Sam LaPorta was drafted No. 34 overall by the Lions last month. The 22-year-old former Iowa tight end joined Detroit as the organization’s second-round pick and couldn’t be more thrilled.
LaPorta, a former three-star recruit, says that he has been labeled “underwhelming” in the past and has been determined to let his play do the talking ever since.
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Some fans like to joke that sports outcomes are scripted, especially when the results don’t go their way. One viral image posted on social media recently took that idea a little further than normal.
A fake NBA memo on Twitter purported to reveal the outcomes of the two conference finals series and the NBA Finals. In the phony memo, the Celtics are supposed to defeat the Heat in seven games in the Eastern Conference finals, while the Lakers were to defeat the Nuggets in six games in the Western Conference finals.
Michael Block is having an unbelievable weekend, and he’s just like you and me. Kind of.
“I’m just your local club pro.”
Michael Block wants fans to know he’s just like one of them. pic.twitter.com/Gi7RLaDcrX
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 20, 2023
Block is one of 20 PGA Club Professionals who qualified to compete in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill this weekend. Not only is he competing, he is contending.
Another one. Michael Block is dropping birdie putts and having fun doing it. #CorebridgexPGA | #PGAChamp pic.twitter.
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If someone says Paige Spiranac, most know who she is. However, she has competition as Aaliyah Kikumoto is stealing her thunder at the PGA Championship
Golf influencer Paige Spiranac may have some competition, or will the ultra-likable golfer welcome the new girl, Aaliyah Kikumoto, with open arms? She took the world by storm by going viral at the Masters as the girl in the green hat. Then at the PGA Championship, people swarmed Kikumoto to take photos.
Liberty University upset No. 2 UCLA in the 2023 NCAA softball regionals on Saturday, 2-1, ending the Bruins’ season in surprising fashion.
UCLA finished the regular season with a 52-5 record, one of three teams with 50 wins and behind just No. 1 Oklahoma (51-1 in regular season) for the best record in the country. The Bruins are hosting a regional that also includes San Diego State, Liberty and Grand Canyon, but they lost to the Antelopes on Friday, 3-2, and the Flames on Saturday, becoming the first regional host eliminated from this year’s tournament.
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Upgrades deferred, the importance of qualifying, and other storylines to watch in this week’s Monaco Grand Prix
After an unplanned week off, thanks to the cancellation of the 2023 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Formula 1 is back this week. The destination? The streets of Monaco and Monte Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix.
Considered the “Crown Jewel” of the F1 season, Monaco combines glitz and glamor with some of the most iconic settings in the sport.
There is nothing worse than when an umpire makes the game all about himself, which is exactly what happened in the AAC on Friday. UCF hosted Wichita State in Orlando for the final three-game regular season series of the year.
The Knights took Game 1 as part of a doubleheader on Friday morning but didn’t find the same success in Game 2 later that night. They fell behind 12-7 after giving up four runs in the top of the ninth inning and had three outs to get them all back.
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As if Michael Block’s PGA Championship week couldn’t get any better, now he will get to play with Rory McIlroy in the final round.
As if Michael Block couldn’t get more relatable, his reaction to discovering he would play with Rory McIlroy during the final round of the PGA Championship was absolutely priceless. He couldn’t believe it and kept asking if the reporters were joking with him or if it was real life.
It is real life; his reaction is how anyone with a pulse would react to playing with McIlroy for the first time.
Trevor Bauer eventually settled in to his fourth minor league start in Japan, but the first batter that he faced took him way deep. It was a moment of panic, to say the least.
Bauer, the 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner, has not pitched in the MLB since 2021. He placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into significant sexual assault allegations and was later suspended per the league’s domestic violence policy.
Although the once-dominant ace never faced any criminal charges and maintains his innocence, no team was willing to sign him in 2023 after his reinstatement.
Every time the Lakers plugged a hole in the dike, the Nuggets only seemed to come back with a sledgehammer.
Through three games of a Western Conference finals series, in which Denver holds a commanding 3–0 lead after 119–108 win, Los Angeles has found different ways to defend the Nuggets’ rollicking offensive attack.
Two-time MVP Nikola Jokić dominated Game 1 in historic fashion, prompting the Lakers to seek a counter defensively with Rui Hachimura the following contest.