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Hosted by Matt Willis, this episode features a lively debate between WZIP sports analysts Mitch Bates, Marcus Anderson, and Nik Antenucci regarding who should be this season's NBA Most Valuable Player. Is it SGA? Jokic? Giannis? Each analyst presents their case.

There wasn't much that Kobe Bryant didn't achieve on the basketball court. National High School Player of the Year. NBA Most Valuable Player. Five-time NBA Champion. Two-time Finals MVP. 18-time NBA All-Star. Olympic gold medalist. Hall of Famer. He even won an Oscar! But the one thing Kobe didn't accomplish - by his own choice- was to play college basketball. Under former draft eligibility rules, Bryant was one of a few dozen U.S. players who skipped college to declare for the NBA Draft straight out of high school. At 17, Bryant was selected with the 13th pick by the Charlotte Hornets but soon after was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. The rest is history. But what would have happened if Kobe had gone to college instead? Would he have ended up on Tobacco Road? What dynasty would get an unexpected reboot by drafting him? What legendary college coach would have an unexpected homecoming? And how does J. Cole fit into all of this? Find out on Alternate Routes.Listen to Alternate Routes on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to episodes early and ad-free on Wondery+ now. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/alternate-routes now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Austin Ward filled in for Bobby. We discussed Ohio State's Friday Night weightlifting and The Joker winning yet another NBA Most Valuable Player award. Our guests: Patrick Murphy of Bucknuts...Albert Breer of the MMQB...and Columbus Crew President/GM Tim Bezbatchenko

