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      <title>LeBron, AD&#39;s quest and trades? What lies ahead for the Lakers</title>
      <description>In April, after the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; suffered a second straight playoff defeat at the hands of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c4aceb39-0eb9-a30b-1120-9cb5b12b677a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/den/denver-nuggets&quot;&gt;Denver Nuggets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; was asked if he had played his last game with the franchise.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m not going to answer that,&quot; James replied.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;James let his signature do the talking in July, when the 39-year-old superstar inked a two-year, $104 million contract extension.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, more questions have surfaced after a consequential summer that saw the team replace coach Darvin Ham with JJ Redick and select &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;11d78ed1-9289-39e6-9718-53544707277d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4897943/dalton-knecht&quot;&gt;Dalton Knecht&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;456f71fd-2ce5-3f50-8d0d-f30c0159789d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683774/bronny-james&quot;&gt;Bronny James&lt;/a&gt; on draft night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And, thanks to a string of role players exercising options on their contracts, the Lakers will return largely the same roster that finished No. 7 in the Western Conference and had to reach the playoffs through the play-in tournament.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With less than three weeks until the start of training camp, here is a look at five major storylines as James embarks on season No. 22, Redick makes his coaching debut and the Lakers chase a return to championship contention.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Often a coach will want to have his team perform in a fashion that reflects his playing style, but the plan Redick shared for James during his introductory news conference was next-level mimicry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Him and I have joked about this, but like, he shot over 40% from 3 this year,&quot; Redick said. &quot;Like, I want him shooting 3s.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Indeed, James shot 41% last season -- the highest of his 21-year career (and not far off the sharpshooting Redick&#39;s career 41.5% mark). It was up from 32.1% the season before, a leap that James credits to his foot injury healing and being able to put in the requisite practice time to hone his shot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 8.9% increase was the fourth largest in NBA history season to season for a player with at least 300 3-point attempts. Another substantial increase under Redick would be rarer still, but there could be improvement by the offense creating more of the right types of looks for James.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;James particularly excelled at catch-and-shoot 3s (45.4%), which ranked third in the league among players with 200 or more attempts, according to Second Spectrum tracking. This could also explain why the analytics-minded rookie coach said he wants to mix in more off-ball action for James this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And there was one area of the court -- above the break on the left side -- where James was elite, connecting on 46% of his 3s from there, per Second Spectrum.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After finishing fourth in voting for Defensive Player of the Year last season, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dcf63163-4dbf-c59d-1920-3ecc2f8bd5fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt; seemed resigned to being overlooked for the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll never get it,&quot; Davis told ESPN when asked about the award. &quot;They&#39;re not giving it to me. The league doesn&#39;t like me. I&#39;m the best defensive player in the league. I can switch 1 through 5. I can guard the pick-and-roll the best in the league, from a big standpoint. I block shots. I rebound.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know what else to do. I&#39;m over it. I&#39;m just going to do what I got to do to help the team win and try to play for a championship. Accolades and individual awards, I&#39;m done with those.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Davis got the last laugh over the reigning DPOY over the summer, besting four-time winner &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;78795dbf-3e02-934e-f796-d6a71375c9f5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt; and France in the Olympic gold-medal game while bringing a defensive edge to Team USA. Davis led the U.S. in blocks (1.5) and was second in rebounds (6.7) and fourth in steals (1.2) while ranking only eighth in minutes played (16.6).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;His defensive numbers for the Lakers last season were dominant en route to a first-team All-Defense selection, joining &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;8aef8547-32f5-0943-a1de-e734567674cc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/sa/san-antonio-spurs&quot;&gt;San Antonio Spurs&lt;/a&gt; big man &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e8844b2-d923-3926-82d2-f19a29d69490&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt; as the only other player to average at least two blocks and one steal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last season, Davis ranked in the league&#39;s top 10 in:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Field goal percentage allowed in the paint&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Field goal percentage allowed on post-ups&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Field goal percentage allowed in isolations&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;His presence lifted the entire team, as L.A. held opponents to 60% on layups and dunks with Davis on the court (which would have ranked ninth in the league for the entire season), but that number jumped to 65% when Davis sat (which would have ranked 29th).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While there&#39;s a case to be made for Davis being back in the DPOY conversation this season, especially after Gobert&#39;s playoff ineffectiveness in the conference semifinals and occasional benching in Paris, Wembanyama&#39;s star has only risen since finishing second for the award as a rookie.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One thing Davis has made clear to the Lakers, sources told ESPN, is his preference to play alongside another big more often. The Lakers are thin in the middle going into the season with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4761286a-feb8-2ea2-d371-dbf677ddf5eb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3058254/christian-wood&quot;&gt;Christian Wood&lt;/a&gt; expected to be out for at least eight weeks following left knee surgery, leaving &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4cd92ac1-73ce-653d-c3b1-9c68e9c7a4d0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397077/jaxson-hayes&quot;&gt;Jaxson Hayes&lt;/a&gt; and two-way player &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75f6a3fc-5c58-eef5-5475-f708edec59c4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397204/colin-castleton&quot;&gt;Colin Castleton&lt;/a&gt; as the only other healthy centers on the roster.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lakers lost 190 games to injuries to four role players last season: Wood (32), forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e03c77d2-fb3e-e0fb-c227-ee9a35aa1aa9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395627/cam-reddish&quot;&gt;Cam Reddish&lt;/a&gt; (34), forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;888ccde3-98d4-6ef8-c697-d6a4ce158f87&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278077/jarred-vanderbilt&quot;&gt;Jarred Vanderbilt&lt;/a&gt; (53) and guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;82247bd5-fd40-3926-f54f-af0cc016aa37&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3137259/gabe-vincent&quot;&gt;Gabe Vincent&lt;/a&gt; (71).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wood and Reddish picked up options on their contracts to return, despite underwhelming campaigns, while Vincent, Vanderbilt and second-year guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;13f136bb-6a2f-3648-8ecb-0e2a77c98500&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5105797/jalen-hood-schifino&quot;&gt;Jalen Hood-Schifino&lt;/a&gt;, who played in just 21 games last season, were all on multiyear deals.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All of this is to say, while the Lakers&#39; roster might look virtually identical to last season, the effectiveness of the roster could be vastly better with an increase in availability.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While Wood underwent surgery last week and Vanderbilt&#39;s foot is still not 100%, sources confirmed to ESPN, Vincent, Reddish and Hood-Schifino will be ready to compete for minutes from the start -- giving Redick more options.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lakers&#39; No. 55 selection in the draft likely received more attention than every other 55th pick in league history combined.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then again, no other No. 55 pick was the son of the NBA&#39;s all-time leading scorer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After a lackluster summer league showing in which he made seven of his 31 shots across six games, Bronny James continued to work out at the Lakers&#39; facilities throughout the offseason, and the team remains enthusiastic about the 6-foot-2 shooting guard&#39;s potential.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The younger James signed a four-year deal with the Lakers but is likely to spend significant time in the G League this season. Once there, he&#39;ll be coached by new South Bay Lakers coach Zach Guthrie, a disciple of &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;15096a54-f015-c987-5ec8-55afedf6272f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-hawks&quot;&gt;Atlanta Hawks&lt;/a&gt; coach Quin Snyder who is expected to bring high-level offensive concepts to the team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;LeBron James enters his 22nd NBA season with a new coach and his son as a teammate. What&#39;s in store for the Lakers with training camp three weeks away?&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lakers were quiet at the 2024 trade deadline and quieter still in the offseason when it came to finding upgrades. But don&#39;t expect the team, which maintained some roster flexibility by remaining under the restrictive second apron, to look the same in the postseason as it does on opening night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;L.A. has several assets in its coffers that it can aggregate in a potential trade for a star: its 2029 and 2031 first-round picks; young talent on affordable contracts, such as Knecht, Hood-Schifino and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;29a42e27-f5a8-3d6e-a950-2b76a81f1d20&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432582/max-christie&quot;&gt;Max Christie&lt;/a&gt;; and players on midrange contracts, such as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;155978bc-3f36-925f-c5b2-b0f15c5a2a13&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136776/dangelo-russell&quot;&gt;D&#39;Angelo Russell&lt;/a&gt; (an expiring $18.6 million deal), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;40c1bcf6-675b-f217-f97c-1d628073f927&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066648/rui-hachimura&quot;&gt;Rui Hachimura&lt;/a&gt; ($17 million), Vincent ($11 million) and Vanderbilt ($10.7 million).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One name to watch: &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;585a3d05-447b-8a2f-bfed-56049d1c04ba&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6477/jonas-valanciunas&quot;&gt;Jonas Valanciunas&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;64d73af6-b8ec-e213-87e8-a4eab3a692e7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/wsh/washington-wizards&quot;&gt;Washington Wizards&lt;/a&gt;. James offered to take a pay cut to open up the full midlevel exception to sign the free agent big man, but he opted for more guaranteed money from a three-year, $30 million deal in Washington.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Still, the Lakers need a center, the Wizards don&#39;t figure to be contenders this season, and Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka has a proven record of getting deals done with Washington&#39;s organization.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;ESPN Stats &amp;amp; Information&#39;s Matt Williams contributed to this story.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <title>ESPN Fantasy Basketball 101: How to play</title>
      <description>You love basketball. You follow the NBA, root for your favorite team and couldn&#39;t believe the plays that &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e8844b2-d923-3926-82d2-f19a29d69490&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt; made as a rookie last season in San Antonio.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And you still haven&#39;t played fantasy basketball?!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If that sounds a lot like you, this is the perfect season to give it a try -- there is just so much exciting stuff happening around the league. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278073/shai-gilgeous-alexander&quot;&gt;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&lt;/a&gt; are on the rise. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;22f57511-06ae-1587-f01b-33965365ce0d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic&quot;&gt;Nikola Jokic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3059318/joel-embiid&quot;&gt;Joel Embiid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo&quot;&gt;Giannis Antetokounmpo&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic&quot;&gt;Luka Doncic&lt;/a&gt; remain top MVP candidates. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; are both still going strong.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There has never been a better time to jump right into the fantasy game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Imagine having &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt; on your team when he gets on a roll from 3-point land and carries you to victory. Or what it feels like to have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432573/paolo-banchero&quot;&gt;Paolo Banchero&lt;/a&gt; on your squad when he stuffs the stat sheet and takes his game to another level in year three.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;These are the moments you remember as a fantasy manager!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In fact, many of those who&#39;ve played fantasy basketball over the years can recall specific games that certain players had for them. An epic scoring night by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065648/jayson-tatum&quot;&gt;Jayson Tatum&lt;/a&gt;, another &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396993/tyrese-haliburton&quot;&gt;Tyrese Haliburton&lt;/a&gt; gem or a monstrous effort by &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dcf63163-4dbf-c59d-1920-3ecc2f8bd5fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;So fun. So, so fun!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you&#39;re not an expert, don&#39;t worry -- we have everything you need to know about how to enter a league and draft a winning team. Even if you&#39;re a total beginner, you will still have the tools to experience the joy of fantasy basketball like millions do every year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make the league your own&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Every fantasy basketball league is different. While there are basic rules and settings that apply across the board (you will learn about those below), each league takes on its own identity based on settings like roster size, injury spots, stat categories and other specifics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We encourage you to join or start a league that fits what you&#39;re looking for. If you want to be more casual and set your lineups once a week, find a league that uses weekly lineup changes. If you&#39;re a little bit more diehard with all this and want to be able to add and drop players and craft new lineups on a daily basis, that&#39;s the type of league you should enter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The bottom line is to do what&#39;s fun for you. Find a league that keeps you tuning in to watch your players every night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With that in mind, we&#39;ve put together ESPN Fantasy Basketball 101 to give you an overview of how to get started, how to prepare for your draft and how to play during the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now it&#39;s time for you to sign up and join the fun!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000057551-Fantasy-Basketball&quot;&gt;ESPN Fantasy Basketball FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000057551-Fantasy-Basketball&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; for a quick reference for basic game-related questions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806353/how-sign-espn-fantasy-app&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to sign up on the ESPN Fantasy app&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Were you invited to an ESPN Fantasy Basketball league? Do you want to create your own as a League Manager? We have complete instructions for you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806353/how-sign-espn-fantasy-app&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20805942/how-sign-up&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to sign up online&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whether you were invited to join an already-existing league or want to create your own as a League Manager, you&#39;ll find everything you need to do so &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20805942/how-sign-up&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;League settings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you created your own league, you&#39;ll need to make sure all of your league&#39;s rules and settings -- including roster size, scoring, regular-season schedules and playoff schedules -- are to your liking. We have all of the details of how to do that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20804379/league-team-pages&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Check out your league and team pages&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s time to learn more about your league and team pages, so you know where everything is. We&#39;ve got you covered with a detailed tour &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20804379/league-team-pages&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Know your rules&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This might seem incredibly basic, but even veteran fantasy basketball players often assume they know their league rules even when they don&#39;t. The result of overlooking a rule can be costly, so be sure you know the rules before your draft.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Go to your fantasy basketball league page, click on League, then Settings. Here, you&#39;ll be able to find all the rules that are in place for your league this season. This includes roster construction, scoring, schedule, playoff structure and more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Take the time to carefully go over every section. To make sure you understand the thinking behind each rule, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot;&gt;check out our League Settings overview&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Draft prep&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A good draft will put you in position to have a successful season, and taking time to prepare beforehand is key. That includes formulating strategies and printing out rankings that reflect your league&#39;s scoring format.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don&#39;t worry, we have you covered with customized expert rankings and draft strategies in the ESPN Fantasy Basketball draft kit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Autodraft prep&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you don&#39;t plan to take part in a live draft, that&#39;s OK. Our system will automatically draft for you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Still, you have the option of guiding how our system will draft your team. Go to your Team page and click &quot;Edit Autopick Strategy.&quot; Here, you can decide which player positions you&#39;d like to pick in which parts of the draft and how many players at each position you want to select overall.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806648/mock-drafts&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mock drafts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mock drafts are simply practice drafts that don&#39;t count for anything. It&#39;s a terrific way to get used to the ESPN draft software, make sure you know how everything works and test out different strategies. For example, that might mean drafting a point guard in the first round versus drafting a small forward in Round 1 and waiting on a point guard until the fourth round.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;These practice drafts also let you see which players are going higher than expected and which are routinely slipping down a round or two (or more). This is extremely useful knowledge that you can take with you in your real draft and use to your advantage, avoiding those &quot;sliding&quot; players until later rounds when you have a good idea that they will still be available.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For an overview of how everything in the ESPN draft room works, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806648/mock-drafts&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;click on this link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806978/draft&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The draft&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Draft day is the most exciting day of the season, because it&#39;s when your team goes from a plan to a reality. It&#39;s when you finally get the chance to assemble the group of players you get to root for all season. Of course, you can always add and drop players throughout the year, but the draft is still the most fundamental part of your roster and you want to make sure you don&#39;t miss on your top players.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you have prepared for your draft by reading up on players and strategies, and by participating in several mock drafts, you&#39;re on the path to success. Believe in your hunches and don&#39;t look back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To make everything go as smoothly as possible, be sure to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806978/draft&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;follow these handy rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In most leagues, there are at least a few managers who enjoy the art of the deal. If you&#39;re one of those people, trading is going to be one of the most fun aspects of fantasy basketball. When done well, it&#39;s a great opportunity to improve your roster while unloading someone you perhaps no longer want or need.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are several important factors to keep in mind. You must look at the roster of the team you&#39;re trading with and understand which, if any players, that manager might be willing to part with. For example, it&#39;d be unwise to make a trade offer for a point guard on a team that is battling injuries and down to one healthy point guard. Also, while you may never want to send your best trade offer with your first proposal, be careful not to offer up too little. That can be offensive to the other manager and can lead to that person not only declining your offer but ending all future trade talks with you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In-season strategies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Beyond trading, there are other factors to consider during the season like how to manage your games played in roto leagues, how to approach head-to-head playoffs, and how best to work the waiver wire. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot;&gt;in-season strategies&lt;/a&gt; section of our draft kit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fantasy basketball etiquette&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Every few years, no matter what type of league you&#39;re in, you&#39;ll run into someone who causes problems. Sometimes it name-calling on the message board and being a bully. Other times it is a constant stream of wild trade offers and questionable transactions. Whether you are in a hyper-competitive league or just trying to have some casual fun, you want to avoid being this way or having others in your league who conduct themselves like this.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Generally speaking, that just means following the golden rule: Treat others the way you&#39;d want to be treated in your league.</description>
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      <title>Mavericks re-sign veteran forward Markieff Morris</title>
      <description>DALLAS -- The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-mavericks&quot;&gt;Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; are bringing back forward &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6461/markieff-morris&quot;&gt;Markieff Morris&lt;/a&gt;, a 13-year veteran who has played sparingly since joining Dallas but brings leadership that is valued by the defending Western Conference champion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The deal announced Wednesday comes after Morris played 26 regular-season games in 2023-24 before the Mavericks made a run to the NBA Finals, losing in five games to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2ca761df-5f60-b2e9-22ed-e099c46d889b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/bos/boston-celtics&quot;&gt;Boston Celtics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Morris, 35, averaged 2.5 points in 8.3 minutes for the Mavericks. He joined Dallas in the blockbuster deal that brought star guard &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving&quot;&gt;Kyrie Irving&lt;/a&gt; to the Mavericks before the trade deadline in 2023.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Morris has averaged 10.3 points and 4.9 rebounds in 776 career regular-season games. He played all 21 postseason games for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; when they won the title in the 2020 playoff bubble.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Phoenix drafted Morris 13th overall in 2011 out of Kansas, and he spent his first four-plus seasons with the Suns. Morris also has played for Washington, Oklahoma City, Detroit and Miami.</description>
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      <title>DeMar DeRozan isn&#39;t done talking about mental health</title>
      <description>&lt;em&gt;Editor&#39;s note: This story was first published on March 8. DeRozan, who signed with the Sacramento Kings this summer, released a new book this week, &quot;Above the Noise&quot;, about his work on mental health.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d942ef5e-c416-b06e-63ac-5f3db14757be&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan&quot;&gt;DEMAR DEROZAN&lt;/a&gt; WALKS&lt;/strong&gt; onto the stage and grabs a microphone. It&#39;s Feb. 20, two days after the NBA All-Star Game. While the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;e588ccf1-ba03-ea43-c34c-9a9c8d1895ca&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-bulls&quot;&gt;Bulls&lt;/a&gt; are holding their first practice after the break in Chicago, DeRozan has an excused absence to be back at his alma mater at the University of Southern California.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan sits on one of the high chairs on the stage and begins to scan the room, a crowd of about 300 people, most of them USC student athletes who are eagerly anticipating his next words.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those in attendance got a first look at &quot;Dinners with DeMar,&quot; DeRozan&#39;s new biweekly YouTube video series that debuted in February, where he chats with close friends in and around the NBA -- &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;77a8546f-24bf-a333-8161-bf9f75396c49&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/gs/golden-state-warriors&quot;&gt;Golden State Warriors&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;de360720-e416-25f2-8a6b-b5ff82616cb1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green&quot;&gt;Draymond Green&lt;/a&gt;, Hall of Famer &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1987/dwyane-wade&quot;&gt;Dwyane Wade&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f59bbabc-eedb-9ad2-c5dd-9bcd9f450a2f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/mil/milwaukee-bucks&quot;&gt;Milwaukee Bucks&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c6bdd0b0-2176-2089-9b41-1ca3540f64f4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6606/damian-lillard&quot;&gt;Damian Lillard&lt;/a&gt; headline the first three episodes -- not for a basketball discussion, but to discuss a topic dear to DeRozan: mental health.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Not much makes me nervous,&quot; DeRozan says on stage. &quot;But this does.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan welcomes two USC basketball players to the stage for a mental health discussion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;What&#39;s something you have struggled with as student-athletes?&quot; DeRozan asks, starting the conversation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f370999e-c58d-3460-be06-0af3844985ee&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4593106/boogie-ellis&quot;&gt;Boogie Ellis&lt;/a&gt;, a fifth-year senior from San Diego who played his first two seasons at Memphis, detailed how he struggled being so far from home before transferring to USC as a junior.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was sitting in my room, not wanting to play basketball or do anything,&quot; Ellis says.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;A lot of guys have a stigma like y&#39;all don&#39;t go through nothing,&quot; says &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;76b7609a-2247-3448-be35-5bad6d6507f2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4711802/dominique-darius&quot;&gt;Dominique Darius&lt;/a&gt;, a 21-year-old sophomore on the USC women&#39;s team. &quot;That&#39;s not true.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;What&#39;s one way to help your teammates when you can tell they&#39;re struggling with something?&quot; DeRozan asks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Being vulnerable with your teammates,&quot; Darius says. &quot;Show that it&#39;s not just basketball, you care about them as a person.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;What are the signs when you can tell something is off with your own mental health?&quot; an audience member asks the trio onstage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;When I&#39;m mad for no reason,&quot; DeRozan says. &quot;When I get mad, I put too much milk in cereal, that&#39;s when it&#39;s like &#39;all right, I got to figure this out.&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The room erupts in laughter. Despite the nerves, DeRozan puts the crowd at ease leading the students through a 20-minute discussion and later marveling at the way they are able to express their emotions, saying he couldn&#39;t do so in college. It wasn&#39;t until 2018, nine years into his NBA career, when DeRozan felt comfortable enough to send a tweet saying, &quot;This depression get the best of me...&quot; That one moment started his journey to launch this series and put him on the forefront of the mental health discussion in the NBA.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I never thought I&#39;d be doing something like this,&quot; DeRozan told ESPN backstage after the event. &quot;Hearing Boogie and Dominique talk about feeling and understanding what depression was, being a student-athlete, coming into college, I wouldn&#39;t have known what that was.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It just shows you how far the conversation has come and the impact that it has. For us to have these conversations and break so many barriers, it means a lot, man. It means a lot. It&#39;s amazing being here.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan first opened up about his mental health in 2018.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IT WAS ALL-STAR&lt;/strong&gt; weekend in Los Angeles in 2018 when DeRozan was sitting in his hotel room feeling overwhelmed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then a member of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;5a9c33b8-63fd-ff34-a833-925fe89320a6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/tor/toronto-raptors&quot;&gt;Toronto Raptors&lt;/a&gt;, DeRozan had made the All-Star team for the third consecutive season and fourth time in his career. What was supposed to be a homecoming for the Compton High School alum -- his face was plastered on billboards alongside the hotel -- instead became one of his lowest moments. He recalls feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted. He didn&#39;t tell anyone. He just stayed in his room Friday night, eschewing all the festivities of All-Star weekend, and laid in bed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Around 3 a.m., DeRozan hit send on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/DeMar_DeRozan/status/964818383303688197?lang=en&quot;&gt;post to Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, quoting the song &quot;Tomorrow&quot; by rapper Kevin Gates, with a message that reverberated around the league and resonated with a lot of its players.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It was the first time DeRozan remembers vocalizing how he was feeling and was surprised by what he called an overwhelming response. Players were checking on him. People were reaching out to tell him they have had similar feelings. It helped open the door for players across the NBA to voice their own mental health situations. A month later, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ec79ad1f-e6d2-7762-a2db-7fe97d35126b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-cavaliers&quot;&gt;Cleveland Cavaliers&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;802592a4-e446-6d2c-7ca0-4d4f1e21424b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3449/kevin-love&quot;&gt;Kevin Love&lt;/a&gt; opened up about what he called anxiety and depression.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;DeMar and Kevin Love were the first ones to talk about it,&quot; Bulls center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;355269b7-21fc-8104-b40e-d7c81ec96c9a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6585/andre-drummond&quot;&gt;Andre Drummond&lt;/a&gt;, who has been in the NBA since 2012, told ESPN. &quot;First time I witnessed it was DeMar and just how vulnerable he&#39;s been and how open he&#39;s been about mental health.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan and Love followed in the footsteps of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/25/metta-world-peace&quot;&gt;Ron Artest&lt;/a&gt;, who spoke openly about his mental health after winning the title with the Lakers in 2010. And while the reaction to his tweet caught DeRozan off guard, he chose to embrace the outreach.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Opening up that Pandora&#39;s box could bring so much more than I ever could imagine, in a positive way,&quot; DeRozan said. &quot;Let&#39;s make this thing a normal conversation that&#39;s had.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Brett Rapkin, the CEO of Podium Pictures and executive producer of &quot;Dinners with DeMar&quot; said DeRozan belongs on the Mount Rushmore of athletes who have spoken out about mental health.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s chosen to lean into being an advocate for this life-or-death issue,&quot; Rapkin told ESPN. &quot;Given his level of authenticity, I couldn&#39;t think of a better spokesman to change the culture.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It wasn&#39;t always easy for DeRozan to talk about his feelings in such plain terms. He said he had to learn how to process his emotions after experiencing trauma at a young age. Growing up in Compton, DeRozan lost family members and friends to gang violence.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;USC basketball players Dominique Darius (left) and Boogie Ellis (middle) joined DeMar DeRozan for a mental health discussion last month.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Courtesy Chicago Bulls&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was thrown into so much of an aggressive nature of life,&quot; DeRozan said. &quot;I remember, being a kid, sitting at family funerals, seeing family heartbreak ... seeing my mom cry all night and hearing the pain in her voice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Family members, losing cousins, losing friends, having people incarcerated where you just hear the sadness, the aggressiveness, the pain of being locked behind bars.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan recognized he needed to find a healthy outlet to be able to process those pent-up emotions and he&#39;s made it his mission to spread lessons on mental health or more simply, encouragement, to others.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s something that&#39;s so natural for me because I went through so much pain and heartache,&quot; DeRozan said. &quot;To where at the end of the day, all I care about is making someone&#39;s day or giving someone the confidence to feel like they can get through whatever it is they&#39;re going through.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I feed off that because that&#39;s what I need as well.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan has helped Bulls teammate Andre Drummond with his own mental health struggles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Amanda Loman/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DRUMMOND HAS KNOWN&lt;/strong&gt; DeRozan since high school and were adversaries in the NBA for a decade before becoming teammates with the Bulls in 2022-23. When Drummond got to Chicago, his locker was placed next to DeRozan and the two often sit together for team travel.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On March 28, a day before a game against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt;, Drummond took to social media to post about his own struggles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Time to focus on my mental health,&quot; Drummond &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/AndreDrummond/status/1640782266996588544&quot;&gt;wrote&lt;/a&gt;. &quot;If you too are struggling with your mental health, you are not alone ... it&#39;s okay to ask for help.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drummond sat out the next night before returning to play in five of their last six games of the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Despite knowing DeRozan&#39;s openness on discussing mental health, Drummond was still hesitant to reach out to his teammate or anybody else about what was going on.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s hard to talk about it because we&#39;re looked at as these superheroes,&quot; Drummond said. &quot;We&#39;re not supposed to be having these issues.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And when he felt the moment was right, DeRozan let Drummond know that he was there for him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s like &#39;yo bro if you want to shoot the s---, talk, vent, I&#39;m here,&#39;&quot; Drummond said. &quot;&#39;I don&#39;t have to say a word or I can give you advice, but don&#39;t go through that by yourself.&#39;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It made it very easy for me to really come out about the things that I struggle with as well too.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drummond exchanged meditation tips with DeRozan and has started meeting with Dr. Wendy Borlabi, the team&#39;s director of performance and mental health, who Drummond called his guardian angel. He appreciated DeRozan being there for him in a time of need.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;To offer a hand to someone who&#39;s struggling just speaks to his character,&quot; Drummond said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan&#39;s impact on the Bulls&#39; locker room is one of the reasons beyond his production on the court that Chicago intends to keep him on the team beyond this year. DeRozan, 34, is set to become a free agent this offseason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I love DeMar,&quot; Bulls vice president Arturas Karnsiovas said last month. &quot;He&#39;s huge for this team, for the city, for the organization. He&#39;s been great for our young guys, has been our closer. I think it&#39;s wonderful for this team.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan&#39;s play, where he&#39;s averaging a team-leading 22.9 points, gives the Bulls a chance to win on a nightly basis, something Karnisovas values. But the organization also values DeRozan&#39;s role as a mentor for their young players, such as guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;750f545c-3cc8-fea4-91cd-828da373cc8e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395651/coby-white&quot;&gt;Coby White&lt;/a&gt;, who is in the midst of a breakout season, and their past two first-round picks, forwards &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ced929af-e55c-1316-d44f-5a6bfe33dda4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431687/patrick-williams&quot;&gt;Patrick Williams&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48324995-a5dc-323b-a43c-2c5b1e8aeaf7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433159/dalen-terry&quot;&gt;Dalen Terry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You don&#39;t have a lot of OGs left in the game,&quot; Williams, 22, told ESPN. &quot;Players talk about it now, there&#39;s not a lot of good vets left in the league. Anytime you have an OG around you just want to soak up all the knowledge you can, so I can one day maybe be in his shoes. ... He tells me a lot of things that I haven&#39;t been through yet.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My new series, Dinners With DeMar, drops on my YouTube on 2.20.24. Showcases open and honest talks about mental health with some of my friends from around the league. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;🎥🎬 &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/podiumpics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;@podiumpics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://t.co/lDbLx74Si3&quot;&gt;pic.twitter.com/lDbLx74Si3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IN THE FIRST&lt;/strong&gt; episode of &quot;Dinners with DeMar,&quot; as DeRozan and Green sit across from a table at Baltaire restaurant in Los Angeles, DeRozan compares therapy to a film session.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Help me get to therapy,&quot; Green asks DeRozan in a conversation filmed in the summer of 2022, long before Green was suspended twice this season: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story?_slug_=sources-warriors-draymond-green-suspended-5-games-nba&amp;amp;id=38908534&quot;&gt;five games&lt;/a&gt; for putting Timberwolves center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;78795dbf-3e02-934e-f796-d6a71375c9f5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt; in a headlock in November and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39108236/golden-state-warriors-draymond-green-suspended-indefinitely-nba&quot;&gt;12 games&lt;/a&gt; for striking Suns center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f8a22884-a6a5-39a4-9d69-1cbb729288c9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102530/jusuf-nurkic&quot;&gt;Jusuf Nurkic&lt;/a&gt; in the face in December.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But while Green voices a desire to go to therapy, he also says he doesn&#39;t understand how someone could push themselves to go and tell someone all their secrets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan starts his analogy, &quot;Even though I know what happened in the game, let me see if there&#39;s something I can see that can help me that next possession.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Green expresses his concern on losing his &quot;fire&quot; on the court, which he calls an elite skill he possesses. But DeRozan says therapy will only help him harness those emotions, likening it to how Bruce Banner learned to manage the Incredible Hulk.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301112_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301112_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301112_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301112_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard will be the guest on the upcoming third episode of &quot;Dinners with DeMar.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Courtesy Podium Pictures&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The conversation spans to include DeRozan&#39;s mental health journey and traumas -- from being traded suddenly from Toronto to keeping an extra pair of underwear on him as a kid just in case he had an opportunity for a hot shower, something not available at home -- to both men discussing the balance of family and friends.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Green reflected on that conversation this week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;DeMar has been a champion in that space, putting himself out there when nobody else was willing to,&quot; Green told ESPN. &quot;One of the first ones to say, &#39;I&#39;m a little f---ed up.&#39; Often times for us, there&#39;s no one to talk to that&#39;s going to really understand what you&#39;re going through. That&#39;s not what any of us were taught. You&#39;re taught to be strong. You&#39;re taught to keep fighting. You&#39;re taught that you can get through it no matter what, you just got to keep on pushing.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Both Green and Lillard, who appears in Episode 3, said they were proud of DeRozan for the way he&#39;s led the way on this topic. DeRozan said he didn&#39;t start the series with any goals in mind, other than to document the conversations in the hopes that it can help someone.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s pretty cool to see him be vulnerable,&quot; Lillard told ESPN. &quot;He&#39;s a Compton kid. Hard as hell. It&#39;s special to see him reach that stage in his manhood where he&#39;s willing to get up there and lead the conversation. Especially if you know his personality, that&#39;s not him to just jump out there and do that, so you know it&#39;s a real thing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;That&#39;s what I love about it. It&#39;s not normal for him, he&#39;s not an attention seeker.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Leading this series is something that does not come naturally to DeRozan, even six years after sending his tweet. But he&#39;s grown more comfortable in that time, and says he enjoys the adrenaline rush he gets from doing things outside his comfort zone, including stepping onto a stage to talk to a group of college athletes about such an important topic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I never would have expected me sending out a tweet years ago would have me sitting here,&quot; DeRozan says on stage. &quot;It&#39;s even more impactful than just playing basketball.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;ESPN&#39;s Kendra Andrews contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <description>Diamond Sports Group will reach a solemn milestone this week: 18 months in bankruptcy court, dating back to when Major League Baseball was gearing up for the 2023 season. Since then there have been twists, turns and frustrations, but, notably, no resolution.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond, which operates under the name Bally Sports, owns the largest group of regional sports networks in the country, with 33 MLB, NBA and NHL teams in its portfolio even after a handful of cuts over this past year and a half. The uncertainty has hit baseball fans hardest, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37762861/diamond-sports-group-fails-pay-padres-loses-broadcast-rights&quot;&gt;their teams getting dropped in-season&lt;/a&gt; in 2023 to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40071329/bally-sports-channels-pulled-air-comcast&quot;&gt;a major distributor pulling their games off the air&lt;/a&gt; in 2024. In between, MLB owners -- operating within a sport where local media is more closely tied to payrolls than in the NBA and the NHL -- used RSN volatility as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39146754/mlb-free-agency-2023-24-rsn-tv-diamond-sports&quot;&gt;an excuse for lower offseason spending&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond descended into Chapter 11 largely because it took on $8 billion in debt when it purchased its RSNs five years ago. But its predicament epitomizes what has become an exceedingly volatile media landscape, and the company&#39;s fate could have profound effects on how fans consume sports moving forward. Below is a look at the most pressing questions surrounding Diamond&#39;s ever-evolving situation -- and what it could mean for sports fans.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So where do Diamond&#39;s broadcasts currently stand?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At the end of April, Diamond and Comcast, its third-largest distributor, failed to come to an agreement before the expiration of their deal, prompting Comcast to pull Bally Sports channels off the air. The NBA and NHL were done with their regular seasons by then and thus unaffected, given that playoff games air nationally. But many baseball fans -- particularly those who follow the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins, teams Diamond doesn&#39;t have streaming rights for and reside in markets where Comcast is prevalent -- were shut out.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But in a surprising turn of events, Diamond &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40675947/comcast-bally-sports-announce-carriage-deal-set-august&quot;&gt;came to an agreement with Comcast&lt;/a&gt; on July 29, then subsequently locked in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/40968603/diamond-drops-mavs-pels-agrees-air-nba-nhl-24-25-seasons&quot;&gt;new linear cable and direct-to-consumer deals&lt;/a&gt; with the NBA and the NHL 25 days later. The new contracts came with lesser rights fees but an assurance that the 13 NBA teams and eight NHL teams would be broadcast and paid in full for the entirety of the 2023-24 seasons, regardless of whether Diamond emerges from bankruptcy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In those deals, Diamond also dropped the NBA&#39;s Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans -- both of whom have announced an over-the-air alternative, a growing trend for NBA and NHL teams. (The Anaheim Ducks, previously Diamond&#39;s ninth NHL team, were on an expiring contract and announced in late August that it would go the same route.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond has continued negotiations with Amazon about joining forces on a direct-to-consumer venture where Bally Sports channels would be available on Prime Video at an additional cost, allowing local fans to watch their teams without a cable subscription, sources said. The New York Post reported recently that the two sides are in &quot;late-stage talks&quot; on a non-exclusive deal that could launch ahead of the upcoming NBA and NHL seasons.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does that mean this saga is finally coming to an end?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We should have a clearer picture by the end of November. Maybe. One of the company&#39;s attorneys, Joe Graham, said during a status conference last Tuesday that Diamond is aiming to file an updated reorganization plan before the end of September and expects to schedule a confirmation hearing in early to mid November. That &quot;would put Diamond on the path to emerge [from bankruptcy] prior to Nov. 30,&quot; Graham said, before they have to start paying MLB teams their rights fees for the 2025 season in January.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Federal bankruptcy judge Christopher Lopez &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41115572/judge-approves-diamond-sports-group-deals-nba-nhl&quot;&gt;formally approved Diamond&#39;s NBA and NHL deals&lt;/a&gt; during a status conference last Tuesday, calling them &quot;a step, certainly, in the right direction&quot; in terms of putting Diamond on a path to emerge from bankruptcy. &quot;It looks like we&#39;re finally here,&quot; Lopez said, &quot;in terms of what&#39;s really going to happen.&quot; Details of Diamond&#39;s NBA and NHL deals are not publicly known, with Lopez also ruling Tuesday that they would remain under seal. One thing we do know: They include a requirement that Diamond emerge from bankruptcy by April 1, 2025 -- a date that has triggered more animus from MLB.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is MLB upset about?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There has been a lot of animosity from MLB toward Diamond in this process, from its desire for more transparency to its skepticism over whether Diamond can remain a sustainable business. But nothing has angered MLB officials more than uncertainty over rights payments. And that April 1 deadline might be a tipping point.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;MLB attorney James Bromley spoke on this subject for close to 15 minutes in court last Tuesday, calling Diamond&#39;s plans to emerge by the end of November &quot;aspirational&quot; and the April 1 cut-off &quot;concerning.&quot; Said Bromley: &quot;This is now the fourth season in a row that Major League Baseball is heading into the offseason with a complete lack of information and clarity with respect to what&#39;s going to happen with respect to Diamond Sports and its ability or willingness to broadcast Major League Baseball games.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bromley also questioned Diamond&#39;s sustainability once again, calling the recent developments &quot;a Band-Aid&quot; while describing this as &quot;yet another handing of the baton.&quot; In other words: It&#39;s baseball&#39;s turn, with NBA and NHL seasons set to start again, to go through another uncertain offseason, immediately after the two leagues experienced the same. Bromley added that if the process isn&#39;t expedited, MLB could explore &quot;more drastic relief,&quot; though he did not specify what he meant.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is this going to affect offseason spending -- again?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not to bum you out, but ... probably. A handful of owners, at least, might once again cite it as a reason for not spending as much as their fans would like.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Teams guaranteed $3.05 billion to major league free agents last offseason, down from $3.92 billion the year before that and $3.3 billion the year before that, according to ESPN&#39;s calculations.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Texas Rangers -- at that point in danger of falling out of an RSN deal that would pay them somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million before settling on a lesser one-year contract with Diamond -- went conservative in the wake of a championship. The San Diego Padres -- the first team Diamond dropped last season, prompting MLB to take over broadcasts -- brought their payroll down by about 35%. The Seattle Mariners -- whose RSN, Root Sports, was placed on a more expensive tier by Comcast -- basically kept payroll flat. And big-name free agents such as Blake Snell, Matt Chapman, Cody Bellinger and Jordan Montgomery -- all Scott Boras clients at the time -- signed unusually late.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s a precursor to what might happen again this offseason. Whether it&#39;s a valid reason depends on whom you speak with. Local media represents about 20% of team revenues in the aggregate, and not being able to count on that will naturally impact spending for some clubs. But many are quick to push back on that notion, noting that there are other avenues where teams can make up for losses, including: the distribution of luxury tax payments, with MLB&#39;s portion expected to reach up to $150 million this year; a growth in central revenue largely from national TV deals that are still in their early stages; and revenue from uniform patches that did not exist until last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As an added layer of protection, MLB and the MLB Players Association agreed in July on what amounts to a reallocation of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40633273/diamond-makes-substantial-progress-comcast-deal-mlb&quot;&gt;money generated from luxury tax overages&lt;/a&gt; this offseason, giving teams that experienced losses in local-media revenue up to $15 million. Will that make a difference in owners&#39; actions? That remains to be seen. If not, it&#39;ll be another offseason defined by the clubs that, at least for now, have secure media deals and those who don&#39;t, further widening the gap between big- and small-market teams.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any chance for a deal similar to the one Diamond cut with the NBA and the NHL?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s Diamond&#39;s hope. The company said in court that it continues to have active dialogue with MLB about a new deal. But the circumstances are different. The NBA and the NHL engaged with Diamond after their respective seasons because those leagues were able to take all their streaming rights back at that point, prompting a reason to renegotiate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In those deals, the 13 NBA teams in Diamond&#39;s portfolio saw a decrease of 30% to 40% with the new rights deal, according to Sportico, while the eight NHL teams got a 20% reduction in the aggregate. MLB, with long-term aspirations of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40393431/mlb-rsn-diamond-sports-bally-fanduel-amazon-television-bankruptcy-court-hearing&quot;&gt;placing all its rights under a national model&lt;/a&gt;, has continually stated that it does not want to devalue its rights. A deal of that nature doesn&#39;t seem to be on the table for them. MLB also hasn&#39;t shown interest in giving Diamond streaming rights to more teams than the five it already has -- the Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, MIlwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals, smalle

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      <title>Pegula-Navarro, Alcaraz-Shelton to play at MSG</title>
      <description>NEW YORK -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2113&quot;&gt;Jessica Pegula&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3785&quot;&gt;Emma Navarro&lt;/a&gt;, Americans coming off career-best Grand Slam runs at the US Open, will play each other in an exhibition event at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 4 that also will feature four-time major champion &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; against &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9250&quot;&gt;Ben Shelton&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The lineup for The Garden Cup was announced Thursday. It marks the first tennis event since 2018 at MSG, home to the NBA&#39;s Knicks and NHL&#39;s Rangers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pegula reached her first Grand Slam final at Flushing Meadows before losing to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c91d133a-526a-ea8d-654c-7ef6915ad63b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3038&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Navarro defeated defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ca44c2b0-9dea-ab40-2541-b50a4442ff8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626&quot;&gt;Coco Gauff&lt;/a&gt; in the fourth round of the US Open en route to getting to the semifinals, where she lost to Sabalenka.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Both Pegula, at No. 3, and Navarro, at No. 8, are in the top 10 of the WTA rankings this week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Alcaraz won the French Open and Wimbledon this season but bowed out last month in the second round of the US Open, which he won in 2022 for his first Grand Slam trophy. Shelton&#39;s best showing at a major was his semifinal appearance in New York last year; he lost to fellow American &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f901758a-d8f2-442c-9cd3-44513fcbf31e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2708&quot;&gt;Frances Tiafoe&lt;/a&gt; in the third round this time.</description>
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      <title>Germany beats Chile, closes on Davis Cup finals</title>
      <description>ZHUHAI, China -- Germany remained unbeaten in the Davis Cup group stage finals after sweeping aside Chile 3-0 on Thursday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On an indoor hard court in Zhuhai, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b7466570-6401-5017-ed2e-b810b118e805&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2189&quot;&gt;Maximilian Marterer&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e41c9761-3362-371e-bf23-5da26452ac68&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9923&quot;&gt;Tomas Barrios Vera&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 6-3, then &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1b1186f6-c6f0-417c-26af-5280cf749499&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3322&quot;&gt;Yannick Hanfmann&lt;/a&gt; defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8fa7d691-fc6c-a510-edd4-781c2b6c3126&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2970&quot;&gt;Alejandro Tabilo&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 6-4 to clinch the tie. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3b2dbda2-efdd-b133-3939-7f135d7f841b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1627&quot;&gt;Kevin Krawietz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0db8e2b-20eb-b60a-dde5-7f7eab817094&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2695&quot;&gt;Tim Puetz&lt;/a&gt;, who have lost only one cup match, took apart Barrios Vera and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b271a05f-9760-339c-9edc-a23ec06034ae&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9049&quot;&gt;Matias Soto&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 6-3. In no match was Germany broken.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Germany, without No. 2-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;fd06b6ea-593b-d5b3-da2b-767ec3e4232c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2375&quot;&gt;Alexander Zverev&lt;/a&gt;, has never lost to Chile, which didn&#39;t use an ill &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d12d1284-8746-6c26-b7e0-1119b676432c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2377&quot;&gt;Nicolas Jarry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Germans, after also beating Slovakia 3-0, lead Group C, followed by the United States, Slovakia and Chile. The next tie is U.S. vs. Slovakia on Friday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Four groups of teams are playing in four cities this week to qualify for the eight-team finals in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two countries in each four-team group advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Later Thursday in Europe, the Netherlands and Brazil will each be vying for their first wins in Group A when they play in Bologna, Italy. Last year&#39;s runner-up Australia will try to go 2-0 when it takes on the Czech Republic in Valencia, Spain, and 2022 champion Canada will try to do the same when it plays Finland in Group D in Manchester, England.</description>
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      <title>Davis Cup: Harris, Evans seal GB knockout place</title>
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      <title>No. 2 seed Collins falls to qualifier in Guadalajara</title>
      <description>GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Second-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3262/danielle-collins&quot;&gt;Danielle Collins&lt;/a&gt; lost in the second round of the Guadalajara Open on Wednesday and third seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=421&quot;&gt;Victoria Azarenka&lt;/a&gt; withdrew from her match because of injury.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt;, ranked No. 152, pulled off a major upset with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Collins to reach the quarterfinals of an elite WTA tournament for the first time. She beat former US Open champion &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1472&quot;&gt;Sloane Stephens&lt;/a&gt; in the first round.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 30-year-old Collins, who is retiring at the end of the season, arrived at Guadalajara with 39 tour-level wins and two titles on tour this year and is currently ranked 11th.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Earlier, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3908&quot;&gt;Kamilla Rakhimova&lt;/a&gt; advanced to the quarterfinals after two-time major winner and former No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew from their match in the second set while trailing 6-2, 3-0.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rakhimova will next play &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3404&quot;&gt;Camila Osorio&lt;/a&gt;, who beat seventh-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2665&quot;&gt;Veronika Kudermetova&lt;/a&gt; 7-6, 6-7 (2), 7-5.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The tournament is played in hard-court at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis, in Guadalajara.</description>
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      <title>Alcaraz-led Spain, U.S. win Davis Cup openers</title>
      <description>VALENCIA, Spain -- Less than two weeks after his shocking second-round exit at the US Open, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;07843754-8bdf-63b0-5983-24252738169e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; was staring at another upset when he was a set down in his opening group-stage match for Spain in the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This time, Alcaraz turned things around -- though he needed some help from his opponent.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The No. 3-ranked Alcaraz clinched victory for Spain against the Czech Republic in Group B on Wednesday when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;58f555e2-4484-a162-83a7-ac86793d4ea7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3811&quot;&gt;Tomas Machac&lt;/a&gt; retired injured with the score at 6-7 (3), 6-1 in Valencia. It gave Spain an unassailable 2-0 lead, with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;736f6af6-506c-e64f-9d0f-8f1138a5babf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1733&quot;&gt;Roberto Bautista Agut&lt;/a&gt; having already defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;959c133c-1c3d-1a03-182c-588ba5225a3b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3754&quot;&gt;Jiri Lehecka&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (1), 6-4, and Alcaraz then partnered with &lt;a href=&quot;http://Marcel Granollers-Pujol&quot;&gt;Marcel Granollers Pujol&lt;/a&gt; to win the doubles in three sets and wrap up a 3-0 victory.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They were Alcaraz&#39;s first matches since losing in straight sets to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3310/botic-van-de-zandschulp&quot;&gt;Botic Van De Zandschulp&lt;/a&gt; -- who was ranked 74th -- at Flushing Meadows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Spain joined the United States, defending champion Italy and Britain in gaining victories Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55524e2-a931-d142-f794-50b742380e8e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3774&quot;&gt;Brandon Nakashima&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8fa7d691-fc6c-a510-edd4-781c2b6c3126&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2970&quot;&gt;Alejandro Tabilo&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (3) after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59785389-c37d-e25a-2d8d-2b92f427085e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2952&quot;&gt;Reilly Opelka&lt;/a&gt; defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;17e6dabd-250b-7755-f4b2-8ef6b2972541&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2228&quot;&gt;Cristian Garin&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to give the Americans a winning 2-0 lead over Chile in Group C in Zhuhai, China.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those two singles matches lasted in excess of five hours, and the U.S. brought in &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt; for the doubles, which they won 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e41c9761-3362-371e-bf23-5da26452ac68&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9923&quot;&gt;Tomas Barrios Vera&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b271a05f-9760-339c-9edc-a23ec06034ae&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9049&quot;&gt;Matias Soto&lt;/a&gt; to seal a 3-0 sweep.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was truly an epic day of tennis for both teams, everyone showed a lot of heart, a lot of guts,&quot; U.S. captain and retired doubles great &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;696484fb-a13b-3e76-f429-ad360b666aaf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=517&quot;&gt;Bob Bryan&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;I don&#39;t think it&#39;s ever happened in Davis Cup that all matches went to the third-set breaker ... historic day. Just feeling very, very proud of the players.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The U.S., which has a leading 32 Davis Cup titles but none since 2007, is bidding to reach the quarterfinals for the second time since the Davis Cup Finals were introduced in 2019. In the qualifiers this year, the Americans defeated Ukraine 4-0 on neutral ground in Vilnius, Lithuania.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Italy didn&#39;t need top-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;431a1bce-57de-2a02-8022-9f32b0f60efb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt;, the newly crowned US Open champion, to begin its title defense with a 2-1 win over Brazil in Group A in Bologna.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;874554f7-7862-cfa9-36d5-5ef4d437f407&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2622&quot;&gt;Matteo Berrettini&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a28fc19-1dff-35eb-88f2-106e324b1333&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11745&quot;&gt;Joao Fonseca&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 7-6 (5) before &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;91462488-98cc-d223-889b-0dc4707282c2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3793&quot;&gt;Matteo Arnaldi&lt;/a&gt; gave Italy an unassailable 2-0 lead by beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1c504c97-892d-e1d0-5c5d-8e9045e412cb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2025&quot;&gt;Thiago Monteiro&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5). &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;eca9d622-ad76-da99-9941-2f9a60234be8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2434&quot;&gt;Rafael Matos&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e39d3984-fa11-21c5-63ca-2bcb049aeecd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1013&quot;&gt;Marcelo Melo&lt;/a&gt; won the doubles for Brazil, beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60809731-71e1-644c-6ff3-0c72930667fd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=279&quot;&gt;Simone Bolelli&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3548&quot;&gt;Andrea Vavassori&lt;/a&gt; in three sets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was a great, great feeling. I&#39;ve been missing this kind of feeling for so long for so many reasons,&quot; Berrettini said. &quot;The Davis Cup, the tournament in Rome, it felt like almost a first time.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Britain also established a 2-0 advantage over Finland in Manchester, England, in Group D thanks to wins by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/901/daniel-evans&quot;&gt;Dan Evans&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;52d1ae34-4ba4-d405-5f68-5943b478caab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2361&quot;&gt;Billy Harris&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Evans beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d071e8af-2182-8671-2ed1-ba139625e44c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3904&quot;&gt;Eero Vasa&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (3), 6-2, and Harris, who once lived out of a van while playing tennis tournaments around Europe, defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c25805a1-57e2-3a93-b09e-ad8ae6a8cb38&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=4099&quot;&gt;Otto Virtanen&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 7-6 (4).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He (Vasa) was playing so freely in the first set and I did well to weather the storm and find a way to win,&quot; Evans said. &quot;That&#39;s what you have to do in the Davis Cup.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It finished 2-1 for Britain after Virtanen teamed with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;79ee893e-f116-2050-27b0-ec58dde2e146&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3540&quot;&gt;Harri Heliovaara&lt;/a&gt; to beat Evans and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3acfe257-730f-4bf6-37c6-d2f3b89ff7fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2699&quot;&gt;Neal Skupski&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (4), 7-5 in doubles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The four groups are playing in four cities this week to qualify for the Final 8 knockout stage to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two countries in each four-team group will advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In opening play on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apnews.com/article/davis-cup-finals-f30661bb66a9a4c23b42b73dca5b37c6&quot;&gt;Tuesday,&lt;/a&gt; Belgium beat the Netherlands 2-1, Australia defeated France 2-1, Germany -- playing without No. 2-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;fd06b6ea-593b-d5b3-da2b-767ec3e4232c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2375&quot;&gt;Alexander Zverev&lt;/a&gt; -- beat Slovakia 3-0 and Canada defeated Argentina 2-1.</description>
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      <title>Trevisan avenges Guadalajara defeat to Dolehide</title>
      <description>GUADALAJARA, México -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1374&quot;&gt;Martina Trevisan&lt;/a&gt; settled a score against eighth-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3436&quot;&gt;Caroline Dolehide&lt;/a&gt; with a 6-3, 6-2 win Tuesday to advance at the Guadalajara Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Trevisan, who lost to Dolehide a year ago in the Guadalajara quarterfinals, will next play local favorite &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2751&quot;&gt;Renata Zarazua&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Today I came to the court with a lot of energy,&quot; Trevisan said. &quot;For me maybe it was revenge and tomorrow I must be ready for Renata. I have played twice against her this year. I know her very well.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also Tuesday, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392&quot;&gt;Marie Bouzkova&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=7759&quot;&gt;Alexandra Eala&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-2 to advance to a second-round match against &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8067&quot;&gt;Lucrezia Stefanini&lt;/a&gt;, who ousted Ana Sofía Sánchez 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The sixth-seeded Bouzkova made the semifinals in Guadalajara a year ago before losing to eventual champion &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3018&quot;&gt;Maria Sakkari&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In a late match, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4cd55d5c-5683-3969-8763-3085892ebfc8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11221&quot;&gt;Marina Stakusic&lt;/a&gt; downed &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ec3ef35c-b32f-b614-e004-5a9155a84f88&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2341&quot;&gt;Anna Karolina Schmiedlova&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-4 to set up a meeting against top seed &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d2c52936-e7bd-4f74-3f15-68185e8ddb9b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2195&quot;&gt;Jelena Ostapenko&lt;/a&gt;, who is coming off a U.S. Open doubles title victory with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0597cfa-62e2-948c-2a0e-0b88a6ed6cd7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2478&quot;&gt;Lyudmyla Kichenok&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;American &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=6724&quot;&gt;Ashlyn Krueger&lt;/a&gt; defeated &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2346&quot;&gt;Tatjana Maria&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 6-2 and will next face &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt;, who prevailed 6-4, 6-4 over &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3271&quot;&gt;Emina Bektas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In other results, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3266&quot;&gt;Ena Shibahara&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2588&quot;&gt;Kimberly Birrell&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 7-6 (4) to move into a second-round match against No. 4 seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1804&quot;&gt;Caroline Garcia&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <title>Report shows night matches increase injury risk</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c91d133a-526a-ea8d-654c-7ef6915ad63b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3038&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka&lt;/a&gt;, the eventual 2024 US Open champion, took the court for her third-round match against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b4dc27b2-146b-000e-3f5d-5e1431231999&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3182&quot;&gt;Ekaterina Alexandrova&lt;/a&gt; on Arthur Ashe Stadium at 12:08 a.m. It was the latest-ever start for a match at the US Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Two days later, in the round of 16, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e32a05e0-b87c-3bec-8a3b-4ae417db8ced&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=6048&quot;&gt;Zheng Qinwen&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6bd0bac4-145f-3e8b-5662-5400e42ef102&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2040&quot;&gt;Donna Vekic&lt;/a&gt; left the court on Ashe at 2:15 a.m. in what was the latest finish for a women&#39;s match at the tournament.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those late starts have a direct effect on the possibility of being injured, according to a recent report compiled by the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) and shared with ESPN. It indicated a sizable increase in injury risk for players participating in night matches compared to those played earlier in the day.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to the PTPA report, which used data from Grand Slam events taking place from April 2018 through May 2024, as the percentage of night matches (starting after 7 p.m.) increased, the injury rate also increased from 4.6% to 5.2%.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;&lt;cite&gt;courtesy PTPA&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PTPA medical director Dr. Robby Sikka, who led the team that conducted the data analysis, said odds ratios were calculated that indicated a player is 25% more likely to be injured during a match played at night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And yet, night matches at major tournaments remain on the rise -- going from a little under 7% of matches to more than 11%, according to the study. That number is expected to increase to more than 15% once data from this year&#39;s US Open is included, Sikka told ESPN.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Players have routinely expressed concerns about how playing later matches impacts their health and performance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ca44c2b0-9dea-ab40-2541-b50a4442ff8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626&quot;&gt;Coco Gauff&lt;/a&gt;, the 2023 US Open champion and current world No. 6, called post-midnight finishes &quot;not healthy&quot; at the French Open in June. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a27bb1c-2422-55c3-208b-9e9d8c1f30af&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=296&quot;&gt;Novak Djokovic&lt;/a&gt;, the 24-time major champion and co-founder of the PTPA, said he struggles with late-night matches at this stage of his career.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t think that aging helps really staying so late and playing very late,&quot; Djokovic, 37, said after his first-round match at the US Open, which was the second night match on Ashe. &quot;I can feel, you know, my batteries are low now. I&#39;m shutting down.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Djokovic&#39;s third-round match at the French Open this summer -- a five-set win over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9b79e506-da5f-e10a-6b4e-9a2a93ed34bb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3764&quot;&gt;Lorenzo Musetti&lt;/a&gt; -- ended at 3:06 a.m. and was the latest finish in tournament history. He tore the meniscus in his right knee during his next match and withdrew ahead of the quarterfinals and underwent surgery.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dc08ff13-644e-fa3a-32ee-fc27a300b90a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2191&quot;&gt;Daria Kasatkina&lt;/a&gt;, currently No. 13 in the world, told ESPN that the night doesn&#39;t end when the match is over.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You cannot go to sleep straight away ... you have some interviews straight after, you then have to do stretch, ice bath recovery, eat, then mandatory media, [such as] a press conference or whatever you will be requested to do,&quot; she said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kasatkina pointed out that each athlete has his or her own recovery/rehab routine. The athlete then has to make the trip back to the hotel which, depending on the tournament, can take an additional 30 minutes or more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kasatkina has experience with late matches. In August 2023, she played &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8f3eaf-8166-d650-d429-6200edef59fd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3126&quot;&gt;Elena Rybakina&lt;/a&gt; in a Canadian Open match that started at 11:27 p.m. They finished nearly 3½ hours later at 2:57 a.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You&#39;re destroyed,&quot; Kasatkina said of late matches. &quot;You spend a lot of emotion, a lot of physical energy.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To compound the effect, scheduling does not always take when a previous match ends into account.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You might play first the day after you play last,&quot; Kasatkina said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PTPA executive director Ahmad Nassar noted the athletes&#39; frustration around increasingly late start times and turned to Sikka to capture their concerns with objective data.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;[Dr. Sikka] was a guy that we knew through baseball and football and basketball and we said, &#39;Hey, would you be interested in kind of looking at some of these issues and working with us on this?&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The results, while not particularly surprising, provided quantifiable metrics to support what the athletes were reporting from personal experience.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s one thing to grumble, &#39;I don&#39;t like late-night matches,&#39; Nassar said. &quot;It&#39;s much different to say, here&#39;s some real data, 25% greater chance of injury. ... And then, you know, you kind of go to what do you do about it?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ATP, which runs men&#39;s tennis worldwide, declined to comment for this story. A representative shared the organization&#39;s joint press release with the WTA from January explaining changes both tours had made to alleviate late-night matches.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the release, which acknowledged how such late starts and finishes were &quot;negatively impacting players and fans,&quot; it stated various regulations for tour events, including the banning of matches starting after 11 p.m. (unless approved by a tour supervisor), the moving of matches to an alternate court if not started by 10:30 p.m. and the disallowing of night sessions to begin after 7:30 p.m. ET.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those changes went into effect at the start of the 2024 season. Amy Binder, the WTA&#39;s senior vice president of global communications, noted that as of Sept. 10, there has been just one instance when a match at a WTA event started after 11 p.m. since the change went into effect and it was &quot;in full consultation and agreement with the competing athletes.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka started her third-round match against Ekaterina Alexandrova on Arthur Ashe Stadium at 12:08 a.m, the lastest ever start for a match at the US Open.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The four Grand Slam events operate independently from the tours, however, and do not need to abide by the same regulations. Wimbledon has had a curfew of 11 p.m. in place since it added the roof to Centre Court in 2009 in an agreement with local officials. The US Open implemented its own policy related to night matches this year. If the second night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium or Louis Armstrong Stadium had not started by 11:15 p.m., the match could have been moved to another court.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The referee will have the discretion to move the match,&quot; tournament director Stacey Allaster said in a pre-event media briefing in August. &quot;That&#39;s going to depend on many variables, like do we have the broadcast team ready, do we have a ball crew, so forth.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But Sabalenka and Alexandrova took the court well after 11:15 p.m. Nassar said both players were consulted and said they wanted to remain on Ashe. But Nassar doesn&#39;t believe it should have come down to the players making the call.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;This might not be the most popular opinion, but you don&#39;t ask a player in the NFL, &#39;Oh, how do you feel? You want to stick it out even if we think you have a concussion?&#39; No, man, the rule is you gotta go,&quot; Nassar said. &quot;That&#39;s part of changing the culture and I know players want to play on certain courts at certain tournaments, that&#39;s natural. But [we&#39;re at] the point where the culture is actually dangerous. Not just annoying, but dangerous.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Player concerns are not strictly limited to late-night match starts. Issues such as mandatory tournament demands, the transition of several of the 1000-level events from one week to two, and the number of matches being played are all areas of focus.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The tournaments are longer, the draws are bigger. Recovery time is less,&quot; said Kasatkina.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Plus the travel is increasing because we have more tournaments. We have to travel from one coast to another, from one time zone to another. Now we don&#39;t have much time for preparations. We cannot do much practice blocks. We can&#39;t get enough rest. I mean, you can, but you have to sacrifice some of the tournaments. Like you always have to make a choice.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are also the surface changes that accompany different venues factoring into the equation for players.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b018afb7-0203-6a56-8381-7cd6446635fd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2726&quot;&gt;Hubert Hurkacz&lt;/a&gt;, currently ranked No. 8, said constantly changing surfaces is tough on players. He noted that was especially true this year with the addition of the Olympic Games, played on clay, following the end of the grass season and right before the start of the summer hard-court portion of the schedule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Let&#39;s say you&#39;re going to the Olympics, you&#39;re practicing for a week on clay or getting ready, your body&#39;s ready to go,&quot; Hurkacz told ESPN. &quot;Then you play a good tournament and then the next day you&#39;re on the flight say to Montreal, and you&#39;re playing on a different surface, different conditions on hard court, [where] the sliding is so much different. ... Ultimately it&#39;s really difficult without having proper preparation.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sikka notes the PTPA is looking to learn from other sports leagues and their approaches to data analytics as a means of effecting change.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;How did the NFL approach their concussion data?&quot; he said. &quot;If baseball has all these arm and elbow injuries and they&#39;re worried about pitch counts, should we have a serve count?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He noted the power era of tennis, when higher spin rates and serve velocities appear to correlate with chances of winning. But is there an injury cost? The answer, Sikka believes, lies in the data.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;No data is perfect,&quot; he said. &quot;But these are trends that are pretty indisputable. And now there&#39;s a measurable thing that if we want to intervene, we&#39;ve got a baseline for comparison.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sikka also believes the solutions lie in the PTPA, the tours and the Slams working together towards a common goal of optimizing player health and performance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We&#39;re not here to put people down,&quot; Sikka said, &quot;We&#39;re not here to rabble-rouse. We&#39;re here to improve the quality of care for a population.&quot;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 22:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>GENEVA -- The World Anti-Doping Agency has yet to decide whether to appeal the decision to exonerate US Open champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;431a1bce-57de-2a02-8022-9f32b0f60efb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt; of blame for his positive steroid tests, and has another three weeks to do so.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The WADA shared details of the appeal deadline with The Associated Press on Tuesday showing that the World Anti-Doping Code -- the global set of rules for international sports -- gives the Montreal-based agency at least until the end of September to file an appeal in the Sinner case.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The WADA and Nado Italia, Italy&#39;s anti-doping agency, are the only two agencies that could challenge the decision by an independent tribunal announced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Aug. 20.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While the doping rules state that any other party with a right to appeal -- such as Nado Italia -- has 21 days to do so, the WADA then gets another 21 days on top of that before its own window closes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tuesday marks the 21st day since &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story?_slug_=tennis-jannik-sinner-tested-positive-steroids-avoids-ban&amp;amp;id=40928617&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the ruling by a three-judge panel in London was announced&lt;/a&gt;, but Nado Italia has yet to file an appeal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, it was unclear whether the initial 21-day deadline expired Tuesday, since that window opens only after all the parties receive the verdict and supporting documents, which can be at least a few days or more after the announcement, according to the tennis integrity agency.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The deadline for filing an appeal to the CAS will be 21 days from the date of receipt of the reasoned decision in question by the appealing party,&quot; the tennis integrity agency rulebook says.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then the WADA has another 21 days to file an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March but ultimately was not banned because the ITIA determined he was not to blame. Sinner&#39;s accepted explanation was that the banned performance enhancer entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist, who used a spray containing the steroid to treat their own cut finger.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The doping case was kept secret until last month&#39;s announcement. The top-ranked Sinner went on to beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6493155f-cacc-7aa5-ba78-d952efa4c652&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2946&quot;&gt;Taylor Fritz&lt;/a&gt; in the US Open final on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;An appeal could jeopardize his US Open title, but Sinner and his legal team have provided detailed evidence that persuaded the ITIA and the tribunal judges that his explanation was credible.</description>
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      <description>NEW YORK -- On her very first day of the next chapter of her life, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;23e07188-31d5-847c-2c84-124a1cb1b2dc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1897&quot;&gt;Shelby Rogers&lt;/a&gt; woke up to a text message from her sister: &quot;Happy first day of retirement,&quot; it read.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rogers, 31, had officially finished her career at the US Open, and the message was the first moment in which her decision felt real. It was pouring rain outside of her home in Florida -- she and her husband had flown back from New York following her final loss in mixed doubles the day before -- and she wouldn&#39;t have been able to go out to the practice court even if she wanted to.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But she didn&#39;t go to the gym either, as she normally would. Instead they picked up their dogs, who had been boarding while they were away, and returned home to their new reality that still didn&#39;t quite feel real.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There&#39;s always that few days where you can recover and take off [after a tournament],&quot; Rogers told ESPN later that day. &quot;So I feel like I&#39;m still in that in-between period. But when my sister texted me, I was like, &#39;Wait, what am I supposed to do? What does that even mean?&#39; I think the longer I go without practicing or playing a tournament, it&#39;ll feel a little more realistic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;But for now I&#39;m excited. I&#39;m happy.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After 14 years on the tour, a career-high ranking of No. 30, two major quarterfinals appearances and a 2017 Billie Jean King Cup championship as part of the American team, Rogers had known for much of the season that 2024 would be her last. She had torn her meniscus during the grass season in 2023 and despite her best efforts to return to full health, a slew of other injuries followed. As the ongoing physical struggles continued to mount, her joy for the sport lessened. Being on the tennis court no longer felt the same.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;She knew it was time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But while some players announce their impending retirement or undergo a farewell tour, Rogers wanted none of that. As a self-described &quot;very emotional person,&quot; she knew having to formally say goodbye to every tournament she played would simply be too much. She decided the US Open would be her final event -- the place where she recorded one of the biggest wins of her life in 2021 against then No. 1 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6103e730-3773-928b-e612-b3e6fad8ff84&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2031&quot;&gt;Ashleigh Barty&lt;/a&gt;, and reached the 2020 quarterfinals. But she wasn&#39;t even sure if she would share the news until after the tournament was over.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Rogers upset world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty at the 2021 US Open.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;JASON SZENES/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was honestly going back and forth debating whether I should just kind of quietly go by the wayside, but then I started to think about all the people that had supported me and been in my team behind the scenes, the tournaments, everyone,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;And I was like, well, I feel like I also want to share a moment with them and have a really public moment for all of the people that for decades have been a part of my career, fans included. So I was like, &#39;Okay, the US Open seems appropriate.&#39; And honestly, I&#39;m really happy I did it. I couldn&#39;t have written it a better way if I wanted to.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Three days before the main draw got underway in New York, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/C_AqXn8peRk/?hl=en&amp;amp;img_index=1&quot;&gt;Rogers made the announcement on social media&lt;/a&gt;. It was quickly met by congratulatory words from fans and her peers alike. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ca44c2b0-9dea-ab40-2541-b50a4442ff8e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626&quot;&gt;Coco Gauff&lt;/a&gt; commented on how much she would miss Rogers&#39; &quot;spirit, kindness and the sharing of [her] faith.&quot; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;216014b7-fa2e-a43b-13fa-258e5b1c4e0d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=497&quot;&gt;Bethanie Mattek-Sands&lt;/a&gt; said she had &quot;embodied enjoying the ride.&quot; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;63d63db4-882a-e1c0-6866-76a42b089c46&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1556&quot;&gt;Madison Keys&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1710c64f-775f-7d4e-1db9-c53c85071860&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1472&quot;&gt;Sloane Stephens&lt;/a&gt; and countless other wrote how happy they were for her.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In her final singles match, played under the lights on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Rogers played eventual finalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;63f9c1e5-14bd-003f-c269-31543931ad1d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2113&quot;&gt;Jessica Pegula&lt;/a&gt;, someone who she had played against since their teenage years. Pegula of course won the match 6-4, 6-3, but together they stood on the court after the match and celebrated Rogers&#39; career. A video was played on the board, Rogers was presented with a photo collage of moments from the tournament and Pegula cried as she spoke about her longtime friend.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But Rogers surprised even herself as she remained composed and made it through her own speech to the crowd without breaking down.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think that was the Lord&#39;s doing honestly, because every other moment in my career I&#39;ve just been a ball of tears and I can&#39;t explain that moment any other way,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;And I definitely didn&#39;t have on my bingo card that Jessie would be crying more than me but it was really sweet.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Rogers played singles, doubles and mixed doubles in New York over the past two weeks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Al Bello/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The next day Rogers won her opening doubles match with partner &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;17378de1-da98-9e35-f895-91a97719a8b1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=687&quot;&gt;Petra Martic&lt;/a&gt; but they lost in the second round. Her final match came on the fifth day of the tournament in mixed doubles. Paired with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a81c4ff2-442e-402c-56f0-9979f698d73c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3627&quot;&gt;Robert Galloway&lt;/a&gt;, her career officially reached its conclusion with a loss to the eventual champions &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;82dfe891-e743-372d-3bde-0bab506abfa1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=636&quot;&gt;Sara Errani&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3548&quot;&gt;Andrea Vavassori&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rogers wished she had a few more wins during the tournament but left New York with no regrets. She still isn&#39;t entirely sure what she will do next but knows she wants to stay involved with the sport -- whether through television commentary, working with youth tennis in her native Charleston, South Carolina, or something else -- and was most looking forward to simply being at home.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Not being in a different place every week sounds really exciting,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;Being home with my family, with my puppies, just having a set schedule for a decent amount of time.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Always known as one of the friendliest players on tour, Rogers sometimes wonders what could have happened during her tennis career if she had a different demeanor. But looking back, she wouldn&#39;t change a thing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There&#39;s definitely a part of me that was like, &#39;Oh, maybe if I was tougher and didn&#39;t have that nicest-girl-on-tour reputation, maybe I would have won more matches,&#39;&quot; she said. &quot;But honestly, looking back, that&#39;s one of the most important things that I&#39;ll take away with me. I felt that I needed to get along with the other girls and make friendships and really understand some of their stories and where they were coming from and be able to be vulnerable because we see each other every week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;For me to be able to enjoy it, I needed to be a hundred percent myself. I couldn&#39;t be one person outside of the court and someone different in the locker room. So it was always just, this is who I am. I can&#39;t do it any other way. This is how I know to do it. And that&#39;s how I went about it.&quot;</description>
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      <description>All eyes are on the WNBA playoff push with less than two weeks remaining in the 2024 regular season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But the most anticipated draft class in league history has also continued to draw attention. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 1 draft pick in April, led the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; back to the postseason for the first time since 2016. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a4b0ff3-1dd7-31fc-8a29-220b6a17722c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433405/kamilla-cardoso&quot;&gt;Kamilla Cardoso&lt;/a&gt; hope to lead the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3b4b0e25-5d0c-1ce2-ab25-580273be43e4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-sky&quot;&gt;Chicago Sky&lt;/a&gt; to the playoffs as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark and Reese have already etched their names into the record books. Clark set the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40585930/fever-caitlin-clark-breaks-wnba-single-game-record-19-assists-loss-wings&quot;&gt;WNBA single-game record with 19 assists&lt;/a&gt;, and she is the first rookie in league history to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40508281/caitlin-clark-notches-triple-double-first-wnba-rookie&quot;&gt;tally a triple-double&lt;/a&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41128834/caitlin-clark-2nd-triple-double-propels-fever-fifth-straight-win&quot;&gt;let alone two&lt;/a&gt;. Reese set a WNBA record for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40555540/angel-reese-historic-double-double-streak-ends-15-games&quot;&gt;consecutive double-doubles&lt;/a&gt; (15) and the league mark for most rebounds in a season (446).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41171397/rebounds-defense-high-motor-chicago-sky-angel-reese-rookie-season-ends-injury&quot;&gt;memorable rookie season&lt;/a&gt; ended suddenly Sept. 7 when she announced she had &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41170165/sky-rookie-angel-reese-season-wrist-injury&quot;&gt;suffered a season-ending wrist injury&lt;/a&gt;. Over 34 games, she averaged 13.6 points, 13.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals. Reese had 26 double-doubles, just shy of Connecticut forward Alyssa Thomas&#39; record of 28 set last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We&#39;ll continue to track the top rookie performances every game day throughout the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Last updated: Sept. 12&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guard | 6-foot | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/gamelog/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Game log&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/stats/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last time out:&lt;/strong&gt; Clark had a relatively subdued night by her standards, finishing with 16 points, 6 assists and 5 turnovers in the Fever&#39;s 86-75 loss to the two-time defending champion &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark became the first player with 700 points and 300 assists in a season in league history but also snapped a few personal streaks Wednesday night: Her streak of five straight games with 20 points and 5 assists (tied for the longest streak in WNBA history) ended, as well as her 10 consecutive games with at least three 3-pointers (the longest streak in WNBA history).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark&#39;s 1-for-10 shooting from the 3-point arc was the worst percentage of her pro career, while her 6-for-22 effort from the field was the fourth-lowest percentage of her season, and her worst mark since June.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we learned:&lt;/strong&gt; The Fever and Aces face off once more Friday, a stretch that Indiana is treating as a playoff series. Clark spoke postgame about Las Vegas&#39; physicality and strength on defense wearing her down a bit as the game progressed. Friday&#39;s rematch gives the Fever a chance to make adjustments and find ways to get their offense going in usual form. Of note: Las Vegas is the only team Indiana has yet to beat this season. -- &lt;em&gt;Alexa Philippou&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Up next:&lt;/strong&gt; vs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt; on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, ION)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lindsay Allen&#39;s great entry pass sets up an easy basket for Kamilla Cardoso and the Sky.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Center | 6-foot-7 | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/gamelog/_/id/4433405/kamilla-cardoso&quot;&gt;Game log&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/stats/_/id/4433405/kamilla-cardoso&quot;&gt;Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last time out:&lt;/strong&gt; Cardoso had 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and a block, but the Sky looked almost lifeless in an 89-58 loss to the Washington Mystics on Wednesday in Chicago. Cardoso was 4-of-9 from the field.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cardoso wasn&#39;t the rookie standout of the night, though: That was Washington&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60595614-8481-3d6c-98be-1a1ee34424cf&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433408/aaliyah-edwards&quot;&gt;Aaliyah Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 6 draft pick in April. She had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks. It was her third double-double of the season and first double-digit scoring performance since July 16.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we learned:&lt;/strong&gt; The Sky were playing their second game since losing Reese for the season to a wrist injury. They beat the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;34946ff8-281e-c57d-bb76-37fb1ebe3ec6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-wings&quot;&gt;Dallas Wings&lt;/a&gt; on Sunday without her but were buried by Washington 29-13 in the first quarter Wednesday and never recovered. The Mystics shot 50% from the field to the Sky&#39;s 35.7%.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Chicago is still in eighth place at 13-23 for the final playoff spot, but Washington is now tied with the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt; a game back at 12-24. The Mystics and Dream have their next two games against each other. -- &lt;em&gt;Michael Voepel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Up next&lt;/strong&gt;: at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx&quot;&gt;Minnesota Lynx&lt;/a&gt; on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, ION)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forward | 6-foot-2 | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/gamelog/_/id/4433630/rickea-jackson&quot;&gt;Game log&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/stats/_/id/4433630/rickea-jackson&quot;&gt;Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last time out:&lt;/strong&gt; Jackson had another strong game Wednesday, scoring 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting, with 7 rebounds and 3 assists in the Sparks&#39; 90-82 loss to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt;. Jackson has scored in double figures in every game but one since July 13.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wednesday, Jackson became the third Sparks rookie to have five games scoring 20 or more points in her first season. Candace Parker had 11 in 2008 and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;759b52cb-27bf-059a-9407-ea76a87edb14&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/1068/nneka-ogwumike&quot;&gt;Nneka Ogwumike&lt;/a&gt; had seven in 2012; both were No. 1 picks and won the Rookie of the Year award. Parker was also MVP in 2008.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This was Jackson&#39;s 37th game this season. Both Parker and Ogwumike played in 33 of the Sparks&#39; 34 regular-season games in their first seasons. The WNBA moved to a 40-game schedule last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we learned:&lt;/strong&gt; The Sparks were playing back-to-back games, having lost 86-66 to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/conn/connecticut-sun&quot;&gt;Connecticut Sun&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday. Los Angeles dropped to 7-30 but had a stronger performance against the Storm than the Sun. At this point, looking for small improvements is the best thing for the Sparks to do. -- &lt;em&gt;Voepel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Up next:&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt; on Sunday (6 p.m. ET)</description>
