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Five-star running back Justice Haynes was the No. 1 player at his position in the Class of 2023 and the No. 27 recruit overall. The Georgia-native surprisingly committed to Alabama in July and signed with the Crimson Tide during the early signing period in December.
Haynes is going to be a monster. He is listed at 5-foot-11, 200 pounds and his arms are absolutely terrifying, in a good way.
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Pelicans forward Zion Williamson said Tuesday that he is feeling fine physically and will return to the court “when I feel like Zion,” acknowledging the mental hurdle of rejoining the team as it embarks on a postseason run.
Can the Timberwolves get past their drama? Will Jimmy Butler and the Heat prove they’re playoff worthy? Our NBA insiders answer a sea of questions.
Welcome to the third installment of a weekly mailbag that I will be writing every Tuesday about the world of sports media (and anything else you want to chime in on). Please email me any questions you have to Jimmy.Traina@si.com or send them via Twitter.
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Hey, Jimmy. We all know that Inside The NBA is the best studio show, and one of the best shows period, ever. Who do you think is second to them? Even though it’s a relatively new show, I think NBA Today on ESPN is showing some real potential.
Perhaps this, at last, will be Manchester City’s year. It was seriously tested by Bayern and put under unfamiliar pressure at the back, but was able to handle it. Bayern was not. There wasn’t much in it, there were chances at both ends, but City stood firm and managed to force Bayern into mistakes and the result is that it won the first leg of its Champions League quarterfinal, 3–0.
Manchester City has looked on course for European glory before, never more so than last season when it capitulated late in the semifinal against Real Madrid.
By trading Jeff Okudah to the Falcons, the Lions shipped out a top-five draft pick just three years after selecting him. Since 2011, when the NFL instituted its rookie wage scale, teams have seldom traded first-round draft picks during their initial four-year rookie contract or fifth-year option.
When such a trade does take place, it often happens three years into a player’s career, around the time a team must decide whether to pick up the fifth-year option.
The New York Mets may be more severely impacted by the introduction of MLB’s pitch clock than other teams.
According to a New York Post report, the Mets have had to maneuver around the pitch clock more than most. Not because of any specific talent deficiency or lack of work ethic, but because their staff is so old.
The Mets pitching staff has the highest average age of any team in MLB, at 32.2. And it’s been a major adjustment for a number of their most important pitchers.
Hugh Freeze had an idea, and Zach Arnett is on board. Although the latter is in agreement with the former, Arnett presented a thought that might create some issues for group of five programs.
Freeze, in his first year as head coach at Auburn, is frustrated with the current system of college football spring games. He doesn’t understand why schools play open scrimmages against each other when they are limited to a specific number of practices during the spring period. In his eyes, it’s a waste of a day.
Grizzlies swingman Dillon Brooks has had an adventurous 2023. The Memphis provocateur has feuded with seemingly every player of note in the NBA this season—among them Warriors forward Draymond Green, Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell and the NBA itself when it hit him with a suspension for technical foul accumulation.
Now, Brooks appears to be taking on his biggest fish yet: Lakers forward LeBron James, the league’s all-time leading scorer.
“I wouldn’t mind playing LeBron in a seven-game series,” Brooks mused to reporters Tuesday afternoon.