2022-23 NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid talks with the media after being named MVP for the first time in his career.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night New York Mets at Detroit Tigers, PPD Washington Nationals 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3 – F/10 Mets at Tigers, PPD – Mets-Tigers series-opening game postponed due to rain The New York Mets and Detroit Tigers were rained out on Tuesday night. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday. New York Mets star pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are returning to the mound in the series against one of their former teams. The 40-year-old Verlander is scheduled to make his Mets debut on Thursday. Verlander’s season-opening start was delayed due to a back injury. The 38-year-old Scherzer is due to pitch Wednesday night in the second game of the doubleheader. It will be Scherzer’s first time on the mound since April 19, when he was ejected for violating MLB’s foreign substance policy. Nationals 4, Cubs 1 – Call, Abrams have big hits in 7th as Nats beat Cubs 4-1 Alex Call hit a two-run double during a three-run seventh inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1. CJ Abrams had the tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh off Keegan Thompson as part of a 3-for-3 night. Victor Robles followed with an infield hit and Call doubled to the gap in left-center to make it 4-1. Chicago’s Patrick Wisdom tied for the major league lead with his 11th homer, a 426-foot shot off Mason Thompson in the seventh that tied the game at 1-1. Hunter Harvey got the win in relief for Washington and Kyle Finnegan got his sixth save. White Sox 4, Twins 3 – F/10 – Benintendi stars as White Sox top Twins 3-2 in 10 innings Andrew Benintendi robbed Carlos Correa of a homer and hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Hanser Alberto opened the 10th on second as the automatic runner and advanced on Elvis Andrus’ sacrifice. After Tim Anderson bounced to shortstop, Benintendi lined a clean single into left against Caleb Thielbar. Eloy Jiménez homered and Michael Kopech pitched six effective innings as the White Sox earned their second straight win after a 10-game losing streak. Kopech got some help from Benintendi, who made a leaping grab in left on Correa’s drive in the first. Today N.Y. Mets (Lucchesi 1-0) at Detroit (Wentz 0-3), 1:40 p.m.                  News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 1:15 N.Y. Mets (Scherzer 2-1) at Detroit (Lorenzen 0-1), 6:40 p.m.              News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Washington (Irvin 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Varland 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 2-1), 7:10 p.m.. NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Florida Panthers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                              (FLA leads 1-0) Seattle Kraken 5, Dallas Stars 4 – OT                                    (SEA leads 1-0) Panthers 4, Maple Leafs 2 – Panthers top Maple Leafs, take Game 1 of second-round series Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves, Matthew Tkachuk had three assists and the Panthers survived a squandered two-goal lead to defeat the Maple Leafs 4-2 in opening game of their second-round playoff series. Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist and Carter Verhaeghe and Nick Cousins also scored for Florida. Aleksander Barkov had two assists. Matthew Knies had his first NHL goal and Michael Bunting also scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov stopped 24 shots. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday in Toronto. Kraken 5, Stars 4 – OT – Epic return by Pavelski goes to waste as Stars lose Game 1 Joe Pavelski became the oldest player ever with a four-goal game in the NHL playoffs, and did it in his return two weeks after going into concussion protocol. That still wasn’t enough for the Dallas Stars. The 38-year-old Pavelski scored all four of their goals, including two in the third period to force overtime. But the Stars lost 5-4 to Seattle in Game 1 of their second-round series on Tuesday night. Stars coach Pete DeBoer says he’s ashamed that the team wasted such an epic performance. He says Pavelski tried to drag them to a win. Tonight New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00 p.m.                  (Game 1) Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights, 9:30 p.m.                 (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night New York Knicks 111, Miami Heat 105                                     (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles Lakers 117, Golden State Warriors 112                 (LAL leads 1-0) Knicks 111, Heat 105 – Brunson, Randle help Knicks beat Heat 111-105 to even series Jalen Brunson scored 30 points and keyed the run the New York Knicks needed just in time to get by a Miami Heat team playing without Jimmy Butler, evening the Eastern Conference semifinals at a game apiece with a 111-105 victory. Julius Randle returned from a sprained left ankle that sidelined him in Game 1 with 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, and RJ Barrett scored 24 points for the No. 5-seeded Knicks. Josh Hart finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Caleb Martin scored 22 points in place of Butler for the Heat, who host Game 3 on Saturday afternoon. Lakers 117, Warriors 112 – Davis, James deliver as Lakers top Curry, Warriors in Game 1 Anthony Davis had 30 points, 23 rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots, LeBron James added 22 points and 11 rebounds dueling with Stephen Curry in their latest postseason showdown, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off a late flurry by the Golden State Warriors to win an entertaining Game 1 in the Western Conference semifinals 117-112. Jordan Poole missed a 3-pointer to tie it with 9.7 seconds left as the Warriors’ rally in the closing minutes fell short. Curry’s 3 with 1:38 left tied the game, then D’Angelo Russell answered right back before Davis blocked a shot by Curry moments later. James missed the first of two free throws with 1:05 to go. Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 8:00 p.m.                        (PHI leads 1-0) NBA – NBA MVP: 76ers’ Embiid wins league’s top individual honor Philadelphia 76ers center and league scoring champion Joel Embiid earned his first NBA Most Valuable Player trophy Tuesday, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. Embiid averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game. Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career. NCAAFB – Michigan State CB Charles Brantley withdraws from portal Michigan State cornerback Charles Brantley has withdrawn from the transfer portal, team spokesman Ben Phlegar said Tuesday. Brantley’s return allows coach Mel Tucker to retain a key player after losing a pair of standouts on Sunday, when quarterback Payton Thorne and receiver Keon Coleman entered the portal. Brantley started 11 games at cornerback last season, leading the team with six pass breakups and making two interceptions. NCAAFB – 12-team CFP schedule includes New Year’s Day tripleheaders The College Football Playoff released a schedule for the 12-team format that will be used in the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which will feature New Year’s Day quarterfinal tripleheaders but no games played on Saturday. The first-round games will be played the third week of December, with one game on Friday night and three on Saturday. The quarterfinals in the new expanded format will be held on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The first Jan. 1 tripleheader will be held at Orange, Rose and Sugar Bowls after the 2024 regular season. NCAA – NCAA’s four-year academic progress rate score steady The NCAA’s newest academic progress rate score is steady at 984. That’s despite slight decreases in men’s basketball, football and women’s basketball. Each athlete on each team receives one point each semester they are academically eligible and each semester they remain in school or graduate. The cutline is 930. The NCAA attributes the declines in men’s and women’s basketball and football scores to more players being ineligible to compete during the 2021-22 season instead of those leaving school.  The latest report also shows that more than 20,700 former athletes who left school without degrees have completed their classwork during the 19 years APR scores have been calculated. Nearly half of that total are from men’s and women’s basketball and football.“Excellence is engrained in student-athletes — academically and athletically,” said Central Michigan president Robert Davies, chairman of the Division I committee on academics. “Thousands of former student-athletes are returning to college to complete their degrees, further demonstrating the importance of higher education and exemplifying the fulfillment of earning a college degree.” NFL – Ex-Raider Ruggs taking plea deal, prison in fatal DUI crash Former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs will admit that he drove drunk at up to 156 mph before causing a fiery crash that killed a woman. That will mean the 24-year-old first-round NFL draft pick will avoid trial and be sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison. Ruggs spoke in court Tuesday only to acknowledge that he understands the terms of his plea deal. His plea is scheduled May 10, with sentencing to come on another date. A prosecutor endorsed the agreement. Ruggs was dropped by the Raiders shortly after the crash in November 2021. MCCAA – LMC’s Robinson name MCCAA Softball Player of the Week Lake Michigan College freshman Hailey Robinson was named the Michigan Community College Softball Player of the Week.   The Red Hawks catcher and outfielder batted .500 for the week with 2 doubles, a triple, 3 home runs, and 12 rbis.  She also scored 6 times and stole 12 bases.  Hailey is a graduate of St. Joseph high school where she played softball, basketball, and volleyball for the Bears. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Great Lakes 7, Quad Cities 6 – F/10 Dayton at Lansing, PPD to 5/4, rain South Bend 4, Cedar Rapids 3 West Michigan 13, Beloit 4 Today Cedar Rapids Kernels at South Bend Cubs, 11:05 a.m. Dayton Dragons at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. Quad Cities River Bandits at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 10, Covert 0 Allegan 8, Parchment 0 ***All other events were cancelled Today Girls Soccer Battle Creek Central at St. Joseph, postponed Our Lady of the Lake at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Niles at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Berrien Springs, 5:00 p.m. Constantine at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 6:00 p.m. Loy Norrix at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. B.C. Lakeview at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Christian at GR Covenant Chr., 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Lawton at Schoolcraft, cancelled Comstock at Bangor, 6:30 p.m. Baseball Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Watervliet at Bridgman, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Softball Loy Norrix at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Schoolcraft, 4:00 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joe at Gull Lake, 5:00 p.m. Mattawan at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. Track and Field St. Joseph at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m. Benton Harbor & Dowagiac at Brandywine, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night New York Mets at Detroit Tigers, PPD Washington Nationals 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3 – F/10 Mets at Tigers, PPD – Mets-Tigers series-opening game postponed due to rain The New York Mets and Detroit Tigers were rained out on Tuesday night. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday. New York Mets star pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are returning to the mound in the series against one of their former teams. The 40-year-old Verlander is scheduled to make his Mets debut on Thursday. Verlander’s season-opening start was delayed due to a back injury. The 38-year-old Scherzer is due to pitch Wednesday night in the second game of the doubleheader. It will be Scherzer’s first time on the mound since April 19, when he was ejected for violating MLB’s foreign substance policy. Nationals 4, Cubs 1 – Call, Abrams have big hits in 7th as Nats beat Cubs 4-1 Alex Call hit a two-run double during a three-run seventh inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1. CJ Abrams had the tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh off Keegan Thompson as part of a 3-for-3 night. Victor Robles followed with an infield hit and Call doubled to the gap in left-center to make it 4-1. Chicago’s Patrick Wisdom tied for the major league lead with his 11th homer, a 426-foot shot off Mason Thompson in the seventh that tied the game at 1-1. Hunter Harvey got the win in relief for Washington and Kyle Finnegan got his sixth save. White Sox 4, Twins 3 – F/10 – Benintendi stars as White Sox top Twins 3-2 in 10 innings Andrew Benintendi robbed Carlos Correa of a homer and hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Hanser Alberto opened the 10th on second as the automatic runner and advanced on Elvis Andrus’ sacrifice. After Tim Anderson bounced to shortstop, Benintendi lined a clean single into left against Caleb Thielbar. Eloy Jiménez homered and Michael Kopech pitched six effective innings as the White Sox earned their second straight win after a 10-game losing streak. Kopech got some help from Benintendi, who made a leaping grab in left on Correa’s drive in the first. Today N.Y. Mets (Lucchesi 1-0) at Detroit (Wentz 0-3), 1:40 p.m.                  News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 1:15 N.Y. Mets (Scherzer 2-1) at Detroit (Lorenzen 0-1), 6:40 p.m.              News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Washington (Irvin 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Varland 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 2-1), 7:10 p.m.. NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Florida Panthers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                              (FLA leads 1-0) Seattle Kraken 5, Dallas Stars 4 – OT                                    (SEA leads 1-0) Panthers 4, Maple Leafs 2 – Panthers top Maple Leafs, take Game 1 of second-round series Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves, Matthew Tkachuk had three assists and the Panthers survived a squandered two-goal lead to defeat the Maple Leafs 4-2 in opening game of their second-round playoff series. Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist and Carter Verhaeghe and Nick Cousins also scored for Florida. Aleksander Barkov had two assists. Matthew Knies had his first NHL goal and Michael Bunting also scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov stopped 24 shots. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday in Toronto. Kraken 5, Stars 4 – OT – Epic return by Pavelski goes to waste as Stars lose Game 1 Joe Pavelski became the oldest player ever with a four-goal game in the NHL playoffs, and did it in his return two weeks after going into concussion protocol. That still wasn’t enough for the Dallas Stars. The 38-year-old Pavelski scored all four of their goals, including two in the third period to force overtime. But the Stars lost 5-4 to Seattle in Game 1 of their second-round series on Tuesday night. Stars coach Pete DeBoer says he’s ashamed that the team wasted such an epic performance. He says Pavelski tried to drag them to a win. Tonight New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00 p.m.                  (Game 1) Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights, 9:30 p.m.                 (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night New York Knicks 111, Miami Heat 105                                     (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles Lakers 117, Golden State Warriors 112                 (LAL leads 1-0) Knicks 111, Heat 105 – Brunson, Randle help Knicks beat Heat 111-105 to even series Jalen Brunson scored 30 points and keyed the run the New York Knicks needed just in time to get by a Miami Heat team playing without Jimmy Butler, evening the Eastern Conference semifinals at a game apiece with a 111-105 victory. Julius Randle returned from a sprained left ankle that sidelined him in Game 1 with 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, and RJ Barrett scored 24 points for the No. 5-seeded Knicks. Josh Hart finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Caleb Martin scored 22 points in place of Butler for the Heat, who host Game 3 on Saturday afternoon. Lakers 117, Warriors 112 – Davis, James deliver as Lakers top Curry, Warriors in Game 1 Anthony Davis had 30 points, 23 rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots, LeBron James added 22 points and 11 rebounds dueling with Stephen Curry in their latest postseason showdown, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off a late flurry by the Golden State Warriors to win an entertaining Game 1 in the Western Conference semifinals 117-112. Jordan Poole missed a 3-pointer to tie it with 9.7 seconds left as the Warriors’ rally in the closing minutes fell short. Curry’s 3 with 1:38 left tied the game, then D’Angelo Russell answered right back before Davis blocked a shot by Curry moments later. James missed the first of two free throws with 1:05 to go. Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 8:00 p.m.                        (PHI leads 1-0) NBA – NBA MVP: 76ers’ Embiid wins league’s top individual honor Philadelphia 76ers center and league scoring champion Joel Embiid earned his first NBA Most Valuable Player trophy Tuesday, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. Embiid averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game. Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career. NCAAFB – Michigan State CB Charles Brantley withdraws from portal Michigan State cornerback Charles Brantley has withdrawn from the transfer portal, team spokesman Ben Phlegar said Tuesday. Brantley’s return allows coach Mel Tucker to retain a key player after losing a pair of standouts on Sunday, when quarterback Payton Thorne and receiver Keon Coleman entered the portal. Brantley started 11 games at cornerback last season, leading the team with six pass breakups and making two interceptions. NCAAFB – 12-team CFP schedule includes New Year’s Day tripleheaders The College Football Playoff released a schedule for the 12-team format that will be used in the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which will feature New Year’s Day quarterfinal tripleheaders but no games played on Saturday. The first-round games will be played the third week of December, with one game on Friday night and three on Saturday. The quarterfinals in the new expanded format will be held on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The first Jan. 1 tripleheader will be held at Orange, Rose and Sugar Bowls after the 2024 regular season. NCAA – NCAA’s four-year academic progress rate score steady The NCAA’s newest academic progress rate score is steady at 984. That’s despite slight decreases in men’s basketball, football and women’s basketball. Each athlete on each team receives one point each semester they are academically eligible and each semester they remain in school or graduate. The cutline is 930. The NCAA attributes the declines in men’s and women’s basketball and football scores to more players being ineligible to compete during the 2021-22 season instead of those leaving school.  The latest report also shows that more than 20,700 former athletes who left school without degrees have completed their classwork during the 19 years APR scores have been calculated. Nearly half of that total are from men’s and women’s basketball and football.“Excellence is engrained in student-athletes — academically and athletically,” said Central Michigan president Robert Davies, chairman of the Division I committee on academics. “Thousands of former student-athletes are returning to college to complete their degrees, further demonstrating the importance of higher education and exemplifying the fulfillment of earning a college degree.” NFL – Ex-Raider Ruggs taking plea deal, prison in fatal DUI crash Former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs will admit that he drove drunk at up to 156 mph before causing a fiery crash that killed a woman. That will mean the 24-year-old first-round NFL draft pick will avoid trial and be sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison. Ruggs spoke in court Tuesday only to acknowledge that he understands the terms of his plea deal. His plea is scheduled May 10, with sentencing to come on another date. A prosecutor endorsed the agreement. Ruggs was dropped by the Raiders shortly after the crash in November 2021. MCCAA – LMC’s Robinson name MCCAA Softball Player of the Week Lake Michigan College freshman Hailey Robinson was named the Michigan Community College Softball Player of the Week.   The Red Hawks catcher and outfielder batted .500 for the week with 2 doubles, a triple, 3 home runs, and 12 rbis.  She also scored 6 times and stole 12 bases.  Hailey is a graduate of St. Joseph high school where she played softball, basketball, and volleyball for the Bears. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Great Lakes 7, Quad Cities 6 – F/10 Dayton at Lansing, PPD to 5/4, rain South Bend 4, Cedar Rapids 3 West Michigan 13, Beloit 4 Today Cedar Rapids Kernels at South Bend Cubs, 11:05 a.m. Dayton Dragons at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. Quad Cities River Bandits at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 10, Covert 0 Allegan 8, Parchment 0 ***All other events were cancelled Today Girls Soccer Battle Creek Central at St. Joseph, postponed Our Lady of the Lake at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Niles at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Berrien Springs, 5:00 p.m. Constantine at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 6:00 p.m. Loy Norrix at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. B.C. Lakeview at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Christian at GR Covenant Chr., 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Lawton at Schoolcraft, cancelled Comstock at Bangor, 6:30 p.m. Baseball Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Watervliet at Bridgman, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Softball Loy Norrix at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Schoolcraft, 4:00 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joe at Gull Lake, 5:00 p.m. Mattawan at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. Track and Field St. Joseph at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m. Benton Harbor & Dowagiac at Brandywine, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night New York Mets at Detroit Tigers, PPD Washington Nationals 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3 – F/10 Mets at Tigers, PPD – Mets-Tigers series-opening game postponed due to rain The New York Mets and Detroit Tigers were rained out on Tuesday night. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday. New York Mets star pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are returning to the mound in the series against one of their former teams. The 40-year-old Verlander is scheduled to make his Mets debut on Thursday. Verlander’s season-opening start was delayed due to a back injury. The 38-year-old Scherzer is due to pitch Wednesday night in the second game of the doubleheader. It will be Scherzer’s first time on the mound since April 19, when he was ejected for violating MLB’s foreign substance policy. Nationals 4, Cubs 1 – Call, Abrams have big hits in 7th as Nats beat Cubs 4-1 Alex Call hit a two-run double during a three-run seventh inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1. CJ Abrams had the tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh off Keegan Thompson as part of a 3-for-3 night. Victor Robles followed with an infield hit and Call doubled to the gap in left-center to make it 4-1. Chicago’s Patrick Wisdom tied for the major league lead with his 11th homer, a 426-foot shot off Mason Thompson in the seventh that tied the game at 1-1. Hunter Harvey got the win in relief for Washington and Kyle Finnegan got his sixth save. White Sox 4, Twins 3 – F/10 – Benintendi stars as White Sox top Twins 3-2 in 10 innings Andrew Benintendi robbed Carlos Correa of a homer and hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Hanser Alberto opened the 10th on second as the automatic runner and advanced on Elvis Andrus’ sacrifice. After Tim Anderson bounced to shortstop, Benintendi lined a clean single into left against Caleb Thielbar. Eloy Jiménez homered and Michael Kopech pitched six effective innings as the White Sox earned their second straight win after a 10-game losing streak. Kopech got some help from Benintendi, who made a leaping grab in left on Correa’s drive in the first. Today N.Y. Mets (Lucchesi 1-0) at Detroit (Wentz 0-3), 1:40 p.m.                  News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 1:15 N.Y. Mets (Scherzer 2-1) at Detroit (Lorenzen 0-1), 6:40 p.m.              News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Washington (Irvin 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Varland 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 2-1), 7:10 p.m.. NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Florida Panthers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                              (FLA leads 1-0) Seattle Kraken 5, Dallas Stars 4 – OT                                    (SEA leads 1-0) Panthers 4, Maple Leafs 2 – Panthers top Maple Leafs, take Game 1 of second-round series Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves, Matthew Tkachuk had three assists and the Panthers survived a squandered two-goal lead to defeat the Maple Leafs 4-2 in opening game of their second-round playoff series. Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist and Carter Verhaeghe and Nick Cousins also scored for Florida. Aleksander Barkov had two assists. Matthew Knies had his first NHL goal and Michael Bunting also scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov stopped 24 shots. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday in Toronto. Kraken 5, Stars 4 – OT – Epic return by Pavelski goes to waste as Stars lose Game 1 Joe Pavelski became the oldest player ever with a four-goal game in the NHL playoffs, and did it in his return two weeks after going into concussion protocol. That still wasn’t enough for the Dallas Stars. The 38-year-old Pavelski scored all four of their goals, including two in the third period to force overtime. But the Stars lost 5-4 to Seattle in Game 1 of their second-round series on Tuesday night. Stars coach Pete DeBoer says he’s ashamed that the team wasted such an epic performance. He says Pavelski tried to drag them to a win. Tonight New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00 p.m.                  (Game 1) Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights, 9:30 p.m.                 (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night New York Knicks 111, Miami Heat 105                                     (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles Lakers 117, Golden State Warriors 112                 (LAL leads 1-0) Knicks 111, Heat 105 – Brunson, Randle help Knicks beat Heat 111-105 to even series Jalen Brunson scored 30 points and keyed the run the New York Knicks needed just in time to get by a Miami Heat team playing without Jimmy Butler, evening the Eastern Conference semifinals at a game apiece with a 111-105 victory. Julius Randle returned from a sprained left ankle that sidelined him in Game 1 with 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, and RJ Barrett scored 24 points for the No. 5-seeded Knicks. Josh Hart finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Caleb Martin scored 22 points in place of Butler for the Heat, who host Game 3 on Saturday afternoon. Lakers 117, Warriors 112 – Davis, James deliver as Lakers top Curry, Warriors in Game 1 Anthony Davis had 30 points, 23 rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots, LeBron James added 22 points and 11 rebounds dueling with Stephen Curry in their latest postseason showdown, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off a late flurry by the Golden State Warriors to win an entertaining Game 1 in the Western Conference semifinals 117-112. Jordan Poole missed a 3-pointer to tie it with 9.7 seconds left as the Warriors’ rally in the closing minutes fell short. Curry’s 3 with 1:38 left tied the game, then D’Angelo Russell answered right back before Davis blocked a shot by Curry moments later. James missed the first of two free throws with 1:05 to go. Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 8:00 p.m.                        (PHI leads 1-0) NBA – NBA MVP: 76ers’ Embiid wins league’s top individual honor Philadelphia 76ers center and league scoring champion Joel Embiid earned his first NBA Most Valuable Player trophy Tuesday, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. Embiid averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game. Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career. NCAAFB – Michigan State CB Charles Brantley withdraws from portal Michigan State cornerback Charles Brantley has withdrawn from the transfer portal, team spokesman Ben Phlegar said Tuesday. Brantley’s return allows coach Mel Tucker to retain a key player after losing a pair of standouts on Sunday, when quarterback Payton Thorne and receiver Keon Coleman entered the portal. Brantley started 11 games at cornerback last season, leading the team with six pass breakups and making two interceptions. NCAAFB – 12-team CFP schedule includes New Year’s Day tripleheaders The College Football Playoff released a schedule for the 12-team format that will be used in the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which will feature New Year’s Day quarterfinal tripleheaders but no games played on Saturday. The first-round games will be played the third week of December, with one game on Friday night and three on Saturday. The quarterfinals in the new expanded format will be held on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The first Jan. 1 tripleheader will be held at Orange, Rose and Sugar Bowls after the 2024 regular season. NCAA – NCAA’s four-year academic progress rate score steady The NCAA’s newest academic progress rate score is steady at 984. That’s despite slight decreases in men’s basketball, football and women’s basketball. Each athlete on each team receives one point each semester they are academically eligible and each semester they remain in school or graduate. The cutline is 930. The NCAA attributes the declines in men’s and women’s basketball and football scores to more players being ineligible to compete during the 2021-22 season instead of those leaving school.  The latest report also shows that more than 20,700 former athletes who left school without degrees have completed their classwork during the 19 years APR scores have been calculated. Nearly half of that total are from men’s and women’s basketball and football.“Excellence is engrained in student-athletes — academically and athletically,” said Central Michigan president Robert Davies, chairman of the Division I committee on academics. “Thousands of former student-athletes are returning to college to complete their degrees, further demonstrating the importance of higher education and exemplifying the fulfillment of earning a college degree.” NFL – Ex-Raider Ruggs taking plea deal, prison in fatal DUI crash Former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs will admit that he drove drunk at up to 156 mph before causing a fiery crash that killed a woman. That will mean the 24-year-old first-round NFL draft pick will avoid trial and be sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison. Ruggs spoke in court Tuesday only to acknowledge that he understands the terms of his plea deal. His plea is scheduled May 10, with sentencing to come on another date. A prosecutor endorsed the agreement. Ruggs was dropped by the Raiders shortly after the crash in November 2021. MCCAA – LMC’s Robinson name MCCAA Softball Player of the Week Lake Michigan College freshman Hailey Robinson was named the Michigan Community College Softball Player of the Week.   The Red Hawks catcher and outfielder batted .500 for the week with 2 doubles, a triple, 3 home runs, and 12 rbis.  She also scored 6 times and stole 12 bases.  Hailey is a graduate of St. Joseph high school where she played softball, basketball, and volleyball for the Bears. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Great Lakes 7, Quad Cities 6 – F/10 Dayton at Lansing, PPD to 5/4, rain South Bend 4, Cedar Rapids 3 West Michigan 13, Beloit 4 Today Cedar Rapids Kernels at South Bend Cubs, 11:05 a.m. Dayton Dragons at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. Quad Cities River Bandits at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 10, Covert 0 Allegan 8, Parchment 0 ***All other events were cancelled Today Girls Soccer Battle Creek Central at St. Joseph, postponed Our Lady of the Lake at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Niles at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Berrien Springs, 5:00 p.m. Constantine at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 6:00 p.m. Loy Norrix at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. B.C. Lakeview at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Christian at GR Covenant Chr., 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Lawton at Schoolcraft, cancelled Comstock at Bangor, 6:30 p.m. Baseball Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Watervliet at Bridgman, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Softball Loy Norrix at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Schoolcraft, 4:00 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joe at Gull Lake, 5:00 p.m. Mattawan at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. Track and Field St. Joseph at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m. Benton Harbor & Dowagiac at Brandywine, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night New York Mets at Detroit Tigers, PPD Washington Nationals 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3 – F/10 Mets at Tigers, PPD – Mets-Tigers series-opening game postponed due to rain The New York Mets and Detroit Tigers were rained out on Tuesday night. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday. New York Mets star pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are returning to the mound in the series against one of their former teams. The 40-year-old Verlander is scheduled to make his Mets debut on Thursday. Verlander’s season-opening start was delayed due to a back injury. The 38-year-old Scherzer is due to pitch Wednesday night in the second game of the doubleheader. It will be Scherzer’s first time on the mound since April 19, when he was ejected for violating MLB’s foreign substance policy. Nationals 4, Cubs 1 – Call, Abrams have big hits in 7th as Nats beat Cubs 4-1 Alex Call hit a two-run double during a three-run seventh inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1. CJ Abrams had the tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh off Keegan Thompson as part of a 3-for-3 night. Victor Robles followed with an infield hit and Call doubled to the gap in left-center to make it 4-1. Chicago’s Patrick Wisdom tied for the major league lead with his 11th homer, a 426-foot shot off Mason Thompson in the seventh that tied the game at 1-1. Hunter Harvey got the win in relief for Washington and Kyle Finnegan got his sixth save. White Sox 4, Twins 3 – F/10 – Benintendi stars as White Sox top Twins 3-2 in 10 innings Andrew Benintendi robbed Carlos Correa of a homer and hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Hanser Alberto opened the 10th on second as the automatic runner and advanced on Elvis Andrus’ sacrifice. After Tim Anderson bounced to shortstop, Benintendi lined a clean single into left against Caleb Thielbar. Eloy Jiménez homered and Michael Kopech pitched six effective innings as the White Sox earned their second straight win after a 10-game losing streak. Kopech got some help from Benintendi, who made a leaping grab in left on Correa’s drive in the first. Today N.Y. Mets (Lucchesi 1-0) at Detroit (Wentz 0-3), 1:40 p.m.                  News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 1:15 N.Y. Mets (Scherzer 2-1) at Detroit (Lorenzen 0-1), 6:40 p.m.              News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Washington (Irvin 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Varland 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 2-1), 7:10 p.m.. NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Florida Panthers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                              (FLA leads 1-0) Seattle Kraken 5, Dallas Stars 4 – OT                                    (SEA leads 1-0) Panthers 4, Maple Leafs 2 – Panthers top Maple Leafs, take Game 1 of second-round series Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves, Matthew Tkachuk had three assists and the Panthers survived a squandered two-goal lead to defeat the Maple Leafs 4-2 in opening game of their second-round playoff series. Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist and Carter Verhaeghe and Nick Cousins also scored for Florida. Aleksander Barkov had two assists. Matthew Knies had his first NHL goal and Michael Bunting also scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov stopped 24 shots. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday in Toronto. Kraken 5, Stars 4 – OT – Epic return by Pavelski goes to waste as Stars lose Game 1 Joe Pavelski became the oldest player ever with a four-goal game in the NHL playoffs, and did it in his return two weeks after going into concussion protocol. That still wasn’t enough for the Dallas Stars. The 38-year-old Pavelski scored all four of their goals, including two in the third period to force overtime. But the Stars lost 5-4 to Seattle in Game 1 of their second-round series on Tuesday night. Stars coach Pete DeBoer says he’s ashamed that the team wasted such an epic performance. He says Pavelski tried to drag them to a win. Tonight New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00 p.m.                  (Game 1) Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights, 9:30 p.m.                 (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night New York Knicks 111, Miami Heat 105                                     (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles Lakers 117, Golden State Warriors 112                 (LAL leads 1-0) Knicks 111, Heat 105 – Brunson, Randle help Knicks beat Heat 111-105 to even series Jalen Brunson scored 30 points and keyed the run the New York Knicks needed just in time to get by a Miami Heat team playing without Jimmy Butler, evening the Eastern Conference semifinals at a game apiece with a 111-105 victory. Julius Randle returned from a sprained left ankle that sidelined him in Game 1 with 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, and RJ Barrett scored 24 points for the No. 5-seeded Knicks. Josh Hart finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Caleb Martin scored 22 points in place of Butler for the Heat, who host Game 3 on Saturday afternoon. Lakers 117, Warriors 112 – Davis, James deliver as Lakers top Curry, Warriors in Game 1 Anthony Davis had 30 points, 23 rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots, LeBron James added 22 points and 11 rebounds dueling with Stephen Curry in their latest postseason showdown, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off a late flurry by the Golden State Warriors to win an entertaining Game 1 in the Western Conference semifinals 117-112. Jordan Poole missed a 3-pointer to tie it with 9.7 seconds left as the Warriors’ rally in the closing minutes fell short. Curry’s 3 with 1:38 left tied the game, then D’Angelo Russell answered right back before Davis blocked a shot by Curry moments later. James missed the first of two free throws with 1:05 to go. Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 8:00 p.m.                        (PHI leads 1-0) NBA – NBA MVP: 76ers’ Embiid wins league’s top individual honor Philadelphia 76ers center and league scoring champion Joel Embiid earned his first NBA Most Valuable Player trophy Tuesday, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. Embiid averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game. Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career. NCAAFB – Michigan State CB Charles Brantley withdraws from portal Michigan State cornerback Charles Brantley has withdrawn from the transfer portal, team spokesman Ben Phlegar said Tuesday. Brantley’s return allows coach Mel Tucker to retain a key player after losing a pair of standouts on Sunday, when quarterback Payton Thorne and receiver Keon Coleman entered the portal. Brantley started 11 games at cornerback last season, leading the team with six pass breakups and making two interceptions. NCAAFB – 12-team CFP schedule includes New Year’s Day tripleheaders The College Football Playoff released a schedule for the 12-team format that will be used in the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which will feature New Year’s Day quarterfinal tripleheaders but no games played on Saturday. The first-round games will be played the third week of December, with one game on Friday night and three on Saturday. The quarterfinals in the new expanded format will be held on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The first Jan. 1 tripleheader will be held at Orange, Rose and Sugar Bowls after the 2024 regular season. NCAA – NCAA’s four-year academic progress rate score steady The NCAA’s newest academic progress rate score is steady at 984. That’s despite slight decreases in men’s basketball, football and women’s basketball. Each athlete on each team receives one point each semester they are academically eligible and each semester they remain in school or graduate. The cutline is 930. The NCAA attributes the declines in men’s and women’s basketball and football scores to more players being ineligible to compete during the 2021-22 season instead of those leaving school.  The latest report also shows that more than 20,700 former athletes who left school without degrees have completed their classwork during the 19 years APR scores have been calculated. Nearly half of that total are from men’s and women’s basketball and football.“Excellence is engrained in student-athletes — academically and athletically,” said Central Michigan president Robert Davies, chairman of the Division I committee on academics. “Thousands of former student-athletes are returning to college to complete their degrees, further demonstrating the importance of higher education and exemplifying the fulfillment of earning a college degree.” NFL – Ex-Raider Ruggs taking plea deal, prison in fatal DUI crash Former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs will admit that he drove drunk at up to 156 mph before causing a fiery crash that killed a woman. That will mean the 24-year-old first-round NFL draft pick will avoid trial and be sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison. Ruggs spoke in court Tuesday only to acknowledge that he understands the terms of his plea deal. His plea is scheduled May 10, with sentencing to come on another date. A prosecutor endorsed the agreement. Ruggs was dropped by the Raiders shortly after the crash in November 2021. MCCAA – LMC’s Robinson name MCCAA Softball Player of the Week Lake Michigan College freshman Hailey Robinson was named the Michigan Community College Softball Player of the Week.   The Red Hawks catcher and outfielder batted .500 for the week with 2 doubles, a triple, 3 home runs, and 12 rbis.  She also scored 6 times and stole 12 bases.  Hailey is a graduate of St. Joseph high school where she played softball, basketball, and volleyball for the Bears. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Great Lakes 7, Quad Cities 6 – F/10 Dayton at Lansing, PPD to 5/4, rain South Bend 4, Cedar Rapids 3 West Michigan 13, Beloit 4 Today Cedar Rapids Kernels at South Bend Cubs, 11:05 a.m. Dayton Dragons at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. Quad Cities River Bandits at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 10, Covert 0 Allegan 8, Parchment 0 ***All other events were cancelled Today Girls Soccer Battle Creek Central at St. Joseph, postponed Our Lady of the Lake at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Niles at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Berrien Springs, 5:00 p.m. Constantine at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 6:00 p.m. Loy Norrix at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. B.C. Lakeview at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Christian at GR Covenant Chr., 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Lawton at Schoolcraft, cancelled Comstock at Bangor, 6:30 p.m. Baseball Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Watervliet at Bridgman, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Softball Loy Norrix at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Schoolcraft, 4:00 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joe at Gull Lake, 5:00 p.m. Mattawan at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. Track and Field St. Joseph at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m. Benton Harbor & Dowagiac at Brandywine, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night New York Mets at Detroit Tigers, PPD Washington Nationals 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3 – F/10 Mets at Tigers, PPD – Mets-Tigers series-opening game postponed due to rain The New York Mets and Detroit Tigers were rained out on Tuesday night. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday. New York Mets star pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are returning to the mound in the series against one of their former teams. The 40-year-old Verlander is scheduled to make his Mets debut on Thursday. Verlander’s season-opening start was delayed due to a back injury. The 38-year-old Scherzer is due to pitch Wednesday night in the second game of the doubleheader. It will be Scherzer’s first time on the mound since April 19, when he was ejected for violating MLB’s foreign substance policy. Nationals 4, Cubs 1 – Call, Abrams have big hits in 7th as Nats beat Cubs 4-1 Alex Call hit a two-run double during a three-run seventh inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1. CJ Abrams had the tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh off Keegan Thompson as part of a 3-for-3 night. Victor Robles followed with an infield hit and Call doubled to the gap in left-center to make it 4-1. Chicago’s Patrick Wisdom tied for the major league lead with his 11th homer, a 426-foot shot off Mason Thompson in the seventh that tied the game at 1-1. Hunter Harvey got the win in relief for Washington and Kyle Finnegan got his sixth save. White Sox 4, Twins 3 – F/10 – Benintendi stars as White Sox top Twins 3-2 in 10 innings Andrew Benintendi robbed Carlos Correa of a homer and hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, sending the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Hanser Alberto opened the 10th on second as the automatic runner and advanced on Elvis Andrus’ sacrifice. After Tim Anderson bounced to shortstop, Benintendi lined a clean single into left against Caleb Thielbar. Eloy Jiménez homered and Michael Kopech pitched six effective innings as the White Sox earned their second straight win after a 10-game losing streak. Kopech got some help from Benintendi, who made a leaping grab in left on Correa’s drive in the first. Today N.Y. Mets (Lucchesi 1-0) at Detroit (Wentz 0-3), 1:40 p.m.                  News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 1:15 N.Y. Mets (Scherzer 2-1) at Detroit (Lorenzen 0-1), 6:40 p.m.              News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Washington (Irvin 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Varland 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 2-1), 7:10 p.m.. NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Florida Panthers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                              (FLA leads 1-0) Seattle Kraken 5, Dallas Stars 4 – OT                                    (SEA leads 1-0) Panthers 4, Maple Leafs 2 – Panthers top Maple Leafs, take Game 1 of second-round series Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves, Matthew Tkachuk had three assists and the Panthers survived a squandered two-goal lead to defeat the Maple Leafs 4-2 in opening game of their second-round playoff series. Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist and Carter Verhaeghe and Nick Cousins also scored for Florida. Aleksander Barkov had two assists. Matthew Knies had his first NHL goal and Michael Bunting also scored for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov stopped 24 shots. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday in Toronto. Kraken 5, Stars 4 – OT – Epic return by Pavelski goes to waste as Stars lose Game 1 Joe Pavelski became the oldest player ever with a four-goal game in the NHL playoffs, and did it in his return two weeks after going into concussion protocol. That still wasn’t enough for the Dallas Stars. The 38-year-old Pavelski scored all four of their goals, including two in the third period to force overtime. But the Stars lost 5-4 to Seattle in Game 1 of their second-round series on Tuesday night. Stars coach Pete DeBoer says he’s ashamed that the team wasted such an epic performance. He says Pavelski tried to drag them to a win. Tonight New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes, 7:00 p.m.                  (Game 1) Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights, 9:30 p.m.                 (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night New York Knicks 111, Miami Heat 105                                     (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles Lakers 117, Golden State Warriors 112                 (LAL leads 1-0) Knicks 111, Heat 105 – Brunson, Randle help Knicks beat Heat 111-105 to even series Jalen Brunson scored 30 points and keyed the run the New York Knicks needed just in time to get by a Miami Heat team playing without Jimmy Butler, evening the Eastern Conference semifinals at a game apiece with a 111-105 victory. Julius Randle returned from a sprained left ankle that sidelined him in Game 1 with 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, and RJ Barrett scored 24 points for the No. 5-seeded Knicks. Josh Hart finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Caleb Martin scored 22 points in place of Butler for the Heat, who host Game 3 on Saturday afternoon. Lakers 117, Warriors 112 – Davis, James deliver as Lakers top Curry, Warriors in Game 1 Anthony Davis had 30 points, 23 rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots, LeBron James added 22 points and 11 rebounds dueling with Stephen Curry in their latest postseason showdown, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off a late flurry by the Golden State Warriors to win an entertaining Game 1 in the Western Conference semifinals 117-112. Jordan Poole missed a 3-pointer to tie it with 9.7 seconds left as the Warriors’ rally in the closing minutes fell short. Curry’s 3 with 1:38 left tied the game, then D’Angelo Russell answered right back before Davis blocked a shot by Curry moments later. James missed the first of two free throws with 1:05 to go. Tonight Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics, 8:00 p.m.                        (PHI leads 1-0) NBA – NBA MVP: 76ers’ Embiid wins league’s top individual honor Philadelphia 76ers center and league scoring champion Joel Embiid earned his first NBA Most Valuable Player trophy Tuesday, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. Embiid averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game. Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career. NCAAFB – Michigan State CB Charles Brantley withdraws from portal Michigan State cornerback Charles Brantley has withdrawn from the transfer portal, team spokesman Ben Phlegar said Tuesday. Brantley’s return allows coach Mel Tucker to retain a key player after losing a pair of standouts on Sunday, when quarterback Payton Thorne and receiver Keon Coleman entered the portal. Brantley started 11 games at cornerback last season, leading the team with six pass breakups and making two interceptions. NCAAFB – 12-team CFP schedule includes New Year’s Day tripleheaders The College Football Playoff released a schedule for the 12-team format that will be used in the 2024 and 2025 seasons, which will feature New Year’s Day quarterfinal tripleheaders but no games played on Saturday. The first-round games will be played the third week of December, with one game on Friday night and three on Saturday. The quarterfinals in the new expanded format will be held on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The first Jan. 1 tripleheader will be held at Orange, Rose and Sugar Bowls after the 2024 regular season. NCAA – NCAA’s four-year academic progress rate score steady The NCAA’s newest academic progress rate score is steady at 984. That’s despite slight decreases in men’s basketball, football and women’s basketball. Each athlete on each team receives one point each semester they are academically eligible and each semester they remain in school or graduate. The cutline is 930. The NCAA attributes the declines in men’s and women’s basketball and football scores to more players being ineligible to compete during the 2021-22 season instead of those leaving school.  The latest report also shows that more than 20,700 former athletes who left school without degrees have completed their classwork during the 19 years APR scores have been calculated. Nearly half of that total are from men’s and women’s basketball and football.“Excellence is engrained in student-athletes — academically and athletically,” said Central Michigan president Robert Davies, chairman of the Division I committee on academics. “Thousands of former student-athletes are returning to college to complete their degrees, further demonstrating the importance of higher education and exemplifying the fulfillment of earning a college degree.” NFL – Ex-Raider Ruggs taking plea deal, prison in fatal DUI crash Former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs will admit that he drove drunk at up to 156 mph before causing a fiery crash that killed a woman. That will mean the 24-year-old first-round NFL draft pick will avoid trial and be sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison. Ruggs spoke in court Tuesday only to acknowledge that he understands the terms of his plea deal. His plea is scheduled May 10, with sentencing to come on another date. A prosecutor endorsed the agreement. Ruggs was dropped by the Raiders shortly after the crash in November 2021. MCCAA – LMC’s Robinson name MCCAA Softball Player of the Week Lake Michigan College freshman Hailey Robinson was named the Michigan Community College Softball Player of the Week.   The Red Hawks catcher and outfielder batted .500 for the week with 2 doubles, a triple, 3 home runs, and 12 rbis.  She also scored 6 times and stole 12 bases.  Hailey is a graduate of St. Joseph high school where she played softball, basketball, and volleyball for the Bears. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Great Lakes 7, Quad Cities 6 – F/10 Dayton at Lansing, PPD to 5/4, rain South Bend 4, Cedar Rapids 3 West Michigan 13, Beloit 4 Today Cedar Rapids Kernels at South Bend Cubs, 11:05 a.m. Dayton Dragons at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. Quad Cities River Bandits at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 10, Covert 0 Allegan 8, Parchment 0 ***All other events were cancelled Today Girls Soccer Battle Creek Central at St. Joseph, postponed Our Lady of the Lake at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Niles at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Three Rivers at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m. Dowagiac at Berrien Springs, 5:00 p.m. Constantine at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Bridgman, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 6:00 p.m. Loy Norrix at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. B.C. Lakeview at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Christian at GR Covenant Chr., 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Lawton at Schoolcraft, cancelled Comstock at Bangor, 6:30 p.m. Baseball Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Watervliet at Bridgman, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Coloma, 4:30 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Softball Loy Norrix at St. Joseph, 4:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m. Brandywine at Constantine, 4:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Niles at Vicksburg, 4:00 p.m. Hartford at White Pigeon, 4:30 p.m. Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. Schoolcraft at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Schoolcraft, 4:00 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joe at Gull Lake, 5:00 p.m. Mattawan at Lakeshore, 4:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. Track and Field St. Joseph at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m. Benton Harbor & Dowagiac at Brandywine, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we're giving our picks for all the major NBA awards after we finish breaking down the most notable OL prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft. ⏰ Chapters ⏰ (00:00) INTRO (02:56) Broderick Jones (11:52) Ohio State OTs (27:00) Anton Harrison (33:13) Peter Skoronski (41:10) O'Cyrus Torrence (46:10) NBA Most Valuable Player (58:55) NBA Defensive Player of the Year (01:04:40) NBA Rookie of the Year (01:12:20) NBA Most Improved Player (01:16:00) NBA 6-Man of the Year (01:16:50) OUTRO