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      <description>The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt; are in the driver&#39;s seat for the WNBA playoffs, having officially clinched a playoff spot and well-positioned in first place. But things are getting very interesting in the stretch run.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Eight teams make the postseason. Finishing in the top four means a chance to host a best-of-three first-round playoff series. Right now, those four spots look to be decided by five teams: New York, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/conn/connecticut-sun&quot;&gt;Connecticut Sun&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx&quot;&gt;Minnesota Lynx&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt; and the two-time defending champion &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Liberty, one of the WNBA&#39;s original franchises, are still seeking their first WNBA title. New York fell in the WNBA Finals last season to the Aces, but so far in 2024 the Liberty have been the league&#39;s most consistent team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; haven&#39;t been to the playoffs since 2016. With back-to-back No.1 picks &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; the past two seasons, the Fever have secured a playoff spot. Who will nab the eighth and final postseason berth?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A&#39;ja Wilson sets the WNBA single-season points record on the way to fueling Las Vegas to a road win over the Indiana Fever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept. 19:&lt;/strong&gt; Regular season ends&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept. 22:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41147890/how-do-wnba-playoffs-work-dates-format-more&quot;&gt;Playoffs begin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oct. 20:&lt;/strong&gt; Last possible finals date&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ESPN Analytics team breaks down playoff probability updated in real time. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41147890/how-do-wnba-playoffs-work-dates-format-more&quot;&gt;The top eight teams make the playoffs&lt;/a&gt; -- a best-of-three series in the first round, where teams are seeded based on regular-season performance, and a best-of-five format for the semifinals and finals. Updated nightly:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clinched a playoff spot:&lt;/strong&gt; New York, Minnesota, Connecticut, Las Vegas, Seattle, Indiana, Phoenix.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How much does a single player mean to the team? Win Probability Added (WPA) captures how much probability goes up or down when a player is on the court and gives them approximate credit. Here we break down the league&#39;s best in the category. Updated after games:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 2024 rookie class is worthy of its own breakdown. Win Probability Added (WPA) captures how much probability goes up or down when a player is on the court and gives them approximate credit. These rookies have not only impacted their teams, but the league. Updated after games:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41147890/how-do-wnba-playoffs-work-dates-format-more&quot;&gt;How do the WNBA playoffs work&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/strong&gt; The dates, format and more&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40484035/wnba-2024-awards-tracker-mvp-rookie-year-coach-all-league-first-team&quot;&gt;WNBA awards tracker:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Unanimous MVP? Clark or Reese for ROY?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40995746/wnba-power-rankings-2024-minnesota-lynx-hottest-team-playoff-race&quot;&gt;WNBA Power Rankings&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Why the Lynx are the league&#39;s hottest team&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40846109/wnna-top-25-players-midseason-2024&quot;&gt;25 reasons to read:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Our midseason edition of top 25 player rankings&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40613286/ten-predictions-rest-2024-wnba-season-olympic-break&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WNBA predictions time:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 10 things that will happen in the second half&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40147758/wnba-2024-rookie-tracker-clark-reese-cardoso-brink-jackson&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie tracker:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Caitlin Clark. Angel Reese. We&#39;re tracking the rookies&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/&quot;&gt;WNBA COVERAGE&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/schedule&quot;&gt;SCHEDULE&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/standings&quot;&gt;STANDINGS&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/stats&quot;&gt;STATS&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/bpi&quot;&gt;BPI&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/odds&quot;&gt;ODDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 04:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>INDIANAPOLIS -- Toward the end of the first half Wednesday night, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9d049a87-30bf-a718-0206-b47ef02f57df&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3149391/aja-wilson&quot;&gt;A&#39;ja Wilson&lt;/a&gt; received the ball from teammate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6a3fef56-2bd2-ba2e-1e18-4723c4590b47&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529122/chelsea-gray&quot;&gt;Chelsea Gray&lt;/a&gt;, jabbed to the left and then took fellow former South Carolina Gamecock &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt; off the dribble, pulling up at the free throw line for a jump shot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It has been a remarkable run for the two-time -- presumably soon-to-be three-time -- WNBA MVP. And in Wednesday&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/game/_/gameId/401620432/aces-fever&quot;&gt;86-75 win&lt;/a&gt; over the red-hot &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt;, Wilson etched her name in the history books once more by recording the most points ever in a WNBA season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson&#39;s pull-up jumper with 26.4 seconds left in the first half gave her 941 points this season, two more than &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6268520f-7d7f-f5f6-4c16-59e7ffcd3dd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987869/jewell-loyd&quot;&gt;Jewell Loyd&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s previous record of 939 set last season. With 27 points by game&#39;s end, Wilson&#39;s point total for 2024 sits at 956, putting her 44 points from becoming the first WNBA player to score 1,000 in a single season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The accomplishment came in Wilson&#39;s return after sitting out her first game since 2019 because of a minor ankle injury.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It feels great because now people will stop talking about it,&quot; Wilson quipped about the record after the game. &quot;Felt like it was just like lingering, lingering, lingering, so I&#39;m glad that we got it done.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t want to sound cliché when I say this, but I don&#39;t get any of that without every single teammate along the way. And I&#39;m so grateful to be able to play with selfless women. They give it their all every single day, and they&#39;re their pure selves, and that&#39;s what I love the most,&quot; she added, holding back tears. &quot;My teammates, they&#39;re the heartbeat, they keep me going.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson, who was named WNBA MVP in 2020 and 2022 and Finals MVP in 2023, has had a sensational run over the past few years, leading the Aces to back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 as they became the first WNBA franchise to repeat in over two decades. She also led the U.S. women&#39;s national team to an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer, earning tournament MVP.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This season, Las Vegas hasn&#39;t been quite the same unstoppable squad, sitting in fourth in the standings after finishing with the No. 1 spot the previous two years. The Aces have had to rely more than ever on Wilson, and she has answered the call on both ends.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coach Becky Hammon said pregame that Wilson&#39;s season should be considered the best ever in league history, and there are plenty of facts to back that up: Wilson&#39;s scoring average of 27.3 points -- on 52.1% shooting from the field -- is on track to be the highest single-season average in WNBA history. And in addition to being a double-double machine with her consistency on the glass (11.9 rebounds per game), she&#39;s a premier defender as the reigning two-time defensive player of the year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson&#39;s teammate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09609790-79bb-81d4-522b-7a036e404c50&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/924/alysha-clark&quot;&gt;Alysha Clark&lt;/a&gt; implored onlookers to appreciate Wilson for what she has managed to do on the court.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;One day she&#39;s not going to be here. She&#39;s going to retire and go on and live her life, and people are going to marvel at what she&#39;s done. And I&#39;m like, marvel at it now,&quot; Clark said. &quot;It&#39;s impressive as hell. And what she does on a consistent basis, from day one of this season, there was no doubt who the best player in the world was.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added Hammon: &quot;You&#39;re really starting to see a really, really gifted woman come into this maturity stage of not only her life, but basketball career. She&#39;s not just the best player in the world, she might be the most loved and adored by her teammates. I mean, this woman is special.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson&#39;s special night highlighted the Aces&#39; fifth win in six games, their only loss in that stretch coming Sunday without Wilson against the league-best &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;. Hammon has been pleased with her team&#39;s defensive effort in recent weeks, including Wednesday as it held a high-powered Fever offense to 75 points on 39.7% shooting.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As part of that, Las Vegas&#39; physicality and strength threw off rookie superstar &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;, who had a subdued game by her standards with 16 points, 6 assists and 5 turnovers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The attention to detail,&quot; Hammon said. &quot;We&#39;re locked in. We&#39;re doing our base well. And when you do your base well and you&#39;re locked in on the base, when we do those things, we tend to be on the same page, and we can get multiple stops in a row, which gives our offense multiple opportunities. ... We&#39;re figuring it out on the defensive end.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Fever thought they left some points on the board and perhaps could have moved the ball more. But they&#39;ll have one more shot at knocking off the two-time defending champs -- the only team they&#39;ve yet to beat this season -- Friday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I still feel like we haven&#39;t really given them the best that we have,&quot; Clark said, &quot;so I think Friday is a great opportunity for us to do that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65441aab-bd32-abef-f1f9-6a95b381c955&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142191/kelsey-mitchell&quot;&gt;Kelsey Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;I think that we all kind of lapsed, and we took whatever they gave us, and we didn&#39;t have to. And so I think going into our next maturation, our next phase on Friday, we can&#39;t take anything. We have to punch first, and when they do punch back, we&#39;ve got to be able to stand up and get back to it.&quot;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ranking the 10 best rookie seasons in WNBA history</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; was born in 2002, five years after the WNBA launched, and grew up watching the league. Playing in the WNBA has long been one of her dreams. Now, near the end of her record-breaking first season, it&#39;s clear that she has already made a mark in just one summer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;A lot of people in this rookie class grew up just loving this league,&quot; Clark said. &quot;They speak of a lot of memories through their childhood that were spent at a WNBA game or they have a specific player that they love.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know if being a fan necessarily makes you more prepared to play in the WNBA -- but maybe from the standpoint of really knowing how good this league is. You&#39;re going to continue to see these young players that come into the league and have idolized [a player] or specific team ... and that was a very impactful part of their young life.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Some might one day say Clark influenced them that way. She is off to a strong start to what could be an epic career. Just how good has she been as a rookie?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;She currently leads the WNBA in assists and 3-pointers and ranks seventh in scoring. She became the first rookie to get a triple-double; she has two. Clark has eight games of at least 20 points and 10 assists, the most by any player in a season. Through Sunday&#39;s victory over the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt;, she became the first player in WNBA history to average at least 25 points and 10 assists over a five-game span.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark also has made at least three 3-pointers in 10 consecutive games, the longest streak in WNBA history. And Clark has been a big factor in helping the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; break their seven-year playoff drought, as they have qualified for the postseason for the first time since 2016.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When it comes to impact in terms of getting exposure for the WNBA and bringing in new fans, Clark has been in a league of her own. Her popularity, boosted by her run to the NCAA Division I scoring record and two trips to the national championship game while at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2294/iowa-hawkeyes&quot;&gt;Iowa&lt;/a&gt;, has translated to the WNBA just as her game has. Fever tickets are a hot commodity both in Indiana and around the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where does Clark&#39;s season rank among the top 10 rookie seasons in WNBA history? And does &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s -- now sidelined for the rest of the season with a wrist injury -- also land on that list? All rookies were eligible, not only those players who were named WNBA Rookie of the Year. That said, everyone on the list except this year&#39;s rookies won that honor. The 2024 award hasn&#39;t been given yet, although Clark is the overwhelming favorite.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Like most rankings, this one is almost impossible to limit to 10. How, for instance, can we leave off &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/695/seimone-augustus&quot;&gt;Seimone Augustus&lt;/a&gt;, who is the all-time rookie leader in scoring average (21.9 in 2006)? What about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/479/cheryl-ford&quot;&gt;Cheryl Ford&lt;/a&gt;, who averaged a double-double (10.8 PPG, 10.4 RPG) in 2003 and is the only Rookie of the Year winner besides &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/956/maya-moore&quot;&gt;Maya Moore&lt;/a&gt; to win a WNBA championship in her first year?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We tried to take into account rookies who made an impact in multiple categories during their first season and also whether they performed feats that were historical not just for rookies but players in general. Only two true guards -- Clark and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;af0e2a4e-188a-421e-60ba-0c5f32ad63ad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/585/diana-taurasi&quot;&gt;Diana Taurasi&lt;/a&gt; -- made this list. That&#39;s probably because it can take a little longer for guards to adjust to the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But in Clark&#39;s case, it didn&#39;t take long until the league had to start adjusting to her.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;In the same year she won an NCAA title and an Olympic gold medal, Candace Parker nearly averaged a double-double in her first WNBA season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.5 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 3.4 APG, 2.3 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Parker is the only Rookie of the Year to also win MVP in the same season. The No. 1 draft pick was coming off back-to-back NCAA titles at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;497e95e2-97ac-7535-f946-91502d9ec4ea&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2633/tennessee-lady-volunteers&quot;&gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt; and was immediately a force in the WNBA. She won an Olympic gold medal with Team USA in 2008, then the forward-center and the Sparks made it to the Western Conference finals. Parker went on to claim another MVP award (in 2013) and win a Defensive Player of the Year honor (2020), and she was a member of three WNBA championship teams (2016, 2021, 2023).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.6 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 3.7 APG, 2.9 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Catchings was drafted No. 3 in 2001 but was rehabbing a knee injury that cut short her senior season at Tennessee. Thus, her rookie season was 2002, when she led the Fever to their first playoff appearance. Catchings recorded 9.2 win shares, the most ever by a WNBA rookie. The forward went on to collect a league MVP award (2011), was a five-time Defensive Player of the Year and won the 2012 championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Among setting other records, Caitlin Clark, left, had the first triple-doubles by a rookie in WNBA history, while Angel Reese set the league mark for consecutive double-doubles and most rebounds in a season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats (through Sept. 10):&lt;/strong&gt; 19.2 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 8.5 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark was the top pick in April, following fellow No. 1 selection &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt;, who was the 2023 Rookie of the Year for the Fever. Those two have made great progress in one season as a top guard-post combo. Clark also has jelled well with starting backcourt mate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65441aab-bd32-abef-f1f9-6a95b381c955&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142191/kelsey-mitchell&quot;&gt;Kelsey Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;; both are averaging just over 19 points per game. A strong case can be made that Clark has had the best offensive season ever for a WNBA rookie. Where a player such as Catchings has an edge is that she also was an elite defender as a rookie. Clark has made progress on that side of the court. And while she averages a league-high 5.7 turnovers per game, her being the team&#39;s primary ball handler and the league&#39;s assist leader must be taken into account.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 13.2 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.4 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The three-time Wade Trophy winner at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;179cc0cf-4aff-5dd9-80cb-c4bbf21c5442&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/41/uconn-huskies&quot;&gt;UConn&lt;/a&gt; didn&#39;t have the biggest stats as the No. 1 pick in 2011, but her impact was immediate and enormous. She was the missing element the Lynx needed to lead them that year to the first of their four WNBA championships. The forward would go on to be league MVP in 2014, and she made six trips to the WNBA Finals in her eight seasons in the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Maya Moore&#39;s first season in the WNBA ended with the first of Minnesota&#39;s four WNBA titles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;P.A. Molumby/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 20.7 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.7 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson was the second of three consecutive No. 1 picks for the Aces, following &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2e8112d2-f7f5-33dd-0ab1-7a41c4134037&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3065570/kelsey-plum&quot;&gt;Kelsey Plum&lt;/a&gt; (while the franchise was still in San Antonio) and before &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;549665e1-73d4-f906-4670-03961ea95464&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4065870/jackie-young&quot;&gt;Jackie Young&lt;/a&gt;. As a group, they&#39;ve helped lead the Aces to the past two WNBA titles. Wilson was immediately the face of the Aces franchise when it moved to Las Vegas her rookie year, and the center is on her way this season to her third MVP award. She also has won the Defensive Player of the Year Award twice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.3 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.9 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stewart was coming off four consecutive NCAA titles at UConn when she became the Storm&#39;s second No. 1 pick in a row, after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6268520f-7d7f-f5f6-4c16-59e7ffcd3dd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987869/jewell-loyd&quot;&gt;Jewell Loyd&lt;/a&gt;. During Stewart&#39;s WNBA rookie season, the forward followed in the footsteps of Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi by winning an Olympic gold medal with Team USA. Stewart, now with the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;, has since won two WNBA MVP awards and two league championships.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.1 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.8 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The No. 2 pick out of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/48/delaware-blue-hens&quot;&gt;Delaware&lt;/a&gt;, Delle Donne has the best 3-point rate (43.8%) and free throw rate (92.9%) of any WNBA Rookie of the Year winner. If anyone questioned whether it might take Delle Donne more time to adjust to the WNBA because she didn&#39;t play in a power conference in college, she proved that wasn&#39;t the case. The forward-guard went on to win two MVP awards and a WNBA championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 17.0 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The No. 1 pick from UConn, where the guard won three consecutive NCAA titles, Taurasi was named Rookie of the Year and also won the first of six Olympic gold medals with Team USA during her debut season in the WNBA. The Mercury missed the playoffs that year but won their first WNBA title in 2007. In all, Taurasi has three championships with the Mercury. She was the 2009 league MVP, and Taurasi is the WNBA&#39;s all-time scoring leader.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 15.5 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.7 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Charles won back-to-back NCAA titles with perfect seasons at UConn before being the No. 1 pick in 2010. Until Angel Reese this year, Charles had the highest rebounding average of any rookie in WNBA history. Charles went on to win the league&#39;s MVP award in 2012. Now with Atlanta, the center ranks second to Taurasi in career scoring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Angel Reese leads the Sky with 24 points and 12 rebounds in a dominant 92-78 victory over the Sparks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 13.6 PPG, 13.1 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese was drafted the lowest of any of the players who made this top-10 list: She was picked No. 7 this year out of &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ac200a77-5d39-7ad9-fee8-1d683819d6cf&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/99/lsu-tigers&quot;&gt;LSU&lt;/a&gt;, where she won the 2023 NCAA title. But Reese has been a huge success as a rebounder. She established the WNBA single-season record for rebounds (446) and set the mark for most consecutive double-doubles (15). Her season was cut short by a wrist injury, but the forward still played 34 games.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also considered:&lt;/strong&gt; Seimone Augustus, Cheryl Ford, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/91/sue-bird&quot;&gt;Sue Bird&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Union: WNBA commish missed mark in interview</title>
      <description>INDIANAPOLIS -- WNBA players and their union spoke out Tuesday against recent comments commissioner Cathy Engelbert made that failed to condemn racist and vitriolic behavior from fans surrounding the &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; rivalry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On Monday, Engelbert appeared on CNBC&#39;s &quot;Power Lunch&quot; and was asked by anchor Tyler Mathisen about what he called the &quot;darker ... more menacing&quot; tone taken by the fan bases on social media, one &quot;where race has been introduced in the conversation, where sexuality is sometimes introduced into the conversation.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;How do you try and stay ahead of that, try and tamp it down or act as a league when two of your most visible players are involved -- not personally, it would seem, but their fan bases are involved -- in saying some very uncharitable things about the other?&quot; he asked.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engelbert&#39;s response focused on the role the Clark-Reese rivalry has had in helping grow women&#39;s basketball.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There&#39;s no more apathy. Everybody cares,&quot; she said. &quot;It is a little of that [Larry] Bird-Magic [Johnson] moment if you recall from 1979, when those two rookies came in from a big college rivalry, one white, one Black. And so we have that moment with these two.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;But the one thing I know about sports, you need rivalry. That&#39;s what makes people watch. They want to watch games of consequence between rivals. They don&#39;t want everybody being nice to one another.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engelbert then acknowledged that social media didn&#39;t exist when Bird and Magic played and added that she tells players, &quot;If someone&#39;s typing something and you wouldn&#39;t ask their advice, ignore it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The commissioner concluded her response by mentioning how corporate partners are endorsing WNBA players now more than ever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Women&#39;s National Basketball Players Association executive director Terri Jackson released a statement Tuesday night rebuking Engelbert&#39;s comments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Here is the answer that the Commissioner should have provided to the very clear question regarding the racism, misogyny, and harassment experienced by the Players,&quot; the statement said. &quot;There is absolutely no place in sport -- or in life -- for the vile hate, racist language, homophobic comments, and the misogynistic attacks our players are facing on social media.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;This is not about rivalries or iconic personalities fueling a business model. This kind of toxic fandom should never be tolerated or left unchecked. It demands immediate action, and frankly, should have been addressed long ago.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jackson&#39;s statement went on to celebrate the spike in fandom stemming from Clark and Reese, and then added: &quot;Fandom should lift up the game, not tear down the very people who bring it to life.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engelbert did &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/CathyEngelbert/status/1833711063465898398&quot;&gt;take to social media&lt;/a&gt; late Tuesday night to clarify her initial remarks, writing: &quot;To be clear, there is absolutely no place for hate or racism of any kind in the WNBA or anywhere else.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But players throughout the league earlier in the day expressed their disappointment in what the commissioner first said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I just think it&#39;s doing a disservice to the majority of this league in not talking about the part that it&#39;s consumed and played by Black women,&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Aces&lt;/a&gt; point guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6a3fef56-2bd2-ba2e-1e18-4723c4590b47&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529122/chelsea-gray&quot;&gt;Chelsea Gray&lt;/a&gt; told ESPN ahead of her team&#39;s game against Clark and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday. &quot;And to basically be like, &#39;Yep, we push it under the carpet that racism is OK.&#39; So not being direct and handling that, I think she did a poor job of doing that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added Aces forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09609790-79bb-81d4-522b-7a036e404c50&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/924/alysha-clark&quot;&gt;Alysha Clark&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;I think there was an opportunity for her to really be able to take hold of what&#39;s been going on and let people know that regardless of the amount of dollars that are coming in, regardless of whatever, racism and misogyny and homophobia, they have no place in our league, and they have no place regardless of how popular our sport is.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4d83d500-2f40-c89e-4f85-62927c5abbeb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2998928/breanna-stewart&quot;&gt;Breanna Stewart&lt;/a&gt; struck a similar tone after her team&#39;s 105-91 victory over Dallas on Tuesday night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think that it&#39;s kind of disappointing to hear,&quot; said Stewart, who noted she was part of discussions the players had with the union about Engelbert&#39;s comments. &quot;The way that the fans have surged, and especially behind Caitlin and Angel coming to this league, but also bringing a race aspect to a different level -- you know, there&#39;s no place for that in our sport. We want our sport to be inclusive for race, gender, and really a place where people can be themselves.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;So we wished, obviously, Cathy would use her platform in a different way and have made that a little bit better. Kind of just telling the fans like, enough is enough. Become a fan of our sport and for the new ones, lock in on everybody, but don&#39;t be disrespectful. Because as a league, we stick together, and there&#39;s no place for that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The rivalry between Clark, who is white, and Reese, who is Black, dates to their days playing at Iowa and LSU, respectively. Both players -- main competitors for this year&#39;s WNBA Rookie of the Year award and teammates at the league&#39;s All-Star Game in July -- have downplayed any notion of animosity between them, oftentimes expressing support for one another instead.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that hasn&#39;t stopped a portion of fans from leveling harassment or directing hateful -- sometimes racist, misogynistic, anti-gay -- comments toward players, a majority of whom are Black and some of whom are members of the LGBTQIA+ community.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s taken a darker turn in terms of the types of comments and the vitriol that&#39;s coming through to the players, and it&#39;s not OK,&quot; Alysha Clark said. &quot;I wish [Engelbert] would have just said that -- &#39;It&#39;s not OK.&#39;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;At the end of the day, when we take these uniforms off, we&#39;re human beings, and that doesn&#39;t mean because we&#39;re athletes, we are automatically just allowed to be subjected to those types of comments and hate. And so I just think there was a real missed opportunity to shut that down and just be like, &#39;We don&#39;t condone any of that.&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2e8112d2-f7f5-33dd-0ab1-7a41c4134037&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3065570/kelsey-plum&quot;&gt;Kelsey Plum&lt;/a&gt;, a former No. 1 pick like Caitlin Clark, called Engelbert&#39;s comments &quot;hard to hear,&quot; adding: &quot;It&#39;s pretty clear, there&#39;s a difference between rivalries and racism. Big difference.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Aces guard said she hasn&#39;t had social media on her phone this year because &quot;it&#39;s been so nasty,&quot; and credited both Clark and Reese for how they&#39;ve handled being in the middle of such acrimonious dynamics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Plum acknowledged that this was &quot;maybe a missed opportunity [from Engelbert], but there&#39;s going to be plenty more for her ... and she&#39;ll get an opportunity to clarify her comments.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the meantime, Jackson and players reiterated the values they believe the WNBA stands for -- and what it stands against.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Racism, and the toll it takes on everyone, is NEVER tolerable, let alone justifiable, in the name of economic growth,&quot; Jackson said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added Alysha Clark: &quot;That&#39;s not the type of environment we want for our fans to come to. That&#39;s not the type of environment we want these young girls and boys to step into and think is OK.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Said Plum: &quot;Our women are very grounded and centered and have a great perspective on life, in my opinion. I don&#39;t think that represents what our league is about. If you tune into our league for 30 seconds, you&#39;ll know that we are the most inclusive, loving, compassionate group. We don&#39;t stand for any of that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;ESPN&#39;s Michael Voepel and Katie Barnes contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <description>The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;34946ff8-281e-c57d-bb76-37fb1ebe3ec6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-wings&quot;&gt;Dallas Wings&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;fc3d2f98-2a3d-9ef8-4d5b-b8d5168d7737&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-sparks&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Sparks&lt;/a&gt; have been eliminated from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40847083/2024-wnba-playoffs-tracker-making-biggest-impact-more&quot;&gt;WNBA playoff contention&lt;/a&gt;. Who will join them on the postseason sidelines, and who will take the No. 8 seed?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The seven teams that already have playoff spots continue to jockey for position and home-court advantage -- including the first-place &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;, who are No. 1 again in this week&#39;s ESPN WNBA Power Rankings -- but we&#39;re focused on the other end, where the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3b4b0e25-5d0c-1ce2-ab25-580273be43e4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-sky&quot;&gt;Chicago Sky&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;39c302ad-d5df-e0d0-33e8-1cffebc5bc75&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/wsh/washington-mystics&quot;&gt;Washington Mystics&lt;/a&gt; are trying to make the postseason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With two weeks left in the regular season, the Mystics will face the Sky and the Dream (twice) this week; Atlanta and Chicago still have a matchup left against each other the following week. All three have faced challenges due to injuries this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let&#39;s start with the Sky, who are in eighth place in the standings but got stunning news Saturday: forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41170165/sky-rookie-angel-reese-season-wrist-injury&quot;&gt;out for the rest of the season&lt;/a&gt; with a wrist injury. As a rookie, she established herself as a consistent double-double threat and one of the top rebounders in the league. It&#39;s a shame we won&#39;t get to see her finish this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Fellow rookie &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; said Sunday of Reese, &quot;She&#39;s had a historic year, and she&#39;s done some incredible things. She came to the league and really did what she&#39;s done well her entire career, as long as I&#39;ve known her.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coach Teresa Weatherspoon didn&#39;t give any details about Reese&#39;s injury, saying Reese could disclose that if she chooses to.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Even without Reese, the Sky &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41157379/chennedy-carter-sparks-sky-return-paces-win-vs-sparks&quot;&gt;ended Dallas&#39; playoff hopes&lt;/a&gt; with a 92-77 victory Sunday. Chicago guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0feab94d-9d84-4b8b-b363-57237f8e1855&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4280892/chennedy-carter&quot;&gt;Chennedy Carter&lt;/a&gt; had 28 points, and veteran forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7bce1add-eedb-11c2-3284-1351968dabf2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2566453/isabelle-harrison&quot;&gt;Isabelle Harrison&lt;/a&gt; made the most of her first start of 2024 with 21 points and nine rebounds.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s unfortunate we&#39;re in this situation,&quot; Weatherspoon said, &quot;but we&#39;re excited about what we can do.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ninth-place Dream almost had a big win Sunday. They led Indiana by as much as 16 points -- which turned into a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41184998/caitlin-clark-aliyah-boston-lead-fever-ot-win&quot;&gt;104-100 overtime loss&lt;/a&gt;. Atlanta has lost forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a8b37e4-d246-2fae-729d-5642babd8ce9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529458/cheyenne-parker-tyus&quot;&gt;Cheyenne Parker-Tyus&lt;/a&gt; (ankle) for the remainder of the season, and there&#39;s no timetable for guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c673e938-b68c-7787-3f36-7c3ca34ee5cc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2999035/aerial-powers&quot;&gt;Aerial Powers&lt;/a&gt; (calf) to return.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Add in the games missed earlier this season due to injury by guards &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;940914f8-5293-4fb8-0f4c-7c5436f2c5bd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4398674/rhyne-howard&quot;&gt;Rhyne Howard&lt;/a&gt; (11) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6e517eae-e6cc-f3bb-5761-4b2f27775272&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142250/jordin-canada&quot;&gt;Jordin Canada&lt;/a&gt; (21). That&#39;s what the Dream have been up against, despite the strong play of &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;42ac782c-1f52-80e6-59ee-eebe51e6c1ec&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3058901/allisha-gray&quot;&gt;Allisha Gray&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8d4185-5dc2-d522-e8ed-fb219a1130d4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/918/tina-charles&quot;&gt;Tina Charles&lt;/a&gt; all summer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The resiliency of the team, the grittiness -- they&#39;re continuing to fight,&quot; Dream coach Tanisha Wright said. &quot;Even in those games we&#39;re losing, we&#39;re in every single one of them. But you have to be able to win some of those tight games.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Washington, which also has been beset with injuries, started the season 0-12. No one would have imagined back then that we would be talking in September about the Mystics contending for the playoffs. But they kept plugging away, and the return of guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b8564ef4-7521-235a-57d1-0262eb11d1fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2988756/brittney-sykes&quot;&gt;Brittney Sykes&lt;/a&gt; from injury has really helped.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whichever team gets the last spot will be a big underdog, of course, in the first round of the playoffs. But the Sky, Dream and Mystics wouldn&#39;t mind that; they just want the chance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Previous rankings:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40092221/wnba-2024-preseason-power-rankings-las-vegas-aces-no-1&quot;&gt;Preseason&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40183339/wnba-power-rankings-2024-week-1-minnesota-lynx-indiana-fever&quot;&gt;May 20&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40224884/wnba-power-rankings-2024-connecticut-sun-lynx-aces-liberty&quot;&gt;May 27&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40267320/wnba-power-rankings-2024-connecticut-sun-new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;June 3&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40317348/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-new-no-1-las-vegas-falls&quot;&gt;June 10&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40368050/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-liberty-win-streak&quot;&gt;June 17&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40413601/wnba-power-rankings-2024-minnesota-new-york-commissioner-cup&quot;&gt;June 24&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40469633/wnba-power-rankings-2024-indiana-fever-caitlin-clark-climb&quot;&gt;July 1&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40517426/wnba-power-rankings-2024-aja-wilson-caitlin-clark-angel-reese-set-records-new-no-1&quot;&gt;July 8&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40559958/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-liberty-new-no-1-indiana-fever-climb&quot;&gt;July 15&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40899182/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-liberty-clinch-playoff-berth-betting-favorite&quot;&gt;Aug. 19&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40995746/wnba-power-rankings-2024-minnesota-lynx-hottest-team-playoff-race&quot;&gt;Aug. 26&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41089751/wnba-power-rankings-2024-indiana-fever-jumps-defending-champs-las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Sept. 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.

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      <title>2024 Solheim Cup preview: Who will win? What are each team&#39;s strengths?</title>
      <description>Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, golf fans will get to watch the Solheim Cup in consecutive years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The competition between women&#39;s teams from the U.S. and Europe traditionally happens every other year. But after the 2020 Ryder Cup was postponed a year because of the pandemic, moving the men&#39;s event to odd-numbered years, the Solheim Cup is being played in consecutive years to get on an even-year schedule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That means the U.S. squad didn&#39;t have to wait as long to try to wrestle the Cup away from the Europeans, who retained the trophy with a 14-14 tie in Finca Cortesin, Spain, last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We got some unfinished business,&quot; world No. 1 golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ceef3796-97fb-36a7-8648-dd6b8aed2ac2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9012/nelly-korda&quot;&gt;Nelly Korda&lt;/a&gt; said this week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Although the U.S. has won 10 of the 18 competitions, it hasn&#39;t come out on top since a 16½-11½ victory at Des Moines Golf &amp;amp; Country Club in Iowa in 2017.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Some people have asked me what one word would be to describe Team USA this year, and I&#39;m just going to say &#39;hungry,&#39; because Nelly and I obviously being on the same amount of Solheim Cups and not necessarily getting the job done last year, kind of leaves not necessarily the best taste in your mouth,&quot; Megan Khang said. &quot;Luckily, we didn&#39;t have to wait two years. We have this year to kind of get back at it, and I can tell you now we&#39;re more hungry than ever.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here are some of the biggest storylines at the Solheim Cup, which tees off Friday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;euro&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump ahead:&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#euro&quot;&gt;Team Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#usa&quot;&gt;Team U.S.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#picks&quot;&gt;Our prediction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why they&#39;ll win &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Europeans have been in possession of the Solheim Cup for much of the past five years. After falling in back-to-back matches in 2015 and 2017, the Europeans won 14½-13½ at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2019 and 15-13 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio in 2021. After last year&#39;s tie in Spain, the European squad celebrated as if it had won.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Eight golfers from last year&#39;s European team qualified to run it back this week, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5016/suzann-pettersen&quot;&gt;Suzann Pettersen&lt;/a&gt; used two of her three captain&#39;s picks to bring back two more -- Sweden&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;84697814-a173-c7e6-a151-d160277d3f48&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8293/anna-nordqvist&quot;&gt;Anna Nordqvist&lt;/a&gt; and Denmark&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4009001d-5417-1a44-1ca7-7d591d33cd67&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9592/emily-kristine-pedersen&quot;&gt;Emily Kristine Pedersen&lt;/a&gt;. Rookies &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81a9048d-ac84-f8d6-ccb4-97aa0a1af592&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/442557/esther-henseleit&quot;&gt;Esther Henseleit&lt;/a&gt; (Germany) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;51b205fc-a3e1-f890-6905-2ea0616edb20&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10223/albane-valenzuela&quot;&gt;Albane Valenzuela&lt;/a&gt; (Switzerland) are the only newcomers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Europeans will be looking for their third victory in the past four Solheim Cups held in the U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think playing away, you&#39;re always an underdog,&quot; Pettersen said. &quot;I think that&#39;s how we&#39;ve always looked at it. Yeah, if you look at the previous three Solheims, we&#39;ve come out on the high side, and we&#39;re going to try and keep that going for sure. At the same time, being away, I&#39;m very happy to kind of leave the pressure [on] the Americans to say they are the home favorites.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Team Europe retained the Solheim Cup with a 14-14 tie in the 2023.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Gregory Shamus/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All but two of the European team&#39;s 12 members have winning records at the Solheim Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;England&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;95eacd4d-17d0-4492-47a5-2c1cdfb2e364&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7774/charley-hull&quot;&gt;Charley Hull&lt;/a&gt; (12-7-3), Ireland&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b3288017-6982-3b70-a6d7-4b3a1fc860c8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8123/leona-maguire&quot;&gt;Leona Maguire&lt;/a&gt; (7-2-1) and Spain&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1182b9e6-8cb3-7511-a48a-c82ab1c57620&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7424/carlota-ciganda&quot;&gt;Carlota Ciganda&lt;/a&gt; (11-8-4) have been the toughest outs in the team competition. It&#39;s an experienced squad with a combined 77-55-16 record in Solheim Cup matches and 79 points earned. Seven golfers on the European roster will be competing in at least their fourth Solheim Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weaknesses &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The American team would seem to have an advantage playing at home with a more talented roster from top to bottom. Sweden&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bb92f003-6a8b-2809-a409-73c59f7bfc6d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/434661/linn-grant&quot;&gt;Linn Grant&lt;/a&gt; and Maguire were the only European team members who won a Ladies European Tour event this season. Hull, ranked 12th in the world, hasn&#39;t won since October 2022 but had four top-25s at majors this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Boutier, the highest-ranked European golfer at No. 10 in the Rolex Women&#39;s World Golf Ranking, won four times last year, including her first major championship at the Evian Championship in her native France. This season, however, she didn&#39;t finish higher than a tie for 19th in the five majors.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In fact, eight of the top 12 European golfers failed to finish in the top 10 at a major this season. Stark was runner-up at the Chevron, and Grant tied for ninth at the Women&#39;s PGA Championship and 10th at the AIG Women&#39;s Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Obviously, when you look on paper, the U.S. team is very strong, and I don&#39;t think it&#39;s bad going into this week knowing that we have to give up like a good fight to keep the Cup,&quot; Grant said. &quot;So I think we&#39;re all very excited to go out and be aggressive from the start this time. We were slow last year. And just give it our all.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie assessment &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Henseleit was one of the European squad&#39;s better performers this season with two top 10s in majors -- she was solo seventh at the Chevron Championship and tied for seventh at the Evian Championship. She also was the silver medalist at the Olympics in Paris, carding a 6-under 66 in the final round to finish two strokes behind gold medalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7bed6b9c-bda8-3e20-9a7e-179d92fd6fb9&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7956/lydia-ko&quot;&gt;Lydia Ko&lt;/a&gt; of New Zealand. Then Henseleit was runner-up in the Scottish Open last month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 2019 LET Rookie of the Year and Order of Merit champion started this past season ranked 111th in the world but climbed to 30th with the best campaign of her career. Her fiancée, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0354863-6bdd-679e-c742-28fdb480aa87&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11430/reece-phillips&quot;&gt;Reece Phillips&lt;/a&gt;, works as her caddie and swing coach. Her improvement on the greens after working with Scottish putting coach &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4307536a-f2c7-8a79-5fd2-3d87994e3a0d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4853/david-orr&quot;&gt;David Orr&lt;/a&gt; helped spark her breakthrough.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Esther Henseleit is making her Solheim Cup debut after winning a silver medal in Paris.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been a lot of fun,&quot; Henseleit said. &quot;I felt like my hard work over the last few years kind of paid off and everything came together a little bit. It&#39;s been great to see some good results coming in. It definitely helps my confidence.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Valenzuela, 26, was born in New York to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss native at age 14 and played college golf at Stanford. Valenzuela was a two-time runner-up in the U.S. Women&#39;s Amateur in 2017 and 2019. She represented Switzerland three times at the Olympics and is the first Swiss golfer to compete in the Ryder Cup or Solheim Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 17 starts on the LPGA Tour this season, Valenzuela had six top-25 finishes and two top 10s. She was runner-up at the Honda LPGA Thailand in February.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Golfers who should play all five matches &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pettersen relied heavily on three players in Spain: Grant, Maguire and Pedersen, who each played in all five matches. Grant and Maguire went 3-2, while Pedersen went 2-2-1. They were a combined 5-0-1 in four-ball matches, while Maguire was the only one who won her singles match, carding five birdies and an eagle to take down &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;be5aad1e-dbaa-c67c-aea5-b1c9d3b425e0&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11281/rose-zhang&quot;&gt;Rose Zhang&lt;/a&gt; 4 &amp;amp; 3 on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Grant and Maguire had exceptional form at times this season. On June 9, Grant captured the Volvo Cars Scandinavian Mixed, which also included competitors from the DP World Tour. Maguire became the first Irish woman to claim an LET event when she won the Aramco Team Series tournament in London on July 5.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maguire is one of only five European players who won at least seven of their first 10 matches at the Solheim Cup, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;She&#39;s fiery on the golf course,&quot; European team vice captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3582a079-bdec-3835-b8f1-ab0a0eeb5e3e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8123/mel-reid&quot;&gt;Mel Reid&lt;/a&gt; said of Maguire. &quot;I think you see that. She&#39;s very passionate. She loves match play. She loves [the] Solheim Cup. She loves looking her competitor in the face saying, &#39;I&#39;m going to beat you,&#39; and she wears that extremely well in the team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;She never gives up. She has so much grit and determination. It&#39;s exactly the kind of player you want on your team. And she&#39;s not a long player, and I think that&#39;s what frustrates the competitors as well, is that she just gets it done [without] hitting it very far.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hero pick &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Carlota Ciganda&#39;s birdie on the 17th green secured the Solheim Cup win for Team Europe in 2023.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Can Ciganda deliver for the Europeans again? The 34-year-old was the only Spanish golfer who competed at Finca Cortesin last year, and she delivered with a 4-0 record. In Sunday singles, she won the 16th and 17th hole to knock off Korda 2 &amp;amp; 1 for the 14th point that retained the Solheim Cup for the European team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This week, Ciganda will be looking to become the first golfer to win at least five straight matches at the Solheim Cup since Caroline Hedwall and Hull won six straight in 2013 and 2015. Her best finishes this year were a tie for third at the Ford Championship and solo sixth at the Chevron Championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Risky pick &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;usa&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For the second Solheim Cup in a row, the European team roster is loaded with Swedish golfers. Pettersen used one of her three captain&#39;s picks on Nordqvist, who is competing in her ninth consecutive Solheim Cup. She&#39;s competing as a vice captain this week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to Elias Sports Bureau, only two other golfers appeared in the competition nine or more times in a row: Europe&#39;s Laura Davies played in 12 straight from 1990 to 2011 and Cristie Kerr was on every U.S. squad from 2002 to 2017.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nordqvist, ranked 72nd in the world, had a 1-3 record in Spain last year, going 0-2 in foursomes and 0-1 in a four-ball match. She defeated Jennifer Kupcho 2 &amp;amp; 1 in a singles match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nordqvist has a 15-13-3 record in the Solheim Cup, but she missed the cut in four of her past seven starts on the LPGA Tour.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why they&#39;ll win &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;History would seem to be on the American team&#39;s side -- neither side has won or retained the Solheim Cup four straight times since its inception in 1990. The U.S. team won three times in a row from 1994 to 1998 and 2005 to 2009. And the Americans will have the crowd on its side in northern Virginia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Again, on the surface, the U.S. team would seem to be far more talented and accomplished than its opponent. There are three American golfers ranked in the top 10 of the world ranking: Korda (No. 1), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7fd57cdd-bc5d-d6e9-d6db-869073337aa9&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9401/lilia-vu&quot;&gt;Lilia Vu&lt;/a&gt; (No. 2) and Rose Zhang (No. 9). Three other golfers on the U.S. team -- No. 14 Laura Coughlin, No. 18 Ally Ewing and No. 21 Megan Khang -- are ranked in the top 25.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Team USA poses prior to the Solheim Cup at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Gregory Shamus/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The average world ranking for the 12 golfers on the U.S. team is 25.8 compared to 42 for the European squad. Seven of the golfers on the U.S. squad had at least one top-10 finish in a major -- Ewing had the most with three.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Korda was the best women&#39;s golfer in the world in 2024, winning six times in a seven-start stretch earlier this season, including her second major championship at the Chevron Championship. Vu returned from a back injury and picked up her fifth LPGA victory at the Meijer LPGA Classic on June 16. The two-time major champion tied for second at the Women&#39;s PGA Championship and Women&#39;s British Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weaknesses &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The only American golfers who have tasted victory in the Solheim Cup are Thompson, who was on winning teams in 2015 and 2017, and Alison Lee, who was on the 2015 squad. Korda, Ewing and Khang were part of the past three teams that came up short against the Europeans.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was a concern last year,&quot; U.S. team captain Stacy Lewis said. &quot;That&#39;s the one thing we have going against us, but at some point they&#39;re going to win one and at some point they&#39;re going to get over the hump, just the odds of it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lewis has relied on data more than Pettersen, who seems to go with her gut in making many decisions. Last year, the U.S. team blitzed the Europeans 4-0 in the Friday morning foursomes. The Americans went 6-2 in the alternate shot matches, the first time since 2007 that they had a winning mark in that format.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Europeans have flipped the script in the four-ball matches. In 2017 and 2019, the U.S. team had a seven-point advantage in four-ball. Europe has been five points better in the last two Solheim Cups, including a 6-2 record last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We put a lot of emphasis last year on alternate shot, which you guys saw in the result,&quot; Lewis said. &quot;Looking back, was it maybe too much? Probably. So we&#39;re trying to find that balance this year of creating those great alternate shot pairings, but also making sure we have some great best ball pairings as well. So just trying to find that balance.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie assessment &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Like the European team, there are only two rookies on the U.S. squad -- Coughlin and Sarah Schmelzel.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coughlin, 31, enjoyed a breakthrough in her seventh season on the PGA Tour. She claimed her first two victories at the CPKC Women&#39;s Open on July 28 and the ISPS Handa Scottish Women&#39;s Open on Aug. 18. She tied for third at the Chevron Championship and was solo fourth at the Evian Championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Lauren Coughlin enjoyed a breakthrough season, winning the ISPS Handa Scottish Women&#39;s Open on Aug. 18.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Paul Devlin/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The former Virginia All-American should be a crowd favorite at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club this week. She leads the LPGA with 269 birdies and is fourth in greens in regulation (74%).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Schmelzel, 30, grew up in Arizona and played college golf at South Carolina. She hired a new swing coach and putting coach before the season, and the changes paid off. She had seven top 10s in 21 starts on tour this season, including her first runner-up at the Blue Bay LPGA on March 7. She&#39;s one of the better ball strikers on tour and avoids bogeys (15% of holes played).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Golfers who should play all five matches &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The U.S. squad didn&#39;t have a single player compete in five matches in Spain last year. Khang was the top performer with 3½ points, going 3-0-1 over three days. She paired with Thompson to win two foursomes matches, then set the tone in singles by taking down Grant 1 up in the opening match on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There were five rookies on last year&#39;s team -- Vu, Allisen Corpuz, Andrea Lee, Zhang and Cheyenne Knight -- and Lewis leaned on her more experienced golfers. Vu, Lee and Zhang struggled in their first Solheim Cup, going a combined 2-7-2.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hero pick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thompson was a risky pick a year ago, when Lewis chose her during one of the worst seasons of her LPGA career. Thompson missed the cut in eight of her 11 starts on tour in 2023, but Lewis showed a ton of confidence when she rolled her out with Khang in the opening match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thompson responded by picking up three points with a 3-1 record. She held off Pedersen 2 &amp;amp; 1 in the final singles match on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It will probably be Thompson&#39;s final Solheim Cup. A 15-time winner around the world, Thompson has a 9-7-7 record in the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;This will probably be the final Solheim Cup for Team USA golfer Lexi Thompson.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thompson has been in better form this season with four top 10s in 14 starts, including a tie for ninth at the PGA Women&#39;s Championship. She ranks 13th on tour in strokes gained: putting (.730) and has been exceptionally good inside 20 feet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Lexi has definitely changed women&#39;s golf,&quot; U.S. team vice captain Paula Creamer said. &quot;You can tell she&#39;s so happy right now. I think that making that decision earlier this year [to retire] has definitely helped her enjoy these moments and enjoy being on a team right now. She has definitely made a huge impact on the game of golf for the juniors and everything.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;She&#39;ll definitely be missed, but she&#39;ll always be there, that&#39;s for sure. I don&#39;t think she&#39;s going too far away from the game, just not out here.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Risky pick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Alison Lee earned her way back on the U.S. team through her world ranking, which is a redemption story in itself after she lost her LPGA card earlier in her career. Last year, she won a second Aramco Team Series event in Riyadh and lost in a playoff to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f59cec60-2626-89d7-7d3a-bd23b6a39f21&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8036/minjee-lee&quot;&gt;Minjee Lee&lt;/a&gt; at the BMW Ladies Championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The former UCLA star climbed to No. 14 in the world earlier this season -- after she had slipped to 353rd five years ago.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s Lee&#39;s first Solheim Cup in nine years. She has plenty of scar tissue from her only other appearance. As a 20-year-old rookie in St. Leon-Rot, Germany in 2015, Lee and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;66d6f43c-19db-81de-0bc4-f262924ee1c4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6841/brittany-lincicome&quot;&gt;Brittany Lincicome&lt;/a&gt; were playing Pettersen and Charley Hull in a fourballs match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With the American squad trailing by four points, Lee had a birdie putt to go 1 up in the match with one hole to play. She missed and scooped up her ball, which stopped less than 2 feet from the hole.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Immediately, Pettersen protested that the European duo hadn&#39;t conceded the putt. An official agreed. The Europeans won the next hole for a 2-up victory, leaving Lee and Lincicome in tears.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;picks&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Team USA&#39;s Alison Lee crying after she was told that her short putt on the 17th hole had not been conceded, giving Europe the win on the hole at the 2015 Solheim Cup.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The U.S. team rallied to win 8½ points in singles for a 14½-13½ victory, the biggest comeback in Solheim Cup history.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pettersen was heavily criticized for not conceding the putt. She apologized the Monday after the match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m not going to lie, I don&#39;t think about it too often,&quot; Lee said Tuesday. &quot;It was a very long time ago. I would say in the moment it was tough. I was very intimidated at the time, like I said. I was a rookie on tour. I didn&#39;t really know any of the girls on my team either. I wasn&#39;t really good friends with them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I just felt like the newbie, young girl, who kind of made it on the team, and everyone thankfully just rallied behind me and were so warm and welcoming and did everything they could to support me.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lee, 29, said she has never talked to Pettersen about the incident.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I mean, I&#39;m not going to lie, I haven&#39;t really talked to her at all since then,&quot; she said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Americans do indeed have unfinished business at the Solheim Cup, and they&#39;ll end their drought with a 15-13 victory. Thompson will secure the winning point in Sunday singles in her final appearance in the event.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>McIlroy: Exhibition not meant to send message</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; said Wednesday he wasn&#39;t trying to send a message by agreeing to team up with world No. 1 golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;38cbeebe-aac8-fb36-dce0-cf45436086e4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9478/scottie-scheffler&quot;&gt;Scottie Scheffler&lt;/a&gt; in a made-for-TV match against LIV Golf League stars &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bb9f978c-1e0f-b6ca-83ab-255e22dc6e78&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6798/brooks-koepka&quot;&gt;Brooks Koepka&lt;/a&gt; in December.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last week&#39;s announcement of the match came as officials from the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia&#39;s Public Investment Fund prepared to meet in New York this week to continue talks about a potential investment that might bring the fractured sport back together.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The PIF is financing LIV Golf, which has lured DeChambeau, Koepka, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt; and others from the PGA Tour.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know much about the talks that are going on. I know that there is but that&#39;s not something that I&#39;m a part of,&quot; McIlroy said Wednesday during a news conference at the Irish Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Yeah, I mean, I think we are all in the game of golf trying to look for a solution to all this and try to move forward. So we&#39;ll see, yeah. I know as much as you do at this point, and I&#39;m sure news will start to trickle out here in the next few days.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McIlroy is a member of a PGA Tour Enterprises transactional subcommittee that has been negotiating with the Saudis, along with golfers &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b967ea91-ed2c-fad0-cf10-ba1dda3f869e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/462/tiger-woods&quot;&gt;Tiger Woods&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6acb7c43-d666-a9d5-ba00-43b863bc4bb8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/388/adam-scott&quot;&gt;Adam Scott&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last week, McIlroy confirmed that he&#39;d agreed to participate in the exhibition match against the LIV Golf stars, which is expected to take place at an undetermined golf course in Las Vegas.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The PGA Tour is expected to grant McIlroy and Scheffler media releases to appear in the event, like it has done in other events for charity in the past.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McIlroy said his decision to participate had nothing to do with his frustration over the divide that has consumed men&#39;s professional golf for much of the past three years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I wouldn&#39;t say it&#39;s meant to send a message,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;It&#39;s more we wanted to do something that, I guess, all golf fans could get excited about. You&#39;ve got the best player in the world. You&#39;ve got two guys in Bryson and Brooks that have won majors in the last two years. I haven&#39;t done what those guys have done the last couple years, but I&#39;ve definitely been, I feel, one of the best players in the world.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Because LIV Golf players were suspended by the PGA Tour and can&#39;t compete in the circuit&#39;s events, about the only times golfers from both circuits compete against each other is at the four majors: the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a way to show golf fans in the world that this is what could happen or these are the possibilities going forward,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;I&#39;ve been saying this for a long time: I think golf and golf fans get to see us together more than four times a year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think that&#39;s what we&#39;ve tried to do. It&#39;s in the middle of December. There&#39;s not a lot going on in the game of golf, so [we&#39;re] trying to get people excited about something before the season starts again. I think we all thought it was a good idea and something that hopefully is a sign of things to come in the future.&quot;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt; said he intends to play in three DP World Tour events by the end of the season to remain eligible for next year&#39;s Ryder Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm isn&#39;t sure, however, whether the DP World Tour will allow him to compete in those tournaments because he&#39;s refusing to pay fines levied against him for playing in the LIV Golf League without a conflicting-event release.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm entered the Spanish Open on Sept. 26-29 and said his representatives are still talking with DP World Tour officials about how to resolve the situation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Well, I&#39;m entered into the tournament,&quot; Rahm told reporters Wednesday during a news conference at Bolingbrook Golf Club outside Chicago, the site of this week&#39;s LIV Golf tournament. &quot;We entered a long time ago. Whether they let me play or not is a different thing. I&#39;m not a big fan of the fines. I think I&#39;ve been outspoken about that. I don&#39;t intend to pay the fines, and we keep trying to have a discussion with them about how we can make this happen.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm also wants to play in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland on Oct. 3-6 and the Andalucia Masters at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande in Spain two weeks later. That schedule would meet the DP World Tour&#39;s requirements for remaining eligible for the Ryder Cup. Rahm would probably need European team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;cab4b4c6-2fde-c332-69aa-4c0093f316de&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/601/luke-donald&quot;&gt;Luke Donald&lt;/a&gt; to use one of his six captain&#39;s picks on him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm&#39;s wife, Kelley, is expecting their third child in the next few weeks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve said many times, I don&#39;t go to the Spanish Open for the glory or anything else,&quot; Rahm said. &quot;I think it&#39;s my duty to Spanish golf to be there, and I also want to play in Sotogrande. At that point, it would almost be doing not only me but Spanish golf a disservice by not letting me play.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;So yeah, that&#39;s why we&#39;re trying to talk to them and make that happen. I would love to be able to play all those events.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm, captain of the Legion XIII team, has a narrow lead of about three points over Torque GC captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09533166-488d-e59f-7527-371673203ffc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11099/joaquin-niemann&quot;&gt;Joaquín Niemann&lt;/a&gt; in the LIV Golf individual points race. They are the only golfers who are still mathematically able to claim the title and the lucrative $18 million bonus.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Obviously, it would be a great accomplishment to come in in my first season and win it,&quot; Rahm said. &quot;It is the goal, but it&#39;s not easy to do, especially with how great players like [Niemann] have played. Even just getting to this point, it&#39;s been a good year. I think overall, what I felt like I&#39;ve played and maybe what I&#39;ve read in the media of how I&#39;ve been playing hasn&#39;t matched what I was feeling. I think I was playing better golf than I was given credit for.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Legion XIII is second in the team standings, just a half-point behind &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s Crushers GC.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LIV Golf&#39;s season-ending team championship will be played next week at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Snedeker replaces Bradley as Prez Cup assistant</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a358a8f5-4175-b477-caa9-eb3531285bfd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/1222/brandt-snedeker&quot;&gt;Brandt Snedeker&lt;/a&gt; is replacing &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8f5653c5-b2c1-8fe7-6f83-fb976c9dec5d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4513/keegan-bradley&quot;&gt;Keegan Bradley&lt;/a&gt; as a captain&#39;s assistant for this month&#39;s Presidents Cup in Montreal, U.S. team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6f8b009c-9f81-7079-27a5-457613fd8d29&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/153/jim-furyk&quot;&gt;Jim Furyk&lt;/a&gt; announced Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Furyk had previously named Bradley a captain&#39;s assistant for the team event, but then used one of his six captain&#39;s picks on Bradley to compete against the International team Sept. 26-29 at Royal Montreal Golf Club.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snedeker joins &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96b14f80-5c0a-8750-ad5e-907f158e09be&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/78/stewart-cink&quot;&gt;Stewart Cink&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;14f4e71f-aa1d-1186-83d0-874363946c1b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/269/justin-leonard&quot;&gt;Justin Leonard&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ef42c745-6af8-88a8-621d-c44dd3ce9f98&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/2552/kevin-kisner&quot;&gt;Kevin Kisner&lt;/a&gt; as U.S. captain&#39;s assistants.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snedeker, 43, was a member of the 2013 Presidents Cup team at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, and also competed in the 2012 and 2016 Ryder Cups.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I enjoyed competing together with Brandt at the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah,&quot; Furyk said in a statement. &quot;He is a fierce competitor, great teammate and one of the most respected players on the PGA Tour. He will provide a steady voice in the team room, and I will rely on him for insight and advice as we lead our 12 players into Montreal at the end of the month.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snedeker will be one of Bradley&#39;s vice captains at next year&#39;s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The nine-time PGA Tour winner was named the winner of the Payne Stewart Award in recognition of his character, sportsmanship and charitable giving.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was honored to get the call from Jim and thrilled to accept this role as one of his captain&#39;s assistants for the Presidents Cup,&quot; Snedeker said. &quot;He&#39;s someone I&#39;ve looked up to throughout my career and I know will be a strong leader for the U.S. team at Royal Montreal. My goal is to add a trusted voice to our players throughout the week and do everything I can to help us pull out the win.&quot;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ca6fb778-cbf6-d9a3-3e93-01230335fcab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/jax/jacksonville-jaguars&quot;&gt;Jaguars&lt;/a&gt; have placed cornerback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5235f9a5-e8e2-d876-2ed4-83deb390b1b3&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4379397/tyson-campbell&quot;&gt;Tyson Campbell&lt;/a&gt; on injured reserve because of a left hamstring injury.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He&#39;ll miss at least four games, so the earliest he could return would be Week 6, which is the first of the Jaguars&#39; back-to-back games in London.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s the second year in a row in which he has dealt with a hamstring injury. He missed six games last season after injuring his right hamstring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Campbell, who signed a four-year, $76.5 million contract extension ($53.4 million guaranteed) the day before training camp began, has 6 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 205 tackles in three-plus seasons with the Jaguars, who drafted him with the first pick of the second round in 2021.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Jaguars have signed &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8d1dfa36-8f43-8100-13c1-f1083f5d30c6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3046326/tre-flowers&quot;&gt;Tre Flowers&lt;/a&gt; from the practice squad to replace Campbell on the active roster and signed safety &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a4f3e2d2-01e4-6e22-3ce3-0646d8f6fca8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3125287/andre-chachere&quot;&gt;Andre Chachere&lt;/a&gt; to the practice squad.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bank on him: Jags stadium gets Trevor makeover</title>
      <description>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/jax/jacksonville-jaguars&quot;&gt;Jaguars&lt;/a&gt;&#39; home opener against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;539babc5-e5fb-753b-8ae1-c15032a91ef4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-browns&quot;&gt;Cleveland Browns&lt;/a&gt; won&#39;t be played at EverBank Stadium.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But it&#39;s not moving.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The teams will instead meet at TrEverBank Stadium, renamed after Jaguars quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;76111495-d1d9-2333-170d-4206eebe673f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4360310/trevor-lawrence&quot;&gt;Trevor Lawrence&lt;/a&gt; as part of his collaboration with the stadium&#39;s naming rights sponsor, EverBank. By the time the game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, work crews will have added temporary signage throughout the stadium and on the outside with the new name.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t like having too much of the spotlight with stuff like that, but I think it was clever,&quot; Lawrence said. &quot;They have the naming rights for the stadium, so it&#39;s a good play on words, and I was fine with it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lawrence&#39;s collaboration with the Jacksonville-based financial services company began last month, and he has appeared in ads across multiple platforms, including social media and television. The ads were filmed in June and include one in which he is helping supervise the installation of the TrEverBank logo.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a pretty cool spot,&quot; Lawrence said. &quot;The commercials are going to be pretty funny, and they did a good job with it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lawrence teased the announcement earlier this week with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/Trevorlawrencee/status/1833519763449851973&quot;&gt;post on X&lt;/a&gt; that featured four photos of him from different angles in a slide show with the words &quot;It&#39;s time for a change.&quot; That led to speculation on social media that he was considering cutting his long, blonde hair, even though he tagged EverBank Stadium&#39;s official account in the post.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not a chance, he said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lawrence and the Jaguars are coming off a 20-17 loss to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;af33088b-1e19-d27d-dbc0-354fd7151703&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/mia/miami-dolphins&quot;&gt;Miami Dolphins&lt;/a&gt; in their season opener at Hard Rock Stadium. The Browns lost their season opener to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;b0fc8fb7-9dbe-e574-9008-6f0ee7c6b234&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-cowboys&quot;&gt;Dallas Cowboys&lt;/a&gt; 33-17 at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland. The Jaguars are 15-14 in home openers but haven&#39;t beaten the Browns since 2017.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Is the scramble the best play in football? How running QBs have revolutionized the NFL</title>
      <description>Let&#39;s say you were a lapsed fan who hadn&#39;t watched professional football in, oh, about 40 years. If you tuned in to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/&quot;&gt;NFL&lt;/a&gt; game for the first time in decades in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/scoreboard/_/week/1/year/2024/seasontype/2&quot;&gt;Week 1&lt;/a&gt;, what would have stood out as different? I&#39;m guessing some of the technological advancements would have been the first thing you noticed. The first-down marker is helpful. The game looks better in high definition, sure. The absence of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/8615/nike-brings-the-neck-roll-back-to-the-nfl&quot;&gt;neck rolls&lt;/a&gt; might have seemed strange. Let&#39;s look past the visual side of things, though.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What about the game itself? What would have seemed most different from the past? There&#39;s something unique that has become commonplace in the current NFL, and it&#39;s a development that has fundamentally changed the sport. The running quarterback -- seen alternately as a fad, a problem to be corrected or simply not seen at all for long stretches of time -- has become a firmly entrenched entity.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subscribe: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=15230808&quot;&gt;&#39;The Bill Barnwell Show&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now, I know this isn&#39;t exactly &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; news. I&#39;m not arguing quarterbacks such as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7d76fbb1-1c5e-d9f4-954f-cad43f720ae2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3916387/lamar-jackson&quot;&gt;Lamar Jackson&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;237b9f2a-4701-8fc3-60eb-250978af9893&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3918298/josh-allen&quot;&gt;Josh Allen&lt;/a&gt; have just arrived, because they&#39;ve been in the league since &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft/rounds/_/round/1/season/2018&quot;&gt;2018&lt;/a&gt;. What&#39;s fascinating and meaningful about this shift right now is how widespread and seemingly permanent it has become. For most of the past half-century of football, the running quarterback was limited to one player per generation, an exception to the rule of pocket passers. They were almost regarded as gimmicks. Many players who might have qualified to play under center were moved to other positions before they could ever prove they were capable or incapable of serving as an NFL quarterback, with Jackson as a recent example of a prospect whom some observers wanted to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2018/story/_/id/22627000/former-louisville-cardinals-star-lamar-jackson-intends-qb-nfl&quot;&gt;move to another position&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s no longer the case for top prospects who have excelled at the college level. The number of quarterbacks who are essential components in their team&#39;s running game has grown and continues to rise. And the impact of those players is changing the game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;run&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump to a section:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41217438/how-running-qbs-changed-nfl-dual-threat-history-value-scramble-stats-future#run&quot;&gt;The staggering shift, and why 2018 is notable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41217438/how-running-qbs-changed-nfl-dual-threat-history-value-scramble-stats-future#design&quot;&gt;The impact of designed quarterback runs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41217438/how-running-qbs-changed-nfl-dual-threat-history-value-scramble-stats-future#scramble&quot;&gt;Is the scramble the best play in football?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let&#39;s put this into context, because the numbers are jarring. There are several ways to define a running quarterback, but let&#39;s use round numbers. One simple definition of a QB who both throws the football and runs more often than the occasional scramble, sneak or kneel-down would be a passer with 150 passing attempts and 100 rushing attempts in a season. That&#39;s easier to do in a 17-game season than it was in the 14-game era, but we&#39;re looking at a nominal passing workload and just over seven carries per game across a full year in the 14-game seasons to qualify as a runner by this list.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;From 1950 to 1988, there was exactly &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; instance of a player throwing the ball 150 times and running 100 times in the same season. It was Bears quarterback &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DougBo00.htm&quot;&gt;Bobby Douglass&lt;/a&gt; in 1972. He spent about 2½ seasons as the starter in Chicago and came within 38 yards of becoming the first QB in league history to rack up 1,000 rushing yards in a single season. The league saw Lou Holtz attempt to implement a version of the option during his brief stint as Jets coach a few years later, but otherwise, the NFL simply did not employ quarterbacks who ran the ball regularly. They were more likely to punt than become part of the run game, even in an era in which offenses were far more heavily weighted toward the run.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8/randall-cunningham&quot;&gt;Randall Cunningham&lt;/a&gt; came around and pulled off 150/100 in back-to-back seasons with the 1989 and 1990 Eagles. This opened up the door for individual exceptions to the league&#39;s de-facto rules, although the only player who had a qualifying season over the next decade was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/733/steve-mcnair&quot;&gt;Steve McNair&lt;/a&gt; in 1997. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1762/daunte-culpepper&quot;&gt;Daunte Culpepper&lt;/a&gt; did it with Minnesota in 2002, but the next quarterback to pull it off regularly was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2549/mike-vick&quot;&gt;Michael Vick&lt;/a&gt;, who accomplished it four times for Atlanta between 2002 and 2006 and then once more with Philadelphia in 2010.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You could argue the tide shifted in 2011, when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8d2efb5d-c098-e277-6a1e-4c8e2cc7f3ad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13200/tim-tebow&quot;&gt;Tim Tebow&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13994/cam-newton&quot;&gt;Cam Newton&lt;/a&gt; were &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/33547/tebow-newton-lead-way-on-good-qb-day&quot;&gt;150/100 guys&lt;/a&gt;, or the following year, when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;cfd9b6ef-8d5c-a561-1296-76749e0ba170&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14875/robert-griffin&quot;&gt;Robert Griffin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14001/colin-kaepernick&quot;&gt;Colin Kaepernick&lt;/a&gt; made playoff runs in offenses incorporating zone-read concepts from the college level. (Kaepernick didn&#39;t qualify that season, although he made it in 2014.) I&#39;m not sure they stuck the landing, though; Tebow was quickly &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/10222312/tim-tebow-not-done-nfl-espn-job&quot;&gt;out of the league&lt;/a&gt;, Griffin wasn&#39;t able to adjust after &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8829057/robert-griffin-iii-washington-redskins-acl-lcl-surgery&quot;&gt;tearing his ACL&lt;/a&gt;, and Kaepernick wasn&#39;t as effective once Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman were out of the picture. Newton was the one quarterback who was heavily involved in his team&#39;s running game who made it through multiple successful seasons on his second contract, although the hits he took might have shortened his career.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To put all that in context, over a 65-year span between 1950 and 2015, just 11 quarterbacks recorded a 150/100 season. Just four -- Newton, Vick, Cunningham and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f0610946-ceb6-9a99-3bcc-cf110b2078b5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14881/russell-wilson&quot;&gt;Russell Wilson&lt;/a&gt; -- did it more than once.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Over the past five years, &lt;i&gt;seven&lt;/i&gt; different quarterbacks have racked up 150/100 seasons. They&#39;ve been aided by a 17th game, but even upping the threshold to 150 passes and 125 rush attempts, five have reached this feat.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And right now, as we begin the 2024 season, a full quarter of the league&#39;s starting passers are involved in their team&#39;s run game. In the AFC, there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3918298/josh-allen&quot;&gt;Josh Allen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3916387/lamar-jackson&quot;&gt;Lamar Jackson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7e9fbd60-951e-2d9a-8d8c-b3f1ab6c4a4d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362887/justin-fields&quot;&gt;Justin Fields&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bfee0387-e51a-3429-baa1-8f8f84c37769&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4429084/anthony-richardson&quot;&gt;Anthony Richardson&lt;/a&gt;. The NFC has &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;caceb80c-6350-a107-9fcf-7c7bd1b4edd8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4040715/jalen-hurts&quot;&gt;Jalen Hurts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f03f3238-b035-6f0e-5844-1529ca021c3a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4426348/jayden-daniels&quot;&gt;Jayden Daniels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ad1bcc2-57bc-bb72-bcd0-0cdd0d945444&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917792/daniel-jones&quot;&gt;Daniel Jones&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9bef707d-d33f-266b-3020-81900d735915&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917315/kyler-murray&quot;&gt;Kyler Murray&lt;/a&gt;. There are others, such as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;37d87523-280a-9d4a-0adb-22cfc6d3619c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3139477/patrick-mahomes&quot;&gt;Patrick Mahomes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5f09781b-6b0b-7325-049b-a91e60d794e6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2577417/dak-prescott&quot;&gt;Dak Prescott&lt;/a&gt;, who have success as scramblers, but the eight just mentioned are involved in their team&#39;s designed run game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;More than half the league is going to take at least some snaps on designed quarterback runs. Go back to 2009, and there were 225 designed runs called for the league&#39;s 32 quarterbacks, according to ESPN&#39;s tracking data. Those runs don&#39;t include scrambles or sneaks, although a few quasi-sneaks inevitably slip through into the research. By last season, that number had more than doubled to 590 designed runs. There were 37 in Week 1, which would put the league on pace for a record-high 629 this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As it turns out, the draft that really shifted things was 2018, when five passers were selected in the first round. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;938f19a1-ef9b-618c-2365-d55291e0fcc6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3912547/sam-darnold&quot;&gt;Sam Darnold&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;18aee0ba-caac-e2d3-f457-f878d08ad443&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3886377/josh-rosen&quot;&gt;Josh Rosen&lt;/a&gt;, the two most traditional, pro-ready quarterbacks from that class, haven&#39;t been successful pros. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5bb4376a-d089-e3e4-e49a-44f1d709a012&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052587/baker-mayfield&quot;&gt;Baker Mayfield&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 1 pick, has mixed solid and frustrating campaigns and settled in as a low-end starter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The two most successful quarterbacks from that class are the guys who have derived significant value from their impact on the ground. Jackson, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39488311/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-wins-2nd-career-nfl-mvp-award&quot;&gt;two-time MVP&lt;/a&gt;, became the successor to Kaepernick and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;93cc8c92-8d08-5c88-80eb-a0b20a7621d7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14163/tyrod-taylor&quot;&gt;Tyrod Taylor&lt;/a&gt; in Greg Roman&#39;s offense -- Roman was in San Francisco and Buffalo before he came to Baltimore -- and took the league by storm as a dual threat. He was the league&#39;s best player last season. And while Allen can make any throw, the element that sustained him during his early-career struggles -- and the factor the Buffalo offense repeatedly falls back on when they need a play -- is his ability to move the chains with his legs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Since then, Murray, Jones, Richardson, Daniels and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;74e9bc8a-9d3a-a556-1924-5112f665c677&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4383351/trey-lance&quot;&gt;Trey Lance&lt;/a&gt; have been drafted in the top 10 as players who were all expected to make significant impacts with their legs. They&#39;ve stepped into offenses and immediately been used as runners in the same way they were in college without a second thought. That simply wasn&#39;t happening on a widespread basis without being questioned or dismissed as a fad before the breakthroughs of Jackson and Allen and their roles in their respective teams&#39; run games.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stephen A. Smith explains why even though Lamar Jackson put up great numbers, he&#39;s still disappointed in how the quarterback played in the big moments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;design&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There isn&#39;t advanced metrics or play-by-play data stretching back deep into the past, which limits the comparisons to make here. The earliest expected points added (EPA) data ESPN has dates to the 2007 season, which is fine for our purposes, since there weren&#39;t many quarterbacks featured in the run game. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9589/vince-young&quot;&gt;Vince Young&lt;/a&gt; led the NFL that season with 20 designed runs, and the players behind him were &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9597/jay-cutler&quot;&gt;Jay Cutler&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3636/david-garrard&quot;&gt;David Garrard&lt;/a&gt;, whose styles wouldn&#39;t be aligned with that of running quarterbacks in the modern NFL.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rushing EPA per play hasn&#39;t changed much over that stretch. Even as the league has moved heavily toward the pass after the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20274149/build-influence-legacy-2007-new-england-patriots-how-nearly-perfect-team-changed-nfl&quot;&gt;influence of the 2007 Patriots&lt;/a&gt; shifted teams&#39; openness toward the pass and spread offenses, rushing games averaged minus-0.03 EPA per attempt in 2007 and minus-0.04 EPA in 2023. Those numbers don&#39;t include sneaks, scrambles or kneel-downs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Even as their role in rushing attacks has grown, though, quarterbacks have been markedly more efficient than full-time running backs on these carries. Running backs generated minus-0.03 EPA per carry in 2007 and minus-0.05 EPA in 2023. Quarterbacks, even with their usage rate doubling, generated 0.16 EPA per rush last season. Their success rate on those runs was nearly 55%, well above the 43% success rate for halfbacks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The place in which they&#39;ve made an obvious impact is near the goal line, where the quarterback run game becomes more and more ubiquitous with each passing season. Quarterbacks were responsible for just over 10% of the league&#39;s rushing touchdowns in 2007. That mark was up over 24% last season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Quarterbacks took 10% of the total carries inside the 5-yard line in 2007, many of which were on sneaks and scrambles. That figure rose to 20% last season. Despite their usage rate doubling, quarterbacks scored on an identical rate of their rush attempts, ending their runs with celebrations in the end zone 47.7% of the time in 2007 and 47.5% in 2023.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When scrambles and sneaks are removed? Again, usage rate for quarterbacks has about doubled. Running backs and quarterbacks have grown more efficient at converting their carries inside the 5-yard line into scores, but without sneaks and scrambles, backs converted 39.6% of their touches into scores last season. Quarterbacks were at 60%.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It shouldn&#39;t be a surprise that running backs have grown more efficient over that time frame, and it&#39;s in part because of the rise of running quarterbacks. The evidence we&#39;ve seen suggests playing next to a running quarterback is likely to increase a running back&#39;s efficiency and effectiveness. Anecdotally, we&#39;ve seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13981/mark-ingram-ii&quot;&gt;Mark Ingram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;19743ecc-58ac-c2a3-2a66-c99701051510&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3045147/james-conner&quot;&gt;James Conner&lt;/a&gt; improve after joining teams with mobile quarterbacks, while &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c9d42ca5-0120-49e1-7889-de762f2a665f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4045163/miles-sanders&quot;&gt;Miles Sanders&lt;/a&gt; had his efficiency crater after leaving the Eagles and Hurts in 2023.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There aren&#39;t enough data points on a player-by-player basis to draw meaningful conclusions, but the on-field evidence suggests playing next to a quarterback who is a threat in the run game should make a running back&#39;s life easier. The threat of a quarterback keeping the football on zone-read or designed quarterback run plays can cause defenders to slow down and second-guess whether they want to attack the running back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While defenders aren&#39;t flummoxed by the concept of the zone-read the way they were in 2011 -- in part because every defender has seen those concepts in high school and college football before making it to the league -- the uncertainty about the quarterback run game is still enough to create unorthodox problems for opposing rush defenses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Adding the quarterback to the run game changes the numbers for teams on the defensive side. In the past, when they were exclusively handing the ball off and staying out of the run game altogether, defenses could dictate the numbers game. With two wide receivers and two cornerbacks aside, defensive coordinators could put seven players in the box (four defensive linemen, two linebackers and a third linebacker or nickel defensive back) against seven offensive players (a running back, a tight end and five offensive linemen). If the defense wanted to stop the run, it could move one of its two deep safeties into the box and play eight against seven.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the quarterback is in the picture, though, that changes. Now, if defenses play a team with a running quarterback, they&#39;re outnumbered if they have two deep safeties and need to have a safety in the box if they want to be even with an opposing offense. And as you might have heard, given how quarterbacks such as Allen and Hurts are throwing the football, defenses don&#39;t want to live in a single-high world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result, that problem of how to stay in a two-high shell while keeping the numbers even in the box has led to a few solutions, the most notable of which has been the proliferation of Vic Fangio-style defenses, although that might have peaked in 2023. One of the key components of Fangio&#39;s fronts has been asking defenders to play what would be considered &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2761771/2021/08/24/playing-gap-and-a-half-in-vic-fangio-and-brandon-staleys-system/&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;&quot;gap and a half&quot;&lt;/a&gt; responsibilities up front, where they attack one gap and then remain responsible for a secondary gap nearby. The goal is to try to defend as many gaps as possible without adding extra bodies to the box, creating something like an illusion of a full box long enough for the safeties to fly in and help make plays while also being able to stay deep in case of pass plays.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Naturally, as the league has also realized the advantages of play-action, the threat of the running quarterback has only made the threat of a play fake even more lethal. As an example, just about every team runs the boot and flood concepts that see a signal-caller fake a handoff to one side and then run to the other side, where receivers at short, intermediate and deep levels follow him to stretch the defense horizontally and vertically.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The boot concept almost always calls for the weakside defensive end to be left unblocked, which means a pass rusher will be free to attack the quarterback as he turns back around and runs his way. Less mobile passers can survive on these concepts by gaining the appropriate depth and reading the field quickly, but they&#39;re always more likely to take sacks and be forced into throwaways by their lack of agility and quickness.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mobile quarterbacks can simply outrun that free defender, and that creates more opportunities. They can extend those plays further, which allows more time for the deep concepts to open. They can scramble off those concepts into open space, which creates easy yards and/or forces the shallow defender to honor the threat of the scramble, opening space behind for receivers. The threat of all that in the passing game has led teams to send that defensive end directly at the quarterback and totally abandon the threat of the running back getting the football in recent years, which in itself allows backs to be more efficient, since there&#39;s less of a threat they&#39;ll be brought down when they cut back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Theoretically, the threat of mobile quarterbacks should also have an impact on what coverages end up being employed in pass situations. If teams believe they need to match the quarterback in the run game by getting an eighth defender in the box, they&#39;re prevented from playing split-field coverages and have to play single-high looks like Cover 1 and Cover 3. Modern NFL defenses try to disguise coverages and mess with box counts by moving safeties and changing looks on quarterbacks after the snap, but if they&#39;re getting gashed on the ground, they&#39;re going to get more bodies near the line of scrimmage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s a huge advantage for mobile quarterbacks! From 2018 to 2023, the three who faced 2-man coverage (man-to-man coverage with two deep safeties) least often are three mobile players: Jackson, Newton and Murray. Jackson has faced Cover 2 over that run at the lowest rate in the league. Jackson, Newton and Murray faced Cover 3 and their single-high looks, meanwhile, at three of the five highest rates over that stretch. If a quarterback&#39;s style of play can help dictate what coverages he sees, he&#39;s reducing the complexity of what he&#39;s facing on a week-to-week basis and can make more informed decisions in the passing game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;scramble&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There&#39;s another more widespread way quarterbacks make an impact with their feet, and that has grown into a hugely valuable element of modern NFL offenses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It might be! The average NFL scramble last season generated 0.31 EPA. That&#39;s significantly better than the typical non-scramble run play (minus-0.07 EPA) and even better than the average pass (0.13). In terms of yardage, the average scramble even generated slightly more yards (7.2) than pass plays (7.0). Should teams toss their run and pass plays out of the playbook and build the entire offense out of scrambles?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Well, not really. There&#39;s serious selection bias built into that data. Scrambles by definition are going to gain positive yardage because they all pass the line of scrimmage. A run that loses yardage is still a rush. A scramble that doesn&#39;t make it back to the line of scrimmage is marked as a sack.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s possible to work with the data to suss out some of those failed scrambles. What if failed scrambles were treated as sacks, where the quarterback made it out of the pocket and the sack took place after four seconds? This isn&#39;t a perfect definition, as some scrambles will produce sacks while the quarterback steps up inside the pocket and some could take place on designed boot concepts where a quarterback isn&#39;t trying to scramble, but this is a reasonable proxy for failed scrambles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When folding that in and including all the other sacks that aren&#39;t considered as failed scrambles as part of the passing performance, scrambles still rate as the best play in football, albeit nowhere near as drastically as they do by our first look. I&#39;d still argue there&#39;s selectiveness built into those numbers. Consider that a quarterback such as Mahomes often will scramble only if he feels confident he can get a first down.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#39;m not sure the scramble is the single best play in football, but I&#39;d certainly argue it&#39;s a valuable play and a hidden source of value for quarterbacks who create first downs with their legs. In 2023, quarterbacks ran for nearly 7,400 yards and 398 first downs on scrambles. That&#39;s about double what they produced in 2007, when they ran for 3,614 yards and 195 first downs. Efficiency on those scrambles isn&#39;t up dramatically -- they averaged 6.8 yards per scramble and a 36.6% first down rate in 2007, going up to 7.2 yards with a 38.7% rate last season -- but the influx of rushing signal-callers has led to them scrambling far more often.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Traditional passing metrics aren&#39;t incorporating the impact of those scrambles, which are nominally pass plays that end up turning into runs. ESPN&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/qbr&quot;&gt;Total QBR&lt;/a&gt; includes them, along with the impact on designed runs, fumbles and sacks taken by each quarterback.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To put that in context, consider a simple stat we&#39;ve used to judge quarterbacks for a long time: yards per attempt (Y/PA). It&#39;s simply passing yards divided by pass attempts, with no inclusions for scramble yards or sacks. What about incorporating yards gained on scrambles, yards lost on (all) sacks and changing the denominator from attempts to dropbacks to account for the added plays? This is similar to what net yards per attempt accomplishes, but we&#39;re adding scrambles to the mix as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When ranking last season&#39;s quarterbacks by yards per attempt and then comparing them to our metric with scrambles and sacks included, most of the changes align with the general consensus about these various quarterbacks relative to the rest of the league:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mahomes, who averaged 8.1 yards per attempt in his career before dropping to 7.0 yards last season, jumps from 17th in strict yards per attempt to 10th with scrambles and sacks included. That shouldn&#39;t be a surprise; his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/39460472/super-bowl-2024-preview-49ers-chiefs-stats-prediction-pick-bill-barnwell&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;secret superpower is avoiding sacks&lt;/a&gt;, and he scrambled for 406 yards last season, second in the NFL behind Jackson.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Allen jumps from ninth to fifth. His ability to extend plays without taking sacks is spectacular; he posted the league&#39;s best sack rate and averaged nearly eight yards per scramble, with his 370 scramble yards ranking third. Murray also improved from 22nd to 18th.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the flip side, a metric like this doesn&#39;t favor all rushing quarterbacks. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7e9fbd60-951e-2d9a-8d8c-b3f1ab6c4a4d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362887/justin-fields&quot;&gt;Justin Fields&lt;/a&gt;, who was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39747346/sources-bears-trading-qb-justin-fields-steelers&quot;&gt;traded by Chicago to Pittsburgh&lt;/a&gt; in the offseason, ranked fourth in scramble yards and was among the league leaders in averaging 8.4 yards per scramble attempt, but taking sacks more than 10% of the time drops him from 18th in traditional yards per attempt to 22nd in our modified metric.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5f09781b-6b0b-7325-049b-a91e60d794e6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2577417/dak-prescott&quot;&gt;Dak Prescott&lt;/a&gt; drops from fifth to ninth. The Cowboys star took sacks at an average rate, but he hasn&#39;t scrambled much since returning from his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32350400/what-dak-prescott-gruesome-injury-was-cowboys-giants-were-there-just-was-surreal&quot;&gt;2020 ankle injury&lt;/a&gt;. His 28 scrambles generated 193 scramble yards, which ranked 14th. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ebac7142-0cc2-ad3e-968c-f40a12ee68d4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4239086/desmond-ridder&quot;&gt;Desmond Ridder&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5916363e-a6ac-b982-bf03-2a84374413ff&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4426875/sam-howell&quot;&gt;Sam Howell&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5bb4376a-d089-e3e4-e49a-44f1d709a012&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052587/baker-mayfield&quot;&gt;Baker Mayfield&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2430b06b-1be6-0b7a-6a3b-cef2c06d1c61&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361259/zach-wilson&quot;&gt;Zach Wilson&lt;/a&gt; all fell by at least three spots.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Expanding the data to the past five full seasons and quarterbacks who have at least 1,000 dropbacks over that stretch, including scrambles and sacks aligns with our perceptions of quarterbacks. Mahomes jumps from eighth in raw yards per attempt to first in the adjusted metric. Allen goes from 19th to 10th, which still underrates him because of his impact on designed runs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2330/tom-brady&quot;&gt;Tom Brady&lt;/a&gt;, who avoided sacks at an elite rate into his 40s, jumps from 24th to 17th. And on the flip side, top-10 quarterbacks by yards per attempt, including &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b6ec8e9e-3d85-a1de-9d0a-5a51621a9c20&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3122840/deshaun-watson&quot;&gt;Deshaun Watson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2d6af5dc-b3d3-e2d4-cf72-27d4a8eb93cd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14876/ryan-tannehill&quot;&gt;Ryan Tannehill&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f0610946-ceb6-9a99-3bcc-cf110b2078b5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14881/russell-wilson&quot;&gt;Russell Wilson&lt;/a&gt;, all drop by nine spots or more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This metric isn&#39;t anything extraordinary. Stats such as Total QBR use a better framework (EPA) and do a better job of contextualizing the impact of each of these plays on performance. Yards per attempt wasn&#39;t a perfect metric from the jump. What I&#39;m hoping sinks in here, though, is there&#39;s meaningful value being generated by quarterbacks with scrambles (and by avoiding sacks) that isn&#39;t being captured through traditional statistics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Scrambles only amount to about 3% of all offensive plays, up from 1.7% in 2007, but the combination of quarterbacks in the designed rushing attack and working on scrambles is making a bigger impact on the broader game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In Week 1, with those eight running quarterbacks in starting lineups around the league, signal-callers ran for 787 yards. That&#39;s the third-highest total for any week since at least 2007, which is as far back as ESPN&#39;s data goes. Given the paucity of run-friendly quarterbacks before that time, it&#39;s likely the third-most rushing yards produced by quarterbacks in any given week in NFL history. That came in a week in which no passer had an extraordinary game on the ground by their standards. (The current single-week record, 801 yards, came during Week 9 in 2022, when Fields led the way by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34968349/bears-justin-fields-sets-regular-season-rushing-mark-qb&quot;&gt;running for 178&lt;/a&gt;.) It would hardly be a surprise if this record were reset at least once this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The rushing volume might already be shifting the game. Just two quarterbacks threw for 300 in Week 1. Teams were running at a higher rate than they have in recent years, a product of several factors, including defenses continuing to shift to lighter boxes and the wider spread of run-friendly passers. The runs also produced shorter games; while the average Week 1 contest between 2019 and 2023 saw each team run 64.2 offensive snaps per contest, teams in Week 1 ran 60.2 snaps. That might not feel like a lot, but over the course of a full season, a four-play difference would be the equivalent of missing a full game&#39;s worth of snaps.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As I wrote in November in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/38847857/nfl-running-back-free-agent-market-2024-offseason-future-barkley-jacobs-elliott-ekeler-taylor&quot;&gt;my look at running back contracts&lt;/a&gt; and why backs were struggling to get paid, the shift toward running quarterbacks has impacted the value of players at other positions. Since quarterbacks are scoring a higher percentage of rushing touchdowns than they did in decades past, it&#39;s difficult for backs to rack up the gaudy touchdown totals peak players would have, limiting their cumulative numbers and their chances of winning awards.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Teams with running quarterbacks might also feel more comfortable building the offense around that signal-caller and trusting that his gravity might allow their running game to remain efficient with a wider range of potential running backs, which would make those backs less valuable and more replaceable. At the same time, we&#39;ve just seen the Eagles (&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;94486c18-dd3e-6081-a3fe-4a26b71ddcdc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3929630/saquon-barkley&quot;&gt;Saquon Barkley&lt;/a&gt;) and Ravens (&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81c182a5-8981-2272-a00f-f8daf9533e07&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3043078/derrick-henry&quot;&gt;Derrick Henry&lt;/a&gt;) invest in veteran backs in free agency.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What feels true, at least in the near future, is it doesn&#39;t feel like the league is about to head back in the other direction. Vick and Cunningham were anomalies in their respective generations. Griffin and Kaepernick were regarded, at least by some portion of the football universe, as gimmicks with a short shelf life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now, most high-level high school and college games on a weekly basis feature quarterbacks who are mobile and play meaningful roles as scramblers. Many offenses have some semblance of a quarterback run game built in. Forty-seven FBS quarterbacks carried the ball on at least 50 designed runs (without sneaks or scrambles) a year ago. Fewer elite athletes are being moved off the position at lower levels. And pro teams are more open to installing concepts from college playbooks than they were decades ago, meaning quarterbacks who run those plays at lower levels can do so at the highest one as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At this point, it seems more likely the NFL will shift toward having more quarterbacks who feature meaningfully in their team&#39;s run game as opposed to heading back toward the zero-run game that filled up most of the league&#39;s first few decades. That&#39;s going to impact the league and how we think about the sport. Will true pocket passers be marginalized for not producing enough with their legs? Can a quarterback taking hits on designed runs every week last for 20 years? Will defenses start returning toward heavier boxes and more traditional lineups? If that lapsed fan tuned in after 40 years, he would be looking at an evolved version of football that is going to keep accelerating forward in the decades to come.</description>
