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Madison Bumgarner is not the pitcher he once was. The 33-year-old has completely fallen off.
From 2013 through 2016, Bumgarner sported an ERA of less than 3.00 and won at least 13 games in each year from 2011 through 2016. He made four All-Star Game appearances during that stretch, was named the NLCS and World Series MVP in 2014, and holds the MLB records for lowest World Series ERA and most innings pitched in a single postseason.
And then it went down hill.

2017 — 4-9, 3.32 ERA
2018 — 6-7, 3.26 ERA
2019 — 9-9, 3.90 ERA
2020 — 1-4, 6.48 ERA
2021 — 7-10, 4.67 ERA
2022 — 7-15, 4.

Anthony Hudson really wanted to coach, and he was willing to do it for free.
The future could wait. Certainty and stability mattered less in the moment than simply being on the field that day. So during the 2011–12 English soccer season, shortly after being fired by fifth-tier Newport County, the 30-year-old was spending time as a volunteer coach at Dagenham & Redbridge, a club in east London that would finish its campaign just six points above the League Two relegation zone.
“It was just an amazing opportunity,” says Hudson, who’d lasted six months at Newport.

One week to go. And the mailbag is stocked with draft questions …
From Bucks26 (@buckOH26): Panthers really locked in on Bryce?
Bucks, I think this one’s in the bag. Bryce Young isn’t a perfect prospect by any means, but he’s the best one in a pretty good lot. And relative to other first picks (consider what Baker Mayfield entered into with the Browns or Kyler Murray with the Cardinals, or even what Jared Goff, Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence had at the start), Young should have a pretty good chance to hit the ground running in Charlotte.

Mikey Williams, the highly touted Memphis signee, was arrested last week on five felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon. While Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway refused to go into details about the pending charges, he did drop a hint about his program’s plans for the California native.
Williams signed with the Tigers in November 2022, but his arrest certainly throws a giant wrinkle into the equation.

After suffering multiple concussions during the 2022 NFL season, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa admitted on Wednesday that he contemplated retiring from football due to the rash of head injuries.
“I considered it for a time,” said Tagovailoa. “Having sat down with my family, having sat down with my wife and having those kinds of conversations. Really, it would be hard for me to walk away from this game.”
The 25-year-old former first-round pick cited his young age as well as having the ability to have his son see him play.

Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens’ wife has revealed the extent of the injuries he sustained in a bicycle accident.
The accident occurred last month in St. Augustine, Florida, and according to Kirsten Teevens, the coach had to have his right leg amputated. He also suffered a spinal cord injury.
“Unfortunately, as a result of the accident, Buddy’s right leg was amputated due to the severity of the injury,” Kirsten Teevens said in a statement released by the school. “He is alert and communicating with us and ready for transfer to a premier rehab facility to continue healing.

Before he became a Gold Glove and MVP-winning right fielder, Mookie Betts began his professional baseball career on the infield dirt as a second baseman. Roster constraints for the Dodgers have brought Betts back to the keystone in 2023, and now, they’ll push him into uncharted territory: shortstop.
An injury to Chris Taylor and Miguel Rojas’s struggles offensively have forced some creative thinking on the part of manager Dave Roberts, who has confidence in Betts’s ability to adapt to a new position.
“He looks extremely natural,” Roberts said, per MLB.com’s Juan Toribio.

A horrific video of a young wrestler sucker-punching his opponent after a third-place match in Illinois has gone viral.
The incident took place on April 8 at the “Beat The Streets” tournament at Oak Park River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois.
The video captured the conclusion of SPAR Wrestling Academy’s Cooper Corder match with Hafid Alicea of Maine West High School. Corder won the match in a dominant fashion by a score of 14–2.

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For teams without a future at QB, Lance could be the answer to all their problems
It seems like the Trey Lance era in San Francisco might be coming to an end before it could really start.
According to NFL Networks Ian Rapoport, the 49ers have received inquiries about the trading of Lance. Rapoport also says that San Francisco is fielding these calls, not actively making calls about trading Lance.
Lance’s time in San Francisco has been plagued by injury and what could’ve been. Lance sat behind Garoppolo his rookie year, only coming in sparingly.

Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens has had his right leg amputated and has spinal cord injuries after his bicycle was hit by a truck last month.