Locky has updated his thought process on his NBA Most Valuable Player positions, and shares his new thinking with all of wonderful listeners! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Out of Site Podcast is back! Many things have changed since our hiatus, but one thing has remained the same. Joel Embiid is absolutely crushing the 2022-2023 NBA season, and he is first (or second depending on your stance if you're a voter) in NBA Most Valuable Player rankings. Adio Royster and David Early return to the podcast air to talk about Embiid's MVP caliber season with seasoned NBA writer (and MVP voter) Howard Beck! Beck is talking to your hosts after speaking with Zach Lowe on "The Lowe Post" podcast, and your hosts want to get the skinny on how he votes from year to year as well as whether or not discourse or fan outrage on Twitter sways his decision in any way. The podcast is back, and we just want to say ... "What up, Beck?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Kostos & Ken Barkley are eagerly awaiting Tim Bontemps' straw poll on the NBA Most Valuable Player award to be released tomorrow (Thursday 3/30), and discussing their strategy for betting into the market at this time. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Allen Iverson is a legendary American professional basketball player and one of the most influential athletes in sports history. He is a 14-year NBA veteran, known for his explosive style of play and exceptional talent as a point guard and shooting guard. Iverson was selected first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1996 NBA draft, and he won the NBA Rookie of the Year award in 1997. Throughout his career, he was an 11-time NBA All-Star, a 4-time NBA scoring champion, and was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2001. He was also a two-time All-Star Game MVP in 2001 and 2005. In 2016, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. His No. 3 jersey was retired by the Philadelphia 76ers, cementing his legacy as one of the greatest players in NBA history.