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      <title>How a more vocal Tua Tagovailoa became the leader Dolphins need</title>
      <description>&lt;strong&gt;FOR TWO QUARTERS&lt;/strong&gt;, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;af33088b-1e19-d27d-dbc0-354fd7151703&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/mia/miami-dolphins&quot;&gt;Miami Dolphins&lt;/a&gt;&#39; offense looked nothing like itself on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Trailing the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ca6fb778-cbf6-d9a3-3e93-01230335fcab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/jax/jacksonville-jaguars&quot;&gt;Jacksonville Jaguars&lt;/a&gt; 17-7 heading into the break, the unit -- which finished No. 1 in total offense and No. 2 in scoring last season -- had managed just 160 yards in a sluggish performance punctuated by boos from the Hard Rock Stadium crowd.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Something needed to change at halftime; quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3858bbe0-6348-e3ef-5d9f-2dd2acb46f44&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4241479/tua-tagovailoa&quot;&gt;Tua Tagovailoa&lt;/a&gt; made sure that it did.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Addressing his teammates in the locker room, the once-quiet, fifth-year quarterback tore into the offense -- calling out veterans &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a3ef592c-a48e-d761-be9c-b81819cfe0ea&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116406/tyreek-hill&quot;&gt;Tyreek Hill&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;db4bf6c9-e27d-8382-372f-120b3da89bd6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4372016/jaylen-waddle&quot;&gt;Jaylen Waddle&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7609f488-43c8-df3e-3fb5-00283ae028a6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15821/terron-armstead&quot;&gt;Terron Armstead&lt;/a&gt; among others -- and demanded that they play to the high standards the unit had set the previous season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;For my quarterback to call me out in front of the whole offense like that, I had to step up,&quot; said Hill, who caught an 80-yard touchdown in the second half, after the game. &quot;I had to do my thing. I like that in a leader.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa&#39;s fiery speech worked. The Dolphins finished with 400 yards and beat Jacksonville 20-17 on a walk-off field goal. It was also the latest example of Tagovailoa&#39;s improved leadership. His teammates say he has been more vocal on and off the field. While he has always possessed a natural charisma, his confidence has been restored since the arrival of coach Mike McDaniel in 2022. Tagovailoa&#39;s increased mastery of McDaniel&#39;s offense gives him the agency to speak up and direct a team eager to win its first playoff game since 2000.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Miami has been to the postseason five times without a win since then and hasn&#39;t won its division in 16 years. After racing to a 9-3 start in 2023, the Dolphins lost four of their final six games, including a lackluster 26-7 wild-card defeat at the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f68f2343-8ceb-7a02-740d-af6338be21d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/kc/kansas-city-chiefs&quot;&gt;Kansas City Chiefs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In July, Miami showed faith in Tagovailoa to get the Dolphins over the hump, signing him to a four-year, $212.1 million extension that made him the highest-paid player in franchise history. Along with the outlay came increased expectations to lead the team on deep playoff runs, beginning with this season, which will continue Thursday against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;232afaf2-01ac-fcc2-8bd6-66550df1703a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-bills&quot;&gt;Buffalo Bills&lt;/a&gt; (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s a responsibility Tagovailoa has embraced.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Heavy is the crown, whoever&#39;s wearing that,&quot; Tagovailoa said. &quot;I&#39;m the highest-paid employee in this office. I&#39;ve got to get my whatever together, I&#39;ve got to get that right and get our guys moving in the direction that we need to go, to be able to do those things.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;A vocal Tua Tagovailoa called out offensive teammates for a lackluster first half against the Jaguars.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Sam Navarro-Imagn Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HILL JOKED BEFORE &lt;/strong&gt;the start of the season that Tagovailoa might have become &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; vocal this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s more vocal in the huddle, he&#39;s more vocal in the locker room, he&#39;s vocal everywhere,&quot; Hill said. &quot;Like everywhere I walk inside of this building you&#39;re going to hear Tua&#39;s mouth like to the point where I&#39;m like, &#39;I wish you&#39;d shut up now.&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It hasn&#39;t always been like that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa said he didn&#39;t feel empowered during his first two years in the NFL, which coincided with former coach Brian Flores&#39; tenure with the Dolphins. His two seasons with McDaniel have been the opposite.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;During an interview on &quot;The Dan Le Batard Show&quot; in August, Tagovailoa described the differences between Flores&#39; and McDaniel&#39;s coaching styles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;To put it in simplest terms, if you woke up every morning and I told you [that] you suck at what you did, that you don&#39;t belong doing what you do, that you shouldn&#39;t be here, that this guy should be here, that you haven&#39;t earned this right, and then you have somebody else come in and tell you, &#39;Dude, you are the best fit for this,&#39;&quot; he said in the interview, &quot;how would it make you feel listening to one or the other?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You start to believe that. And so that&#39;s what sort of ended up happening. It&#39;s basically been two years of training that out.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McDaniel was hired one month after Flores was fired. One of his first priorities was to build Tagovailoa&#39;s confidence, which included showing his QB a 700-play highlight tape showcasing the qualities that made him a good fit for McDaniel&#39;s offense. As Tagovailoa&#39;s confidence grew, so did his production. Since 2022, he ranks fourth in the NFL in passing yards, fifth in passing touchdowns and third in expected points added.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa also began to speak up, gradually improving each year before blossoming this offseason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;When he was young, [he was] more of a lead-by-example guy, but I think he&#39;s just gotten so comfortable in the last couple years, and there&#39;s a lot of factors that go into that,&quot; Dolphins tight end &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f5dd2ee0-0b6b-0787-49c4-8c3dcfd9461c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052897/durham-smythe&quot;&gt;Durham Smythe&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;In this game, if you&#39;re playing really well in terms of your standards, it&#39;s easy to be confident and comfortable. And obviously these last two seasons, he&#39;s played very well. ... When you&#39;re doing that ... you can say what you want to say, you can be yourself around the guys.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dolphins offensive players say Tagovailoa also became more assertive this offseason, spearheading off-field hangouts to build chemistry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to Hill, who joined the Dolphins in a March 2022 trade, there has been a clear difference between Tua then and now. Tagovailoa has taken greater command of and responsibility for the offense, making sure to gather his teammates after each play to discuss what he saw.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;When I first came in here, we&#39;d run a play and then it&#39;d be like, &#39;Where&#39;s Tua at? I need to talk to him about this play.&#39; Versus now, he&#39;s coming to find you. It&#39;s a beautiful thing to see.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The same thing that [&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;37d87523-280a-9d4a-0adb-22cfc6d3619c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3139477/patrick-mahomes&quot;&gt;Patrick Mahomes&lt;/a&gt;] used to do back in K.C. making sure that guys see it the same as him. It&#39;s great.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;379&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Tua Tagovailoa is more comfortable displaying leadership skills on the field and in the locker room.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TAGOVAILOA ADMITS HE&lt;/strong&gt; has shown a different side of himself on the field this year, but says the leadership qualities have always been inside him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;A lot of the guys know who I am off the field. Just on the field, it&#39;s just, I guess, coming out now,&quot; he said. &quot;That&#39;s just what it is. I guess feeling more comfortable bringing my own personality onto the playing field ... bringing my own personality into playing the game of football.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McDaniel thinks Tagovailoa&#39;s leadership qualities go even deeper. He says his quarterback possesses an innate charisma that causes people to gravitate toward him, which is buoyed by his authenticity and production on the field.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There are certain guys that have an &#39;it&#39; factor with large groups, especially teams,&quot; McDaniel said. &quot;There&#39;s ways to measure energy waves, and the strongest energy wave you can give off is authenticity. So I think that&#39;s what people feel and that&#39;s why people follow, is not only do they like and believe in him, believe in his skills and his ability to lead them to places they haven&#39;t been, but they also trust it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa acknowledged McDaniel&#39;s assertion of having an it factor, saying it&#39;s something he has felt since he was young.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve had the it factor since I was in high school, then going into college, and then coming here,&quot; he said. &quot;That&#39;s how I&#39;ve always viewed myself as -- going out and competing. Yeah, very, very nice, very cool, calm, collected, but inside just very competitive. So a lot of the guys know how I am and whatnot, but I guess it&#39;s just now showing that I&#39;m becoming a little more vocal.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa&#39;s natural charisma combined with his willingness to speak up more is why teammates say his halftime speech against the Jaguars was so well-received.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;403&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Tua Tagovailoa, left, credits his relationship with head coach Mike McDaniel, right, for empowering him to lead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Armstead commended Tagovailoa for standing up and addressing the team. Armstead said Tagovailoa&#39;s readiness to challenge and call out veteran players -- and even coaches -- helped establish a sense of urgency that sparked the second-half comeback.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;From a coach&#39;s perspective, McDaniel appreciated Tagovailoa essentially taking the words out of his mouth. He called the address to the team &quot;genuine&quot; and &quot;constructive.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There were details that led to execution in terms of how we are organized and communicate,&quot; McDaniel said. &quot;I guess at the time, he definitely felt that there were several guys that were loose there. I couldn&#39;t deny that at all and was really pumped to hear him constructively lead. It wasn&#39;t, &#39;Let&#39;s win,&#39; or &#39;Let&#39;s make plays.&#39; It was, &#39;Let&#39;s adhere to our standard,&#39; which is what a captain and a franchise quarterback have to be -- that voice to echo.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For Tagovailoa, who finished the afternoon with 338 passing yards and a touchdown, the motivation to speak up was simple: He wanted to help his team win.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was just one of those deals where we just needed to get our head out of our ass,&quot; he said. &quot;We got punched in the mouth. That&#39;s what you get. How are you going to respond?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the Dolphins fail to meet expectations in 2024, it likely won&#39;t be for a lack of accountability -- especially from Tagovailoa.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think you see [the change in Tagovailoa], it&#39;s just infectious right now. It&#39;s spreading throughout the entire locker room in the best way possible,&quot; fullback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ee6c83cc-8bbe-e3eb-5c92-c342a2411f60&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917668/alec-ingold&quot;&gt;Alec Ingold&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;The results on the field were one thing last year, but the way he&#39;s leading this locker room on and off the field is something completely different now.&quot;</description>
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      <description>ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;55041575-ba08-38c9-9261-b55db2c39071&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4635008/keon-coleman&quot;&gt;Keon Coleman&lt;/a&gt; sees your social media comments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Everything,&quot; the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;232afaf2-01ac-fcc2-8bd6-66550df1703a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-bills&quot;&gt;Buffalo Bills&lt;/a&gt; rookie wide receiver clarifies. &quot;I don&#39;t go out my way to see it, but I see everything. It&#39;s funny ... it&#39;s laughable cause nobody really knows me except my family. So, it&#39;s like, I don&#39;t really care. It don&#39;t affect me. I&#39;m mentally strong.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are some misconceptions about the youngest player on the Bills, or at least the side of him the world saw when he first became an NFL player. Coleman, who turned 21 in May, was being his authentic self,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;but the internet -- as can be the case -- ran with things.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Perhaps you&#39;ve seen the clips. All samples of, &quot;That&#39;s just Keon.&quot; It&#39;s a phrase that comes up often.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Examples include: Coleman &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZ-XfCaV0g&quot;&gt;talking about his yellow jacket&lt;/a&gt; after a reporter asked about it during his introductory news conference; Coleman &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqBQF3-BICU&quot;&gt;running down the field&lt;/a&gt; in his new home stadium and visualizing a touchdown; Coleman &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj4hGYyxHk4&quot;&gt;grabbing a cookie&lt;/a&gt; on his way out of the Bills media room; Coleman describing himself as &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P8o54YXriGU&quot;&gt;Tiger Wish-He-Could&lt;/a&gt;,&quot; in reference to his golf game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Social media was lit ablaze by the player who arrived at One Bills Drive and was simply himself.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The videos were far-reaching enough that Hall of Fame wide receiver Andre Reed &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/NFLPA/status/1791673370406482308&quot;&gt;surprised Coleman on his birthday&lt;/a&gt; at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere event in a similar yellow jacket and with cookies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A straight-shooter, Coleman doesn&#39;t understand where the belief that he loves cookies came from -- he was just hungry. He said he doesn&#39;t have any in his home; &quot;people blow everything out of proportion,&quot; he said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s all authentic, yet only scratches the surface.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m a little more closed off than people may think because of an interview,&quot; Coleman told ESPN. &quot;You got to see some of that, but people don&#39;t really, really know me how they think they know me.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ALL EYES WERE&lt;/strong&gt; going to be on any wide receiver the Bills brought in after moving on from &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d6ba7023-458c-f59a-4af2-638770067518&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2976212/stefon-diggs&quot;&gt;Stefon Diggs&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6c5c1b3d-32c0-84fd-a488-95fbed7c1a73&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4243537/gabe-davis&quot;&gt;Gabe Davis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As this new chapter continues with a Week 2 divisional matchup visiting the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;af33088b-1e19-d27d-dbc0-354fd7151703&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/mia/miami-dolphins&quot;&gt;Miami Dolphins&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday night (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video) the 33rd overall pick will be fascinating to watch develop, with the potential for plenty of highlight-reel catches on the horizon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coleman got off to a solid start as a blocker and receiver in Week 1&#39;s 34-28 win over the Cardinals, leading Buffalo&#39;s receivers in snaps (73%) and all receiving categories (four receptions on five targets for 51 yards). That included one &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/BuffaloBills/status/1832863688744984660&quot;&gt;eye-popping sideline catch&lt;/a&gt; on the winning drive. In the weeks leading up to his first NFL game, Coleman&#39;s quiet confidence was apparent, as was his authenticity.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s going to spit out stuff that he truly believes in, whether it&#39;s outrageous or not, and that&#39;s just him, and he&#39;s an authentic guy and he&#39;s a loyal guy, too,&quot; Randy Livingston, Coleman&#39;s AAU basketball coach, who is close with the family, said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The fun, chatty and joking personality is a significant part of Coleman. There&#39;s also cerebral and focused Coleman, who is intent on being successful for himself, the Bills and his community back in Opelousas, Louisiana. 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      <description>In April, after the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; suffered a second straight playoff defeat at the hands of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c4aceb39-0eb9-a30b-1120-9cb5b12b677a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/den/denver-nuggets&quot;&gt;Denver Nuggets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; was asked if he had played his last game with the franchise.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m not going to answer that,&quot; James replied.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;James let his signature do the talking in July, when the 39-year-old superstar inked a two-year, $104 million contract extension.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, more questions have surfaced after a consequential summer that saw the team replace coach Darvin Ham with JJ Redick and select &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;11d78ed1-9289-39e6-9718-53544707277d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4897943/dalton-knecht&quot;&gt;Dalton Knecht&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;456f71fd-2ce5-3f50-8d0d-f30c0159789d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683774/bronny-james&quot;&gt;Bronny James&lt;/a&gt; on draft night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And, thanks to a string of role players exercising options on their contracts, the Lakers will return largely the same roster that finished No. 7 in the Western Conference and had to reach the playoffs through the play-in tournament.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With less than three weeks until the start of training camp, here is a look at five major storylines as James embarks on season No. 22, Redick makes his coaching debut and the Lakers chase a return to championship contention.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Often a coach will want to have his team perform in a fashion that reflects his playing style, but the plan Redick shared for James during his introductory news conference was next-level mimicry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Him and I have joked about this, but like, he shot over 40% from 3 this year,&quot; Redick said. &quot;Like, I want him shooting 3s.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Indeed, James shot 41% last season -- the highest of his 21-year career (and not far off the sharpshooting Redick&#39;s career 41.5% mark). It was up from 32.1% the season before, a leap that James credits to his foot injury healing and being able to put in the requisite practice time to hone his shot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 8.9% increase was the fourth largest in NBA history season to season for a player with at least 300 3-point attempts. Another substantial increase under Redick would be rarer still, but there could be improvement by the offense creating more of the right types of looks for James.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;James particularly excelled at catch-and-shoot 3s (45.4%), which ranked third in the league among players with 200 or more attempts, according to Second Spectrum tracking. This could also explain why the analytics-minded rookie coach said he wants to mix in more off-ball action for James this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And there was one area of the court -- above the break on the left side -- where James was elite, connecting on 46% of his 3s from there, per Second Spectrum.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After finishing fourth in voting for Defensive Player of the Year last season, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dcf63163-4dbf-c59d-1920-3ecc2f8bd5fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt; seemed resigned to being overlooked for the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll never get it,&quot; Davis told ESPN when asked about the award. &quot;They&#39;re not giving it to me. The league doesn&#39;t like me. I&#39;m the best defensive player in the league. I can switch 1 through 5. I can guard the pick-and-roll the best in the league, from a big standpoint. I block shots. I rebound.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know what else to do. I&#39;m over it. I&#39;m just going to do what I got to do to help the team win and try to play for a championship. Accolades and individual awards, I&#39;m done with those.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Davis got the last laugh over the reigning DPOY over the summer, besting four-time winner &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;78795dbf-3e02-934e-f796-d6a71375c9f5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt; and France in the Olympic gold-medal game while bringing a defensive edge to Team USA. Davis led the U.S. in blocks (1.5) and was second in rebounds (6.7) and fourth in steals (1.2) while ranking only eighth in minutes played (16.6).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;His defensive numbers for the Lakers last season were dominant en route to a first-team All-Defense selection, joining &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;8aef8547-32f5-0943-a1de-e734567674cc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/sa/san-antonio-spurs&quot;&gt;San Antonio Spurs&lt;/a&gt; big man &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e8844b2-d923-3926-82d2-f19a29d69490&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt; as the only other player to average at least two blocks and one steal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last season, Davis ranked in the league&#39;s top 10 in:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Field goal percentage allowed in the paint&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Field goal percentage allowed on post-ups&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Field goal percentage allowed in isolations&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;His presence lifted the entire team, as L.A. held opponents to 60% on layups and dunks with Davis on the court (which would have ranked ninth in the league for the entire season), but that number jumped to 65% when Davis sat (which would have ranked 29th).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While there&#39;s a case to be made for Davis being back in the DPOY conversation this season, especially after Gobert&#39;s playoff ineffectiveness in the conference semifinals and occasional benching in Paris, Wembanyama&#39;s star has only risen since finishing second for the award as a rookie.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One thing Davis has made clear to the Lakers, sources told ESPN, is his preference to play alongside another big more often. The Lakers are thin in the middle going into the season with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4761286a-feb8-2ea2-d371-dbf677ddf5eb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3058254/christian-wood&quot;&gt;Christian Wood&lt;/a&gt; expected to be out for at least eight weeks following left knee surgery, leaving &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4cd92ac1-73ce-653d-c3b1-9c68e9c7a4d0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397077/jaxson-hayes&quot;&gt;Jaxson Hayes&lt;/a&gt; and two-way player &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75f6a3fc-5c58-eef5-5475-f708edec59c4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397204/colin-castleton&quot;&gt;Colin Castleton&lt;/a&gt; as the only other healthy centers on the roster.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lakers lost 190 games to injuries to four role players last season: Wood (32), forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e03c77d2-fb3e-e0fb-c227-ee9a35aa1aa9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395627/cam-reddish&quot;&gt;Cam Reddish&lt;/a&gt; (34), forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;888ccde3-98d4-6ef8-c697-d6a4ce158f87&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278077/jarred-vanderbilt&quot;&gt;Jarred Vanderbilt&lt;/a&gt; (53) and guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;82247bd5-fd40-3926-f54f-af0cc016aa37&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3137259/gabe-vincent&quot;&gt;Gabe Vincent&lt;/a&gt; (71).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wood and Reddish picked up options on their contracts to return, despite underwhelming campaigns, while Vincent, Vanderbilt and second-year guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;13f136bb-6a2f-3648-8ecb-0e2a77c98500&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5105797/jalen-hood-schifino&quot;&gt;Jalen Hood-Schifino&lt;/a&gt;, who played in just 21 games last season, were all on multiyear deals.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All of this is to say, while the Lakers&#39; roster might look virtually identical to last season, the effectiveness of the roster could be vastly better with an increase in availability.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While Wood underwent surgery last week and Vanderbilt&#39;s foot is still not 100%, sources confirmed to ESPN, Vincent, Reddish and Hood-Schifino will be ready to compete for minutes from the start -- giving Redick more options.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lakers&#39; No. 55 selection in the draft likely received more attention than every other 55th pick in league history combined.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then again, no other No. 55 pick was the son of the NBA&#39;s all-time leading scorer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After a lackluster summer league showing in which he made seven of his 31 shots across six games, Bronny James continued to work out at the Lakers&#39; facilities throughout the offseason, and the team remains enthusiastic about the 6-foot-2 shooting guard&#39;s potential.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The younger James signed a four-year deal with the Lakers but is likely to spend significant time in the G League this season. Once there, he&#39;ll be coached by new South Bay Lakers coach Zach Guthrie, a disciple of &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;15096a54-f015-c987-5ec8-55afedf6272f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-hawks&quot;&gt;Atlanta Hawks&lt;/a&gt; coach Quin Snyder who is expected to bring high-level offensive concepts to the team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;LeBron James enters his 22nd NBA season with a new coach and his son as a teammate. What&#39;s in store for the Lakers with training camp three weeks away?&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lakers were quiet at the 2024 trade deadline and quieter still in the offseason when it came to finding upgrades. But don&#39;t expect the team, which maintained some roster flexibility by remaining under the restrictive second apron, to look the same in the postseason as it does on opening night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;L.A. has several assets in its coffers that it can aggregate in a potential trade for a star: its 2029 and 2031 first-round picks; young talent on affordable contracts, such as Knecht, Hood-Schifino and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;29a42e27-f5a8-3d6e-a950-2b76a81f1d20&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432582/max-christie&quot;&gt;Max Christie&lt;/a&gt;; and players on midrange contracts, such as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;155978bc-3f36-925f-c5b2-b0f15c5a2a13&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136776/dangelo-russell&quot;&gt;D&#39;Angelo Russell&lt;/a&gt; (an expiring $18.6 million deal), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;40c1bcf6-675b-f217-f97c-1d628073f927&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066648/rui-hachimura&quot;&gt;Rui Hachimura&lt;/a&gt; ($17 million), Vincent ($11 million) and Vanderbilt ($10.7 million).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One name to watch: &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;585a3d05-447b-8a2f-bfed-56049d1c04ba&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6477/jonas-valanciunas&quot;&gt;Jonas Valanciunas&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;64d73af6-b8ec-e213-87e8-a4eab3a692e7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/wsh/washington-wizards&quot;&gt;Washington Wizards&lt;/a&gt;. James offered to take a pay cut to open up the full midlevel exception to sign the free agent big man, but he opted for more guaranteed money from a three-year, $30 million deal in Washington.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Still, the Lakers need a center, the Wizards don&#39;t figure to be contenders this season, and Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka has a proven record of getting deals done with Washington&#39;s organization.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;ESPN Stats &amp;amp; Information&#39;s Matt Williams contributed to this story.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <title>ESPN Fantasy Basketball 101: How to play</title>
      <description>You love basketball. You follow the NBA, root for your favorite team and couldn&#39;t believe the plays that &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e8844b2-d923-3926-82d2-f19a29d69490&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt; made as a rookie last season in San Antonio.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And you still haven&#39;t played fantasy basketball?!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If that sounds a lot like you, this is the perfect season to give it a try -- there is just so much exciting stuff happening around the league. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278073/shai-gilgeous-alexander&quot;&gt;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&lt;/a&gt; are on the rise. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;22f57511-06ae-1587-f01b-33965365ce0d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic&quot;&gt;Nikola Jokic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3059318/joel-embiid&quot;&gt;Joel Embiid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo&quot;&gt;Giannis Antetokounmpo&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic&quot;&gt;Luka Doncic&lt;/a&gt; remain top MVP candidates. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; are both still going strong.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There has never been a better time to jump right into the fantasy game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Imagine having &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt; on your team when he gets on a roll from 3-point land and carries you to victory. Or what it feels like to have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432573/paolo-banchero&quot;&gt;Paolo Banchero&lt;/a&gt; on your squad when he stuffs the stat sheet and takes his game to another level in year three.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;These are the moments you remember as a fantasy manager!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In fact, many of those who&#39;ve played fantasy basketball over the years can recall specific games that certain players had for them. An epic scoring night by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065648/jayson-tatum&quot;&gt;Jayson Tatum&lt;/a&gt;, another &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396993/tyrese-haliburton&quot;&gt;Tyrese Haliburton&lt;/a&gt; gem or a monstrous effort by &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dcf63163-4dbf-c59d-1920-3ecc2f8bd5fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;So fun. So, so fun!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you&#39;re not an expert, don&#39;t worry -- we have everything you need to know about how to enter a league and draft a winning team. Even if you&#39;re a total beginner, you will still have the tools to experience the joy of fantasy basketball like millions do every year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make the league your own&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Every fantasy basketball league is different. While there are basic rules and settings that apply across the board (you will learn about those below), each league takes on its own identity based on settings like roster size, injury spots, stat categories and other specifics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We encourage you to join or start a league that fits what you&#39;re looking for. If you want to be more casual and set your lineups once a week, find a league that uses weekly lineup changes. If you&#39;re a little bit more diehard with all this and want to be able to add and drop players and craft new lineups on a daily basis, that&#39;s the type of league you should enter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The bottom line is to do what&#39;s fun for you. Find a league that keeps you tuning in to watch your players every night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With that in mind, we&#39;ve put together ESPN Fantasy Basketball 101 to give you an overview of how to get started, how to prepare for your draft and how to play during the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now it&#39;s time for you to sign up and join the fun!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000057551-Fantasy-Basketball&quot;&gt;ESPN Fantasy Basketball FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000057551-Fantasy-Basketball&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; for a quick reference for basic game-related questions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806353/how-sign-espn-fantasy-app&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to sign up on the ESPN Fantasy app&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Were you invited to an ESPN Fantasy Basketball league? Do you want to create your own as a League Manager? We have complete instructions for you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806353/how-sign-espn-fantasy-app&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20805942/how-sign-up&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to sign up online&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whether you were invited to join an already-existing league or want to create your own as a League Manager, you&#39;ll find everything you need to do so &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20805942/how-sign-up&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;League settings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you created your own league, you&#39;ll need to make sure all of your league&#39;s rules and settings -- including roster size, scoring, regular-season schedules and playoff schedules -- are to your liking. We have all of the details of how to do that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20804379/league-team-pages&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Check out your league and team pages&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s time to learn more about your league and team pages, so you know where everything is. We&#39;ve got you covered with a detailed tour &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20804379/league-team-pages&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Know your rules&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This might seem incredibly basic, but even veteran fantasy basketball players often assume they know their league rules even when they don&#39;t. The result of overlooking a rule can be costly, so be sure you know the rules before your draft.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Go to your fantasy basketball league page, click on League, then Settings. Here, you&#39;ll be able to find all the rules that are in place for your league this season. This includes roster construction, scoring, schedule, playoff structure and more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Take the time to carefully go over every section. To make sure you understand the thinking behind each rule, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot;&gt;check out our League Settings overview&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Draft prep&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A good draft will put you in position to have a successful season, and taking time to prepare beforehand is key. That includes formulating strategies and printing out rankings that reflect your league&#39;s scoring format.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don&#39;t worry, we have you covered with customized expert rankings and draft strategies in the ESPN Fantasy Basketball draft kit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Autodraft prep&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you don&#39;t plan to take part in a live draft, that&#39;s OK. Our system will automatically draft for you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Still, you have the option of guiding how our system will draft your team. Go to your Team page and click &quot;Edit Autopick Strategy.&quot; Here, you can decide which player positions you&#39;d like to pick in which parts of the draft and how many players at each position you want to select overall.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806648/mock-drafts&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mock drafts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mock drafts are simply practice drafts that don&#39;t count for anything. It&#39;s a terrific way to get used to the ESPN draft software, make sure you know how everything works and test out different strategies. For example, that might mean drafting a point guard in the first round versus drafting a small forward in Round 1 and waiting on a point guard until the fourth round.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;These practice drafts also let you see which players are going higher than expected and which are routinely slipping down a round or two (or more). This is extremely useful knowledge that you can take with you in your real draft and use to your advantage, avoiding those &quot;sliding&quot; players until later rounds when you have a good idea that they will still be available.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For an overview of how everything in the ESPN draft room works, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806648/mock-drafts&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;click on this link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806978/draft&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The draft&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Draft day is the most exciting day of the season, because it&#39;s when your team goes from a plan to a reality. It&#39;s when you finally get the chance to assemble the group of players you get to root for all season. Of course, you can always add and drop players throughout the year, but the draft is still the most fundamental part of your roster and you want to make sure you don&#39;t miss on your top players.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you have prepared for your draft by reading up on players and strategies, and by participating in several mock drafts, you&#39;re on the path to success. Believe in your hunches and don&#39;t look back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To make everything go as smoothly as possible, be sure to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806978/draft&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;follow these handy rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In most leagues, there are at least a few managers who enjoy the art of the deal. If you&#39;re one of those people, trading is going to be one of the most fun aspects of fantasy basketball. When done well, it&#39;s a great opportunity to improve your roster while unloading someone you perhaps no longer want or need.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are several important factors to keep in mind. You must look at the roster of the team you&#39;re trading with and understand which, if any players, that manager might be willing to part with. For example, it&#39;d be unwise to make a trade offer for a point guard on a team that is battling injuries and down to one healthy point guard. Also, while you may never want to send your best trade offer with your first proposal, be careful not to offer up too little. That can be offensive to the other manager and can lead to that person not only declining your offer but ending all future trade talks with you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In-season strategies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Beyond trading, there are other factors to consider during the season like how to manage your games played in roto leagues, how to approach head-to-head playoffs, and how best to work the waiver wire. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot;&gt;in-season strategies&lt;/a&gt; section of our draft kit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fantasy basketball etiquette&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Every few years, no matter what type of league you&#39;re in, you&#39;ll run into someone who causes problems. Sometimes it name-calling on the message board and being a bully. Other times it is a constant stream of wild trade offers and questionable transactions. Whether you are in a hyper-competitive league or just trying to have some casual fun, you want to avoid being this way or having others in your league who conduct themselves like this.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Generally speaking, that just means following the golden rule: Treat others the way you&#39;d want to be treated in your league.</description>
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      <description>DALLAS -- The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-mavericks&quot;&gt;Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; are bringing back forward &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6461/markieff-morris&quot;&gt;Markieff Morris&lt;/a&gt;, a 13-year veteran who has played sparingly since joining Dallas but brings leadership that is valued by the defending Western Conference champion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The deal announced Wednesday comes after Morris played 26 regular-season games in 2023-24 before the Mavericks made a run to the NBA Finals, losing in five games to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2ca761df-5f60-b2e9-22ed-e099c46d889b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/bos/boston-celtics&quot;&gt;Boston Celtics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Morris, 35, averaged 2.5 points in 8.3 minutes for the Mavericks. He joined Dallas in the blockbuster deal that brought star guard &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving&quot;&gt;Kyrie Irving&lt;/a&gt; to the Mavericks before the trade deadline in 2023.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Morris has averaged 10.3 points and 4.9 rebounds in 776 career regular-season games. He played all 21 postseason games for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; when they won the title in the 2020 playoff bubble.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Phoenix drafted Morris 13th overall in 2011 out of Kansas, and he spent his first four-plus seasons with the Suns. Morris also has played for Washington, Oklahoma City, Detroit and Miami.</description>
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      <title>DeMar DeRozan isn&#39;t done talking about mental health</title>
      <description>&lt;em&gt;Editor&#39;s note: This story was first published on March 8. DeRozan, who signed with the Sacramento Kings this summer, released a new book this week, &quot;Above the Noise&quot;, about his work on mental health.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d942ef5e-c416-b06e-63ac-5f3db14757be&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan&quot;&gt;DEMAR DEROZAN&lt;/a&gt; WALKS&lt;/strong&gt; onto the stage and grabs a microphone. It&#39;s Feb. 20, two days after the NBA All-Star Game. While the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;e588ccf1-ba03-ea43-c34c-9a9c8d1895ca&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-bulls&quot;&gt;Bulls&lt;/a&gt; are holding their first practice after the break in Chicago, DeRozan has an excused absence to be back at his alma mater at the University of Southern California.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan sits on one of the high chairs on the stage and begins to scan the room, a crowd of about 300 people, most of them USC student athletes who are eagerly anticipating his next words.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those in attendance got a first look at &quot;Dinners with DeMar,&quot; DeRozan&#39;s new biweekly YouTube video series that debuted in February, where he chats with close friends in and around the NBA -- &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;77a8546f-24bf-a333-8161-bf9f75396c49&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/gs/golden-state-warriors&quot;&gt;Golden State Warriors&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;de360720-e416-25f2-8a6b-b5ff82616cb1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green&quot;&gt;Draymond Green&lt;/a&gt;, Hall of Famer &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1987/dwyane-wade&quot;&gt;Dwyane Wade&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f59bbabc-eedb-9ad2-c5dd-9bcd9f450a2f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/mil/milwaukee-bucks&quot;&gt;Milwaukee Bucks&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c6bdd0b0-2176-2089-9b41-1ca3540f64f4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6606/damian-lillard&quot;&gt;Damian Lillard&lt;/a&gt; headline the first three episodes -- not for a basketball discussion, but to discuss a topic dear to DeRozan: mental health.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Not much makes me nervous,&quot; DeRozan says on stage. &quot;But this does.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan welcomes two USC basketball players to the stage for a mental health discussion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;What&#39;s something you have struggled with as student-athletes?&quot; DeRozan asks, starting the conversation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f370999e-c58d-3460-be06-0af3844985ee&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4593106/boogie-ellis&quot;&gt;Boogie Ellis&lt;/a&gt;, a fifth-year senior from San Diego who played his first two seasons at Memphis, detailed how he struggled being so far from home before transferring to USC as a junior.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was sitting in my room, not wanting to play basketball or do anything,&quot; Ellis says.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;A lot of guys have a stigma like y&#39;all don&#39;t go through nothing,&quot; says &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;76b7609a-2247-3448-be35-5bad6d6507f2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4711802/dominique-darius&quot;&gt;Dominique Darius&lt;/a&gt;, a 21-year-old sophomore on the USC women&#39;s team. &quot;That&#39;s not true.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;What&#39;s one way to help your teammates when you can tell they&#39;re struggling with something?&quot; DeRozan asks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Being vulnerable with your teammates,&quot; Darius says. &quot;Show that it&#39;s not just basketball, you care about them as a person.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;What are the signs when you can tell something is off with your own mental health?&quot; an audience member asks the trio onstage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;When I&#39;m mad for no reason,&quot; DeRozan says. &quot;When I get mad, I put too much milk in cereal, that&#39;s when it&#39;s like &#39;all right, I got to figure this out.&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The room erupts in laughter. Despite the nerves, DeRozan puts the crowd at ease leading the students through a 20-minute discussion and later marveling at the way they are able to express their emotions, saying he couldn&#39;t do so in college. It wasn&#39;t until 2018, nine years into his NBA career, when DeRozan felt comfortable enough to send a tweet saying, &quot;This depression get the best of me...&quot; That one moment started his journey to launch this series and put him on the forefront of the mental health discussion in the NBA.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I never thought I&#39;d be doing something like this,&quot; DeRozan told ESPN backstage after the event. &quot;Hearing Boogie and Dominique talk about feeling and understanding what depression was, being a student-athlete, coming into college, I wouldn&#39;t have known what that was.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It just shows you how far the conversation has come and the impact that it has. For us to have these conversations and break so many barriers, it means a lot, man. It means a lot. It&#39;s amazing being here.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan first opened up about his mental health in 2018.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IT WAS ALL-STAR&lt;/strong&gt; weekend in Los Angeles in 2018 when DeRozan was sitting in his hotel room feeling overwhelmed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then a member of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;5a9c33b8-63fd-ff34-a833-925fe89320a6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/tor/toronto-raptors&quot;&gt;Toronto Raptors&lt;/a&gt;, DeRozan had made the All-Star team for the third consecutive season and fourth time in his career. What was supposed to be a homecoming for the Compton High School alum -- his face was plastered on billboards alongside the hotel -- instead became one of his lowest moments. He recalls feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted. He didn&#39;t tell anyone. He just stayed in his room Friday night, eschewing all the festivities of All-Star weekend, and laid in bed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Around 3 a.m., DeRozan hit send on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/DeMar_DeRozan/status/964818383303688197?lang=en&quot;&gt;post to Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, quoting the song &quot;Tomorrow&quot; by rapper Kevin Gates, with a message that reverberated around the league and resonated with a lot of its players.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It was the first time DeRozan remembers vocalizing how he was feeling and was surprised by what he called an overwhelming response. Players were checking on him. People were reaching out to tell him they have had similar feelings. It helped open the door for players across the NBA to voice their own mental health situations. A month later, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ec79ad1f-e6d2-7762-a2db-7fe97d35126b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-cavaliers&quot;&gt;Cleveland Cavaliers&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;802592a4-e446-6d2c-7ca0-4d4f1e21424b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3449/kevin-love&quot;&gt;Kevin Love&lt;/a&gt; opened up about what he called anxiety and depression.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;DeMar and Kevin Love were the first ones to talk about it,&quot; Bulls center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;355269b7-21fc-8104-b40e-d7c81ec96c9a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6585/andre-drummond&quot;&gt;Andre Drummond&lt;/a&gt;, who has been in the NBA since 2012, told ESPN. &quot;First time I witnessed it was DeMar and just how vulnerable he&#39;s been and how open he&#39;s been about mental health.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan and Love followed in the footsteps of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/25/metta-world-peace&quot;&gt;Ron Artest&lt;/a&gt;, who spoke openly about his mental health after winning the title with the Lakers in 2010. And while the reaction to his tweet caught DeRozan off guard, he chose to embrace the outreach.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Opening up that Pandora&#39;s box could bring so much more than I ever could imagine, in a positive way,&quot; DeRozan said. &quot;Let&#39;s make this thing a normal conversation that&#39;s had.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Brett Rapkin, the CEO of Podium Pictures and executive producer of &quot;Dinners with DeMar&quot; said DeRozan belongs on the Mount Rushmore of athletes who have spoken out about mental health.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s chosen to lean into being an advocate for this life-or-death issue,&quot; Rapkin told ESPN. &quot;Given his level of authenticity, I couldn&#39;t think of a better spokesman to change the culture.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It wasn&#39;t always easy for DeRozan to talk about his feelings in such plain terms. He said he had to learn how to process his emotions after experiencing trauma at a young age. Growing up in Compton, DeRozan lost family members and friends to gang violence.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;USC basketball players Dominique Darius (left) and Boogie Ellis (middle) joined DeMar DeRozan for a mental health discussion last month.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Courtesy Chicago Bulls&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was thrown into so much of an aggressive nature of life,&quot; DeRozan said. &quot;I remember, being a kid, sitting at family funerals, seeing family heartbreak ... seeing my mom cry all night and hearing the pain in her voice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Family members, losing cousins, losing friends, having people incarcerated where you just hear the sadness, the aggressiveness, the pain of being locked behind bars.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan recognized he needed to find a healthy outlet to be able to process those pent-up emotions and he&#39;s made it his mission to spread lessons on mental health or more simply, encouragement, to others.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s something that&#39;s so natural for me because I went through so much pain and heartache,&quot; DeRozan said. &quot;To where at the end of the day, all I care about is making someone&#39;s day or giving someone the confidence to feel like they can get through whatever it is they&#39;re going through.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I feed off that because that&#39;s what I need as well.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan has helped Bulls teammate Andre Drummond with his own mental health struggles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Amanda Loman/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DRUMMOND HAS KNOWN&lt;/strong&gt; DeRozan since high school and were adversaries in the NBA for a decade before becoming teammates with the Bulls in 2022-23. When Drummond got to Chicago, his locker was placed next to DeRozan and the two often sit together for team travel.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On March 28, a day before a game against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt;, Drummond took to social media to post about his own struggles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Time to focus on my mental health,&quot; Drummond &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/AndreDrummond/status/1640782266996588544&quot;&gt;wrote&lt;/a&gt;. &quot;If you too are struggling with your mental health, you are not alone ... it&#39;s okay to ask for help.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drummond sat out the next night before returning to play in five of their last six games of the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Despite knowing DeRozan&#39;s openness on discussing mental health, Drummond was still hesitant to reach out to his teammate or anybody else about what was going on.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s hard to talk about it because we&#39;re looked at as these superheroes,&quot; Drummond said. &quot;We&#39;re not supposed to be having these issues.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And when he felt the moment was right, DeRozan let Drummond know that he was there for him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s like &#39;yo bro if you want to shoot the s---, talk, vent, I&#39;m here,&#39;&quot; Drummond said. &quot;&#39;I don&#39;t have to say a word or I can give you advice, but don&#39;t go through that by yourself.&#39;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It made it very easy for me to really come out about the things that I struggle with as well too.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drummond exchanged meditation tips with DeRozan and has started meeting with Dr. Wendy Borlabi, the team&#39;s director of performance and mental health, who Drummond called his guardian angel. He appreciated DeRozan being there for him in a time of need.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;To offer a hand to someone who&#39;s struggling just speaks to his character,&quot; Drummond said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan&#39;s impact on the Bulls&#39; locker room is one of the reasons beyond his production on the court that Chicago intends to keep him on the team beyond this year. DeRozan, 34, is set to become a free agent this offseason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I love DeMar,&quot; Bulls vice president Arturas Karnsiovas said last month. &quot;He&#39;s huge for this team, for the city, for the organization. He&#39;s been great for our young guys, has been our closer. I think it&#39;s wonderful for this team.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan&#39;s play, where he&#39;s averaging a team-leading 22.9 points, gives the Bulls a chance to win on a nightly basis, something Karnisovas values. But the organization also values DeRozan&#39;s role as a mentor for their young players, such as guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;750f545c-3cc8-fea4-91cd-828da373cc8e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395651/coby-white&quot;&gt;Coby White&lt;/a&gt;, who is in the midst of a breakout season, and their past two first-round picks, forwards &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ced929af-e55c-1316-d44f-5a6bfe33dda4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431687/patrick-williams&quot;&gt;Patrick Williams&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48324995-a5dc-323b-a43c-2c5b1e8aeaf7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433159/dalen-terry&quot;&gt;Dalen Terry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You don&#39;t have a lot of OGs left in the game,&quot; Williams, 22, told ESPN. &quot;Players talk about it now, there&#39;s not a lot of good vets left in the league. Anytime you have an OG around you just want to soak up all the knowledge you can, so I can one day maybe be in his shoes. ... He tells me a lot of things that I haven&#39;t been through yet.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My new series, Dinners With DeMar, drops on my YouTube on 2.20.24. Showcases open and honest talks about mental health with some of my friends from around the league. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;🎥🎬 &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/podiumpics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;@podiumpics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://t.co/lDbLx74Si3&quot;&gt;pic.twitter.com/lDbLx74Si3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IN THE FIRST&lt;/strong&gt; episode of &quot;Dinners with DeMar,&quot; as DeRozan and Green sit across from a table at Baltaire restaurant in Los Angeles, DeRozan compares therapy to a film session.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Help me get to therapy,&quot; Green asks DeRozan in a conversation filmed in the summer of 2022, long before Green was suspended twice this season: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story?_slug_=sources-warriors-draymond-green-suspended-5-games-nba&amp;amp;id=38908534&quot;&gt;five games&lt;/a&gt; for putting Timberwolves center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;78795dbf-3e02-934e-f796-d6a71375c9f5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt; in a headlock in November and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39108236/golden-state-warriors-draymond-green-suspended-indefinitely-nba&quot;&gt;12 games&lt;/a&gt; for striking Suns center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f8a22884-a6a5-39a4-9d69-1cbb729288c9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102530/jusuf-nurkic&quot;&gt;Jusuf Nurkic&lt;/a&gt; in the face in December.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But while Green voices a desire to go to therapy, he also says he doesn&#39;t understand how someone could push themselves to go and tell someone all their secrets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan starts his analogy, &quot;Even though I know what happened in the game, let me see if there&#39;s something I can see that can help me that next possession.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Green expresses his concern on losing his &quot;fire&quot; on the court, which he calls an elite skill he possesses. 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That&#39;s not what any of us were taught. You&#39;re taught to be strong. You&#39;re taught to keep fighting. You&#39;re taught that you can get through it no matter what, you just got to keep on pushing.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Both Green and Lillard, who appears in Episode 3, said they were proud of DeRozan for the way he&#39;s led the way on this topic. DeRozan said he didn&#39;t start the series with any goals in mind, other than to document the conversations in the hopes that it can help someone.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s pretty cool to see him be vulnerable,&quot; Lillard told ESPN. &quot;He&#39;s a Compton kid. Hard as hell. It&#39;s special to see him reach that stage in his manhood where he&#39;s willing to get up there and lead the conversation. Especially if you know his personality, that&#39;s not him to just jump out there and do that, so you know it&#39;s a real thing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;That&#39;s what I love about it. It&#39;s not normal for him, he&#39;s not an attention seeker.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Leading this series is something that does not come naturally to DeRozan, even six years after sending his tweet. But he&#39;s grown more comfortable in that time, and says he enjoys the adrenaline rush he gets from doing things outside his comfort zone, including stepping onto a stage to talk to a group of college athletes about such an important topic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I never would have expected me sending out a tweet years ago would have me sitting here,&quot; DeRozan says on stage. &quot;It&#39;s even more impactful than just playing basketball.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;ESPN&#39;s Kendra Andrews contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <description>Diamond Sports Group will reach a solemn milestone this week: 18 months in bankruptcy court, dating back to when Major League Baseball was gearing up for the 2023 season. Since then there have been twists, turns and frustrations, but, notably, no resolution.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond, which operates under the name Bally Sports, owns the largest group of regional sports networks in the country, with 33 MLB, NBA and NHL teams in its portfolio even after a handful of cuts over this past year and a half. The uncertainty has hit baseball fans hardest, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37762861/diamond-sports-group-fails-pay-padres-loses-broadcast-rights&quot;&gt;their teams getting dropped in-season&lt;/a&gt; in 2023 to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40071329/bally-sports-channels-pulled-air-comcast&quot;&gt;a major distributor pulling their games off the air&lt;/a&gt; in 2024. In between, MLB owners -- operating within a sport where local media is more closely tied to payrolls than in the NBA and the NHL -- used RSN volatility as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39146754/mlb-free-agency-2023-24-rsn-tv-diamond-sports&quot;&gt;an excuse for lower offseason spending&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond descended into Chapter 11 largely because it took on $8 billion in debt when it purchased its RSNs five years ago. But its predicament epitomizes what has become an exceedingly volatile media landscape, and the company&#39;s fate could have profound effects on how fans consume sports moving forward. Below is a look at the most pressing questions surrounding Diamond&#39;s ever-evolving situation -- and what it could mean for sports fans.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So where do Diamond&#39;s broadcasts currently stand?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At the end of April, Diamond and Comcast, its third-largest distributor, failed to come to an agreement before the expiration of their deal, prompting Comcast to pull Bally Sports channels off the air. The NBA and NHL were done with their regular seasons by then and thus unaffected, given that playoff games air nationally. But many baseball fans -- particularly those who follow the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins, teams Diamond doesn&#39;t have streaming rights for and reside in markets where Comcast is prevalent -- were shut out.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But in a surprising turn of events, Diamond &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40675947/comcast-bally-sports-announce-carriage-deal-set-august&quot;&gt;came to an agreement with Comcast&lt;/a&gt; on July 29, then subsequently locked in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/40968603/diamond-drops-mavs-pels-agrees-air-nba-nhl-24-25-seasons&quot;&gt;new linear cable and direct-to-consumer deals&lt;/a&gt; with the NBA and the NHL 25 days later. The new contracts came with lesser rights fees but an assurance that the 13 NBA teams and eight NHL teams would be broadcast and paid in full for the entirety of the 2023-24 seasons, regardless of whether Diamond emerges from bankruptcy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In those deals, Diamond also dropped the NBA&#39;s Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans -- both of whom have announced an over-the-air alternative, a growing trend for NBA and NHL teams. (The Anaheim Ducks, previously Diamond&#39;s ninth NHL team, were on an expiring contract and announced in late August that it would go the same route.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond has continued negotiations with Amazon about joining forces on a direct-to-consumer venture where Bally Sports channels would be available on Prime Video at an additional cost, allowing local fans to watch their teams without a cable subscription, sources said. The New York Post reported recently that the two sides are in &quot;late-stage talks&quot; on a non-exclusive deal that could launch ahead of the upcoming NBA and NHL seasons.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does that mean this saga is finally coming to an end?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We should have a clearer picture by the end of November. Maybe. One of the company&#39;s attorneys, Joe Graham, said during a status conference last Tuesday that Diamond is aiming to file an updated reorganization plan before the end of September and expects to schedule a confirmation hearing in early to mid November. That &quot;would put Diamond on the path to emerge [from bankruptcy] prior to Nov. 30,&quot; Graham said, before they have to start paying MLB teams their rights fees for the 2025 season in January.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Federal bankruptcy judge Christopher Lopez &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41115572/judge-approves-diamond-sports-group-deals-nba-nhl&quot;&gt;formally approved Diamond&#39;s NBA and NHL deals&lt;/a&gt; during a status conference last Tuesday, calling them &quot;a step, certainly, in the right direction&quot; in terms of putting Diamond on a path to emerge from bankruptcy. &quot;It looks like we&#39;re finally here,&quot; Lopez said, &quot;in terms of what&#39;s really going to happen.&quot; Details of Diamond&#39;s NBA and NHL deals are not publicly known, with Lopez also ruling Tuesday that they would remain under seal. One thing we do know: They include a requirement that Diamond emerge from bankruptcy by April 1, 2025 -- a date that has triggered more animus from MLB.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is MLB upset about?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There has been a lot of animosity from MLB toward Diamond in this process, from its desire for more transparency to its skepticism over whether Diamond can remain a sustainable business. But nothing has angered MLB officials more than uncertainty over rights payments. And that April 1 deadline might be a tipping point.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;MLB attorney James Bromley spoke on this subject for close to 15 minutes in court last Tuesday, calling Diamond&#39;s plans to emerge by the end of November &quot;aspirational&quot; and the April 1 cut-off &quot;concerning.&quot; Said Bromley: &quot;This is now the fourth season in a row that Major League Baseball is heading into the offseason with a complete lack of information and clarity with respect to what&#39;s going to happen with respect to Diamond Sports and its ability or willingness to broadcast Major League Baseball games.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bromley also questioned Diamond&#39;s sustainability once again, calling the recent developments &quot;a Band-Aid&quot; while describing this as &quot;yet another handing of the baton.&quot; In other words: It&#39;s baseball&#39;s turn, with NBA and NHL seasons set to start again, to go through another uncertain offseason, immediately after the two leagues experienced the same. Bromley added that if the process isn&#39;t expedited, MLB could explore &quot;more drastic relief,&quot; though he did not specify what he meant.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is this going to affect offseason spending -- again?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not to bum you out, but ... probably. A handful of owners, at least, might once again cite it as a reason for not spending as much as their fans would like.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Teams guaranteed $3.05 billion to major league free agents last offseason, down from $3.92 billion the year before that and $3.3 billion the year before that, according to ESPN&#39;s calculations.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Texas Rangers -- at that point in danger of falling out of an RSN deal that would pay them somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million before settling on a lesser one-year contract with Diamond -- went conservative in the wake of a championship. The San Diego Padres -- the first team Diamond dropped last season, prompting MLB to take over broadcasts -- brought their payroll down by about 35%. The Seattle Mariners -- whose RSN, Root Sports, was placed on a more expensive tier by Comcast -- basically kept payroll flat. And big-name free agents such as Blake Snell, Matt Chapman, Cody Bellinger and Jordan Montgomery -- all Scott Boras clients at the time -- signed unusually late.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s a precursor to what might happen again this offseason. Whether it&#39;s a valid reason depends on whom you speak with. Local media represents about 20% of team revenues in the aggregate, and not being able to count on that will naturally impact spending for some clubs. But many are quick to push back on that notion, noting that there are other avenues where teams can make up for losses, including: the distribution of luxury tax payments, with MLB&#39;s portion expected to reach up to $150 million this year; a growth in central revenue largely from national TV deals that are still in their early stages; and revenue from uniform patches that did not exist until last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As an added layer of protection, MLB and the MLB Players Association agreed in July on what amounts to a reallocation of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40633273/diamond-makes-substantial-progress-comcast-deal-mlb&quot;&gt;money generated from luxury tax overages&lt;/a&gt; this offseason, giving teams that experienced losses in local-media revenue up to $15 million. Will that make a difference in owners&#39; actions? That remains to be seen. If not, it&#39;ll be another offseason defined by the clubs that, at least for now, have secure media deals and those who don&#39;t, further widening the gap between big- and small-market teams.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any chance for a deal similar to the one Diamond cut with the NBA and the NHL?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s Diamond&#39;s hope. The company said in court that it continues to have active dialogue with MLB about a new deal. But the circumstances are different. The NBA and the NHL engaged with Diamond after their respective seasons because those leagues were able to take all their streaming rights back at that point, prompting a reason to renegotiate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In those deals, the 13 NBA teams in Diamond&#39;s portfolio saw a decrease of 30% to 40% with the new rights deal, according to Sportico, while the eight NHL teams got a 20% reduction in the aggregate. MLB, with long-term aspirations of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40393431/mlb-rsn-diamond-sports-bally-fanduel-amazon-television-bankruptcy-court-hearing&quot;&gt;placing all its rights under a national model&lt;/a&gt;, has continually stated that it does not want to devalue its rights. A deal of that nature doesn&#39;t seem to be on the table for them. MLB also hasn&#39;t shown interest in giving Diamond streaming rights to more teams than the five it already has -- the Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, MIlwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals, smaller

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      <description>&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385340_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385340_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385340_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385340_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Billy Harris earned a straight-sets victory over Finland&#39;s Otto Virtanen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Alex Dodd - CameraSport via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great Britain advanced to the knockout stages of the Davis Cup on Wednesday thanks in part to a superb debut performance from &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;52d1ae34-4ba4-d405-5f68-5943b478caab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2361&quot;&gt;Billy Harris&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The team established a 2-0 advantage over Finland in Manchester in Group D thanks to wins by Dan Evans and Harris. They are without US Open semifinalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt;, who is being rested after his dream run at Flushing Meadows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Harris, who is a late bloomer at 29-years-old, secured a straight-sets 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c25805a1-57e2-3a93-b09e-ad8ae6a8cb38&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=4099&quot;&gt;Otto Virtanen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m absolutely thrilled for Billy -- I think that&#39;s one of the best debuts you&#39;ll have seen. It was that good,&quot; British captain Leon Smith said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at Otto&#39;s record over the past couple of years in the Davis Cup it&#39;s pretty flawless. Billy actually could have won in a more straightforward manner. He was absolutely immense. Nothing really kind of fazes him, even though he&#39;s not really been on a big court before.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The knockout stage are scheduled to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two countries in each four-team group will advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <description>GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Second-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3262/danielle-collins&quot;&gt;Danielle Collins&lt;/a&gt; lost in the second round of the Guadalajara Open on Wednesday and third seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=421&quot;&gt;Victoria Azarenka&lt;/a&gt; withdrew from her match because of injury.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt;, ranked No. 152, pulled off a major upset with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Collins to reach the quarterfinals of an elite WTA tournament for the first time. She beat former US Open champion &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1472&quot;&gt;Sloane Stephens&lt;/a&gt; in the first round.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 30-year-old Collins, who is retiring at the end of the season, arrived at Guadalajara with 39 tour-level wins and two titles on tour this year and is currently ranked 11th.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Earlier, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3908&quot;&gt;Kamilla Rakhimova&lt;/a&gt; advanced to the quarterfinals after two-time major winner and former No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew from their match in the second set while trailing 6-2, 3-0.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rakhimova will next play &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3404&quot;&gt;Camila Osorio&lt;/a&gt;, who beat seventh-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2665&quot;&gt;Veronika Kudermetova&lt;/a&gt; 7-6, 6-7 (2), 7-5.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The tournament is played in hard-court at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis, in Guadalajara.</description>
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      <description>VALENCIA, Spain -- Less than two weeks after his shocking second-round exit at the US Open, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;07843754-8bdf-63b0-5983-24252738169e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; was staring at another upset when he was a set down in his opening group-stage match for Spain in the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This time, Alcaraz turned things around -- though he needed some help from his opponent.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The No. 3-ranked Alcaraz clinched victory for Spain against the Czech Republic in Group B on Wednesday when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;58f555e2-4484-a162-83a7-ac86793d4ea7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3811&quot;&gt;Tomas Machac&lt;/a&gt; retired injured with the score at 6-7 (3), 6-1 in Valencia. It gave Spain an unassailable 2-0 lead, with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;736f6af6-506c-e64f-9d0f-8f1138a5babf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1733&quot;&gt;Roberto Bautista Agut&lt;/a&gt; having already defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;959c133c-1c3d-1a03-182c-588ba5225a3b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3754&quot;&gt;Jiri Lehecka&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (1), 6-4, and Alcaraz then partnered with &lt;a href=&quot;http://Marcel Granollers-Pujol&quot;&gt;Marcel Granollers Pujol&lt;/a&gt; to win the doubles in three sets and wrap up a 3-0 victory.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They were Alcaraz&#39;s first matches since losing in straight sets to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3310/botic-van-de-zandschulp&quot;&gt;Botic Van De Zandschulp&lt;/a&gt; -- who was ranked 74th -- at Flushing Meadows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Spain joined the United States, defending champion Italy and Britain in gaining victories Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55524e2-a931-d142-f794-50b742380e8e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3774&quot;&gt;Brandon Nakashima&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8fa7d691-fc6c-a510-edd4-781c2b6c3126&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2970&quot;&gt;Alejandro Tabilo&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (3) after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59785389-c37d-e25a-2d8d-2b92f427085e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2952&quot;&gt;Reilly Opelka&lt;/a&gt; defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;17e6dabd-250b-7755-f4b2-8ef6b2972541&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2228&quot;&gt;Cristian Garin&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to give the Americans a winning 2-0 lead over Chile in Group C in Zhuhai, China.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those two singles matches lasted in excess of five hours, and the U.S. brought in &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt; for the doubles, which they won 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e41c9761-3362-371e-bf23-5da26452ac68&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9923&quot;&gt;Tomas Barrios Vera&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b271a05f-9760-339c-9edc-a23ec06034ae&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9049&quot;&gt;Matias Soto&lt;/a&gt; to seal a 3-0 sweep.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was truly an epic day of tennis for both teams, everyone showed a lot of heart, a lot of guts,&quot; U.S. captain and retired doubles great &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;696484fb-a13b-3e76-f429-ad360b666aaf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=517&quot;&gt;Bob Bryan&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;I don&#39;t think it&#39;s ever happened in Davis Cup that all matches went to the third-set breaker ... historic day. Just feeling very, very proud of the players.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The U.S., which has a leading 32 Davis Cup titles but none since 2007, is bidding to reach the quarterfinals for the second time since the Davis Cup Finals were introduced in 2019. In the qualifiers this year, the Americans defeated Ukraine 4-0 on neutral ground in Vilnius, Lithuania.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Italy didn&#39;t need top-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;431a1bce-57de-2a02-8022-9f32b0f60efb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt;, the newly crowned US Open champion, to begin its title defense with a 2-1 win over Brazil in Group A in Bologna.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;874554f7-7862-cfa9-36d5-5ef4d437f407&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2622&quot;&gt;Matteo Berrettini&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a28fc19-1dff-35eb-88f2-106e324b1333&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11745&quot;&gt;Joao Fonseca&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 7-6 (5) before &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;91462488-98cc-d223-889b-0dc4707282c2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3793&quot;&gt;Matteo Arnaldi&lt;/a&gt; gave Italy an unassailable 2-0 lead by beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1c504c97-892d-e1d0-5c5d-8e9045e412cb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2025&quot;&gt;Thiago Monteiro&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5). &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;eca9d622-ad76-da99-9941-2f9a60234be8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2434&quot;&gt;Rafael Matos&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e39d3984-fa11-21c5-63ca-2bcb049aeecd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1013&quot;&gt;Marcelo Melo&lt;/a&gt; won the doubles for Brazil, beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60809731-71e1-644c-6ff3-0c72930667fd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=279&quot;&gt;Simone Bolelli&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3548&quot;&gt;Andrea Vavassori&lt;/a&gt; in three sets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was a great, great feeling. I&#39;ve been missing this kind of feeling for so long for so many reasons,&quot; Berrettini said. &quot;The Davis Cup, the tournament in Rome, it felt like almost a first time.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Britain also established a 2-0 advantage over Finland in Manchester, England, in Group D thanks to wins by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/901/daniel-evans&quot;&gt;Dan Evans&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;52d1ae34-4ba4-d405-5f68-5943b478caab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2361&quot;&gt;Billy Harris&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Evans beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d071e8af-2182-8671-2ed1-ba139625e44c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3904&quot;&gt;Eero Vasa&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (3), 6-2, and Harris, who once lived out of a van while playing tennis tournaments around Europe, defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c25805a1-57e2-3a93-b09e-ad8ae6a8cb38&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=4099&quot;&gt;Otto Virtanen&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 7-6 (4).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He (Vasa) was playing so freely in the first set and I did well to weather the storm and find a way to win,&quot; Evans said. &quot;That&#39;s what you have to do in the Davis Cup.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It finished 2-1 for Britain after Virtanen teamed with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;79ee893e-f116-2050-27b0-ec58dde2e146&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3540&quot;&gt;Harri Heliovaara&lt;/a&gt; to beat Evans and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3acfe257-730f-4bf6-37c6-d2f3b89ff7fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2699&quot;&gt;Neal Skupski&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (4), 7-5 in doubles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The four groups are playing in four cities this week to qualify for the Final 8 knockout stage to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two countries in each four-team group will advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In opening play on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apnews.com/article/davis-cup-finals-f30661bb66a9a4c23b42b73dca5b37c6&quot;&gt;Tuesday,&lt;/a&gt; Belgium beat the Netherlands 2-1, Australia defeated France 2-1, Germany -- playing without No. 2-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;fd06b6ea-593b-d5b3-da2b-767ec3e4232c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2375&quot;&gt;Alexander Zverev&lt;/a&gt; -- beat Slovakia 3-0 and Canada defeated Argentina 2-1.</description>
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      <description>GUADALAJARA, México -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1374&quot;&gt;Martina Trevisan&lt;/a&gt; settled a score against eighth-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3436&quot;&gt;Caroline Dolehide&lt;/a&gt; with a 6-3, 6-2 win Tuesday to advance at the Guadalajara Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Trevisan, who lost to Dolehide a year ago in the Guadalajara quarterfinals, will next play local favorite &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2751&quot;&gt;Renata Zarazua&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Today I came to the court with a lot of energy,&quot; Trevisan said. &quot;For me maybe it was revenge and tomorrow I must be ready for Renata. I have played twice against her this year. I know her very well.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also Tuesday, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392&quot;&gt;Marie Bouzkova&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=7759&quot;&gt;Alexandra Eala&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-2 to advance to a second-round match against &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8067&quot;&gt;Lucrezia Stefanini&lt;/a&gt;, who ousted Ana Sofía Sánchez 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The sixth-seeded Bouzkova made the semifinals in Guadalajara a year ago before losing to eventual champion &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3018&quot;&gt;Maria Sakkari&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In a late match, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4cd55d5c-5683-3969-8763-3085892ebfc8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11221&quot;&gt;Marina Stakusic&lt;/a&gt; downed &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ec3ef35c-b32f-b614-e004-5a9155a84f88&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2341&quot;&gt;Anna Karolina Schmiedlova&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-4 to set up a meeting against top seed &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d2c52936-e7bd-4f74-3f15-68185e8ddb9b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2195&quot;&gt;Jelena Ostapenko&lt;/a&gt;, who is coming off a U.S. Open doubles title victory with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0597cfa-62e2-948c-2a0e-0b88a6ed6cd7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2478&quot;&gt;Lyudmyla Kichenok&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;American &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=6724&quot;&gt;Ashlyn Krueger&lt;/a&gt; defeated &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2346&quot;&gt;Tatjana Maria&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 6-2 and will next face &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt;, who prevailed 6-4, 6-4 over &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3271&quot;&gt;Emina Bektas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In other results, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3266&quot;&gt;Ena Shibahara&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2588&quot;&gt;Kimberly Birrell&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 7-6 (4) to move into a second-round match against No. 4 seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1804&quot;&gt;Caroline Garcia&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <title>Report shows night matches increase injury risk</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c91d133a-526a-ea8d-654c-7ef6915ad63b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3038&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka&lt;/a&gt;, the eventual 2024 US Open champion, took the court for her third-round match against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b4dc27b2-146b-000e-3f5d-5e1431231999&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3182&quot;&gt;Ekaterina Alexandrova&lt;/a&gt; on Arthur Ashe Stadium at 12:08 a.m. It was the latest-ever start for a match at the US Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Two days later, in the round of 16, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e32a05e0-b87c-3bec-8a3b-4ae417db8ced&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=6048&quot;&gt;Zheng Qinwen&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6bd0bac4-145f-3e8b-5662-5400e42ef102&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2040&quot;&gt;Donna Vekic&lt;/a&gt; left the court on Ashe at 2:15 a.m. in what was the latest finish for a women&#39;s match at the tournament.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those late starts have a direct effect on the possibility of being injured, according to a recent report compiled by the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) and shared with ESPN. It indicated a sizable increase in injury risk for players participating in night matches compared to those played earlier in the day.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to the PTPA report, which used data from Grand Slam events taking place from April 2018 through May 2024, as the percentage of night matches (starting after 7 p.m.) increased, the injury rate also increased from 4.6% to 5.2%.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;&lt;cite&gt;courtesy PTPA&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PTPA medical director Dr. Robby Sikka, who led the team that conducted the data analysis, said odds ratios were calculated that indicated a player is 25% more likely to be injured during a match played at night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And yet, night matches at major tournaments remain on the rise -- going from a little under 7% of matches to more than 11%, according to the study. That number is expected to increase to more than 15% once data from this year&#39;s US Open is included, Sikka told ESPN.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Players have routinely expressed concerns about how playing later matches impacts their health and performance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ca44c2b0-9dea-ab40-2541-b50a4442ff8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626&quot;&gt;Coco Gauff&lt;/a&gt;, the 2023 US Open champion and current world No. 6, called post-midnight finishes &quot;not healthy&quot; at the French Open in June. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a27bb1c-2422-55c3-208b-9e9d8c1f30af&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=296&quot;&gt;Novak Djokovic&lt;/a&gt;, the 24-time major champion and co-founder of the PTPA, said he struggles with late-night matches at this stage of his career.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t think that aging helps really staying so late and playing very late,&quot; Djokovic, 37, said after his first-round match at the US Open, which was the second night match on Ashe. &quot;I can feel, you know, my batteries are low now. I&#39;m shutting down.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Djokovic&#39;s third-round match at the French Open this summer -- a five-set win over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9b79e506-da5f-e10a-6b4e-9a2a93ed34bb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3764&quot;&gt;Lorenzo Musetti&lt;/a&gt; -- ended at 3:06 a.m. and was the latest finish in tournament history. He tore the meniscus in his right knee during his next match and withdrew ahead of the quarterfinals and underwent surgery.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dc08ff13-644e-fa3a-32ee-fc27a300b90a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2191&quot;&gt;Daria Kasatkina&lt;/a&gt;, currently No. 13 in the world, told ESPN that the night doesn&#39;t end when the match is over.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You cannot go to sleep straight away ... you have some interviews straight after, you then have to do stretch, ice bath recovery, eat, then mandatory media, [such as] a press conference or whatever you will be requested to do,&quot; she said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kasatkina pointed out that each athlete has his or her own recovery/rehab routine. The athlete then has to make the trip back to the hotel which, depending on the tournament, can take an additional 30 minutes or more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kasatkina has experience with late matches. In August 2023, she played &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8f3eaf-8166-d650-d429-6200edef59fd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3126&quot;&gt;Elena Rybakina&lt;/a&gt; in a Canadian Open match that started at 11:27 p.m. They finished nearly 3½ hours later at 2:57 a.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You&#39;re destroyed,&quot; Kasatkina said of late matches. &quot;You spend a lot of emotion, a lot of physical energy.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To compound the effect, scheduling does not always take when a previous match ends into account.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You might play first the day after you play last,&quot; Kasatkina said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PTPA executive director Ahmad Nassar noted the athletes&#39; frustration around increasingly late start times and turned to Sikka to capture their concerns with objective data.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;[Dr. Sikka] was a guy that we knew through baseball and football and basketball and we said, &#39;Hey, would you be interested in kind of looking at some of these issues and working with us on this?&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The results, while not particularly surprising, provided quantifiable metrics to support what the athletes were reporting from personal experience.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s one thing to grumble, &#39;I don&#39;t like late-night matches,&#39; Nassar said. &quot;It&#39;s much different to say, here&#39;s some real data, 25% greater chance of injury. ... And then, you know, you kind of go to what do you do about it?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ATP, which runs men&#39;s tennis worldwide, declined to comment for this story. A representative shared the organization&#39;s joint press release with the WTA from January explaining changes both tours had made to alleviate late-night matches.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the release, which acknowledged how such late starts and finishes were &quot;negatively impacting players and fans,&quot; it stated various regulations for tour events, including the banning of matches starting after 11 p.m. (unless approved by a tour supervisor), the moving of matches to an alternate court if not started by 10:30 p.m. and the disallowing of night sessions to begin after 7:30 p.m. ET.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those changes went into effect at the start of the 2024 season. Amy Binder, the WTA&#39;s senior vice president of global communications, noted that as of Sept. 10, there has been just one instance when a match at a WTA event started after 11 p.m. since the change went into effect and it was &quot;in full consultation and agreement with the competing athletes.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka started her third-round match against Ekaterina Alexandrova on Arthur Ashe Stadium at 12:08 a.m, the lastest ever start for a match at the US Open.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The four Grand Slam events operate independently from the tours, however, and do not need to abide by the same regulations. Wimbledon has had a curfew of 11 p.m. in place since it added the roof to Centre Court in 2009 in an agreement with local officials. The US Open implemented its own policy related to night matches this year. If the second night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium or Louis Armstrong Stadium had not started by 11:15 p.m., the match could have been moved to another court.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The referee will have the discretion to move the match,&quot; tournament director Stacey Allaster said in a pre-event media briefing in August. &quot;That&#39;s going to depend on many variables, like do we have the broadcast team ready, do we have a ball crew, so forth.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But Sabalenka and Alexandrova took the court well after 11:15 p.m. Nassar said both players were consulted and said they wanted to remain on Ashe. But Nassar doesn&#39;t believe it should have come down to the players making the call.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;This might not be the most popular opinion, but you don&#39;t ask a player in the NFL, &#39;Oh, how do you feel? You want to stick it out even if we think you have a concussion?&#39; No, man, the rule is you gotta go,&quot; Nassar said. &quot;That&#39;s part of changing the culture and I know players want to play on certain courts at certain tournaments, that&#39;s natural. But [we&#39;re at] the point where the culture is actually dangerous. Not just annoying, but dangerous.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Player concerns are not strictly limited to late-night match starts. Issues such as mandatory tournament demands, the transition of several of the 1000-level events from one week to two, and the number of matches being played are all areas of focus.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The tournaments are longer, the draws are bigger. Recovery time is less,&quot; said Kasatkina.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Plus the travel is increasing because we have more tournaments. We have to travel from one coast to another, from one time zone to another. Now we don&#39;t have much time for preparations. We cannot do much practice blocks. We can&#39;t get enough rest. I mean, you can, but you have to sacrifice some of the tournaments. Like you always have to make a choice.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are also the surface changes that accompany different venues factoring into the equation for players.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b018afb7-0203-6a56-8381-7cd6446635fd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2726&quot;&gt;Hubert Hurkacz&lt;/a&gt;, currently ranked No. 8, said constantly changing surfaces is tough on players. He noted that was especially true this year with the addition of the Olympic Games, played on clay, following the end of the grass season and right before the start of the summer hard-court portion of the schedule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Let&#39;s say you&#39;re going to the Olympics, you&#39;re practicing for a week on clay or getting ready, your body&#39;s ready to go,&quot; Hurkacz told ESPN. &quot;Then you play a good tournament and then the next day you&#39;re on the flight say to Montreal, and you&#39;re playing on a different surface, different conditions on hard court, [where] the sliding is so much different. ... Ultimately it&#39;s really difficult without having proper preparation.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sikka notes the PTPA is looking to learn from other sports leagues and their approaches to data analytics as a means of effecting change.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;How did the NFL approach their concussion data?&quot; he said. &quot;If baseball has all these arm and elbow injuries and they&#39;re worried about pitch counts, should we have a serve count?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He noted the power era of tennis, when higher spin rates and serve velocities appear to correlate with chances of winning. But is there an injury cost? The answer, Sikka believes, lies in the data.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;No data is perfect,&quot; he said. &quot;But these are trends that are pretty indisputable. And now there&#39;s a measurable thing that if we want to intervene, we&#39;ve got a baseline for comparison.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sikka also believes the solutions lie in the PTPA, the tours and the Slams working together towards a common goal of optimizing player health and performance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We&#39;re not here to put people down,&quot; Sikka said, &quot;We&#39;re not here to rabble-rouse. We&#39;re here to improve the quality of care for a population.&quot;</description>
