on posts in the Octagon, putting Kreischer’s face in the thick of the action.
“It was surreal to see myself there,” says Kreischer. “I still can’t believe it.”
The Machine is based on the story of how Kreischer got involved with the Russian mafia nearly three decades ago at the age of 22.
The agreement in principle came less than two hours into the legal tampering period. The Raiders would quickly come to regret it. Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo agreed to terms with Las Vegas, on a three-year deal that paid out an $11.25 million signing bonus.
People often forget Dwight Howard in his prime. No, he wasn’t always a role player in the NBA who turned into an overseas star, but there was a time when he had no rival at his position and he knew it.
His NBA playing days are likely over as he transitioned to Taiwan’s T1 League in 2022, but he likes to remind people of his former dominance. While being interviewed by former NBA player and teammate Chandler Parsons for FanDuel, Howard was asked to pick between himself in his prime or Nuggets center Nikola Jokić, who’s currently in the prime of his young career.