O.K., draftniks, time for one last NFL mock draft before they do it for real Thursday night in Kansas City. This one has nothing to do with player evaluations or hunches or anything like that. It’s about just one thing: the odds.
As we’ve mentioned before, draft odds are usually based on reliable information. SI Sportsbook lists the odds for 21 teams on what position their first draft pick will be. They also have odds on who the top 10 picks will be as well as which player will be the first taken at various positions. Let’s say they’re right.
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Pat Perez has always had a certain arrogance and laid-back cockiness about him that has garnered him somewhat of a cult following over the years. Since making the jump to LIV Golf, however, he’s let his ‘I don’t give a damn’ attitude take over while fully embracing the villain role.
Anytime Perez finds himself in front of a reporter and the PGA Tour or commissioner Jay Monahan is mentioned he’s taken time to bash them.
“I love it because we’re here and the Tour is not, end quote,” Perez said ahead of LIV Golf’s first event this season at Mayakoba, a former PGA Tour venue.
Devin Booker and the Suns beat the Clippers in Game 5 on Tuesday to win the series and advance to a second-round date with the Nuggets.
Booker had another huge game for Phoenix, finishing with 47 points in the 136–130 win at home.
He joined the NBA on TNT crew after the victory for a live interview where he learned he broke Charles Barkley’s Suns record for most playoff games with 40 or more points. Barkley had held the record with five, Booker now has six.
You know who really loved hearing that news? Shaquille O’Neal.
Have you ever seen those amnesty gun drop boxes at airports and government buildings?
Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats needs to put one at the entrance to his team’s locker room and maybe another in the front of Coleman Coliseum.
The Crimson Tide have been a gunnin’ team since Oats arrived before the 2019-20 season because of its 3-point shooting prowess. But lately, it’s getting a little more literal as real guns are seemingly everywhere.
San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch was honest with reporters this week when he admitted he’s talked with other teams about trading quarterback Trey Lance. Because he has.
And he was honest when he shared whether he expects Lance on the team in 2023.
“Yeah, absolutely,” Lynch said. “I expect Trey to be here and we’re excited about Trey’s ability to compete and what he can do for our franchise, just as we were when we drafted Trey.”
But that expectation comes with an expiration date. And caveats.
The end was inevitable.
A breakup might not be.
The Clippers’ season wrapped Wednesday, courtesy of a 136–130 loss to Phoenix. Devin Booker had 41 points … through three quarters. He finished with 47. Kevin Durant had 31. Chris Paul, the Point God the Clips shipped out six years ago, had 15 points and seven assists. A 19–3 Clippers run in the fourth quarter made things interesting before the Suns tightened up in the last two minutes and slammed the door to close out the first-round series, 4–1.
“It was tough for us to slow them down,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said.
The 1983 NFL draft will go down in sports lore as one of the most memorable and impressive classes ever assembled. Seven of the 30 first-rounders are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including fantasy superstars like John Elway, Eric Dickerson, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. The draft class also saw several other highly productive fantasy players including the likes of Roger Craig, Curt Warner, Mark Clayton and Henry Ellard.
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A tweener on the defensive line, Adetomiwa Adebawore has played multiple positions, but where will he land in the NFL?
The 2023 NFL Draft is almost here, and by now I’m sure you’ve heard all about the top players at virtually every position group. But what about one of the most unique prospects in the class, someone who has rocketed up draft boards after a dominant Senior Bowl and an incredible workout at the NFL Combine? I’m talking about Northwestern defensive lineman Adetomiwa Adebawore.
While hearing that Jarmere Jenkins is Coco Gauff’s new co-coach…
• Let’s start with the question from last week we promised to address.
On Hang Up and Listen last week, host Josh Levin stated boldly that U.S. men’s tennis was, improbably, in a better place than American women’s tennis. Josh makes a compelling point for why, for the first time in decades, you’d put your chips on the men. (Worth noting: He couched this much more as optimism for the men—who have three top-20 players—than as pessimism for the women. He also name-checked Katie Volynets.
The 2023 NFL draft is fast approaching, with the annual three-day event slated to get underway this week. The Panthers are on the clock as owners of the first pick after acquiring it in a trade from the Bears. Although we know which team is picking first, it remains a mystery who the first player off the board will be.
The best way to find out who hears their name called first will be to tune in live. And we have all the information you need t follow all the twists and turns of this year’s draft, including how to watch, start time and more.