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      <description>GENEVA -- The World Anti-Doping Agency has yet to decide whether to appeal the decision to exonerate US Open champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;431a1bce-57de-2a02-8022-9f32b0f60efb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt; of blame for his positive steroid tests, and has another three weeks to do so.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The WADA shared details of the appeal deadline with The Associated Press on Tuesday showing that the World Anti-Doping Code -- the global set of rules for international sports -- gives the Montreal-based agency at least until the end of September to file an appeal in the Sinner case.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The WADA and Nado Italia, Italy&#39;s anti-doping agency, are the only two agencies that could challenge the decision by an independent tribunal announced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Aug. 20.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While the doping rules state that any other party with a right to appeal -- such as Nado Italia -- has 21 days to do so, the WADA then gets another 21 days on top of that before its own window closes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tuesday marks the 21st day since &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story?_slug_=tennis-jannik-sinner-tested-positive-steroids-avoids-ban&amp;amp;id=40928617&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the ruling by a three-judge panel in London was announced&lt;/a&gt;, but Nado Italia has yet to file an appeal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, it was unclear whether the initial 21-day deadline expired Tuesday, since that window opens only after all the parties receive the verdict and supporting documents, which can be at least a few days or more after the announcement, according to the tennis integrity agency.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The deadline for filing an appeal to the CAS will be 21 days from the date of receipt of the reasoned decision in question by the appealing party,&quot; the tennis integrity agency rulebook says.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then the WADA has another 21 days to file an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March but ultimately was not banned because the ITIA determined he was not to blame. Sinner&#39;s accepted explanation was that the banned performance enhancer entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist, who used a spray containing the steroid to treat their own cut finger.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The doping case was kept secret until last month&#39;s announcement. The top-ranked Sinner went on to beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6493155f-cacc-7aa5-ba78-d952efa4c652&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2946&quot;&gt;Taylor Fritz&lt;/a&gt; in the US Open final on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;An appeal could jeopardize his US Open title, but Sinner and his legal team have provided detailed evidence that persuaded the ITIA and the tribunal judges that his explanation was credible.</description>
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      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt; is working on his fitness after picking up an injury niggle at the US Open and is set to link up with his Davis Cup teammates on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Britain&#39;s number one said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/41153096/us-open-2024-jack-draper-jannik-sinner-semifinals&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;22-year-old lost 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-2&lt;/a&gt; to eventual champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;431a1bce-57de-2a02-8022-9f32b0f60efb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt; in the semifinals at Flushing Meadows on Friday, with the Brit vomiting three times in the second set as he struggled with New York&#39;s heat and humidity.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0907%2Fr1382988_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0907%2Fr1382988_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0907%2Fr1382988_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0907%2Fr1382988_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Jack Draper reached a major semifinal for the first time in his career at the US Open.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Al Bello/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;After a short turnaround following the U.S. Open, Jack will be joining the team in Manchester on Tuesday ahead of the first match on Wednesday,&quot; the spokesperson told British media.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Jack and his team are working hard to get fit and Leon [Smith, the team&#39;s captain] will take all this into account when he makes his team selection.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Smith&#39;s team take on Finland on Wednesday followed by Argentina on Friday, before facing 2022 champions Canada on Sunday in Group D of the tournament.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gadecki upsets Stephens in Guadalajara Open</title>
      <description>GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt; upset 2017 US Open champion &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1472&quot;&gt;Sloane Stephens&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-3 on Monday to move into a second-round contest against second-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3262&quot;&gt;Danielle Collins&lt;/a&gt; at the WTA Guadalajara Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Seventh-seeded &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b8f889c7-5262-860c-e171-68933e5ee941&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2665&quot;&gt;Veronika Kudermetova&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1639&quot;&gt;Sachia Vickery&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-4 and advanced to meet &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3404&quot;&gt;Camila Osorio&lt;/a&gt;, the 22-year-old Colombian who eased past &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3913&quot;&gt;Hailey Baptiste&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 6-2.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Local favorite &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2751&quot;&gt;Renata Zarazua&lt;/a&gt; had a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win over &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2411&quot;&gt;Anhelina Kalinina&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3908&quot;&gt;Kamilla Rakhimova&lt;/a&gt; advanced to face No. 3 seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=421&quot;&gt;Victoria Azarenka&lt;/a&gt; with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73c88edc-2e13-1114-2006-a9cb5e219c6d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2090&quot;&gt;Aleksandra Krunic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Top seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2195&quot;&gt;Jelena Ostapenko&lt;/a&gt;, who is coming off a US Open doubles title victory with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2478&quot;&gt;Lyudmyla Kichenok&lt;/a&gt; following her first-round loss to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2789&quot;&gt;Naomi Osaka&lt;/a&gt; in the singles draw, won&#39;t play until Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Guadalajara Open is a hardcourt 500-level event on the WTA Tour this season and is being played at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 04:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Life after tennis: American star Shelby Rogers adjusts to early days of retirement</title>
      <description>NEW YORK -- On her very first day of the next chapter of her life, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;23e07188-31d5-847c-2c84-124a1cb1b2dc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1897&quot;&gt;Shelby Rogers&lt;/a&gt; woke up to a text message from her sister: &quot;Happy first day of retirement,&quot; it read.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rogers, 31, had officially finished her career at the US Open, and the message was the first moment in which her decision felt real. It was pouring rain outside of her home in Florida -- she and her husband had flown back from New York following her final loss in mixed doubles the day before -- and she wouldn&#39;t have been able to go out to the practice court even if she wanted to.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But she didn&#39;t go to the gym either, as she normally would. Instead they picked up their dogs, who had been boarding while they were away, and returned home to their new reality that still didn&#39;t quite feel real.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There&#39;s always that few days where you can recover and take off [after a tournament],&quot; Rogers told ESPN later that day. &quot;So I feel like I&#39;m still in that in-between period. But when my sister texted me, I was like, &#39;Wait, what am I supposed to do? What does that even mean?&#39; I think the longer I go without practicing or playing a tournament, it&#39;ll feel a little more realistic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;But for now I&#39;m excited. I&#39;m happy.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After 14 years on the tour, a career-high ranking of No. 30, two major quarterfinals appearances and a 2017 Billie Jean King Cup championship as part of the American team, Rogers had known for much of the season that 2024 would be her last. She had torn her meniscus during the grass season in 2023 and despite her best efforts to return to full health, a slew of other injuries followed. As the ongoing physical struggles continued to mount, her joy for the sport lessened. Being on the tennis court no longer felt the same.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;She knew it was time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But while some players announce their impending retirement or undergo a farewell tour, Rogers wanted none of that. As a self-described &quot;very emotional person,&quot; she knew having to formally say goodbye to every tournament she played would simply be too much. She decided the US Open would be her final event -- the place where she recorded one of the biggest wins of her life in 2021 against then No. 1 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6103e730-3773-928b-e612-b3e6fad8ff84&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2031&quot;&gt;Ashleigh Barty&lt;/a&gt;, and reached the 2020 quarterfinals. But she wasn&#39;t even sure if she would share the news until after the tournament was over.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Rogers upset world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty at the 2021 US Open.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;JASON SZENES/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was honestly going back and forth debating whether I should just kind of quietly go by the wayside, but then I started to think about all the people that had supported me and been in my team behind the scenes, the tournaments, everyone,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;And I was like, well, I feel like I also want to share a moment with them and have a really public moment for all of the people that for decades have been a part of my career, fans included. So I was like, &#39;Okay, the US Open seems appropriate.&#39; And honestly, I&#39;m really happy I did it. I couldn&#39;t have written it a better way if I wanted to.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Three days before the main draw got underway in New York, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/C_AqXn8peRk/?hl=en&amp;amp;img_index=1&quot;&gt;Rogers made the announcement on social media&lt;/a&gt;. It was quickly met by congratulatory words from fans and her peers alike. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ca44c2b0-9dea-ab40-2541-b50a4442ff8e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626&quot;&gt;Coco Gauff&lt;/a&gt; commented on how much she would miss Rogers&#39; &quot;spirit, kindness and the sharing of [her] faith.&quot; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;216014b7-fa2e-a43b-13fa-258e5b1c4e0d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=497&quot;&gt;Bethanie Mattek-Sands&lt;/a&gt; said she had &quot;embodied enjoying the ride.&quot; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;63d63db4-882a-e1c0-6866-76a42b089c46&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1556&quot;&gt;Madison Keys&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1710c64f-775f-7d4e-1db9-c53c85071860&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1472&quot;&gt;Sloane Stephens&lt;/a&gt; and countless other wrote how happy they were for her.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In her final singles match, played under the lights on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Rogers played eventual finalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;63f9c1e5-14bd-003f-c269-31543931ad1d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2113&quot;&gt;Jessica Pegula&lt;/a&gt;, someone who she had played against since their teenage years. Pegula of course won the match 6-4, 6-3, but together they stood on the court after the match and celebrated Rogers&#39; career. A video was played on the board, Rogers was presented with a photo collage of moments from the tournament and Pegula cried as she spoke about her longtime friend.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But Rogers surprised even herself as she remained composed and made it through her own speech to the crowd without breaking down.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think that was the Lord&#39;s doing honestly, because every other moment in my career I&#39;ve just been a ball of tears and I can&#39;t explain that moment any other way,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;And I definitely didn&#39;t have on my bingo card that Jessie would be crying more than me but it was really sweet.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Rogers played singles, doubles and mixed doubles in New York over the past two weeks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Al Bello/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The next day Rogers won her opening doubles match with partner &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;17378de1-da98-9e35-f895-91a97719a8b1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=687&quot;&gt;Petra Martic&lt;/a&gt; but they lost in the second round. Her final match came on the fifth day of the tournament in mixed doubles. Paired with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a81c4ff2-442e-402c-56f0-9979f698d73c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3627&quot;&gt;Robert Galloway&lt;/a&gt;, her career officially reached its conclusion with a loss to the eventual champions &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;82dfe891-e743-372d-3bde-0bab506abfa1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=636&quot;&gt;Sara Errani&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3548&quot;&gt;Andrea Vavassori&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rogers wished she had a few more wins during the tournament but left New York with no regrets. She still isn&#39;t entirely sure what she will do next but knows she wants to stay involved with the sport -- whether through television commentary, working with youth tennis in her native Charleston, South Carolina, or something else -- and was most looking forward to simply being at home.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Not being in a different place every week sounds really exciting,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;Being home with my family, with my puppies, just having a set schedule for a decent amount of time.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Always known as one of the friendliest players on tour, Rogers sometimes wonders what could have happened during her tennis career if she had a different demeanor. But looking back, she wouldn&#39;t change a thing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There&#39;s definitely a part of me that was like, &#39;Oh, maybe if I was tougher and didn&#39;t have that nicest-girl-on-tour reputation, maybe I would have won more matches,&#39;&quot; she said. &quot;But honestly, looking back, that&#39;s one of the most important things that I&#39;ll take away with me. I felt that I needed to get along with the other girls and make friendships and really understand some of their stories and where they were coming from and be able to be vulnerable because we see each other every week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;For me to be able to enjoy it, I needed to be a hundred percent myself. I couldn&#39;t be one person outside of the court and someone different in the locker room. So it was always just, this is who I am. I can&#39;t do it any other way. This is how I know to do it. And that&#39;s how I went about it.&quot;</description>
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Clark set the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40585930/fever-caitlin-clark-breaks-wnba-single-game-record-19-assists-loss-wings&quot;&gt;WNBA single-game record with 19 assists&lt;/a&gt;, and she is the first rookie in league history to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40508281/caitlin-clark-notches-triple-double-first-wnba-rookie&quot;&gt;tally a triple-double&lt;/a&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41128834/caitlin-clark-2nd-triple-double-propels-fever-fifth-straight-win&quot;&gt;let alone two&lt;/a&gt;. Reese set a WNBA record for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40555540/angel-reese-historic-double-double-streak-ends-15-games&quot;&gt;consecutive double-doubles&lt;/a&gt; (15) and the league mark for most rebounds in a season (446).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41171397/rebounds-defense-high-motor-chicago-sky-angel-reese-rookie-season-ends-injury&quot;&gt;memorable rookie season&lt;/a&gt; ended suddenly Sept. 7 when she announced she had &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41170165/sky-rookie-angel-reese-season-wrist-injury&quot;&gt;suffered a season-ending wrist injury&lt;/a&gt;. Over 34 games, she averaged 13.6 points, 13.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals. 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Clark spoke postgame about Las Vegas&#39; physicality and strength on defense wearing her down a bit as the game progressed. Friday&#39;s rematch gives the Fever a chance to make adjustments and find ways to get their offense going in usual form. Of note: Las Vegas is the only team Indiana has yet to beat this season. -- &lt;em&gt;Alexa Philippou&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Up next:&lt;/strong&gt; vs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt; on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, ION)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lindsay Allen&#39;s great entry pass sets up an easy basket for Kamilla Cardoso and the Sky.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Center | 6-foot-7 | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/gamelog/_/id/4433405/kamilla-cardoso&quot;&gt;Game log&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/stats/_/id/4433405/kamilla-cardoso&quot;&gt;Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last time out:&lt;/strong&gt; Cardoso had 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and a block, but the Sky looked almost lifeless in an 89-58 loss to the Washington Mystics on Wednesday in Chicago. Cardoso was 4-of-9 from the field.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cardoso wasn&#39;t the rookie standout of the night, though: That was Washington&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60595614-8481-3d6c-98be-1a1ee34424cf&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433408/aaliyah-edwards&quot;&gt;Aaliyah Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 6 draft pick in April. She had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks. It was her third double-double of the season and first double-digit scoring performance since July 16.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we learned:&lt;/strong&gt; The Sky were playing their second game since losing Reese for the season to a wrist injury. They beat the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;34946ff8-281e-c57d-bb76-37fb1ebe3ec6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-wings&quot;&gt;Dallas Wings&lt;/a&gt; on Sunday without her but were buried by Washington 29-13 in the first quarter Wednesday and never recovered. The Mystics shot 50% from the field to the Sky&#39;s 35.7%.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Chicago is still in eighth place at 13-23 for the final playoff spot, but Washington is now tied with the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt; a game back at 12-24. The Mystics and Dream have their next two games against each other. -- &lt;em&gt;Michael Voepel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Up next&lt;/strong&gt;: at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx&quot;&gt;Minnesota Lynx&lt;/a&gt; on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, ION)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forward | 6-foot-2 | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/gamelog/_/id/4433630/rickea-jackson&quot;&gt;Game log&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/stats/_/id/4433630/rickea-jackson&quot;&gt;Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last time out:&lt;/strong&gt; Jackson had another strong game Wednesday, scoring 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting, with 7 rebounds and 3 assists in the Sparks&#39; 90-82 loss to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt;. Jackson has scored in double figures in every game but one since July 13.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wednesday, Jackson became the third Sparks rookie to have five games scoring 20 or more points in her first season. Candace Parker had 11 in 2008 and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;759b52cb-27bf-059a-9407-ea76a87edb14&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/1068/nneka-ogwumike&quot;&gt;Nneka Ogwumike&lt;/a&gt; had seven in 2012; both were No. 1 picks and won the Rookie of the Year award. Parker was also MVP in 2008.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This was Jackson&#39;s 37th game this season. Both Parker and Ogwumike played in 33 of the Sparks&#39; 34 regular-season games in their first seasons. The WNBA moved to a 40-game schedule last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we learned:&lt;/strong&gt; The Sparks were playing back-to-back games, having lost 86-66 to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/conn/connecticut-sun&quot;&gt;Connecticut Sun&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday. Los Angeles dropped to 7-30 but had a stronger performance against the Storm than the Sun. At this point, looking for small improvements is the best thing for the Sparks to do. -- &lt;em&gt;Voepel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Up next:&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt; on Sunday (6 p.m. ET)</description>
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      <description>The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt; are in the driver&#39;s seat for the WNBA playoffs, having officially clinched a playoff spot and well-positioned in first place. But things are getting very interesting in the stretch run.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Eight teams make the postseason. Finishing in the top four means a chance to host a best-of-three first-round playoff series. Right now, those four spots look to be decided by five teams: New York, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/conn/connecticut-sun&quot;&gt;Connecticut Sun&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx&quot;&gt;Minnesota Lynx&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt; and the two-time defending champion &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Liberty, one of the WNBA&#39;s original franchises, are still seeking their first WNBA title. New York fell in the WNBA Finals last season to the Aces, but so far in 2024 the Liberty have been the league&#39;s most consistent team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; haven&#39;t been to the playoffs since 2016. With back-to-back No.1 picks &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; the past two seasons, the Fever have secured a playoff spot. Who will nab the eighth and final postseason berth?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A&#39;ja Wilson sets the WNBA single-season points record on the way to fueling Las Vegas to a road win over the Indiana Fever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept. 19:&lt;/strong&gt; Regular season ends&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept. 22:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41147890/how-do-wnba-playoffs-work-dates-format-more&quot;&gt;Playoffs begin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oct. 20:&lt;/strong&gt; Last possible finals date&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ESPN Analytics team breaks down playoff probability updated in real time. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41147890/how-do-wnba-playoffs-work-dates-format-more&quot;&gt;The top eight teams make the playoffs&lt;/a&gt; -- a best-of-three series in the first round, where teams are seeded based on regular-season performance, and a best-of-five format for the semifinals and finals. Updated nightly:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clinched a playoff spot:&lt;/strong&gt; New York, Minnesota, Connecticut, Las Vegas, Seattle, Indiana, Phoenix.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How much does a single player mean to the team? Win Probability Added (WPA) captures how much probability goes up or down when a player is on the court and gives them approximate credit. Here we break down the league&#39;s best in the category. Updated after games:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 2024 rookie class is worthy of its own breakdown. Win Probability Added (WPA) captures how much probability goes up or down when a player is on the court and gives them approximate credit. These rookies have not only impacted their teams, but the league. Updated after games:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41147890/how-do-wnba-playoffs-work-dates-format-more&quot;&gt;How do the WNBA playoffs work&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/strong&gt; The dates, format and more&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40484035/wnba-2024-awards-tracker-mvp-rookie-year-coach-all-league-first-team&quot;&gt;WNBA awards tracker:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Unanimous MVP? Clark or Reese for ROY?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40995746/wnba-power-rankings-2024-minnesota-lynx-hottest-team-playoff-race&quot;&gt;WNBA Power Rankings&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Why the Lynx are the league&#39;s hottest team&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40846109/wnna-top-25-players-midseason-2024&quot;&gt;25 reasons to read:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Our midseason edition of top 25 player rankings&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40613286/ten-predictions-rest-2024-wnba-season-olympic-break&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WNBA predictions time:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 10 things that will happen in the second half&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40147758/wnba-2024-rookie-tracker-clark-reese-cardoso-brink-jackson&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie tracker:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Caitlin Clark. Angel Reese. We&#39;re tracking the rookies&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/&quot;&gt;WNBA COVERAGE&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/schedule&quot;&gt;SCHEDULE&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/standings&quot;&gt;STANDINGS&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/stats&quot;&gt;STATS&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/bpi&quot;&gt;BPI&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/odds&quot;&gt;ODDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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      <description>INDIANAPOLIS -- Toward the end of the first half Wednesday night, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9d049a87-30bf-a718-0206-b47ef02f57df&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3149391/aja-wilson&quot;&gt;A&#39;ja Wilson&lt;/a&gt; received the ball from teammate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6a3fef56-2bd2-ba2e-1e18-4723c4590b47&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529122/chelsea-gray&quot;&gt;Chelsea Gray&lt;/a&gt;, jabbed to the left and then took fellow former South Carolina Gamecock &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt; off the dribble, pulling up at the free throw line for a jump shot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It has been a remarkable run for the two-time -- presumably soon-to-be three-time -- WNBA MVP. And in Wednesday&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/game/_/gameId/401620432/aces-fever&quot;&gt;86-75 win&lt;/a&gt; over the red-hot &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt;, Wilson etched her name in the history books once more by recording the most points ever in a WNBA season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson&#39;s pull-up jumper with 26.4 seconds left in the first half gave her 941 points this season, two more than &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6268520f-7d7f-f5f6-4c16-59e7ffcd3dd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987869/jewell-loyd&quot;&gt;Jewell Loyd&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s previous record of 939 set last season. With 27 points by game&#39;s end, Wilson&#39;s point total for 2024 sits at 956, putting her 44 points from becoming the first WNBA player to score 1,000 in a single season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The accomplishment came in Wilson&#39;s return after sitting out her first game since 2019 because of a minor ankle injury.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It feels great because now people will stop talking about it,&quot; Wilson quipped about the record after the game. &quot;Felt like it was just like lingering, lingering, lingering, so I&#39;m glad that we got it done.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t want to sound cliché when I say this, but I don&#39;t get any of that without every single teammate along the way. And I&#39;m so grateful to be able to play with selfless women. They give it their all every single day, and they&#39;re their pure selves, and that&#39;s what I love the most,&quot; she added, holding back tears. &quot;My teammates, they&#39;re the heartbeat, they keep me going.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson, who was named WNBA MVP in 2020 and 2022 and Finals MVP in 2023, has had a sensational run over the past few years, leading the Aces to back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 as they became the first WNBA franchise to repeat in over two decades. She also led the U.S. women&#39;s national team to an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer, earning tournament MVP.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This season, Las Vegas hasn&#39;t been quite the same unstoppable squad, sitting in fourth in the standings after finishing with the No. 1 spot the previous two years. The Aces have had to rely more than ever on Wilson, and she has answered the call on both ends.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coach Becky Hammon said pregame that Wilson&#39;s season should be considered the best ever in league history, and there are plenty of facts to back that up: Wilson&#39;s scoring average of 27.3 points -- on 52.1% shooting from the field -- is on track to be the highest single-season average in WNBA history. And in addition to being a double-double machine with her consistency on the glass (11.9 rebounds per game), she&#39;s a premier defender as the reigning two-time defensive player of the year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson&#39;s teammate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09609790-79bb-81d4-522b-7a036e404c50&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/924/alysha-clark&quot;&gt;Alysha Clark&lt;/a&gt; implored onlookers to appreciate Wilson for what she has managed to do on the court.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;One day she&#39;s not going to be here. She&#39;s going to retire and go on and live her life, and people are going to marvel at what she&#39;s done. And I&#39;m like, marvel at it now,&quot; Clark said. &quot;It&#39;s impressive as hell. And what she does on a consistent basis, from day one of this season, there was no doubt who the best player in the world was.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added Hammon: &quot;You&#39;re really starting to see a really, really gifted woman come into this maturity stage of not only her life, but basketball career. She&#39;s not just the best player in the world, she might be the most loved and adored by her teammates. I mean, this woman is special.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson&#39;s special night highlighted the Aces&#39; fifth win in six games, their only loss in that stretch coming Sunday without Wilson against the league-best &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;. Hammon has been pleased with her team&#39;s defensive effort in recent weeks, including Wednesday as it held a high-powered Fever offense to 75 points on 39.7% shooting.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As part of that, Las Vegas&#39; physicality and strength threw off rookie superstar &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;, who had a subdued game by her standards with 16 points, 6 assists and 5 turnovers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The attention to detail,&quot; Hammon said. &quot;We&#39;re locked in. We&#39;re doing our base well. And when you do your base well and you&#39;re locked in on the base, when we do those things, we tend to be on the same page, and we can get multiple stops in a row, which gives our offense multiple opportunities. ... We&#39;re figuring it out on the defensive end.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Fever thought they left some points on the board and perhaps could have moved the ball more. But they&#39;ll have one more shot at knocking off the two-time defending champs -- the only team they&#39;ve yet to beat this season -- Friday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I still feel like we haven&#39;t really given them the best that we have,&quot; Clark said, &quot;so I think Friday is a great opportunity for us to do that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65441aab-bd32-abef-f1f9-6a95b381c955&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142191/kelsey-mitchell&quot;&gt;Kelsey Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;I think that we all kind of lapsed, and we took whatever they gave us, and we didn&#39;t have to. And so I think going into our next maturation, our next phase on Friday, we can&#39;t take anything. We have to punch first, and when they do punch back, we&#39;ve got to be able to stand up and get back to it.&quot;</description>
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      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; was born in 2002, five years after the WNBA launched, and grew up watching the league. Playing in the WNBA has long been one of her dreams. Now, near the end of her record-breaking first season, it&#39;s clear that she has already made a mark in just one summer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;A lot of people in this rookie class grew up just loving this league,&quot; Clark said. &quot;They speak of a lot of memories through their childhood that were spent at a WNBA game or they have a specific player that they love.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know if being a fan necessarily makes you more prepared to play in the WNBA -- but maybe from the standpoint of really knowing how good this league is. You&#39;re going to continue to see these young players that come into the league and have idolized [a player] or specific team ... and that was a very impactful part of their young life.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Some might one day say Clark influenced them that way. She is off to a strong start to what could be an epic career. Just how good has she been as a rookie?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;She currently leads the WNBA in assists and 3-pointers and ranks seventh in scoring. She became the first rookie to get a triple-double; she has two. Clark has eight games of at least 20 points and 10 assists, the most by any player in a season. Through Sunday&#39;s victory over the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt;, she became the first player in WNBA history to average at least 25 points and 10 assists over a five-game span.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark also has made at least three 3-pointers in 10 consecutive games, the longest streak in WNBA history. And Clark has been a big factor in helping the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; break their seven-year playoff drought, as they have qualified for the postseason for the first time since 2016.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When it comes to impact in terms of getting exposure for the WNBA and bringing in new fans, Clark has been in a league of her own. Her popularity, boosted by her run to the NCAA Division I scoring record and two trips to the national championship game while at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2294/iowa-hawkeyes&quot;&gt;Iowa&lt;/a&gt;, has translated to the WNBA just as her game has. Fever tickets are a hot commodity both in Indiana and around the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where does Clark&#39;s season rank among the top 10 rookie seasons in WNBA history? And does &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s -- now sidelined for the rest of the season with a wrist injury -- also land on that list? All rookies were eligible, not only those players who were named WNBA Rookie of the Year. That said, everyone on the list except this year&#39;s rookies won that honor. The 2024 award hasn&#39;t been given yet, although Clark is the overwhelming favorite.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Like most rankings, this one is almost impossible to limit to 10. How, for instance, can we leave off &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/695/seimone-augustus&quot;&gt;Seimone Augustus&lt;/a&gt;, who is the all-time rookie leader in scoring average (21.9 in 2006)? What about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/479/cheryl-ford&quot;&gt;Cheryl Ford&lt;/a&gt;, who averaged a double-double (10.8 PPG, 10.4 RPG) in 2003 and is the only Rookie of the Year winner besides &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/956/maya-moore&quot;&gt;Maya Moore&lt;/a&gt; to win a WNBA championship in her first year?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We tried to take into account rookies who made an impact in multiple categories during their first season and also whether they performed feats that were historical not just for rookies but players in general. Only two true guards -- Clark and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;af0e2a4e-188a-421e-60ba-0c5f32ad63ad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/585/diana-taurasi&quot;&gt;Diana Taurasi&lt;/a&gt; -- made this list. That&#39;s probably because it can take a little longer for guards to adjust to the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But in Clark&#39;s case, it didn&#39;t take long until the league had to start adjusting to her.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;In the same year she won an NCAA title and an Olympic gold medal, Candace Parker nearly averaged a double-double in her first WNBA season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.5 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 3.4 APG, 2.3 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Parker is the only Rookie of the Year to also win MVP in the same season. The No. 1 draft pick was coming off back-to-back NCAA titles at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;497e95e2-97ac-7535-f946-91502d9ec4ea&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2633/tennessee-lady-volunteers&quot;&gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt; and was immediately a force in the WNBA. She won an Olympic gold medal with Team USA in 2008, then the forward-center and the Sparks made it to the Western Conference finals. Parker went on to claim another MVP award (in 2013) and win a Defensive Player of the Year honor (2020), and she was a member of three WNBA championship teams (2016, 2021, 2023).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.6 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 3.7 APG, 2.9 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Catchings was drafted No. 3 in 2001 but was rehabbing a knee injury that cut short her senior season at Tennessee. Thus, her rookie season was 2002, when she led the Fever to their first playoff appearance. Catchings recorded 9.2 win shares, the most ever by a WNBA rookie. The forward went on to collect a league MVP award (2011), was a five-time Defensive Player of the Year and won the 2012 championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Among setting other records, Caitlin Clark, left, had the first triple-doubles by a rookie in WNBA history, while Angel Reese set the league mark for consecutive double-doubles and most rebounds in a season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats (through Sept. 10):&lt;/strong&gt; 19.2 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 8.5 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark was the top pick in April, following fellow No. 1 selection &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt;, who was the 2023 Rookie of the Year for the Fever. Those two have made great progress in one season as a top guard-post combo. Clark also has jelled well with starting backcourt mate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65441aab-bd32-abef-f1f9-6a95b381c955&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142191/kelsey-mitchell&quot;&gt;Kelsey Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;; both are averaging just over 19 points per game. A strong case can be made that Clark has had the best offensive season ever for a WNBA rookie. Where a player such as Catchings has an edge is that she also was an elite defender as a rookie. Clark has made progress on that side of the court. And while she averages a league-high 5.7 turnovers per game, her being the team&#39;s primary ball handler and the league&#39;s assist leader must be taken into account.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 13.2 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.4 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The three-time Wade Trophy winner at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;179cc0cf-4aff-5dd9-80cb-c4bbf21c5442&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/41/uconn-huskies&quot;&gt;UConn&lt;/a&gt; didn&#39;t have the biggest stats as the No. 1 pick in 2011, but her impact was immediate and enormous. She was the missing element the Lynx needed to lead them that year to the first of their four WNBA championships. The forward would go on to be league MVP in 2014, and she made six trips to the WNBA Finals in her eight seasons in the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Maya Moore&#39;s first season in the WNBA ended with the first of Minnesota&#39;s four WNBA titles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;P.A. Molumby/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 20.7 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.7 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson was the second of three consecutive No. 1 picks for the Aces, following &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2e8112d2-f7f5-33dd-0ab1-7a41c4134037&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3065570/kelsey-plum&quot;&gt;Kelsey Plum&lt;/a&gt; (while the franchise was still in San Antonio) and before &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;549665e1-73d4-f906-4670-03961ea95464&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4065870/jackie-young&quot;&gt;Jackie Young&lt;/a&gt;. As a group, they&#39;ve helped lead the Aces to the past two WNBA titles. Wilson was immediately the face of the Aces franchise when it moved to Las Vegas her rookie year, and the center is on her way this season to her third MVP award. She also has won the Defensive Player of the Year Award twice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.3 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.9 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stewart was coming off four consecutive NCAA titles at UConn when she became the Storm&#39;s second No. 1 pick in a row, after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6268520f-7d7f-f5f6-4c16-59e7ffcd3dd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987869/jewell-loyd&quot;&gt;Jewell Loyd&lt;/a&gt;. During Stewart&#39;s WNBA rookie season, the forward followed in the footsteps of Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi by winning an Olympic gold medal with Team USA. Stewart, now with the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;, has since won two WNBA MVP awards and two league championships.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.1 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.8 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The No. 2 pick out of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/48/delaware-blue-hens&quot;&gt;Delaware&lt;/a&gt;, Delle Donne has the best 3-point rate (43.8%) and free throw rate (92.9%) of any WNBA Rookie of the Year winner. If anyone questioned whether it might take Delle Donne more time to adjust to the WNBA because she didn&#39;t play in a power conference in college, she proved that wasn&#39;t the case. The forward-guard went on to win two MVP awards and a WNBA championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 17.0 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The No. 1 pick from UConn, where the guard won three consecutive NCAA titles, Taurasi was named Rookie of the Year and also won the first of six Olympic gold medals with Team USA during her debut season in the WNBA. The Mercury missed the playoffs that year but won their first WNBA title in 2007. In all, Taurasi has three championships with the Mercury. She was the 2009 league MVP, and Taurasi is the WNBA&#39;s all-time scoring leader.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 15.5 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.7 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Charles won back-to-back NCAA titles with perfect seasons at UConn before being the No. 1 pick in 2010. Until Angel Reese this year, Charles had the highest rebounding average of any rookie in WNBA history. Charles went on to win the league&#39;s MVP award in 2012. Now with Atlanta, the center ranks second to Taurasi in career scoring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Angel Reese leads the Sky with 24 points and 12 rebounds in a dominant 92-78 victory over the Sparks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 13.6 PPG, 13.1 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese was drafted the lowest of any of the players who made this top-10 list: She was picked No. 7 this year out of &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ac200a77-5d39-7ad9-fee8-1d683819d6cf&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/99/lsu-tigers&quot;&gt;LSU&lt;/a&gt;, where she won the 2023 NCAA title. But Reese has been a huge success as a rebounder. She established the WNBA single-season record for rebounds (446) and set the mark for most consecutive double-doubles (15). Her season was cut short by a wrist injury, but the forward still played 34 games.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also considered:&lt;/strong&gt; Seimone Augustus, Cheryl Ford, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/91/sue-bird&quot;&gt;Sue Bird&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>INDIANAPOLIS -- WNBA players and their union spoke out Tuesday against recent comments commissioner Cathy Engelbert made that failed to condemn racist and vitriolic behavior from fans surrounding the &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; rivalry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On Monday, Engelbert appeared on CNBC&#39;s &quot;Power Lunch&quot; and was asked by anchor Tyler Mathisen about what he called the &quot;darker ... more menacing&quot; tone taken by the fan bases on social media, one &quot;where race has been introduced in the conversation, where sexuality is sometimes introduced into the conversation.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;How do you try and stay ahead of that, try and tamp it down or act as a league when two of your most visible players are involved -- not personally, it would seem, but their fan bases are involved -- in saying some very uncharitable things about the other?&quot; he asked.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engelbert&#39;s response focused on the role the Clark-Reese rivalry has had in helping grow women&#39;s basketball.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There&#39;s no more apathy. Everybody cares,&quot; she said. &quot;It is a little of that [Larry] Bird-Magic [Johnson] moment if you recall from 1979, when those two rookies came in from a big college rivalry, one white, one Black. And so we have that moment with these two.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;But the one thing I know about sports, you need rivalry. That&#39;s what makes people watch. They want to watch games of consequence between rivals. They don&#39;t want everybody being nice to one another.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engelbert then acknowledged that social media didn&#39;t exist when Bird and Magic played and added that she tells players, &quot;If someone&#39;s typing something and you wouldn&#39;t ask their advice, ignore it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The commissioner concluded her response by mentioning how corporate partners are endorsing WNBA players now more than ever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Women&#39;s National Basketball Players Association executive director Terri Jackson released a statement Tuesday night rebuking Engelbert&#39;s comments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Here is the answer that the Commissioner should have provided to the very clear question regarding the racism, misogyny, and harassment experienced by the Players,&quot; the statement said. &quot;There is absolutely no place in sport -- or in life -- for the vile hate, racist language, homophobic comments, and the misogynistic attacks our players are facing on social media.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;This is not about rivalries or iconic personalities fueling a business model. This kind of toxic fandom should never be tolerated or left unchecked. It demands immediate action, and frankly, should have been addressed long ago.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jackson&#39;s statement went on to celebrate the spike in fandom stemming from Clark and Reese, and then added: &quot;Fandom should lift up the game, not tear down the very people who bring it to life.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engelbert did &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/CathyEngelbert/status/1833711063465898398&quot;&gt;take to social media&lt;/a&gt; late Tuesday night to clarify her initial remarks, writing: &quot;To be clear, there is absolutely no place for hate or racism of any kind in the WNBA or anywhere else.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But players throughout the league earlier in the day expressed their disappointment in what the commissioner first said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I just think it&#39;s doing a disservice to the majority of this league in not talking about the part that it&#39;s consumed and played by Black women,&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Aces&lt;/a&gt; point guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6a3fef56-2bd2-ba2e-1e18-4723c4590b47&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529122/chelsea-gray&quot;&gt;Chelsea Gray&lt;/a&gt; told ESPN ahead of her team&#39;s game against Clark and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday. &quot;And to basically be like, &#39;Yep, we push it under the carpet that racism is OK.&#39; So not being direct and handling that, I think she did a poor job of doing that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added Aces forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09609790-79bb-81d4-522b-7a036e404c50&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/924/alysha-clark&quot;&gt;Alysha Clark&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;I think there was an opportunity for her to really be able to take hold of what&#39;s been going on and let people know that regardless of the amount of dollars that are coming in, regardless of whatever, racism and misogyny and homophobia, they have no place in our league, and they have no place regardless of how popular our sport is.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4d83d500-2f40-c89e-4f85-62927c5abbeb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2998928/breanna-stewart&quot;&gt;Breanna Stewart&lt;/a&gt; struck a similar tone after her team&#39;s 105-91 victory over Dallas on Tuesday night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think that it&#39;s kind of disappointing to hear,&quot; said Stewart, who noted she was part of discussions the players had with the union about Engelbert&#39;s comments. &quot;The way that the fans have surged, and especially behind Caitlin and Angel coming to this league, but also bringing a race aspect to a different level -- you know, there&#39;s no place for that in our sport. We want our sport to be inclusive for race, gender, and really a place where people can be themselves.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;So we wished, obviously, Cathy would use her platform in a different way and have made that a little bit better. Kind of just telling the fans like, enough is enough. Become a fan of our sport and for the new ones, lock in on everybody, but don&#39;t be disrespectful. Because as a league, we stick together, and there&#39;s no place for that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The rivalry between Clark, who is white, and Reese, who is Black, dates to their days playing at Iowa and LSU, respectively. Both players -- main competitors for this year&#39;s WNBA Rookie of the Year award and teammates at the league&#39;s All-Star Game in July -- have downplayed any notion of animosity between them, oftentimes expressing support for one another instead.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that hasn&#39;t stopped a portion of fans from leveling harassment or directing hateful -- sometimes racist, misogynistic, anti-gay -- comments toward players, a majority of whom are Black and some of whom are members of the LGBTQIA+ community.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s taken a darker turn in terms of the types of comments and the vitriol that&#39;s coming through to the players, and it&#39;s not OK,&quot; Alysha Clark said. &quot;I wish [Engelbert] would have just said that -- &#39;It&#39;s not OK.&#39;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;At the end of the day, when we take these uniforms off, we&#39;re human beings, and that doesn&#39;t mean because we&#39;re athletes, we are automatically just allowed to be subjected to those types of comments and hate. And so I just think there was a real missed opportunity to shut that down and just be like, &#39;We don&#39;t condone any of that.&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2e8112d2-f7f5-33dd-0ab1-7a41c4134037&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3065570/kelsey-plum&quot;&gt;Kelsey Plum&lt;/a&gt;, a former No. 1 pick like Caitlin Clark, called Engelbert&#39;s comments &quot;hard to hear,&quot; adding: &quot;It&#39;s pretty clear, there&#39;s a difference between rivalries and racism. Big difference.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Aces guard said she hasn&#39;t had social media on her phone this year because &quot;it&#39;s been so nasty,&quot; and credited both Clark and Reese for how they&#39;ve handled being in the middle of such acrimonious dynamics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Plum acknowledged that this was &quot;maybe a missed opportunity [from Engelbert], but there&#39;s going to be plenty more for her ... and she&#39;ll get an opportunity to clarify her comments.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the meantime, Jackson and players reiterated the values they believe the WNBA stands for -- and what it stands against.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Racism, and the toll it takes on everyone, is NEVER tolerable, let alone justifiable, in the name of economic growth,&quot; Jackson said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added Alysha Clark: &quot;That&#39;s not the type of environment we want for our fans to come to. That&#39;s not the type of environment we want these young girls and boys to step into and think is OK.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Said Plum: &quot;Our women are very grounded and centered and have a great perspective on life, in my opinion. I don&#39;t think that represents what our league is about. If you tune into our league for 30 seconds, you&#39;ll know that we are the most inclusive, loving, compassionate group. We don&#39;t stand for any of that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;ESPN&#39;s Michael Voepel and Katie Barnes contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; took to social media to explain her season-ending injury -- a small crack in a bone in her left wrist that required surgery.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I fell on my hand when I got the and-1, when I fell back [and] fell on my hand, and it is a small crack in my bone,&quot; Reese &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tiktok.com/@angelreese10/video/7412455826641767711&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;said in a video&lt;/a&gt; posted to her TikTok account late Sunday night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Basically, the doctors told me that I could either not get surgery or have surgery. The risk of not having surgery -- I could literally have arthritis at 22 years old. That wasn&#39;t an option. The bone could literally crack and completely shatter. Right now, it&#39;s like a hairline. ... They&#39;re going to put a small screw in it. And I wasn&#39;t going for it getting any bigger.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese had successful surgery Tuesday, the Sky said in a release. The forward said she&#39;ll be in a hard cast for four weeks and then a soft cast for two.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Long term, I literally could have not played anymore because this is a very hard place to heal because the blood flow is little to none,&quot; she said while pointing to her right wrist, which was wrapped in a black soft cast.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese, the No. 7 pick in the draft, finished the season averaging 13.6 points and 13.1 rebounds. It&#39;s the highest rebound average in the history of the WNBA. Reese also set the rookie record with 26 double-doubles -- her last coming in a 92-78 win over Los Angeles on Friday night that is now her last game of the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese has been intertwined with Indiana rookie &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; since the pair faced off in the NCAA championship two years ago. Reese&#39;s LSU squad came away with the win. They have lifted the WNBA in television ratings, attendance and merchandise sales this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s definitely sad whenever you see anyone go down with an injury, especially people that you came into this league with,&quot; Clark said Sunday. &quot;You want to see her finish out this year. Obviously, she&#39;s had a historic year, and she&#39;s done some incredible things.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;For me, getting to play against her, her motor is up there -- if not the best in the league. She just doesn&#39;t stop working. I thought she had a tremendous year. I thought she came into the league and really did what she&#39;s done well her entire career as long as I&#39;ve known her. It&#39;s really devastating. It&#39;s never anything you want to see from a player.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese said she&#39;ll continue to train and participate in off-court ventures during her recovery.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;So in the meantime, I will just be in my hard cast for four weeks. ... During that time I&#39;ll just be lifting, running, conditioning, shooting with my off hand, dribbling and doing stuff with my off hand, working on my nutrition,&quot; Reese said. &quot;[I&#39;ll be] modeling still, podcasting still, being a baddie still... and supporting my teammates from afar. Well, not afar but on the bench. ... I still believe we&#39;re still making the playoffs.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese responded in the video to social media suggestions that she was pregnant, saying it was untrue.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;That was never a thing. ... I want to make this crystal clear, I don&#39;t have a man to have kids; I don&#39;t have a ring to have kids, I am 22 with no kids. And I&#39;m not coming to kids,&quot; she said. &quot;So that&#39;s not going to be a thing anytime soon. I just want y&#39;all to know that. because I know y&#39;all like to have some clicks.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Chicago is currently in the final playoff position, one game ahead of Atlanta. The Sky face Washington on Wednesday.</description>
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      <description>The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;34946ff8-281e-c57d-bb76-37fb1ebe3ec6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-wings&quot;&gt;Dallas Wings&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;fc3d2f98-2a3d-9ef8-4d5b-b8d5168d7737&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-sparks&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Sparks&lt;/a&gt; have been eliminated from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40847083/2024-wnba-playoffs-tracker-making-biggest-impact-more&quot;&gt;WNBA playoff contention&lt;/a&gt;. Who will join them on the postseason sidelines, and who will take the No. 8 seed?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The seven teams that already have playoff spots continue to jockey for position and home-court advantage -- including the first-place &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;, who are No. 1 again in this week&#39;s ESPN WNBA Power Rankings -- but we&#39;re focused on the other end, where the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3b4b0e25-5d0c-1ce2-ab25-580273be43e4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-sky&quot;&gt;Chicago Sky&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;39c302ad-d5df-e0d0-33e8-1cffebc5bc75&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/wsh/washington-mystics&quot;&gt;Washington Mystics&lt;/a&gt; are trying to make the postseason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With two weeks left in the regular season, the Mystics will face the Sky and the Dream (twice) this week; Atlanta and Chicago still have a matchup left against each other the following week. All three have faced challenges due to injuries this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let&#39;s start with the Sky, who are in eighth place in the standings but got stunning news Saturday: forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41170165/sky-rookie-angel-reese-season-wrist-injury&quot;&gt;out for the rest of the season&lt;/a&gt; with a wrist injury. As a rookie, she established herself as a consistent double-double threat and one of the top rebounders in the league. It&#39;s a shame we won&#39;t get to see her finish this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Fellow rookie &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; said Sunday of Reese, &quot;She&#39;s had a historic year, and she&#39;s done some incredible things. She came to the league and really did what she&#39;s done well her entire career, as long as I&#39;ve known her.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coach Teresa Weatherspoon didn&#39;t give any details about Reese&#39;s injury, saying Reese could disclose that if she chooses to.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Even without Reese, the Sky &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41157379/chennedy-carter-sparks-sky-return-paces-win-vs-sparks&quot;&gt;ended Dallas&#39; playoff hopes&lt;/a&gt; with a 92-77 victory Sunday. Chicago guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0feab94d-9d84-4b8b-b363-57237f8e1855&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4280892/chennedy-carter&quot;&gt;Chennedy Carter&lt;/a&gt; had 28 points, and veteran forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7bce1add-eedb-11c2-3284-1351968dabf2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2566453/isabelle-harrison&quot;&gt;Isabelle Harrison&lt;/a&gt; made the most of her first start of 2024 with 21 points and nine rebounds.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s unfortunate we&#39;re in this situation,&quot; Weatherspoon said, &quot;but we&#39;re excited about what we can do.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ninth-place Dream almost had a big win Sunday. They led Indiana by as much as 16 points -- which turned into a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41184998/caitlin-clark-aliyah-boston-lead-fever-ot-win&quot;&gt;104-100 overtime loss&lt;/a&gt;. Atlanta has lost forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a8b37e4-d246-2fae-729d-5642babd8ce9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529458/cheyenne-parker-tyus&quot;&gt;Cheyenne Parker-Tyus&lt;/a&gt; (ankle) for the remainder of the season, and there&#39;s no timetable for guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c673e938-b68c-7787-3f36-7c3ca34ee5cc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2999035/aerial-powers&quot;&gt;Aerial Powers&lt;/a&gt; (calf) to return.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Add in the games missed earlier this season due to injury by guards &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;940914f8-5293-4fb8-0f4c-7c5436f2c5bd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4398674/rhyne-howard&quot;&gt;Rhyne Howard&lt;/a&gt; (11) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6e517eae-e6cc-f3bb-5761-4b2f27775272&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142250/jordin-canada&quot;&gt;Jordin Canada&lt;/a&gt; (21). That&#39;s what the Dream have been up against, despite the strong play of &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;42ac782c-1f52-80e6-59ee-eebe51e6c1ec&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3058901/allisha-gray&quot;&gt;Allisha Gray&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8d4185-5dc2-d522-e8ed-fb219a1130d4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/918/tina-charles&quot;&gt;Tina Charles&lt;/a&gt; all summer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The resiliency of the team, the grittiness -- they&#39;re continuing to fight,&quot; Dream coach Tanisha Wright said. &quot;Even in those games we&#39;re losing, we&#39;re in every single one of them. But you have to be able to win some of those tight games.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Washington, which also has been beset with injuries, started the season 0-12. No one would have imagined back then that we would be talking in September about the Mystics contending for the playoffs. But they kept plugging away, and the return of guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b8564ef4-7521-235a-57d1-0262eb11d1fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2988756/brittney-sykes&quot;&gt;Brittney Sykes&lt;/a&gt; from injury has really helped.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whichever team gets the last spot will be a big underdog, of course, in the first round of the playoffs. But the Sky, Dream and Mystics wouldn&#39;t mind that; they just want the chance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Previous rankings:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40092221/wnba-2024-preseason-power-rankings-las-vegas-aces-no-1&quot;&gt;Preseason&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40183339/wnba-power-rankings-2024-week-1-minnesota-lynx-indiana-fever&quot;&gt;May 20&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40224884/wnba-power-rankings-2024-connecticut-sun-lynx-aces-liberty&quot;&gt;May 27&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40267320/wnba-power-rankings-2024-connecticut-sun-new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;June 3&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40317348/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-new-no-1-las-vegas-falls&quot;&gt;June 10&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40368050/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-liberty-win-streak&quot;&gt;June 17&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40413601/wnba-power-rankings-2024-minnesota-new-york-commissioner-cup&quot;&gt;June 24&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40469633/wnba-power-rankings-2024-indiana-fever-caitlin-clark-climb&quot;&gt;July 1&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40517426/wnba-power-rankings-2024-aja-wilson-caitlin-clark-angel-reese-set-records-new-no-1&quot;&gt;July 8&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40559958/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-liberty-new-no-1-indiana-fever-climb&quot;&gt;July 15&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40899182/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-liberty-clinch-playoff-berth-betting-favorite&quot;&gt;Aug. 19&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40995746/wnba-power-rankings-2024-minnesota-lynx-hottest-team-playoff-race&quot;&gt;Aug. 26&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41089751/wnba-power-rankings-2024-indiana-fever-jumps-defending-champs-las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Sept. 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.

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      <description>Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, golf fans will get to watch the Solheim Cup in consecutive years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The competition between women&#39;s teams from the U.S. and Europe traditionally happens every other year. But after the 2020 Ryder Cup was postponed a year because of the pandemic, moving the men&#39;s event to odd-numbered years, the Solheim Cup is being played in consecutive years to get on an even-year schedule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That means the U.S. squad didn&#39;t have to wait as long to try to wrestle the Cup away from the Europeans, who retained the trophy with a 14-14 tie in Finca Cortesin, Spain, last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We got some unfinished business,&quot; world No. 1 golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ceef3796-97fb-36a7-8648-dd6b8aed2ac2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9012/nelly-korda&quot;&gt;Nelly Korda&lt;/a&gt; said this week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Although the U.S. has won 10 of the 18 competitions, it hasn&#39;t come out on top since a 16½-11½ victory at Des Moines Golf &amp;amp; Country Club in Iowa in 2017.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Some people have asked me what one word would be to describe Team USA this year, and I&#39;m just going to say &#39;hungry,&#39; because Nelly and I obviously being on the same amount of Solheim Cups and not necessarily getting the job done last year, kind of leaves not necessarily the best taste in your mouth,&quot; Megan Khang said. &quot;Luckily, we didn&#39;t have to wait two years. We have this year to kind of get back at it, and I can tell you now we&#39;re more hungry than ever.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here are some of the biggest storylines at the Solheim Cup, which tees off Friday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;euro&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump ahead:&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#euro&quot;&gt;Team Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#usa&quot;&gt;Team U.S.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#picks&quot;&gt;Our prediction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why they&#39;ll win &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Europeans have been in possession of the Solheim Cup for much of the past five years. After falling in back-to-back matches in 2015 and 2017, the Europeans won 14½-13½ at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2019 and 15-13 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio in 2021. After last year&#39;s tie in Spain, the European squad celebrated as if it had won.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Eight golfers from last year&#39;s European team qualified to run it back this week, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5016/suzann-pettersen&quot;&gt;Suzann Pettersen&lt;/a&gt; used two of her three captain&#39;s picks to bring back two more -- Sweden&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;84697814-a173-c7e6-a151-d160277d3f48&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8293/anna-nordqvist&quot;&gt;Anna Nordqvist&lt;/a&gt; and Denmark&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4009001d-5417-1a44-1ca7-7d591d33cd67&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9592/emily-kristine-pedersen&quot;&gt;Emily Kristine Pedersen&lt;/a&gt;. Rookies &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81a9048d-ac84-f8d6-ccb4-97aa0a1af592&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/442557/esther-henseleit&quot;&gt;Esther Henseleit&lt;/a&gt; (Germany) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;51b205fc-a3e1-f890-6905-2ea0616edb20&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10223/albane-valenzuela&quot;&gt;Albane Valenzuela&lt;/a&gt; (Switzerland) are the only newcomers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Europeans will be looking for their third victory in the past four Solheim Cups held in the U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think playing away, you&#39;re always an underdog,&quot; Pettersen said. &quot;I think that&#39;s how we&#39;ve always looked at it. Yeah, if you look at the previous three Solheims, we&#39;ve come out on the high side, and we&#39;re going to try and keep that going for sure. At the same time, being away, I&#39;m very happy to kind of leave the pressure [on] the Americans to say they are the home favorites.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Team Europe retained the Solheim Cup with a 14-14 tie in the 2023.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Gregory Shamus/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All but two of the European team&#39;s 12 members have winning records at the Solheim Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;England&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;95eacd4d-17d0-4492-47a5-2c1cdfb2e364&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7774/charley-hull&quot;&gt;Charley Hull&lt;/a&gt; (12-7-3), Ireland&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b3288017-6982-3b70-a6d7-4b3a1fc860c8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8123/leona-maguire&quot;&gt;Leona Maguire&lt;/a&gt; (7-2-1) and Spain&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1182b9e6-8cb3-7511-a48a-c82ab1c57620&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7424/carlota-ciganda&quot;&gt;Carlota Ciganda&lt;/a&gt; (11-8-4) have been the toughest outs in the team competition. It&#39;s an experienced squad with a combined 77-55-16 record in Solheim Cup matches and 79 points earned. Seven golfers on the European roster will be competing in at least their fourth Solheim Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weaknesses &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The American team would seem to have an advantage playing at home with a more talented roster from top to bottom. Sweden&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bb92f003-6a8b-2809-a409-73c59f7bfc6d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/434661/linn-grant&quot;&gt;Linn Grant&lt;/a&gt; and Maguire were the only European team members who won a Ladies European Tour event this season. Hull, ranked 12th in the world, hasn&#39;t won since October 2022 but had four top-25s at majors this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Boutier, the highest-ranked European golfer at No. 10 in the Rolex Women&#39;s World Golf Ranking, won four times last year, including her first major championship at the Evian Championship in her native France. This season, however, she didn&#39;t finish higher than a tie for 19th in the five majors.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In fact, eight of the top 12 European golfers failed to finish in the top 10 at a major this season. Stark was runner-up at the Chevron, and Grant tied for ninth at the Women&#39;s PGA Championship and 10th at the AIG Women&#39;s Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Obviously, when you look on paper, the U.S. team is very strong, and I don&#39;t think it&#39;s bad going into this week knowing that we have to give up like a good fight to keep the Cup,&quot; Grant said. &quot;So I think we&#39;re all very excited to go out and be aggressive from the start this time. We were slow last year. And just give it our all.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie assessment &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Henseleit was one of the European squad&#39;s better performers this season with two top 10s in majors -- she was solo seventh at the Chevron Championship and tied for seventh at the Evian Championship. She also was the silver medalist at the Olympics in Paris, carding a 6-under 66 in the final round to finish two strokes behind gold medalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7bed6b9c-bda8-3e20-9a7e-179d92fd6fb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7956/lydia-ko&quot;&gt;Lydia Ko&lt;/a&gt; of New Zealand. Then Henseleit was runner-up in the Scottish Open last month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 2019 LET Rookie of the Year and Order of Merit champion started this past season ranked 111th in the world but climbed to 30th with the best campaign of her career. Her fiancée, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0354863-6bdd-679e-c742-28fdb480aa87&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11430/reece-phillips&quot;&gt;Reece Phillips&lt;/a&gt;, works as her caddie and swing coach. Her improvement on the greens after working with Scottish putting coach &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4307536a-f2c7-8a79-5fd2-3d87994e3a0d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4853/david-orr&quot;&gt;David Orr&lt;/a&gt; helped spark her breakthrough.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Esther Henseleit is making her Solheim Cup debut after winning a silver medal in Paris.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been a lot of fun,&quot; Henseleit said. &quot;I felt like my hard work over the last few years kind of paid off and everything came together a little bit. It&#39;s been great to see some good results coming in. It definitely helps my confidence.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Valenzuela, 26, was born in New York to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss native at age 14 and played college golf at Stanford. Valenzuela was a two-time runner-up in the U.S. Women&#39;s Amateur in 2017 and 2019. She represented Switzerland three times at the Olympics and is the first Swiss golfer to compete in the Ryder Cup or Solheim Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 17 starts on the LPGA Tour this season, Valenzuela had six top-25 finishes and two top 10s. She was runner-up at the Honda LPGA Thailand in February.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Golfers who should play all five matches &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pettersen relied heavily on three players in Spain: Grant, Maguire and Pedersen, who each played in all five matches. Grant and Maguire went 3-2, while Pedersen went 2-2-1. They were a combined 5-0-1 in four-ball matches, while Maguire was the only one who won her singles match, carding five birdies and an eagle to take down &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;be5aad1e-dbaa-c67c-aea5-b1c9d3b425e0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11281/rose-zhang&quot;&gt;Rose Zhang&lt;/a&gt; 4 &amp;amp; 3 on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Grant and Maguire had exceptional form at times this season. On June 9, Grant captured the Volvo Cars Scandinavian Mixed, which also included competitors from the DP World Tour. Maguire became the first Irish woman to claim an LET event when she won the Aramco Team Series tournament in London on July 5.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maguire is one of only five European players who won at least seven of their first 10 matches at the Solheim Cup, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;She&#39;s fiery on the golf course,&quot; European team vice captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3582a079-bdec-3835-b8f1-ab0a0eeb5e3e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8123/mel-reid&quot;&gt;Mel Reid&lt;/a&gt; said of Maguire. &quot;I think you see that. She&#39;s very passionate. She loves match play. She loves [the] Solheim Cup. She loves looking her competitor in the face saying, &#39;I&#39;m going to beat you,&#39; and she wears that extremely well in the team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;She never gives up. She has so much grit and determination. It&#39;s exactly the kind of player you want on your team. And she&#39;s not a long player, and I think that&#39;s what frustrates the competitors as well, is that she just gets it done [without] hitting it very far.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hero pick &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Carlota Ciganda&#39;s birdie on the 17th green secured the Solheim Cup win for Team Europe in 2023.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Can Ciganda deliver for the Europeans again? The 34-year-old was the only Spanish golfer who competed at Finca Cortesin last year, and she delivered with a 4-0 record. In Sunday singles, she won the 16th and 17th hole to knock off Korda 2 &amp;amp; 1 for the 14th point that retained the Solheim Cup for the European team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This week, Ciganda will be looking to become the first golfer to win at least five straight matches at the Solheim Cup since Caroline Hedwall and Hull won six straight in 2013 and 2015. Her best finishes this year were a tie for third at the Ford Championship and solo sixth at the Chevron Championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Risky pick &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;usa&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For the second Solheim Cup in a row, the European team roster is loaded with Swedish golfers. Pettersen used one of her three captain&#39;s picks on Nordqvist, who is competing in her ninth consecutive Solheim Cup. She&#39;s competing as a vice captain this week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to Elias Sports Bureau, only two other golfers appeared in the competition nine or more times in a row: Europe&#39;s Laura Davies played in 12 straight from 1990 to 2011 and Cristie Kerr was on every U.S. squad from 2002 to 2017.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nordqvist, ranked 72nd in the world, had a 1-3 record in Spain last year, going 0-2 in foursomes and 0-1 in a four-ball match. She defeated Jennifer Kupcho 2 &amp;amp; 1 in a singles match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nordqvist has a 15-13-3 record in the Solheim Cup, but she missed the cut in four of her past seven starts on the LPGA Tour.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why they&#39;ll win &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;History would seem to be on the American team&#39;s side -- neither side has won or retained the Solheim Cup four straight times since its inception in 1990. The U.S. team won three times in a row from 1994 to 1998 and 2005 to 2009. And the Americans will have the crowd on its side in northern Virginia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Again, on the surface, the U.S. team would seem to be far more talented and accomplished than its opponent. There are three American golfers ranked in the top 10 of the world ranking: Korda (No. 1), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7fd57cdd-bc5d-d6e9-d6db-869073337aa9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9401/lilia-vu&quot;&gt;Lilia Vu&lt;/a&gt; (No. 2) and Rose Zhang (No. 9). Three other golfers on the U.S. team -- No. 14 Laura Coughlin, No. 18 Ally Ewing and No. 21 Megan Khang -- are ranked in the top 25.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Team USA poses prior to the Solheim Cup at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Gregory Shamus/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The average world ranking for the 12 golfers on the U.S. team is 25.8 compared to 42 for the European squad. Seven of the golfers on the U.S. squad had at least one top-10 finish in a major -- Ewing had the most with three.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Korda was the best women&#39;s golfer in the world in 2024, winning six times in a seven-start stretch earlier this season, including her second major championship at the Chevron Championship. Vu returned from a back injury and picked up her fifth LPGA victory at the Meijer LPGA Classic on June 16. The two-time major champion tied for second at the Women&#39;s PGA Championship and Women&#39;s British Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weaknesses &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The only American golfers who have tasted victory in the Solheim Cup are Thompson, who was on winning teams in 2015 and 2017, and Alison Lee, who was on the 2015 squad. Korda, Ewing and Khang were part of the past three teams that came up short against the Europeans.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was a concern last year,&quot; U.S. team captain Stacy Lewis said. &quot;That&#39;s the one thing we have going against us, but at some point they&#39;re going to win one and at some point they&#39;re going to get over the hump, just the odds of it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lewis has relied on data more than Pettersen, who seems to go with her gut in making many decisions. Last year, the U.S. team blitzed the Europeans 4-0 in the Friday morning foursomes. The Americans went 6-2 in the alternate shot matches, the first time since 2007 that they had a winning mark in that format.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Europeans have flipped the script in the four-ball matches. In 2017 and 2019, the U.S. team had a seven-point advantage in four-ball. Europe has been five points better in the last two Solheim Cups, including a 6-2 record last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We put a lot of emphasis last year on alternate shot, which you guys saw in the result,&quot; Lewis said. &quot;Looking back, was it maybe too much? Probably. So we&#39;re trying to find that balance this year of creating those great alternate shot pairings, but also making sure we have some great best ball pairings as well. So just trying to find that balance.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie assessment &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Like the European team, there are only two rookies on the U.S. squad -- Coughlin and Sarah Schmelzel.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coughlin, 31, enjoyed a breakthrough in her seventh season on the PGA Tour. She claimed her first two victories at the CPKC Women&#39;s Open on July 28 and the ISPS Handa Scottish Women&#39;s Open on Aug. 18. She tied for third at the Chevron Championship and was solo fourth at the Evian Championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Lauren Coughlin enjoyed a breakthrough season, winning the ISPS Handa Scottish Women&#39;s Open on Aug. 18.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Paul Devlin/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The former Virginia All-American should be a crowd favorite at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club this week. She leads the LPGA with 269 birdies and is fourth in greens in regulation (74%).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Schmelzel, 30, grew up in Arizona and played college golf at South Carolina. She hired a new swing coach and putting coach before the season, and the changes paid off. She had seven top 10s in 21 starts on tour this season, including her first runner-up at the Blue Bay LPGA on March 7. She&#39;s one of the better ball strikers on tour and avoids bogeys (15% of holes played).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Golfers who should play all five matches &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The U.S. squad didn&#39;t have a single player compete in five matches in Spain last year. Khang was the top performer with 3½ points, going 3-0-1 over three days. She paired with Thompson to win two foursomes matches, then set the tone in singles by taking down Grant 1 up in the opening match on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There were five rookies on last year&#39;s team -- Vu, Allisen Corpuz, Andrea Lee, Zhang and Cheyenne Knight -- and Lewis leaned on her more experienced golfers. Vu, Lee and Zhang struggled in their first Solheim Cup, going a combined 2-7-2.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hero pick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thompson was a risky pick a year ago, when Lewis chose her during one of the worst seasons of her LPGA career. Thompson missed the cut in eight of her 11 starts on tour in 2023, but Lewis showed a ton of confidence when she rolled her out with Khang in the opening match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thompson responded by picking up three points with a 3-1 record. She held off Pedersen 2 &amp;amp; 1 in the final singles match on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It will probably be Thompson&#39;s final Solheim Cup. A 15-time winner around the world, Thompson has a 9-7-7 record in the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;This will probably be the final Solheim Cup for Team USA golfer Lexi Thompson.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thompson has been in better form this season with four top 10s in 14 starts, including a tie for ninth at the PGA Women&#39;s Championship. She ranks 13th on tour in strokes gained: putting (.730) and has been exceptionally good inside 20 feet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Lexi has definitely changed women&#39;s golf,&quot; U.S. team vice captain Paula Creamer said. &quot;You can tell she&#39;s so happy right now. I think that making that decision earlier this year [to retire] has definitely helped her enjoy these moments and enjoy being on a team right now. She has definitely made a huge impact on the game of golf for the juniors and everything.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;She&#39;ll definitely be missed, but she&#39;ll always be there, that&#39;s for sure. I don&#39;t think she&#39;s going too far away from the game, just not out here.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Risky pick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Alison Lee earned her way back on the U.S. team through her world ranking, which is a redemption story in itself after she lost her LPGA card earlier in her career. Last year, she won a second Aramco Team Series event in Riyadh and lost in a playoff to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f59cec60-2626-89d7-7d3a-bd23b6a39f21&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8036/minjee-lee&quot;&gt;Minjee Lee&lt;/a&gt; at the BMW Ladies Championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The former UCLA star climbed to No. 14 in the world earlier this season -- after she had slipped to 353rd five years ago.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s Lee&#39;s first Solheim Cup in nine years. She has plenty of scar tissue from her only other appearance. As a 20-year-old rookie in St. Leon-Rot, Germany in 2015, Lee and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;66d6f43c-19db-81de-0bc4-f262924ee1c4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6841/brittany-lincicome&quot;&gt;Brittany Lincicome&lt;/a&gt; were playing Pettersen and Charley Hull in a fourballs match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With the American squad trailing by four points, Lee had a birdie putt to go 1 up in the match with one hole to play. She missed and scooped up her ball, which stopped less than 2 feet from the hole.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Immediately, Pettersen protested that the European duo hadn&#39;t conceded the putt. An official agreed. The Europeans won the next hole for a 2-up victory, leaving Lee and Lincicome in tears.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;picks&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Team USA&#39;s Alison Lee crying after she was told that her short putt on the 17th hole had not been conceded, giving Europe the win on the hole at the 2015 Solheim Cup.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The U.S. team rallied to win 8½ points in singles for a 14½-13½ victory, the biggest comeback in Solheim Cup history.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pettersen was heavily criticized for not conceding the putt. She apologized the Monday after the match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m not going to lie, I don&#39;t think about it too often,&quot; Lee said Tuesday. &quot;It was a very long time ago. I would say in the moment it was tough. I was very intimidated at the time, like I said. I was a rookie on tour. I didn&#39;t really know any of the girls on my team either. I wasn&#39;t really good friends with them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I just felt like the newbie, young girl, who kind of made it on the team, and everyone thankfully just rallied behind me and were so warm and welcoming and did everything they could to support me.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lee, 29, said she has never talked to Pettersen about the incident.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I mean, I&#39;m not going to lie, I haven&#39;t really talked to her at all since then,&quot; she said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Americans do indeed have unfinished business at the Solheim Cup, and they&#39;ll end their drought with a 15-13 victory. Thompson will secure the winning point in Sunday singles in her final appearance in the event.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>McIlroy: Exhibition not meant to send message</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; said Wednesday he wasn&#39;t trying to send a message by agreeing to team up with world No. 1 golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;38cbeebe-aac8-fb36-dce0-cf45436086e4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9478/scottie-scheffler&quot;&gt;Scottie Scheffler&lt;/a&gt; in a made-for-TV match against LIV Golf League stars &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bb9f978c-1e0f-b6ca-83ab-255e22dc6e78&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6798/brooks-koepka&quot;&gt;Brooks Koepka&lt;/a&gt; in December.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last week&#39;s announcement of the match came as officials from the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia&#39;s Public Investment Fund prepared to meet in New York this week to continue talks about a potential investment that might bring the fractured sport back together.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The PIF is financing LIV Golf, which has lured DeChambeau, Koepka, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt; and others from the PGA Tour.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know much about the talks that are going on. I know that there is but that&#39;s not something that I&#39;m a part of,&quot; McIlroy said Wednesday during a news conference at the Irish Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Yeah, I mean, I think we are all in the game of golf trying to look for a solution to all this and try to move forward. So we&#39;ll see, yeah. I know as much as you do at this point, and I&#39;m sure news will start to trickle out here in the next few days.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McIlroy is a member of a PGA Tour Enterprises transactional subcommittee that has been negotiating with the Saudis, along with golfers &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b967ea91-ed2c-fad0-cf10-ba1dda3f869e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/462/tiger-woods&quot;&gt;Tiger Woods&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6acb7c43-d666-a9d5-ba00-43b863bc4bb8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/388/adam-scott&quot;&gt;Adam Scott&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last week, McIlroy confirmed that he&#39;d agreed to participate in the exhibition match against the LIV Golf stars, which is expected to take place at an undetermined golf course in Las Vegas.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The PGA Tour is expected to grant McIlroy and Scheffler media releases to appear in the event, like it has done in other events for charity in the past.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McIlroy said his decision to participate had nothing to do with his frustration over the divide that has consumed men&#39;s professional golf for much of the past three years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I wouldn&#39;t say it&#39;s meant to send a message,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;It&#39;s more we wanted to do something that, I guess, all golf fans could get excited about. You&#39;ve got the best player in the world. You&#39;ve got two guys in Bryson and Brooks that have won majors in the last two years. I haven&#39;t done what those guys have done the last couple years, but I&#39;ve definitely been, I feel, one of the best players in the world.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Because LIV Golf players were suspended by the PGA Tour and can&#39;t compete in the circuit&#39;s events, about the only times golfers from both circuits compete against each other is at the four majors: the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a way to show golf fans in the world that this is what could happen or these are the possibilities going forward,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;I&#39;ve been saying this for a long time: I think golf and golf fans get to see us together more than four times a year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think that&#39;s what we&#39;ve tried to do. It&#39;s in the middle of December. There&#39;s not a lot going on in the game of golf, so [we&#39;re] trying to get people excited about something before the season starts again. I think we all thought it was a good idea and something that hopefully is a sign of things to come in the future.&quot;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rahm eyes World Tour to stay Ryder Cup-eligible</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt; said he intends to play in three DP World Tour events by the end of the season to remain eligible for next year&#39;s Ryder Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm isn&#39;t sure, however, whether the DP World Tour will allow him to compete in those tournaments because he&#39;s refusing to pay fines levied against him for playing in the LIV Golf League without a conflicting-event release.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm entered the Spanish Open on Sept. 26-29 and said his representatives are still talking with DP World Tour officials about how to resolve the situation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Well, I&#39;m entered into the tournament,&quot; Rahm told reporters Wednesday during a news conference at Bolingbrook Golf Club outside Chicago, the site of this week&#39;s LIV Golf tournament. &quot;We entered a long time ago. Whether they let me play or not is a different thing. I&#39;m not a big fan of the fines. I think I&#39;ve been outspoken about that. I don&#39;t intend to pay the fines, and we keep trying to have a discussion with them about how we can make this happen.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm also wants to play in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland on Oct. 3-6 and the Andalucia Masters at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande in Spain two weeks later. That schedule would meet the DP World Tour&#39;s requirements for remaining eligible for the Ryder Cup. Rahm would probably need European team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;cab4b4c6-2fde-c332-69aa-4c0093f316de&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/601/luke-donald&quot;&gt;Luke Donald&lt;/a&gt; to use one of his six captain&#39;s picks on him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm&#39;s wife, Kelley, is expecting their third child in the next few weeks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve said many times, I don&#39;t go to the Spanish Open for the glory or anything else,&quot; Rahm said. &quot;I think it&#39;s my duty to Spanish golf to be there, and I also want to play in Sotogrande. At that point, it would almost be doing not only me but Spanish golf a disservice by not letting me play.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;So yeah, that&#39;s why we&#39;re trying to talk to them and make that happen. I would love to be able to play all those events.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm, captain of the Legion XIII team, has a narrow lead of about three points over Torque GC captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09533166-488d-e59f-7527-371673203ffc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11099/joaquin-niemann&quot;&gt;Joaquín Niemann&lt;/a&gt; in the LIV Golf individual points race. They are the only golfers who are still mathematically able to claim the title and the lucrative $18 million bonus.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Obviously, it would be a great accomplishment to come in in my first season and win it,&quot; Rahm said. &quot;It is the goal, but it&#39;s not easy to do, especially with how great players like [Niemann] have played. Even just getting to this point, it&#39;s been a good year. I think overall, what I felt like I&#39;ve played and maybe what I&#39;ve read in the media of how I&#39;ve been playing hasn&#39;t matched what I was feeling. I think I was playing better golf than I was given credit for.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Legion XIII is second in the team standings, just a half-point behind &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s Crushers GC.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LIV Golf&#39;s season-ending team championship will be played next week at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Snedeker replaces Bradley as Prez Cup assistant</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a358a8f5-4175-b477-caa9-eb3531285bfd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/1222/brandt-snedeker&quot;&gt;Brandt Snedeker&lt;/a&gt; is replacing &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8f5653c5-b2c1-8fe7-6f83-fb976c9dec5d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4513/keegan-bradley&quot;&gt;Keegan Bradley&lt;/a&gt; as a captain&#39;s assistant for this month&#39;s Presidents Cup in Montreal, U.S. team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6f8b009c-9f81-7079-27a5-457613fd8d29&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/153/jim-furyk&quot;&gt;Jim Furyk&lt;/a&gt; announced Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Furyk had previously named Bradley a captain&#39;s assistant for the team event, but then used one of his six captain&#39;s picks on Bradley to compete against the International team Sept. 26-29 at Royal Montreal Golf Club.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snedeker joins &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96b14f80-5c0a-8750-ad5e-907f158e09be&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/78/stewart-cink&quot;&gt;Stewart Cink&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;14f4e71f-aa1d-1186-83d0-874363946c1b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/269/justin-leonard&quot;&gt;Justin Leonard&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ef42c745-6af8-88a8-621d-c44dd3ce9f98&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/2552/kevin-kisner&quot;&gt;Kevin Kisner&lt;/a&gt; as U.S. captain&#39;s assistants.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snedeker, 43, was a member of the 2013 Presidents Cup team at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, and also competed in the 2012 and 2016 Ryder Cups.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I enjoyed competing together with Brandt at the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah,&quot; Furyk said in a statement. &quot;He is a fierce competitor, great teammate and one of the most respected players on the PGA Tour. He will provide a steady voice in the team room, and I will rely on him for insight and advice as we lead our 12 players into Montreal at the end of the month.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snedeker will be one of Bradley&#39;s vice captains at next year&#39;s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The nine-time PGA Tour winner was named the winner of the Payne Stewart Award in recognition of his character, sportsmanship and charitable giving.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was honored to get the call from Jim and thrilled to accept this role as one of his captain&#39;s assistants for the Presidents Cup,&quot; Snedeker said. &quot;He&#39;s someone I&#39;ve looked up to throughout my career and I know will be a strong leader for the U.S. team at Royal Montreal. My goal is to add a trusted voice to our players throughout the week and do everything I can to help us pull out the win.&quot;</description>
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      <title>Sources: PGA Tour, PIF meeting in New York</title>
