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Oh and Taysom Hill made his long-awaited debut as a starting quarterback in New Orleans. ESPN NFL Insider Dan Graziano joins the show to break down Sunday's action. Plus, more on the legacy of the Ice Bucket Challenge, and saying good-bye to its second co-founder, who just died from ALS. With the 2021 baseball season still months away, the Cleveland Indians dealt two of their stars, Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco, to the New York Mets in a blockbuster deal. Buster Olney joins the show to explain how the trade went down.
FiveThirtyEight's Josh Hermsmeyer joins Mina Kimes to explore how fullbacks are having their best year ever, and why they've been the key to success for football offenses. In the AFC, the Titans upset the Patriots in what might have been Tom Brady's last game in Foxborough, while Buffalo fell to Houston in overtime. The NFC games saw overtime heroics from the Vikings to beat the Saints. ESPN insider Bill Barnwell joins Mina Kimes to break down the slate. All eyes are on Clemson as the National Championship draws near, and the team has proven itself to be a powerhouse.
Mariners trade 2 pitchers for Blue Jays OF Teoscar Hernandez
American politicians cannot stop talking about young transgender athletes. Eight states now have laws or policies on the books restricting transgender athletes' access to youth sports, with seven states enacting them in 2021 alone. Katie Barnes covers transgender issues for ESPN and joins the show to explain the contours of the debate.
He also registered a 2.88 ERA, 2.64 xERA, 2.25 FIP, .200 OPP AVG and a 26.1 percent strikeout-to-walk rate difference, the second-highest of his career. While Verlander may still prove too expensive, the Blue Jays would happily settle for Rodón, who successfully bet on himself with the San Francisco Giants last season. After making $21.5 million, the 29-year-old exercised his opt-out clause, hoping to capitalize on his career year. What if they played in the deep end of the starting pitching market, hunting big fish like Justin Verlander or Carlos Rodón?
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Tampa's defense held the Chiefs to three field goals, while Gronk and Brady's historic connection catapulted the Bucs to victory. Despite Patrick Mahomes' acrobatic throws on the run while battling a lingering foot injury, the KC offense looked lackluster. And the Chiefs' defense had no answer for Brady, who's now earned his seventh Super Bowl ring. Plus we had fans in the stands, an eye-popping halftime show by The Weeknd, and even a fan on the field. Bill Barnwell takes us through the biggest factors in the Big Game.
Between Vick's initial NFL run, his time served and his return to football following that sentence, he has a complicated story. Ahead of tonight's "30 for 30" documentary, ESPN's Bomani Jones explores the context of Vick's career, his ongoing path to redemption and what his legacy will be. "With the first pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select...Joe Burrow, quarterback, LSU." It's a sentence we'll most likely hear this Thursday night. What kind of pressure -- and team -- is Cincy about to thrust upon the Heisman Trophy-winning star? ESPN's Ben Baby digs deep into Burrow's football story to find out.
What Ohtani brings as a pitcher
Lowe breaks down how this matchup of two big men may just hold the key to the rest of the series. Tonight the Milwaukee Bucks have a chance to close out the NBA Finals on their home floor and secure their first championship in 50 years. Standing in their way is future Hall of Famer Chris Paul and his squad of young guns on the Suns, desperate to send the series back to Phoenix for a seventh game. ESPN's Malika Andrews has been on the sidelines throughout the NBA playoffs, and previews this crucial matchup. Then, comedian Wyatt Cenac gives his take on why Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton are not Batman and Robin, and wouldn't want to be.
Guest host Jason Fitz is joined by ESPN's Andrew Lopez to discuss Zion's impact so far and his future trajectory. Tom Brady's early morning announcement that he's leaving New England echoed around the league all day Tuesday. But his breakup with the Patriots was a long time coming and when you look closely, the signs were there. ESPN Senior Writer Seth Wickersham shares the winding, tension-laden tale of Brady's departure, and sizes up what's next for Bill Belichick and the Patriots. The Green Bay Packers are seen as one of the NFL's most traditional franchises. Their midwestern, mom-and-pop approach to running the team sets them apart in today's cynical times.
Next Game:
ESPN NFL Insider Dan Graziano explains how the deal came together, what training camp will look like, and the latest news from around the league. After more than four months on hiatus, the NBA returns to play tomorrow night from its bubble in Orlando. The players have acclimated to their resort setting - minus Clippers guard Lou Williams, who ventured outside of the clean site for some wings - and the teams are finally set to tip off. And will we see Zion Williamson in action with the Pelicans on Thursday? ESPN's Jackie MacMullan picks the top contenders, and explains why she believes Lou Williams about his wing journey.
Then, Mina Kimes takes us through the career, legacy, and faces of the now retired Phillip Rivers. This Sunday, Tom Brady will make his tenth Super Bowl appearance, where he's seeking his seventh ring. It's a season that began with doubts about whether Brady could succeed away from New England and Bill Belichick...and has only strengthened his case as the greatest QB of All-Time. Seth Wickersham has covered Brady up-close for two decades, and joins the show to explain how Brady's acknowledgment of his own limitations on the field has led him to a career of seemingly unlimited success. Then, Doug Kezerian takes us inside the incredibly popular, sometimes bizarre world of Super Bowl prop bets. The NFL's concussion settlement set terms for compensating retired players who show cognitive impairment after playing football.
It has been exactly two years since a helicopter crash claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, three members of the Altobelli family and four others. Alyssa Altobelli was a teammate of Gianna's, and she was accompanied by her parents John and Keri. As it turns out, John was a legendary figure in his own right as the head baseball coach of Orange Coast College, a junior college in Orange County. In his 27 years at the helm of the program, John won over 700 games and four state championships. ESPN's Chris Connelly explains the mutual respect John and Kobe had for each other, and just how big of an impact John had on his team...and in his community. Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit this week against the NFL and three teams, alleging discrimination and racism in their hiring practices.
There are some experiences however, that happen to unite Asian-Americans. The Tampa Bay Lightning are chasing history as they look to be the first team to three-peat as champions in 40 years...but standing in their way are the Colorado Avalanche, who just might be the NHL's next IT team. It's the Final matchup that many expected we'd get, so we call up our NHL expert Greg Wyshynski to tell us how these teams got here, and let us know what else we might see as they face off. It is a universal truth that commissioners of pro sports leagues will face deafening boos when they appear in public. A lawyer and seemingly mild-mannered bureaucrat, Manfred has become one of the most hated figures in American sports thanks to a number of public gaffes and unpopular responses to baseball's various scandals. Today, Don Van Natta takes us inside the world of Rob Manfred (after sitting down with him nearly ten times this year!) and what Manfred thinks his job really is.
But in 2018 the Supreme Court dealt a new hand, allowing all states to legalize betting. Sports books are opening everywhere and phone-based apps keep evolving. But Las Vegas is still the nerve center of it all, and global sports correspondent Sam Borden takes us inside the Westgate sportsbook to see how the pros who make the odds find their perfect numbers. Bob Voulgaris turned his career as a professional, data-driven NBA bettor into a team job when Mark Cuban made him Director of Quantitative Research and Analysis for the Dallas Mavericks. But tension built between Voulgaris and then-GM Donnie Nelson, and relationships with players got muddy. Reports in The Athletic this year claimed the former bettor was running the show behind the scenes in Dallas, and today the GM, coach and Voulgaris are no longer with the team.
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