As we enter the unofficial start of the NBA Trade Season, Nishant and Ajay look at who's stepped up and if someone's fallen into the trade danger zone. And it's never too early to cast your vote for this season's winner of the Michael Jordan Trophy for NBA Most Valuable Player…brought to you by KIA.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Cleveland Guardians 8, Detroit Tigers 4 Houston Astros 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Chicago Cubs 3, Washington Nationals 2 Guardians 8, Tigers 4 – Guardians score 6 runs in 8th, rally past Tigers 8-4 All-Star José Ramírez blooped a go-ahead, two-run double as the Cleveland Guardians scored six runs with two outs in the eighth inning, rallying for a 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Rookies Steven Kwan and Oscar Gonzalez had RBI doubles, and Amed Rosario and Owen Miller added run-scoring singles in the eighth for the AL Central-leading Guardians. Tigers reliever Andrew Chafin struck out the first three batters in the inning, but tossed a wild pitch that allowed Luke Maile to run to first base and extend the frame. Cleveland then rattled off five straight hits and had seven consecutive men reach base. Astros 3, White Sox 2 – Valdez, Alvarez lead Astros to 3-2 win over White Sox Framber Valdez threw seven solid innings, Yordan Alvarez drove in a run and scored one, and the Houston Astros beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2. Chicago’s five-game winning streak ended. Valdez (12-4) gave up two runs and seven hits, struck out six and walked three. The left-hander is 4-0 in six starts since losing to Oakland on July 9. Alvarez drove in Jose Altuve with a sacrifice fly in the first. He singled and scored on Trey Mancini’s sac fly in the fourth. Cubs 3, Nationals 2 – Gomes’ RBI single in 7th lifts Cubs over Nationals 3-2 Yan Gomes hit a tie-breaking single in the seventh inning against his former team and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 to win the three-game series. Franmil Reyes smacked a leadoff double off Jake McGee in the seventh. McGee struck out the next two batters and right-hander Steve Cishek came on to face righty Gomes, who hit a soft liner to right, scoring Reyes. Gomes played for the Nationals from 2019-21. Erich Uelman pitched 2/3 of an inning for his first major league win. Steven Brault threw two scoreless innings and Rowan Wick pitched the ninth for his eighth save. Today Houston (Garcia 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 9-6), 2:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Sampson 0-3) at Baltimore (Watkins 4-2), 3:05 p.m. Tigers are off MLB – Mike Trout plans to return for Angels on Friday in Detroit Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout intends to return to the Los Angeles Angels’ lineup on Friday night in Detroit. Trout hasn’t played since July 12. He missed the Angels’ past 30 games with an injury to his upper back and ribcage. He faced live pitching Monday and worked out Wednesday. The workouts left him confident he will be able to play against the Tigers when the Angels open a lengthy road trip. Trout earned an All-Star selection this summer while batting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs in 79 games. But he has missed significant playing time for the second straight season. MLB – Former Phillies manager Joe Girardi to join Cubs TV booth Former Phillies manager Joe Girardi has joined Marquee Sports Network as an game analyst for the Chicago Cubs, one of his former teams. Marquee says Girardi will join Jon Sciambi and former big league pitcher Jim Deshaies in the booth for this weekend’s series against Milwaukee. He also will work next month’s series at Miami. Marquee Sports Network is jointly owned by the Cubs and Sinclair Broadcast Group. The 57-year-old Girardi was the manager in Philadelphia before he was fired in June. He had a 132-141 record over three years with the Phillies. NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 2 Tonight Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks, 8:00 p.m. NFL – Colts, Lions get physical on 1st day of joint practices Indianapolis coach Frank Reich enjoyed watching the first joint practice with the Detroit Lions. He liked the spirited play, the intensity, even the controlled chippiness. Lions quarterback Jared Goff just enjoyed working against a different defense — once he settled in. It was a solid start to a long, busy week of work. The two teams will hold another practice against one another Thursday and meet Saturday for their second preseason game. WNBA – WNBA Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of three) Last Night New York Liberty 98, Chicago Sky 91                                          (NYL leads 1-0) Liberty 98, Sky 91 – Liberty score final 13 points, beat Sky in playoff opener Sabrina Ionescu had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Natasha Howard also scored 22 points and the seventh-seeded New York Liberty beat the defending champion Chicago Sky 98-91 in the opening game of the WNBA playoffs. New York scored the final 13 points of the fourth quarter as Chicago missed 10 of its last 11 shots. Ionescu made a 3-pointer and a jumper from the free-throw line during the run, and Marine Johannes highlighted the spurt with an over-the-shoulder pass to Howard. New York, which won its first playoff game since September 23, 2015, plays Game 2 of the best-of-three series at Chicago on Saturday. Betnijah Laney added 17 points and Stefanie Dolson scored 13 for New York, which set a franchise scoring record in the playoffs. NBA – LeBron James inks 2-year, $97.1 million deal with Lakers LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension through the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Lakers. The maximum deal includes a player option for the 2024-25 season that would keep the second-leading scorer in NBA history with the Lakers past his 40th birthday. James was headed into the final year of his most recent deal with the Lakers, who signed the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and four-time league champion in July 2018. Barring injury, James is likely to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s career scoring king this winter. NCAA – Big Ten – USC, UCLA exits could cost Pac-12 schools $13M in rights A new report says the departures of Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference could mean an estimated loss of around $13 million per year in media rights for each of the remaining schools. The interim report was released during a Board of Regents meeting held at UCLA to address its move to the Big Ten Conference in 2024. California Gov. Gavin Newsom demanded an explanation from UCLA about the move when he attended last month’s Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco. UCLA and USC announced in June that the schools would be leaving the Pac-12 Conference in two years. USC is a private institution and not part of the UC system. Golf – LIV – Report: LIV draft contract has restrictions and major bonus The Wall Street Journal is reporting LIV Golf players need permission to grant exclusive interviews and agree to help recruit other players. The Journal says it reviewed a draft contract that Saudi-funded LIV Golf offered players. The newspaper says it wasn’t clear if terms in the draft are in all contracts or can be negotiated. None of the signing bonuses are mentioned. One provision says players would get a $1 million bonus if they were to win any of the four majors. Meanwhile, Greg Norman has sent a letter updating LIV Golf’s request for world ranking points. Golf – PGA – Players-only private meeting was all about a better PGA Tour Tiger Woods felt strongly enough about a private meeting of top PGA Tour players that he flew from Florida to Delaware to attend. What’s emerging from that players-only meeting is unity against a rival league funded by Saudi money and how to make the PGA Tour better. There was another form of unity. No one is willing to share details on the best way forward. Xander Schauffele says there was a code to keep tight lips. Rory McIlroy says the ideas are for tour executives to hear as they forge a path. As for Woods? McIlroy says he remains the biggest voice. NHL – Blackhawks agree to 1-year deal with D Jack Johnson The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with Jack Johnson after the veteran defenseman helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup last season. Johnson’s contract carries a $950,000 hit to the salary cap. General manager Kyle Davidson says Johnson “provides the team with a strong veteran presence, good size and a competitive edge.” The 35-year-old Johnson broke into the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings in 2007. He has 72 goals and 240 assists in 1,024 games, also playing for Columbus, Pittsburgh and the New York Rangers. NASCAR – Kimi Raikkonen hits pause on retirement to race NASCAR Kimi Raikkonen will take a break from his retirement to return to racing this weekend in the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York. The 2007 Formula One world champion will drive for TrackHouse Racing and its Project91, which is a program to give top international drivers exposure to NASCAR. Sunday’s race with the Raikkonen is the debut of Project91. The Finnish driver has tried NASCAR racing once before. In 2011, he ran the Xfinity and Truck Series races at Charlotte. This will be his Cup debut. There are a NASCAR-record seven countries represented in Sunday’s field. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 10, Lake County Captains 2 Lansing Lugnuts 6, Great Lakes Loons 3 Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, PPD – Poor field conditions, DH on 8/19 Tonight Lake County Captains at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer St. Joseph 1, Plainwell 0 Lakeshore 8, Dowagiac 1 Allegan 2, South Haven 0 Niles 6, Bloomingdale 1 Cassopolis 4, Buchanan 2 Hartford 8, Paw Paw 4 Gull Lake 7, Edwardsburg 0 Watervliet 4, Parchment 0 Schoolcraft 1, Coloma 0 Fennville 5, Lawton 2 Marshall 4, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 3 Harper Creek 5, Three Rivers 2 Kalamazoo Central 3, Coldwater 2 Holland Black River 4, Saugatuck 0 Boys Tennis St. Joseph 6, Kalamazoo Central 2 Tonight Boys Soccer Howardsville Christian at Bangor, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg at Otsego, 6:30 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Cleveland Guardians 8, Detroit Tigers 4 Houston Astros 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Chicago Cubs 3, Washington Nationals 2 Guardians 8, Tigers 4 – Guardians score 6 runs in 8th, rally past Tigers 8-4 All-Star José Ramírez blooped a go-ahead, two-run double as the Cleveland Guardians scored six runs with two outs in the eighth inning, rallying for a 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Rookies Steven Kwan and Oscar Gonzalez had RBI doubles, and Amed Rosario and Owen Miller added run-scoring singles in the eighth for the AL Central-leading Guardians. Tigers reliever Andrew Chafin struck out the first three batters in the inning, but tossed a wild pitch that allowed Luke Maile to run to first base and extend the frame. Cleveland then rattled off five straight hits and had seven consecutive men reach base. Astros 3, White Sox 2 – Valdez, Alvarez lead Astros to 3-2 win over White Sox Framber Valdez threw seven solid innings, Yordan Alvarez drove in a run and scored one, and the Houston Astros beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2. Chicago’s five-game winning streak ended. Valdez (12-4) gave up two runs and seven hits, struck out six and walked three. The left-hander is 4-0 in six starts since losing to Oakland on July 9. Alvarez drove in Jose Altuve with a sacrifice fly in the first. He singled and scored on Trey Mancini’s sac fly in the fourth. Cubs 3, Nationals 2 – Gomes’ RBI single in 7th lifts Cubs over Nationals 3-2 Yan Gomes hit a tie-breaking single in the seventh inning against his former team and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 to win the three-game series. Franmil Reyes smacked a leadoff double off Jake McGee in the seventh. McGee struck out the next two batters and right-hander Steve Cishek came on to face righty Gomes, who hit a soft liner to right, scoring Reyes. Gomes played for the Nationals from 2019-21. Erich Uelman pitched 2/3 of an inning for his first major league win. Steven Brault threw two scoreless innings and Rowan Wick pitched the ninth for his eighth save. Today Houston (Garcia 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 9-6), 2:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Sampson 0-3) at Baltimore (Watkins 4-2), 3:05 p.m. Tigers are off MLB – Mike Trout plans to return for Angels on Friday in Detroit Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout intends to return to the Los Angeles Angels’ lineup on Friday night in Detroit. Trout hasn’t played since July 12. He missed the Angels’ past 30 games with an injury to his upper back and ribcage. He faced live pitching Monday and worked out Wednesday. The workouts left him confident he will be able to play against the Tigers when the Angels open a lengthy road trip. Trout earned an All-Star selection this summer while batting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs in 79 games. But he has missed significant playing time for the second straight season. MLB – Former Phillies manager Joe Girardi to join Cubs TV booth Former Phillies manager Joe Girardi has joined Marquee Sports Network as an game analyst for the Chicago Cubs, one of his former teams. Marquee says Girardi will join Jon Sciambi and former big league pitcher Jim Deshaies in the booth for this weekend’s series against Milwaukee. He also will work next month’s series at Miami. Marquee Sports Network is jointly owned by the Cubs and Sinclair Broadcast Group. The 57-year-old Girardi was the manager in Philadelphia before he was fired in June. He had a 132-141 record over three years with the Phillies. NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 2 Tonight Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks, 8:00 p.m. NFL – Colts, Lions get physical on 1st day of joint practices Indianapolis coach Frank Reich enjoyed watching the first joint practice with the Detroit Lions. He liked the spirited play, the intensity, even the controlled chippiness. Lions quarterback Jared Goff just enjoyed working against a different defense — once he settled in. It was a solid start to a long, busy week of work. The two teams will hold another practice against one another Thursday and meet Saturday for their second preseason game. WNBA – WNBA Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of three) Last Night New York Liberty 98, Chicago Sky 91                                          (NYL leads 1-0) Liberty 98, Sky 91 – Liberty score final 13 points, beat Sky in playoff opener Sabrina Ionescu had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Natasha Howard also scored 22 points and the seventh-seeded New York Liberty beat the defending champion Chicago Sky 98-91 in the opening game of the WNBA playoffs. New York scored the final 13 points of the fourth quarter as Chicago missed 10 of its last 11 shots. Ionescu made a 3-pointer and a jumper from the free-throw line during the run, and Marine Johannes highlighted the spurt with an over-the-shoulder pass to Howard. New York, which won its first playoff game since September 23, 2015, plays Game 2 of the best-of-three series at Chicago on Saturday. Betnijah Laney added 17 points and Stefanie Dolson scored 13 for New York, which set a franchise scoring record in the playoffs. NBA – LeBron James inks 2-year, $97.1 million deal with Lakers LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension through the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Lakers. The maximum deal includes a player option for the 2024-25 season that would keep the second-leading scorer in NBA history with the Lakers past his 40th birthday. James was headed into the final year of his most recent deal with the Lakers, who signed the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and four-time league champion in July 2018. Barring injury, James is likely to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s career scoring king this winter. NCAA – Big Ten – USC, UCLA exits could cost Pac-12 schools $13M in rights A new report says the departures of Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference could mean an estimated loss of around $13 million per year in media rights for each of the remaining schools. The interim report was released during a Board of Regents meeting held at UCLA to address its move to the Big Ten Conference in 2024. California Gov. Gavin Newsom demanded an explanation from UCLA about the move when he attended last month’s Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco. UCLA and USC announced in June that the schools would be leaving the Pac-12 Conference in two years. USC is a private institution and not part of the UC system. Golf – LIV – Report: LIV draft contract has restrictions and major bonus The Wall Street Journal is reporting LIV Golf players need permission to grant exclusive interviews and agree to help recruit other players. The Journal says it reviewed a draft contract that Saudi-funded LIV Golf offered players. The newspaper says it wasn’t clear if terms in the draft are in all contracts or can be negotiated. None of the signing bonuses are mentioned. One provision says players would get a $1 million bonus if they were to win any of the four majors. Meanwhile, Greg Norman has sent a letter updating LIV Golf’s request for world ranking points. Golf – PGA – Players-only private meeting was all about a better PGA Tour Tiger Woods felt strongly enough about a private meeting of top PGA Tour players that he flew from Florida to Delaware to attend. What’s emerging from that players-only meeting is unity against a rival league funded by Saudi money and how to make the PGA Tour better. There was another form of unity. No one is willing to share details on the best way forward. Xander Schauffele says there was a code to keep tight lips. Rory McIlroy says the ideas are for tour executives to hear as they forge a path. As for Woods? McIlroy says he remains the biggest voice. NHL – Blackhawks agree to 1-year deal with D Jack Johnson The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with Jack Johnson after the veteran defenseman helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup last season. Johnson’s contract carries a $950,000 hit to the salary cap. General manager Kyle Davidson says Johnson “provides the team with a strong veteran presence, good size and a competitive edge.” The 35-year-old Johnson broke into the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings in 2007. He has 72 goals and 240 assists in 1,024 games, also playing for Columbus, Pittsburgh and the New York Rangers. NASCAR – Kimi Raikkonen hits pause on retirement to race NASCAR Kimi Raikkonen will take a break from his retirement to return to racing this weekend in the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York. The 2007 Formula One world champion will drive for TrackHouse Racing and its Project91, which is a program to give top international drivers exposure to NASCAR. Sunday’s race with the Raikkonen is the debut of Project91. The Finnish driver has tried NASCAR racing once before. In 2011, he ran the Xfinity and Truck Series races at Charlotte. This will be his Cup debut. There are a NASCAR-record seven countries represented in Sunday’s field. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 10, Lake County Captains 2 Lansing Lugnuts 6, Great Lakes Loons 3 Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, PPD – Poor field conditions, DH on 8/19 Tonight Lake County Captains at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer St. Joseph 1, Plainwell 0 Lakeshore 8, Dowagiac 1 Allegan 2, South Haven 0 Niles 6, Bloomingdale 1 Cassopolis 4, Buchanan 2 Hartford 8, Paw Paw 4 Gull Lake 7, Edwardsburg 0 Watervliet 4, Parchment 0 Schoolcraft 1, Coloma 0 Fennville 5, Lawton 2 Marshall 4, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 3 Harper Creek 5, Three Rivers 2 Kalamazoo Central 3, Coldwater 2 Holland Black River 4, Saugatuck 0 Boys Tennis St. Joseph 6, Kalamazoo Central 2 Tonight Boys Soccer Howardsville Christian at Bangor, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg at Otsego, 6:30 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Cleveland Guardians 8, Detroit Tigers 4 Houston Astros 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Chicago Cubs 3, Washington Nationals 2 Guardians 8, Tigers 4 – Guardians score 6 runs in 8th, rally past Tigers 8-4 All-Star José Ramírez blooped a go-ahead, two-run double as the Cleveland Guardians scored six runs with two outs in the eighth inning, rallying for a 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Rookies Steven Kwan and Oscar Gonzalez had RBI doubles, and Amed Rosario and Owen Miller added run-scoring singles in the eighth for the AL Central-leading Guardians. Tigers reliever Andrew Chafin struck out the first three batters in the inning, but tossed a wild pitch that allowed Luke Maile to run to first base and extend the frame. Cleveland then rattled off five straight hits and had seven consecutive men reach base. Astros 3, White Sox 2 – Valdez, Alvarez lead Astros to 3-2 win over White Sox Framber Valdez threw seven solid innings, Yordan Alvarez drove in a run and scored one, and the Houston Astros beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2. Chicago’s five-game winning streak ended. Valdez (12-4) gave up two runs and seven hits, struck out six and walked three. The left-hander is 4-0 in six starts since losing to Oakland on July 9. Alvarez drove in Jose Altuve with a sacrifice fly in the first. He singled and scored on Trey Mancini’s sac fly in the fourth. Cubs 3, Nationals 2 – Gomes’ RBI single in 7th lifts Cubs over Nationals 3-2 Yan Gomes hit a tie-breaking single in the seventh inning against his former team and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 to win the three-game series. Franmil Reyes smacked a leadoff double off Jake McGee in the seventh. McGee struck out the next two batters and right-hander Steve Cishek came on to face righty Gomes, who hit a soft liner to right, scoring Reyes. Gomes played for the Nationals from 2019-21. Erich Uelman pitched 2/3 of an inning for his first major league win. Steven Brault threw two scoreless innings and Rowan Wick pitched the ninth for his eighth save. Today Houston (Garcia 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 9-6), 2:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Sampson 0-3) at Baltimore (Watkins 4-2), 3:05 p.m. Tigers are off MLB – Mike Trout plans to return for Angels on Friday in Detroit Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout intends to return to the Los Angeles Angels’ lineup on Friday night in Detroit. Trout hasn’t played since July 12. He missed the Angels’ past 30 games with an injury to his upper back and ribcage. He faced live pitching Monday and worked out Wednesday. The workouts left him confident he will be able to play against the Tigers when the Angels open a lengthy road trip. Trout earned an All-Star selection this summer while batting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs in 79 games. But he has missed significant playing time for the second straight season. MLB – Former Phillies manager Joe Girardi to join Cubs TV booth Former Phillies manager Joe Girardi has joined Marquee Sports Network as an game analyst for the Chicago Cubs, one of his former teams. Marquee says Girardi will join Jon Sciambi and former big league pitcher Jim Deshaies in the booth for this weekend’s series against Milwaukee. He also will work next month’s series at Miami. Marquee Sports Network is jointly owned by the Cubs and Sinclair Broadcast Group. The 57-year-old Girardi was the manager in Philadelphia before he was fired in June. He had a 132-141 record over three years with the Phillies. NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 2 Tonight Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks, 8:00 p.m. NFL – Colts, Lions get physical on 1st day of joint practices Indianapolis coach Frank Reich enjoyed watching the first joint practice with the Detroit Lions. He liked the spirited play, the intensity, even the controlled chippiness. Lions quarterback Jared Goff just enjoyed working against a different defense — once he settled in. It was a solid start to a long, busy week of work. The two teams will hold another practice against one another Thursday and meet Saturday for their second preseason game. WNBA – WNBA Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of three) Last Night New York Liberty 98, Chicago Sky 91                                          (NYL leads 1-0) Liberty 98, Sky 91 – Liberty score final 13 points, beat Sky in playoff opener Sabrina Ionescu had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Natasha Howard also scored 22 points and the seventh-seeded New York Liberty beat the defending champion Chicago Sky 98-91 in the opening game of the WNBA playoffs. New York scored the final 13 points of the fourth quarter as Chicago missed 10 of its last 11 shots. Ionescu made a 3-pointer and a jumper from the free-throw line during the run, and Marine Johannes highlighted the spurt with an over-the-shoulder pass to Howard. New York, which won its first playoff game since September 23, 2015, plays Game 2 of the best-of-three series at Chicago on Saturday. Betnijah Laney added 17 points and Stefanie Dolson scored 13 for New York, which set a franchise scoring record in the playoffs. NBA – LeBron James inks 2-year, $97.1 million deal with Lakers LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension through the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Lakers. The maximum deal includes a player option for the 2024-25 season that would keep the second-leading scorer in NBA history with the Lakers past his 40th birthday. James was headed into the final year of his most recent deal with the Lakers, who signed the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and four-time league champion in July 2018. Barring injury, James is likely to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s career scoring king this winter. NCAA – Big Ten – USC, UCLA exits could cost Pac-12 schools $13M in rights A new report says the departures of Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference could mean an estimated loss of around $13 million per year in media rights for each of the remaining schools. The interim report was released during a Board of Regents meeting held at UCLA to address its move to the Big Ten Conference in 2024. California Gov. Gavin Newsom demanded an explanation from UCLA about the move when he attended last month’s Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco. UCLA and USC announced in June that the schools would be leaving the Pac-12 Conference in two years. USC is a private institution and not part of the UC system. Golf – LIV – Report: LIV draft contract has restrictions and major bonus The Wall Street Journal is reporting LIV Golf players need permission to grant exclusive interviews and agree to help recruit other players. The Journal says it reviewed a draft contract that Saudi-funded LIV Golf offered players. The newspaper says it wasn’t clear if terms in the draft are in all contracts or can be negotiated. None of the signing bonuses are mentioned. One provision says players would get a $1 million bonus if they were to win any of the four majors. Meanwhile, Greg Norman has sent a letter updating LIV Golf’s request for world ranking points. Golf – PGA – Players-only private meeting was all about a better PGA Tour Tiger Woods felt strongly enough about a private meeting of top PGA Tour players that he flew from Florida to Delaware to attend. What’s emerging from that players-only meeting is unity against a rival league funded by Saudi money and how to make the PGA Tour better. There was another form of unity. No one is willing to share details on the best way forward. Xander Schauffele says there was a code to keep tight lips. Rory McIlroy says the ideas are for tour executives to hear as they forge a path. As for Woods? McIlroy says he remains the biggest voice. NHL – Blackhawks agree to 1-year deal with D Jack Johnson The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with Jack Johnson after the veteran defenseman helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup last season. Johnson’s contract carries a $950,000 hit to the salary cap. General manager Kyle Davidson says Johnson “provides the team with a strong veteran presence, good size and a competitive edge.” The 35-year-old Johnson broke into the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings in 2007. He has 72 goals and 240 assists in 1,024 games, also playing for Columbus, Pittsburgh and the New York Rangers. NASCAR – Kimi Raikkonen hits pause on retirement to race NASCAR Kimi Raikkonen will take a break from his retirement to return to racing this weekend in the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York. The 2007 Formula One world champion will drive for TrackHouse Racing and its Project91, which is a program to give top international drivers exposure to NASCAR. Sunday’s race with the Raikkonen is the debut of Project91. The Finnish driver has tried NASCAR racing once before. In 2011, he ran the Xfinity and Truck Series races at Charlotte. This will be his Cup debut. There are a NASCAR-record seven countries represented in Sunday’s field. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 10, Lake County Captains 2 Lansing Lugnuts 6, Great Lakes Loons 3 Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, PPD – Poor field conditions, DH on 8/19 Tonight Lake County Captains at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer St. Joseph 1, Plainwell 0 Lakeshore 8, Dowagiac 1 Allegan 2, South Haven 0 Niles 6, Bloomingdale 1 Cassopolis 4, Buchanan 2 Hartford 8, Paw Paw 4 Gull Lake 7, Edwardsburg 0 Watervliet 4, Parchment 0 Schoolcraft 1, Coloma 0 Fennville 5, Lawton 2 Marshall 4, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 3 Harper Creek 5, Three Rivers 2 Kalamazoo Central 3, Coldwater 2 Holland Black River 4, Saugatuck 0 Boys Tennis St. Joseph 6, Kalamazoo Central 2 Tonight Boys Soccer Howardsville Christian at Bangor, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg at Otsego, 6:30 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Cleveland Guardians 8, Detroit Tigers 4 Houston Astros 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Chicago Cubs 3, Washington Nationals 2 Guardians 8, Tigers 4 – Guardians score 6 runs in 8th, rally past Tigers 8-4 All-Star José Ramírez blooped a go-ahead, two-run double as the Cleveland Guardians scored six runs with two outs in the eighth inning, rallying for a 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Rookies Steven Kwan and Oscar Gonzalez had RBI doubles, and Amed Rosario and Owen Miller added run-scoring singles in the eighth for the AL Central-leading Guardians. Tigers reliever Andrew Chafin struck out the first three batters in the inning, but tossed a wild pitch that allowed Luke Maile to run to first base and extend the frame. Cleveland then rattled off five straight hits and had seven consecutive men reach base. Astros 3, White Sox 2 – Valdez, Alvarez lead Astros to 3-2 win over White Sox Framber Valdez threw seven solid innings, Yordan Alvarez drove in a run and scored one, and the Houston Astros beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2. Chicago’s five-game winning streak ended. Valdez (12-4) gave up two runs and seven hits, struck out six and walked three. The left-hander is 4-0 in six starts since losing to Oakland on July 9. Alvarez drove in Jose Altuve with a sacrifice fly in the first. He singled and scored on Trey Mancini’s sac fly in the fourth. Cubs 3, Nationals 2 – Gomes’ RBI single in 7th lifts Cubs over Nationals 3-2 Yan Gomes hit a tie-breaking single in the seventh inning against his former team and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 to win the three-game series. Franmil Reyes smacked a leadoff double off Jake McGee in the seventh. McGee struck out the next two batters and right-hander Steve Cishek came on to face righty Gomes, who hit a soft liner to right, scoring Reyes. Gomes played for the Nationals from 2019-21. Erich Uelman pitched 2/3 of an inning for his first major league win. Steven Brault threw two scoreless innings and Rowan Wick pitched the ninth for his eighth save. Today Houston (Garcia 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 9-6), 2:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Sampson 0-3) at Baltimore (Watkins 4-2), 3:05 p.m. Tigers are off MLB – Mike Trout plans to return for Angels on Friday in Detroit Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout intends to return to the Los Angeles Angels’ lineup on Friday night in Detroit. Trout hasn’t played since July 12. He missed the Angels’ past 30 games with an injury to his upper back and ribcage. He faced live pitching Monday and worked out Wednesday. The workouts left him confident he will be able to play against the Tigers when the Angels open a lengthy road trip. Trout earned an All-Star selection this summer while batting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs in 79 games. But he has missed significant playing time for the second straight season. MLB – Former Phillies manager Joe Girardi to join Cubs TV booth Former Phillies manager Joe Girardi has joined Marquee Sports Network as an game analyst for the Chicago Cubs, one of his former teams. Marquee says Girardi will join Jon Sciambi and former big league pitcher Jim Deshaies in the booth for this weekend’s series against Milwaukee. He also will work next month’s series at Miami. Marquee Sports Network is jointly owned by the Cubs and Sinclair Broadcast Group. The 57-year-old Girardi was the manager in Philadelphia before he was fired in June. He had a 132-141 record over three years with the Phillies. NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 2 Tonight Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks, 8:00 p.m. NFL – Colts, Lions get physical on 1st day of joint practices Indianapolis coach Frank Reich enjoyed watching the first joint practice with the Detroit Lions. He liked the spirited play, the intensity, even the controlled chippiness. Lions quarterback Jared Goff just enjoyed working against a different defense — once he settled in. It was a solid start to a long, busy week of work. The two teams will hold another practice against one another Thursday and meet Saturday for their second preseason game. WNBA – WNBA Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of three) Last Night New York Liberty 98, Chicago Sky 91                                          (NYL leads 1-0) Liberty 98, Sky 91 – Liberty score final 13 points, beat Sky in playoff opener Sabrina Ionescu had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Natasha Howard also scored 22 points and the seventh-seeded New York Liberty beat the defending champion Chicago Sky 98-91 in the opening game of the WNBA playoffs. New York scored the final 13 points of the fourth quarter as Chicago missed 10 of its last 11 shots. Ionescu made a 3-pointer and a jumper from the free-throw line during the run, and Marine Johannes highlighted the spurt with an over-the-shoulder pass to Howard. New York, which won its first playoff game since September 23, 2015, plays Game 2 of the best-of-three series at Chicago on Saturday. Betnijah Laney added 17 points and Stefanie Dolson scored 13 for New York, which set a franchise scoring record in the playoffs. NBA – LeBron James inks 2-year, $97.1 million deal with Lakers LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension through the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Lakers. The maximum deal includes a player option for the 2024-25 season that would keep the second-leading scorer in NBA history with the Lakers past his 40th birthday. James was headed into the final year of his most recent deal with the Lakers, who signed the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and four-time league champion in July 2018. Barring injury, James is likely to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s career scoring king this winter. NCAA – Big Ten – USC, UCLA exits could cost Pac-12 schools $13M in rights A new report says the departures of Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference could mean an estimated loss of around $13 million per year in media rights for each of the remaining schools. The interim report was released during a Board of Regents meeting held at UCLA to address its move to the Big Ten Conference in 2024. California Gov. Gavin Newsom demanded an explanation from UCLA about the move when he attended last month’s Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco. UCLA and USC announced in June that the schools would be leaving the Pac-12 Conference in two years. USC is a private institution and not part of the UC system. Golf – LIV – Report: LIV draft contract has restrictions and major bonus The Wall Street Journal is reporting LIV Golf players need permission to grant exclusive interviews and agree to help recruit other players. The Journal says it reviewed a draft contract that Saudi-funded LIV Golf offered players. The newspaper says it wasn’t clear if terms in the draft are in all contracts or can be negotiated. None of the signing bonuses are mentioned. One provision says players would get a $1 million bonus if they were to win any of the four majors. Meanwhile, Greg Norman has sent a letter updating LIV Golf’s request for world ranking points. Golf – PGA – Players-only private meeting was all about a better PGA Tour Tiger Woods felt strongly enough about a private meeting of top PGA Tour players that he flew from Florida to Delaware to attend. What’s emerging from that players-only meeting is unity against a rival league funded by Saudi money and how to make the PGA Tour better. There was another form of unity. No one is willing to share details on the best way forward. Xander Schauffele says there was a code to keep tight lips. Rory McIlroy says the ideas are for tour executives to hear as they forge a path. As for Woods? McIlroy says he remains the biggest voice. NHL – Blackhawks agree to 1-year deal with D Jack Johnson The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with Jack Johnson after the veteran defenseman helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup last season. Johnson’s contract carries a $950,000 hit to the salary cap. General manager Kyle Davidson says Johnson “provides the team with a strong veteran presence, good size and a competitive edge.” The 35-year-old Johnson broke into the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings in 2007. He has 72 goals and 240 assists in 1,024 games, also playing for Columbus, Pittsburgh and the New York Rangers. NASCAR – Kimi Raikkonen hits pause on retirement to race NASCAR Kimi Raikkonen will take a break from his retirement to return to racing this weekend in the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York. The 2007 Formula One world champion will drive for TrackHouse Racing and its Project91, which is a program to give top international drivers exposure to NASCAR. Sunday’s race with the Raikkonen is the debut of Project91. The Finnish driver has tried NASCAR racing once before. In 2011, he ran the Xfinity and Truck Series races at Charlotte. This will be his Cup debut. There are a NASCAR-record seven countries represented in Sunday’s field. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 10, Lake County Captains 2 Lansing Lugnuts 6, Great Lakes Loons 3 Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, PPD – Poor field conditions, DH on 8/19 Tonight Lake County Captains at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Beloit Sky Carp at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer St. Joseph 1, Plainwell 0 Lakeshore 8, Dowagiac 1 Allegan 2, South Haven 0 Niles 6, Bloomingdale 1 Cassopolis 4, Buchanan 2 Hartford 8, Paw Paw 4 Gull Lake 7, Edwardsburg 0 Watervliet 4, Parchment 0 Schoolcraft 1, Coloma 0 Fennville 5, Lawton 2 Marshall 4, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 3 Harper Creek 5, Three Rivers 2 Kalamazoo Central 3, Coldwater 2 Holland Black River 4, Saugatuck 0 Boys Tennis St. Joseph 6, Kalamazoo Central 2 Tonight Boys Soccer Howardsville Christian at Bangor, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Middleville Thornapple Kellogg at Otsego, 6:30 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This year's race for NBA Most Valuable Player is one of the tightest in recent memory. Two-time winner Giannis Antetokounmpo is making a strong push to become just the ninth three-time winner. The reigning MVP, Nikola Jokic, is putting up historic numbers night after night. And in Philadelphia, Sixers center Joel Embiid kept his team at the top of the East through a tumultuous year while averaging 30 points a game. Today, The Athletic's Sam Amick joins us to talk about his recent exclusive interview with Embiid, where the Cameroonian big man shared his thoughts on the Ben Simmons saga, the acquisition of James Harden and if Philly has enough to go all the way. Plus we break down this historic MVP race by making the case for each of the top contenders.Read Sam Amick's full interview with Joel Embiid: https://theathletic.com/3213386/2022/03/28/joel-embiid-unplugged-on-the-mvp-trusting-daryl-morey-his-new-partner-james-harden-and-still-having-a-long-way-to-go/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