      <description>PGA Tour officials, including 15-time major champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b967ea91-ed2c-fad0-cf10-ba1dda3f869e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/462/tiger-woods&quot;&gt;Tiger Woods&lt;/a&gt;, are meeting with representatives from Saudi Arabia&#39;s Public Investment Fund in New York on Tuesday, sources confirmed to ESPN.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The sides are attempting to come to terms on a deal that would inject more than $1 billion from the PIF into PGA Tour Enterprises, the new for-profit entity launched by the tour and Strategic Sports Group.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The meetings are scheduled to last multiple days, sources told ESPN.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PGA Tour Enterprises chairman Joe Gorder and Fenway Sports Group owner John W. Henry are part of a transactional subcommittee that is negotiating with the Saudis, along with Woods and golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6acb7c43-d666-a9d5-ba00-43b863bc4bb8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/388/adam-scott&quot;&gt;Adam Scott&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The X flight tracking account radaratlas2 noted Tuesday that jets owned by Woods, the Saudi oil and natural gas company Aramco and the PGA Tour arrived in the New York area Monday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The meetings between the PGA Tour and the PIF were criticized by the 9/11 Justice group Tuesday. The group of 9/11 survivors, first responders and family members of those killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, have accused the Saudi Arabian government of supporting the terrorists.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Tomorrow, we commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, yet here we are today, in New York City, down the street from Ground Zero, and the PGA Tour and Tiger Woods are negotiating with them,&quot; 9/11 Justice president Brett Eagleson said in a statement. &quot;As has been confirmed in the last few weeks by CBS reporting, the Saudi Arabian government played a role in the horrific attacks of 9/11. It is disgusting, unacceptable, and incredibly painful that the Tour and Woods would do this -- especially now.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At last month&#39;s Tour Championship in Atlanta, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said talks with the PIF have been &quot;enhanced&quot; and are &quot;stronger&quot; than they&#39;d been in the past, hinting that a deal could be reached to bring the fractured sport back together.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF, which has financed the rival LIV Golf League the past three years, signed a framework agreement on June 6, 2023, to form an alliance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The deadline for that agreement expired Dec. 31, but the sides have continued to hammer out the details of a potential deal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I would say that the priority, it&#39;s been enhanced,&quot; Monahan said on Aug. 28. &quot;It&#39;s stronger. That&#39;s a direct result of dialogue and conversation and really starting to talk about the future, future product vision and where we can take our sport.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think when you get into productive conversations, that enhances the likelihood of positive outcomes and that enhances the spirit of those very conversations. I think that&#39;s where things stand.&quot;</description>
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      <description>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/jax/jacksonville-jaguars&quot;&gt;Jaguars&lt;/a&gt;&#39; home opener against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;539babc5-e5fb-753b-8ae1-c15032a91ef4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-browns&quot;&gt;Cleveland Browns&lt;/a&gt; won&#39;t be played at EverBank Stadium.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But it&#39;s not moving.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The teams will instead meet at TrEverBank Stadium, renamed after Jaguars quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;76111495-d1d9-2333-170d-4206eebe673f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4360310/trevor-lawrence&quot;&gt;Trevor Lawrence&lt;/a&gt; as part of his collaboration with the stadium&#39;s naming rights sponsor, EverBank. By the time the game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, work crews will have added temporary signage throughout the stadium and on the outside with the new name.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t like having too much of the spotlight with stuff like that, but I think it was clever,&quot; Lawrence said. &quot;They have the naming rights for the stadium, so it&#39;s a good play on words, and I was fine with it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lawrence&#39;s collaboration with the Jacksonville-based financial services company began last month, and he has appeared in ads across multiple platforms, including social media and television. The ads were filmed in June and include one in which he is helping supervise the installation of the TrEverBank logo.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a pretty cool spot,&quot; Lawrence said. &quot;The commercials are going to be pretty funny, and they did a good job with it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lawrence teased the announcement earlier this week with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/Trevorlawrencee/status/1833519763449851973&quot;&gt;post on X&lt;/a&gt; that featured four photos of him from different angles in a slide show with the words &quot;It&#39;s time for a change.&quot; That led to speculation on social media that he was considering cutting his long, blonde hair, even though he tagged EverBank Stadium&#39;s official account in the post.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not a chance, he said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lawrence and the Jaguars are coming off a 20-17 loss to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;af33088b-1e19-d27d-dbc0-354fd7151703&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/mia/miami-dolphins&quot;&gt;Miami Dolphins&lt;/a&gt; in their season opener at Hard Rock Stadium. The Browns lost their season opener to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;b0fc8fb7-9dbe-e574-9008-6f0ee7c6b234&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-cowboys&quot;&gt;Dallas Cowboys&lt;/a&gt; 33-17 at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland. The Jaguars are 15-14 in home openers but haven&#39;t beaten the Browns since 2017.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Is the scramble the best play in football? How running QBs have revolutionized the NFL</title>
      <description>Let&#39;s say you were a lapsed fan who hadn&#39;t watched professional football in, oh, about 40 years. If you tuned in to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/&quot;&gt;NFL&lt;/a&gt; game for the first time in decades in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/scoreboard/_/week/1/year/2024/seasontype/2&quot;&gt;Week 1&lt;/a&gt;, what would have stood out as different? I&#39;m guessing some of the technological advancements would have been the first thing you noticed. The first-down marker is helpful. The game looks better in high definition, sure. The absence of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/8615/nike-brings-the-neck-roll-back-to-the-nfl&quot;&gt;neck rolls&lt;/a&gt; might have seemed strange. Let&#39;s look past the visual side of things, though.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What about the game itself? What would have seemed most different from the past? There&#39;s something unique that has become commonplace in the current NFL, and it&#39;s a development that has fundamentally changed the sport. The running quarterback -- seen alternately as a fad, a problem to be corrected or simply not seen at all for long stretches of time -- has become a firmly entrenched entity.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subscribe: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=15230808&quot;&gt;&#39;The Bill Barnwell Show&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now, I know this isn&#39;t exactly &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; news. I&#39;m not arguing quarterbacks such as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7d76fbb1-1c5e-d9f4-954f-cad43f720ae2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3916387/lamar-jackson&quot;&gt;Lamar Jackson&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;237b9f2a-4701-8fc3-60eb-250978af9893&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3918298/josh-allen&quot;&gt;Josh Allen&lt;/a&gt; have just arrived, because they&#39;ve been in the league since &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft/rounds/_/round/1/season/2018&quot;&gt;2018&lt;/a&gt;. What&#39;s fascinating and meaningful about this shift right now is how widespread and seemingly permanent it has become. For most of the past half-century of football, the running quarterback was limited to one player per generation, an exception to the rule of pocket passers. They were almost regarded as gimmicks. Many players who might have qualified to play under center were moved to other positions before they could ever prove they were capable or incapable of serving as an NFL quarterback, with Jackson as a recent example of a prospect whom some observers wanted to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2018/story/_/id/22627000/former-louisville-cardinals-star-lamar-jackson-intends-qb-nfl&quot;&gt;move to another position&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s no longer the case for top prospects who have excelled at the college level. The number of quarterbacks who are essential components in their team&#39;s running game has grown and continues to rise. And the impact of those players is changing the game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;run&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump to a section:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41217438/how-running-qbs-changed-nfl-dual-threat-history-value-scramble-stats-future#run&quot;&gt;The staggering shift, and why 2018 is notable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41217438/how-running-qbs-changed-nfl-dual-threat-history-value-scramble-stats-future#design&quot;&gt;The impact of designed quarterback runs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41217438/how-running-qbs-changed-nfl-dual-threat-history-value-scramble-stats-future#scramble&quot;&gt;Is the scramble the best play in football?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let&#39;s put this into context, because the numbers are jarring. There are several ways to define a running quarterback, but let&#39;s use round numbers. One simple definition of a QB who both throws the football and runs more often than the occasional scramble, sneak or kneel-down would be a passer with 150 passing attempts and 100 rushing attempts in a season. That&#39;s easier to do in a 17-game season than it was in the 14-game era, but we&#39;re looking at a nominal passing workload and just over seven carries per game across a full year in the 14-game seasons to qualify as a runner by this list.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;From 1950 to 1988, there was exactly &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; instance of a player throwing the ball 150 times and running 100 times in the same season. It was Bears quarterback &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DougBo00.htm&quot;&gt;Bobby Douglass&lt;/a&gt; in 1972. He spent about 2½ seasons as the starter in Chicago and came within 38 yards of becoming the first QB in league history to rack up 1,000 rushing yards in a single season. The league saw Lou Holtz attempt to implement a version of the option during his brief stint as Jets coach a few years later, but otherwise, the NFL simply did not employ quarterbacks who ran the ball regularly. They were more likely to punt than become part of the run game, even in an era in which offenses were far more heavily weighted toward the run.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8/randall-cunningham&quot;&gt;Randall Cunningham&lt;/a&gt; came around and pulled off 150/100 in back-to-back seasons with the 1989 and 1990 Eagles. This opened up the door for individual exceptions to the league&#39;s de-facto rules, although the only player who had a qualifying season over the next decade was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/733/steve-mcnair&quot;&gt;Steve McNair&lt;/a&gt; in 1997. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1762/daunte-culpepper&quot;&gt;Daunte Culpepper&lt;/a&gt; did it with Minnesota in 2002, but the next quarterback to pull it off regularly was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2549/mike-vick&quot;&gt;Michael Vick&lt;/a&gt;, who accomplished it four times for Atlanta between 2002 and 2006 and then once more with Philadelphia in 2010.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You could argue the tide shifted in 2011, when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8d2efb5d-c098-e277-6a1e-4c8e2cc7f3ad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13200/tim-tebow&quot;&gt;Tim Tebow&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13994/cam-newton&quot;&gt;Cam Newton&lt;/a&gt; were &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/33547/tebow-newton-lead-way-on-good-qb-day&quot;&gt;150/100 guys&lt;/a&gt;, or the following year, when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;cfd9b6ef-8d5c-a561-1296-76749e0ba170&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14875/robert-griffin&quot;&gt;Robert Griffin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14001/colin-kaepernick&quot;&gt;Colin Kaepernick&lt;/a&gt; made playoff runs in offenses incorporating zone-read concepts from the college level. (Kaepernick didn&#39;t qualify that season, although he made it in 2014.) I&#39;m not sure they stuck the landing, though; Tebow was quickly &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/10222312/tim-tebow-not-done-nfl-espn-job&quot;&gt;out of the league&lt;/a&gt;, Griffin wasn&#39;t able to adjust after &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8829057/robert-griffin-iii-washington-redskins-acl-lcl-surgery&quot;&gt;tearing his ACL&lt;/a&gt;, and Kaepernick wasn&#39;t as effective once Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman were out of the picture. Newton was the one quarterback who was heavily involved in his team&#39;s running game who made it through multiple successful seasons on his second contract, although the hits he took might have shortened his career.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To put all that in context, over a 65-year span between 1950 and 2015, just 11 quarterbacks recorded a 150/100 season. Just four -- Newton, Vick, Cunningham and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f0610946-ceb6-9a99-3bcc-cf110b2078b5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14881/russell-wilson&quot;&gt;Russell Wilson&lt;/a&gt; -- did it more than once.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Over the past five years, &lt;i&gt;seven&lt;/i&gt; different quarterbacks have racked up 150/100 seasons. They&#39;ve been aided by a 17th game, but even upping the threshold to 150 passes and 125 rush attempts, five have reached this feat.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And right now, as we begin the 2024 season, a full quarter of the league&#39;s starting passers are involved in their team&#39;s run game. In the AFC, there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3918298/josh-allen&quot;&gt;Josh Allen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3916387/lamar-jackson&quot;&gt;Lamar Jackson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7e9fbd60-951e-2d9a-8d8c-b3f1ab6c4a4d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362887/justin-fields&quot;&gt;Justin Fields&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bfee0387-e51a-3429-baa1-8f8f84c37769&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4429084/anthony-richardson&quot;&gt;Anthony Richardson&lt;/a&gt;. The NFC has &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;caceb80c-6350-a107-9fcf-7c7bd1b4edd8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4040715/jalen-hurts&quot;&gt;Jalen Hurts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f03f3238-b035-6f0e-5844-1529ca021c3a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4426348/jayden-daniels&quot;&gt;Jayden Daniels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ad1bcc2-57bc-bb72-bcd0-0cdd0d945444&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917792/daniel-jones&quot;&gt;Daniel Jones&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9bef707d-d33f-266b-3020-81900d735915&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917315/kyler-murray&quot;&gt;Kyler Murray&lt;/a&gt;. There are others, such as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;37d87523-280a-9d4a-0adb-22cfc6d3619c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3139477/patrick-mahomes&quot;&gt;Patrick Mahomes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5f09781b-6b0b-7325-049b-a91e60d794e6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2577417/dak-prescott&quot;&gt;Dak Prescott&lt;/a&gt;, who have success as scramblers, but the eight just mentioned are involved in their team&#39;s designed run game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;More than half the league is going to take at least some snaps on designed quarterback runs. Go back to 2009, and there were 225 designed runs called for the league&#39;s 32 quarterbacks, according to ESPN&#39;s tracking data. Those runs don&#39;t include scrambles or sneaks, although a few quasi-sneaks inevitably slip through into the research. By last season, that number had more than doubled to 590 designed runs. There were 37 in Week 1, which would put the league on pace for a record-high 629 this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As it turns out, the draft that really shifted things was 2018, when five passers were selected in the first round. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;938f19a1-ef9b-618c-2365-d55291e0fcc6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3912547/sam-darnold&quot;&gt;Sam Darnold&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;18aee0ba-caac-e2d3-f457-f878d08ad443&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3886377/josh-rosen&quot;&gt;Josh Rosen&lt;/a&gt;, the two most traditional, pro-ready quarterbacks from that class, haven&#39;t been successful pros. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5bb4376a-d089-e3e4-e49a-44f1d709a012&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052587/baker-mayfield&quot;&gt;Baker Mayfield&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 1 pick, has mixed solid and frustrating campaigns and settled in as a low-end starter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The two most successful quarterbacks from that class are the guys who have derived significant value from their impact on the ground. Jackson, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39488311/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-wins-2nd-career-nfl-mvp-award&quot;&gt;two-time MVP&lt;/a&gt;, became the successor to Kaepernick and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;93cc8c92-8d08-5c88-80eb-a0b20a7621d7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14163/tyrod-taylor&quot;&gt;Tyrod Taylor&lt;/a&gt; in Greg Roman&#39;s offense -- Roman was in San Francisco and Buffalo before he came to Baltimore -- and took the league by storm as a dual threat. He was the league&#39;s best player last season. And while Allen can make any throw, the element that sustained him during his early-career struggles -- and the factor the Buffalo offense repeatedly falls back on when they need a play -- is his ability to move the chains with his legs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Since then, Murray, Jones, Richardson, Daniels and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;74e9bc8a-9d3a-a556-1924-5112f665c677&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4383351/trey-lance&quot;&gt;Trey Lance&lt;/a&gt; have been drafted in the top 10 as players who were all expected to make significant impacts with their legs. They&#39;ve stepped into offenses and immediately been used as runners in the same way they were in college without a second thought. That simply wasn&#39;t happening on a widespread basis without being questioned or dismissed as a fad before the breakthroughs of Jackson and Allen and their roles in their respective teams&#39; run games.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stephen A. Smith explains why even though Lamar Jackson put up great numbers, he&#39;s still disappointed in how the quarterback played in the big moments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;design&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There isn&#39;t advanced metrics or play-by-play data stretching back deep into the past, which limits the comparisons to make here. The earliest expected points added (EPA) data ESPN has dates to the 2007 season, which is fine for our purposes, since there weren&#39;t many quarterbacks featured in the run game. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9589/vince-young&quot;&gt;Vince Young&lt;/a&gt; led the NFL that season with 20 designed runs, and the players behind him were &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9597/jay-cutler&quot;&gt;Jay Cutler&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3636/david-garrard&quot;&gt;David Garrard&lt;/a&gt;, whose styles wouldn&#39;t be aligned with that of running quarterbacks in the modern NFL.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rushing EPA per play hasn&#39;t changed much over that stretch. Even as the league has moved heavily toward the pass after the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20274149/build-influence-legacy-2007-new-england-patriots-how-nearly-perfect-team-changed-nfl&quot;&gt;influence of the 2007 Patriots&lt;/a&gt; shifted teams&#39; openness toward the pass and spread offenses, rushing games averaged minus-0.03 EPA per attempt in 2007 and minus-0.04 EPA in 2023. Those numbers don&#39;t include sneaks, scrambles or kneel-downs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Even as their role in rushing attacks has grown, though, quarterbacks have been markedly more efficient than full-time running backs on these carries. Running backs generated minus-0.03 EPA per carry in 2007 and minus-0.05 EPA in 2023. Quarterbacks, even with their usage rate doubling, generated 0.16 EPA per rush last season. Their success rate on those runs was nearly 55%, well above the 43% success rate for halfbacks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The place in which they&#39;ve made an obvious impact is near the goal line, where the quarterback run game becomes more and more ubiquitous with each passing season. Quarterbacks were responsible for just over 10% of the league&#39;s rushing touchdowns in 2007. That mark was up over 24% last season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Quarterbacks took 10% of the total carries inside the 5-yard line in 2007, many of which were on sneaks and scrambles. That figure rose to 20% last season. Despite their usage rate doubling, quarterbacks scored on an identical rate of their rush attempts, ending their runs with celebrations in the end zone 47.7% of the time in 2007 and 47.5% in 2023.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When scrambles and sneaks are removed? Again, usage rate for quarterbacks has about doubled. Running backs and quarterbacks have grown more efficient at converting their carries inside the 5-yard line into scores, but without sneaks and scrambles, backs converted 39.6% of their touches into scores last season. Quarterbacks were at 60%.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It shouldn&#39;t be a surprise that running backs have grown more efficient over that time frame, and it&#39;s in part because of the rise of running quarterbacks. The evidence we&#39;ve seen suggests playing next to a running quarterback is likely to increase a running back&#39;s efficiency and effectiveness. Anecdotally, we&#39;ve seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13981/mark-ingram-ii&quot;&gt;Mark Ingram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;19743ecc-58ac-c2a3-2a66-c99701051510&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3045147/james-conner&quot;&gt;James Conner&lt;/a&gt; improve after joining teams with mobile quarterbacks, while &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c9d42ca5-0120-49e1-7889-de762f2a665f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4045163/miles-sanders&quot;&gt;Miles Sanders&lt;/a&gt; had his efficiency crater after leaving the Eagles and Hurts in 2023.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There aren&#39;t enough data points on a player-by-player basis to draw meaningful conclusions, but the on-field evidence suggests playing next to a quarterback who is a threat in the run game should make a running back&#39;s life easier. The threat of a quarterback keeping the football on zone-read or designed quarterback run plays can cause defenders to slow down and second-guess whether they want to attack the running back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While defenders aren&#39;t flummoxed by the concept of the zone-read the way they were in 2011 -- in part because every defender has seen those concepts in high school and college football before making it to the league -- the uncertainty about the quarterback run game is still enough to create unorthodox problems for opposing rush defenses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Adding the quarterback to the run game changes the numbers for teams on the defensive side. In the past, when they were exclusively handing the ball off and staying out of the run game altogether, defenses could dictate the numbers game. With two wide receivers and two cornerbacks aside, defensive coordinators could put seven players in the box (four defensive linemen, two linebackers and a third linebacker or nickel defensive back) against seven offensive players (a running back, a tight end and five offensive linemen). If the defense wanted to stop the run, it could move one of its two deep safeties into the box and play eight against seven.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the quarterback is in the picture, though, that changes. Now, if defenses play a team with a running quarterback, they&#39;re outnumbered if they have two deep safeties and need to have a safety in the box if they want to be even with an opposing offense. And as you might have heard, given how quarterbacks such as Allen and Hurts are throwing the football, defenses don&#39;t want to live in a single-high world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result, that problem of how to stay in a two-high shell while keeping the numbers even in the box has led to a few solutions, the most notable of which has been the proliferation of Vic Fangio-style defenses, although that might have peaked in 2023. One of the key components of Fangio&#39;s fronts has been asking defenders to play what would be considered &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2761771/2021/08/24/playing-gap-and-a-half-in-vic-fangio-and-brandon-staleys-system/&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;&quot;gap and a half&quot;&lt;/a&gt; responsibilities up front, where they attack one gap and then remain responsible for a secondary gap nearby. The goal is to try to defend as many gaps as possible without adding extra bodies to the box, creating something like an illusion of a full box long enough for the safeties to fly in and help make plays while also being able to stay deep in case of pass plays.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Naturally, as the league has also realized the advantages of play-action, the threat of the running quarterback has only made the threat of a play fake even more lethal. As an example, just about every team runs the boot and flood concepts that see a signal-caller fake a handoff to one side and then run to the other side, where receivers at short, intermediate and deep levels follow him to stretch the defense horizontally and vertically.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The boot concept almost always calls for the weakside defensive end to be left unblocked, which means a pass rusher will be free to attack the quarterback as he turns back around and runs his way. Less mobile passers can survive on these concepts by gaining the appropriate depth and reading the field quickly, but they&#39;re always more likely to take sacks and be forced into throwaways by their lack of agility and quickness.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mobile quarterbacks can simply outrun that free defender, and that creates more opportunities. They can extend those plays further, which allows more time for the deep concepts to open. They can scramble off those concepts into open space, which creates easy yards and/or forces the shallow defender to honor the threat of the scramble, opening space behind for receivers. The threat of all that in the passing game has led teams to send that defensive end directly at the quarterback and totally abandon the threat of the running back getting the football in recent years, which in itself allows backs to be more efficient, since there&#39;s less of a threat they&#39;ll be brought down when they cut back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Theoretically, the threat of mobile quarterbacks should also have an impact on what coverages end up being employed in pass situations. If teams believe they need to match the quarterback in the run game by getting an eighth defender in the box, they&#39;re prevented from playing split-field coverages and have to play single-high looks like Cover 1 and Cover 3. Modern NFL defenses try to disguise coverages and mess with box counts by moving safeties and changing looks on quarterbacks after the snap, but if they&#39;re getting gashed on the ground, they&#39;re going to get more bodies near the line of scrimmage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s a huge advantage for mobile quarterbacks! From 2018 to 2023, the three who faced 2-man coverage (man-to-man coverage with two deep safeties) least often are three mobile players: Jackson, Newton and Murray. Jackson has faced Cover 2 over that run at the lowest rate in the league. Jackson, Newton and Murray faced Cover 3 and their single-high looks, meanwhile, at three of the five highest rates over that stretch. If a quarterback&#39;s style of play can help dictate what coverages he sees, he&#39;s reducing the complexity of what he&#39;s facing on a week-to-week basis and can make more informed decisions in the passing game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;scramble&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There&#39;s another more widespread way quarterbacks make an impact with their feet, and that has grown into a hugely valuable element of modern NFL offenses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It might be! The average NFL scramble last season generated 0.31 EPA. That&#39;s significantly better than the typical non-scramble run play (minus-0.07 EPA) and even better than the average pass (0.13). In terms of yardage, the average scramble even generated slightly more yards (7.2) than pass plays (7.0). Should teams toss their run and pass plays out of the playbook and build the entire offense out of scrambles?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Well, not really. There&#39;s serious selection bias built into that data. Scrambles by definition are going to gain positive yardage because they all pass the line of scrimmage. A run that loses yardage is still a rush. A scramble that doesn&#39;t make it back to the line of scrimmage is marked as a sack.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s possible to work with the data to suss out some of those failed scrambles. What if failed scrambles were treated as sacks, where the quarterback made it out of the pocket and the sack took place after four seconds? This isn&#39;t a perfect definition, as some scrambles will produce sacks while the quarterback steps up inside the pocket and some could take place on designed boot concepts where a quarterback isn&#39;t trying to scramble, but this is a reasonable proxy for failed scrambles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When folding that in and including all the other sacks that aren&#39;t considered as failed scrambles as part of the passing performance, scrambles still rate as the best play in football, albeit nowhere near as drastically as they do by our first look. I&#39;d still argue there&#39;s selectiveness built into those numbers. Consider that a quarterback such as Mahomes often will scramble only if he feels confident he can get a first down.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#39;m not sure the scramble is the single best play in football, but I&#39;d certainly argue it&#39;s a valuable play and a hidden source of value for quarterbacks who create first downs with their legs. In 2023, quarterbacks ran for nearly 7,400 yards and 398 first downs on scrambles. That&#39;s about double what they produced in 2007, when they ran for 3,614 yards and 195 first downs. Efficiency on those scrambles isn&#39;t up dramatically -- they averaged 6.8 yards per scramble and a 36.6% first down rate in 2007, going up to 7.2 yards with a 38.7% rate last season -- but the influx of rushing signal-callers has led to them scrambling far more often.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Traditional passing metrics aren&#39;t incorporating the impact of those scrambles, which are nominally pass plays that end up turning into runs. ESPN&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/qbr&quot;&gt;Total QBR&lt;/a&gt; includes them, along with the impact on designed runs, fumbles and sacks taken by each quarterback.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To put that in context, consider a simple stat we&#39;ve used to judge quarterbacks for a long time: yards per attempt (Y/PA). It&#39;s simply passing yards divided by pass attempts, with no inclusions for scramble yards or sacks. What about incorporating yards gained on scrambles, yards lost on (all) sacks and changing the denominator from attempts to dropbacks to account for the added plays? This is similar to what net yards per attempt accomplishes, but we&#39;re adding scrambles to the mix as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When ranking last season&#39;s quarterbacks by yards per attempt and then comparing them to our metric with scrambles and sacks included, most of the changes align with the general consensus about these various quarterbacks relative to the rest of the league:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mahomes, who averaged 8.1 yards per attempt in his career before dropping to 7.0 yards last season, jumps from 17th in strict yards per attempt to 10th with scrambles and sacks included. That shouldn&#39;t be a surprise; his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/39460472/super-bowl-2024-preview-49ers-chiefs-stats-prediction-pick-bill-barnwell&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;secret superpower is avoiding sacks&lt;/a&gt;, and he scrambled for 406 yards last season, second in the NFL behind Jackson.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Allen jumps from ninth to fifth. His ability to extend plays without taking sacks is spectacular; he posted the league&#39;s best sack rate and averaged nearly eight yards per scramble, with his 370 scramble yards ranking third. Murray also improved from 22nd to 18th.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the flip side, a metric like this doesn&#39;t favor all rushing quarterbacks. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7e9fbd60-951e-2d9a-8d8c-b3f1ab6c4a4d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362887/justin-fields&quot;&gt;Justin Fields&lt;/a&gt;, who was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39747346/sources-bears-trading-qb-justin-fields-steelers&quot;&gt;traded by Chicago to Pittsburgh&lt;/a&gt; in the offseason, ranked fourth in scramble yards and was among the league leaders in averaging 8.4 yards per scramble attempt, but taking sacks more than 10% of the time drops him from 18th in traditional yards per attempt to 22nd in our modified metric.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5f09781b-6b0b-7325-049b-a91e60d794e6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2577417/dak-prescott&quot;&gt;Dak Prescott&lt;/a&gt; drops from fifth to ninth. The Cowboys star took sacks at an average rate, but he hasn&#39;t scrambled much since returning from his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32350400/what-dak-prescott-gruesome-injury-was-cowboys-giants-were-there-just-was-surreal&quot;&gt;2020 ankle injury&lt;/a&gt;. His 28 scrambles generated 193 scramble yards, which ranked 14th. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ebac7142-0cc2-ad3e-968c-f40a12ee68d4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4239086/desmond-ridder&quot;&gt;Desmond Ridder&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5916363e-a6ac-b982-bf03-2a84374413ff&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4426875/sam-howell&quot;&gt;Sam Howell&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5bb4376a-d089-e3e4-e49a-44f1d709a012&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052587/baker-mayfield&quot;&gt;Baker Mayfield&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2430b06b-1be6-0b7a-6a3b-cef2c06d1c61&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361259/zach-wilson&quot;&gt;Zach Wilson&lt;/a&gt; all fell by at least three spots.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Expanding the data to the past five full seasons and quarterbacks who have at least 1,000 dropbacks over that stretch, including scrambles and sacks aligns with our perceptions of quarterbacks. Mahomes jumps from eighth in raw yards per attempt to first in the adjusted metric. Allen goes from 19th to 10th, which still underrates him because of his impact on designed runs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2330/tom-brady&quot;&gt;Tom Brady&lt;/a&gt;, who avoided sacks at an elite rate into his 40s, jumps from 24th to 17th. And on the flip side, top-10 quarterbacks by yards per attempt, including &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b6ec8e9e-3d85-a1de-9d0a-5a51621a9c20&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3122840/deshaun-watson&quot;&gt;Deshaun Watson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2d6af5dc-b3d3-e2d4-cf72-27d4a8eb93cd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14876/ryan-tannehill&quot;&gt;Ryan Tannehill&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f0610946-ceb6-9a99-3bcc-cf110b2078b5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14881/russell-wilson&quot;&gt;Russell Wilson&lt;/a&gt;, all drop by nine spots or more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This metric isn&#39;t anything extraordinary. Stats such as Total QBR use a better framework (EPA) and do a better job of contextualizing the impact of each of these plays on performance. Yards per attempt wasn&#39;t a perfect metric from the jump. What I&#39;m hoping sinks in here, though, is there&#39;s meaningful value being generated by quarterbacks with scrambles (and by avoiding sacks) that isn&#39;t being captured through traditional statistics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Scrambles only amount to about 3% of all offensive plays, up from 1.7% in 2007, but the combination of quarterbacks in the designed rushing attack and working on scrambles is making a bigger impact on the broader game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In Week 1, with those eight running quarterbacks in starting lineups around the league, signal-callers ran for 787 yards. That&#39;s the third-highest total for any week since at least 2007, which is as far back as ESPN&#39;s data goes. Given the paucity of run-friendly quarterbacks before that time, it&#39;s likely the third-most rushing yards produced by quarterbacks in any given week in NFL history. That came in a week in which no passer had an extraordinary game on the ground by their standards. (The current single-week record, 801 yards, came during Week 9 in 2022, when Fields led the way by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34968349/bears-justin-fields-sets-regular-season-rushing-mark-qb&quot;&gt;running for 178&lt;/a&gt;.) It would hardly be a surprise if this record were reset at least once this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The rushing volume might already be shifting the game. Just two quarterbacks threw for 300 in Week 1. Teams were running at a higher rate than they have in recent years, a product of several factors, including defenses continuing to shift to lighter boxes and the wider spread of run-friendly passers. The runs also produced shorter games; while the average Week 1 contest between 2019 and 2023 saw each team run 64.2 offensive snaps per contest, teams in Week 1 ran 60.2 snaps. That might not feel like a lot, but over the course of a full season, a four-play difference would be the equivalent of missing a full game&#39;s worth of snaps.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As I wrote in November in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/38847857/nfl-running-back-free-agent-market-2024-offseason-future-barkley-jacobs-elliott-ekeler-taylor&quot;&gt;my look at running back contracts&lt;/a&gt; and why backs were struggling to get paid, the shift toward running quarterbacks has impacted the value of players at other positions. Since quarterbacks are scoring a higher percentage of rushing touchdowns than they did in decades past, it&#39;s difficult for backs to rack up the gaudy touchdown totals peak players would have, limiting their cumulative numbers and their chances of winning awards.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Teams with running quarterbacks might also feel more comfortable building the offense around that signal-caller and trusting that his gravity might allow their running game to remain efficient with a wider range of potential running backs, which would make those backs less valuable and more replaceable. At the same time, we&#39;ve just seen the Eagles (&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;94486c18-dd3e-6081-a3fe-4a26b71ddcdc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3929630/saquon-barkley&quot;&gt;Saquon Barkley&lt;/a&gt;) and Ravens (&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81c182a5-8981-2272-a00f-f8daf9533e07&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3043078/derrick-henry&quot;&gt;Derrick Henry&lt;/a&gt;) invest in veteran backs in free agency.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What feels true, at least in the near future, is it doesn&#39;t feel like the league is about to head back in the other direction. Vick and Cunningham were anomalies in their respective generations. Griffin and Kaepernick were regarded, at least by some portion of the football universe, as gimmicks with a short shelf life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now, most high-level high school and college games on a weekly basis feature quarterbacks who are mobile and play meaningful roles as scramblers. Many offenses have some semblance of a quarterback run game built in. Forty-seven FBS quarterbacks carried the ball on at least 50 designed runs (without sneaks or scrambles) a year ago. Fewer elite athletes are being moved off the position at lower levels. And pro teams are more open to installing concepts from college playbooks than they were decades ago, meaning quarterbacks who run those plays at lower levels can do so at the highest one as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At this point, it seems more likely the NFL will shift toward having more quarterbacks who feature meaningfully in their team&#39;s run game as opposed to heading back toward the zero-run game that filled up most of the league&#39;s first few decades. That&#39;s going to impact the league and how we think about the sport. Will true pocket passers be marginalized for not producing enough with their legs? Can a quarterback taking hits on designed runs every week last for 20 years? Will defenses start returning toward heavier boxes and more traditional lineups? If that lapsed fan tuned in after 40 years, he would be looking at an evolved version of football that is going to keep accelerating forward in the decades to come.</description>
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      <title>&#39;You&#39;re going to hear Tua&#39;s mouth&#39;: How a more vocal Tua Tagovailoa became the leader Dolphins need</title>
      <description>MIAMI -- For two quarters, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;af33088b-1e19-d27d-dbc0-354fd7151703&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/mia/miami-dolphins&quot;&gt;Miami Dolphins&lt;/a&gt;&#39; offense looked nothing like itself on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Trailing the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ca6fb778-cbf6-d9a3-3e93-01230335fcab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/jax/jacksonville-jaguars&quot;&gt;Jacksonville Jaguars&lt;/a&gt; 17-7 heading into the break, the unit -- which finished No. 1 in total offense and No. 2 in scoring last season -- had managed just 160 yards in a sluggish performance punctuated by boos from the Hard Rock Stadium crowd.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Something needed to change at halftime; quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3858bbe0-6348-e3ef-5d9f-2dd2acb46f44&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4241479/tua-tagovailoa&quot;&gt;Tua Tagovailoa&lt;/a&gt; made sure that it did.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Addressing his teammates in the locker room, the once-quiet, fifth-year quarterback tore into the offense -- calling out veterans &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a3ef592c-a48e-d761-be9c-b81819cfe0ea&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116406/tyreek-hill&quot;&gt;Tyreek Hill&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;db4bf6c9-e27d-8382-372f-120b3da89bd6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4372016/jaylen-waddle&quot;&gt;Jaylen Waddle&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7609f488-43c8-df3e-3fb5-00283ae028a6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15821/terron-armstead&quot;&gt;Terron Armstead&lt;/a&gt; among others -- and demanded that they play to the high standards the unit had set the previous season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;For my quarterback to call me out in front of the whole offense like that, I had to step up,&quot; said Hill, who caught an 80-yard touchdown in the second half, after the game. &quot;I had to do my thing. I like that in a leader.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa&#39;s fiery speech worked. The Dolphins finished with 400 yards and beat Jacksonville 20-17 on a walk-off field goal. It was also the latest example of Tagovailoa&#39;s improved leadership. His teammates say he has been more vocal on and off the field. While he has always possessed a natural charisma, his confidence has been restored since the arrival of coach Mike McDaniel in 2022. Tagovailoa&#39;s increased mastery of McDaniel&#39;s offense gives him the agency to speak up and direct a team eager to win its first playoff game since 2000.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Miami has been to the postseason five times without a win since then and hasn&#39;t won its division in 16 years. After racing to a 9-3 start in 2023, the Dolphins lost four of their final six games, including a lackluster 26-7 wild-card defeat at the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f68f2343-8ceb-7a02-740d-af6338be21d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/kc/kansas-city-chiefs&quot;&gt;Kansas City Chiefs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In July, Miami showed faith in Tagovailoa to get the Dolphins over the hump, signing him to a four-year, $212.1 million extension that made him the highest-paid player in franchise history. Along with the outlay came increased expectations to lead the team on deep playoff runs, beginning with this season, which will continue Thursday against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;232afaf2-01ac-fcc2-8bd6-66550df1703a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-bills&quot;&gt;Buffalo Bills&lt;/a&gt; (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s a responsibility Tagovailoa has embraced.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Heavy is the crown, whoever&#39;s wearing that,&quot; Tagovailoa said. &quot;I&#39;m the highest-paid employee in this office. I&#39;ve got to get my whatever together, I&#39;ve got to get that right and get our guys moving in the direction that we need to go, to be able to do those things.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;A vocal Tua Tagovailoa called out offensive teammates for a lackluster first half against the Jaguars.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Sam Navarro-Imagn Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HILL JOKED BEFORE &lt;/strong&gt;the start of the season that Tagovailoa might have become &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; vocal this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s more vocal in the huddle, he&#39;s more vocal in the locker room, he&#39;s vocal everywhere,&quot; Hill said. &quot;Like everywhere I walk inside of this building you&#39;re going to hear Tua&#39;s mouth like to the point where I&#39;m like, &#39;I wish you&#39;d shut up now.&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It hasn&#39;t always been like that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa said he didn&#39;t feel empowered during his first two years in the NFL, which coincided with former coach Brian Flores&#39; tenure with the Dolphins. His two seasons with McDaniel have been the opposite.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;During an interview on &quot;The Dan Le Batard Show&quot; in August, Tagovailoa described the differences between Flores&#39; and McDaniel&#39;s coaching styles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;To put it in simplest terms, if you woke up every morning and I told you [that] you suck at what you did, that you don&#39;t belong doing what you do, that you shouldn&#39;t be here, that this guy should be here, that you haven&#39;t earned this right, and then you have somebody else come in and tell you, &#39;Dude, you are the best fit for this,&#39;&quot; he said in the interview, &quot;how would it make you feel listening to one or the other?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You start to believe that. And so that&#39;s what sort of ended up happening. It&#39;s basically been two years of training that out.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McDaniel was hired one month after Flores was fired. One of his first priorities was to build Tagovailoa&#39;s confidence, which included showing his QB a 700-play highlight tape showcasing the qualities that made him a good fit for McDaniel&#39;s offense. As Tagovailoa&#39;s confidence grew, so did his production. Since 2022, he ranks fourth in the NFL in passing yards, fifth in passing touchdowns and third in expected points added.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa also began to speak up, gradually improving each year before blossoming this offseason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;When he was young, [he was] more of a lead-by-example guy, but I think he&#39;s just gotten so comfortable in the last couple years, and there&#39;s a lot of factors that go into that,&quot; Dolphins tight end &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f5dd2ee0-0b6b-0787-49c4-8c3dcfd9461c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052897/durham-smythe&quot;&gt;Durham Smythe&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;In this game, if you&#39;re playing really well in terms of your standards, it&#39;s easy to be confident and comfortable. And obviously these last two seasons, he&#39;s played very well. ... When you&#39;re doing that ... you can say what you want to say, you can be yourself around the guys.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dolphins offensive players say Tagovailoa also became more assertive this offseason, spearheading off-field hangouts to build chemistry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to Hill, who joined the Dolphins in a March 2022 trade, there has been a clear difference between Tua then and now. Tagovailoa has taken greater command of and responsibility for the offense, making sure to gather his teammates after each play to discuss what he saw.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;When I first came in here, we&#39;d run a play and then it&#39;d be like, &#39;Where&#39;s Tua at? I need to talk to him about this play.&#39; Versus now, he&#39;s coming to find you. It&#39;s a beautiful thing to see.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The same thing that [&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;37d87523-280a-9d4a-0adb-22cfc6d3619c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3139477/patrick-mahomes&quot;&gt;Patrick Mahomes&lt;/a&gt;] used to do back in K.C. making sure that guys see it the same as him. It&#39;s great.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;379&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Tua Tagovailoa is more comfortable displaying leadership skills on the field and in the locker room.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TAGOVAILOA ADMITS HE&lt;/strong&gt; has shown a different side of himself on the field this year, but says the leadership qualities have always been inside him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;A lot of the guys know who I am off the field. Just on the field, it&#39;s just, I guess, coming out now,&quot; he said. &quot;That&#39;s just what it is. I guess feeling more comfortable bringing my own personality onto the playing field ... bringing my own personality into playing the game of football.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McDaniel thinks Tagovailoa&#39;s leadership qualities go even deeper. He says his quarterback possesses an innate charisma that causes people to gravitate toward him, which is buoyed by his authenticity and production on the field.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There are certain guys that have an &#39;it&#39; factor with large groups, especially teams,&quot; McDaniel said. &quot;There&#39;s ways to measure energy waves, and the strongest energy wave you can give off is authenticity. So I think that&#39;s what people feel and that&#39;s why people follow, is not only do they like and believe in him, believe in his skills and his ability to lead them to places they haven&#39;t been, but they also trust it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa acknowledged McDaniel&#39;s assertion of having an it factor, saying it&#39;s something he has felt since he was young.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve had the it factor since I was in high school, then going into college, and then coming here,&quot; he said. &quot;That&#39;s how I&#39;ve always viewed myself as -- going out and competing. Yeah, very, very nice, very cool, calm, collected, but inside just very competitive. So a lot of the guys know how I am and whatnot, but I guess it&#39;s just now showing that I&#39;m becoming a little more vocal.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa&#39;s natural charisma combined with his willingness to speak up more is why teammates say his halftime speech against the Jaguars was so well-received.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;403&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Tua Tagovailoa, left, credits his relationship with head coach Mike McDaniel, right, for empowering him to lead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Armstead commended Tagovailoa for standing up and addressing the team. Armstead said Tagovailoa&#39;s readiness to challenge and call out veteran players -- and even coaches -- helped establish a sense of urgency that sparked the second-half comeback.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;From a coach&#39;s perspective, McDaniel appreciated Tagovailoa essentially taking the words out of his mouth. He called the address to the team &quot;genuine&quot; and &quot;constructive.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There were details that led to execution in terms of how we are organized and communicate,&quot; McDaniel said. &quot;I guess at the time, he definitely felt that there were several guys that were loose there. I couldn&#39;t deny that at all and was really pumped to hear him constructively lead. It wasn&#39;t, &#39;Let&#39;s win,&#39; or &#39;Let&#39;s make plays.&#39; It was, &#39;Let&#39;s adhere to our standard,&#39; which is what a captain and a franchise quarterback have to be -- that voice to echo.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For Tagovailoa, who finished the afternoon with 338 passing yards and a touchdown, the motivation to speak up was simple: He wanted to help his team win.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was just one of those deals where we just needed to get our head out of our ass,&quot; he said. &quot;We got punched in the mouth. That&#39;s what you get. How are you going to respond?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the Dolphins fail to meet expectations in 2024, it likely won&#39;t be for a lack of accountability -- especially from Tagovailoa.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think you see [the change in Tagovailoa], it&#39;s just infectious right now. It&#39;s spreading throughout the entire locker room in the best way possible,&quot; fullback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ee6c83cc-8bbe-e3eb-5c92-c342a2411f60&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917668/alec-ingold&quot;&gt;Alec Ingold&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;The results on the field were one thing last year, but the way he&#39;s leading this locker room on and off the field is something completely different now.&quot;</description>
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      <description>ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;55041575-ba08-38c9-9261-b55db2c39071&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4635008/keon-coleman&quot;&gt;Keon Coleman&lt;/a&gt; sees your social media comments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Everything,&quot; the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;232afaf2-01ac-fcc2-8bd6-66550df1703a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-bills&quot;&gt;Buffalo Bills&lt;/a&gt; rookie wide receiver clarifies. &quot;I don&#39;t go out my way to see it, but I see everything. It&#39;s funny ... it&#39;s laughable cause nobody really knows me except my family. So, it&#39;s like, I don&#39;t really care. It don&#39;t affect me. I&#39;m mentally strong.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are some misconceptions about the youngest player on the Bills, or at least the side of him the world saw when he first became an NFL player. Coleman, who turned 21 in May, was being his authentic self,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;but the internet -- as can be the case -- ran with things.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Perhaps you&#39;ve seen the clips. All samples of, &quot;That&#39;s just Keon.&quot; It&#39;s a phrase that comes up often.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Examples include: Coleman &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZ-XfCaV0g&quot;&gt;talking about his yellow jacket&lt;/a&gt; after a reporter asked about it during his introductory news conference; Coleman &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqBQF3-BICU&quot;&gt;running down the field&lt;/a&gt; in his new home stadium and visualizing a touchdown; Coleman &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj4hGYyxHk4&quot;&gt;grabbing a cookie&lt;/a&gt; on his way out of the Bills media room; Coleman describing himself as &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P8o54YXriGU&quot;&gt;Tiger Wish-He-Could&lt;/a&gt;,&quot; in reference to his golf game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Social media was lit ablaze by the player who arrived at One Bills Drive and was simply himself.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The videos were far-reaching enough that Hall of Fame wide receiver Andre Reed &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/NFLPA/status/1791673370406482308&quot;&gt;surprised Coleman on his birthday&lt;/a&gt; at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere event in a similar yellow jacket and with cookies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A straight-shooter, Coleman doesn&#39;t understand where the belief that he loves cookies came from -- he was just hungry. He said he doesn&#39;t have any in his home; &quot;people blow everything out of proportion,&quot; he said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s all authentic, yet only scratches the surface.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m a little more closed off than people may think because of an interview,&quot; Coleman told ESPN. &quot;You got to see some of that, but people don&#39;t really, really know me how they think they know me.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ALL EYES WERE&lt;/strong&gt; going to be on any wide receiver the Bills brought in after moving on from &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d6ba7023-458c-f59a-4af2-638770067518&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2976212/stefon-diggs&quot;&gt;Stefon Diggs&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6c5c1b3d-32c0-84fd-a488-95fbed7c1a73&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4243537/gabe-davis&quot;&gt;Gabe Davis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As this new chapter continues with a Week 2 divisional matchup visiting the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;af33088b-1e19-d27d-dbc0-354fd7151703&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/mia/miami-dolphins&quot;&gt;Miami Dolphins&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday night (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video) the 33rd overall pick will be fascinating to watch develop, with the potential for plenty of highlight-reel catches on the horizon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coleman got off to a solid start as a blocker and receiver in Week 1&#39;s 34-28 win over the Cardinals, leading Buffalo&#39;s receivers in snaps (73%) and all receiving categories (four receptions on five targets for 51 yards). That included one &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/BuffaloBills/status/1832863688744984660&quot;&gt;eye-popping sideline catch&lt;/a&gt; on the winning drive. In the weeks leading up to his first NFL game, Coleman&#39;s quiet confidence was apparent, as was his authenticity.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s going to spit out stuff that he truly believes in, whether it&#39;s outrageous or not, and that&#39;s just him, and he&#39;s an authentic guy and he&#39;s a loyal guy, too,&quot; Randy Livingston, Coleman&#39;s AAU basketball coach, who is close with the family, said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The fun, chatty and joking personality is a significant part of Coleman. There&#39;s also cerebral and focused Coleman, who is intent on being successful for himself, the Bills and his community back in Opelousas, Louisiana. Coleman&#39;s NFL journey is just beginning.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385132_2499x2020cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385132_2499x2020cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385132_2499x2020cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385132_2499x2020cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;460&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Keon Coleman got off to a solid start for Buffalo as a blocker and receiver in Week 1&#39;s 34-28 win 

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      <description>In April, after the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; suffered a second straight playoff defeat at the hands of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c4aceb39-0eb9-a30b-1120-9cb5b12b677a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/den/denver-nuggets&quot;&gt;Denver Nuggets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; was asked if he had played his last game with the franchise.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m not going to answer that,&quot; James replied.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;James let his signature do the talking in July, when the 39-year-old superstar inked a two-year, $104 million contract extension.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, more questions have surfaced after a consequential summer that saw the team replace coach Darvin Ham with JJ Redick and select &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;11d78ed1-9289-39e6-9718-53544707277d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4897943/dalton-knecht&quot;&gt;Dalton Knecht&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;456f71fd-2ce5-3f50-8d0d-f30c0159789d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683774/bronny-james&quot;&gt;Bronny James&lt;/a&gt; on draft night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And, thanks to a string of role players exercising options on their contracts, the Lakers will return largely the same roster that finished No. 7 in the Western Conference and had to reach the playoffs through the play-in tournament.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With less than three weeks until the start of training camp, here is a look at five major storylines as James embarks on season No. 22, Redick makes his coaching debut and the Lakers chase a return to championship contention.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Often a coach will want to have his team perform in a fashion that reflects his playing style, but the plan Redick shared for James during his introductory news conference was next-level mimicry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Him and I have joked about this, but like, he shot over 40% from 3 this year,&quot; Redick said. &quot;Like, I want him shooting 3s.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Indeed, James shot 41% last season -- the highest of his 21-year career (and not far off the sharpshooting Redick&#39;s career 41.5% mark). It was up from 32.1% the season before, a leap that James credits to his foot injury healing and being able to put in the requisite practice time to hone his shot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 8.9% increase was the fourth largest in NBA history season to season for a player with at least 300 3-point attempts. Another substantial increase under Redick would be rarer still, but there could be improvement by the offense creating more of the right types of looks for James.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;James particularly excelled at catch-and-shoot 3s (45.4%), which ranked third in the league among players with 200 or more attempts, according to Second Spectrum tracking. This could also explain why the analytics-minded rookie coach said he wants to mix in more off-ball action for James this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And there was one area of the court -- above the break on the left side -- where James was elite, connecting on 46% of his 3s from there, per Second Spectrum.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After finishing fourth in voting for Defensive Player of the Year last season, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dcf63163-4dbf-c59d-1920-3ecc2f8bd5fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt; seemed resigned to being overlooked for the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll never get it,&quot; Davis told ESPN when asked about the award. &quot;They&#39;re not giving it to me. The league doesn&#39;t like me. I&#39;m the best defensive player in the league. I can switch 1 through 5. I can guard the pick-and-roll the best in the league, from a big standpoint. I block shots. I rebound.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know what else to do. I&#39;m over it. I&#39;m just going to do what I got to do to help the team win and try to play for a championship. Accolades and individual awards, I&#39;m done with those.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Davis got the last laugh over the reigning DPOY over the summer, besting four-time winner &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;78795dbf-3e02-934e-f796-d6a71375c9f5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt; and France in the Olympic gold-medal game while bringing a defensive edge to Team USA. Davis led the U.S. in blocks (1.5) and was second in rebounds (6.7) and fourth in steals (1.2) while ranking only eighth in minutes played (16.6).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;His defensive numbers for the Lakers last season were dominant en route to a first-team All-Defense selection, joining &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;8aef8547-32f5-0943-a1de-e734567674cc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/sa/san-antonio-spurs&quot;&gt;San Antonio Spurs&lt;/a&gt; big man &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e8844b2-d923-3926-82d2-f19a29d69490&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt; as the only other player to average at least two blocks and one steal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last season, Davis ranked in the league&#39;s top 10 in:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Field goal percentage allowed in the paint&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Field goal percentage allowed on post-ups&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Field goal percentage allowed in isolations&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;His presence lifted the entire team, as L.A. held opponents to 60% on layups and dunks with Davis on the court (which would have ranked ninth in the league for the entire season), but that number jumped to 65% when Davis sat (which would have ranked 29th).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While there&#39;s a case to be made for Davis being back in the DPOY conversation this season, especially after Gobert&#39;s playoff ineffectiveness in the conference semifinals and occasional benching in Paris, Wembanyama&#39;s star has only risen since finishing second for the award as a rookie.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One thing Davis has made clear to the Lakers, sources told ESPN, is his preference to play alongside another big more often. The Lakers are thin in the middle going into the season with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4761286a-feb8-2ea2-d371-dbf677ddf5eb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3058254/christian-wood&quot;&gt;Christian Wood&lt;/a&gt; expected to be out for at least eight weeks following left knee surgery, leaving &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4cd92ac1-73ce-653d-c3b1-9c68e9c7a4d0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397077/jaxson-hayes&quot;&gt;Jaxson Hayes&lt;/a&gt; and two-way player &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75f6a3fc-5c58-eef5-5475-f708edec59c4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397204/colin-castleton&quot;&gt;Colin Castleton&lt;/a&gt; as the only other healthy centers on the roster.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lakers lost 190 games to injuries to four role players last season: Wood (32), forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e03c77d2-fb3e-e0fb-c227-ee9a35aa1aa9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395627/cam-reddish&quot;&gt;Cam Reddish&lt;/a&gt; (34), forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;888ccde3-98d4-6ef8-c697-d6a4ce158f87&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278077/jarred-vanderbilt&quot;&gt;Jarred Vanderbilt&lt;/a&gt; (53) and guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;82247bd5-fd40-3926-f54f-af0cc016aa37&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3137259/gabe-vincent&quot;&gt;Gabe Vincent&lt;/a&gt; (71).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wood and Reddish picked up options on their contracts to return, despite underwhelming campaigns, while Vincent, Vanderbilt and second-year guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;13f136bb-6a2f-3648-8ecb-0e2a77c98500&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5105797/jalen-hood-schifino&quot;&gt;Jalen Hood-Schifino&lt;/a&gt;, who played in just 21 games last season, were all on multiyear deals.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All of this is to say, while the Lakers&#39; roster might look virtually identical to last season, the effectiveness of the roster could be vastly better with an increase in availability.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While Wood underwent surgery last week and Vanderbilt&#39;s foot is still not 100%, sources confirmed to ESPN, Vincent, Reddish and Hood-Schifino will be ready to compete for minutes from the start -- giving Redick more options.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lakers&#39; No. 55 selection in the draft likely received more attention than every other 55th pick in league history combined.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then again, no other No. 55 pick was the son of the NBA&#39;s all-time leading scorer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After a lackluster summer league showing in which he made seven of his 31 shots across six games, Bronny James continued to work out at the Lakers&#39; facilities throughout the offseason, and the team remains enthusiastic about the 6-foot-2 shooting guard&#39;s potential.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The younger James signed a four-year deal with the Lakers but is likely to spend significant time in the G League this season. Once there, he&#39;ll be coached by new South Bay Lakers coach Zach Guthrie, a disciple of &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;15096a54-f015-c987-5ec8-55afedf6272f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-hawks&quot;&gt;Atlanta Hawks&lt;/a&gt; coach Quin Snyder who is expected to bring high-level offensive concepts to the team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384246_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;LeBron James enters his 22nd NBA season with a new coach and his son as a teammate. What&#39;s in store for the Lakers with training camp three weeks away?&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lakers were quiet at the 2024 trade deadline and quieter still in the offseason when it came to finding upgrades. But don&#39;t expect the team, which maintained some roster flexibility by remaining under the restrictive second apron, to look the same in the postseason as it does on opening night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;L.A. has several assets in its coffers that it can aggregate in a potential trade for a star: its 2029 and 2031 first-round picks; young talent on affordable contracts, such as Knecht, Hood-Schifino and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;29a42e27-f5a8-3d6e-a950-2b76a81f1d20&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432582/max-christie&quot;&gt;Max Christie&lt;/a&gt;; and players on midrange contracts, such as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;155978bc-3f36-925f-c5b2-b0f15c5a2a13&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136776/dangelo-russell&quot;&gt;D&#39;Angelo Russell&lt;/a&gt; (an expiring $18.6 million deal), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;40c1bcf6-675b-f217-f97c-1d628073f927&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066648/rui-hachimura&quot;&gt;Rui Hachimura&lt;/a&gt; ($17 million), Vincent ($11 million) and Vanderbilt ($10.7 million).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One name to watch: &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;585a3d05-447b-8a2f-bfed-56049d1c04ba&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6477/jonas-valanciunas&quot;&gt;Jonas Valanciunas&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;64d73af6-b8ec-e213-87e8-a4eab3a692e7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/wsh/washington-wizards&quot;&gt;Washington Wizards&lt;/a&gt;. James offered to take a pay cut to open up the full midlevel exception to sign the free agent big man, but he opted for more guaranteed money from a three-year, $30 million deal in Washington.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Still, the Lakers need a center, the Wizards don&#39;t figure to be contenders this season, and Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka has a proven record of getting deals done with Washington&#39;s organization.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;ESPN Stats &amp;amp; Information&#39;s Matt Williams contributed to this story.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ESPN Fantasy Basketball 101: How to play</title>
      <description>You love basketball. You follow the NBA, root for your favorite team and couldn&#39;t believe the plays that &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e8844b2-d923-3926-82d2-f19a29d69490&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt; made as a rookie last season in San Antonio.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And you still haven&#39;t played fantasy basketball?!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If that sounds a lot like you, this is the perfect season to give it a try -- there is just so much exciting stuff happening around the league. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278073/shai-gilgeous-alexander&quot;&gt;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&lt;/a&gt; are on the rise. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;22f57511-06ae-1587-f01b-33965365ce0d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic&quot;&gt;Nikola Jokic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3059318/joel-embiid&quot;&gt;Joel Embiid&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo&quot;&gt;Giannis Antetokounmpo&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic&quot;&gt;Luka Doncic&lt;/a&gt; remain top MVP candidates. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; are both still going strong.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There has never been a better time to jump right into the fantasy game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Imagine having &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt; on your team when he gets on a roll from 3-point land and carries you to victory. Or what it feels like to have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432573/paolo-banchero&quot;&gt;Paolo Banchero&lt;/a&gt; on your squad when he stuffs the stat sheet and takes his game to another level in year three.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;These are the moments you remember as a fantasy manager!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In fact, many of those who&#39;ve played fantasy basketball over the years can recall specific games that certain players had for them. An epic scoring night by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065648/jayson-tatum&quot;&gt;Jayson Tatum&lt;/a&gt;, another &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396993/tyrese-haliburton&quot;&gt;Tyrese Haliburton&lt;/a&gt; gem or a monstrous effort by &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dcf63163-4dbf-c59d-1920-3ecc2f8bd5fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;So fun. So, so fun!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you&#39;re not an expert, don&#39;t worry -- we have everything you need to know about how to enter a league and draft a winning team. Even if you&#39;re a total beginner, you will still have the tools to experience the joy of fantasy basketball like millions do every year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make the league your own&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Every fantasy basketball league is different. While there are basic rules and settings that apply across the board (you will learn about those below), each league takes on its own identity based on settings like roster size, injury spots, stat categories and other specifics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We encourage you to join or start a league that fits what you&#39;re looking for. If you want to be more casual and set your lineups once a week, find a league that uses weekly lineup changes. If you&#39;re a little bit more diehard with all this and want to be able to add and drop players and craft new lineups on a daily basis, that&#39;s the type of league you should enter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The bottom line is to do what&#39;s fun for you. Find a league that keeps you tuning in to watch your players every night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With that in mind, we&#39;ve put together ESPN Fantasy Basketball 101 to give you an overview of how to get started, how to prepare for your draft and how to play during the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now it&#39;s time for you to sign up and join the fun!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000057551-Fantasy-Basketball&quot;&gt;ESPN Fantasy Basketball FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000057551-Fantasy-Basketball&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; for a quick reference for basic game-related questions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806353/how-sign-espn-fantasy-app&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to sign up on the ESPN Fantasy app&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Were you invited to an ESPN Fantasy Basketball league? Do you want to create your own as a League Manager? We have complete instructions for you &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806353/how-sign-espn-fantasy-app&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20805942/how-sign-up&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to sign up online&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whether you were invited to join an already-existing league or want to create your own as a League Manager, you&#39;ll find everything you need to do so &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20805942/how-sign-up&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;League settings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you created your own league, you&#39;ll need to make sure all of your league&#39;s rules and settings -- including roster size, scoring, regular-season schedules and playoff schedules -- are to your liking. We have all of the details of how to do that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20804379/league-team-pages&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Check out your league and team pages&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s time to learn more about your league and team pages, so you know where everything is. We&#39;ve got you covered with a detailed tour &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20804379/league-team-pages&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Know your rules&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This might seem incredibly basic, but even veteran fantasy basketball players often assume they know their league rules even when they don&#39;t. The result of overlooking a rule can be costly, so be sure you know the rules before your draft.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Go to your fantasy basketball league page, click on League, then Settings. Here, you&#39;ll be able to find all the rules that are in place for your league this season. This includes roster construction, scoring, schedule, playoff structure and more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Take the time to carefully go over every section. To make sure you understand the thinking behind each rule, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot;&gt;check out our League Settings overview&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Draft prep&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A good draft will put you in position to have a successful season, and taking time to prepare beforehand is key. That includes formulating strategies and printing out rankings that reflect your league&#39;s scoring format.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don&#39;t worry, we have you covered with customized expert rankings and draft strategies in the ESPN Fantasy Basketball draft kit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Autodraft prep&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you don&#39;t plan to take part in a live draft, that&#39;s OK. Our system will automatically draft for you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Still, you have the option of guiding how our system will draft your team. Go to your Team page and click &quot;Edit Autopick Strategy.&quot; Here, you can decide which player positions you&#39;d like to pick in which parts of the draft and how many players at each position you want to select overall.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806648/mock-drafts&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mock drafts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mock drafts are simply practice drafts that don&#39;t count for anything. It&#39;s a terrific way to get used to the ESPN draft software, make sure you know how everything works and test out different strategies. For example, that might mean drafting a point guard in the first round versus drafting a small forward in Round 1 and waiting on a point guard until the fourth round.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;These practice drafts also let you see which players are going higher than expected and which are routinely slipping down a round or two (or more). This is extremely useful knowledge that you can take with you in your real draft and use to your advantage, avoiding those &quot;sliding&quot; players until later rounds when you have a good idea that they will still be available.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For an overview of how everything in the ESPN draft room works, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806648/mock-drafts&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;click on this link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806978/draft&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The draft&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Draft day is the most exciting day of the season, because it&#39;s when your team goes from a plan to a reality. It&#39;s when you finally get the chance to assemble the group of players you get to root for all season. Of course, you can always add and drop players throughout the year, but the draft is still the most fundamental part of your roster and you want to make sure you don&#39;t miss on your top players.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you have prepared for your draft by reading up on players and strategies, and by participating in several mock drafts, you&#39;re on the path to success. Believe in your hunches and don&#39;t look back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To make everything go as smoothly as possible, be sure to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20806978/draft&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;follow these handy rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trading&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In most leagues, there are at least a few managers who enjoy the art of the deal. If you&#39;re one of those people, trading is going to be one of the most fun aspects of fantasy basketball. When done well, it&#39;s a great opportunity to improve your roster while unloading someone you perhaps no longer want or need.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are several important factors to keep in mind. You must look at the roster of the team you&#39;re trading with and understand which, if any players, that manager might be willing to part with. For example, it&#39;d be unwise to make a trade offer for a point guard on a team that is battling injuries and down to one healthy point guard. Also, while you may never want to send your best trade offer with your first proposal, be careful not to offer up too little. That can be offensive to the other manager and can lead to that person not only declining your offer but ending all future trade talks with you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In-season strategies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Beyond trading, there are other factors to consider during the season like how to manage your games played in roto leagues, how to approach head-to-head playoffs, and how best to work the waiver wire. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20800285/adjusting-settings&quot;&gt;in-season strategies&lt;/a&gt; section of our draft kit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fantasy basketball etiquette&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Every few years, no matter what type of league you&#39;re in, you&#39;ll run into someone who causes problems. Sometimes it name-calling on the message board and being a bully. Other times it is a constant stream of wild trade offers and questionable transactions. Whether you are in a hyper-competitive league or just trying to have some casual fun, you want to avoid being this way or having others in your league who conduct themselves like this.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Generally speaking, that just means following the golden rule: Treat others the way you&#39;d want to be treated in your league.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mavericks re-sign veteran forward Markieff Morris</title>
      <description>DALLAS -- The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-mavericks&quot;&gt;Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; are bringing back forward &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6461/markieff-morris&quot;&gt;Markieff Morris&lt;/a&gt;, a 13-year veteran who has played sparingly since joining Dallas but brings leadership that is valued by the defending Western Conference champion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The deal announced Wednesday comes after Morris played 26 regular-season games in 2023-24 before the Mavericks made a run to the NBA Finals, losing in five games to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2ca761df-5f60-b2e9-22ed-e099c46d889b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/bos/boston-celtics&quot;&gt;Boston Celtics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Morris, 35, averaged 2.5 points in 8.3 minutes for the Mavericks. He joined Dallas in the blockbuster deal that brought star guard &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving&quot;&gt;Kyrie Irving&lt;/a&gt; to the Mavericks before the trade deadline in 2023.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Morris has averaged 10.3 points and 4.9 rebounds in 776 career regular-season games. He played all 21 postseason games for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; when they won the title in the 2020 playoff bubble.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Phoenix drafted Morris 13th overall in 2011 out of Kansas, and he spent his first four-plus seasons with the Suns. Morris also has played for Washington, Oklahoma City, Detroit and Miami.</description>
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      <title>DeMar DeRozan isn&#39;t done talking about mental health</title>
      <description>&lt;em&gt;Editor&#39;s note: This story was first published on March 8. DeRozan, who signed with the Sacramento Kings this summer, released a new book this week, &quot;Above the Noise&quot;, about his work on mental health.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d942ef5e-c416-b06e-63ac-5f3db14757be&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan&quot;&gt;DEMAR DEROZAN&lt;/a&gt; WALKS&lt;/strong&gt; onto the stage and grabs a microphone. It&#39;s Feb. 20, two days after the NBA All-Star Game. While the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;e588ccf1-ba03-ea43-c34c-9a9c8d1895ca&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-bulls&quot;&gt;Bulls&lt;/a&gt; are holding their first practice after the break in Chicago, DeRozan has an excused absence to be back at his alma mater at the University of Southern California.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan sits on one of the high chairs on the stage and begins to scan the room, a crowd of about 300 people, most of them USC student athletes who are eagerly anticipating his next words.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those in attendance got a first look at &quot;Dinners with DeMar,&quot; DeRozan&#39;s new biweekly YouTube video series that debuted in February, where he chats with close friends in and around the NBA -- &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;77a8546f-24bf-a333-8161-bf9f75396c49&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/gs/golden-state-warriors&quot;&gt;Golden State Warriors&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;de360720-e416-25f2-8a6b-b5ff82616cb1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green&quot;&gt;Draymond Green&lt;/a&gt;, Hall of Famer &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1987/dwyane-wade&quot;&gt;Dwyane Wade&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f59bbabc-eedb-9ad2-c5dd-9bcd9f450a2f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/mil/milwaukee-bucks&quot;&gt;Milwaukee Bucks&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c6bdd0b0-2176-2089-9b41-1ca3540f64f4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6606/damian-lillard&quot;&gt;Damian Lillard&lt;/a&gt; headline the first three episodes -- not for a basketball discussion, but to discuss a topic dear to DeRozan: mental health.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Not much makes me nervous,&quot; DeRozan says on stage. &quot;But this does.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan welcomes two USC basketball players to the stage for a mental health discussion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;What&#39;s something you have struggled with as student-athletes?&quot; DeRozan asks, starting the conversation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f370999e-c58d-3460-be06-0af3844985ee&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4593106/boogie-ellis&quot;&gt;Boogie Ellis&lt;/a&gt;, a fifth-year senior from San Diego who played his first two seasons at Memphis, detailed how he struggled being so far from home before transferring to USC as a junior.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was sitting in my room, not wanting to play basketball or do anything,&quot; Ellis says.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;A lot of guys have a stigma like y&#39;all don&#39;t go through nothing,&quot; says &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;76b7609a-2247-3448-be35-5bad6d6507f2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4711802/dominique-darius&quot;&gt;Dominique Darius&lt;/a&gt;, a 21-year-old sophomore on the USC women&#39;s team. &quot;That&#39;s not true.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;What&#39;s one way to help your teammates when you can tell they&#39;re struggling with something?&quot; DeRozan asks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Being vulnerable with your teammates,&quot; Darius says. &quot;Show that it&#39;s not just basketball, you care about them as a person.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;What are the signs when you can tell something is off with your own mental health?&quot; an audience member asks the trio onstage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;When I&#39;m mad for no reason,&quot; DeRozan says. &quot;When I get mad, I put too much milk in cereal, that&#39;s when it&#39;s like &#39;all right, I got to figure this out.&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The room erupts in laughter. Despite the nerves, DeRozan puts the crowd at ease leading the students through a 20-minute discussion and later marveling at the way they are able to express their emotions, saying he couldn&#39;t do so in college. It wasn&#39;t until 2018, nine years into his NBA career, when DeRozan felt comfortable enough to send a tweet saying, &quot;This depression get the best of me...&quot; That one moment started his journey to launch this series and put him on the forefront of the mental health discussion in the NBA.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I never thought I&#39;d be doing something like this,&quot; DeRozan told ESPN backstage after the event. &quot;Hearing Boogie and Dominique talk about feeling and understanding what depression was, being a student-athlete, coming into college, I wouldn&#39;t have known what that was.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It just shows you how far the conversation has come and the impact that it has. For us to have these conversations and break so many barriers, it means a lot, man. It means a lot. It&#39;s amazing being here.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan first opened up about his mental health in 2018.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IT WAS ALL-STAR&lt;/strong&gt; weekend in Los Angeles in 2018 when DeRozan was sitting in his hotel room feeling overwhelmed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then a member of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;5a9c33b8-63fd-ff34-a833-925fe89320a6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/tor/toronto-raptors&quot;&gt;Toronto Raptors&lt;/a&gt;, DeRozan had made the All-Star team for the third consecutive season and fourth time in his career. What was supposed to be a homecoming for the Compton High School alum -- his face was plastered on billboards alongside the hotel -- instead became one of his lowest moments. He recalls feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted. He didn&#39;t tell anyone. He just stayed in his room Friday night, eschewing all the festivities of All-Star weekend, and laid in bed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Around 3 a.m., DeRozan hit send on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/DeMar_DeRozan/status/964818383303688197?lang=en&quot;&gt;post to Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, quoting the song &quot;Tomorrow&quot; by rapper Kevin Gates, with a message that reverberated around the league and resonated with a lot of its players.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It was the first time DeRozan remembers vocalizing how he was feeling and was surprised by what he called an overwhelming response. Players were checking on him. People were reaching out to tell him they have had similar feelings. It helped open the door for players across the NBA to voice their own mental health situations. A month later, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ec79ad1f-e6d2-7762-a2db-7fe97d35126b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-cavaliers&quot;&gt;Cleveland Cavaliers&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;802592a4-e446-6d2c-7ca0-4d4f1e21424b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3449/kevin-love&quot;&gt;Kevin Love&lt;/a&gt; opened up about what he called anxiety and depression.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;DeMar and Kevin Love were the first ones to talk about it,&quot; Bulls center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;355269b7-21fc-8104-b40e-d7c81ec96c9a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6585/andre-drummond&quot;&gt;Andre Drummond&lt;/a&gt;, who has been in the NBA since 2012, told ESPN. &quot;First time I witnessed it was DeMar and just how vulnerable he&#39;s been and how open he&#39;s been about mental health.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan and Love followed in the footsteps of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/25/metta-world-peace&quot;&gt;Ron Artest&lt;/a&gt;, who spoke openly about his mental health after winning the title with the Lakers in 2010. And while the reaction to his tweet caught DeRozan off guard, he chose to embrace the outreach.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Opening up that Pandora&#39;s box could bring so much more than I ever could imagine, in a positive way,&quot; DeRozan said. &quot;Let&#39;s make this thing a normal conversation that&#39;s had.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Brett Rapkin, the CEO of Podium Pictures and executive producer of &quot;Dinners with DeMar&quot; said DeRozan belongs on the Mount Rushmore of athletes who have spoken out about mental health.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s chosen to lean into being an advocate for this life-or-death issue,&quot; Rapkin told ESPN. &quot;Given his level of authenticity, I couldn&#39;t think of a better spokesman to change the culture.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It wasn&#39;t always easy for DeRozan to talk about his feelings in such plain terms. He said he had to learn how to process his emotions after experiencing trauma at a young age. Growing up in Compton, DeRozan lost family members and friends to gang violence.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1301110_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;USC basketball players Dominique Darius (left) and Boogie Ellis (middle) joined DeMar DeRozan for a mental health discussion last month.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Courtesy Chicago Bulls&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was thrown into so much of an aggressive nature of life,&quot; DeRozan said. &quot;I remember, being a kid, sitting at family funerals, seeing family heartbreak ... seeing my mom cry all night and hearing the pain in her voice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Family members, losing cousins, losing friends, having people incarcerated where you just hear the sadness, the aggressiveness, the pain of being locked behind bars.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan recognized he needed to find a healthy outlet to be able to process those pent-up emotions and he&#39;s made it his mission to spread lessons on mental health or more simply, encouragement, to others.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s something that&#39;s so natural for me because I went through so much pain and heartache,&quot; DeRozan said. &quot;To where at the end of the day, all I care about is making someone&#39;s day or giving someone the confidence to feel like they can get through whatever it is they&#39;re going through.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I feed off that because that&#39;s what I need as well.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0306%2Fr1300869_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan has helped Bulls teammate Andre Drummond with his own mental health struggles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Amanda Loman/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DRUMMOND HAS KNOWN&lt;/strong&gt; DeRozan since high school and were adversaries in the NBA for a decade before becoming teammates with the Bulls in 2022-23. When Drummond got to Chicago, his locker was placed next to DeRozan and the two often sit together for team travel.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On March 28, a day before a game against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt;, Drummond took to social media to post about his own struggles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Time to focus on my mental health,&quot; Drummond &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/AndreDrummond/status/1640782266996588544&quot;&gt;wrote&lt;/a&gt;. &quot;If you too are struggling with your mental health, you are not alone ... it&#39;s okay to ask for help.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drummond sat out the next night before returning to play in five of their last six games of the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Despite knowing DeRozan&#39;s openness on discussing mental health, Drummond was still hesitant to reach out to his teammate or anybody else about what was going on.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s hard to talk about it because we&#39;re looked at as these superheroes,&quot; Drummond said. &quot;We&#39;re not supposed to be having these issues.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And when he felt the moment was right, DeRozan let Drummond know that he was there for him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s like &#39;yo bro if you want to shoot the s---, talk, vent, I&#39;m here,&#39;&quot; Drummond said. &quot;&#39;I don&#39;t have to say a word or I can give you advice, but don&#39;t go through that by yourself.&#39;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It made it very easy for me to really come out about the things that I struggle with as well too.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drummond exchanged meditation tips with DeRozan and has started meeting with Dr. Wendy Borlabi, the team&#39;s director of performance and mental health, who Drummond called his guardian angel. He appreciated DeRozan being there for him in a time of need.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;To offer a hand to someone who&#39;s struggling just speaks to his character,&quot; Drummond said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan&#39;s impact on the Bulls&#39; locker room is one of the reasons beyond his production on the court that Chicago intends to keep him on the team beyond this year. DeRozan, 34, is set to become a free agent this offseason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I love DeMar,&quot; Bulls vice president Arturas Karnsiovas said last month. &quot;He&#39;s huge for this team, for the city, for the organization. He&#39;s been great for our young guys, has been our closer. I think it&#39;s wonderful for this team.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan&#39;s play, where he&#39;s averaging a team-leading 22.9 points, gives the Bulls a chance to win on a nightly basis, something Karnisovas values. But the organization also values DeRozan&#39;s role as a mentor for their young players, such as guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;750f545c-3cc8-fea4-91cd-828da373cc8e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395651/coby-white&quot;&gt;Coby White&lt;/a&gt;, who is in the midst of a breakout season, and their past two first-round picks, forwards &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ced929af-e55c-1316-d44f-5a6bfe33dda4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431687/patrick-williams&quot;&gt;Patrick Williams&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48324995-a5dc-323b-a43c-2c5b1e8aeaf7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433159/dalen-terry&quot;&gt;Dalen Terry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You don&#39;t have a lot of OGs left in the game,&quot; Williams, 22, told ESPN. &quot;Players talk about it now, there&#39;s not a lot of good vets left in the league. Anytime you have an OG around you just want to soak up all the knowledge you can, so I can one day maybe be in his shoes. ... He tells me a lot of things that I haven&#39;t been through yet.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My new series, Dinners With DeMar, drops on my YouTube on 2.20.24. Showcases open and honest talks about mental health with some of my friends from around the league. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;🎥🎬 &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/podiumpics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;@podiumpics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://t.co/lDbLx74Si3&quot;&gt;pic.twitter.com/lDbLx74Si3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IN THE FIRST&lt;/strong&gt; episode of &quot;Dinners with DeMar,&quot; as DeRozan and Green sit across from a table at Baltaire restaurant in Los Angeles, DeRozan compares therapy to a film session.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Help me get to therapy,&quot; Green asks DeRozan in a conversation filmed in the summer of 2022, long before Green was suspended twice this season: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story?_slug_=sources-warriors-draymond-green-suspended-5-games-nba&amp;amp;id=38908534&quot;&gt;five games&lt;/a&gt; for putting Timberwolves center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;78795dbf-3e02-934e-f796-d6a71375c9f5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt; in a headlock in November and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39108236/golden-state-warriors-draymond-green-suspended-indefinitely-nba&quot;&gt;12 games&lt;/a&gt; for striking Suns center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f8a22884-a6a5-39a4-9d69-1cbb729288c9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102530/jusuf-nurkic&quot;&gt;Jusuf Nurkic&lt;/a&gt; in the face in December.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But while Green voices a desire to go to therapy, he also says he doesn&#39;t understand how someone could push themselves to go and tell someone all their secrets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;DeRozan starts his analogy, &quot;Even though I know what happened in the game, let me see if there&#39;s something I can see that can help me that next possession.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Green expresses his concern on losing his &quot;fire&quot; on the court, which he calls an elite skill he possesses. 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That&#39;s not what any of us were taught. You&#39;re taught to be strong. You&#39;re taught to keep fighting. You&#39;re taught that you can get through it no matter what, you just got to keep on pushing.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Both Green and Lillard, who appears in Episode 3, said they were proud of DeRozan for the way he&#39;s led the way on this topic. DeRozan said he didn&#39;t start the series with any goals in mind, other than to document the conversations in the hopes that it can help someone.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s pretty cool to see him be vulnerable,&quot; Lillard told ESPN. &quot;He&#39;s a Compton kid. Hard as hell. It&#39;s special to see him reach that stage in his manhood where he&#39;s willing to get up there and lead the conversation. Especially if you know his personality, that&#39;s not him to just jump out there and do that, so you know it&#39;s a real thing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;That&#39;s what I love about it. It&#39;s not normal for him, he&#39;s not an attention seeker.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Leading this series is something that does not come naturally to DeRozan, even six years after sending his tweet. But he&#39;s grown more comfortable in that time, and says he enjoys the adrenaline rush he gets from doing things outside his comfort zone, including stepping onto a stage to talk to a group of college athletes about such an important topic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I never would have expected me sending out a tweet years ago would have me sitting here,&quot; DeRozan says on stage. &quot;It&#39;s even more impactful than just playing basketball.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;ESPN&#39;s Kendra Andrews contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <description>Diamond Sports Group will reach a solemn milestone this week: 18 months in bankruptcy court, dating back to when Major League Baseball was gearing up for the 2023 season. Since then there have been twists, turns and frustrations, but, notably, no resolution.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond, which operates under the name Bally Sports, owns the largest group of regional sports networks in the country, with 33 MLB, NBA and NHL teams in its portfolio even after a handful of cuts over this past year and a half. The uncertainty has hit baseball fans hardest, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37762861/diamond-sports-group-fails-pay-padres-loses-broadcast-rights&quot;&gt;their teams getting dropped in-season&lt;/a&gt; in 2023 to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40071329/bally-sports-channels-pulled-air-comcast&quot;&gt;a major distributor pulling their games off the air&lt;/a&gt; in 2024. In between, MLB owners -- operating within a sport where local media is more closely tied to payrolls than in the NBA and the NHL -- used RSN volatility as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39146754/mlb-free-agency-2023-24-rsn-tv-diamond-sports&quot;&gt;an excuse for lower offseason spending&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond descended into Chapter 11 largely because it took on $8 billion in debt when it purchased its RSNs five years ago. But its predicament epitomizes what has become an exceedingly volatile media landscape, and the company&#39;s fate could have profound effects on how fans consume sports moving forward. Below is a look at the most pressing questions surrounding Diamond&#39;s ever-evolving situation -- and what it could mean for sports fans.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So where do Diamond&#39;s broadcasts currently stand?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At the end of April, Diamond and Comcast, its third-largest distributor, failed to come to an agreement before the expiration of their deal, prompting Comcast to pull Bally Sports channels off the air. The NBA and NHL were done with their regular seasons by then and thus unaffected, given that playoff games air nationally. But many baseball fans -- particularly those who follow the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins, teams Diamond doesn&#39;t have streaming rights for and reside in markets where Comcast is prevalent -- were shut out.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But in a surprising turn of events, Diamond &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40675947/comcast-bally-sports-announce-carriage-deal-set-august&quot;&gt;came to an agreement with Comcast&lt;/a&gt; on July 29, then subsequently locked in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/40968603/diamond-drops-mavs-pels-agrees-air-nba-nhl-24-25-seasons&quot;&gt;new linear cable and direct-to-consumer deals&lt;/a&gt; with the NBA and the NHL 25 days later. The new contracts came with lesser rights fees but an assurance that the 13 NBA teams and eight NHL teams would be broadcast and paid in full for the entirety of the 2023-24 seasons, regardless of whether Diamond emerges from bankruptcy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In those deals, Diamond also dropped the NBA&#39;s Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans -- both of whom have announced an over-the-air alternative, a growing trend for NBA and NHL teams. (The Anaheim Ducks, previously Diamond&#39;s ninth NHL team, were on an expiring contract and announced in late August that it would go the same route.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Diamond has continued negotiations with Amazon about joining forces on a direct-to-consumer venture where Bally Sports channels would be available on Prime Video at an additional cost, allowing local fans to watch their teams without a cable subscription, sources said. The New York Post reported recently that the two sides are in &quot;late-stage talks&quot; on a non-exclusive deal that could launch ahead of the upcoming NBA and NHL seasons.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does that mean this saga is finally coming to an end?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We should have a clearer picture by the end of November. Maybe. One of the company&#39;s attorneys, Joe Graham, said during a status conference last Tuesday that Diamond is aiming to file an updated reorganization plan before the end of September and expects to schedule a confirmation hearing in early to mid November. That &quot;would put Diamond on the path to emerge [from bankruptcy] prior to Nov. 30,&quot; Graham said, before they have to start paying MLB teams their rights fees for the 2025 season in January.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Federal bankruptcy judge Christopher Lopez &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41115572/judge-approves-diamond-sports-group-deals-nba-nhl&quot;&gt;formally approved Diamond&#39;s NBA and NHL deals&lt;/a&gt; during a status conference last Tuesday, calling them &quot;a step, certainly, in the right direction&quot; in terms of putting Diamond on a path to emerge from bankruptcy. &quot;It looks like we&#39;re finally here,&quot; Lopez said, &quot;in terms of what&#39;s really going to happen.&quot; Details of Diamond&#39;s NBA and NHL deals are not publicly known, with Lopez also ruling Tuesday that they would remain under seal. One thing we do know: They include a requirement that Diamond emerge from bankruptcy by April 1, 2025 -- a date that has triggered more animus from MLB.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is MLB upset about?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There has been a lot of animosity from MLB toward Diamond in this process, from its desire for more transparency to its skepticism over whether Diamond can remain a sustainable business. But nothing has angered MLB officials more than uncertainty over rights payments. And that April 1 deadline might be a tipping point.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;MLB attorney James Bromley spoke on this subject for close to 15 minutes in court last Tuesday, calling Diamond&#39;s plans to emerge by the end of November &quot;aspirational&quot; and the April 1 cut-off &quot;concerning.&quot; Said Bromley: &quot;This is now the fourth season in a row that Major League Baseball is heading into the offseason with a complete lack of information and clarity with respect to what&#39;s going to happen with respect to Diamond Sports and its ability or willingness to broadcast Major League Baseball games.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bromley also questioned Diamond&#39;s sustainability once again, calling the recent developments &quot;a Band-Aid&quot; while describing this as &quot;yet another handing of the baton.&quot; In other words: It&#39;s baseball&#39;s turn, with NBA and NHL seasons set to start again, to go through another uncertain offseason, immediately after the two leagues experienced the same. Bromley added that if the process isn&#39;t expedited, MLB could explore &quot;more drastic relief,&quot; though he did not specify what he meant.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is this going to affect offseason spending -- again?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not to bum you out, but ... probably. A handful of owners, at least, might once again cite it as a reason for not spending as much as their fans would like.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Teams guaranteed $3.05 billion to major league free agents last offseason, down from $3.92 billion the year before that and $3.3 billion the year before that, according to ESPN&#39;s calculations.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Texas Rangers -- at that point in danger of falling out of an RSN deal that would pay them somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million before settling on a lesser one-year contract with Diamond -- went conservative in the wake of a championship. The San Diego Padres -- the first team Diamond dropped last season, prompting MLB to take over broadcasts -- brought their payroll down by about 35%. The Seattle Mariners -- whose RSN, Root Sports, was placed on a more expensive tier by Comcast -- basically kept payroll flat. And big-name free agents such as Blake Snell, Matt Chapman, Cody Bellinger and Jordan Montgomery -- all Scott Boras clients at the time -- signed unusually late.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s a precursor to what might happen again this offseason. Whether it&#39;s a valid reason depends on whom you speak with. Local media represents about 20% of team revenues in the aggregate, and not being able to count on that will naturally impact spending for some clubs. But many are quick to push back on that notion, noting that there are other avenues where teams can make up for losses, including: the distribution of luxury tax payments, with MLB&#39;s portion expected to reach up to $150 million this year; a growth in central revenue largely from national TV deals that are still in their early stages; and revenue from uniform patches that did not exist until last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As an added layer of protection, MLB and the MLB Players Association agreed in July on what amounts to a reallocation of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40633273/diamond-makes-substantial-progress-comcast-deal-mlb&quot;&gt;money generated from luxury tax overages&lt;/a&gt; this offseason, giving teams that experienced losses in local-media revenue up to $15 million. Will that make a difference in owners&#39; actions? That remains to be seen. If not, it&#39;ll be another offseason defined by the clubs that, at least for now, have secure media deals and those who don&#39;t, further widening the gap between big- and small-market teams.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any chance for a deal similar to the one Diamond cut with the NBA and the NHL?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s Diamond&#39;s hope. The company said in court that it continues to have active dialogue with MLB about a new deal. But the circumstances are different. The NBA and the NHL engaged with Diamond after their respective seasons because those leagues were able to take all their streaming rights back at that point, prompting a reason to renegotiate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In those deals, the 13 NBA teams in Diamond&#39;s portfolio saw a decrease of 30% to 40% with the new rights deal, according to Sportico, while the eight NHL teams got a 20% reduction in the aggregate. MLB, with long-term aspirations of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40393431/mlb-rsn-diamond-sports-bally-fanduel-amazon-television-bankruptcy-court-hearing&quot;&gt;placing all its rights under a national model&lt;/a&gt;, has continually stated that it does not want to devalue its rights. A deal of that nature doesn&#39;t seem to be on the table for them. MLB also hasn&#39;t shown interest in giving Diamond streaming rights to more teams than the five it already has -- the Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, MIlwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals, smalle

