The Atlanta Hawks were the big winners on NBA Draft Lottery night last week.But, were they?In what is largely viewed as the weakest draft in a decade or more, the Hawks are expected to choose from a couple of French big men – neither of whom is likely to become Victor Wembanyama.BetMGM offered some updated betting stats, with Bronny James actually (foolishly?) receiving 22.5 percent of No. 1 overall tickets.Maybe that’s just something to keep and save as a memento because he’s not going No. 1.Follow the money: The same BetMGM info shows projected top pick Alex Sarr receiving 81.4 percent of the handle. That’s called “smart money,” folks. UConn center Donovan Clingan was second, at 15 percent of the current handle.Not surprisingly, the list pegs Bronny as the No. 1 liability fo…
The Minnesota Vikings head into the 2022 NFL season with one of the most explosive offenses in the league. They feature one of the most productive quarterback-wide receiver duos from last year in Kirk Cousins and Justin “Mr. Griddy” Jefferson, plus a second Pro Bowl WR, Adam Thielen. Minnesota finally caught up with the times and brought in an offensive-minded head coach in Kevin O’Connell. If the Vikings plan on winning the NFC North during the Cousins era, now is the time. This Vikings offense is loaded with weapons, and we haven’t even mentioned Dalvin Cook. And their schedule to open the year is relatively favorable. The Vikings play six games before their bye in Week 7, and only two of those are against playoff teams from last year. They open with Green Bay at home, then tr…
Fuck it, it's Marlins Day. The Marlins have the third-smallest stadium capacity in baseball, and that's still way too large for the anemic crowds they've been drawing. So they're going to shut down the entire upper deck for certain weeknight games. This, according to a team spokesman, "will give an overall better fan experience." Who likes math? Marlins Park holds 37,442. Average announced attendance, through 16 home dates, is 18,864. (That's the number of tickets sold and otherwise distributed. The actual number of people in the park, judging from the difference between last year's "announced" and "turnstile" attendances, might be somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000.) There's really no reason that few people deserv…
A Cristiano Ronaldo-less Portugal took an extra time lead against France as Éder blasted a strike past Hugo Lloris, who had been a brick wall throughout the match. Éder, who came on as a substitute for Renato Sanches, had scored just three goals for Portugal coming into today’s final. [ESPN Deportes] …
Yale over Quinnipiac, in Pittsburgh, 4-0. That's it. Yale wins the championship. I assure you, it's been a long time coming. I've already blabbed about Quinnipiac, so let me tell you about Yale. About 10 years ago, back when I would skate for Yale Youth Hockey six days a week, anyone who walked into Ingalls Rink ( the Yale Whale) through the wall of doors on Sachem Street would see a couple of metal-and-glass cases, on legs maybe four and a half feet high, more or less parallel to the ground. If I had enough time to dilly-dally before getting dressed for practice, I'd walk over to the cases and take a look. In there was a little bit of Yale memorabilia (sepia photos of white guys wearing inadequate pads), and then there were a couple of felt boards with insertable p…
Washington Capitals superstar Alexander Ovechkin announced today via Instagram that he is creating a “social movement” called “Putin Team,” which he says is meant to unite Russia and support its current president, Vladimir Putin. In the post, he explicitly compares the feeling of allying with and supporting Putin to representing the Russian National Hockey Team.
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data-mm-id=”_iagciu0ad”>Peter King discussed Tom Brady's future with Mike Florio on Pro Football Talk Live this morning and concluded that his "gut feeling" is that the quarterback will play elsewhere next season. King did not report this, he was answering the question asked; however, the obstacles he highlighted shouldn't have Patriots fans resting so easy.King's reasons will be hard to dispute. The first was how many things have to fall in place for Brady to stay put. It's not the easy route one may think. As King points out, the first step is getting the money right for Brady and not on a discount, like years past. This will be challenging given that they are in desperate need of offensive weapons that will, of course, cost money. Paying Brady top-lev…
data-mm-id=”_i8b0v38gd”>As the coronavirus pandemic continues to prevent the world from returning to some semblance of normalcy, the Ontario Hockey League became pioneers on Saturday morning by holding sports' first-ever online-only draft. The NFL may be doing something similar come April 23, and it remains well within the realm of possibility that the NBA and NHL will have to do the same thing when their respective drafts roll around come summertime. While the OHL's operations are obviously on a far lesser scale than what the NFL will put on, some of the basic principles could be borrowed. The whole thing took place on a YouTube livestream, complete with advertisements. Picks were announced by teams on Twitter as the big board on the stream was updated , and highlights were …
data-mm-id=”_qwnmzqajg”>Morning television is conducive to chucklefests and light-hearted ribbing. People want a bit of levity with their morning coffee and everything bagel. So it's not unusual to see the made-up and miked-up just having fun out there like Brett Favre in his prime. What's rarer is when one pundit goes on an extended riff impersonating the host. With that in mind, let us savor Ryan Clark doing a full 45 seconds as bizarro Mike Greenberg yesterday on Get Up. Funny, and accurate!???@GetUpESPN @Espngreeny @Realrclark25 @danorlovsky7 #rexryan pic.twitter.com/UGLSiXS64q— StacyGSGreenberg (@StacyGSG) November 16, 2020Wonderful. And useful too because the exact voice can be used to roil any Northwestern grad. Too easy. That's Seth Meyers! It's Darren Rov…
data-mm-id=”_5vqpfq5i0″>The Zion Williamson situation took a weird turn yesterday. The injury-prone superstar spoke to the media for the first time in months this week and said the hamstring injury that has kept him sidelined since January 2 is entirely healed but he is not fully back to being Zion. He won't play again until he feels like Zion. A well-intentioned individual could read this as Zion basically admitting he's rusty after over three months of no basketball and doesn't want to make any game-changing mistakes as his team fights for their playoff lives in the play-in tournament. A less generous soul could read this as Zion admitting he's healthy but refusing to play because the New Orleans Pelicans are the No. 10 seed as of today and there's no point i…