#nbamvp #mvp #nba #kiamvpaward #basketball #nbabasketball #nikolajokic #joelembiid #giannisantetokounmpoHost Micah Cannon names his top 3 NBA MVP candidates along with some honorable mentions and predicts the 2022 NBA MVP Winner!Subscribe & Turn On Notifications! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHQq7KRAXJ8Chyi2JW_XL4g?sub_confirmation=1Follow The Bro!Instagram - (Personal) @micahjcannon - https://www.instagram.com/micahjcannon/Instagram (YouTube Updates/ Short Vid Posts)  @onthemicnetwork - https://www.instagram.com/onthemicnetwork/Instagram (Audio Podcasts) - @onthemicmedia - https://www.instagram.com/onthemicmedia/Tic Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@micahjcannon_?lang=enSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6qjti0K...iHeart Radio -  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-on...Player FM - https://player.fm/series/on-the-mic-2...Deezer - https://www.deezer.com/us/show/2315952All Links - https://onthemic.buzzsprout.com/I do not own any of the footage Used in this video. No Violation of copywrite law is intended.

Rundown -    Katy Winge - 02:58   Troubadour Dave Gunders - 35:10   "The Rebound" by Dave Gunders - 44:42   Right Wing Media Watch: Peter Boyles Remembered - 51:13   Denver Nuggets' broadcaster Katy Winge has distinguished herself as an outstanding hoops analyst with skills she displays on Altitude Sports. Learn about the way Katy, a former D-I player at Illinois State, expertly utilizes Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. An instructor at Metro State, Katy Winge will impress you with her basketball, broadcasting, and social media acumen.   Nikola Jokic should repeat as NBA Most Valuable Player. Learn lots about the best Nugget ever and what Joker's like behind the scenes. We also learn about Nah'Shon (BizzyBones) Hyland, outstanding Nuggets' rookie, who barely survived a Wilmington, DE fire that took the lives of two close relatives. https://coloradosun.com/2022/03/28/silverman-denver-nuggets-opinion/   What's an analyst to say when Bones Hyland starts making long shots in clusters, triggering ear-to-ear smiles on himself, the crowd, and even opponents? Bones is fun and infectious, but Katy discusses how she avoids saying “Bones is on fire” or words to that effect. Given the circumstances, "Bones going off," or "Bones is on a roll" works better.   Our Troubadour Dave Gunders has perfect song with fire and a ton of his soul inside. The Rebound is about damaged human beings finding each other at just the right time. Nobody rebounds better that the Nuggets' Joker and its new rookie named Bones. Chris Rock rebounding from Will Smith slap discussed.   In Right Wing Media Watch, we remember Peter Boyles. We document with sound his destructive behavior, including dishonest hostile treatment of colleagues who challenged him. Addressed is apparent racism underlying Boyles' birther, immigration, and Colin Kaepernick stances.

