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THINGS TO CARE ABOUT
Reign over the cover … Roman Reigns has had an eventful 10 months since he announced he was diagnosed with leukemia and would be stepping away from WWE. Now his cancer is in remission, he has returned to the ring, he won an ESPY for best WWE moment, and he’s sharing the cover of WWE 2K20 with Becky Lynch. Reigns joined us to talk about how much his life has changed and dish on the controversy surrounding Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. Read More
On the come up … There are few certainties in the NFL these days, apart from the Patriots making yet another deep playoff run, and even that’s not gonna be true at some point. Probably. Anyway, Bill Barnwell’s done the math on the five teams who had a forgettable 2018 that are best poised to dramatically improve this season. Read More
Can anyone stop Alabama vs. Clemson? No. 1 and No. 2 in our preseason college football power rankings are no big surprise: Clemson, then Alabama, the order only changing depending on who got the edge in the previous year’s title game. It’s the rest of the list you should really be interested in because it’s those teams have the best shot at disrupting college football’s championship equilibrium. Here’s who our experts have on their lists. Read More
THE LUCK INDEX
Your team got robbed! A bad bounce. An untimely fall. A blown review. There’s a bunch of ways luck can cause your favorite soccer team to lose a game, but there’s no real way to quantify it … until now. The Luck Index is an attempt to figure out which Premier League teams got hurt the most by bad luck this season and which ones are riding an unsustainable wave of good fortune. Don’t worry: Your favorite team is most definitely in the former category and will bounce back anytime now. Read More
THINGS TO WATCH
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Ryan Clark uses a creative analogy to explain why Aaron Donald is his top player in the NFL.
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J.J. Watt was thrilled to take part in the Packers’ tradition of players riding a kid’s bicycle to practice, but jokes the bike was not equipped for a 290-pound man.
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Gregg Popovich jokes that he doesn’t know why he hired Tim Duncan as an assistant coach and adds that the former Spurs PF gave him a paycheck for 19 years.
OVERHEARD
“It’s a unique situation I’m in: 20th year with the same team. I’ll be 42 years old. So pretty much uncharted territory for everybody.”
— Tom Brady on his future in football Read more
REMEMBER WHEN?
On this date in 1965, David Robinson was born. The Admiral made 10 All-Star teams, was the 1995 NBA MVP, won two NBA titles and two Olympic gold medals, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009 (and 2010 for his Olympic performance). Not bad!
WHAT’S ON TONIGHT?
White Sox at Tigers (1:10 p.m. ET, ESPN): It’s Game 1 of a doubleheader this afternoon in Detroit, and unfortunately for both teams, there are basically zero playoff implications here. The White Sox and Tigers have been out of the AL Central race for most of the season, and the wild card has been a distant memory for almost as long. On the plus side, Yoan Moncada!
The Basketball Tournament championship (9 p.m. ET, ESPN): Carmen’s Crew take on Golden Eagles alumni in the title game of The Basketball Tournament. In the semifinals, the Buckeye alums of Carmen’s Crew managed to upset the formerly undefeated Overseas Elite, while Marquette’s Golden Eagles alumni prevailed over Team Hines.
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