Author: Mikesportz
The 2024 MLB All-Star Game will be played on July 16th at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, and you can be sure several members of the Yankees will be playing. A team that is 44-19 certainly deserves to have multiple players earn a spot in the Midsummer Classic, and the 2024 Yanks are no the exception. My colleague John Griffin will closely examine the position players on the Yankees who are deserving of being voted All-Stars, while I’ll take a look at the pitchers who are most likely to be picked for the game. As a reminder,…
Yes, it’s list season for NFL content creators. Yes, for the most part, these are generated to get a reaction and some interaction from fans. And yes, the Touchdown Wire’s head coach ranking from Jarrett Bailey has me writing about it, so well played Jarrett. Here’s the list of coaches that are ranked worse than ‘Flus. 32. Dennis Allen, New Orleans Saints That’s it. Here’s what he wrote about his 31st-ranked head coach. Eberflus is the latest example of a good haircut and beard being able to fix any sort of issue for a man, but…
The Detroit Lions have turned the page to the 2024 NFL season. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t still resentment over what happened in the NFC championship game. Lions cornerback Kindle Vildor is the latest Lions player to publicly express strong disappointment over what occurred during the second half of the loss. Vildor told reporters at Lions minicamp that he grew so frustration about seeing the NFC championship versus the San Francisco 49ers on NFL Network this spring that he turned his television off. He did, though, watch long enough to see Brandon Aiyuk’s 51-yard reception during the…
There’s no denying Mikal Bridges’ time with the Brooklyn Nets hasn’t lived up to expectations. The Atlanta Hawks can swoop in and trade for him in the offseason in a dream scenario that’s bound to benefit both parties. After a standout stint playing for Villanova, Bridges was selected with the 10th pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2018 NBA Draft and traded to the Phoenix Suns shortly after. Even though it was only his first year in the league, the 6’6″ wing proved to be capable on the defensive end of the court. There’s no denying Mikal Bridges’…
Culture is a Miami Heat buzzword that received a lot of attention during last season’s improbable and historic run to the NBA Finals as the Eastern Conference’s No. 8 seed. Despite an early first-round playoff exit this season, the Heat’s culture continues to be a topic of discussion. With the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks beginning this season’s NBA Finals on Thursday, Heat center Bam Adebayo appeared on the latest episode of the “Point Game with John Wall and C.J. Toledano” podcast and discussed what sets the Heat’s culture apart. “To me, it’s just a standard,” Adebayo said during the…
The Boston Red Sox minor league affiliates finished the month of May a combined 55-56 with their Triple-A affiliate the Worcester Red Sox going 14-14, their Double-A affiliate the Portland Sea Dogs going 14-15, their High-A affiliate the Greenville Drive going 12-15, and Single-A the Salem Red Sox going 15-12. Two of their prospects took home Player of the Month awards starting with catcher Kyle Teel who is the 28th overall prospect and the Red Sox third-ranked prospect by ITD taking home Hitter of the Month for the Eastern League . Teel finished May with a slash line of .357/.443/.560…
NOW PLAYING JJ REDICK DISCUSSES LAKERS JOB, MORE | GOJO AND GOLIC Desperate Vikings Trying Position Change for Failed Bears Wideout The Minnesota Vikings have a former Chicago Bear switching positions. By Richard Louis | 10:32 AM CDT Jan 8, 2023; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell and Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus meet at midfield after the game at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Bartel-USA TODAY Sports / Daniel Bartel-USA TODAY Sports The Chicago Bears head into the 2024 season with a bunch of excitement after the flurry of moves they made this offseason. GM Ryan Poles completely revamped…
Michael Jordan is one of the most famous NBA players ever, not to mention wealthiest. He made it onto Forbes’ richest 400 list in 2023, thanks to Jordan’s worth increasing since he retired, resulting in a cool $3 billion in the bank. Not surprisingly, he’s got it all: the best cars, a $61 million Gulfstream jet, massive mansions around the world, and, then, of course, Jordan’s model wife, Yvette Prieto, who’s one of those natural beauties that, annoyingly, looks just as stunning without makeup as with it. Cuban-born but raised near Miami, Prieto had a successful and lucrative career before…
The Dallas Mavericks have followed a winding road over the last 13 years that now finds them back in the NBA Finals facing off against the Boston Celtics. The latter, the start to finish best team in the league this year. The former, the hottest team since the trade deadline. The storylines that connect players to their opponent are well-trod, and will certainly add a layer of intrigue to the series. But the finals figure to be a clashing of philosophy and styles, of playmaking and suffocating defense. As we have each round, we’ll take a look at the…
NBA is about to sign a media rights deal so large that the amount should only be read in Dr. Evil’s voice: 76 billion dollars. Roughly half that money is going to the players based on the revenue split dictated in the collective bargaining agreement, which means salaries will skyrocket. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, the expectation is the salary cap will increase annually by the maximum allowable 10%. By the end of the decade, the cap should exceed $200 million. Not long after that, annual salaries easily could exceed $100 million as part of $600 million contracts.…