A classic interview from the vault Dave Cowens the former Boston Celtic player and NBA head coach. Cowens spent most of his playing career with Boston and was the 1971 NBA Rookie of the Year and the 1973 NBA Most Valuable Player. Bob Lobel talks to Dave about the NBA and his career. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/legendsboston/message

A classic interview from the vault Dave Cowens the former Boston Celtic player and NBA head coach. Cowens spent most of his playing career with Boston and was the 1971 NBA Rookie of the Year and the 1973 NBA Most Valuable Player. Bob Lobel talks to Dave about the NBA and his career. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/legendsboston/message

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors is a two time NBA Most Valuable Player and a three time NBA Champion. At the age of 33, he is playing some of the best all around basketball of his career. Mike Wise welcomes Matt Steinmetz, who has covered the Warriors since 1996 for an examination of Curry's greatness as a player and as a person.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

[Enjoy Adam's podcast? Buy him a coffee | Thanks for your support]I'm excited to welcome Basketball Hall of Fame legend, Dave Cowens. The first NBA Most Valuable Player to appear on the podcast. In this fun, insightful and wide-ranging conversation, Dave discusses his days at Newport Catholic HS and run-ins with the assistant principal, who also doubled as his basketball coach. Dave details his recruitment to Florida State University – where he was a four-year standout with the Seminoles.Dave recounts an intriguing letter he wrote to Celtics legend – and then-Cincinnati Royals coach, Bob Cousy – ahead of the 1970 NBA Draft. Cowens was a busy man in the lead-up to his rookie debut with the Celtics. During the week, he played in Boston's Neighborhood Basketball League (BNBL) and on weekends commuted to New York to play in the famed Rucker League. For good measure, Dave teamed with ‘Pistol' Pete Maravich and stole the show at the Maurice Stokes Memorial Basketball Game.Of course, there's plenty of NBA and Celtics discussion. We chat about the two titles Dave won with Boston in the 1970s, how he prepared for games and battled with all-time great centers that often had significant height advantages over him. We even found time to talk about Larry Legend, too. This conversation primarily covers Dave's on-court days. Hopefully he'll return to the show to discuss his post-playing career and life after basketball. This is a candidate for my favorite episode yet.If you enjoy this chat and you're on Twitter, I'd be most grateful if you'd consider a quick tweet to Bob Ryan (@GlobeBobRyan), thanking him for the connect with Mr. Cowens. This conversation would not have happened without Bob's continued generosity.Follow: Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | FacebookListen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | OvercastSubscribe: NBA-history newsletterE-mail Adam any time. Thanks for listening!

Charles Wade Barkley is a former professional basketball player and current analyst on Inside the NBA. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" and "the Round Mound of Rebound," Barkley was an 11-time NBA All-Star, an 11-time member of the All-NBA Team, and the 1993 NBA Most Valuable Player. But his professional career began in Philadelphia alongside Moses Malone and Dr. J. So today we're going to do a deep dive on Charles Barkley's Seventy Sixers.

In a tweet, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO 3) congratulates on Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets winning the NBA Most Valuable Player award as 'a true gentleman.' Comrade Kyle Clark of 9 News and other liberals on Twitter immediately condemn the comment as implicitly 'racist.' Dan wonders why.

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SHOW LESSBryson presents his closing argument for why Steph Curry is clearly this season's NBA Most Valuable Player, as well as who he believes should win each of the major NBA awards. He also explains why the Celtics need to move on from Brad Stevens at the season's conclusion, and his predictions for the NBA's inaugural Play In Tournament. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bryson-carver/message

This season's NBA Most Valuable Player award will probably go to Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets. The big man from Denver is certainly deserving of the award with the season he is putting together. But while Kendrick Perkins is a great admirer of "The Joker," he believes the real MVP is a foot shorter, 100 pounds lighter, and plays for the Phoenix Suns. Big Perk will make his case in this Quick Hitter and after you hear his explanation, it may just convince you that the real MVP this season is actually Chris Paul.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On Fri.'s ep. of No Dunks, we debate and predict who will win the '20-21 NBA Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved Player, and Coach of the Year awards. That, plus underrated rookies, apology dinners, BIG BEEF respect, and which random celebrities we would like to challenge to a game of 1-on-1.Subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Fri.'s ep. of No Dunks, we debate and predict who will win the '20-21 NBA Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved Player, and Coach of the Year awards. That, plus underrated rookies, apology dinners, BIG BEEF respect, and which random celebrities we would like to challenge to a game of 1-on-1. Subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just when we thought the NBA Most Valuable Player race was down to two contenders, Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid -- we learn that Magic Johnson is pushing the candidacy of Golden State's Steph Curry, who has been averaging 39.9 points per game through the first half of April. Curry is on the board at 100-1 at Draft Kings, and head oddsmaker, Johnny Avello, joined Chris Sheridan of BasketballNews.com for an interesting podcast looking at various NBA markets and discussing when -- if ever -- legalized sports gambling may come to California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And the 2021 NBA Most Valuable Player is.....Alex Len! Just kidding, but the boys are talking midseason awards this week. The Dropouts share their winners of the NBA's most prestigious awards 30 games too early, but who cares. The categories covered today include:Rookie of the YearDefensive Player of the Year6th Man of the YearMost Improved PlayerCoach of the Yearand of course, the most coveted hardware of all, the MVP award. Join us as things get a little spicy in the studio.

Matt Youmans joins host Jonathan Von Tobel to break down the Week 8 NFL slate and discuss a few in-pocket plays from earlier this week. Plus, JVT's look at the NBA MVP prices and an XFINITY 500 preview with Brendan Gaughan. VSiN Host: Jonathan Von Tobel Guests: Matt Youmans, Host of VSiN's My Guys in The Desert Brendan Gaughan, Host of VSiN's Gone Racin' Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The Work in Sports podcast: Moving Forward is brought to you by EMPOWRD This is the most important election of our time. And let's be honest, voting during a pandemic is a little confusing right now. There is so much misinformation out there aimed toward making you believe your vote doesn't matter  Well, your vote does matter.   Voting is the most important responsibility of citizens. Don't give up that power or that right! Get engaged, informed & ready to vote - all with ONE app.  All of these top athletes are out there supporting this great app that will make it easier for you to get all the information you need to vote!  Download the app today at EMPOWRD.com  Welcome to Part 3 of our 4-part Moving Forward mini-series analyzing social justice through the eyes of ten young, diverse aspiring sports professionals, I'm your host, Brian Clapp from WorkinSports.com. Social justice in sports, the idea of communicating anger and frustration based on racial inequity, took a few decades off.  NBA Hall of famer Bill Russell, five-time NBA Most Valuable Player, 12-time All-Star, 11-time NBA championship, Olympic gold medal winner, NCAA Champion -- used his platform to fight against the racism and inequality that plague our country today.  Russell believes you should stand up for your beliefs, no matter what the cost - and he has always lived that way. Fans were violent toward him, the FBI surveilled him, fellow pro's criticized him -- but he persevered.  He spoke his truth without fear of reciprocity because his goal was to do more than win basketball games, he wanted to change the world.  This was the 60's - the energy and fervor to fight oppression and inequality slowed down in the 70's, 80's and 90's and early 2000. 40 years of silence from our sports stars, the leaders and most powerful voices for change, unfortunately shut up and dribbled.  Michael Jordan, Lawrence Taylor, Charles Barkley, Barry Bonds -- they were all outspoken, but rarely is ever about social change and inequality.  The voice from within became silent. Glitz, glam and excess became the voice. Love him, hate him, respect him, admonish him - it was Colin Kaepernick who woke up the sports world and brought the athletes back down to the people.  Others followed suit with power and passion  -- but it became clear, it was no longer a shut up and dribble world.      That voice, the one that comes from the inside, has so much power. In 2017, Bill Russell posted a photograph of himself on Twitter,  in which he was taking a knee in solidarity with NFL players. Wearing his Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the image was captioned with "Proud to take a knee, and to stand tall against social injustice."  In an interview with ESPN, Russell said he wanted the NFL players to know they weren't alone. This conversation, part three of our moving forward series, isn't about the merits of taking a knee, it's about using your voice from the inside to affect positive change.  Everyone here listening doesn't have the benefit of a platform like Kyrie Irving or Bill Russell, but change can come from listening, and using the platform you do have inside our industry. To help me through this conversation, join me in welcoming Devin Walker, Miguel Garcia Espinoza and Caitlin Wallen… Thanks to Caitlin, Miguel and Devin for joining me in this important conversation about change and using your voice. I'll finish up by quoting historian Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States “We don't have to engage in grand heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can change the world.”  Thanks for listening. 

Yang and Idris discuss the sports highlights from the 20th May, including Michael Jordan winning the 1991 NBA Most Valuable Player. We Fink We Know Sports! What Do You Know?

Beyonce is rich, with a reported net worth of $290 Million. And so is Kobe Bryant sitting at $350 Million. But in the tally of America’s 40 wealthiest self-made under-40 personalities, the pop diva trails nearly everyone else at number 38 on the list, while the retired NBA Most Valuable Player—whose superior athletic abilities should have outpaced any competition—came sputtering in at number 33. Impressive still? No doubt. But when you take a look at the vast majority of the self-made wealthy on the list, there are some undeniable trends that'd lead the astute to believe that the most likely path to eventually becoming a billionaire isn't through sports or music—it's through business. With a few exceptions, the list is dominated (90 percent) by young founders, entrepreneurs and investors associated with globally recognizable brands like Facebook, Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat, Pinterest, Instagram and more. On the world's stage, there are 56 billionaires under 40 years old according to the Forbes 2017 list. While a number of them—like Alexandra Andresen (born in July 1996 and the youngest person who made the list)—inherited a very large fortune from their parents, more than half (30) built their own wealth entrepreneurs in spaces like technology, healthcare and investing. At an increasing pace, the world is minting self-made billionaires, some of them still in their 20s (looking at you, Evan Spiegel of Snapchat). But what does it take to build a 10-digit fortune decades before you even need to think about retirement? To answer the question of how to become a billionaire, we need to examine the rise of young tech moguls such as Mark Zuckerberg, the Collison brothers (Stripe), Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy (SnapChat), and Adam Neumann (WeWork). We can then identify commonalities in their journey towards entrepreneurial success. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/getu-chandler/support

The 17th edition (Part 2 of 2) of Whe're They At features Hip-Hop legend, founding member of Public Enemy and activist, Chuck D. Chuck had an iconic career lasting over three decades as a lyricist, leader of the one of the most influential groups in American music, Public Enemy and entrepreneur. His powerful lyrics and artistic foresight helped Public Enemy spearhead the rise of Def Jam Records in the late-1980's while releasing four of the greatest albums in hip-hop history from 1987-91 (Yo! Bum Rush The Show, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Fear of a Black Planet and Apocalypse 91....the Enemy Strikes Back). While still performing with PE and on his own, he has spearheaded ventures in radio and multimedia. Recently, he's been touring with The Prophets of Rage (with B-Real from Cypress Hill and members from Rage Against The Machine) and has released a new album in April 2020 with Enemy Radio called 'Loud is Not Enough'. Also, him along with Public Enemy received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2020. Host Nabaté Isles had the honor to speak with Chuck on a myriad of topics including:                     01:32-On having to adjust his performances and message in different cities/countries around the world.                                  06:11-The essence of the African Diaspora.                               12:42-His foresight to be involved with the digital music industry.                                 17:33-The music artist that Chuck wish that he worked with.                              18:58-The importance of group collaboration in creating music and content.                          21:19-Chuck names the 'solo producer' who resonates with him the most.                             22:05-Reflected on the lawsuit involving Notorious B.I.G. and DJ Premier, in regards to 'Ten Crack Commandments'.                                28:41-On how the current state of basketball is similar to reissues in music.                                   31:00-Does Chuck see the NBA season resuming?                             32:32-Who does he pick for NBA Most Valuable Player?                              34:25-Shares his thoughts on the current state of his beloved New York Knicks.                                  36:56-Made a great analogy when it comes to the career of legendary NBA coach, Pat Riley.                                39:39-Shares logical thoughts on James Dolan.                          41:20-On how Chuck still creates and showcases his visual artwork.                                44:09-Gives his impressions on different notable hip-hop artists.                              52:26-Most underrated MCs?                             Musical selections are from Nabaté Isles' album, 'Eclectic Excursions', available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, Tidal, etc. Check out his website as well: www.nabateisles.com 

