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(Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) The San Francisco 49ers had the true MVP on their roster last season. Christian McCaffrey ran away with the NFL Offensive Player of the Year award — both literally and figuratively. The fact that he didn’t win MVP with the numbers he posted raised questions about what a non-quarterback…
On Wednesday night, the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft was held at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. In total, there were 24 prospects in the green room. All but two of them heard their names called on night one. One of those players was Duke’s Kyle Filipowski. The 20-year-old was projected to be…
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The NFL fifth-year option deadline passed with 18 of the 32 first-round picks in 2021 having their options exercised. Some decisions were more interesting than others. **What Is the NFL 5th-Year Option?** After a first-round pick’s third NFL season, their team must decide whether to exercise their fifth-year option. The salary is determined by factors…
Kyle Harrison was pitching for the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels when he was first featured here at FanGraphs in August 2022. Then a fast-rising prospect in the San Francisco Giants system, the now-22-year-old southpaw had broken down the early evolution of his arsenal for me prior to a game at Portland, Maine’s Hadlock Field. Fast…
Photo: Washington Wizards/X Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Game 3 defeat against the Denver Nuggets, former Lakers player Kyle Kuzma took to X with a cryptic message: “Backkkk dennn they didn’t wantttt mee.” Backkkk dennn they didn’t wantttt mee — kuz (@kylekuzma) April 26, 2024 Kuzma’s tweet hints at his potential impact on the Lakers’…
Manchester City delivered a commanding performance at the Amex stadium, brushing aside Brighton 4-0 to maintain the pressure on rivals Arsenal in the Premier League title race. The victory came hot on the heels of Arsenal’s impressive 5-0 dismantling of Chelsea earlier in the week, ensuring the battle at the top remains intense. From the…
Kyle Hendricks has long been lauded as a cerebral pitcher, and for good reason. Nicknamed “The Professor,” the 34-year-old Chicago Cubs right-hander not only has an economics degree from Dartmouth College, he relies far more on guile than gas. The antithesis of your prototypical power arm, Hendricks subsists with a heater that sits in the…
