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Alabama forward Brandon Miller told ESPN he is entering the 2023 NBA draft, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
Miller is slated to be selected in the top five of this year’s draft, but per Wojnarowski, the Crimson Tide star has made a strong case to be the No. 2 selection behind projected No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama.
He was named the SEC Player of the Year after leading Alabama to a regular-season conference championship, averaging 18.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting 43% from the floor.

One of several rule changes to Major League Baseball for the 2023 season is the utilization of the pitch clock.
The new rule stipulates that a pitcher has 15 seconds to begin the motion to throw a pitch with the bases empty and 20 seconds to begin the motion with runners on base. If the pitcher fails to begin his delivery prior to the timer expiring, he is charged with a ball.
Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman made history on Thursday afternoon, becoming the first pitcher in Major League history to violate the pitch clock in a regular season game.

Alabama Crimson Tide guard Brandon Miller is headed to the pros after officially declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft on Thursday.
Miller confirmed his decision with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, adding that he thanks “God, my family, my fans and all the coaches at the University of Alabama.”
The star player is leaving Tuscaloosa after just one season, and what a season it was.

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Brandon Miller has been regarded as a top-3 pick for the upcoming draft; behind undisputed No. 1 Victor Wenbanyama out of France and G-Leaguer Scoot Henderson.

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Russell Westbrook is the savior the Clippers need going into the playoffs
Let’s rewind to the beginning of the 2022-23 NBA season. The Los Angeles Lakers are off to a horrible start at 2-10. A team that has LeBron James and Anthony Davis, you would think they would get most of the blame. Well, that wasn’t the case. The responsibility, for the most part, went to their point guard at the time Russell Westbrook.

The Canadian men are the Kings of Concacaf, with a capital K.
So they say.
Cyle Larin made some waves Monday when he told OneSoccer, “We’re the big boys,” following Canada’s easy Concacaf Nations League win over Honduras. But that was just one, happy, in-the-moment postgame answer to a question about moving on to play the region’s “big boys” this summer.
“Kings of Concacaf,” however, is right there in deliberate black and white at the bottom of every press release and statement sent out by Canada Soccer.

The biggest storyline of the MLB offseason revolved around the future of 2022 AL MVP Aaron Judge. After spending his entire career with the Yankees and blossoming into the biggest star in the game, and best — non-juiced — home run hitter in MLB history, the 30-year-old became a free agent.
There was a lot of speculation about where Judge might end up, but he always made it clear that he didn’t want to play anywhere but in New York. In the end, that’s where he ended up.
Judge signed a nine-year, $360 million contract, the third-largest in MLB history, in December.

Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson’s canon was on full display during the Gators’ Pro Day on Thursday—but maybe he showed off a little too much. 
Richardson took a three-step drop while NFL coaches and executives watched. He cocked his arm back and let it rip to a wideout running a deep route—but it never reached him. The 20-year-old threw it so high it hit the training facility’s ceiling.

The ceiling got in the way of Anthony Richardson’s passes 😆
(via @NFL) pic.twitter.

While some of his fellow LIV golfers have said that the media is creating the rivalry between the Saudi-backed circuit and the PGA Tour, Joaquin Niemann isn’t subscribing to that idea.
Niemann is one of 18 LIV golfers who will be teeing it up in next week’s Masters after qualifying based on his world ranking at the end of 2022.
The LIV vs. PGA Tour rivalry will be the storyline of the week, both in the build-up to the opening round and especially if the LIV players play well.

Prior to the team’s Opening Day game against the Marlins on Thursday, the Mets announced that prized free agent acquisition Justin Verlander would be placed on the 15-day injured list with a low grade teres major strain.
The Mets said that Verlander will continue throwing at “moderate intensity” and would be rescanned in a week in order for the team to provide an updated timetable for his return.
Verlander’s velocity was down in his last spring training start, which the 40-year-old pitcher attributed to “routine spring discomfort.

There’s a common refrain among people that drafting the wrong quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft “sets your franchise back five years.” That’s just flat-out wrong. In fact, it’s almost nearly the opposite.
Drafting a quarterback at the top of the NFL Draft is the SAFEST thing a team can do. I joined Dan Dakich on Don’t @ Me on Thursday and explained this misconception.
WATCH:

Drafting a QB in the first round is the safest bet for teams
As I mentioned in the video, this comes down to cost-benefit analysis. Kirk Cousins, for example, carried a $31.