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      <description>&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385340_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385340_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385340_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385340_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Billy Harris earned a straight-sets victory over Finland&#39;s Otto Virtanen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Alex Dodd - CameraSport via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great Britain advanced to the knockout stages of the Davis Cup on Wednesday thanks in part to a superb debut performance from &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;52d1ae34-4ba4-d405-5f68-5943b478caab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2361&quot;&gt;Billy Harris&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The team established a 2-0 advantage over Finland in Manchester in Group D thanks to wins by Dan Evans and Harris. They are without US Open semifinalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt;, who is being rested after his dream run at Flushing Meadows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Harris, who is a late bloomer at 29-years-old, secured a straight-sets 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c25805a1-57e2-3a93-b09e-ad8ae6a8cb38&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=4099&quot;&gt;Otto Virtanen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m absolutely thrilled for Billy -- I think that&#39;s one of the best debuts you&#39;ll have seen. It was that good,&quot; British captain Leon Smith said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;If you look at Otto&#39;s record over the past couple of years in the Davis Cup it&#39;s pretty flawless. Billy actually could have won in a more straightforward manner. He was absolutely immense. Nothing really kind of fazes him, even though he&#39;s not really been on a big court before.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The knockout stage are scheduled to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two countries in each four-team group will advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <description>GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Second-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3262/danielle-collins&quot;&gt;Danielle Collins&lt;/a&gt; lost in the second round of the Guadalajara Open on Wednesday and third seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=421&quot;&gt;Victoria Azarenka&lt;/a&gt; withdrew from her match because of injury.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt;, ranked No. 152, pulled off a major upset with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Collins to reach the quarterfinals of an elite WTA tournament for the first time. She beat former US Open champion &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1472&quot;&gt;Sloane Stephens&lt;/a&gt; in the first round.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 30-year-old Collins, who is retiring at the end of the season, arrived at Guadalajara with 39 tour-level wins and two titles on tour this year and is currently ranked 11th.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Earlier, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3908&quot;&gt;Kamilla Rakhimova&lt;/a&gt; advanced to the quarterfinals after two-time major winner and former No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew from their match in the second set while trailing 6-2, 3-0.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rakhimova will next play &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3404&quot;&gt;Camila Osorio&lt;/a&gt;, who beat seventh-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2665&quot;&gt;Veronika Kudermetova&lt;/a&gt; 7-6, 6-7 (2), 7-5.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The tournament is played in hard-court at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis, in Guadalajara.</description>
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      <description>VALENCIA, Spain -- Less than two weeks after his shocking second-round exit at the US Open, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;07843754-8bdf-63b0-5983-24252738169e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; was staring at another upset when he was a set down in his opening group-stage match for Spain in the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This time, Alcaraz turned things around -- though he needed some help from his opponent.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The No. 3-ranked Alcaraz clinched victory for Spain against the Czech Republic in Group B on Wednesday when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;58f555e2-4484-a162-83a7-ac86793d4ea7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3811&quot;&gt;Tomas Machac&lt;/a&gt; retired injured with the score at 6-7 (3), 6-1 in Valencia. It gave Spain an unassailable 2-0 lead, with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;736f6af6-506c-e64f-9d0f-8f1138a5babf&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1733&quot;&gt;Roberto Bautista Agut&lt;/a&gt; having already defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;959c133c-1c3d-1a03-182c-588ba5225a3b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3754&quot;&gt;Jiri Lehecka&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (1), 6-4, and Alcaraz then partnered with &lt;a href=&quot;http://Marcel Granollers-Pujol&quot;&gt;Marcel Granollers Pujol&lt;/a&gt; to win the doubles in three sets and wrap up a 3-0 victory.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They were Alcaraz&#39;s first matches since losing in straight sets to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3310/botic-van-de-zandschulp&quot;&gt;Botic Van De Zandschulp&lt;/a&gt; -- who was ranked 74th -- at Flushing Meadows.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Spain joined the United States, defending champion Italy and Britain in gaining victories Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55524e2-a931-d142-f794-50b742380e8e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3774&quot;&gt;Brandon Nakashima&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8fa7d691-fc6c-a510-edd4-781c2b6c3126&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2970&quot;&gt;Alejandro Tabilo&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (3) after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59785389-c37d-e25a-2d8d-2b92f427085e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2952&quot;&gt;Reilly Opelka&lt;/a&gt; defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;17e6dabd-250b-7755-f4b2-8ef6b2972541&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2228&quot;&gt;Cristian Garin&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to give the Americans a winning 2-0 lead over Chile in Group C in Zhuhai, China.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those two singles matches lasted in excess of five hours, and the U.S. brought in &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt; for the doubles, which they won 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e41c9761-3362-371e-bf23-5da26452ac68&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9923&quot;&gt;Tomas Barrios Vera&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b271a05f-9760-339c-9edc-a23ec06034ae&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9049&quot;&gt;Matias Soto&lt;/a&gt; to seal a 3-0 sweep.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was truly an epic day of tennis for both teams, everyone showed a lot of heart, a lot of guts,&quot; U.S. captain and retired doubles great &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;696484fb-a13b-3e76-f429-ad360b666aaf&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=517&quot;&gt;Bob Bryan&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;I don&#39;t think it&#39;s ever happened in Davis Cup that all matches went to the third-set breaker ... historic day. Just feeling very, very proud of the players.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The U.S., which has a leading 32 Davis Cup titles but none since 2007, is bidding to reach the quarterfinals for the second time since the Davis Cup Finals were introduced in 2019. In the qualifiers this year, the Americans defeated Ukraine 4-0 on neutral ground in Vilnius, Lithuania.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Italy didn&#39;t need top-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;431a1bce-57de-2a02-8022-9f32b0f60efb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt;, the newly crowned US Open champion, to begin its title defense with a 2-1 win over Brazil in Group A in Bologna.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;874554f7-7862-cfa9-36d5-5ef4d437f407&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2622&quot;&gt;Matteo Berrettini&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a28fc19-1dff-35eb-88f2-106e324b1333&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11745&quot;&gt;Joao Fonseca&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 7-6 (5) before &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;91462488-98cc-d223-889b-0dc4707282c2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3793&quot;&gt;Matteo Arnaldi&lt;/a&gt; gave Italy an unassailable 2-0 lead by beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1c504c97-892d-e1d0-5c5d-8e9045e412cb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2025&quot;&gt;Thiago Monteiro&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5). &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;eca9d622-ad76-da99-9941-2f9a60234be8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2434&quot;&gt;Rafael Matos&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e39d3984-fa11-21c5-63ca-2bcb049aeecd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1013&quot;&gt;Marcelo Melo&lt;/a&gt; won the doubles for Brazil, beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60809731-71e1-644c-6ff3-0c72930667fd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=279&quot;&gt;Simone Bolelli&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3548&quot;&gt;Andrea Vavassori&lt;/a&gt; in three sets.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was a great, great feeling. I&#39;ve been missing this kind of feeling for so long for so many reasons,&quot; Berrettini said. &quot;The Davis Cup, the tournament in Rome, it felt like almost a first time.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Britain also established a 2-0 advantage over Finland in Manchester, England, in Group D thanks to wins by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/901/daniel-evans&quot;&gt;Dan Evans&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;52d1ae34-4ba4-d405-5f68-5943b478caab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2361&quot;&gt;Billy Harris&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Evans beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d071e8af-2182-8671-2ed1-ba139625e44c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3904&quot;&gt;Eero Vasa&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (3), 6-2, and Harris, who once lived out of a van while playing tennis tournaments around Europe, defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c25805a1-57e2-3a93-b09e-ad8ae6a8cb38&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=4099&quot;&gt;Otto Virtanen&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 7-6 (4).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He (Vasa) was playing so freely in the first set and I did well to weather the storm and find a way to win,&quot; Evans said. &quot;That&#39;s what you have to do in the Davis Cup.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It finished 2-1 for Britain after Virtanen teamed with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;79ee893e-f116-2050-27b0-ec58dde2e146&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3540&quot;&gt;Harri Heliovaara&lt;/a&gt; to beat Evans and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3acfe257-730f-4bf6-37c6-d2f3b89ff7fa&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2699&quot;&gt;Neal Skupski&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (4), 7-5 in doubles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The four groups are playing in four cities this week to qualify for the Final 8 knockout stage to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two countries in each four-team group will advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In opening play on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apnews.com/article/davis-cup-finals-f30661bb66a9a4c23b42b73dca5b37c6&quot;&gt;Tuesday,&lt;/a&gt; Belgium beat the Netherlands 2-1, Australia defeated France 2-1, Germany -- playing without No. 2-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;fd06b6ea-593b-d5b3-da2b-767ec3e4232c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2375&quot;&gt;Alexander Zverev&lt;/a&gt; -- beat Slovakia 3-0 and Canada defeated Argentina 2-1.</description>
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      <description>GUADALAJARA, México -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1374&quot;&gt;Martina Trevisan&lt;/a&gt; settled a score against eighth-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3436&quot;&gt;Caroline Dolehide&lt;/a&gt; with a 6-3, 6-2 win Tuesday to advance at the Guadalajara Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Trevisan, who lost to Dolehide a year ago in the Guadalajara quarterfinals, will next play local favorite &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2751&quot;&gt;Renata Zarazua&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Today I came to the court with a lot of energy,&quot; Trevisan said. &quot;For me maybe it was revenge and tomorrow I must be ready for Renata. I have played twice against her this year. I know her very well.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also Tuesday, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392&quot;&gt;Marie Bouzkova&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=7759&quot;&gt;Alexandra Eala&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-2 to advance to a second-round match against &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8067&quot;&gt;Lucrezia Stefanini&lt;/a&gt;, who ousted Ana Sofía Sánchez 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The sixth-seeded Bouzkova made the semifinals in Guadalajara a year ago before losing to eventual champion &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3018&quot;&gt;Maria Sakkari&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In a late match, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4cd55d5c-5683-3969-8763-3085892ebfc8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11221&quot;&gt;Marina Stakusic&lt;/a&gt; downed &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ec3ef35c-b32f-b614-e004-5a9155a84f88&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2341&quot;&gt;Anna Karolina Schmiedlova&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-4 to set up a meeting against top seed &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d2c52936-e7bd-4f74-3f15-68185e8ddb9b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2195&quot;&gt;Jelena Ostapenko&lt;/a&gt;, who is coming off a U.S. Open doubles title victory with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0597cfa-62e2-948c-2a0e-0b88a6ed6cd7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2478&quot;&gt;Lyudmyla Kichenok&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;American &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=6724&quot;&gt;Ashlyn Krueger&lt;/a&gt; defeated &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2346&quot;&gt;Tatjana Maria&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 6-2 and will next face &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt;, who prevailed 6-4, 6-4 over &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3271&quot;&gt;Emina Bektas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In other results, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3266&quot;&gt;Ena Shibahara&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2588&quot;&gt;Kimberly Birrell&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 7-6 (4) to move into a second-round match against No. 4 seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1804&quot;&gt;Caroline Garcia&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <title>Report shows night matches increase injury risk</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c91d133a-526a-ea8d-654c-7ef6915ad63b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3038&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka&lt;/a&gt;, the eventual 2024 US Open champion, took the court for her third-round match against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b4dc27b2-146b-000e-3f5d-5e1431231999&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3182&quot;&gt;Ekaterina Alexandrova&lt;/a&gt; on Arthur Ashe Stadium at 12:08 a.m. It was the latest-ever start for a match at the US Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Two days later, in the round of 16, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e32a05e0-b87c-3bec-8a3b-4ae417db8ced&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=6048&quot;&gt;Zheng Qinwen&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6bd0bac4-145f-3e8b-5662-5400e42ef102&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2040&quot;&gt;Donna Vekic&lt;/a&gt; left the court on Ashe at 2:15 a.m. in what was the latest finish for a women&#39;s match at the tournament.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those late starts have a direct effect on the possibility of being injured, according to a recent report compiled by the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) and shared with ESPN. It indicated a sizable increase in injury risk for players participating in night matches compared to those played earlier in the day.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to the PTPA report, which used data from Grand Slam events taking place from April 2018 through May 2024, as the percentage of night matches (starting after 7 p.m.) increased, the injury rate also increased from 4.6% to 5.2%.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Ffatigue_sched_fx.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;&lt;cite&gt;courtesy PTPA&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PTPA medical director Dr. Robby Sikka, who led the team that conducted the data analysis, said odds ratios were calculated that indicated a player is 25% more likely to be injured during a match played at night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And yet, night matches at major tournaments remain on the rise -- going from a little under 7% of matches to more than 11%, according to the study. That number is expected to increase to more than 15% once data from this year&#39;s US Open is included, Sikka told ESPN.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Players have routinely expressed concerns about how playing later matches impacts their health and performance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ca44c2b0-9dea-ab40-2541-b50a4442ff8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626&quot;&gt;Coco Gauff&lt;/a&gt;, the 2023 US Open champion and current world No. 6, called post-midnight finishes &quot;not healthy&quot; at the French Open in June. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a27bb1c-2422-55c3-208b-9e9d8c1f30af&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=296&quot;&gt;Novak Djokovic&lt;/a&gt;, the 24-time major champion and co-founder of the PTPA, said he struggles with late-night matches at this stage of his career.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t think that aging helps really staying so late and playing very late,&quot; Djokovic, 37, said after his first-round match at the US Open, which was the second night match on Ashe. &quot;I can feel, you know, my batteries are low now. I&#39;m shutting down.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Djokovic&#39;s third-round match at the French Open this summer -- a five-set win over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9b79e506-da5f-e10a-6b4e-9a2a93ed34bb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3764&quot;&gt;Lorenzo Musetti&lt;/a&gt; -- ended at 3:06 a.m. and was the latest finish in tournament history. He tore the meniscus in his right knee during his next match and withdrew ahead of the quarterfinals and underwent surgery.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dc08ff13-644e-fa3a-32ee-fc27a300b90a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2191&quot;&gt;Daria Kasatkina&lt;/a&gt;, currently No. 13 in the world, told ESPN that the night doesn&#39;t end when the match is over.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You cannot go to sleep straight away ... you have some interviews straight after, you then have to do stretch, ice bath recovery, eat, then mandatory media, [such as] a press conference or whatever you will be requested to do,&quot; she said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kasatkina pointed out that each athlete has his or her own recovery/rehab routine. The athlete then has to make the trip back to the hotel which, depending on the tournament, can take an additional 30 minutes or more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kasatkina has experience with late matches. In August 2023, she played &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8f3eaf-8166-d650-d429-6200edef59fd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3126&quot;&gt;Elena Rybakina&lt;/a&gt; in a Canadian Open match that started at 11:27 p.m. They finished nearly 3½ hours later at 2:57 a.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You&#39;re destroyed,&quot; Kasatkina said of late matches. &quot;You spend a lot of emotion, a lot of physical energy.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To compound the effect, scheduling does not always take when a previous match ends into account.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You might play first the day after you play last,&quot; Kasatkina said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PTPA executive director Ahmad Nassar noted the athletes&#39; frustration around increasingly late start times and turned to Sikka to capture their concerns with objective data.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;[Dr. Sikka] was a guy that we knew through baseball and football and basketball and we said, &#39;Hey, would you be interested in kind of looking at some of these issues and working with us on this?&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The results, while not particularly surprising, provided quantifiable metrics to support what the athletes were reporting from personal experience.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s one thing to grumble, &#39;I don&#39;t like late-night matches,&#39; Nassar said. &quot;It&#39;s much different to say, here&#39;s some real data, 25% greater chance of injury. ... And then, you know, you kind of go to what do you do about it?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ATP, which runs men&#39;s tennis worldwide, declined to comment for this story. A representative shared the organization&#39;s joint press release with the WTA from January explaining changes both tours had made to alleviate late-night matches.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the release, which acknowledged how such late starts and finishes were &quot;negatively impacting players and fans,&quot; it stated various regulations for tour events, including the banning of matches starting after 11 p.m. (unless approved by a tour supervisor), the moving of matches to an alternate court if not started by 10:30 p.m. and the disallowing of night sessions to begin after 7:30 p.m. ET.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those changes went into effect at the start of the 2024 season. Amy Binder, the WTA&#39;s senior vice president of global communications, noted that as of Sept. 10, there has been just one instance when a match at a WTA event started after 11 p.m. since the change went into effect and it was &quot;in full consultation and agreement with the competing athletes.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0910%2Fr1384746_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka started her third-round match against Ekaterina Alexandrova on Arthur Ashe Stadium at 12:08 a.m, the lastest ever start for a match at the US Open.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The four Grand Slam events operate independently from the tours, however, and do not need to abide by the same regulations. Wimbledon has had a curfew of 11 p.m. in place since it added the roof to Centre Court in 2009 in an agreement with local officials. The US Open implemented its own policy related to night matches this year. If the second night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium or Louis Armstrong Stadium had not started by 11:15 p.m., the match could have been moved to another court.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The referee will have the discretion to move the match,&quot; tournament director Stacey Allaster said in a pre-event media briefing in August. &quot;That&#39;s going to depend on many variables, like do we have the broadcast team ready, do we have a ball crew, so forth.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But Sabalenka and Alexandrova took the court well after 11:15 p.m. Nassar said both players were consulted and said they wanted to remain on Ashe. But Nassar doesn&#39;t believe it should have come down to the players making the call.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;This might not be the most popular opinion, but you don&#39;t ask a player in the NFL, &#39;Oh, how do you feel? You want to stick it out even if we think you have a concussion?&#39; No, man, the rule is you gotta go,&quot; Nassar said. &quot;That&#39;s part of changing the culture and I know players want to play on certain courts at certain tournaments, that&#39;s natural. But [we&#39;re at] the point where the culture is actually dangerous. Not just annoying, but dangerous.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Player concerns are not strictly limited to late-night match starts. Issues such as mandatory tournament demands, the transition of several of the 1000-level events from one week to two, and the number of matches being played are all areas of focus.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The tournaments are longer, the draws are bigger. Recovery time is less,&quot; said Kasatkina.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Plus the travel is increasing because we have more tournaments. We have to travel from one coast to another, from one time zone to another. Now we don&#39;t have much time for preparations. We cannot do much practice blocks. We can&#39;t get enough rest. I mean, you can, but you have to sacrifice some of the tournaments. Like you always have to make a choice.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are also the surface changes that accompany different venues factoring into the equation for players.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b018afb7-0203-6a56-8381-7cd6446635fd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2726&quot;&gt;Hubert Hurkacz&lt;/a&gt;, currently ranked No. 8, said constantly changing surfaces is tough on players. He noted that was especially true this year with the addition of the Olympic Games, played on clay, following the end of the grass season and right before the start of the summer hard-court portion of the schedule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Let&#39;s say you&#39;re going to the Olympics, you&#39;re practicing for a week on clay or getting ready, your body&#39;s ready to go,&quot; Hurkacz told ESPN. &quot;Then you play a good tournament and then the next day you&#39;re on the flight say to Montreal, and you&#39;re playing on a different surface, different conditions on hard court, [where] the sliding is so much different. ... Ultimately it&#39;s really difficult without having proper preparation.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sikka notes the PTPA is looking to learn from other sports leagues and their approaches to data analytics as a means of effecting change.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;How did the NFL approach their concussion data?&quot; he said. &quot;If baseball has all these arm and elbow injuries and they&#39;re worried about pitch counts, should we have a serve count?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He noted the power era of tennis, when higher spin rates and serve velocities appear to correlate with chances of winning. But is there an injury cost? The answer, Sikka believes, lies in the data.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;No data is perfect,&quot; he said. &quot;But these are trends that are pretty indisputable. And now there&#39;s a measurable thing that if we want to intervene, we&#39;ve got a baseline for comparison.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sikka also believes the solutions lie in the PTPA, the tours and the Slams working together towards a common goal of optimizing player health and performance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We&#39;re not here to put people down,&quot; Sikka said, &quot;We&#39;re not here to rabble-rouse. We&#39;re here to improve the quality of care for a population.&quot;</description>
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      <description>GENEVA -- The World Anti-Doping Agency has yet to decide whether to appeal the decision to exonerate US Open champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;431a1bce-57de-2a02-8022-9f32b0f60efb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt; of blame for his positive steroid tests, and has another three weeks to do so.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The WADA shared details of the appeal deadline with The Associated Press on Tuesday showing that the World Anti-Doping Code -- the global set of rules for international sports -- gives the Montreal-based agency at least until the end of September to file an appeal in the Sinner case.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The WADA and Nado Italia, Italy&#39;s anti-doping agency, are the only two agencies that could challenge the decision by an independent tribunal announced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Aug. 20.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While the doping rules state that any other party with a right to appeal -- such as Nado Italia -- has 21 days to do so, the WADA then gets another 21 days on top of that before its own window closes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tuesday marks the 21st day since &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story?_slug_=tennis-jannik-sinner-tested-positive-steroids-avoids-ban&amp;amp;id=40928617&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the ruling by a three-judge panel in London was announced&lt;/a&gt;, but Nado Italia has yet to file an appeal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, it was unclear whether the initial 21-day deadline expired Tuesday, since that window opens only after all the parties receive the verdict and supporting documents, which can be at least a few days or more after the announcement, according to the tennis integrity agency.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The deadline for filing an appeal to the CAS will be 21 days from the date of receipt of the reasoned decision in question by the appealing party,&quot; the tennis integrity agency rulebook says.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then the WADA has another 21 days to file an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March but ultimately was not banned because the ITIA determined he was not to blame. Sinner&#39;s accepted explanation was that the banned performance enhancer entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist, who used a spray containing the steroid to treat their own cut finger.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The doping case was kept secret until last month&#39;s announcement. The top-ranked Sinner went on to beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6493155f-cacc-7aa5-ba78-d952efa4c652&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2946&quot;&gt;Taylor Fritz&lt;/a&gt; in the US Open final on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;An appeal could jeopardize his US Open title, but Sinner and his legal team have provided detailed evidence that persuaded the ITIA and the tribunal judges that his explanation was credible.</description>
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      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt; is working on his fitness after picking up an injury niggle at the US Open and is set to link up with his Davis Cup teammates on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Britain&#39;s number one said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/41153096/us-open-2024-jack-draper-jannik-sinner-semifinals&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;22-year-old lost 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-2&lt;/a&gt; to eventual champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;431a1bce-57de-2a02-8022-9f32b0f60efb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt; in the semifinals at Flushing Meadows on Friday, with the Brit vomiting three times in the second set as he struggled with New York&#39;s heat and humidity.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0907%2Fr1382988_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0907%2Fr1382988_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0907%2Fr1382988_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0907%2Fr1382988_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Jack Draper reached a major semifinal for the first time in his career at the US Open.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Al Bello/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;After a short turnaround following the U.S. Open, Jack will be joining the team in Manchester on Tuesday ahead of the first match on Wednesday,&quot; the spokesperson told British media.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Jack and his team are working hard to get fit and Leon [Smith, the team&#39;s captain] will take all this into account when he makes his team selection.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Smith&#39;s team take on Finland on Wednesday followed by Argentina on Friday, before facing 2022 champions Canada on Sunday in Group D of the tournament.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gadecki upsets Stephens in Guadalajara Open</title>
      <description>GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt; upset 2017 US Open champion &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1472&quot;&gt;Sloane Stephens&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-3 on Monday to move into a second-round contest against second-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3262&quot;&gt;Danielle Collins&lt;/a&gt; at the WTA Guadalajara Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Seventh-seeded &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b8f889c7-5262-860c-e171-68933e5ee941&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2665&quot;&gt;Veronika Kudermetova&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1639&quot;&gt;Sachia Vickery&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-4 and advanced to meet &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3404&quot;&gt;Camila Osorio&lt;/a&gt;, the 22-year-old Colombian who eased past &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3913&quot;&gt;Hailey Baptiste&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 6-2.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Local favorite &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2751&quot;&gt;Renata Zarazua&lt;/a&gt; had a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win over &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2411&quot;&gt;Anhelina Kalinina&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3908&quot;&gt;Kamilla Rakhimova&lt;/a&gt; advanced to face No. 3 seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=421&quot;&gt;Victoria Azarenka&lt;/a&gt; with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73c88edc-2e13-1114-2006-a9cb5e219c6d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2090&quot;&gt;Aleksandra Krunic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Top seed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2195&quot;&gt;Jelena Ostapenko&lt;/a&gt;, who is coming off a US Open doubles title victory with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2478&quot;&gt;Lyudmyla Kichenok&lt;/a&gt; following her first-round loss to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2789&quot;&gt;Naomi Osaka&lt;/a&gt; in the singles draw, won&#39;t play until Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Guadalajara Open is a hardcourt 500-level event on the WTA Tour this season and is being played at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 04:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Life after tennis: American star Shelby Rogers adjusts to early days of retirement</title>
      <description>NEW YORK -- On her very first day of the next chapter of her life, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;23e07188-31d5-847c-2c84-124a1cb1b2dc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1897&quot;&gt;Shelby Rogers&lt;/a&gt; woke up to a text message from her sister: &quot;Happy first day of retirement,&quot; it read.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rogers, 31, had officially finished her career at the US Open, and the message was the first moment in which her decision felt real. It was pouring rain outside of her home in Florida -- she and her husband had flown back from New York following her final loss in mixed doubles the day before -- and she wouldn&#39;t have been able to go out to the practice court even if she wanted to.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But she didn&#39;t go to the gym either, as she normally would. Instead they picked up their dogs, who had been boarding while they were away, and returned home to their new reality that still didn&#39;t quite feel real.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There&#39;s always that few days where you can recover and take off [after a tournament],&quot; Rogers told ESPN later that day. &quot;So I feel like I&#39;m still in that in-between period. But when my sister texted me, I was like, &#39;Wait, what am I supposed to do? What does that even mean?&#39; I think the longer I go without practicing or playing a tournament, it&#39;ll feel a little more realistic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;But for now I&#39;m excited. I&#39;m happy.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After 14 years on the tour, a career-high ranking of No. 30, two major quarterfinals appearances and a 2017 Billie Jean King Cup championship as part of the American team, Rogers had known for much of the season that 2024 would be her last. She had torn her meniscus during the grass season in 2023 and despite her best efforts to return to full health, a slew of other injuries followed. As the ongoing physical struggles continued to mount, her joy for the sport lessened. Being on the tennis court no longer felt the same.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;She knew it was time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But while some players announce their impending retirement or undergo a farewell tour, Rogers wanted none of that. As a self-described &quot;very emotional person,&quot; she knew having to formally say goodbye to every tournament she played would simply be too much. She decided the US Open would be her final event -- the place where she recorded one of the biggest wins of her life in 2021 against then No. 1 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6103e730-3773-928b-e612-b3e6fad8ff84&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2031&quot;&gt;Ashleigh Barty&lt;/a&gt;, and reached the 2020 quarterfinals. But she wasn&#39;t even sure if she would share the news until after the tournament was over.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Rogers upset world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty at the 2021 US Open.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;JASON SZENES/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was honestly going back and forth debating whether I should just kind of quietly go by the wayside, but then I started to think about all the people that had supported me and been in my team behind the scenes, the tournaments, everyone,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;And I was like, well, I feel like I also want to share a moment with them and have a really public moment for all of the people that for decades have been a part of my career, fans included. So I was like, &#39;Okay, the US Open seems appropriate.&#39; And honestly, I&#39;m really happy I did it. I couldn&#39;t have written it a better way if I wanted to.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Three days before the main draw got underway in New York, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/C_AqXn8peRk/?hl=en&amp;amp;img_index=1&quot;&gt;Rogers made the announcement on social media&lt;/a&gt;. It was quickly met by congratulatory words from fans and her peers alike. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ca44c2b0-9dea-ab40-2541-b50a4442ff8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626&quot;&gt;Coco Gauff&lt;/a&gt; commented on how much she would miss Rogers&#39; &quot;spirit, kindness and the sharing of [her] faith.&quot; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;216014b7-fa2e-a43b-13fa-258e5b1c4e0d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=497&quot;&gt;Bethanie Mattek-Sands&lt;/a&gt; said she had &quot;embodied enjoying the ride.&quot; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;63d63db4-882a-e1c0-6866-76a42b089c46&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1556&quot;&gt;Madison Keys&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1710c64f-775f-7d4e-1db9-c53c85071860&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1472&quot;&gt;Sloane Stephens&lt;/a&gt; and countless other wrote how happy they were for her.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In her final singles match, played under the lights on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Rogers played eventual finalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;63f9c1e5-14bd-003f-c269-31543931ad1d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2113&quot;&gt;Jessica Pegula&lt;/a&gt;, someone who she had played against since their teenage years. Pegula of course won the match 6-4, 6-3, but together they stood on the court after the match and celebrated Rogers&#39; career. A video was played on the board, Rogers was presented with a photo collage of moments from the tournament and Pegula cried as she spoke about her longtime friend.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But Rogers surprised even herself as she remained composed and made it through her own speech to the crowd without breaking down.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think that was the Lord&#39;s doing honestly, because every other moment in my career I&#39;ve just been a ball of tears and I can&#39;t explain that moment any other way,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;And I definitely didn&#39;t have on my bingo card that Jessie would be crying more than me but it was really sweet.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384371_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Rogers played singles, doubles and mixed doubles in New York over the past two weeks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Al Bello/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The next day Rogers won her opening doubles match with partner &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;17378de1-da98-9e35-f895-91a97719a8b1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=687&quot;&gt;Petra Martic&lt;/a&gt; but they lost in the second round. Her final match came on the fifth day of the tournament in mixed doubles. Paired with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a81c4ff2-442e-402c-56f0-9979f698d73c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3627&quot;&gt;Robert Galloway&lt;/a&gt;, her career officially reached its conclusion with a loss to the eventual champions &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;82dfe891-e743-372d-3bde-0bab506abfa1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=636&quot;&gt;Sara Errani&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3548&quot;&gt;Andrea Vavassori&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rogers wished she had a few more wins during the tournament but left New York with no regrets. She still isn&#39;t entirely sure what she will do next but knows she wants to stay involved with the sport -- whether through television commentary, working with youth tennis in her native Charleston, South Carolina, or something else -- and was most looking forward to simply being at home.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Not being in a different place every week sounds really exciting,&quot; Rogers said. &quot;Being home with my family, with my puppies, just having a set schedule for a decent amount of time.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Always known as one of the friendliest players on tour, Rogers sometimes wonders what could have happened during her tennis career if she had a different demeanor. But looking back, she wouldn&#39;t change a thing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There&#39;s definitely a part of me that was like, &#39;Oh, maybe if I was tougher and didn&#39;t have that nicest-girl-on-tour reputation, maybe I would have won more matches,&#39;&quot; she said. &quot;But honestly, looking back, that&#39;s one of the most important things that I&#39;ll take away with me. I felt that I needed to get along with the other girls and make friendships and really understand some of their stories and where they were coming from and be able to be vulnerable because we see each other every week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;For me to be able to enjoy it, I needed to be a hundred percent myself. I couldn&#39;t be one person outside of the court and someone different in the locker room. So it was always just, this is who I am. I can&#39;t do it any other way. This is how I know to do it. And that&#39;s how I went about it.&quot;</description>
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      <description>All eyes are on the WNBA playoff push with less than two weeks remaining in the 2024 regular season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But the most anticipated draft class in league history has also continued to draw attention. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 1 draft pick in April, led the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; back to the postseason for the first time since 2016. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a4b0ff3-1dd7-31fc-8a29-220b6a17722c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433405/kamilla-cardoso&quot;&gt;Kamilla Cardoso&lt;/a&gt; hope to lead the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3b4b0e25-5d0c-1ce2-ab25-580273be43e4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-sky&quot;&gt;Chicago Sky&lt;/a&gt; to the playoffs as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark and Reese have already etched their names into the record books. Clark set the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40585930/fever-caitlin-clark-breaks-wnba-single-game-record-19-assists-loss-wings&quot;&gt;WNBA single-game record with 19 assists&lt;/a&gt;, and she is the first rookie in league history to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40508281/caitlin-clark-notches-triple-double-first-wnba-rookie&quot;&gt;tally a triple-double&lt;/a&gt; -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41128834/caitlin-clark-2nd-triple-double-propels-fever-fifth-straight-win&quot;&gt;let alone two&lt;/a&gt;. Reese set a WNBA record for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40555540/angel-reese-historic-double-double-streak-ends-15-games&quot;&gt;consecutive double-doubles&lt;/a&gt; (15) and the league mark for most rebounds in a season (446).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41171397/rebounds-defense-high-motor-chicago-sky-angel-reese-rookie-season-ends-injury&quot;&gt;memorable rookie season&lt;/a&gt; ended suddenly Sept. 7 when she announced she had &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41170165/sky-rookie-angel-reese-season-wrist-injury&quot;&gt;suffered a season-ending wrist injury&lt;/a&gt;. Over 34 games, she averaged 13.6 points, 13.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals. Reese had 26 double-doubles, just shy of Connecticut forward Alyssa Thomas&#39; record of 28 set last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We&#39;ll continue to track the top rookie performances every game day throughout the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Last updated: Sept. 12&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guard | 6-foot | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/gamelog/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Game log&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/stats/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last time out:&lt;/strong&gt; Clark had a relatively subdued night by her standards, finishing with 16 points, 6 assists and 5 turnovers in the Fever&#39;s 86-75 loss to the two-time defending champion &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark became the first player with 700 points and 300 assists in a season in league history but also snapped a few personal streaks Wednesday night: Her streak of five straight games with 20 points and 5 assists (tied for the longest streak in WNBA history) ended, as well as her 10 consecutive games with at least three 3-pointers (the longest streak in WNBA history).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark&#39;s 1-for-10 shooting from the 3-point arc was the worst percentage of her pro career, while her 6-for-22 effort from the field was the fourth-lowest percentage of her season, and her worst mark since June.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we learned:&lt;/strong&gt; The Fever and Aces face off once more Friday, a stretch that Indiana is treating as a playoff series. Clark spoke postgame about Las Vegas&#39; physicality and strength on defense wearing her down a bit as the game progressed. Friday&#39;s rematch gives the Fever a chance to make adjustments and find ways to get their offense going in usual form. Of note: Las Vegas is the only team Indiana has yet to beat this season. -- &lt;em&gt;Alexa Philippou&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Up next:&lt;/strong&gt; vs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt; on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, ION)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lindsay Allen&#39;s great entry pass sets up an easy basket for Kamilla Cardoso and the Sky.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Center | 6-foot-7 | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/gamelog/_/id/4433405/kamilla-cardoso&quot;&gt;Game log&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/stats/_/id/4433405/kamilla-cardoso&quot;&gt;Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last time out:&lt;/strong&gt; Cardoso had 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and a block, but the Sky looked almost lifeless in an 89-58 loss to the Washington Mystics on Wednesday in Chicago. Cardoso was 4-of-9 from the field.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cardoso wasn&#39;t the rookie standout of the night, though: That was Washington&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60595614-8481-3d6c-98be-1a1ee34424cf&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433408/aaliyah-edwards&quot;&gt;Aaliyah Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 6 draft pick in April. She had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks. It was her third double-double of the season and first double-digit scoring performance since July 16.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we learned:&lt;/strong&gt; The Sky were playing their second game since losing Reese for the season to a wrist injury. They beat the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;34946ff8-281e-c57d-bb76-37fb1ebe3ec6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-wings&quot;&gt;Dallas Wings&lt;/a&gt; on Sunday without her but were buried by Washington 29-13 in the first quarter Wednesday and never recovered. The Mystics shot 50% from the field to the Sky&#39;s 35.7%.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Chicago is still in eighth place at 13-23 for the final playoff spot, but Washington is now tied with the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt; a game back at 12-24. The Mystics and Dream have their next two games against each other. -- &lt;em&gt;Michael Voepel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Up next&lt;/strong&gt;: at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx&quot;&gt;Minnesota Lynx&lt;/a&gt; on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, ION)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forward | 6-foot-2 | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/gamelog/_/id/4433630/rickea-jackson&quot;&gt;Game log&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/stats/_/id/4433630/rickea-jackson&quot;&gt;Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last time out:&lt;/strong&gt; Jackson had another strong game Wednesday, scoring 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting, with 7 rebounds and 3 assists in the Sparks&#39; 90-82 loss to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt;. Jackson has scored in double figures in every game but one since July 13.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wednesday, Jackson became the third Sparks rookie to have five games scoring 20 or more points in her first season. Candace Parker had 11 in 2008 and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;759b52cb-27bf-059a-9407-ea76a87edb14&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/1068/nneka-ogwumike&quot;&gt;Nneka Ogwumike&lt;/a&gt; had seven in 2012; both were No. 1 picks and won the Rookie of the Year award. Parker was also MVP in 2008.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This was Jackson&#39;s 37th game this season. Both Parker and Ogwumike played in 33 of the Sparks&#39; 34 regular-season games in their first seasons. The WNBA moved to a 40-game schedule last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What we learned:&lt;/strong&gt; The Sparks were playing back-to-back games, having lost 86-66 to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/conn/connecticut-sun&quot;&gt;Connecticut Sun&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday. Los Angeles dropped to 7-30 but had a stronger performance against the Storm than the Sun. At this point, looking for small improvements is the best thing for the Sparks to do. -- &lt;em&gt;Voepel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Up next:&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt; on Sunday (6 p.m. ET)</description>
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      <description>The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt; are in the driver&#39;s seat for the WNBA playoffs, having officially clinched a playoff spot and well-positioned in first place. But things are getting very interesting in the stretch run.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Eight teams make the postseason. Finishing in the top four means a chance to host a best-of-three first-round playoff series. Right now, those four spots look to be decided by five teams: New York, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/conn/connecticut-sun&quot;&gt;Connecticut Sun&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx&quot;&gt;Minnesota Lynx&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt; and the two-time defending champion &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Liberty, one of the WNBA&#39;s original franchises, are still seeking their first WNBA title. New York fell in the WNBA Finals last season to the Aces, but so far in 2024 the Liberty have been the league&#39;s most consistent team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; haven&#39;t been to the playoffs since 2016. With back-to-back No.1 picks &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; the past two seasons, the Fever have secured a playoff spot. Who will nab the eighth and final postseason berth?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A&#39;ja Wilson sets the WNBA single-season points record on the way to fueling Las Vegas to a road win over the Indiana Fever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept. 19:&lt;/strong&gt; Regular season ends&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sept. 22:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41147890/how-do-wnba-playoffs-work-dates-format-more&quot;&gt;Playoffs begin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oct. 20:&lt;/strong&gt; Last possible finals date&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ESPN Analytics team breaks down playoff probability updated in real time. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41147890/how-do-wnba-playoffs-work-dates-format-more&quot;&gt;The top eight teams make the playoffs&lt;/a&gt; -- a best-of-three series in the first round, where teams are seeded based on regular-season performance, and a best-of-five format for the semifinals and finals. Updated nightly:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clinched a playoff spot:&lt;/strong&gt; New York, Minnesota, Connecticut, Las Vegas, Seattle, Indiana, Phoenix.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How much does a single player mean to the team? Win Probability Added (WPA) captures how much probability goes up or down when a player is on the court and gives them approximate credit. Here we break down the league&#39;s best in the category. Updated after games:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 2024 rookie class is worthy of its own breakdown. Win Probability Added (WPA) captures how much probability goes up or down when a player is on the court and gives them approximate credit. These rookies have not only impacted their teams, but the league. Updated after games:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41147890/how-do-wnba-playoffs-work-dates-format-more&quot;&gt;How do the WNBA playoffs work&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/strong&gt; The dates, format and more&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40484035/wnba-2024-awards-tracker-mvp-rookie-year-coach-all-league-first-team&quot;&gt;WNBA awards tracker:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Unanimous MVP? Clark or Reese for ROY?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40995746/wnba-power-rankings-2024-minnesota-lynx-hottest-team-playoff-race&quot;&gt;WNBA Power Rankings&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Why the Lynx are the league&#39;s hottest team&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40846109/wnna-top-25-players-midseason-2024&quot;&gt;25 reasons to read:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Our midseason edition of top 25 player rankings&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40613286/ten-predictions-rest-2024-wnba-season-olympic-break&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WNBA predictions time:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 10 things that will happen in the second half&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;• &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40147758/wnba-2024-rookie-tracker-clark-reese-cardoso-brink-jackson&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie tracker:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Caitlin Clark. Angel Reese. We&#39;re tracking the rookies&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/&quot;&gt;WNBA COVERAGE&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/schedule&quot;&gt;SCHEDULE&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/standings&quot;&gt;STANDINGS&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/stats&quot;&gt;STATS&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/bpi&quot;&gt;BPI&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/odds&quot;&gt;ODDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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      <description>INDIANAPOLIS -- Toward the end of the first half Wednesday night, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9d049a87-30bf-a718-0206-b47ef02f57df&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3149391/aja-wilson&quot;&gt;A&#39;ja Wilson&lt;/a&gt; received the ball from teammate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6a3fef56-2bd2-ba2e-1e18-4723c4590b47&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529122/chelsea-gray&quot;&gt;Chelsea Gray&lt;/a&gt;, jabbed to the left and then took fellow former South Carolina Gamecock &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt; off the dribble, pulling up at the free throw line for a jump shot.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It has been a remarkable run for the two-time -- presumably soon-to-be three-time -- WNBA MVP. And in Wednesday&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/game/_/gameId/401620432/aces-fever&quot;&gt;86-75 win&lt;/a&gt; over the red-hot &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt;, Wilson etched her name in the history books once more by recording the most points ever in a WNBA season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson&#39;s pull-up jumper with 26.4 seconds left in the first half gave her 941 points this season, two more than &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6268520f-7d7f-f5f6-4c16-59e7ffcd3dd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987869/jewell-loyd&quot;&gt;Jewell Loyd&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s previous record of 939 set last season. With 27 points by game&#39;s end, Wilson&#39;s point total for 2024 sits at 956, putting her 44 points from becoming the first WNBA player to score 1,000 in a single season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The accomplishment came in Wilson&#39;s return after sitting out her first game since 2019 because of a minor ankle injury.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It feels great because now people will stop talking about it,&quot; Wilson quipped about the record after the game. &quot;Felt like it was just like lingering, lingering, lingering, so I&#39;m glad that we got it done.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t want to sound cliché when I say this, but I don&#39;t get any of that without every single teammate along the way. And I&#39;m so grateful to be able to play with selfless women. They give it their all every single day, and they&#39;re their pure selves, and that&#39;s what I love the most,&quot; she added, holding back tears. &quot;My teammates, they&#39;re the heartbeat, they keep me going.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson, who was named WNBA MVP in 2020 and 2022 and Finals MVP in 2023, has had a sensational run over the past few years, leading the Aces to back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 as they became the first WNBA franchise to repeat in over two decades. She also led the U.S. women&#39;s national team to an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer, earning tournament MVP.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This season, Las Vegas hasn&#39;t been quite the same unstoppable squad, sitting in fourth in the standings after finishing with the No. 1 spot the previous two years. The Aces have had to rely more than ever on Wilson, and she has answered the call on both ends.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coach Becky Hammon said pregame that Wilson&#39;s season should be considered the best ever in league history, and there are plenty of facts to back that up: Wilson&#39;s scoring average of 27.3 points -- on 52.1% shooting from the field -- is on track to be the highest single-season average in WNBA history. And in addition to being a double-double machine with her consistency on the glass (11.9 rebounds per game), she&#39;s a premier defender as the reigning two-time defensive player of the year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson&#39;s teammate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09609790-79bb-81d4-522b-7a036e404c50&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/924/alysha-clark&quot;&gt;Alysha Clark&lt;/a&gt; implored onlookers to appreciate Wilson for what she has managed to do on the court.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;One day she&#39;s not going to be here. She&#39;s going to retire and go on and live her life, and people are going to marvel at what she&#39;s done. And I&#39;m like, marvel at it now,&quot; Clark said. &quot;It&#39;s impressive as hell. And what she does on a consistent basis, from day one of this season, there was no doubt who the best player in the world was.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added Hammon: &quot;You&#39;re really starting to see a really, really gifted woman come into this maturity stage of not only her life, but basketball career. She&#39;s not just the best player in the world, she might be the most loved and adored by her teammates. I mean, this woman is special.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson&#39;s special night highlighted the Aces&#39; fifth win in six games, their only loss in that stretch coming Sunday without Wilson against the league-best &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;. Hammon has been pleased with her team&#39;s defensive effort in recent weeks, including Wednesday as it held a high-powered Fever offense to 75 points on 39.7% shooting.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As part of that, Las Vegas&#39; physicality and strength threw off rookie superstar &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;, who had a subdued game by her standards with 16 points, 6 assists and 5 turnovers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The attention to detail,&quot; Hammon said. &quot;We&#39;re locked in. We&#39;re doing our base well. And when you do your base well and you&#39;re locked in on the base, when we do those things, we tend to be on the same page, and we can get multiple stops in a row, which gives our offense multiple opportunities. ... We&#39;re figuring it out on the defensive end.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Fever thought they left some points on the board and perhaps could have moved the ball more. But they&#39;ll have one more shot at knocking off the two-time defending champs -- the only team they&#39;ve yet to beat this season -- Friday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I still feel like we haven&#39;t really given them the best that we have,&quot; Clark said, &quot;so I think Friday is a great opportunity for us to do that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65441aab-bd32-abef-f1f9-6a95b381c955&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142191/kelsey-mitchell&quot;&gt;Kelsey Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;I think that we all kind of lapsed, and we took whatever they gave us, and we didn&#39;t have to. And so I think going into our next maturation, our next phase on Friday, we can&#39;t take anything. We have to punch first, and when they do punch back, we&#39;ve got to be able to stand up and get back to it.&quot;</description>
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      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; was born in 2002, five years after the WNBA launched, and grew up watching the league. Playing in the WNBA has long been one of her dreams. Now, near the end of her record-breaking first season, it&#39;s clear that she has already made a mark in just one summer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;A lot of people in this rookie class grew up just loving this league,&quot; Clark said. &quot;They speak of a lot of memories through their childhood that were spent at a WNBA game or they have a specific player that they love.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know if being a fan necessarily makes you more prepared to play in the WNBA -- but maybe from the standpoint of really knowing how good this league is. You&#39;re going to continue to see these young players that come into the league and have idolized [a player] or specific team ... and that was a very impactful part of their young life.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Some might one day say Clark influenced them that way. She is off to a strong start to what could be an epic career. Just how good has she been as a rookie?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;She currently leads the WNBA in assists and 3-pointers and ranks seventh in scoring. She became the first rookie to get a triple-double; she has two. Clark has eight games of at least 20 points and 10 assists, the most by any player in a season. Through Sunday&#39;s victory over the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt;, she became the first player in WNBA history to average at least 25 points and 10 assists over a five-game span.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark also has made at least three 3-pointers in 10 consecutive games, the longest streak in WNBA history. And Clark has been a big factor in helping the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; break their seven-year playoff drought, as they have qualified for the postseason for the first time since 2016.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When it comes to impact in terms of getting exposure for the WNBA and bringing in new fans, Clark has been in a league of her own. Her popularity, boosted by her run to the NCAA Division I scoring record and two trips to the national championship game while at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2294/iowa-hawkeyes&quot;&gt;Iowa&lt;/a&gt;, has translated to the WNBA just as her game has. Fever tickets are a hot commodity both in Indiana and around the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where does Clark&#39;s season rank among the top 10 rookie seasons in WNBA history? And does &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s -- now sidelined for the rest of the season with a wrist injury -- also land on that list? All rookies were eligible, not only those players who were named WNBA Rookie of the Year. That said, everyone on the list except this year&#39;s rookies won that honor. The 2024 award hasn&#39;t been given yet, although Clark is the overwhelming favorite.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Like most rankings, this one is almost impossible to limit to 10. How, for instance, can we leave off &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/695/seimone-augustus&quot;&gt;Seimone Augustus&lt;/a&gt;, who is the all-time rookie leader in scoring average (21.9 in 2006)? What about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/479/cheryl-ford&quot;&gt;Cheryl Ford&lt;/a&gt;, who averaged a double-double (10.8 PPG, 10.4 RPG) in 2003 and is the only Rookie of the Year winner besides &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/956/maya-moore&quot;&gt;Maya Moore&lt;/a&gt; to win a WNBA championship in her first year?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We tried to take into account rookies who made an impact in multiple categories during their first season and also whether they performed feats that were historical not just for rookies but players in general. Only two true guards -- Clark and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;af0e2a4e-188a-421e-60ba-0c5f32ad63ad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/585/diana-taurasi&quot;&gt;Diana Taurasi&lt;/a&gt; -- made this list. That&#39;s probably because it can take a little longer for guards to adjust to the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But in Clark&#39;s case, it didn&#39;t take long until the league had to start adjusting to her.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384829_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;In the same year she won an NCAA title and an Olympic gold medal, Candace Parker nearly averaged a double-double in her first WNBA season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.5 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 3.4 APG, 2.3 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Parker is the only Rookie of the Year to also win MVP in the same season. The No. 1 draft pick was coming off back-to-back NCAA titles at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;497e95e2-97ac-7535-f946-91502d9ec4ea&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2633/tennessee-lady-volunteers&quot;&gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt; and was immediately a force in the WNBA. She won an Olympic gold medal with Team USA in 2008, then the forward-center and the Sparks made it to the Western Conference finals. Parker went on to claim another MVP award (in 2013) and win a Defensive Player of the Year honor (2020), and she was a member of three WNBA championship teams (2016, 2021, 2023).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.6 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 3.7 APG, 2.9 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Catchings was drafted No. 3 in 2001 but was rehabbing a knee injury that cut short her senior season at Tennessee. Thus, her rookie season was 2002, when she led the Fever to their first playoff appearance. Catchings recorded 9.2 win shares, the most ever by a WNBA rookie. The forward went on to collect a league MVP award (2011), was a five-time Defensive Player of the Year and won the 2012 championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0711%2Fr1357445_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Among setting other records, Caitlin Clark, left, had the first triple-doubles by a rookie in WNBA history, while Angel Reese set the league mark for consecutive double-doubles and most rebounds in a season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats (through Sept. 10):&lt;/strong&gt; 19.2 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 8.5 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clark was the top pick in April, following fellow No. 1 selection &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt;, who was the 2023 Rookie of the Year for the Fever. Those two have made great progress in one season as a top guard-post combo. Clark also has jelled well with starting backcourt mate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65441aab-bd32-abef-f1f9-6a95b381c955&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142191/kelsey-mitchell&quot;&gt;Kelsey Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;; both are averaging just over 19 points per game. A strong case can be made that Clark has had the best offensive season ever for a WNBA rookie. Where a player such as Catchings has an edge is that she also was an elite defender as a rookie. Clark has made progress on that side of the court. And while she averages a league-high 5.7 turnovers per game, her being the team&#39;s primary ball handler and the league&#39;s assist leader must be taken into account.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 13.2 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.4 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The three-time Wade Trophy winner at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;179cc0cf-4aff-5dd9-80cb-c4bbf21c5442&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/41/uconn-huskies&quot;&gt;UConn&lt;/a&gt; didn&#39;t have the biggest stats as the No. 1 pick in 2011, but her impact was immediate and enormous. She was the missing element the Lynx needed to lead them that year to the first of their four WNBA championships. The forward would go on to be league MVP in 2014, and she made six trips to the WNBA Finals in her eight seasons in the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1384877_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Maya Moore&#39;s first season in the WNBA ended with the first of Minnesota&#39;s four WNBA titles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;P.A. Molumby/NBAE via Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 20.7 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.7 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wilson was the second of three consecutive No. 1 picks for the Aces, following &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2e8112d2-f7f5-33dd-0ab1-7a41c4134037&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3065570/kelsey-plum&quot;&gt;Kelsey Plum&lt;/a&gt; (while the franchise was still in San Antonio) and before &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;549665e1-73d4-f906-4670-03961ea95464&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4065870/jackie-young&quot;&gt;Jackie Young&lt;/a&gt;. As a group, they&#39;ve helped lead the Aces to the past two WNBA titles. Wilson was immediately the face of the Aces franchise when it moved to Las Vegas her rookie year, and the center is on her way this season to her third MVP award. She also has won the Defensive Player of the Year Award twice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.3 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.9 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stewart was coming off four consecutive NCAA titles at UConn when she became the Storm&#39;s second No. 1 pick in a row, after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6268520f-7d7f-f5f6-4c16-59e7ffcd3dd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987869/jewell-loyd&quot;&gt;Jewell Loyd&lt;/a&gt;. During Stewart&#39;s WNBA rookie season, the forward followed in the footsteps of Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi by winning an Olympic gold medal with Team USA. Stewart, now with the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;, has since won two WNBA MVP awards and two league championships.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.1 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.8 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The No. 2 pick out of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/48/delaware-blue-hens&quot;&gt;Delaware&lt;/a&gt;, Delle Donne has the best 3-point rate (43.8%) and free throw rate (92.9%) of any WNBA Rookie of the Year winner. If anyone questioned whether it might take Delle Donne more time to adjust to the WNBA because she didn&#39;t play in a power conference in college, she proved that wasn&#39;t the case. The forward-guard went on to win two MVP awards and a WNBA championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 17.0 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The No. 1 pick from UConn, where the guard won three consecutive NCAA titles, Taurasi was named Rookie of the Year and also won the first of six Olympic gold medals with Team USA during her debut season in the WNBA. The Mercury missed the playoffs that year but won their first WNBA title in 2007. In all, Taurasi has three championships with the Mercury. She was the 2009 league MVP, and Taurasi is the WNBA&#39;s all-time scoring leader.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 15.5 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.7 BPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Charles won back-to-back NCAA titles with perfect seasons at UConn before being the No. 1 pick in 2010. Until Angel Reese this year, Charles had the highest rebounding average of any rookie in WNBA history. Charles went on to win the league&#39;s MVP award in 2012. Now with Atlanta, the center ranks second to Taurasi in career scoring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Angel Reese leads the Sky with 24 points and 12 rebounds in a dominant 92-78 victory over the Sparks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 13.6 PPG, 13.1 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese was drafted the lowest of any of the players who made this top-10 list: She was picked No. 7 this year out of &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ac200a77-5d39-7ad9-fee8-1d683819d6cf&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/99/lsu-tigers&quot;&gt;LSU&lt;/a&gt;, where she won the 2023 NCAA title. But Reese has been a huge success as a rebounder. She established the WNBA single-season record for rebounds (446) and set the mark for most consecutive double-doubles (15). Her season was cut short by a wrist injury, but the forward still played 34 games.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also considered:&lt;/strong&gt; Seimone Augustus, Cheryl Ford, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/91/sue-bird&quot;&gt;Sue Bird&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Union: WNBA commish missed mark in interview</title>
      <description>INDIANAPOLIS -- WNBA players and their union spoke out Tuesday against recent comments commissioner Cathy Engelbert made that failed to condemn racist and vitriolic behavior from fans surrounding the &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; rivalry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On Monday, Engelbert appeared on CNBC&#39;s &quot;Power Lunch&quot; and was asked by anchor Tyler Mathisen about what he called the &quot;darker ... more menacing&quot; tone taken by the fan bases on social media, one &quot;where race has been introduced in the conversation, where sexuality is sometimes introduced into the conversation.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;How do you try and stay ahead of that, try and tamp it down or act as a league when two of your most visible players are involved -- not personally, it would seem, but their fan bases are involved -- in saying some very uncharitable things about the other?&quot; he asked.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engelbert&#39;s response focused on the role the Clark-Reese rivalry has had in helping grow women&#39;s basketball.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There&#39;s no more apathy. Everybody cares,&quot; she said. &quot;It is a little of that [Larry] Bird-Magic [Johnson] moment if you recall from 1979, when those two rookies came in from a big college rivalry, one white, one Black. And so we have that moment with these two.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;But the one thing I know about sports, you need rivalry. That&#39;s what makes people watch. They want to watch games of consequence between rivals. They don&#39;t want everybody being nice to one another.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engelbert then acknowledged that social media didn&#39;t exist when Bird and Magic played and added that she tells players, &quot;If someone&#39;s typing something and you wouldn&#39;t ask their advice, ignore it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The commissioner concluded her response by mentioning how corporate partners are endorsing WNBA players now more than ever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Women&#39;s National Basketball Players Association executive director Terri Jackson released a statement Tuesday night rebuking Engelbert&#39;s comments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Here is the answer that the Commissioner should have provided to the very clear question regarding the racism, misogyny, and harassment experienced by the Players,&quot; the statement said. &quot;There is absolutely no place in sport -- or in life -- for the vile hate, racist language, homophobic comments, and the misogynistic attacks our players are facing on social media.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;This is not about rivalries or iconic personalities fueling a business model. This kind of toxic fandom should never be tolerated or left unchecked. It demands immediate action, and frankly, should have been addressed long ago.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jackson&#39;s statement went on to celebrate the spike in fandom stemming from Clark and Reese, and then added: &quot;Fandom should lift up the game, not tear down the very people who bring it to life.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Engelbert did &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/CathyEngelbert/status/1833711063465898398&quot;&gt;take to social media&lt;/a&gt; late Tuesday night to clarify her initial remarks, writing: &quot;To be clear, there is absolutely no place for hate or racism of any kind in the WNBA or anywhere else.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But players throughout the league earlier in the day expressed their disappointment in what the commissioner first said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I just think it&#39;s doing a disservice to the majority of this league in not talking about the part that it&#39;s consumed and played by Black women,&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Aces&lt;/a&gt; point guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6a3fef56-2bd2-ba2e-1e18-4723c4590b47&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529122/chelsea-gray&quot;&gt;Chelsea Gray&lt;/a&gt; told ESPN ahead of her team&#39;s game against Clark and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday. &quot;And to basically be like, &#39;Yep, we push it under the carpet that racism is OK.&#39; So not being direct and handling that, I think she did a poor job of doing that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added Aces forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09609790-79bb-81d4-522b-7a036e404c50&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/924/alysha-clark&quot;&gt;Alysha Clark&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;I think there was an opportunity for her to really be able to take hold of what&#39;s been going on and let people know that regardless of the amount of dollars that are coming in, regardless of whatever, racism and misogyny and homophobia, they have no place in our league, and they have no place regardless of how popular our sport is.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4d83d500-2f40-c89e-4f85-62927c5abbeb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2998928/breanna-stewart&quot;&gt;Breanna Stewart&lt;/a&gt; struck a similar tone after her team&#39;s 105-91 victory over Dallas on Tuesday night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think that it&#39;s kind of disappointing to hear,&quot; said Stewart, who noted she was part of discussions the players had with the union about Engelbert&#39;s comments. &quot;The way that the fans have surged, and especially behind Caitlin and Angel coming to this league, but also bringing a race aspect to a different level -- you know, there&#39;s no place for that in our sport. We want our sport to be inclusive for race, gender, and really a place where people can be themselves.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;So we wished, obviously, Cathy would use her platform in a different way and have made that a little bit better. Kind of just telling the fans like, enough is enough. Become a fan of our sport and for the new ones, lock in on everybody, but don&#39;t be disrespectful. Because as a league, we stick together, and there&#39;s no place for that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The rivalry between Clark, who is white, and Reese, who is Black, dates to their days playing at Iowa and LSU, respectively. Both players -- main competitors for this year&#39;s WNBA Rookie of the Year award and teammates at the league&#39;s All-Star Game in July -- have downplayed any notion of animosity between them, oftentimes expressing support for one another instead.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But that hasn&#39;t stopped a portion of fans from leveling harassment or directing hateful -- sometimes racist, misogynistic, anti-gay -- comments toward players, a majority of whom are Black and some of whom are members of the LGBTQIA+ community.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s taken a darker turn in terms of the types of comments and the vitriol that&#39;s coming through to the players, and it&#39;s not OK,&quot; Alysha Clark said. &quot;I wish [Engelbert] would have just said that -- &#39;It&#39;s not OK.&#39;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;At the end of the day, when we take these uniforms off, we&#39;re human beings, and that doesn&#39;t mean because we&#39;re athletes, we are automatically just allowed to be subjected to those types of comments and hate. And so I just think there was a real missed opportunity to shut that down and just be like, &#39;We don&#39;t condone any of that.&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2e8112d2-f7f5-33dd-0ab1-7a41c4134037&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3065570/kelsey-plum&quot;&gt;Kelsey Plum&lt;/a&gt;, a former No. 1 pick like Caitlin Clark, called Engelbert&#39;s comments &quot;hard to hear,&quot; adding: &quot;It&#39;s pretty clear, there&#39;s a difference between rivalries and racism. Big difference.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Aces guard said she hasn&#39;t had social media on her phone this year because &quot;it&#39;s been so nasty,&quot; and credited both Clark and Reese for how they&#39;ve handled being in the middle of such acrimonious dynamics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Plum acknowledged that this was &quot;maybe a missed opportunity [from Engelbert], but there&#39;s going to be plenty more for her ... and she&#39;ll get an opportunity to clarify her comments.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the meantime, Jackson and players reiterated the values they believe the WNBA stands for -- and what it stands against.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Racism, and the toll it takes on everyone, is NEVER tolerable, let alone justifiable, in the name of economic growth,&quot; Jackson said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Added Alysha Clark: &quot;That&#39;s not the type of environment we want for our fans to come to. That&#39;s not the type of environment we want these young girls and boys to step into and think is OK.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Said Plum: &quot;Our women are very grounded and centered and have a great perspective on life, in my opinion. I don&#39;t think that represents what our league is about. If you tune into our league for 30 seconds, you&#39;ll know that we are the most inclusive, loving, compassionate group. We don&#39;t stand for any of that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;ESPN&#39;s Michael Voepel and Katie Barnes contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; took to social media to explain her season-ending injury -- a small crack in a bone in her left wrist that required surgery.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I fell on my hand when I got the and-1, when I fell back [and] fell on my hand, and it is a small crack in my bone,&quot; Reese &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tiktok.com/@angelreese10/video/7412455826641767711&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;said in a video&lt;/a&gt; posted to her TikTok account late Sunday night.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Basically, the doctors told me that I could either not get surgery or have surgery. The risk of not having surgery -- I could literally have arthritis at 22 years old. That wasn&#39;t an option. The bone could literally crack and completely shatter. Right now, it&#39;s like a hairline. ... They&#39;re going to put a small screw in it. And I wasn&#39;t going for it getting any bigger.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese had successful surgery Tuesday, the Sky said in a release. The forward said she&#39;ll be in a hard cast for four weeks and then a soft cast for two.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Long term, I literally could have not played anymore because this is a very hard place to heal because the blood flow is little to none,&quot; she said while pointing to her right wrist, which was wrapped in a black soft cast.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese, the No. 7 pick in the draft, finished the season averaging 13.6 points and 13.1 rebounds. It&#39;s the highest rebound average in the history of the WNBA. Reese also set the rookie record with 26 double-doubles -- her last coming in a 92-78 win over Los Angeles on Friday night that is now her last game of the season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese has been intertwined with Indiana rookie &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; since the pair faced off in the NCAA championship two years ago. Reese&#39;s LSU squad came away with the win. They have lifted the WNBA in television ratings, attendance and merchandise sales this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s definitely sad whenever you see anyone go down with an injury, especially people that you came into this league with,&quot; Clark said Sunday. &quot;You want to see her finish out this year. Obviously, she&#39;s had a historic year, and she&#39;s done some incredible things.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;For me, getting to play against her, her motor is up there -- if not the best in the league. She just doesn&#39;t stop working. I thought she had a tremendous year. I thought she came into the league and really did what she&#39;s done well her entire career as long as I&#39;ve known her. It&#39;s really devastating. It&#39;s never anything you want to see from a player.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese said she&#39;ll continue to train and participate in off-court ventures during her recovery.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;So in the meantime, I will just be in my hard cast for four weeks. ... During that time I&#39;ll just be lifting, running, conditioning, shooting with my off hand, dribbling and doing stuff with my off hand, working on my nutrition,&quot; Reese said. &quot;[I&#39;ll be] modeling still, podcasting still, being a baddie still... and supporting my teammates from afar. Well, not afar but on the bench. ... I still believe we&#39;re still making the playoffs.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Reese responded in the video to social media suggestions that she was pregnant, saying it was untrue.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;That was never a thing. ... I want to make this crystal clear, I don&#39;t have a man to have kids; I don&#39;t have a ring to have kids, I am 22 with no kids. And I&#39;m not coming to kids,&quot; she said. &quot;So that&#39;s not going to be a thing anytime soon. I just want y&#39;all to know that. because I know y&#39;all like to have some clicks.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Chicago is currently in the final playoff position, one game ahead of Atlanta. The Sky face Washington on Wednesday.</description>
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      <description>The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;34946ff8-281e-c57d-bb76-37fb1ebe3ec6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-wings&quot;&gt;Dallas Wings&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;fc3d2f98-2a3d-9ef8-4d5b-b8d5168d7737&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-sparks&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Sparks&lt;/a&gt; have been eliminated from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40847083/2024-wnba-playoffs-tracker-making-biggest-impact-more&quot;&gt;WNBA playoff contention&lt;/a&gt;. Who will join them on the postseason sidelines, and who will take the No. 8 seed?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The seven teams that already have playoff spots continue to jockey for position and home-court advantage -- including the first-place &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;, who are No. 1 again in this week&#39;s ESPN WNBA Power Rankings -- but we&#39;re focused on the other end, where the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3b4b0e25-5d0c-1ce2-ab25-580273be43e4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-sky&quot;&gt;Chicago Sky&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;39c302ad-d5df-e0d0-33e8-1cffebc5bc75&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/wsh/washington-mystics&quot;&gt;Washington Mystics&lt;/a&gt; are trying to make the postseason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With two weeks left in the regular season, the Mystics will face the Sky and the Dream (twice) this week; Atlanta and Chicago still have a matchup left against each other the following week. All three have faced challenges due to injuries this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let&#39;s start with the Sky, who are in eighth place in the standings but got stunning news Saturday: forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41170165/sky-rookie-angel-reese-season-wrist-injury&quot;&gt;out for the rest of the season&lt;/a&gt; with a wrist injury. As a rookie, she established herself as a consistent double-double threat and one of the top rebounders in the league. It&#39;s a shame we won&#39;t get to see her finish this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Fellow rookie &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; said Sunday of Reese, &quot;She&#39;s had a historic year, and she&#39;s done some incredible things. She came to the league and really did what she&#39;s done well her entire career, as long as I&#39;ve known her.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coach Teresa Weatherspoon didn&#39;t give any details about Reese&#39;s injury, saying Reese could disclose that if she chooses to.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Even without Reese, the Sky &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41157379/chennedy-carter-sparks-sky-return-paces-win-vs-sparks&quot;&gt;ended Dallas&#39; playoff hopes&lt;/a&gt; with a 92-77 victory Sunday. Chicago guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0feab94d-9d84-4b8b-b363-57237f8e1855&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4280892/chennedy-carter&quot;&gt;Chennedy Carter&lt;/a&gt; had 28 points, and veteran forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7bce1add-eedb-11c2-3284-1351968dabf2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2566453/isabelle-harrison&quot;&gt;Isabelle Harrison&lt;/a&gt; made the most of her first start of 2024 with 21 points and nine rebounds.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s unfortunate we&#39;re in this situation,&quot; Weatherspoon said, &quot;but we&#39;re excited about what we can do.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ninth-place Dream almost had a big win Sunday. They led Indiana by as much as 16 points -- which turned into a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41184998/caitlin-clark-aliyah-boston-lead-fever-ot-win&quot;&gt;104-100 overtime loss&lt;/a&gt;. Atlanta has lost forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a8b37e4-d246-2fae-729d-5642babd8ce9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529458/cheyenne-parker-tyus&quot;&gt;Cheyenne Parker-Tyus&lt;/a&gt; (ankle) for the remainder of the season, and there&#39;s no timetable for guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c673e938-b68c-7787-3f36-7c3ca34ee5cc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2999035/aerial-powers&quot;&gt;Aerial Powers&lt;/a&gt; (calf) to return.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Add in the games missed earlier this season due to injury by guards &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;940914f8-5293-4fb8-0f4c-7c5436f2c5bd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4398674/rhyne-howard&quot;&gt;Rhyne Howard&lt;/a&gt; (11) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6e517eae-e6cc-f3bb-5761-4b2f27775272&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142250/jordin-canada&quot;&gt;Jordin Canada&lt;/a&gt; (21). That&#39;s what the Dream have been up against, despite the strong play of &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;42ac782c-1f52-80e6-59ee-eebe51e6c1ec&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3058901/allisha-gray&quot;&gt;Allisha Gray&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8d4185-5dc2-d522-e8ed-fb219a1130d4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/918/tina-charles&quot;&gt;Tina Charles&lt;/a&gt; all summer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The resiliency of the team, the grittiness -- they&#39;re continuing to fight,&quot; Dream coach Tanisha Wright said. &quot;Even in those games we&#39;re losing, we&#39;re in every single one of them. But you have to be able to win some of those tight games.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Washington, which also has been beset with injuries, started the season 0-12. No one would have imagined back then that we would be talking in September about the Mystics contending for the playoffs. But they kept plugging away, and the return of guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b8564ef4-7521-235a-57d1-0262eb11d1fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2988756/brittney-sykes&quot;&gt;Brittney Sykes&lt;/a&gt; from injury has really helped.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whichever team gets the last spot will be a big underdog, of course, in the first round of the playoffs. But the Sky, Dream and Mystics wouldn&#39;t mind that; they just want the chance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Previous rankings:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40092221/wnba-2024-preseason-power-rankings-las-vegas-aces-no-1&quot;&gt;Preseason&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40183339/wnba-power-rankings-2024-week-1-minnesota-lynx-indiana-fever&quot;&gt;May 20&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40224884/wnba-power-rankings-2024-connecticut-sun-lynx-aces-liberty&quot;&gt;May 27&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40267320/wnba-power-rankings-2024-connecticut-sun-new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;June 3&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40317348/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-new-no-1-las-vegas-falls&quot;&gt;June 10&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40368050/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-liberty-win-streak&quot;&gt;June 17&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40413601/wnba-power-rankings-2024-minnesota-new-york-commissioner-cup&quot;&gt;June 24&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40469633/wnba-power-rankings-2024-indiana-fever-caitlin-clark-climb&quot;&gt;July 1&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40517426/wnba-power-rankings-2024-aja-wilson-caitlin-clark-angel-reese-set-records-new-no-1&quot;&gt;July 8&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40559958/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-liberty-new-no-1-indiana-fever-climb&quot;&gt;July 15&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40899182/wnba-power-rankings-2024-new-york-liberty-clinch-playoff-berth-betting-favorite&quot;&gt;Aug. 19&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40995746/wnba-power-rankings-2024-minnesota-lynx-hottest-team-playoff-race&quot;&gt;Aug. 26&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41089751/wnba-power-rankings-2024-indiana-fever-jumps-defending-champs-las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Sept. 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.