For the past few decades, the Lone-Star state has been a sports powerhouse, producing NFL Pro-bowlers, NBA Most Valuable Player award recipients, and as recently as 2017, a World Series champion. On this episode of TrueSports, we’ll be taking a deep look at Texas sports, discussing the Astros, Dak Prescott, Bill O’Brien, and everything and everyone in between with Dusty Baker, a sports anchor and reporter at Nexstar Media Group in Abilene, Texas. Also, Dusty shares his observations of the XFL’s opening day in Dallas, and Caleb fills in for JD on Swenson’s Games of the Week. Tags: caleb, spinner, dusty, baker, truesports, podcast, sports, truechat, nfl, mlb, texas, Houston, dallas, Texans, cowboys, xfl

The 2nd edition of Whe're They At features Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, David Robinson. David is a member of the NBA All-Time Top-50 team (established in 1996), won the 1994-95 NBA Most Valuable Player and is a two-time NBA champion with the San Antonio Spurs. He is also a humanitarian and philanthropist, who founded the Carver Academy charter school in San Antonio and has established over 100 schools within their charter network.  Host Nabaté Isles had the honor to speak with David on a plethora of topics including:  02:10: The foundation set by his parents (his father was enlisted in the Navy).      03:02: Athletic and Social figures who inspired him, including meeting an Olympic pioneer.       04:35: On having an abnormal growth spurt.          05:40: On how the Naval Academy made him instill valuable life lessons.           08:34: His Olympic experiences (1988, 1992 and 1996) and how representing the USA was different for him.         10:12: David receives a surprise greeting from a Grammy winner and jazz legend, Branford Marsalis as they had musical connection in Barcelona (Spain) during the 1992 Summer Olympics.          12:50: On the correlation between music and sports.        13:51: On finding faith to counter the pressures of being a prolific athlete.        18:20: The greatness of his longtime head coach and mentor, Gregg Popovich.          22:22: On how he had to adjust his game and mindset with the addition of Tim Duncan with the San Antonio Spurs.          24:08: David receives another greeting, this time from longtime Spurs teammate and friend, Vinny Del Negro.            26:39: Does Coach Popovich need to rebuild in San Antonio?             28:31: Surprised by former Spur Kawhi Leonard's success leading the Toronto Raptors to the 2019 NBA title?             31:24: On how coaching success is reflected by the right situation.               32:40: On the growth and ascension of his Carver Academy charter schools.             34:44: On fatherhood, family and the success of his three sons.                38:24: On current players he's mentoring.             39:37: Did LeBron James seek advice from him while creating a charter school of his own?              40:48: Is LeBron still the best player in the NBA? If not, who is?               41:31: FAST BREAK segment of random questions for David.               48:40: On his affinity for the city of San Antonio.         Musical selections are from Nabaté Isles' album, 'Eclectic Excursions', available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, Tidal, etc. Check out his website as well:  www.nabateisles.com          

On tonight's episode of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon, wham, bam, no thank you Cam; Cam Newton denied a seat swap after offering a passenger $1,500 on his flight home from France. Speculation around the Kevin Durant injury has rumors swirling that his injury was mishandled - how does a right calf strain become a blown Achilles? The Golden State Warriors have a lot of work to do if they intend on getting KD back. Also, Andre Iguodala confidently says that "NOBODY is going to the Knicks," when asked about KD and Klay Thompson. Hopeful Knicks fan Jason Smith feels bad for Iguodala because the Knicks never wanted him. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the NBA Most Valuable Player, but Jason doesn't believe he's deserving over someone else... Senior NBA Writer & Insider at Bleacher Report and FS1 Ric Bucher joins the show to talk more about what's to expect from NBA Free Agency. Is Kevin Durant already walking through the door at Madison Square Garden? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

On tonight's episode of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon, wham, bam, no thank you, Cam; Cam Newton denied a seat swap after offering a passenger $1,500 on his flight home from France. Speculation around the Kevin Durant injury has rumors swirling that his injury was mishandled - how does a right calf strain become a blown Achilles? Also, Andre Iguodala confidently says "NOBODY is going to the Knicks" when asked about KD and Klay Thompson. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the NBA Most Valuable Player, but Jason doesn't believe he's deserving over someone else... Senior NBA Writer & Insider at Bleacher Report and FS1 Ric Bucher joins the show to talk more about what's to expect from NBA Free Agency. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Welcome to the very first show! Let me know what you guys think and what to y’all about next! The choice is YOURS! Today, we talk my top 5 worthy candidates for the NBA Most Valuable Player but more importantly we dive a little bit in on Nipsey Hussle’s TRUE impact. Don’t miss out on whose birthday is today and the daily quote! Link to song: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCrwwMfc6zweVJNJQiHxSE3g or check him out at JayJohnz on YouTube! THIS IS BIG Facts!!

Scott Soshnick, Eben Novy-Williams and Michael Barr discuss the move of LeBron James from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Los Angeles Lakers. The basketball icon has agreed to sign with the Lakers, one of the premier franchises in the National Basketball Association. His move to L.A. has widespread implications on a number of businesses, including AEG, Nike, Fanatics, ABC/ESPN, Turner and Wish, an e-commerce company with its logo on the Lakers' uniform tops. The former NBA Most Valuable Player will be paid $154 million over four seasons.

Welcome to the TALK THAT TALK PODCAST! Episode 1 will be covering Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan is a: 6× NBA champion (1991–1993, 1996–1998)6× NBA Finals MVP (1991–1993, 1996–1998)5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002, 2003)3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)10× All-NBA First Team (1987–1993, 1996–1998)All-NBA Second Team (1985)NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)NBA Rookie of the Year (1985)NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985)10× NBA scoring champion (1987–1993, 1996–1998)3× NBA steals leader (1988, 1990, 1993)2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)With all of that said, the career of Michael Jordan has been somewhat overstated and there are parts of the story that have seemingly been erased. None of what I have to say is to denigrate the legacy of Michael Jordan but the truth is the truth. Stay tuned for episode two.

Welcome to the TALK THAT TALK PODCAST! Episode 1 will be covering Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan is a: 6× NBA champion (1991–1993, 1996–1998)6× NBA Finals MVP (1991–1993, 1996–1998)5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002, 2003)3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)10× All-NBA First Team (1987–1993, 1996–1998)All-NBA Second Team (1985)NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)NBA Rookie of the Year (1985)NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985)10× NBA scoring champion (1987–1993, 1996–1998)3× NBA steals leader (1988, 1990, 1993)2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)With all of that said, the career of Michael Jordan has been somewhat overstated and there are parts of the story that have seemingly been erased. None of what I have to say is to denigrate the legacy of Michael Jordan but the truth is the truth. Stay tuned for episode two.

EP 43: "Hornacek is Gone! But the NBA Playoffs of 2018 has Begun!"4/15/2018- This is Episode 11, of Season 2, of our podcast known as "Knicksfandom!" - In today's episode during the "Knicks Weekly Round-Up" segment L.A. Blackwell, Danny, and Flau discuss the recent firing of former Knicks Head Coach Jeff Hornacek, after two seasons with a combined Knicks coaching record of 60-104! They also give their final thoughts regarding if Coach Hornacek should have remained as the Knicks Head Coach or if he was rightfully relieved, of his coaching duties.- The fellas debate some of the potential Knicks head coaching candidates (i.e. Mark Jackson, David Fizdale, David Blatt, Jeff Van Gundy, Jerry Stackhouse, Mike Woodson, etc.) And they each give their personal top three candidates that should replace former Head Coach Jeff Hornacek! - Moreover, during the "Behind the Scenes" segment, they explore: - The New York Daily News poll- regarding which Knicks staff members and players should stay or should go? - In addition, during the "NBA Talk" segment, the guys review the following: - Russell Westbrook’s back to back seasons averaging a triple double!- The guys give their predictions, regarding the NBA annual awards: (i.e. NBA Most Valuable Player of the Year, NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA Defensive Player of the Year, NBA Most Improved Player, NBA Coach of the Year, etc.) - Lastly, the crew give their NBA Playoffs first round series predictions (i.e. Cleveland Cavaliers versus Indiana Pacers, Oklahoma City Thunder versus Utah Jazz, Portland Trailblazers versus New Orleans Pelicans, Philadelphia 76ers versus Miami Heat, etc.)- And so much more!{Jeff Hornacek} By Flickr user Adam Glanzman [CC BY 3.0 (http//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 2{Russell Westbrook}https//www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/4095024022 https//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode{James Harden}https//www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/4095024022 https//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode{NBA Playoffs}https//www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/4095024022 https//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcodeBe a part of it!Find our Podcast Here:www.spreaker.com/show/knicksfandomStitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=124330&refid=stprFacebook: www.facebook.com/KnicksfandomiTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/knicksfandom/id1173138462?mt=2YouTube, Google Play & Pocket Casts!

EP 43: "Hornacek is Gone! But the NBA Playoffs of 2018 has Begun!"4/15/2018- This is Episode 11, of Season 2, of our podcast known as "Knicksfandom!" - In today's episode during the "Knicks Weekly Round-Up" segment L.A. Blackwell, Danny, and Flau discuss the recent firing of former Knicks Head Coach Jeff Hornacek, after two seasons with a combined Knicks coaching record of 60-104! They also give their final thoughts regarding if Coach Hornacek should have remained as the Knicks Head Coach or if he was rightfully relieved, of his coaching duties.- The fellas debate some of the potential Knicks head coaching candidates (i.e. Mark Jackson, David Fizdale, David Blatt, Jeff Van Gundy, Jerry Stackhouse, Mike Woodson, etc.) And they each give their personal top three candidates that should replace former Head Coach Jeff Hornacek! - Moreover, during the "Behind the Scenes" segment, they explore: - The New York Daily News poll- regarding which Knicks staff members and players should stay or should go? - In addition, during the "NBA Talk" segment, the guys review the following: - Russell Westbrook’s back to back seasons averaging a triple double!- The guys give their predictions, regarding the NBA annual awards: (i.e. NBA Most Valuable Player of the Year, NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA Defensive Player of the Year, NBA Most Improved Player, NBA Coach of the Year, etc.) - Lastly, the crew give their NBA Playoffs first round series predictions (i.e. Cleveland Cavaliers versus Indiana Pacers, Oklahoma City Thunder versus Utah Jazz, Portland Trailblazers versus New Orleans Pelicans, Philadelphia 76ers versus Miami Heat, etc.)- And so much more!{Jeff Hornacek} By Flickr user Adam Glanzman [CC BY 3.0 (http//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 2{Russell Westbrook}https//www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/4095024022 https//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode{James Harden}https//www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/4095024022 https//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode{NBA Playoffs}https//www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/4095024022 https//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcodeBe a part of it!Find our Podcast Here:www.spreaker.com/show/knicksfandomStitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=124330&refid=stprFacebook: www.facebook.com/KnicksfandomiTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/knicksfandom/id1173138462?mt=2YouTube, Google Play & Pocket Casts!

Sean Anderson, Ricky Widmer, and Dave Oster predict who will win the 2016-17 NBA MVP award. Additional Topics: 2016-17 First Impressions Anthony Davis wasting his prime in New Orleans? (Recorded on: October 29th, 2016) Twitters: Sean - @Schwarbo Ricky - @RickyWidmer Dave - @Dave_Dont_Tweet You can directly support Most Valuable Podcasts on Patreon. Become a patron for as little as $1/month to help us expand our great content for you. Also, if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content. ------------------------------------ Snapchat: mostvaluablepod Twitter: twitter.com/MostValuablePod Facebook: www.facebook.com/mvpsportsnetwork Patreon: patreon.com/mostvaluablepodcasts

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a new novel, a new comic book, and wants to save the world. Matt Sardo spoke with the student of Bruce Lee about the current state of the superhero, and how Abdul-Jabbar would like to team up with Ant-Man. The six-time NBA Most Valuable Player also talked about how he interviewed Dr. Martin Luther King as a 17-year-old high school student, and how if we respect one another we can fix the country.

Hosted by Earnest â??EJâ?? Christian and Gee Steelio Guest Co-Host: Rosalyn Ross HOUR #1 *The guys open the show with EJ excited about the return of Game Of Thrones this weekend which sparks a debate which television show is better, The Walking Dead or Breaking Bad. *THE HOT FIVE: Coach K, Winston v. Mariota, Bradford/Manziel, San Antonio Spurs, MLB returns *Lang Greene of Basketball Insiders jumps on for his weekly segment to discuss the final stretch of games into the playoffs and who is his favorite for NBA Most Valuable Player. *EJ, Gee and Rosalyn continue to debate the back and forth of the NBA MVP conversation and whether Steph Curry is the favorite solely because he is the more likable candidate of the bunch. HOUR #2 *Our good friend Rey Moralde of The Rey-Rey Is Fundamental Podcast joins the show to discuss some NBA topics and other funny topics the guys dive into such as Gee Steelioâ??s confession of singing Barry Manilow songs at Karaoke. *The Jay Cutler trade rumors hasnâ??t ceased to stop and EJ annoys Gee about his infatuation with Cutler. Plus EJ, Gee and Rosalyn debate whether recently retired Steelers safety Troy Palomalu is a hall of famer. *Brandon Pemberton of NGSC Sports joins the show to talk about his journey to becoming a vegan and why itâ??s important to eat healthier. Plus he gives his insight on the upcoming NFL Draft and why Philadelphia Eagle fans should continue to trust Chip Kelly. The guys end the show giving their shoutouts heading into the weekend.

Join Jeff Thomas as he talks Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls. Derrick Rose has taken the NBA by Storm this season by being the Youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player in the League. Plus, NBA Playoff  Analysis and team Breakdowns. Go To: www.ranktop5sports.com for the latest blogs