Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I was hoping to see Connor McDavid and the Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final, but Canada’s title drought will continue after Edmonton got bounced by the Golden Knights in Game 6 last night.
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The Sixers’ invisible MVP duo
Ja Morant suspended again
The 2023 SI Swimsuit cover models
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Jayson Tatum continues to shut a lot of doubters up this postseason, showing on Sunday just how much of a killer-instinct he has. Boston had a three-point lead at the half, relying on Tatum for nearly half their points and assists. Tatum was having an MVP-type performance against the officially-named MVP Joel Embiid, who had just 13 points at the time.
In the third quarter, Tatum outscored the Sixers by himself, 17-10, which included four threes on 71.4% shooting overall.
Cowboys special teams coordinator John Fassel spoke to reporters Saturday as the team wrapped up the its rookie minicamp, and he frankly addressed a grim kicking situation. He didn’t try to hide the team’s desperation at the position.
Tristan Vizcaino, who has only attempted 12 field goals in his NFL career, is the only kicker on Dallas’s roster, and Fassel made it clear the Cowboys aren’t satisfied with the situation.
“We have Tristan on the roster. Anybody else on Earth who is not on the team right now, is under consideration,” Fassel said with a laugh.
Brooks Nader returns to SI Swim for her fourth consecutive year, after making her debut via SI Swim Search open casting call back in 2019.
Ahead of her first-ever cover for the magazine, Nader looked back on the casting call process in 2019, which she admits she was skeptical of at first, and shared how it turned into an empowering, “I told you so,” moment that helped launch her career.
“I went to open casting call, I waited for hours, I did the whole thing.
Model and actress Brooks Nader made her SI Swim debut in 2019, when she was a part of the SI Swim Search open casting call.
This year’s issue marks the fourth consecutive year that Nader has been a part of the magazine. This year, she makes her debut appearing on one of the covers of this year’s issue.
The Baton Rouge native discussed the reaction her family had to her photoshoot and the support they’ve given her as she premiers as the cover girl on this year’s issue.
Check out Brooks Nader’s entire SI Swimsuit photoshoot.
The 2023 SI Swimsuit Issue was released Monday, and in it, 28 women were celebrated in the iconic annual edition. And of course, a select few women received the cover treatment.
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Martha Stewart, Megan Fox, Kim Petras and Brooks Nader got the honor this time around, and with the announcement of the cover models some history was made.
Two weeks ago, inside a lavish resort in suburban Phoenix, down a long hallway and two flights of stairs, executives from two conferences inched closer to further altering the landscape of college sports.
They talked about expansion.
Often sparring publicly with one another, the two sets of league administrators separately met behind closed doors like a pair of boxers secretly preparing for the big fight against each other.
UFC fighter Tim Elliott lobbed a serious allegation at his ex-wife Gina Mazany and former friend Kevin Croom.
Elliott and Mazany are no longer married after a short time together, and the reason why is because Croom and his ex-wife were engaged in an extramarital affair, according to Elliott.
The NBA had 25 50-point games through the regular season, but there’s more basketball to be played.
The basketball court is Angel Reese’s playground.
But beyond the LSU star dominating on the hardwood, backed by her competitive nature and dominant performances, Reese has emerged as one of the faces of women making her debut as a model for Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit 2023 Issue.
In April, Reese commanded the Tigers to their first national championship in program history as LSU defeated Iowa, 102-85, while also receiving the women’s NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player in the process. But in recent weeks following LSU’s national title, a game that was viewed by a record 9.