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      <description>Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, golf fans will get to watch the Solheim Cup in consecutive years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The competition between women&#39;s teams from the U.S. and Europe traditionally happens every other year. But after the 2020 Ryder Cup was postponed a year because of the pandemic, moving the men&#39;s event to odd-numbered years, the Solheim Cup is being played in consecutive years to get on an even-year schedule.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That means the U.S. squad didn&#39;t have to wait as long to try to wrestle the Cup away from the Europeans, who retained the trophy with a 14-14 tie in Finca Cortesin, Spain, last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We got some unfinished business,&quot; world No. 1 golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ceef3796-97fb-36a7-8648-dd6b8aed2ac2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9012/nelly-korda&quot;&gt;Nelly Korda&lt;/a&gt; said this week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Although the U.S. has won 10 of the 18 competitions, it hasn&#39;t come out on top since a 16½-11½ victory at Des Moines Golf &amp;amp; Country Club in Iowa in 2017.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Some people have asked me what one word would be to describe Team USA this year, and I&#39;m just going to say &#39;hungry,&#39; because Nelly and I obviously being on the same amount of Solheim Cups and not necessarily getting the job done last year, kind of leaves not necessarily the best taste in your mouth,&quot; Megan Khang said. &quot;Luckily, we didn&#39;t have to wait two years. We have this year to kind of get back at it, and I can tell you now we&#39;re more hungry than ever.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here are some of the biggest storylines at the Solheim Cup, which tees off Friday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;euro&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump ahead:&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#euro&quot;&gt;Team Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#usa&quot;&gt;Team U.S.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#picks&quot;&gt;Our prediction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why they&#39;ll win &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Europeans have been in possession of the Solheim Cup for much of the past five years. After falling in back-to-back matches in 2015 and 2017, the Europeans won 14½-13½ at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2019 and 15-13 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio in 2021. After last year&#39;s tie in Spain, the European squad celebrated as if it had won.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Eight golfers from last year&#39;s European team qualified to run it back this week, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5016/suzann-pettersen&quot;&gt;Suzann Pettersen&lt;/a&gt; used two of her three captain&#39;s picks to bring back two more -- Sweden&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;84697814-a173-c7e6-a151-d160277d3f48&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8293/anna-nordqvist&quot;&gt;Anna Nordqvist&lt;/a&gt; and Denmark&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4009001d-5417-1a44-1ca7-7d591d33cd67&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9592/emily-kristine-pedersen&quot;&gt;Emily Kristine Pedersen&lt;/a&gt;. Rookies &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81a9048d-ac84-f8d6-ccb4-97aa0a1af592&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/442557/esther-henseleit&quot;&gt;Esther Henseleit&lt;/a&gt; (Germany) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;51b205fc-a3e1-f890-6905-2ea0616edb20&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10223/albane-valenzuela&quot;&gt;Albane Valenzuela&lt;/a&gt; (Switzerland) are the only newcomers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Europeans will be looking for their third victory in the past four Solheim Cups held in the U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think playing away, you&#39;re always an underdog,&quot; Pettersen said. &quot;I think that&#39;s how we&#39;ve always looked at it. Yeah, if you look at the previous three Solheims, we&#39;ve come out on the high side, and we&#39;re going to try and keep that going for sure. At the same time, being away, I&#39;m very happy to kind of leave the pressure [on] the Americans to say they are the home favorites.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385374_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Team Europe retained the Solheim Cup with a 14-14 tie in the 2023.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Gregory Shamus/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All but two of the European team&#39;s 12 members have winning records at the Solheim Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;England&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;95eacd4d-17d0-4492-47a5-2c1cdfb2e364&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7774/charley-hull&quot;&gt;Charley Hull&lt;/a&gt; (12-7-3), Ireland&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b3288017-6982-3b70-a6d7-4b3a1fc860c8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8123/leona-maguire&quot;&gt;Leona Maguire&lt;/a&gt; (7-2-1) and Spain&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1182b9e6-8cb3-7511-a48a-c82ab1c57620&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7424/carlota-ciganda&quot;&gt;Carlota Ciganda&lt;/a&gt; (11-8-4) have been the toughest outs in the team competition. It&#39;s an experienced squad with a combined 77-55-16 record in Solheim Cup matches and 79 points earned. Seven golfers on the European roster will be competing in at least their fourth Solheim Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weaknesses &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The American team would seem to have an advantage playing at home with a more talented roster from top to bottom. Sweden&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bb92f003-6a8b-2809-a409-73c59f7bfc6d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/434661/linn-grant&quot;&gt;Linn Grant&lt;/a&gt; and Maguire were the only European team members who won a Ladies European Tour event this season. Hull, ranked 12th in the world, hasn&#39;t won since October 2022 but had four top-25s at majors this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Boutier, the highest-ranked European golfer at No. 10 in the Rolex Women&#39;s World Golf Ranking, won four times last year, including her first major championship at the Evian Championship in her native France. This season, however, she didn&#39;t finish higher than a tie for 19th in the five majors.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In fact, eight of the top 12 European golfers failed to finish in the top 10 at a major this season. Stark was runner-up at the Chevron, and Grant tied for ninth at the Women&#39;s PGA Championship and 10th at the AIG Women&#39;s Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Obviously, when you look on paper, the U.S. team is very strong, and I don&#39;t think it&#39;s bad going into this week knowing that we have to give up like a good fight to keep the Cup,&quot; Grant said. &quot;So I think we&#39;re all very excited to go out and be aggressive from the start this time. We were slow last year. And just give it our all.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie assessment &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Henseleit was one of the European squad&#39;s better performers this season with two top 10s in majors -- she was solo seventh at the Chevron Championship and tied for seventh at the Evian Championship. She also was the silver medalist at the Olympics in Paris, carding a 6-under 66 in the final round to finish two strokes behind gold medalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7bed6b9c-bda8-3e20-9a7e-179d92fd6fb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/7956/lydia-ko&quot;&gt;Lydia Ko&lt;/a&gt; of New Zealand. Then Henseleit was runner-up in the Scottish Open last month.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 2019 LET Rookie of the Year and Order of Merit champion started this past season ranked 111th in the world but climbed to 30th with the best campaign of her career. Her fiancée, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0354863-6bdd-679e-c742-28fdb480aa87&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11430/reece-phillips&quot;&gt;Reece Phillips&lt;/a&gt;, works as her caddie and swing coach. Her improvement on the greens after working with Scottish putting coach &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4307536a-f2c7-8a79-5fd2-3d87994e3a0d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4853/david-orr&quot;&gt;David Orr&lt;/a&gt; helped spark her breakthrough.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385253_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Esther Henseleit is making her Solheim Cup debut after winning a silver medal in Paris.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been a lot of fun,&quot; Henseleit said. &quot;I felt like my hard work over the last few years kind of paid off and everything came together a little bit. It&#39;s been great to see some good results coming in. It definitely helps my confidence.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Valenzuela, 26, was born in New York to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss native at age 14 and played college golf at Stanford. Valenzuela was a two-time runner-up in the U.S. Women&#39;s Amateur in 2017 and 2019. She represented Switzerland three times at the Olympics and is the first Swiss golfer to compete in the Ryder Cup or Solheim Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 17 starts on the LPGA Tour this season, Valenzuela had six top-25 finishes and two top 10s. She was runner-up at the Honda LPGA Thailand in February.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Golfers who should play all five matches &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pettersen relied heavily on three players in Spain: Grant, Maguire and Pedersen, who each played in all five matches. Grant and Maguire went 3-2, while Pedersen went 2-2-1. They were a combined 5-0-1 in four-ball matches, while Maguire was the only one who won her singles match, carding five birdies and an eagle to take down &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;be5aad1e-dbaa-c67c-aea5-b1c9d3b425e0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11281/rose-zhang&quot;&gt;Rose Zhang&lt;/a&gt; 4 &amp;amp; 3 on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Grant and Maguire had exceptional form at times this season. On June 9, Grant captured the Volvo Cars Scandinavian Mixed, which also included competitors from the DP World Tour. Maguire became the first Irish woman to claim an LET event when she won the Aramco Team Series tournament in London on July 5.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Maguire is one of only five European players who won at least seven of their first 10 matches at the Solheim Cup, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;She&#39;s fiery on the golf course,&quot; European team vice captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3582a079-bdec-3835-b8f1-ab0a0eeb5e3e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8123/mel-reid&quot;&gt;Mel Reid&lt;/a&gt; said of Maguire. &quot;I think you see that. She&#39;s very passionate. She loves match play. She loves [the] Solheim Cup. She loves looking her competitor in the face saying, &#39;I&#39;m going to beat you,&#39; and she wears that extremely well in the team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;She never gives up. She has so much grit and determination. It&#39;s exactly the kind of player you want on your team. And she&#39;s not a long player, and I think that&#39;s what frustrates the competitors as well, is that she just gets it done [without] hitting it very far.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hero pick &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385252_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Carlota Ciganda&#39;s birdie on the 17th green secured the Solheim Cup win for Team Europe in 2023.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Can Ciganda deliver for the Europeans again? The 34-year-old was the only Spanish golfer who competed at Finca Cortesin last year, and she delivered with a 4-0 record. In Sunday singles, she won the 16th and 17th hole to knock off Korda 2 &amp;amp; 1 for the 14th point that retained the Solheim Cup for the European team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This week, Ciganda will be looking to become the first golfer to win at least five straight matches at the Solheim Cup since Caroline Hedwall and Hull won six straight in 2013 and 2015. Her best finishes this year were a tie for third at the Ford Championship and solo sixth at the Chevron Championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Risky pick &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;usa&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For the second Solheim Cup in a row, the European team roster is loaded with Swedish golfers. Pettersen used one of her three captain&#39;s picks on Nordqvist, who is competing in her ninth consecutive Solheim Cup. She&#39;s competing as a vice captain this week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to Elias Sports Bureau, only two other golfers appeared in the competition nine or more times in a row: Europe&#39;s Laura Davies played in 12 straight from 1990 to 2011 and Cristie Kerr was on every U.S. squad from 2002 to 2017.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nordqvist, ranked 72nd in the world, had a 1-3 record in Spain last year, going 0-2 in foursomes and 0-1 in a four-ball match. She defeated Jennifer Kupcho 2 &amp;amp; 1 in a singles match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nordqvist has a 15-13-3 record in the Solheim Cup, but she missed the cut in four of her past seven starts on the LPGA Tour.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why they&#39;ll win &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;History would seem to be on the American team&#39;s side -- neither side has won or retained the Solheim Cup four straight times since its inception in 1990. The U.S. team won three times in a row from 1994 to 1998 and 2005 to 2009. And the Americans will have the crowd on its side in northern Virginia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Again, on the surface, the U.S. team would seem to be far more talented and accomplished than its opponent. There are three American golfers ranked in the top 10 of the world ranking: Korda (No. 1), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7fd57cdd-bc5d-d6e9-d6db-869073337aa9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9401/lilia-vu&quot;&gt;Lilia Vu&lt;/a&gt; (No. 2) and Rose Zhang (No. 9). Three other golfers on the U.S. team -- No. 14 Laura Coughlin, No. 18 Ally Ewing and No. 21 Megan Khang -- are ranked in the top 25.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0912%2Fr1385369_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Team USA poses prior to the Solheim Cup at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Gregory Shamus/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The average world ranking for the 12 golfers on the U.S. team is 25.8 compared to 42 for the European squad. Seven of the golfers on the U.S. squad had at least one top-10 finish in a major -- Ewing had the most with three.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Korda was the best women&#39;s golfer in the world in 2024, winning six times in a seven-start stretch earlier this season, including her second major championship at the Chevron Championship. Vu returned from a back injury and picked up her fifth LPGA victory at the Meijer LPGA Classic on June 16. The two-time major champion tied for second at the Women&#39;s PGA Championship and Women&#39;s British Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weaknesses &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The only American golfers who have tasted victory in the Solheim Cup are Thompson, who was on winning teams in 2015 and 2017, and Alison Lee, who was on the 2015 squad. Korda, Ewing and Khang were part of the past three teams that came up short against the Europeans.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was a concern last year,&quot; U.S. team captain Stacy Lewis said. &quot;That&#39;s the one thing we have going against us, but at some point they&#39;re going to win one and at some point they&#39;re going to get over the hump, just the odds of it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lewis has relied on data more than Pettersen, who seems to go with her gut in making many decisions. Last year, the U.S. team blitzed the Europeans 4-0 in the Friday morning foursomes. The Americans went 6-2 in the alternate shot matches, the first time since 2007 that they had a winning mark in that format.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Europeans have flipped the script in the four-ball matches. In 2017 and 2019, the U.S. team had a seven-point advantage in four-ball. Europe has been five points better in the last two Solheim Cups, including a 6-2 record last year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We put a lot of emphasis last year on alternate shot, which you guys saw in the result,&quot; Lewis said. &quot;Looking back, was it maybe too much? Probably. So we&#39;re trying to find that balance this year of creating those great alternate shot pairings, but also making sure we have some great best ball pairings as well. So just trying to find that balance.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie assessment &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Like the European team, there are only two rookies on the U.S. squad -- Coughlin and Sarah Schmelzel.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coughlin, 31, enjoyed a breakthrough in her seventh season on the PGA Tour. She claimed her first two victories at the CPKC Women&#39;s Open on July 28 and the ISPS Handa Scottish Women&#39;s Open on Aug. 18. She tied for third at the Chevron Championship and was solo fourth at the Evian Championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0820%2Fr1375668_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Lauren Coughlin enjoyed a breakthrough season, winning the ISPS Handa Scottish Women&#39;s Open on Aug. 18.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Paul Devlin/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The former Virginia All-American should be a crowd favorite at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club this week. She leads the LPGA with 269 birdies and is fourth in greens in regulation (74%).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Schmelzel, 30, grew up in Arizona and played college golf at South Carolina. She hired a new swing coach and putting coach before the season, and the changes paid off. She had seven top 10s in 21 starts on tour this season, including her first runner-up at the Blue Bay LPGA on March 7. She&#39;s one of the better ball strikers on tour and avoids bogeys (15% of holes played).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Golfers who should play all five matches &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The U.S. squad didn&#39;t have a single player compete in five matches in Spain last year. Khang was the top performer with 3½ points, going 3-0-1 over three days. She paired with Thompson to win two foursomes matches, then set the tone in singles by taking down Grant 1 up in the opening match on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There were five rookies on last year&#39;s team -- Vu, Allisen Corpuz, Andrea Lee, Zhang and Cheyenne Knight -- and Lewis leaned on her more experienced golfers. Vu, Lee and Zhang struggled in their first Solheim Cup, going a combined 2-7-2.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hero pick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thompson was a risky pick a year ago, when Lewis chose her during one of the worst seasons of her LPGA career. Thompson missed the cut in eight of her 11 starts on tour in 2023, but Lewis showed a ton of confidence when she rolled her out with Khang in the opening match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thompson responded by picking up three points with a 3-1 record. She held off Pedersen 2 &amp;amp; 1 in the final singles match on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It will probably be Thompson&#39;s final Solheim Cup. A 15-time winner around the world, Thompson has a 9-7-7 record in the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385249_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;This will probably be the final Solheim Cup for Team USA golfer Lexi Thompson.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thompson has been in better form this season with four top 10s in 14 starts, including a tie for ninth at the PGA Women&#39;s Championship. She ranks 13th on tour in strokes gained: putting (.730) and has been exceptionally good inside 20 feet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Lexi has definitely changed women&#39;s golf,&quot; U.S. team vice captain Paula Creamer said. &quot;You can tell she&#39;s so happy right now. I think that making that decision earlier this year [to retire] has definitely helped her enjoy these moments and enjoy being on a team right now. She has definitely made a huge impact on the game of golf for the juniors and everything.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;She&#39;ll definitely be missed, but she&#39;ll always be there, that&#39;s for sure. I don&#39;t think she&#39;s going too far away from the game, just not out here.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Risky pick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Alison Lee earned her way back on the U.S. team through her world ranking, which is a redemption story in itself after she lost her LPGA card earlier in her career. Last year, she won a second Aramco Team Series event in Riyadh and lost in a playoff to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f59cec60-2626-89d7-7d3a-bd23b6a39f21&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8036/minjee-lee&quot;&gt;Minjee Lee&lt;/a&gt; at the BMW Ladies Championship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The former UCLA star climbed to No. 14 in the world earlier this season -- after she had slipped to 353rd five years ago.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s Lee&#39;s first Solheim Cup in nine years. She has plenty of scar tissue from her only other appearance. As a 20-year-old rookie in St. Leon-Rot, Germany in 2015, Lee and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;66d6f43c-19db-81de-0bc4-f262924ee1c4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6841/brittany-lincicome&quot;&gt;Brittany Lincicome&lt;/a&gt; were playing Pettersen and Charley Hull in a fourballs match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With the American squad trailing by four points, Lee had a birdie putt to go 1 up in the match with one hole to play. She missed and scooped up her ball, which stopped less than 2 feet from the hole.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Immediately, Pettersen protested that the European duo hadn&#39;t conceded the putt. An official agreed. The Europeans won the next hole for a 2-up victory, leaving Lee and Lincicome in tears.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;picks&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0911%2Fr1385247_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Team USA&#39;s Alison Lee crying after she was told that her short putt on the 17th hole had not been conceded, giving Europe the win on the hole at the 2015 Solheim Cup.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;(Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The U.S. team rallied to win 8½ points in singles for a 14½-13½ victory, the biggest comeback in Solheim Cup history.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pettersen was heavily criticized for not conceding the putt. She apologized the Monday after the match.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;m not going to lie, I don&#39;t think about it too often,&quot; Lee said Tuesday. &quot;It was a very long time ago. I would say in the moment it was tough. I was very intimidated at the time, like I said. I was a rookie on tour. I didn&#39;t really know any of the girls on my team either. I wasn&#39;t really good friends with them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I just felt like the newbie, young girl, who kind of made it on the team, and everyone thankfully just rallied behind me and were so warm and welcoming and did everything they could to support me.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lee, 29, said she has never talked to Pettersen about the incident.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I mean, I&#39;m not going to lie, I haven&#39;t really talked to her at all since then,&quot; she said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Americans do indeed have unfinished business at the Solheim Cup, and they&#39;ll end their drought with a 15-13 victory. Thompson will secure the winning point in Sunday singles in her final appearance in the event.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>McIlroy: Exhibition not meant to send message</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; said Wednesday he wasn&#39;t trying to send a message by agreeing to team up with world No. 1 golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;38cbeebe-aac8-fb36-dce0-cf45436086e4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9478/scottie-scheffler&quot;&gt;Scottie Scheffler&lt;/a&gt; in a made-for-TV match against LIV Golf League stars &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bb9f978c-1e0f-b6ca-83ab-255e22dc6e78&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6798/brooks-koepka&quot;&gt;Brooks Koepka&lt;/a&gt; in December.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last week&#39;s announcement of the match came as officials from the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia&#39;s Public Investment Fund prepared to meet in New York this week to continue talks about a potential investment that might bring the fractured sport back together.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The PIF is financing LIV Golf, which has lured DeChambeau, Koepka, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt; and others from the PGA Tour.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know much about the talks that are going on. I know that there is but that&#39;s not something that I&#39;m a part of,&quot; McIlroy said Wednesday during a news conference at the Irish Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Yeah, I mean, I think we are all in the game of golf trying to look for a solution to all this and try to move forward. So we&#39;ll see, yeah. I know as much as you do at this point, and I&#39;m sure news will start to trickle out here in the next few days.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McIlroy is a member of a PGA Tour Enterprises transactional subcommittee that has been negotiating with the Saudis, along with golfers &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b967ea91-ed2c-fad0-cf10-ba1dda3f869e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/462/tiger-woods&quot;&gt;Tiger Woods&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6acb7c43-d666-a9d5-ba00-43b863bc4bb8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/388/adam-scott&quot;&gt;Adam Scott&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last week, McIlroy confirmed that he&#39;d agreed to participate in the exhibition match against the LIV Golf stars, which is expected to take place at an undetermined golf course in Las Vegas.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The PGA Tour is expected to grant McIlroy and Scheffler media releases to appear in the event, like it has done in other events for charity in the past.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McIlroy said his decision to participate had nothing to do with his frustration over the divide that has consumed men&#39;s professional golf for much of the past three years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I wouldn&#39;t say it&#39;s meant to send a message,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;It&#39;s more we wanted to do something that, I guess, all golf fans could get excited about. You&#39;ve got the best player in the world. You&#39;ve got two guys in Bryson and Brooks that have won majors in the last two years. I haven&#39;t done what those guys have done the last couple years, but I&#39;ve definitely been, I feel, one of the best players in the world.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Because LIV Golf players were suspended by the PGA Tour and can&#39;t compete in the circuit&#39;s events, about the only times golfers from both circuits compete against each other is at the four majors: the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a way to show golf fans in the world that this is what could happen or these are the possibilities going forward,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;I&#39;ve been saying this for a long time: I think golf and golf fans get to see us together more than four times a year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think that&#39;s what we&#39;ve tried to do. It&#39;s in the middle of December. There&#39;s not a lot going on in the game of golf, so [we&#39;re] trying to get people excited about something before the season starts again. I think we all thought it was a good idea and something that hopefully is a sign of things to come in the future.&quot;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rahm eyes World Tour to stay Ryder Cup-eligible</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt; said he intends to play in three DP World Tour events by the end of the season to remain eligible for next year&#39;s Ryder Cup.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm isn&#39;t sure, however, whether the DP World Tour will allow him to compete in those tournaments because he&#39;s refusing to pay fines levied against him for playing in the LIV Golf League without a conflicting-event release.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm entered the Spanish Open on Sept. 26-29 and said his representatives are still talking with DP World Tour officials about how to resolve the situation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Well, I&#39;m entered into the tournament,&quot; Rahm told reporters Wednesday during a news conference at Bolingbrook Golf Club outside Chicago, the site of this week&#39;s LIV Golf tournament. &quot;We entered a long time ago. Whether they let me play or not is a different thing. I&#39;m not a big fan of the fines. I think I&#39;ve been outspoken about that. I don&#39;t intend to pay the fines, and we keep trying to have a discussion with them about how we can make this happen.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm also wants to play in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland on Oct. 3-6 and the Andalucia Masters at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande in Spain two weeks later. That schedule would meet the DP World Tour&#39;s requirements for remaining eligible for the Ryder Cup. Rahm would probably need European team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;cab4b4c6-2fde-c332-69aa-4c0093f316de&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/601/luke-donald&quot;&gt;Luke Donald&lt;/a&gt; to use one of his six captain&#39;s picks on him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm&#39;s wife, Kelley, is expecting their third child in the next few weeks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve said many times, I don&#39;t go to the Spanish Open for the glory or anything else,&quot; Rahm said. &quot;I think it&#39;s my duty to Spanish golf to be there, and I also want to play in Sotogrande. At that point, it would almost be doing not only me but Spanish golf a disservice by not letting me play.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;So yeah, that&#39;s why we&#39;re trying to talk to them and make that happen. I would love to be able to play all those events.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rahm, captain of the Legion XIII team, has a narrow lead of about three points over Torque GC captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09533166-488d-e59f-7527-371673203ffc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11099/joaquin-niemann&quot;&gt;Joaquín Niemann&lt;/a&gt; in the LIV Golf individual points race. They are the only golfers who are still mathematically able to claim the title and the lucrative $18 million bonus.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Obviously, it would be a great accomplishment to come in in my first season and win it,&quot; Rahm said. &quot;It is the goal, but it&#39;s not easy to do, especially with how great players like [Niemann] have played. Even just getting to this point, it&#39;s been a good year. I think overall, what I felt like I&#39;ve played and maybe what I&#39;ve read in the media of how I&#39;ve been playing hasn&#39;t matched what I was feeling. I think I was playing better golf than I was given credit for.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Legion XIII is second in the team standings, just a half-point behind &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s Crushers GC.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LIV Golf&#39;s season-ending team championship will be played next week at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Snedeker replaces Bradley as Prez Cup assistant</title>
      <description>&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a358a8f5-4175-b477-caa9-eb3531285bfd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/1222/brandt-snedeker&quot;&gt;Brandt Snedeker&lt;/a&gt; is replacing &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8f5653c5-b2c1-8fe7-6f83-fb976c9dec5d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4513/keegan-bradley&quot;&gt;Keegan Bradley&lt;/a&gt; as a captain&#39;s assistant for this month&#39;s Presidents Cup in Montreal, U.S. team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6f8b009c-9f81-7079-27a5-457613fd8d29&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/153/jim-furyk&quot;&gt;Jim Furyk&lt;/a&gt; announced Wednesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Furyk had previously named Bradley a captain&#39;s assistant for the team event, but then used one of his six captain&#39;s picks on Bradley to compete against the International team Sept. 26-29 at Royal Montreal Golf Club.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snedeker joins &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96b14f80-5c0a-8750-ad5e-907f158e09be&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/78/stewart-cink&quot;&gt;Stewart Cink&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;14f4e71f-aa1d-1186-83d0-874363946c1b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/269/justin-leonard&quot;&gt;Justin Leonard&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ef42c745-6af8-88a8-621d-c44dd3ce9f98&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/2552/kevin-kisner&quot;&gt;Kevin Kisner&lt;/a&gt; as U.S. captain&#39;s assistants.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snedeker, 43, was a member of the 2013 Presidents Cup team at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, and also competed in the 2012 and 2016 Ryder Cups.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I enjoyed competing together with Brandt at the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah,&quot; Furyk said in a statement. &quot;He is a fierce competitor, great teammate and one of the most respected players on the PGA Tour. He will provide a steady voice in the team room, and I will rely on him for insight and advice as we lead our 12 players into Montreal at the end of the month.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Snedeker will be one of Bradley&#39;s vice captains at next year&#39;s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The nine-time PGA Tour winner was named the winner of the Payne Stewart Award in recognition of his character, sportsmanship and charitable giving.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I was honored to get the call from Jim and thrilled to accept this role as one of his captain&#39;s assistants for the Presidents Cup,&quot; Snedeker said. &quot;He&#39;s someone I&#39;ve looked up to throughout my career and I know will be a strong leader for the U.S. team at Royal Montreal. My goal is to add a trusted voice to our players throughout the week and do everything I can to help us pull out the win.&quot;</description>
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      <title>Sources: PGA Tour, PIF meeting in New York</title>
      <description>PGA Tour officials, including 15-time major champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b967ea91-ed2c-fad0-cf10-ba1dda3f869e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/462/tiger-woods&quot;&gt;Tiger Woods&lt;/a&gt;, are meeting with representatives from Saudi Arabia&#39;s Public Investment Fund in New York on Tuesday, sources confirmed to ESPN.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The sides are attempting to come to terms on a deal that would inject more than $1 billion from the PIF into PGA Tour Enterprises, the new for-profit entity launched by the tour and Strategic Sports Group.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The meetings are scheduled to last multiple days, sources told ESPN.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PGA Tour Enterprises chairman Joe Gorder and Fenway Sports Group owner John W. Henry are part of a transactional subcommittee that is negotiating with the Saudis, along with Woods and golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6acb7c43-d666-a9d5-ba00-43b863bc4bb8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/388/adam-scott&quot;&gt;Adam Scott&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The X flight tracking account radaratlas2 noted Tuesday that jets owned by Woods, the Saudi oil and natural gas company Aramco and the PGA Tour arrived in the New York area Monday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The meetings between the PGA Tour and the PIF were criticized by the 9/11 Justice group Tuesday. The group of 9/11 survivors, first responders and family members of those killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, have accused the Saudi Arabian government of supporting the terrorists.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Tomorrow, we commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, yet here we are today, in New York City, down the street from Ground Zero, and the PGA Tour and Tiger Woods are negotiating with them,&quot; 9/11 Justice president Brett Eagleson said in a statement. &quot;As has been confirmed in the last few weeks by CBS reporting, the Saudi Arabian government played a role in the horrific attacks of 9/11. It is disgusting, unacceptable, and incredibly painful that the Tour and Woods would do this -- especially now.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At last month&#39;s Tour Championship in Atlanta, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said talks with the PIF have been &quot;enhanced&quot; and are &quot;stronger&quot; than they&#39;d been in the past, hinting that a deal could be reached to bring the fractured sport back together.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF, which has financed the rival LIV Golf League the past three years, signed a framework agreement on June 6, 2023, to form an alliance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The deadline for that agreement expired Dec. 31, but the sides have continued to hammer out the details of a potential deal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I would say that the priority, it&#39;s been enhanced,&quot; Monahan said on Aug. 28. &quot;It&#39;s stronger. That&#39;s a direct result of dialogue and conversation and really starting to talk about the future, future product vision and where we can take our sport.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think when you get into productive conversations, that enhances the likelihood of positive outcomes and that enhances the spirit of those very conversations. I think that&#39;s where things stand.&quot;</description>
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      <description>BEREA, Ohio -- The attorney representing the plaintiff in a civil lawsuit accusing &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;539babc5-e5fb-753b-8ae1-c15032a91ef4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-browns&quot;&gt;Cleveland Browns&lt;/a&gt; quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b6ec8e9e-3d85-a1de-9d0a-5a51621a9c20&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3122840/deshaun-watson&quot;&gt;Deshaun Watson&lt;/a&gt; of sexual assault and battery told ESPN on Thursday that the woman will speak to the NFL within the next two weeks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We will be scheduling a meeting with the NFL and hope that can be accomplished in the next two weeks,&quot; attorney Tony Buzbee wrote in an email. &quot;We have a video and two additional witnesses for the NFL to speak with. I&#39;ve personally never had confidence in the NFL&#39;s disciplinary process but my client has chosen to engage it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to the lawsuit, which was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41197328/lawsuit-accuses-browns-deshaun-watson-sexual-assault-battery&quot;&gt;filed Monday&lt;/a&gt; in Harris County, Texas, the alleged actions occurred in October 2020 before Watson and a woman, identified as Jane Doe in the court filing, were set to have dinner at the woman&#39;s apartment. Watson was a member of the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;595690b3-2161-4913-a7a7-814af2fd2621&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/hou/houston-texans&quot;&gt;Houston Texans&lt;/a&gt; at the time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Watson on Wednesday &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41220358/browns-deshaun-watson-denies-latest-sexual-assault-allegations&quot;&gt;denied the allegations&lt;/a&gt; in a statement issued by his attorney, Rusty Hardin.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The NFL on Tuesday said it is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41208124/nfl-investigating-latest-lawsuit-deshaun-watson&quot;&gt;reviewing the complaint under the personal conduct policy&lt;/a&gt;, but the league added that Watson will not be placed on the commissioner&#39;s exempt list because there have been no formal charges and the league&#39;s review just began.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Browns coach Kevin Stefanski on Wednesday said Watson will still start Sunday against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ca6fb778-cbf6-d9a3-3e93-01230335fcab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/jax/jacksonville-jaguars&quot;&gt;Jacksonville Jaguars&lt;/a&gt; but declined to comment on the lawsuit, deferring to a team statement released Tuesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In a statement released Wednesday, Buzbee said he reached out to Watson&#39;s attorneys for months to resolve the matter privately.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Watson said he found out about the lawsuit when it surfaced and was surprised to see the allegations. When asked about Buzbee&#39;s claim of reaching out to Hardin&#39;s office 10 months ago, Watson responded: &quot;I&#39;m not aware of that.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Watson served an 11-game suspension in 2022 after more than two dozen women accused him of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct during massage sessions. A pair of Texas grand juries declined to pursue criminal charges against Watson, but he served his suspension after the NFL and the NFL Players Association reached a settlement in his disciplinary matter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Watson also had to pay a fine of $5 million and undergo mandatory evaluation by behavioral experts and follow their suggested treatment program before being reinstated by the league.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Watson settled 23 of the 24 lawsuits filed against him in the summer of 2022.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The lawsuit filed Monday is unrelated to the two remaining active lawsuits from women who accused Watson of sexual misconduct during massage sessions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the prior civil cases, a judge compelled the women suing Watson to use their actual names in court filings. Hardin told ESPN on Wednesday that he intends to ask the court to require the woman who sued Watson on Monday to also be identified by name in court filings.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In March 2022, the Browns traded six draft picks, including three first-round picks, for Watson and gave him a fully guaranteed $230 million deal, which was an NFL record at the time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The suspension and injuries have limited Watson to just 13 starts with Cleveland.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hamstring injury lands Jags CB Campbell on IR</title>
      <description>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ca6fb778-cbf6-d9a3-3e93-01230335fcab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/jax/jacksonville-jaguars&quot;&gt;Jaguars&lt;/a&gt; have placed cornerback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5235f9a5-e8e2-d876-2ed4-83deb390b1b3&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4379397/tyson-campbell&quot;&gt;Tyson Campbell&lt;/a&gt; on injured reserve because of a left hamstring injury.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He&#39;ll miss at least four games, so the earliest he could return would be Week 6, which is the first of the Jaguars&#39; back-to-back games in London.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s the second year in a row in which he has dealt with a hamstring injury. He missed six games last season after injuring his right hamstring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Campbell, who signed a four-year, $76.5 million contract extension ($53.4 million guaranteed) the day before training camp began, has 6 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 205 tackles in three-plus seasons with the Jaguars, who drafted him with the first pick of the second round in 2021.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Jaguars have signed &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8d1dfa36-8f43-8100-13c1-f1083f5d30c6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3046326/tre-flowers&quot;&gt;Tre Flowers&lt;/a&gt; from the practice squad to replace Campbell on the active roster and signed safety &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a4f3e2d2-01e4-6e22-3ce3-0646d8f6fca8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3125287/andre-chachere&quot;&gt;Andre Chachere&lt;/a&gt; to the practice squad.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bank on him: Jags stadium gets Trevor makeover</title>
      <description>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/jax/jacksonville-jaguars&quot;&gt;Jaguars&lt;/a&gt;&#39; home opener against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;539babc5-e5fb-753b-8ae1-c15032a91ef4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-browns&quot;&gt;Cleveland Browns&lt;/a&gt; won&#39;t be played at EverBank Stadium.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But it&#39;s not moving.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The teams will instead meet at TrEverBank Stadium, renamed after Jaguars quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;76111495-d1d9-2333-170d-4206eebe673f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4360310/trevor-lawrence&quot;&gt;Trevor Lawrence&lt;/a&gt; as part of his collaboration with the stadium&#39;s naming rights sponsor, EverBank. By the time the game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, work crews will have added temporary signage throughout the stadium and on the outside with the new name.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t like having too much of the spotlight with stuff like that, but I think it was clever,&quot; Lawrence said. &quot;They have the naming rights for the stadium, so it&#39;s a good play on words, and I was fine with it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lawrence&#39;s collaboration with the Jacksonville-based financial services company began last month, and he has appeared in ads across multiple platforms, including social media and television. The ads were filmed in June and include one in which he is helping supervise the installation of the TrEverBank logo.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a pretty cool spot,&quot; Lawrence said. &quot;The commercials are going to be pretty funny, and they did a good job with it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lawrence teased the announcement earlier this week with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/Trevorlawrencee/status/1833519763449851973&quot;&gt;post on X&lt;/a&gt; that featured four photos of him from different angles in a slide show with the words &quot;It&#39;s time for a change.&quot; That led to speculation on social media that he was considering cutting his long, blonde hair, even though he tagged EverBank Stadium&#39;s official account in the post.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not a chance, he said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lawrence and the Jaguars are coming off a 20-17 loss to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;af33088b-1e19-d27d-dbc0-354fd7151703&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/mia/miami-dolphins&quot;&gt;Miami Dolphins&lt;/a&gt; in their season opener at Hard Rock Stadium. The Browns lost their season opener to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;b0fc8fb7-9dbe-e574-9008-6f0ee7c6b234&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-cowboys&quot;&gt;Dallas Cowboys&lt;/a&gt; 33-17 at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland. The Jaguars are 15-14 in home openers but haven&#39;t beaten the Browns since 2017.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Is the scramble the best play in football? How running QBs have revolutionized the NFL</title>
      <description>Let&#39;s say you were a lapsed fan who hadn&#39;t watched professional football in, oh, about 40 years. If you tuned in to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/&quot;&gt;NFL&lt;/a&gt; game for the first time in decades in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/scoreboard/_/week/1/year/2024/seasontype/2&quot;&gt;Week 1&lt;/a&gt;, what would have stood out as different? I&#39;m guessing some of the technological advancements would have been the first thing you noticed. The first-down marker is helpful. The game looks better in high definition, sure. The absence of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/8615/nike-brings-the-neck-roll-back-to-the-nfl&quot;&gt;neck rolls&lt;/a&gt; might have seemed strange. Let&#39;s look past the visual side of things, though.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What about the game itself? What would have seemed most different from the past? There&#39;s something unique that has become commonplace in the current NFL, and it&#39;s a development that has fundamentally changed the sport. The running quarterback -- seen alternately as a fad, a problem to be corrected or simply not seen at all for long stretches of time -- has become a firmly entrenched entity.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subscribe: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=15230808&quot;&gt;&#39;The Bill Barnwell Show&#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now, I know this isn&#39;t exactly &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; news. I&#39;m not arguing quarterbacks such as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7d76fbb1-1c5e-d9f4-954f-cad43f720ae2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3916387/lamar-jackson&quot;&gt;Lamar Jackson&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;237b9f2a-4701-8fc3-60eb-250978af9893&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3918298/josh-allen&quot;&gt;Josh Allen&lt;/a&gt; have just arrived, because they&#39;ve been in the league since &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft/rounds/_/round/1/season/2018&quot;&gt;2018&lt;/a&gt;. What&#39;s fascinating and meaningful about this shift right now is how widespread and seemingly permanent it has become. For most of the past half-century of football, the running quarterback was limited to one player per generation, an exception to the rule of pocket passers. They were almost regarded as gimmicks. Many players who might have qualified to play under center were moved to other positions before they could ever prove they were capable or incapable of serving as an NFL quarterback, with Jackson as a recent example of a prospect whom some observers wanted to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2018/story/_/id/22627000/former-louisville-cardinals-star-lamar-jackson-intends-qb-nfl&quot;&gt;move to another position&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s no longer the case for top prospects who have excelled at the college level. The number of quarterbacks who are essential components in their team&#39;s running game has grown and continues to rise. And the impact of those players is changing the game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;run&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump to a section:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41217438/how-running-qbs-changed-nfl-dual-threat-history-value-scramble-stats-future#run&quot;&gt;The staggering shift, and why 2018 is notable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41217438/how-running-qbs-changed-nfl-dual-threat-history-value-scramble-stats-future#design&quot;&gt;The impact of designed quarterback runs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41217438/how-running-qbs-changed-nfl-dual-threat-history-value-scramble-stats-future#scramble&quot;&gt;Is the scramble the best play in football?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let&#39;s put this into context, because the numbers are jarring. There are several ways to define a running quarterback, but let&#39;s use round numbers. One simple definition of a QB who both throws the football and runs more often than the occasional scramble, sneak or kneel-down would be a passer with 150 passing attempts and 100 rushing attempts in a season. That&#39;s easier to do in a 17-game season than it was in the 14-game era, but we&#39;re looking at a nominal passing workload and just over seven carries per game across a full year in the 14-game seasons to qualify as a runner by this list.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;From 1950 to 1988, there was exactly &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; instance of a player throwing the ball 150 times and running 100 times in the same season. It was Bears quarterback &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DougBo00.htm&quot;&gt;Bobby Douglass&lt;/a&gt; in 1972. He spent about 2½ seasons as the starter in Chicago and came within 38 yards of becoming the first QB in league history to rack up 1,000 rushing yards in a single season. The league saw Lou Holtz attempt to implement a version of the option during his brief stint as Jets coach a few years later, but otherwise, the NFL simply did not employ quarterbacks who ran the ball regularly. They were more likely to punt than become part of the run game, even in an era in which offenses were far more heavily weighted toward the run.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8/randall-cunningham&quot;&gt;Randall Cunningham&lt;/a&gt; came around and pulled off 150/100 in back-to-back seasons with the 1989 and 1990 Eagles. This opened up the door for individual exceptions to the league&#39;s de-facto rules, although the only player who had a qualifying season over the next decade was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/733/steve-mcnair&quot;&gt;Steve McNair&lt;/a&gt; in 1997. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1762/daunte-culpepper&quot;&gt;Daunte Culpepper&lt;/a&gt; did it with Minnesota in 2002, but the next quarterback to pull it off regularly was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2549/mike-vick&quot;&gt;Michael Vick&lt;/a&gt;, who accomplished it four times for Atlanta between 2002 and 2006 and then once more with Philadelphia in 2010.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You could argue the tide shifted in 2011, when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8d2efb5d-c098-e277-6a1e-4c8e2cc7f3ad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13200/tim-tebow&quot;&gt;Tim Tebow&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13994/cam-newton&quot;&gt;Cam Newton&lt;/a&gt; were &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/33547/tebow-newton-lead-way-on-good-qb-day&quot;&gt;150/100 guys&lt;/a&gt;, or the following year, when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;cfd9b6ef-8d5c-a561-1296-76749e0ba170&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14875/robert-griffin&quot;&gt;Robert Griffin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14001/colin-kaepernick&quot;&gt;Colin Kaepernick&lt;/a&gt; made playoff runs in offenses incorporating zone-read concepts from the college level. (Kaepernick didn&#39;t qualify that season, although he made it in 2014.) I&#39;m not sure they stuck the landing, though; Tebow was quickly &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/10222312/tim-tebow-not-done-nfl-espn-job&quot;&gt;out of the league&lt;/a&gt;, Griffin wasn&#39;t able to adjust after &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8829057/robert-griffin-iii-washington-redskins-acl-lcl-surgery&quot;&gt;tearing his ACL&lt;/a&gt;, and Kaepernick wasn&#39;t as effective once Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman were out of the picture. Newton was the one quarterback who was heavily involved in his team&#39;s running game who made it through multiple successful seasons on his second contract, although the hits he took might have shortened his career.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To put all that in context, over a 65-year span between 1950 and 2015, just 11 quarterbacks recorded a 150/100 season. Just four -- Newton, Vick, Cunningham and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f0610946-ceb6-9a99-3bcc-cf110b2078b5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14881/russell-wilson&quot;&gt;Russell Wilson&lt;/a&gt; -- did it more than once.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Over the past five years, &lt;i&gt;seven&lt;/i&gt; different quarterbacks have racked up 150/100 seasons. They&#39;ve been aided by a 17th game, but even upping the threshold to 150 passes and 125 rush attempts, five have reached this feat.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And right now, as we begin the 2024 season, a full quarter of the league&#39;s starting passers are involved in their team&#39;s run game. In the AFC, there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3918298/josh-allen&quot;&gt;Josh Allen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3916387/lamar-jackson&quot;&gt;Lamar Jackson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7e9fbd60-951e-2d9a-8d8c-b3f1ab6c4a4d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362887/justin-fields&quot;&gt;Justin Fields&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bfee0387-e51a-3429-baa1-8f8f84c37769&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4429084/anthony-richardson&quot;&gt;Anthony Richardson&lt;/a&gt;. The NFC has &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;caceb80c-6350-a107-9fcf-7c7bd1b4edd8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4040715/jalen-hurts&quot;&gt;Jalen Hurts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f03f3238-b035-6f0e-5844-1529ca021c3a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4426348/jayden-daniels&quot;&gt;Jayden Daniels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ad1bcc2-57bc-bb72-bcd0-0cdd0d945444&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917792/daniel-jones&quot;&gt;Daniel Jones&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9bef707d-d33f-266b-3020-81900d735915&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917315/kyler-murray&quot;&gt;Kyler Murray&lt;/a&gt;. There are others, such as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;37d87523-280a-9d4a-0adb-22cfc6d3619c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3139477/patrick-mahomes&quot;&gt;Patrick Mahomes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5f09781b-6b0b-7325-049b-a91e60d794e6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2577417/dak-prescott&quot;&gt;Dak Prescott&lt;/a&gt;, who have success as scramblers, but the eight just mentioned are involved in their team&#39;s designed run game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;More than half the league is going to take at least some snaps on designed quarterback runs. Go back to 2009, and there were 225 designed runs called for the league&#39;s 32 quarterbacks, according to ESPN&#39;s tracking data. Those runs don&#39;t include scrambles or sneaks, although a few quasi-sneaks inevitably slip through into the research. By last season, that number had more than doubled to 590 designed runs. There were 37 in Week 1, which would put the league on pace for a record-high 629 this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As it turns out, the draft that really shifted things was 2018, when five passers were selected in the first round. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;938f19a1-ef9b-618c-2365-d55291e0fcc6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3912547/sam-darnold&quot;&gt;Sam Darnold&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;18aee0ba-caac-e2d3-f457-f878d08ad443&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3886377/josh-rosen&quot;&gt;Josh Rosen&lt;/a&gt;, the two most traditional, pro-ready quarterbacks from that class, haven&#39;t been successful pros. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5bb4376a-d089-e3e4-e49a-44f1d709a012&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052587/baker-mayfield&quot;&gt;Baker Mayfield&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 1 pick, has mixed solid and frustrating campaigns and settled in as a low-end starter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The two most successful quarterbacks from that class are the guys who have derived significant value from their impact on the ground. Jackson, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39488311/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-wins-2nd-career-nfl-mvp-award&quot;&gt;two-time MVP&lt;/a&gt;, became the successor to Kaepernick and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;93cc8c92-8d08-5c88-80eb-a0b20a7621d7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14163/tyrod-taylor&quot;&gt;Tyrod Taylor&lt;/a&gt; in Greg Roman&#39;s offense -- Roman was in San Francisco and Buffalo before he came to Baltimore -- and took the league by storm as a dual threat. He was the league&#39;s best player last season. And while Allen can make any throw, the element that sustained him during his early-career struggles -- and the factor the Buffalo offense repeatedly falls back on when they need a play -- is his ability to move the chains with his legs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Since then, Murray, Jones, Richardson, Daniels and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;74e9bc8a-9d3a-a556-1924-5112f665c677&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4383351/trey-lance&quot;&gt;Trey Lance&lt;/a&gt; have been drafted in the top 10 as players who were all expected to make significant impacts with their legs. They&#39;ve stepped into offenses and immediately been used as runners in the same way they were in college without a second thought. That simply wasn&#39;t happening on a widespread basis without being questioned or dismissed as a fad before the breakthroughs of Jackson and Allen and their roles in their respective teams&#39; run games.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stephen A. Smith explains why even though Lamar Jackson put up great numbers, he&#39;s still disappointed in how the quarterback played in the big moments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;design&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There isn&#39;t advanced metrics or play-by-play data stretching back deep into the past, which limits the comparisons to make here. The earliest expected points added (EPA) data ESPN has dates to the 2007 season, which is fine for our purposes, since there weren&#39;t many quarterbacks featured in the run game. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9589/vince-young&quot;&gt;Vince Young&lt;/a&gt; led the NFL that season with 20 designed runs, and the players behind him were &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9597/jay-cutler&quot;&gt;Jay Cutler&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3636/david-garrard&quot;&gt;David Garrard&lt;/a&gt;, whose styles wouldn&#39;t be aligned with that of running quarterbacks in the modern NFL.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rushing EPA per play hasn&#39;t changed much over that stretch. Even as the league has moved heavily toward the pass after the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20274149/build-influence-legacy-2007-new-england-patriots-how-nearly-perfect-team-changed-nfl&quot;&gt;influence of the 2007 Patriots&lt;/a&gt; shifted teams&#39; openness toward the pass and spread offenses, rushing games averaged minus-0.03 EPA per attempt in 2007 and minus-0.04 EPA in 2023. Those numbers don&#39;t include sneaks, scrambles or kneel-downs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Even as their role in rushing attacks has grown, though, quarterbacks have been markedly more efficient than full-time running backs on these carries. Running backs generated minus-0.03 EPA per carry in 2007 and minus-0.05 EPA in 2023. Quarterbacks, even with their usage rate doubling, generated 0.16 EPA per rush last season. Their success rate on those runs was nearly 55%, well above the 43% success rate for halfbacks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The place in which they&#39;ve made an obvious impact is near the goal line, where the quarterback run game becomes more and more ubiquitous with each passing season. Quarterbacks were responsible for just over 10% of the league&#39;s rushing touchdowns in 2007. That mark was up over 24% last season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Quarterbacks took 10% of the total carries inside the 5-yard line in 2007, many of which were on sneaks and scrambles. That figure rose to 20% last season. Despite their usage rate doubling, quarterbacks scored on an identical rate of their rush attempts, ending their runs with celebrations in the end zone 47.7% of the time in 2007 and 47.5% in 2023.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When scrambles and sneaks are removed? Again, usage rate for quarterbacks has about doubled. Running backs and quarterbacks have grown more efficient at converting their carries inside the 5-yard line into scores, but without sneaks and scrambles, backs converted 39.6% of their touches into scores last season. Quarterbacks were at 60%.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It shouldn&#39;t be a surprise that running backs have grown more efficient over that time frame, and it&#39;s in part because of the rise of running quarterbacks. The evidence we&#39;ve seen suggests playing next to a running quarterback is likely to increase a running back&#39;s efficiency and effectiveness. Anecdotally, we&#39;ve seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13981/mark-ingram-ii&quot;&gt;Mark Ingram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;19743ecc-58ac-c2a3-2a66-c99701051510&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3045147/james-conner&quot;&gt;James Conner&lt;/a&gt; improve after joining teams with mobile quarterbacks, while &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c9d42ca5-0120-49e1-7889-de762f2a665f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4045163/miles-sanders&quot;&gt;Miles Sanders&lt;/a&gt; had his efficiency crater after leaving the Eagles and Hurts in 2023.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There aren&#39;t enough data points on a player-by-player basis to draw meaningful conclusions, but the on-field evidence suggests playing next to a quarterback who is a threat in the run game should make a running back&#39;s life easier. The threat of a quarterback keeping the football on zone-read or designed quarterback run plays can cause defenders to slow down and second-guess whether they want to attack the running back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While defenders aren&#39;t flummoxed by the concept of the zone-read the way they were in 2011 -- in part because every defender has seen those concepts in high school and college football before making it to the league -- the uncertainty about the quarterback run game is still enough to create unorthodox problems for opposing rush defenses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Adding the quarterback to the run game changes the numbers for teams on the defensive side. In the past, when they were exclusively handing the ball off and staying out of the run game altogether, defenses could dictate the numbers game. With two wide receivers and two cornerbacks aside, defensive coordinators could put seven players in the box (four defensive linemen, two linebackers and a third linebacker or nickel defensive back) against seven offensive players (a running back, a tight end and five offensive linemen). If the defense wanted to stop the run, it could move one of its two deep safeties into the box and play eight against seven.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the quarterback is in the picture, though, that changes. Now, if defenses play a team with a running quarterback, they&#39;re outnumbered if they have two deep safeties and need to have a safety in the box if they want to be even with an opposing offense. And as you might have heard, given how quarterbacks such as Allen and Hurts are throwing the football, defenses don&#39;t want to live in a single-high world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a result, that problem of how to stay in a two-high shell while keeping the numbers even in the box has led to a few solutions, the most notable of which has been the proliferation of Vic Fangio-style defenses, although that might have peaked in 2023. One of the key components of Fangio&#39;s fronts has been asking defenders to play what would be considered &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2761771/2021/08/24/playing-gap-and-a-half-in-vic-fangio-and-brandon-staleys-system/&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;&quot;gap and a half&quot;&lt;/a&gt; responsibilities up front, where they attack one gap and then remain responsible for a secondary gap nearby. The goal is to try to defend as many gaps as possible without adding extra bodies to the box, creating something like an illusion of a full box long enough for the safeties to fly in and help make plays while also being able to stay deep in case of pass plays.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Naturally, as the league has also realized the advantages of play-action, the threat of the running quarterback has only made the threat of a play fake even more lethal. As an example, just about every team runs the boot and flood concepts that see a signal-caller fake a handoff to one side and then run to the other side, where receivers at short, intermediate and deep levels follow him to stretch the defense horizontally and vertically.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The boot concept almost always calls for the weakside defensive end to be left unblocked, which means a pass rusher will be free to attack the quarterback as he turns back around and runs his way. Less mobile passers can survive on these concepts by gaining the appropriate depth and reading the field quickly, but they&#39;re always more likely to take sacks and be forced into throwaways by their lack of agility and quickness.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mobile quarterbacks can simply outrun that free defender, and that creates more opportunities. They can extend those plays further, which allows more time for the deep concepts to open. They can scramble off those concepts into open space, which creates easy yards and/or forces the shallow defender to honor the threat of the scramble, opening space behind for receivers. The threat of all that in the passing game has led teams to send that defensive end directly at the quarterback and totally abandon the threat of the running back getting the football in recent years, which in itself allows backs to be more efficient, since there&#39;s less of a threat they&#39;ll be brought down when they cut back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Theoretically, the threat of mobile quarterbacks should also have an impact on what coverages end up being employed in pass situations. If teams believe they need to match the quarterback in the run game by getting an eighth defender in the box, they&#39;re prevented from playing split-field coverages and have to play single-high looks like Cover 1 and Cover 3. Modern NFL defenses try to disguise coverages and mess with box counts by moving safeties and changing looks on quarterbacks after the snap, but if they&#39;re getting gashed on the ground, they&#39;re going to get more bodies near the line of scrimmage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#39;s a huge advantage for mobile quarterbacks! From 2018 to 2023, the three who faced 2-man coverage (man-to-man coverage with two deep safeties) least often are three mobile players: Jackson, Newton and Murray. Jackson has faced Cover 2 over that run at the lowest rate in the league. Jackson, Newton and Murray faced Cover 3 and their single-high looks, meanwhile, at three of the five highest rates over that stretch. If a quarterback&#39;s style of play can help dictate what coverages he sees, he&#39;s reducing the complexity of what he&#39;s facing on a week-to-week basis and can make more informed decisions in the passing game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;scramble&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There&#39;s another more widespread way quarterbacks make an impact with their feet, and that has grown into a hugely valuable element of modern NFL offenses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It might be! The average NFL scramble last season generated 0.31 EPA. That&#39;s significantly better than the typical non-scramble run play (minus-0.07 EPA) and even better than the average pass (0.13). In terms of yardage, the average scramble even generated slightly more yards (7.2) than pass plays (7.0). Should teams toss their run and pass plays out of the playbook and build the entire offense out of scrambles?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Well, not really. There&#39;s serious selection bias built into that data. Scrambles by definition are going to gain positive yardage because they all pass the line of scrimmage. A run that loses yardage is still a rush. A scramble that doesn&#39;t make it back to the line of scrimmage is marked as a sack.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s possible to work with the data to suss out some of those failed scrambles. What if failed scrambles were treated as sacks, where the quarterback made it out of the pocket and the sack took place after four seconds? This isn&#39;t a perfect definition, as some scrambles will produce sacks while the quarterback steps up inside the pocket and some could take place on designed boot concepts where a quarterback isn&#39;t trying to scramble, but this is a reasonable proxy for failed scrambles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When folding that in and including all the other sacks that aren&#39;t considered as failed scrambles as part of the passing performance, scrambles still rate as the best play in football, albeit nowhere near as drastically as they do by our first look. I&#39;d still argue there&#39;s selectiveness built into those numbers. Consider that a quarterback such as Mahomes often will scramble only if he feels confident he can get a first down.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#39;m not sure the scramble is the single best play in football, but I&#39;d certainly argue it&#39;s a valuable play and a hidden source of value for quarterbacks who create first downs with their legs. In 2023, quarterbacks ran for nearly 7,400 yards and 398 first downs on scrambles. That&#39;s about double what they produced in 2007, when they ran for 3,614 yards and 195 first downs. Efficiency on those scrambles isn&#39;t up dramatically -- they averaged 6.8 yards per scramble and a 36.6% first down rate in 2007, going up to 7.2 yards with a 38.7% rate last season -- but the influx of rushing signal-callers has led to them scrambling far more often.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Traditional passing metrics aren&#39;t incorporating the impact of those scrambles, which are nominally pass plays that end up turning into runs. ESPN&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/qbr&quot;&gt;Total QBR&lt;/a&gt; includes them, along with the impact on designed runs, fumbles and sacks taken by each quarterback.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To put that in context, consider a simple stat we&#39;ve used to judge quarterbacks for a long time: yards per attempt (Y/PA). It&#39;s simply passing yards divided by pass attempts, with no inclusions for scramble yards or sacks. What about incorporating yards gained on scrambles, yards lost on (all) sacks and changing the denominator from attempts to dropbacks to account for the added plays? This is similar to what net yards per attempt accomplishes, but we&#39;re adding scrambles to the mix as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When ranking last season&#39;s quarterbacks by yards per attempt and then comparing them to our metric with scrambles and sacks included, most of the changes align with the general consensus about these various quarterbacks relative to the rest of the league:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mahomes, who averaged 8.1 yards per attempt in his career before dropping to 7.0 yards last season, jumps from 17th in strict yards per attempt to 10th with scrambles and sacks included. That shouldn&#39;t be a surprise; his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/39460472/super-bowl-2024-preview-49ers-chiefs-stats-prediction-pick-bill-barnwell&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;secret superpower is avoiding sacks&lt;/a&gt;, and he scrambled for 406 yards last season, second in the NFL behind Jackson.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Allen jumps from ninth to fifth. His ability to extend plays without taking sacks is spectacular; he posted the league&#39;s best sack rate and averaged nearly eight yards per scramble, with his 370 scramble yards ranking third. Murray also improved from 22nd to 18th.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On the flip side, a metric like this doesn&#39;t favor all rushing quarterbacks. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7e9fbd60-951e-2d9a-8d8c-b3f1ab6c4a4d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362887/justin-fields&quot;&gt;Justin Fields&lt;/a&gt;, who was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39747346/sources-bears-trading-qb-justin-fields-steelers&quot;&gt;traded by Chicago to Pittsburgh&lt;/a&gt; in the offseason, ranked fourth in scramble yards and was among the league leaders in averaging 8.4 yards per scramble attempt, but taking sacks more than 10% of the time drops him from 18th in traditional yards per attempt to 22nd in our modified metric.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5f09781b-6b0b-7325-049b-a91e60d794e6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2577417/dak-prescott&quot;&gt;Dak Prescott&lt;/a&gt; drops from fifth to ninth. The Cowboys star took sacks at an average rate, but he hasn&#39;t scrambled much since returning from his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32350400/what-dak-prescott-gruesome-injury-was-cowboys-giants-were-there-just-was-surreal&quot;&gt;2020 ankle injury&lt;/a&gt;. His 28 scrambles generated 193 scramble yards, which ranked 14th. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ebac7142-0cc2-ad3e-968c-f40a12ee68d4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4239086/desmond-ridder&quot;&gt;Desmond Ridder&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5916363e-a6ac-b982-bf03-2a84374413ff&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4426875/sam-howell&quot;&gt;Sam Howell&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5bb4376a-d089-e3e4-e49a-44f1d709a012&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052587/baker-mayfield&quot;&gt;Baker Mayfield&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2430b06b-1be6-0b7a-6a3b-cef2c06d1c61&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361259/zach-wilson&quot;&gt;Zach Wilson&lt;/a&gt; all fell by at least three spots.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Expanding the data to the past five full seasons and quarterbacks who have at least 1,000 dropbacks over that stretch, including scrambles and sacks aligns with our perceptions of quarterbacks. Mahomes jumps from eighth in raw yards per attempt to first in the adjusted metric. Allen goes from 19th to 10th, which still underrates him because of his impact on designed runs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2330/tom-brady&quot;&gt;Tom Brady&lt;/a&gt;, who avoided sacks at an elite rate into his 40s, jumps from 24th to 17th. And on the flip side, top-10 quarterbacks by yards per attempt, including &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b6ec8e9e-3d85-a1de-9d0a-5a51621a9c20&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3122840/deshaun-watson&quot;&gt;Deshaun Watson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2d6af5dc-b3d3-e2d4-cf72-27d4a8eb93cd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14876/ryan-tannehill&quot;&gt;Ryan Tannehill&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f0610946-ceb6-9a99-3bcc-cf110b2078b5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14881/russell-wilson&quot;&gt;Russell Wilson&lt;/a&gt;, all drop by nine spots or more.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This metric isn&#39;t anything extraordinary. Stats such as Total QBR use a better framework (EPA) and do a better job of contextualizing the impact of each of these plays on performance. Yards per attempt wasn&#39;t a perfect metric from the jump. What I&#39;m hoping sinks in here, though, is there&#39;s meaningful value being generated by quarterbacks with scrambles (and by avoiding sacks) that isn&#39;t being captured through traditional statistics.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Scrambles only amount to about 3% of all offensive plays, up from 1.7% in 2007, but the combination of quarterbacks in the designed rushing attack and working on scrambles is making a bigger impact on the broader game.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In Week 1, with those eight running quarterbacks in starting lineups around the league, signal-callers ran for 787 yards. That&#39;s the third-highest total for any week since at least 2007, which is as far back as ESPN&#39;s data goes. Given the paucity of run-friendly quarterbacks before that time, it&#39;s likely the third-most rushing yards produced by quarterbacks in any given week in NFL history. That came in a week in which no passer had an extraordinary game on the ground by their standards. (The current single-week record, 801 yards, came during Week 9 in 2022, when Fields led the way by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34968349/bears-justin-fields-sets-regular-season-rushing-mark-qb&quot;&gt;running for 178&lt;/a&gt;.) It would hardly be a surprise if this record were reset at least once this season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The rushing volume might already be shifting the game. Just two quarterbacks threw for 300 in Week 1. Teams were running at a higher rate than they have in recent years, a product of several factors, including defenses continuing to shift to lighter boxes and the wider spread of run-friendly passers. The runs also produced shorter games; while the average Week 1 contest between 2019 and 2023 saw each team run 64.2 offensive snaps per contest, teams in Week 1 ran 60.2 snaps. That might not feel like a lot, but over the course of a full season, a four-play difference would be the equivalent of missing a full game&#39;s worth of snaps.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As I wrote in November in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/38847857/nfl-running-back-free-agent-market-2024-offseason-future-barkley-jacobs-elliott-ekeler-taylor&quot;&gt;my look at running back contracts&lt;/a&gt; and why backs were struggling to get paid, the shift toward running quarterbacks has impacted the value of players at other positions. Since quarterbacks are scoring a higher percentage of rushing touchdowns than they did in decades past, it&#39;s difficult for backs to rack up the gaudy touchdown totals peak players would have, limiting their cumulative numbers and their chances of winning awards.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Teams with running quarterbacks might also feel more comfortable building the offense around that signal-caller and trusting that his gravity might allow their running game to remain efficient with a wider range of potential running backs, which would make those backs less valuable and more replaceable. At the same time, we&#39;ve just seen the Eagles (&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;94486c18-dd3e-6081-a3fe-4a26b71ddcdc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3929630/saquon-barkley&quot;&gt;Saquon Barkley&lt;/a&gt;) and Ravens (&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81c182a5-8981-2272-a00f-f8daf9533e07&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3043078/derrick-henry&quot;&gt;Derrick Henry&lt;/a&gt;) invest in veteran backs in free agency.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What feels true, at least in the near future, is it doesn&#39;t feel like the league is about to head back in the other direction. Vick and Cunningham were anomalies in their respective generations. Griffin and Kaepernick were regarded, at least by some portion of the football universe, as gimmicks with a short shelf life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now, most high-level high school and college games on a weekly basis feature quarterbacks who are mobile and play meaningful roles as scramblers. Many offenses have some semblance of a quarterback run game built in. Forty-seven FBS quarterbacks carried the ball on at least 50 designed runs (without sneaks or scrambles) a year ago. Fewer elite athletes are being moved off the position at lower levels. And pro teams are more open to installing concepts from college playbooks than they were decades ago, meaning quarterbacks who run those plays at lower levels can do so at the highest one as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At this point, it seems more likely the NFL will shift toward having more quarterbacks who feature meaningfully in their team&#39;s run game as opposed to heading back toward the zero-run game that filled up most of the league&#39;s first few decades. That&#39;s going to impact the league and how we think about the sport. Will true pocket passers be marginalized for not producing enough with their legs? Can a quarterback taking hits on designed runs every week last for 20 years? Will defenses start returning toward heavier boxes and more traditional lineups? If that lapsed fan tuned in after 40 years, he would be looking at an evolved version of football that is going to keep accelerating forward in the decades to come.</description>
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      <title>&#39;You&#39;re going to hear Tua&#39;s mouth&#39;: How a more vocal Tua Tagovailoa became the leader Dolphins need</title>
      <description>MIAMI -- For two quarters, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;af33088b-1e19-d27d-dbc0-354fd7151703&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/mia/miami-dolphins&quot;&gt;Miami Dolphins&lt;/a&gt;&#39; offense looked nothing like itself on Sunday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Trailing the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ca6fb778-cbf6-d9a3-3e93-01230335fcab&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/jax/jacksonville-jaguars&quot;&gt;Jacksonville Jaguars&lt;/a&gt; 17-7 heading into the break, the unit -- which finished No. 1 in total offense and No. 2 in scoring last season -- had managed just 160 yards in a sluggish performance punctuated by boos from the Hard Rock Stadium crowd.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Something needed to change at halftime; quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3858bbe0-6348-e3ef-5d9f-2dd2acb46f44&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4241479/tua-tagovailoa&quot;&gt;Tua Tagovailoa&lt;/a&gt; made sure that it did.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Addressing his teammates in the locker room, the once-quiet, fifth-year quarterback tore into the offense -- calling out veterans &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a3ef592c-a48e-d761-be9c-b81819cfe0ea&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116406/tyreek-hill&quot;&gt;Tyreek Hill&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;db4bf6c9-e27d-8382-372f-120b3da89bd6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4372016/jaylen-waddle&quot;&gt;Jaylen Waddle&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7609f488-43c8-df3e-3fb5-00283ae028a6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15821/terron-armstead&quot;&gt;Terron Armstead&lt;/a&gt; among others -- and demanded that they play to the high standards the unit had set the previous season.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;For my quarterback to call me out in front of the whole offense like that, I had to step up,&quot; said Hill, who caught an 80-yard touchdown in the second half, after the game. &quot;I had to do my thing. I like that in a leader.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa&#39;s fiery speech worked. The Dolphins finished with 400 yards and beat Jacksonville 20-17 on a walk-off field goal. It was also the latest example of Tagovailoa&#39;s improved leadership. His teammates say he has been more vocal on and off the field. While he has always possessed a natural charisma, his confidence has been restored since the arrival of coach Mike McDaniel in 2022. Tagovailoa&#39;s increased mastery of McDaniel&#39;s offense gives him the agency to speak up and direct a team eager to win its first playoff game since 2000.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Miami has been to the postseason five times without a win since then and hasn&#39;t won its division in 16 years. After racing to a 9-3 start in 2023, the Dolphins lost four of their final six games, including a lackluster 26-7 wild-card defeat at the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f68f2343-8ceb-7a02-740d-af6338be21d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/kc/kansas-city-chiefs&quot;&gt;Kansas City Chiefs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In July, Miami showed faith in Tagovailoa to get the Dolphins over the hump, signing him to a four-year, $212.1 million extension that made him the highest-paid player in franchise history. Along with the outlay came increased expectations to lead the team on deep playoff runs, beginning with this season, which will continue Thursday against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;232afaf2-01ac-fcc2-8bd6-66550df1703a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-bills&quot;&gt;Buffalo Bills&lt;/a&gt; (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&#39;s a responsibility Tagovailoa has embraced.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Heavy is the crown, whoever&#39;s wearing that,&quot; Tagovailoa said. &quot;I&#39;m the highest-paid employee in this office. I&#39;ve got to get my whatever together, I&#39;ve got to get that right and get our guys moving in the direction that we need to go, to be able to do those things.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384085_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;A vocal Tua Tagovailoa called out offensive teammates for a lackluster first half against the Jaguars.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Sam Navarro-Imagn Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HILL JOKED BEFORE &lt;/strong&gt;the start of the season that Tagovailoa might have become &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; vocal this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;He&#39;s more vocal in the huddle, he&#39;s more vocal in the locker room, he&#39;s vocal everywhere,&quot; Hill said. &quot;Like everywhere I walk inside of this building you&#39;re going to hear Tua&#39;s mouth like to the point where I&#39;m like, &#39;I wish you&#39;d shut up now.&#39;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It hasn&#39;t always been like that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa said he didn&#39;t feel empowered during his first two years in the NFL, which coincided with former coach Brian Flores&#39; tenure with the Dolphins. His two seasons with McDaniel have been the opposite.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;During an interview on &quot;The Dan Le Batard Show&quot; in August, Tagovailoa described the differences between Flores&#39; and McDaniel&#39;s coaching styles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;To put it in simplest terms, if you woke up every morning and I told you [that] you suck at what you did, that you don&#39;t belong doing what you do, that you shouldn&#39;t be here, that this guy should be here, that you haven&#39;t earned this right, and then you have somebody else come in and tell you, &#39;Dude, you are the best fit for this,&#39;&quot; he said in the interview, &quot;how would it make you feel listening to one or the other?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;You start to believe that. And so that&#39;s what sort of ended up happening. It&#39;s basically been two years of training that out.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McDaniel was hired one month after Flores was fired. One of his first priorities was to build Tagovailoa&#39;s confidence, which included showing his QB a 700-play highlight tape showcasing the qualities that made him a good fit for McDaniel&#39;s offense. As Tagovailoa&#39;s confidence grew, so did his production. Since 2022, he ranks fourth in the NFL in passing yards, fifth in passing touchdowns and third in expected points added.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa also began to speak up, gradually improving each year before blossoming this offseason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;When he was young, [he was] more of a lead-by-example guy, but I think he&#39;s just gotten so comfortable in the last couple years, and there&#39;s a lot of factors that go into that,&quot; Dolphins tight end &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f5dd2ee0-0b6b-0787-49c4-8c3dcfd9461c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052897/durham-smythe&quot;&gt;Durham Smythe&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;In this game, if you&#39;re playing really well in terms of your standards, it&#39;s easy to be confident and comfortable. And obviously these last two seasons, he&#39;s played very well. ... When you&#39;re doing that ... you can say what you want to say, you can be yourself around the guys.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dolphins offensive players say Tagovailoa also became more assertive this offseason, spearheading off-field hangouts to build chemistry.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to Hill, who joined the Dolphins in a March 2022 trade, there has been a clear difference between Tua then and now. Tagovailoa has taken greater command of and responsibility for the offense, making sure to gather his teammates after each play to discuss what he saw.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;When I first came in here, we&#39;d run a play and then it&#39;d be like, &#39;Where&#39;s Tua at? I need to talk to him about this play.&#39; Versus now, he&#39;s coming to find you. It&#39;s a beautiful thing to see.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The same thing that [&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;37d87523-280a-9d4a-0adb-22cfc6d3619c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3139477/patrick-mahomes&quot;&gt;Patrick Mahomes&lt;/a&gt;] used to do back in K.C. making sure that guys see it the same as him. It&#39;s great.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384088_2000x1333cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;379&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Tua Tagovailoa is more comfortable displaying leadership skills on the field and in the locker room.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TAGOVAILOA ADMITS HE&lt;/strong&gt; has shown a different side of himself on the field this year, but says the leadership qualities have always been inside him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;A lot of the guys know who I am off the field. Just on the field, it&#39;s just, I guess, coming out now,&quot; he said. &quot;That&#39;s just what it is. I guess feeling more comfortable bringing my own personality onto the playing field ... bringing my own personality into playing the game of football.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McDaniel thinks Tagovailoa&#39;s leadership qualities go even deeper. He says his quarterback possesses an innate charisma that causes people to gravitate toward him, which is buoyed by his authenticity and production on the field.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There are certain guys that have an &#39;it&#39; factor with large groups, especially teams,&quot; McDaniel said. &quot;There&#39;s ways to measure energy waves, and the strongest energy wave you can give off is authenticity. So I think that&#39;s what people feel and that&#39;s why people follow, is not only do they like and believe in him, believe in his skills and his ability to lead them to places they haven&#39;t been, but they also trust it.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa acknowledged McDaniel&#39;s assertion of having an it factor, saying it&#39;s something he has felt since he was young.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve had the it factor since I was in high school, then going into college, and then coming here,&quot; he said. &quot;That&#39;s how I&#39;ve always viewed myself as -- going out and competing. Yeah, very, very nice, very cool, calm, collected, but inside just very competitive. So a lot of the guys know how I am and whatnot, but I guess it&#39;s just now showing that I&#39;m becoming a little more vocal.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tagovailoa&#39;s natural charisma combined with his willingness to speak up more is why teammates say his halftime speech against the Jaguars was so well-received.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=570&amp;amp;format=jpg, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=1140&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(min-width: 376px)&quot;&gt;&lt;source data-srcset=&quot;https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=375, https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0909%2Fr1384089_2000x1415cc.jpg&amp;amp;w=750&amp;amp;cquality=40&amp;amp;format=jpg 2x&quot; media=&quot;(max-width: 375px)&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; lazyload lazyload&quot; data-image-container=&quot;.inline-photo&quot; height=&quot;403&quot; width=&quot;570&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;photoCaption&quot;&gt;Tua Tagovailoa, left, credits his relationship with head coach Mike McDaniel, right, for empowering him to lead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;cite&gt;Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Armstead commended Tagovailoa for standing up and addressing the team. Armstead said Tagovailoa&#39;s readiness to challenge and call out veteran players -- and even coaches -- helped establish a sense of urgency that sparked the second-half comeback.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;From a coach&#39;s perspective, McDaniel appreciated Tagovailoa essentially taking the words out of his mouth. He called the address to the team &quot;genuine&quot; and &quot;constructive.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;There were details that led to execution in terms of how we are organized and communicate,&quot; McDaniel said. &quot;I guess at the time, he definitely felt that there were several guys that were loose there. I couldn&#39;t deny that at all and was really pumped to hear him constructively lead. It wasn&#39;t, &#39;Let&#39;s win,&#39; or &#39;Let&#39;s make plays.&#39; It was, &#39;Let&#39;s adhere to our standard,&#39; which is what a captain and a franchise quarterback have to be -- that voice to echo.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For Tagovailoa, who finished the afternoon with 338 passing yards and a touchdown, the motivation to speak up was simple: He wanted to help his team win.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It was just one of those deals where we just needed to get our head out of our ass,&quot; he said. &quot;We got punched in the mouth. That&#39;s what you get. How are you going to respond?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the Dolphins fail to meet expectations in 2024, it likely won&#39;t be for a lack of accountability -- especially from Tagovailoa.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I think you see [the change in Tagovailoa], it&#39;s just infectious right now. 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        &lt;p&gt;Payton, 30, is from the New Orleans area and played college basketball at the University of Louisiana, just a two-hour drive west.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;He previously played with New Orleans during the 2018-19 season and had perhaps his best NBA season. He averaged 10.6 points and career highs in assists per game (7.6) and rebounds per game (5.2). During the late stage of that season, Payton recorded consecutive games with a triple-double.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Guard&amp;nbsp;Izaiah Brockington also is set to join the Pelicans on a camp deal, sources said.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/252660/kiyan-anthony&quot;&gt;Kiyan Anthony&lt;/a&gt; knows better than most about his father&#39;s legacy at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;df8689b0-feaf-e055-1f49-b38677b45c1a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/183/syracuse-orange&quot;&gt;Syracuse&lt;/a&gt;, which is one of the finalists for the No. 36 prospect and four-star recruit in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/view/espnu100&quot;&gt;2025 ESPN 100 rankings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Before a decorated NBA career, Carmelo Anthony led the Orange to the 2003 national championship as a freshman. He also donated a significant sum of money to the school&#39;s basketball facility, which now bears his name.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Despite those family ties, Kiyan Anthony said that his father and mother, La La Anthony, have not nudged him to pick Syracuse.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;[My father] never pushes me to go to Syracuse just because his name is on the gym,&quot; Anthony told ESPN on Wednesday ahead of the release of the second season of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwAJmz6sVZ0&amp;amp;t=32s&quot;&gt;&quot;The Evolu7ion&quot; on YouTube with Overtime&lt;/a&gt;. &quot;He did so much at Syracuse. He knows that I&#39;m my own person. I&#39;ve just got to make my own decision at the end of the day.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;If it is Syracuse -- I go there a lot and I practice, I work out there -- if it is that, that&#39;s what it is. But he&#39;s never going to say, &#39;You got to go to Syracuse. You got to go there because I went there.&#39; He&#39;s not going to make me follow in his footsteps unless I really want to.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Anthony said he will choose from his list of finalists -- Syracuse, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;381c82ac-22fb-e25c-879f-496fd0ca8f10&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2/auburn-tigers&quot;&gt;Auburn&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;631953ff-0e47-b5d9-f5ff-c7afbe96e363&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/30/usc-trojans&quot;&gt;USC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7215a749-b7bf-2070-9f19-43b57de35bf2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/52/florida-state-seminoles&quot;&gt;Florida State&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d6fdad20-942f-18ec-c5cb-eb8c7cf4e6c3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/194/ohio-state-buckeyes&quot;&gt;Ohio State&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;425c8e51-59d0-75a1-0815-dc3556c5cfda&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/164/rutgers-scarlet-knights&quot;&gt;Rutgers&lt;/a&gt; -- in the next two months and he expects to take another visit to Syracuse before his final decision.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;At Long Island Lutheran High School in Brookville, New York, Anthony&#39;s career has been scrutinized because of family. His father is a likely Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and his mother is an actress and celebrity with 15 million Instagram followers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;On his YouTube show, Anthony hopes to show what it&#39;s like to face the attention he&#39;s had since he was a child. But he also loves that his friends and teammates get a chance to share the spotlight with him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;My friends maybe not having the same opportunities as I have, I&#39;m the one that&#39;s tried to bring them along with me,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;I don&#39;t want to make them feel left out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Anthony, a 6-foot-5 guard, also said he wants to prove that he&#39;s more than a scorer. Some of his offensive exploits, including a 15-point effort at Rucker Park in April, have gone viral, but he said he&#39;s working on showcasing his playmaking abilities in his final high school season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;And while his connection with his father draws most of the headlines, he said his mother has also played a pivotal role in his development.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I would say everybody sees when the cameras are on [my dad] and then they&#39;re on me because I&#39;m playing good, but I would say my mom does a lot more background stuff. Like, when I&#39;m going through something or I need somebody to talk to, my mom is definitely the person,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;And she&#39;s the one who really pushes me to get in the gym, even if I don&#39;t want to. To go to school and stay on top of my grades and stuff like that.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;From the moment he picked up a basketball, Anthony was tied to the school where his father made basketball history as a one-and-done star who led the Orange to a national title over &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;83fb6648-677a-1a40-715d-5fa16287399a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2305/kansas-jayhawks&quot;&gt;Kansas&lt;/a&gt;. And while he&#39;s always thought about the possibility of becoming the next member of the Anthony family to don a Syracuse jersey, those close to him will not pressure him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said his next visit to Syracuse and his other finalists, however, will influence his decision. His parents will play a role as the process unfolds, he said, but they won&#39;t decide his future.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Even though I know basically the whole world wants me to go to Syracuse, I still haven&#39;t made the decision yet and I still have to talk to the coaches some more and really get into detail -- like what other players are coming, how they want me to play, how I&#39;ll be coached and stuff like that,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;So I still have to finish up my visits, and then, ultimately, just make a decision. I will rely on my parents a lot with their advice and how they think a school fits me.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The NFL and NBA see positives and negatives in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports-betting/story/_/id/41234480/congressmen-propose-new-federal-regulations-sports-betting&quot;&gt;federal sports betting bill introduced in Congress last week&lt;/a&gt; that includes advertising restrictions and prohibitions on live wagering, according to sources familiar with the leagues&#39; positions.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Supporting Affordability and Fairness with Every Bet Act -- or SAFE Bet Act -- would prohibit sportsbook advertising from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and during live sports broadcasts. It would also ban bets on individual college athletes and in-game wagers on professional or college sports, something the NCAA has been lobbying for in states.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The league sources expect a lengthy legislative process with many adjustments to the SAFE Bet Act. The proposed ban on sportsbook advertising raised eyebrows at the leagues, according to sources.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sportsbooks spent an estimated $22.9 million on 66 minutes of national linear TV ads during live NFL games the past two weeks, according to iSpot.TV, a company that measures the brand and business impact of TV and streaming advertising. The sportsbooks&#39; ad spend ranked sixth among all industries, and the airtime ranked eighth. Both figures are down approximately 15% from the first two weeks of last season, according to iSpot.TV.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The elimination of live betting -- an increasingly popular form of wagering that takes place during games -- is also likely to be a sticking point for the NFL and NBA and sportsbooks, according to the sources.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;An NFL source told ESPN that the league is appreciative of legislative interest, especially any provisions in the SAFE Bet Act designed to help protect the integrity of the league and help combat game manipulation.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;At the same time, though, we&#39;re concerned that there might be some unintended consequences on some of these provisions,&quot; the league source said. &quot;They&#39;re ripe for further discussion.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Major League Baseball and the NHL did not respond to requests for comment from ESPN.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;An NCAA spokesperson told ESPN that the organization welcomes the SAFE Bet Act, particularly the provision that bans prop bets on individual college athletes, and supports national standards that &quot;protect competition integrity&quot; and &quot;educate young people about the dangers of sports betting.&quot; Betting on individual collegiate players is banned in 18 of the 38 states that offer legal betting, according to the NCAA.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;An NBA source told ESPN that the league is monitoring the legislation and believes it is &quot;at the starting point to a very lengthy process.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;NBA commissioner Adam Silver emphasized his continued support for a federal framework for sports betting at the league&#39;s board of governors meeting Sept. 11, saying the &quot;hodgepodge&quot; of state-by-state regulations makes monitoring betting more difficult.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Silver became the first acting league commissioner in the U.S. to come out in support of legalizing sports betting nearly 10 years ago, in an op-ed in The New York Times.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I certainly don&#39;t regret writing that op-ed and being in favor of legalized sports betting,&quot; Silver said at the board of governors meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The SAFE Bet Act was introduced last week by Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who are alarmed by increases in calls to problem gambling helplines as legal betting has spread to 38 states and the District of Columbia.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:54:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fantasy basketball mock draft: 10-team H2H points league</title>
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        &lt;p&gt;The ESPN &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/mens-basketball/&quot;&gt;fantasy basketball&lt;/a&gt; experts got together for their first mock draft of the 2024-25 NBA season, using a 10-team H2H points format.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If you&#39;re new to fantasy hoops and looking to try it out for the first time, here is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20783155/espn-fantasy-basketball-101-how-play&quot;&gt;tutorial of all the basics&lt;/a&gt;. From there, it&#39;s easy to grab a handful of people, &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/welcome&quot;&gt;set up a draft&lt;/a&gt; and have some fun! Before that, though, it&#39;s always smart to spend a little time preparing with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/mockdraftlobby&quot;&gt;mock draft&lt;/a&gt; of your own.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;inline1&gt;&lt;/inline1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That said, this mock draft should help shine some light on what things will look like in most real fantasy drafts this season ... at least in H2H points leagues.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Where did &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e8844b2-d923-3926-82d2-f19a29d69490&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a2edb458-a371-3fba-ba5a-b24dd2fd2d9e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt; get picked? How far did aging stars like &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5dda51f1-50c9-66e1-2026-400b73f34fad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dc324fde-eee8-98e2-09ac-d31d8ad9909e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;35b0f455-b1df-0986-121d-27d2b6c18122&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden&quot;&gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;87ff907c-c68c-a82d-1215-37e05d0c62ef&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard&quot;&gt;Kawhi Leonard&lt;/a&gt; fall? And which players stood out as the top values in the middle and late rounds?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The participants of our 10-team H2H points mock, in order of draft position, were as follows: Joe Kaiser, Eric Moody, Michael Schwartz, Andre Snellings, Eric Karabell, Tom Carpenter, Matt Williams, Steve Alexander, Jim McCormick and Keith Lipscomb.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 1&lt;/h2&gt;
        1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic&quot;&gt;Nikola Jokic&lt;/a&gt;, Den, C (C1) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt;, SA, C (C2) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic&quot;&gt;Luka Doncic&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG (PG1) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278073/shai-gilgeous-alexander&quot;&gt;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PG (PG2) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo&quot;&gt;Giannis Antetokounmpo&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF/C (PF1) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3155942/domantas-sabonis&quot;&gt;Domantas Sabonis&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PF/C (C3) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        7. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3059318/joel-embiid&quot;&gt;Joel Embiid&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, C (C4) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        8. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, Min, SG/SF (SG1) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        9. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065648/jayson-tatum&quot;&gt;Jayson Tatum&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SF/PF (PF2) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396993/tyrese-haliburton&quot;&gt;Tyrese Haliburton&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PG/SG (PG3) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 2&lt;/h2&gt;
        11. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934672/jalen-brunson&quot;&gt;Jalen Brunson&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PG (PG4) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        12. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PF/C (C5) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        13. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277905/trae-young&quot;&gt;Trae Young&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PG (PG5) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        14. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PF (PF3) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        15. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4279888/ja-morant&quot;&gt;Ja Morant&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PG (PG6) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        16. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066259/de&#39;aaron-fox&quot;&gt;De&#39;Aaron Fox&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PG (PG7) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        17. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908809/donovan-mitchell&quot;&gt;Donovan Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG/SG (SG2) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        18. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SF/PF (SF1) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        19. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136193/devin-booker&quot;&gt;Devin Booker&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (PG8) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        20. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PG (PG9) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 3&lt;/h2&gt;
        21. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433134/scottie-barnes&quot;&gt;Scottie Barnes&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF/PF (SF2) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        22. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432816/lamelo-ball&quot;&gt;LaMelo Ball&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, PG (PG10) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        23. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3149673/pascal-siakam&quot;&gt;Pascal Siakam&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PF (PF4) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        24. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871144/alperen-sengun&quot;&gt;Alperen Sengun&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, C (C6) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        25. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6606/damian-lillard&quot;&gt;Damian Lillard&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PG (PG11) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        26. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431678/tyrese-maxey&quot;&gt;Tyrese Maxey&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, PG/SG (PG12) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        27. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432573/paolo-banchero&quot;&gt;Paolo Banchero&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (PF5) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        28. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving&quot;&gt;Kyrie Irving&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG/SG (PG13) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        29. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden&quot;&gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, PG/SG (PG14) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        30. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433255/chet-holmgren&quot;&gt;Chet Holmgren&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (C7) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 4&lt;/h2&gt;
        31. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3917376/jaylen-brown&quot;&gt;Jaylen Brown&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SG/SF (SF3) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        32. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432166/cade-cunningham&quot;&gt;Cade Cunningham&lt;/a&gt;, Det, PG/SG (PG15) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        33. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4593803/jalen-williams&quot;&gt;Jalen Williams&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PF (PF6) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        34. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395651/coby-white&quot;&gt;Coby White&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, PG/SG (PG16) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        35. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray&quot;&gt;Dejounte Murray&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (SG3) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        36. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066261/bam-adebayo&quot;&gt;Bam Adebayo&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, C (C8) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        37. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395628/zion-williamson&quot;&gt;Zion Williamson&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PF (PF7) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        38. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6478/nikola-vucevic&quot;&gt;Nikola Vucevic&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, C (C9) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        39. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066336/lauri-markkanen&quot;&gt;Lauri Markkanen&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, SF/PF (PF8) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        40. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (SF4) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 5&lt;/h2&gt;
        41. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136195/karl-anthony-towns&quot;&gt;Karl-Anthony Towns&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (C10) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        42. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3936299/jamal-murray&quot;&gt;Jamal Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (PG17) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        43. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066320/desmond-bane&quot;&gt;Desmond Bane&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, SG/SF (SG4) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        44. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4437244/jalen-green&quot;&gt;Jalen Green&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (SG5) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        45. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701230/jalen-johnson&quot;&gt;Jalen Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PF (PF9) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        46. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066383/miles-bridges&quot;&gt;Miles Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SF/PF (SF5) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        47. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6430/jimmy-butler&quot;&gt;Jimmy Butler&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF/PF (SF6) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        48. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4251/paul-george&quot;&gt;Paul George&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SF/PF (SF7) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        49. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395724/immanuel-quickley&quot;&gt;Immanuel Quickley&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PG/SG (PG18) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        50. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277961/jaren-jackson-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaren Jackson Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PF/C (C11) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 6&lt;/h2&gt;
        51. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136776/d&#39;angelo-russell&quot;&gt;D&#39;Angelo Russell&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PG/SG (PG19) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        52. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064514/julius-randle&quot;&gt;Julius Randle&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PF (PF10) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        53. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133628/myles-turner&quot;&gt;Myles Turner&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, C (C12) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        54. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278067/nic-claxton&quot;&gt;Nic Claxton&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, C (C13) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        55. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2991230/fred-vanvleet&quot;&gt;Fred VanVleet&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PG (PG20) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        56. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white&quot;&gt;Derrick White&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (SG6) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        57. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard&quot;&gt;Kawhi Leonard&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, SF/PF (SF8) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        58. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4566434/franz-wagner&quot;&gt;Franz Wagner&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (SF9) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        59. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt;, Min, C (C14) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        60. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6477/jonas-valanciunas&quot;&gt;Jonas Valanciunas&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, C (C15) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 7&lt;/h2&gt;
        61. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396907/darius-garland&quot;&gt;Darius Garland&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG (PG21) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        62. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432174/cam-thomas&quot;&gt;Cam Thomas&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, SG (SG7) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        63. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432158/evan-mobley&quot;&gt;Evan Mobley&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PF/C (PF11) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        64. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4351851/anfernee-simons&quot;&gt;Anfernee Simons&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG/SG (SG8) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        65. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134907/kyle-kuzma&quot;&gt;Kyle Kuzma&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, SF/PF (PF12) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        66. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433287/brandon-miller&quot;&gt;Brandon Miller&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SG/SF (SF10) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        67. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064440/zach-lavine&quot;&gt;Zach LaVine&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (SG9) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        68. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871145/josh-giddey&quot;&gt;Josh Giddey&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (SG10) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        69. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066328/jarrett-allen&quot;&gt;Jarrett Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, C (C16) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        70. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3147657/mikal-bridges&quot;&gt;Mikal Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (SF11) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 8&lt;/h2&gt;
        71. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield&quot;&gt;Buddy Hield&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG/SF (SG11) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        72. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3913176/brandon-ingram&quot;&gt;Brandon Ingram&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF (SF12) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        73. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278104/michael-porter-jr.&quot;&gt;Michael Porter Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Den, SF (SF13) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        74. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684740/amen-thompson&quot;&gt;Amen Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SF/PF (SF14) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        75. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell&quot;&gt;Devin Vassell&lt;/a&gt;, SA, SG/SF (SG12) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        76. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701232/mark-williams&quot;&gt;Mark Williams&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, C (C17) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        77. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102531/kristaps-porzingis&quot;&gt;Kristaps Porzingis&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PF/C (C18) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        78. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2490149/cj-mccollum&quot;&gt;CJ McCollum&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (SG13) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        79. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277956/jordan-poole&quot;&gt;Jordan Poole&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, PG/SG (SG14) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        80. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3995/jrue-holiday&quot;&gt;Jrue Holiday&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (PG22) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 9&lt;/h2&gt;
        81. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066457/austin-reaves&quot;&gt;Austin Reaves&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SG/SF (SG15) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        82. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433621/jalen-duren&quot;&gt;Jalen Duren&lt;/a&gt;, Det, C (C19) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        83. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6580/bradley-beal&quot;&gt;Bradley Beal&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, SG/SF (SF15) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        84. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3468/russell-westbrook&quot;&gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (PG23) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        85. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3448/brook-lopez&quot;&gt;Brook Lopez&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, C (C20) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        86. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6440/tobias-harris&quot;&gt;Tobias Harris&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (PF13) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        87. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433218/jaden-ivey&quot;&gt;Jaden Ivey&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SG (SG16) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        88. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3037789/bogdan-bogdanovic&quot;&gt;Bogdan Bogdanovic&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, SG/SF (SG17) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        89. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395725/tyler-herro&quot;&gt;Tyler Herro&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (SG18) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        90. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102530/jusuf-nurkic&quot;&gt;Jusuf Nurkic&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, C (C21) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 10&lt;/h2&gt;
        91. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683021/deni-avdija&quot;&gt;Deni Avdija&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SF/PF (SF16) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        92. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4222252/isaiah-hartenstein&quot;&gt;Isaiah Hartenstein&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (C22) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        93. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395625/rj-barrett&quot;&gt;RJ Barrett&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF (SF17) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        94. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433247/jonathan-kuminga&quot;&gt;Jonathan Kuminga&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF (PF14) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        95. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431684/trayce-jackson-davis&quot;&gt;Trayce Jackson-Davis&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (PF15) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        96. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277811/collin-sexton&quot;&gt;Collin Sexton&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PG/SG (SG19) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        97. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432848/jaime-jaquez-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaime Jaquez Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF (SF18) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        98. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3074752/terry-rozier&quot;&gt;Terry Rozier&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (PG24) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        99. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6609/khris-middleton&quot;&gt;Khris Middleton&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, SF (SF19) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        100. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594327/keegan-murray&quot;&gt;Keegan Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (PF16) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 11&lt;/h2&gt;
        101. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3062679/josh-hart&quot;&gt;Josh Hart&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (SF20) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        102. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396971/naz-reid&quot;&gt;Naz Reid&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (C23) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        103. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432639/jabari-smith-jr.&quot;&gt;Jabari Smith Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PF/C (PF17) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        104. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278049/daniel-gafford&quot;&gt;Daniel Gafford&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, C (C24) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        105. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683678/scoot-henderson&quot;&gt;Scoot Henderson&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG (PG25) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        106. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064290/aaron-gordon&quot;&gt;Aaron Gordon&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PF (PF18) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        107. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4709138/brandin-podziemski&quot;&gt;Brandin Podziemski&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG (SG20) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        108. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135046/tyus-jones&quot;&gt;Tyus Jones&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG (PG26) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        109. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278129/deandre-ayton&quot;&gt;Deandre Ayton&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (C25) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        110. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684742/ausar-thompson&quot;&gt;Ausar Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (SF21) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 12&lt;/h2&gt;
        111. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908845/john-collins&quot;&gt;John Collins&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PF (PF19) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        112. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397002/ayo-dosunmu&quot;&gt;Ayo Dosunmu&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG (SG21) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        113. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135045/grayson-allen&quot;&gt;Grayson Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (SG22) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        114. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green&quot;&gt;Draymond Green&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (PF20) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        115. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6475/klay-thompson&quot;&gt;Klay Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, SG/SF (SG23) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        116. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4845367/stephon-castle&quot;&gt;Stephon Castle&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (PG27) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        117. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4711272/reed-sheppard&quot;&gt;Reed Sheppard&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (SG24) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        118. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4600663/zach-edey&quot;&gt;Zach Edey&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, C (C26) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        119. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277813/herbert-jones&quot;&gt;Herbert Jones&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF/PF (SF22) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        120. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5105565/donovan-clingan&quot;&gt;Donovan Clingan&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (C27) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 13&lt;/h2&gt;
        121. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064482/bobby-portis&quot;&gt;Bobby Portis&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF (PF21) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        122. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066262/malik-monk&quot;&gt;Malik Monk&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SG/SF (SG25) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        123. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2779/chris-paul&quot;&gt;Chris Paul&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (PG28) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        124. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4914336/shaedon-sharpe&quot;&gt;Shaedon Sharpe&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SG/SF (SG26) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        125. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2489663/kelly-olynyk&quot;&gt;Kelly Olynyk&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PF/C (C28) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        126. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433136/walker-kessler&quot;&gt;Walker Kessler&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, C (C29) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        127. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397688/trey-murphy-iii&quot;&gt;Trey Murphy III&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SG/SF (SF23) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        128. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934673/donte-divincenzo&quot;&gt;Donte DiVincenzo&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG (SG27) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        129. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278078/p.j.-washington&quot;&gt;P.J. Washington&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PF (PF22) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        130. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133603/kelly-oubre-jr.&quot;&gt;Kelly Oubre Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SG/SF (SF24) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Team rosters are presented in first-round pick order. Picks indicated in parentheses in this manner: (Round.Pick)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Kaiser&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PG (Pick: 2.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396907/darius-garland&quot;&gt;Darius Garland&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG (Pick: 7.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3995/jrue-holiday&quot;&gt;Jrue Holiday&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (Pick: 8.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066457/austin-reaves&quot;&gt;Austin Reaves&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SG/SF (Pick: 9.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433134/scottie-barnes&quot;&gt;Scottie Barnes&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF/PF (Pick: 3.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (Pick: 4.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3062679/josh-hart&quot;&gt;Josh Hart&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (Pick: 11.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594327/keegan-murray&quot;&gt;Keegan Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (Pick: 10.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064482/bobby-portis&quot;&gt;Bobby Portis&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF (Pick: 13.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic&quot;&gt;Nikola Jokic&lt;/a&gt;, Den, C (Pick: 1.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136195/karl-anthony-towns&quot;&gt;Karl-Anthony Towns&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (Pick: 5.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6477/jonas-valanciunas&quot;&gt;Jonas Valanciunas&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, C (Pick: 6.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5105565/donovan-clingan&quot;&gt;Donovan Clingan&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (Pick: 12.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Moody&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136193/devin-booker&quot;&gt;Devin Booker&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (Pick: 2.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432816/lamelo-ball&quot;&gt;LaMelo Ball&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, PG (Pick: 3.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3936299/jamal-murray&quot;&gt;Jamal Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (Pick: 5.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432174/cam-thomas&quot;&gt;Cam Thomas&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, SG (Pick: 7.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277956/jordan-poole&quot;&gt;Jordan Poole&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, PG/SG (Pick: 8.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066262/malik-monk&quot;&gt;Malik Monk&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SG/SF (Pick: 13.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6609/khris-middleton&quot;&gt;Khris Middleton&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, SF (Pick: 10.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277813/herbert-jones&quot;&gt;Herbert Jones&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF/PF (Pick: 12.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066336/lauri-markkanen&quot;&gt;Lauri Markkanen&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, SF/PF (Pick: 4.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt;, SA, C (Pick: 1.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt;, Min, C (Pick: 6.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433621/jalen-duren&quot;&gt;Jalen Duren&lt;/a&gt;, Det, C (Pick: 9.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396971/naz-reid&quot;&gt;Naz Reid&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (Pick: 11.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Schwartz&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic&quot;&gt;Luka Doncic&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG (Pick: 1.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3074752/terry-rozier&quot;&gt;Terry Rozier&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (Pick: 10.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2779/chris-paul&quot;&gt;Chris Paul&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (Pick: 13.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066320/desmond-bane&quot;&gt;Desmond Bane&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, SG/SF (Pick: 5.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2490149/cj-mccollum&quot;&gt;CJ McCollum&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (Pick: 8.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SF/PF (Pick: 2.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4566434/franz-wagner&quot;&gt;Franz Wagner&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (Pick: 6.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6580/bradley-beal&quot;&gt;Bradley Beal&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, SG/SF (Pick: 9.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3149673/pascal-siakam&quot;&gt;Pascal Siakam&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PF (Pick: 3.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432158/evan-mobley&quot;&gt;Evan Mobley&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PF/C (Pick: 7.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432639/jabari-smith-jr.&quot;&gt;Jabari Smith Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PF/C (Pick: 11.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6478/nikola-vucevic&quot;&gt;Nikola Vucevic&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, C (Pick: 4.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4600663/zach-edey&quot;&gt;Zach Edey&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, C (Pick: 12.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Snellings&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278073/shai-gilgeous-alexander&quot;&gt;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PG (Pick: 1.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3468/russell-westbrook&quot;&gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (Pick: 9.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908809/donovan-mitchell&quot;&gt;Donovan Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG/SG (Pick: 2.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4437244/jalen-green&quot;&gt;Jalen Green&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (Pick: 5.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4351851/anfernee-simons&quot;&gt;Anfernee Simons&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG/SG (Pick: 7.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4711272/reed-sheppard&quot;&gt;Reed Sheppard&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (Pick: 12.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4914336/shaedon-sharpe&quot;&gt;Shaedon Sharpe&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SG/SF (Pick: 13.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard&quot;&gt;Kawhi Leonard&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, SF/PF (Pick: 6.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432848/jaime-jaquez-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaime Jaquez Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF (Pick: 10.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395628/zion-williamson&quot;&gt;Zion Williamson&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PF (Pick: 4.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871144/alperen-sengun&quot;&gt;Alperen Sengun&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, C (Pick: 3.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102531/kristaps-porzingis&quot;&gt;Kristaps Porzingis&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PF/C (Pick: 8.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278049/daniel-gafford&quot;&gt;Daniel Gafford&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, C (Pick: 11.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Karabell&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066259/de&#39;aaron-fox&quot;&gt;De&#39;Aaron Fox&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PG (Pick: 2.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6606/damian-lillard&quot;&gt;Damian Lillard&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PG (Pick: 3.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683678/scoot-henderson&quot;&gt;Scoot Henderson&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG (Pick: 11.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4845367/stephon-castle&quot;&gt;Stephon Castle&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (Pick: 12.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white&quot;&gt;Derrick White&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (Pick: 6.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277811/collin-sexton&quot;&gt;Collin Sexton&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PG/SG (Pick: 10.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo&quot;&gt;Giannis Antetokounmpo&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF/C (Pick: 1.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701230/jalen-johnson&quot;&gt;Jalen Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PF (Pick: 5.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134907/kyle-kuzma&quot;&gt;Kyle Kuzma&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, SF/PF (Pick: 7.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066261/bam-adebayo&quot;&gt;Bam Adebayo&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, C (Pick: 4.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701232/mark-williams&quot;&gt;Mark Williams&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, C (Pick: 8.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3448/brook-lopez&quot;&gt;Brook Lopez&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, C (Pick: 9.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2489663/kelly-olynyk&quot;&gt;Kelly Olynyk&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PF/C (Pick: 13.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Carpenter&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4279888/ja-morant&quot;&gt;Ja Morant&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PG (Pick: 2.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431678/tyrese-maxey&quot;&gt;Tyrese Maxey&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, PG/SG (Pick: 3.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2991230/fred-vanvleet&quot;&gt;Fred VanVleet&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PG (Pick: 6.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray&quot;&gt;Dejounte Murray&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (Pick: 4.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell&quot;&gt;Devin Vassell&lt;/a&gt;, SA, SG/SF (Pick: 8.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6475/klay-thompson&quot;&gt;Klay Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, SG/SF (Pick: 12.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066383/miles-bridges&quot;&gt;Miles Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SF/PF (Pick: 5.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433287/brandon-miller&quot;&gt;Brandon Miller&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SG/SF (Pick: 7.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6440/tobias-harris&quot;&gt;Tobias Harris&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (Pick: 9.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431684/trayce-jackson-davis&quot;&gt;Trayce Jackson-Davis&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (Pick: 10.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064290/aaron-gordon&quot;&gt;Aaron Gordon&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PF (Pick: 11.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3155942/domantas-sabonis&quot;&gt;Domantas Sabonis&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PF/C (Pick: 1.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433136/walker-kessler&quot;&gt;Walker Kessler&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, C (Pick: 13.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Williams&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395651/coby-white&quot;&gt;Coby White&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, PG/SG (Pick: 4.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064440/zach-lavine&quot;&gt;Zach LaVine&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (Pick: 7.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433218/jaden-ivey&quot;&gt;Jaden Ivey&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SG (Pick: 9.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4709138/brandin-podziemski&quot;&gt;Brandin Podziemski&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG (Pick: 11.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6430/jimmy-butler&quot;&gt;Jimmy Butler&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF/PF (Pick: 5.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684740/amen-thompson&quot;&gt;Amen Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SF/PF (Pick: 8.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397688/trey-murphy-iii&quot;&gt;Trey Murphy III&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SG/SF (Pick: 13.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PF (Pick: 2.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432573/paolo-banchero&quot;&gt;Paolo Banchero&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (Pick: 3.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433247/jonathan-kuminga&quot;&gt;Jonathan Kuminga&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF (Pick: 10.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green&quot;&gt;Draymond Green&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (Pick: 12.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3059318/joel-embiid&quot;&gt;Joel Embiid&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, C (Pick: 1.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278067/nic-claxton&quot;&gt;Nic Claxton&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, C (Pick: 6.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Alexander&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277905/trae-young&quot;&gt;Trae Young&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PG (Pick: 2.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving&quot;&gt;Kyrie Irving&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG/SG (Pick: 3.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135046/tyus-jones&quot;&gt;Tyus Jones&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG (Pick: 11.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, Min, SG/SF (Pick: 1.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871145/josh-giddey&quot;&gt;Josh Giddey&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (Pick: 7.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3037789/bogdan-bogdanovic&quot;&gt;Bogdan Bogdanovic&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, SG/SF (Pick: 9.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135045/grayson-allen&quot;&gt;Grayson Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (Pick: 12.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934673/donte-divincenzo&quot;&gt;Donte DiVincenzo&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG (Pick: 13.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4251/paul-george&quot;&gt;Paul George&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SF/PF (Pick: 5.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278104/michael-porter-jr.&quot;&gt;Michael Porter Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Den, SF (Pick: 8.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395625/rj-barrett&quot;&gt;RJ Barrett&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF (Pick: 10.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4593803/jalen-williams&quot;&gt;Jalen Williams&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PF (Pick: 4.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133628/myles-turner&quot;&gt;Myles Turner&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, C (Pick: 6.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team McCormick&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden&quot;&gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, PG/SG (Pick: 3.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432166/cade-cunningham&quot;&gt;Cade Cunningham&lt;/a&gt;, Det, PG/SG (Pick: 4.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395724/immanuel-quickley&quot;&gt;Immanuel Quickley&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PG/SG (Pick: 5.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395725/tyler-herro&quot;&gt;Tyler Herro&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (Pick: 9.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397002/ayo-dosunmu&quot;&gt;Ayo Dosunmu&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG (Pick: 12.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3913176/brandon-ingram&quot;&gt;Brandon Ingram&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF (Pick: 8.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065648/jayson-tatum&quot;&gt;Jayson Tatum&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SF/PF (Pick: 1.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064514/julius-randle&quot;&gt;Julius Randle&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PF (Pick: 6.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278078/p.j.-washington&quot;&gt;P.J. Washington&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PF (Pick: 13.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PF/C (Pick: 2.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066328/jarrett-allen&quot;&gt;Jarrett Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, C (Pick: 7.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4222252/isaiah-hartenstein&quot;&gt;Isaiah Hartenstein&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (Pick: 10.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278129/deandre-ayton&quot;&gt;Deandre Ayton&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (Pick: 11.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Lipscomb&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396993/tyrese-haliburton&quot;&gt;Tyrese Haliburton&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PG/SG (Pick: 1.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934672/jalen-brunson&quot;&gt;Jalen Brunson&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PG (Pick: 2.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136776/d&#39;angelo-russell&quot;&gt;D&#39;Angelo Russell&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PG/SG (Pick: 6.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield&quot;&gt;Buddy Hield&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG/SF (Pick: 8.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3917376/jaylen-brown&quot;&gt;Jaylen Brown&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SG/SF (Pick: 4.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3147657/mikal-bridges&quot;&gt;Mikal Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (Pick: 7.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683021/deni-avdija&quot;&gt;Deni Avdija&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SF/PF (Pick: 10.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684742/ausar-thompson&quot;&gt;Ausar Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (Pick: 11.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133603/kelly-oubre-jr.&quot;&gt;Kelly Oubre Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SG/SF (Pick: 13.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908845/john-collins&quot;&gt;John Collins&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PF (Pick: 12.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433255/chet-holmgren&quot;&gt;Chet Holmgren&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (Pick: 3.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277961/jaren-jackson-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaren Jackson Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PF/C (Pick: 5.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102530/jusuf-nurkic&quot;&gt;Jusuf Nurkic&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, C (Pick: 9.10)
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        &lt;p&gt;With the NBA poised this season to consider expansion -- perhaps adding at least one franchise in the next two to three years, as we laid out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41286389/nba-expansion-cities-draft-teams-leagues-line&quot;&gt;in Tuesday&#39;s FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;--&amp;nbsp;let&#39;s consider how any new team(s) would be built.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The NBA is a different league than it was when the last expansion franchise came aboard in 2004, with an increasingly Byzantine set of salary cap rules. Teams are far more forward-thinking and proactive than they were two decades ago, which could make for interesting choices as rosters are built through the expansion draft and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After NBA Insider Bobby Marks walks us through the rules around expansion, let&#39;s consider how an expansion draft with two teams -- which last happened in 1995 -- might play out if it took place following the 2024-25 season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Based on current rosters and contracts for 2025-26, Marks put together protected lists for all 30 teams while NBA Insiders Tim Bontemps (Las Vegas) and Kevin Pelton (Seattle) took charge of two expansion drafts as part of the most recent episode of the &quot;Brian Windhorst &amp;amp; The Hoop Collective&quot; podcast.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;We&#39;ll run through the teams they drafted and how expansion teams might set themselves up for long-term success.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part I: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41286389/nba-expansion-cities-draft-teams-leagues-line&quot;&gt;NBA expansion FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump to:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41300098/what-nba-expansion-draft-look-future#mock&quot;&gt;Mock draft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;How would the expansion draft work? Will there be rule changes to the drafts from past expansions (1995, 2004)?&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Charlotte Bobcats (now&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;377633c2-0dd1-91a1-83c0-9ed2d0c00ea1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/cha/charlotte-hornets&quot;&gt;Hornets&lt;/a&gt;) were the last team, in 2004, that went through an expansion draft.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That year, and in previous NBA expansion drafts, existing teams were each allowed to protect up to eight players under contract for the next season from being selected in the expansion draft.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Past expansion draft rules required that a team had to leave at least one player unprotected, even if the team had fewer than eight players under contract heading into the offseason. A player who had an option to become a free agent counted as a player who could be protected or left exposed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Thursday&#39;s draw for the last eight in the southern Spanish city of Malaga also set up the United States against Australia, Germany against Canada and the Netherlands against Spain.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Italy, Spain, Canada and the U.S. were the seeded nations after &lt;a href=&quot;https://apnews.com/article/davis-cup-djokovic-britain-canada-tennis-dfce301e6a88ccd6ef1cc9e8bf4d5be4&quot;&gt;winning their groups&lt;/a&gt; last week, when the qualifying competition was played in four different cities.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The winner of the Italy-Argentina tie will meet the U.S. or Australia in the semifinals. The winner of Germany-Canada will take on the Dutch or Spain.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Italy won its first Davis Cup titles since 1976 by beating Australia in last year&#39;s final, which also took place in Malaga.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Former world No. 1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2789&quot;&gt;Naomi Osaka&lt;/a&gt; will start her 2025 season at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland in January.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The four-time Grand Slam singles winner returned to tennis this year after an 18-month break during which she gave birth to a daughter, Shai. She is ranked 76th in singles and she lost in the second round of the US Open on Aug. 29.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Osaka last played in Auckland in 2017, reaching the quarterfinals. She &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/41255496/former-no-1-naomi-osaka-announces-split-coach-wim-fissette&quot;&gt;split with her coach&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;last week following her US Open loss.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Naomi is one of the premier players in tennis with an exciting and hard-hitting game,&quot; tournament director Nicolas Lamperin said Tuesday. &quot;It is always challenging to return to this sport after extensive time away but Naomi has shown some extremely promising form.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;She has an immensely powerful game and plays an exciting brand of tennis. Many believe Naomi will reemerge at the top of the sport and that journey for the 2025 season will start here in Auckland.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The ASB Classic runs from Dec. 30 to Jan. 5.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK -- World No. 6 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ca44c2b0-9dea-ab40-2541-b50a4442ff8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626&quot;&gt;Coco Gauff&lt;/a&gt; and coach Brad Gilbert are parting company after the player suffered a frustrating fourth-round exit at the US Open, Gilbert said Wednesday, adding that he was looking forward to the next chapter of his career.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gilbert helped to coach Gauff to her first Grand Slam trophy in New York last year, but the player was unable to retain her title after disappointing early departures from US Open tuneup tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Thanks to @CocoGauff and the entire team for an absolutely amazing summer run in 2023 and for 14 months of incredible team effort,&quot; Gilbert, who got to No. 4 in the world during a 13-year playing career, said on X.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Coco, at just 20 years young, your future is incredibly bright, and I wish you nothing but continued success ahead. I&#39;m excited for the next chapter in my coaching career.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gauff followed up her major breakthrough in Flushing Meadows with semifinal berths at the Australian Open and French Open this year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;But there were clear signs of friction between her and fellow American Gilbert at Wimbledon, where she shouted in frustration at him during her fourth-round defeat against American &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55981dd-e99e-fcab-a794-57cf7be56e4d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3785&quot;&gt;Emma Navarro&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Svitolina came back from maternity leave last year firing on all cylinders and reached the Wimbledon semifinals, but she said she had struggled throughout her 2024 campaign with the injury.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;So unfortunately my 2024 season is now in the history books, as I have had surgery on my foot today to correct a long-standing issue that I have been trying to manage throughout this year,&quot; Svitolina said on Instagram, alongside a photo of herself in a hospital bed.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s become harder to manage and has been impacting me more and more, not just with regard to tennis and training but in my everyday life too.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I am excited for the opportunity to focus on my recovery and come back even stronger than before,&quot; she said.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Raducanu, playing for the first time since her &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/34582754/emma-raducanu-wins-first-match-us-open-exit-slovenia-open&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;first-round defeat&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;20fc0e8a-e72d-0817-ac38-68d13f620ef8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2746&quot;&gt;Sofia Kenin&lt;/a&gt; at the US Open, came through a difficult contest against the American, who is ranked No. 48 in the world.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Both sets went to tie breaks and it was far from a straightforward affair for the British world No. 70, who was visibly exhausted at the end of the second set after a match that lasted two hours and 43 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Stearns and Raducanu both struggled to hold serve, each being broken six times, with the tie breaks hinging on some powerful baseline hitting from the 2021 US Open winner.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m proud to have made it through to the next round. It was tough. It was very humid, the ball was bouncing around a lot,&quot; Raducanu said after the win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was a tough match to get through. I haven&#39;t played many matches in the last few months and Peyton, she&#39;s a really good player and on really good form. I&#39;m really pleased.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Raducanu didn&#39;t qualify automatically for the tournament in Seoul but was handed a lifeline when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0fe63041-889b-62ef-16ef-0a46542271f3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3730&quot;&gt;Iga Swiatek&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;63f9c1e5-14bd-003f-c269-31543931ad1d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2113&quot;&gt;Jessica Pegula&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8f3eaf-8166-d650-d429-6200edef59fd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3126&quot;&gt;Elena Rybakina&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;12980f68-c24c-dc1a-da0c-1365303e5cd4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=740&quot;&gt;Karolina Pliskova&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55981dd-e99e-fcab-a794-57cf7be56e4d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3785&quot;&gt;Emma Navarro&lt;/a&gt; all withdrew from the competition.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;She will now face Yue Yuan in the round of 16, a stern test given the Chinese player&#39;s world ranking of No. 40.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON -- Billie Jean King will become the first individual women&#39;s athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would be sent to President Joe Biden for his signature.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The bill to honor King, the tennis Hall of Famer and activist, had already passed unanimously in the Senate.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a statement that King&#39;s &quot;lifetime of advocacy and hard work changed the landscape for women and girls on the court, in the classroom, and the workplace.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The bill was introduced in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of King&#39;s victory over Bobby Riggs in the &quot;Battle of the Sexes,&quot; still the most-watched tennis match of all time. The medal, awarded by Congress for distinguished achievements and contributions to society, has previously been given to athletes, including baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and golfers Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;King had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, says she has &quot;broken barriers, led uncharted paths, and inspired countless people to stand proudly with courage and conviction in the fight for what is right.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The 30-year-old has slipped to 22nd in the world rankings this year amid fitness struggles and pulled out of pre-US Open tournaments in Cincinnati and Washington, and ultimately, the US Open itself, with the shoulder problem after missing the Paris Olympics due to concerns over her knee.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;This year has been extremely hard for me and as athletes, we know that recovery is part of the journey,&quot; Jabeur said on social media.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Due to my ongoing shoulder injury, my medical team and I have made the difficult decision to step off the tennis circuit for the rest of the season.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The former world No. 2 said she will dedicate her time to charitable projects while recovering and return to action in Australia early next year.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;MONACO -- US Open champion &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt; introduced a new fitness coach and physiotherapist to his team on Monday after &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story?id=40966933&amp;amp;_slug_=jannik-sinner-shakes-staff-positive-doping-tests&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;firing his previous staff members because of a doping case&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Marco Panichi takes over as fitness coach and Ulises Badio as Sinner&#39;s physiotherapist. Both Panichi and Badio previously worked with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=296&quot;&gt;Novak Djokovic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sinner also continues to work with his osteopath, Andrea Cipolla.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Welcome to the team Marco and Ulises,&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/C_-jkKMgYSW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sinner wrote on Instagram&lt;/a&gt; below a photo of him with his new trainers.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Sinner &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/40928617/tennis-jannik-sinner-tested-positive-steroids-avoids-ban&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;had two positive steroid tests in March but was not suspended&lt;/a&gt; after it was determined that the banned substance Clostebol entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his former physiotherapist, Giacomo Naldi. Sinner said his former fitness trainer, Umberto Ferrara, purchased a spray containing the steroid and gave it to Naldi for a cut on Naldi&#39;s finger. Naldi then treated Sinner while not wearing gloves.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The doping case was kept secret until last month&#39;s announcement and the top-ranked Sinner went on to beat &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2946&quot;&gt;Taylor Fritz&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/41181238/jannik-sinner-defeats-taylor-fritz-straight-sets-win-2024-us-open&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;US Open final&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sinner announced before the US Open that he had fired Naldi and Ferrara.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Panichi and Badio officially started working with Sinner in Monaco on Monday and will travel with the two-time Grand Slam champion to upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;MEXICO CITY --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt; defeated qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday to capture her first WTA title at the Guadalajara Open.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Frech became the fourth Polish woman to win a singles title this century joining &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1649&quot;&gt;Magda Linette&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=405&quot;&gt;Agnieszka Radwanska&lt;/a&gt; and current world No.1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3730&quot;&gt;Iga Swiatek&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Frech made her first WTA singles final last July at Prague but the the Guadalajara Open was her maiden WTA 500 final and first on hard courts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gadecki arrived in Mexico with just two career wins over top-100 players but she recorded four this week, including a second-round win over world No. 11 Danielle Collins.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 22-year-old Australian, who is ranked 152nd, narrowly failed to become the first qualifier to win a singles title at WTA 500 level since 2021, when &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3840&quot;&gt;Liudmila Samsonova&lt;/a&gt; won at Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament was played at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis, in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Davis Cup: Great Britain eliminated after Dan Evans loss</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Great Britain have been eliminated from the Davis Cup after &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/901/daniel-evans&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dan Evans&lt;/a&gt; was defeated 6-0, 7-5 by &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2a61af8f-50be-3754-5559-d4fa60f9fb61&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2860&quot;&gt;Denis Shapovalov&lt;/a&gt; in the first match of their final group-stage contest against Canada.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Britain needed to win all three of Sunday&#39;s games in order to progress to the knockout stage in November but Evans succumbed in straight sets to world No. 100 Shapovalov.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Dan Evans was unable to keep Great Britain&#39;s Davis Cup hopes alive.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The first set was almost a formality as the Canadian didn&#39;t drop a game, before Evans settled in the second, forcing his opponent to save several break points.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;However, the set remained on serve until its final game, where an under-hit Evans backhand hit the net to end Great Britain&#39;s hopes for another year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt; took on &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;103da403-af60-430e-014c-dc9c904d6b04&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3209&quot;&gt;Felix Auger-Aliassime&lt;/a&gt; in the second match of the contest,&amp;nbsp; The last time Draper and Auger-Aliassime faced off &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/high-school/baseball/video/clip?id=40889042&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ended in controversy&lt;/a&gt; in the round of 16 at the Cincinnati Open, as the Brit won the match despite the ball appearing to touch the floor before going over the net on match point.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This time around, however, Auger-Aliassime emerged on top after two tightly contested sets, the final score reading 7-6 (10-8), 7-5.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The last match of the day sees debutant Henry Patten partner with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3acfe257-730f-4bf6-37c6-d2f3b89ff7fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2699&quot;&gt;Neal Skupski&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;against Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve thought about it long and hard. I&#39;ll have to think a little more,&quot; Evans told BBC Sport about the prospect of this being his final Davis Cup.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I love competing for my country. I&#39;ve loved every minute of it but sometimes you&#39;ve got to know when to leave.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It will be a difficult decision but sometimes it&#39;s nice to give somebody else the opportunity and watch from afar.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Canada have now advanced to the next stage along with Argentina from Britain&#39;s group. Leon Smith&#39;s team&#39;s only win came against Finland.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>United States overcomes Germany to stay perfect in Davis Cup</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;A second-string United States team extended its Davis Cup winning streak by dismantling Germany to top Group C in Zhuhai, China, on Saturday after both countries had secured their spots in the quarterfinals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 32-time winners were without big names like US Open runner-up &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6493155f-cacc-7aa5-ba78-d952efa4c652&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2946&quot;&gt;Taylor Fritz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8965d2eb-1419-a6e6-5d3f-573b8b0bc565&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2964&quot;&gt;Tommy Paul&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f901758a-d8f2-442c-9cd3-44513fcbf31e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2708&quot;&gt;Frances Tiafoe&lt;/a&gt; for the group stage this week but still had plenty of firepower to down Germany and complete a third straight win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The win assures the United States of a quarterfinal against one of the runners-up from the three other groups taking place this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55524e2-a931-d142-f794-50b742380e8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3774&quot;&gt;Brandon Nakashima&lt;/a&gt; gave the Americans an unassailable 2-0 lead by comfortably beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b7466570-6401-5017-ed2e-b810b118e805&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2189&quot;&gt;Maximilian Marterer&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-2 in the second singles match of the day&amp;nbsp;before Germany won the doubles clash to hand the Americans their first match loss this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been unbelievable this whole week. It&#39;s special to be part of this team,&quot; said Nakashima, who sealed his third victory in his debut campaign. &quot;To represent the country has always been a dream of mine since I started playing tennis, so I&#39;m super happy that I was able to get three wins on the board for the team.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;World No. 309 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59785389-c37d-e25a-2d8d-2b92f427085e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2952&quot;&gt;Reilly Opelka&lt;/a&gt;, back on the circuit after hip and wrist surgeries, saved three match points and cranked up his serve when it mattered to beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4e2a0963-10ad-38ca-2ecb-bda26fbefa36&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3948&quot;&gt;Henri Squire&lt;/a&gt; 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9), 6-3 earlier in the day.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0db8e2b-20eb-b60a-dde5-7f7eab817094&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2695&quot;&gt;Tim Puetz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3b2dbda2-efdd-b133-3939-7f135d7f841b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1627&quot;&gt;Kevin Krawietz&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 7-6 (4), but U.S. captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;696484fb-a13b-3e76-f429-ad360b666aaf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=517&quot;&gt;Bob Bryan&lt;/a&gt; said he was satisfied after a good week that highlighted the team&#39;s singles depth.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;ve got a lot of great players in the U.S. right now; you can see it in the rankings. A lot of guys to choose from for the finals,&quot; Bryan said. &quot;Hats off to these guys for coming here and carrying us to Malaga. We&#39;ve got a couple of months to relax and get ready, but it&#39;s going to be fun over there. We&#39;re looking forward to it.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The top two countries from four groups based in different cities will go through to the knockout stage to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Heavyweights Spain and Australia have also qualified along with the United States and Germany.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Argentina also clinched a berth with a tense 3-0 win over Finland. The result forces Britain to have to beat Canada 3-0 on Sunday to advance at Canada&#39;s expense.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Also, Brazil beat Belgium 2-1 after losses to Italy and the Netherlands in Group A.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Information from Reuters was used in this report.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Former No. 1 Naomi Osaka splits with coach Wim Fissette</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;LONDON -- Former world No. 1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2789&quot;&gt;Naomi Osaka&lt;/a&gt; has announced that she is no longer working with coach Wim Fissette.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Osaka had expressed frustration with her recent results after a second-round exit at the US Open just over two weeks ago.&amp;nbsp;She is currently ranked No. 75.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Osaka, 26, won two of her four Grand Slam titles while working with the Belgian coach. Those were the 2020 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It&#39;s the second time Osaka and Fissette have parted ways.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In an Instagram story late Friday, the Japanese player wrote: &quot;4 years, 2 Slams and a whole lot of memories. Thanks Wim for being a great coach and an even greater person, wishing you all the best.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Fissette began working with Osaka shortly before the start of the 2020 season. They had split in summer 2022 before teaming up again last year when Osaka returned to training following maternity leave.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;In 15 years on tour, this was one of my best years working together with amazing people,&quot; Fissette wrote in an Instagram post Saturday. &quot;From every defeat, we worked harder and better and grew a lot. We were very close to a breakthrough.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After the US Open, Osaka &quot;decided to move forward with a new path,&quot; he added. &quot;I accepted it knowing we close this second run with more good memories and gratitude for building her way back.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;At Flushing Meadows, Osaka lost 6-3, 7-6 (5) to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3039&quot;&gt;Karolina Muchova&lt;/a&gt; in the second round. Afterward, she said: &quot;It&#39;s a little rough, because I do take these losses really personally. It&#39;s like a dramatic word, but I feel like my heart dies every time I lose.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Fissette previously worked with players such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=421&quot;&gt;Victoria Azarenka&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=376&quot;&gt;Kim Clijsters&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=936&quot;&gt;Simona Halep&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=745&quot;&gt;Angelique Kerber&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2024 13:31:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Davis Cup: Jack Draper, Evans lose as GB beaten by Argentina</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Jack Draper was beaten in the GB&#39;s second singles game against Argentina on Friday.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Team GB were beaten 2-1 by Argentina in their second Davis Cup group tie on Friday and failed to reach the knockout stages at the first time of asking.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;British No.1 Jack Draper, fresh from his exploits in the US Open, made his first appearance at this year&#39;s Davis Cup against&amp;nbsp;Francisco Cerundolo but failed to carry his form from Flushing Meadows over to Manchester and was beaten 6-7 (4), 5-7.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the first singles match from earlier in the day, Draper&#39;s teammate Dan Evans was beaten&amp;nbsp;6-2 7-5 by Tomas Martin Etcheverry.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Evans later teamed up with Neal Skupski to claim a consolation victory in the doubles against Argentine duo Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A win over Argentina would have sealed GB&#39;s progress to the Final Eight event in Malaga, Spain in November, following &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/41228275/davis-cup-billy-harris-dan-evans-seal-gb-knockout-place&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;their win over Finland on Wednesday&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;However, they can secure their spot in the knockouts with a win over Canada on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2024 06:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Olivia Gadecki continues Guadalajara run, reaches first semis</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;GUADALAJARA, Mexico --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt; continued her impressive run in Mexico on Friday by advancing to the Guadalajara Open semifinals after beating &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1374&quot;&gt;Martina Trevisan&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 22-year-old Australian qualifier, who is ranked 152nd, converted eight of 10 break-point chances to beat Trevisan, who was a Roland Garros semifinalist in 2022, and reach a WTA semifinal for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gadecki arrived in Mexico with just two wins over top-100 players but she has recorded three this week, including one over the world No. 11 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3262/danielle-collins&quot;&gt;Danielle Collins&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the semifinals, Gadecki will play &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3404&quot;&gt;Camila Osorio&lt;/a&gt;, who defeated &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3908&quot;&gt;Kamilla Rakhimova&lt;/a&gt;, 7-6 (6), 6-1. With the win, the 22-year-old Osorio became the first Colombian to reach the semifinals of a 500-level tournament.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the other semifinal, fourth-seeded &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e528506f-673d-f0c6-84f5-eca9c42954f7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1804&quot;&gt;Caroline Garcia&lt;/a&gt; will face fifth-seeded &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;208c6d48-6a2d-5e76-2b49-e27608d036c0&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt;, who advanced with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4cd55d5c-5683-3969-8763-3085892ebfc8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11221&quot;&gt;Marina Stakusic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Garcia advanced earlier in a walkover after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ec086637-8d93-7095-de13-83aafe91d01a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392&quot;&gt;Marie Bouzkova&lt;/a&gt; withdrew due to an illness.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament is being played on hard courts at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;ZHUHAI, China -- The United States secured its place in the last eight of the Davis Cup Finals after beating Slovakia 3-0 on Friday, a result that also sent unbeaten Germany through from the same group.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spain joined them when four-time Grand Slam champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;07843754-8bdf-63b0-5983-24252738169e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; beat France&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75e39239-2578-cc45-a536-6a59ddee1f9a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3085&quot;&gt;Ugo Humbert&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 6-3. Veteran &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;736f6af6-506c-e64f-9d0f-8f1138a5babf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1733&quot;&gt;Roberto Bautista Agut&lt;/a&gt; won the first singles against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;911397bc-b02d-3987-94ce-642b3aeac50d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=10052&quot;&gt;Arthur Fils&lt;/a&gt; 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Valencia.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spain&#39;s victory also put Australia through from Group B.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In Zhuhai, America&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;fe21eb09-3fc1-8e3f-86b0-cfa8dec2440a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2206&quot;&gt;Mackenzie McDonald&lt;/a&gt; converted four of his six break points to beat Slovakia&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;199ff4ae-438f-4137-a1e7-8e98931ce378&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2950&quot;&gt;Lukas Klein&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-3, and Davis Cup debutant &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55524e2-a931-d142-f794-50b742380e8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3774&quot;&gt;Brandon Nakashima&lt;/a&gt; had eight aces in a 6-3, 6-3 win against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5aa818ab-8c6e-9af9-5df5-ec29f8f14a1b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1611&quot;&gt;Jozef Kovalik&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The U.S. also won the doubles: &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt;, who lost the men&#39;s doubles final at the Paris Olympics last month, rallied to beat Klein and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;eb95c30a-1602-f0b1-2a55-413934e6a50b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2694&quot;&gt;Norbert Gombos&lt;/a&gt; 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 10-1, winning 15 of the last 16 points.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Italy kept its defense alive by beating Belgium 2-1 indoors in Bologna.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;874554f7-7862-cfa9-36d5-5ef4d437f407&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2622&quot;&gt;Matteo Berrettini&lt;/a&gt; edged &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4d75c995-d6c6-362f-a85a-22340460a21c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11757&quot;&gt;Alexander Blockx&lt;/a&gt; 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, not breaking the teenage, 253rd-ranked Blockx in the last set until the last game.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f64b5d97-6080-dfef-5cda-95fb7375d278&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3356&quot;&gt;Zizou Bergs&lt;/a&gt; upset Italy No. 1 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;62b541a8-4480-30f7-87a6-b45d09376f39&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=7602&quot;&gt;Flavio Cobolli&lt;/a&gt; in the second singles, 6-0 in the third, to even the tie. In the deciding doubles, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60809731-71e1-644c-6ff3-0c72930667fd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=279&quot;&gt;Simone Bolelli&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3548&quot;&gt;Andrea Vavassori&lt;/a&gt;, who surprisingly lost to Brazil on Wednesday, came though in straight sets on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After two ties each in Group A, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands will play for two spots on Sunday, when the Italians face the Dutch, and Belgium meets winless Brazil.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Britain missed the chance to qualify after losing both singles in a 2-1 defeat to Argentina, leaving Group D delicately poised heading into Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b058324c-2f80-73a2-2e25-82b8abe00a76&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3739&quot;&gt;Tomas Martin Etcheverry&lt;/a&gt; won 6-2, 7-5 against &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/901/daniel-evans&quot;&gt;Dan Evans&lt;/a&gt;, who last month won the longest match at the U.S. Open since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Britain won the doubles but the tie was already over.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Four groups are playing in four cities this week to qualify for the eight-team Finals in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two in each four-team group advance.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWPORT, R.I. -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=399&quot;&gt;Maria Sharapova&lt;/a&gt;, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, led the International Tennis Hall of Fame&#39;s fan vote her first year on the ballot - an important part to possible selection to the hall&#39;s next class.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The organization released the voting results Friday. American doubles team Bob and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=574&quot;&gt;Mike Bryan&lt;/a&gt; finished second with Canada&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=533&quot;&gt;Daniel Nestor&lt;/a&gt; third.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The Hall of Fame said tens of thousands of fans from 120 countries cast ballots. Fan voting is one of two steps in the hall&#39;s selection process. The second is an official group of journalists, historians, and Hall of Famers from the sport who vote on the ballot for the hall&#39;s class of 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I am incredibly grateful to the fans all around the world who supported me during the International Tennis Hall of Fame&#39;s fan votes,&quot; Sharapova said in a statement. &quot;It is a tremendous honor to be considered for the Hall of Fame, and having the fans&#39; support makes it all the more special.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sharapova became the first Russian woman to reach No. 1 in the world. She won Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008. She also won the French Open twice, in 2012 and 2014.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sharapova was also part of Russia&#39;s championship Fed Cup team in 2008 and won a silver medal at the London Olympics in 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;To make the hall, candidates must receive 75% or higher on combined results of the official voting group and additional percentage from the fan vote. Sharapova will have an additional three percentage points from winning the fan vote.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Bryans, who won 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, will have two additional percentage points and Nestor, who won eight Grand Slam doubles titles, will get one extra percentage point.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The hall&#39;s next class will be announced late next month.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Teenager &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11221&quot;&gt;Marina Stakusic&lt;/a&gt; fought off four match points to claim the biggest win in her career after defeating top-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2195&quot;&gt;Jelena Ostapenko&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (0) on Thursday to advance to the Guadalajara Open quarterfinals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 19-year-old Canadian trailed 4-0 in the third set and fought off the four match points when she was down 5-3.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m happy to pull through, it was a roller coaster, I got a chance to close it in the second and I didn&#39;t, but I&#39;m happy with the win and excited with the quarters,&quot; said Stakusic, who got into the main draw on a wild card.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Stakusic defeated Olympic semifinalist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2341&quot;&gt;Anna Karolina Schmiedlova&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-4 in the opening round and then Ostapenko for her first-career win over a top-20 player. Last year she lost to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2042&quot;&gt;Barbora Krejcikova&lt;/a&gt; in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Canadian, ranked 155th, is the first wild-card entry to reach the quarterfinals in Guadalajara. Stakusic will next play fifth-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt;, who beat Ashley Krueger 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the last match of the night.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Ostapenko, who is ranked 12th and won the 2017 French Open, had 17 double faults in the match.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Earlier, fourth-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1804&quot;&gt;Caroline Garcia&lt;/a&gt; held off&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5211233b-991a-7411-a88c-56756c8978b2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3266&quot;&gt;Ena Shibahara&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) and also advanced to the quarterfinals, where she will meet &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392&quot;&gt;Marie Bouzkova&lt;/a&gt;, who in the first match of the day breezed past qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8067&quot;&gt;Lucrezia Stefanini&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-1.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 30-year-old Garcia will be playing in her first quarterfinal since she advanced to the Rouen semifinals last April.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We played very different styles, she is a player that does not suit me, I need to play solid, and I will see what I can do differently to beat her,&quot; said Garcia, who is 0-4 against Bouzkova.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament is being played on hard courts at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Over Labor Day weekend, more than 10 million DirecTV and U-Verse customers experienced a blackout of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels such as ABC. The channels went off the air right before the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401628334/usc-lsu&quot;&gt;LSU-USC&lt;/a&gt; college football game and during the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/2d592335-f46f-335f-8629-521585e4432a/us-open&quot;&gt;US Open&lt;/a&gt; tennis tournament. Amid a recent licensing deal disconnect, DirecTV lost its rights to carry Disney programming. With big events like the US Open in play and tentpole sports like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-football/&quot;&gt;college football&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/&quot;&gt;NFL&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;starting up, ESPN is an essential viewing platform. How can fans stay in the loop?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I still watch ESPN with the Disney-DirecTV blackout?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If you don&#39;t have cable access to ESPN right now, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://promo.espn.com/espn/contests/instantaccess/&quot;&gt;get instant access&lt;/a&gt; to&amp;nbsp;ESPN content through a variety of services including Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, and Sling.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How many channels are affected by the Disney-DirecTV blackout?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The conflict affects ESPN networks, Disney-branded channels, Freeform, FX networks, and National Geographic channels.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How big of an impact will this blackout have?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The value of Disney&#39;s portfolio is indisputable as more than 90% of DirecTV households watched its linear programming every month last year. Almost all linear content is exclusive to or premieres on Disney&#39;s networks (like ESPN), such as live sports and events. If the disconnect lingers through September, viewers could miss more upcoming events, including the first Harris-Trump presidential debate and the 2024 Emmy Awards.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I get a refund amid the dispute?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;DirecTV is offering customers $20 credits, as a consolation. Subscribers can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.directv.com/tvpromise/&quot;&gt;apply for the credit&lt;/a&gt; on an upcoming bill.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I get more information?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For more information and alternate ways to access ESPN content, fans can go to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://keepmynetworks.com/&quot;&gt;KeepMyESPN.com&lt;/a&gt;. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000435812-WatchESPN&quot;&gt;ESPN support hub&lt;/a&gt; for additional assistance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f091e8bf-f001-4687-0448-4b009dd966e8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=261&quot;&gt;Rafael Nadal&lt;/a&gt; has pulled out of next week&#39;s Laver Cup because he would not be able to play at his best as he battles to regain full fitness, the Spaniard said Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Nadal last played at the Paris Olympics, where he lost to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a27bb1c-2422-55c3-208b-9e9d8c1f30af&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=296&quot;&gt;Novak Djokovic&lt;/a&gt; in the second round before the 38-year-old Spaniard skipped the US Open due to concerns about his fitness.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 22-time Grand Slam winner said at the time that he was targeting a return at the Sept. 20-22 Laver Cup in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m really disappointed to share that I won&#39;t be able to compete at the Laver Cup in Berlin next week,&quot; Nadal said in a statement.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;This is a team competition and to really support Team Europe, I need to do what&#39;s best for them, and at this moment there are other players who can help the team deliver the win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I have so many great, emotional memories from playing Laver Cup and I was really looking forward to being with my teammates and with Bjorn in his final year as Captain. I wish Team Europe the very best of luck and will be cheering them on from afar.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Nadal last played at the Laver Cup in 2022, when he teamed up with his rival &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6bf3e1d1-c102-93e9-a4e9-32ba6e82f887&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=425&quot;&gt;Roger Federer&lt;/a&gt; in the Swiss great&#39;s final match of his career.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A former world No. 1, Nadal has fallen outside the top 150 in the rankings after struggling with injuries for two years.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2113&quot;&gt;Jessica Pegula&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3785&quot;&gt;Emma Navarro&lt;/a&gt;, Americans coming off career-best Grand Slam runs at the US Open, will play each other in an exhibition event at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 4 that also will feature four-time major champion &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; against &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9250&quot;&gt;Ben Shelton&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The lineup for The Garden Cup was announced Thursday. It marks the first tennis event since 2018 at MSG, home to the NBA&#39;s Knicks and NHL&#39;s Rangers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Pegula reached her first Grand Slam final at Flushing Meadows before losing to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c91d133a-526a-ea8d-654c-7ef6915ad63b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3038&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Both Pegula, at No. 3, and Navarro, at No. 8, are in the top 10 of the WTA rankings this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Alcaraz won the French Open and Wimbledon this season but bowed out last month in the second round of the US Open, which he won in 2022 for his first Grand Slam trophy. Shelton&#39;s best showing at a major was his semifinal appearance in New York last year; he lost to fellow American &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f901758a-d8f2-442c-9cd3-44513fcbf31e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2708&quot;&gt;Frances Tiafoe&lt;/a&gt; in the third round this time.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; ended a long victory drought Sunday in the Procore Championship, closing with a scrambling 2-under 70 for a tournament-record, five-stroke victory in the FedEx Cup Fall opener.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had gone 176 events without a victory after winning events in Mexico and Hawaii in a two-month span in late 2017 and early 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m going to enjoy this win ,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;It&#39;s just so sweet to get through the ups and downs. That&#39;s life. You just got to stay positive. That&#39;s what led me to here, to right now.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 38-year-old former Auburn player earned a PGA Tour card for the next two years after entering the event 132nd in the fight to earn a card with a top-125 finish in standings.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire finished at 20-under 268 at Silverado Country Club. On Sunday, he repeatedly misfired off the tee for a second consecutive day, but stayed steady with his approach shots and had three birdies, an eagle and three bogeys.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I knew that it would be difficult not to get ahead of myself with a four-shot lead heading into today,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;I wrote down in my yard book, &#39;I am here, I I am now.&#39; Kept going back to that. That helped me be disciplined and stay present. That&#39;s what really helped me come out on top.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt; was second after a 71.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Unlike in 2023 when Theegala was followed by a large gallery on his way to winning, Kizzire and Lipsky played the final round in front of a small crowd at the picturesque course in the heart of the Napa Valley wine country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For the second straight day, Kizzire had to make up for his erratic tee shots. He missed 11 fairways and hit three drives into bunkers but got out of trouble and limited the damage each time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipskey also had issues off the tee trying to battle winds that had been mostly absent for the first three rounds.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was really tough out there,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;The wind was swirling and it was strong and the greens were so firm. Where the put some of those pins is really tough to get close.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After Lipsky made birdies on Nos. 1 and No. 4 to get within two shots, Kizzire responded with an eagle on the par-5 fifth. Kizzire hit his second shot past the green, then holed a soft wedge shot coming back from 50 feet to get to 20 under.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire bogeyed No. 11 after another errant tee shot, while Lipsky birdied to get within two strokes again. Kizzire then made a birdie save after driving into a green-side bunker on No. 12, and had another birdie on No. 13.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire was ahead by five strokes after a birdie on No. 15, then missed a short par putt on No. 16. He had a chance to get the stroke back on No. 17, but pushed his putt to the right of the hole and settled for par.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Jordan Spieth: Wrist improving, should be OK for PGA season</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;95a7c5d1-0ce2-473f-3221-d718985f576b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5467/jordan-spieth&quot;&gt;Jordan Spieth&lt;/a&gt; said he is progressing well following wrist surgery and expects to be ready for the start of the 2025 PGA Tour season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I think that by 2025, by Jan. 1, it&#39;s my goal to be tournament-ready,&quot; Spieth told Golfweek in a Q&amp;amp;A published Monday. &quot;And for me, that would be not just going out and seeing how it feels, you know, but expecting to play at my ceiling.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sporting a cast on his left wrist in his first public appearance since his surgery, Spieth appeared at a fundraiser at Brookhaven Country Club just outside Dallas.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spieth, 31, initially injured his wrist in 2023. He last competed in the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis in mid-August.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I would say the No. 1 reason why I ended up getting it done was because it affects my way of life at home,&quot; he said. &quot;Like when it would dislocate and I couldn&#39;t get it back in, it would happen when I&#39;m getting my daughter out of the bath, I&#39;m putting a sweatshirt on or it just so random that it was like, I didn&#39;t want it to continue, and it happened more and more. And it wasn&#39;t going to heal itself based on a number of different docs and scans and whatever. So it&#39;s just inevitable.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spieth has three major wins and 13 overall victories on the PGA Tour, but none since the RBC Heritage in April 2022. He began the 2024 season with a third-place showing at The Sentry and tied for sixth at the WM Phoenix Open, but he had only one more top-10 the rest of the year while missing seven cuts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spieth did not earn entry into the 2025 season-opening tournament, The Sentry. He is, however, able to play in the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 9-12 at Waialae Country Club.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Masters and CBS are expanding television coverage next year by five hours, which includes two hours on Saturday and Sunday through the Paramount+ streaming service of CBS.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Augusta National also announced Tuesday another high-level corporate partner in Bank of America, bringing to four the number of &quot;champion partners&quot; for the major that attracts the largest viewing audience in golf.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The addition of Bank of America does not affect the commercial load. The Masters said the broadcast will continue with only four minutes of commercials each hour.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The Masters Tournament has had the great fortune of enjoying an extraordinary relationship with CBS Sports for nearly 70 years,&quot; said Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National and the Masters. &quot;Alongside our friends at the network, we are pleased to extend the tournament&#39;s weekend coverage and ultimately deliver more live golf for Masters fans.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;CBS will add an hour to Saturday&#39;s broadcast. It will go from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET next year, instead of starting at 3 p.m. The third and fourth rounds will be shown exclusively on Paramount+ from noon until 2 p.m., and will remain available on the streaming service through the 7 p.m. conclusion.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That brings the total coverage to 23 hours, which includes 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, broadcast by ESPN.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;CBS also produces the expansive digital coverage through the Masters app that includes such features as Amen Corner, Holes 4-6, Holes 15-16 and featured pairings.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;CBS has made its live coverage of sporting events available on Paramount+. The additional two hours on the weekend will be part of its exclusive content, the first time it has offered such content from golf.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The partnership between the Masters and CBS, a year-by-year contract, dates back to 1956, when the network used six cameras to televise the last four holes. It was only 25 years ago when the Masters offered just 10½ hours of live coverage on CBS, including three hours on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Bank of America joins a small list of primary corporate sponsors at the Masters that includes AT&amp;amp;T, IBM and Mercedes-Benz, which each have extended their partnerships. The club does not disclose details of those contracts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Bank of America has had a relationship with Augusta National for the past several years, serving as a presenting sponsor for the Augusta National Women&#39;s Amateur since its inception in 2019, as well as the Asia-Pacific Amateur and the Latin America Amateur since 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Through Bank of America&#39;s support of our community initiatives and amateur events, they have become an impactful and committed partner in our organization&#39;s mission in Augusta and around the globe,&quot; Ridley said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said adding Bank of America as a top-level sponsor expands that relationship and strengthens the Masters &quot;for many years to come.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 2025 Masters starts April 10, sticking with its tradition of being held the first full week of April. Scottie &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/39944182/scottie-scheffler-wins-second-masters-final-round-68&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Scheffler is the defending champion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Tommy Fleetwood speaks about wanting to become World No. 1 before he retires.</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;PITTSBURGH -- Oakmont&#39;s already massive greens will be even more daunting when the men&#39;s U.S. Open returns next summer for a record 10th time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The club situated in the northern Pittsburgh suburbs has restored more than 24,000 square feet of green surface over the last two years as part of a renovation guided by golf course architect Gil Hanse.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hanse initially was brought in to focus on the bunkers. During his trips to the course, he came across photographs from the 1920s and 1930s and noticed the greens used to be much larger before several factors -- time and natural erosion most of all -- began chipping away at them.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;He talked to the club, whose membership enthusiastically agreed the renovations were a chance to make the notoriously fast greens even harder than they were when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b864c33d-64bc-5e24-9899-d07ab1503585&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3448/dustin-johnson&quot;&gt;Dustin Johnson&lt;/a&gt; won his first major at Oakmont in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;While the changes this time around won&#39;t be quite as visible as they have in the past -- Oakmont has spent most of the last 30 years removing thousands of trees in hopes of returning to its wind-swept, links-style roots -- the 155 players who will join defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt; could find pins tucked in places they&#39;ve never been before during previous Open stops at the venerable course that opened in 1904.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The greens are the No. 1 defense on the course,&quot; grounds superintendent Mike McCormick said Monday. &quot;Oakmont, in today&#39;s world, it&#39;s not a crazy-long golf course. There are several holes out here the players will be hitting wedges into and it puts even more of an emphasis on [the greens].&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The course will play at 7,372 yards as a par 70 in 2025, a tick up from the 7,219 yards it played at in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;One of the new pin options the expanded greens give the USGA is on the 182-yard, par-3 13th hole. Pin placement previously was limited to the left side of the green, with little wiggle room in terms of yardage. Now there are a variety of options, including a back-right pin that sits in the middle of a bowl, rewarding a good shot but almost inaccessible from other portions of the green, particularly the front right.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;U.S. Open scores have trended lower of late. Only one of the last eight winners has posted a higher four-round total in relation to par than Johnson&#39;s 4-under 276, with the last six champions all finishing at 6-under or better.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9ae7a413-2f04-1488-3f26-1532ce818355&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5506/scott-langley&quot;&gt;Scott Langley&lt;/a&gt;, the USGA&#39;s senior director of player relations, thinks Oakmont remains one of the stiffest tests because it lacks the kind of shot options places like Pinehurst No. 2 (2024) or Los Angeles Country Club (2023) provide.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;You have strategic width [in those places], you can play the angles more,&quot; Langley said. &quot;There are spots here where you do that. But by and large, Oakmont is you hit a good shot or you don&#39;t. And if you don&#39;t, the penalty is pretty uniform.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The more notable changes besides the greens are a new-look fairway on the 485-yard, par-4 seventh hole that offers players two choices: play it safe and short to the right but settle for a blind approach or aim left and try to carry a drive 320+ yards over a fairway bunker that if executed correctly lets you see the pin on your approach with a short iron.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Oakmont also rebuilt every hazard and revamped the course&#39;s nearly 200 bunkers while updating the drainage system. The club was hit by nearly 3 inches of rain during the early rounds of the U.S. Open&#39;s last visit, forcing the grounds crew and volunteers to get creative while bailing out the sand traps.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The bunkers had deteriorated significantly from 2016 to 2022,&quot; McCormick said. &quot;There&#39;s a lot of newer technology and ways to drain bunkers and hold sand and limit contamination. So the club had an opportunity to make sure that the performance of the playing surfaces [remained consistent].&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Lilia Vu&#39;s birdie putt on the final hole clinches the Solheim Cup over Europe for the first time since 2017.</description>
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      <description>Rory McIlroy missed an eagle putt on 18, clinching the Irish Open for Rasmus Hojgaard.</description>
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      <title>Rasmus Hojgaard birdies final 3 holes to win Irish Open</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11253/rasmus-h%C3%B8jgaard&quot;&gt;Rasmus Hojgaard&lt;/a&gt; birdied his last three holes Sunday for a 6-under 65 to win the Irish Open and hand &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; another dose of disappointment before a raucous gallery at Royal County Down.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy had a two-shot lead on the back nine until Hojgaard put together a stunning charge down the stretch to win for the fifth time on the European tour and deny McIlroy a victory in his home country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Unfortunately, I&#39;m getting used to it this year,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;Hopefully, the tide is going to turn pretty soon and I can turn all these close calls into victories.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy had a pair of bogeys on the closing four holes that allowed Hojgaard, playing two groups in front of him, to charge to victory in stunning fashion.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 23-year-old Dane got up-and-down from a bunker for birdie on the short par-4 16th, holed a bunker shot for birdie on the 17th to take the lead and blasted out of the rough onto the front edge of the green for a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard, who started the final round three shots behind McIlroy, finished at 9-under 275.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I had a number today that I was trying to reach, and that was 8 [under]. Obviously, coming in and finishing on 9 was gold,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It was another tough ending for McIlroy, who has three wins this year but lost the U.S. Open when he missed a pair of short par putts on the last three holes at Pinehurst No. 2 and had a late charge at the Olympics derailed by a wedge that went into the water.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This was a more subtle fade. His approach to the 15th just rolled off the right side of the green into a tough lie, leading to bogey that dropped him into a tie for the lead when Hojgaard birdied the 16th ahead of him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy regained a share of the lead with a birdie on the 16th, but it all turned on the 17th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard already was in the clubhouse, one shot ahead of McIlroy, who faced a 25-foot birdie putt. But McIlroy ran his birdie attempt some 10 feet past the hole, and he missed the par putt to fall two shots behind.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy delivered two clutch shots on the par-5 closing hole, a 342-yard drive down the middle and a 7-iron to just outside 10 feet from the hole for an eagle chance to force a playoff. With thousands of spectators surrounding the green, McIlroy&#39;s putt stayed right all the way.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;His birdie gave him a 69 and a runner-up finish. McIlroy, who grew up about an hour away to the north in Holywood, was trying to win on home soil as a pro for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He shot 80 and missed the cut the last time the Irish Open was at Royal County Down in 2015. At the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, McIlroy hit his opening tee shot out-of-bounds and shot 79, leading to a missed cut.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This looked like redemption before a loud and supportive home crowd, only for Hojgaard to deliver a brilliant finish to snatch the title away from him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;If anything, it just whets my appetite even more for Portrush next year,&quot; McIlroy said, referring to the Open Championship returning to Northern Ireland in 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard became the youngest player since &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d67d0913-0f38-3b83-c85f-f3dfa85fcd76&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/329/jose-maria-olazabal&quot;&gt;José María Olazábal&lt;/a&gt; in 1989 to collect five wins on the European tour. This one effectively secures Hojgaard being among the 10 players from the Race to Dubai who can take up PGA Tour membership next year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;His twin brother, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11250/nicolai-h%C3%B8jgaard&quot;&gt;Nicolai Hojgaard&lt;/a&gt;, joined the U.S. circuit this year. His brother missed the cut in the Irish Open and stuck around to see Rasmus wait out the dramatic finish.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a big confidence boost,&quot; Rasmus Hojgaard said. &quot;I knew it was going to be hard to battle with him and the rest of the guys out there. It was tight all the way down to the last putt. So yeah, it&#39;s a great boost for me for the rest of the year.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3a8164bb-7080-6612-11f8-368ae7b5f865&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4574/matteo-manassero&quot;&gt;Matteo Manassero&lt;/a&gt; of Italy, who started the final round one shot behind McIlroy, birdied the 18th for a 69 to finish alone in third. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10221/daniel-brown&quot;&gt;Dan Brown&lt;/a&gt; of England shot 66 to finish fourth.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard became the second straight Dane to win at Royal County Down, following &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/547/s%C3%B8ren-kjeldsen&quot;&gt;Soren Kjeldsen&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s victory in the 2015 Irish Open.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; overcame erratic play off the tee and a missed putt Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Procore Championship at Silverado.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire shot a 5-under 67 -- with six birdies and a bogey -- to reach 18-under 198. The 38-year-old former Auburn player is trying to end a long drought after winning his two PGA Tour titles in Mexico and Hawaii in a two-month span in late 2017 and early 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The greens were fantastic,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;They&#39;re rolling really nice. I&#39;m seeing the greens well and putting it on the line. This is a golf course I really enjoy playing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt;, playing in the same group as Kizzire, was second after a 70 in the FedEx Cup Fall series opener. The first-round leader had four birdies and two bogeys.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c529f2c0-612b-10f0-6460-3dbc37598a0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/435808/patrick-fishburn&quot;&gt;Patrick Fishburn&lt;/a&gt;, in his first year on the tour, made a run at the leaders and got within two shots of Kizzire before ending his round with back-to-back bogeys. Fishburn shot 70, leaving him with tied for third at 13 under with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2b4ea19e-5371-6a23-f364-7a25c3f1a1fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11333/greyson-sigg&quot;&gt;Greyson Sigg&lt;/a&gt; and Canadian Presidents Cup players &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b9a9ec8-888b-c973-852c-e94f0e7da54b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6931/mackenzie-hughes&quot;&gt;Mackenzie Hughes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48dc0501-3550-c477-eddc-d6446b4ed611&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9126/corey-conners&quot;&gt;Corey Conners&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- who all shot 66.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had to scramble much of the afternoon after missing seven fairways off the tee. He made up for it with strong approach shots and a steady putter, remaining atop the leaderboard until he pushed a 5-foot par putt past the hole on No. 10 and took a bogey.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire got back on track with a 21-foot birdie putt on No. 11, then made a fantastic shot out of a green-side bunker to save par on 16. He birdied the par-3 17th, then scrambled to save par on No. 18 after hitting his approach shot into a bunker.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That left Kizzire in position to break the tournament record at Silverado of 21 under, matched last year by &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky stayed close but dropped back to the pack after back-to-back bogeys on the back nine.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I really didn&#39;t have my best today,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;Over the course of a week, days like this happen. Swing just didn&#39;t feel as good as it did the past two days and I just battled through it. I was just trying to play safe.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Theegala shot 69 on Saturday, leaving him six shots back at 12 under.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f01d4788-465c-c3ed-c619-2a7b8ce226ac&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/439927/wilson-furr&quot;&gt;Wilson Furr&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d1aa104f-7630-5041-e5d2-787329c42e46&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8910/ben-silverman&quot;&gt;Ben Silverman&lt;/a&gt; also were 12 under. Furr had 64, the best round of the day, and Silverman shot 65.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; delivered enough superb shots in a strong wind Saturday for a 2-under 69, giving him a one-shot lead over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3a8164bb-7080-6612-11f8-368ae7b5f865&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4574/matteo-manassero&quot;&gt;Matteo Manassero&lt;/a&gt; in the Irish Open as McIlroy tries to erase two bad memories on home soil.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy had to settle for bogey on the par-5 closing hole at Royal County Down when he hit a half-shank from the rough for his third shot. Even so, the wind was so severe that he matched the low score of the third round. Only three other players shot 69, and four others broke par.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Manassero, who started the day with a one-shot lead, did his best to hold on. He dropped only one shot over the last 10 holes, on the 17th when he pulled his tee shot into high grass and could only chop back to the fairway. He two-putted from 50 feet to escape with bogey.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy was at 6-under 207 as he goes for his second Irish Open title. He has yet to win in Northern Ireland, and it has not gone well for him previously. McIlroy opened with an 80 when the Irish Open was last held at Royal County Down in 2015. And at the British Open five years ago at Royal Portrush, he opened with a 79. Both times he missed the cut.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m excited to give myself a chance,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;The last couple of times I&#39;ve played in Northern Ireland it hasn&#39;t panned out the way I wanted. I can&#39;t get too far ahead of myself, but I&#39;m excited to go out there and give it my all.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59d0d68c-2508-43cf-782c-8f649e786114&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11378/robert-macintyre&quot;&gt;Robert MacIntyre&lt;/a&gt; was in a four-way tie for third after a 69, leaving the Scot in the mix to add a third national title to his credit this year. MacIntyre previously won the Canadian Open in June and the Scottish Open in July.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d68bcb24-b06b-1008-87ad-f7c2bdfe5ecd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9506/jordan-smith&quot;&gt;Jordan Smith&lt;/a&gt; (69), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a5c79019-66ee-f87a-c6c1-80fdacae348c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9364/erik-van-rooyen&quot;&gt;Erik van Rooyen&lt;/a&gt; (71) and Rasmus Hojgaard (71) also were at 3-under 210.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The roughest day belonged to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a7c832b-992a-7a62-d397-0dc860047bd8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11402/todd-clements&quot;&gt;Todd Clements&lt;/a&gt;, playing alongside McIlroy before the largest galleries. Clements started one shot behind and posted an 85.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Manassero did well to stay close. He was in trouble off the 17th tee and made bogey. On the par-5 closing hole, he rammed his 50-foot birdie attempt some 10 feet by the hole, and made that for par to stay one behind.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;They are not birdies but they always feel like them a little bit, and that&#39;s how it is out there,&quot; Manassero said. &quot;I would have loved to not get beaten from the golf course but I think I did really well to finish with two 5s, to be honest.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy opened with an approach that used the slope to perfection for his shot to roll down to 6 feet for eagle. His best shot was a 7-iron into 6 feet on the par-3 seventh. Any birdie after the par-5 first hole felt like a bonus.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was a matter of trying to par as many holes as possible,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He saved par from behind the 17th green. On the 18th, he pushed his drive into the right rough, hit into nasty rough on the left and then hit a half-shank that bounced off the grandstands to the right. He chipped beautifully to 6 feet but missed the par putt to settle for 69.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I definitely would have taken the score before I went out today,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Patton Kizzire takes lead at PGA Tour&#39;s Procore Championship</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; hugged a tree on the way to the first tee Friday as part of a mental exercise, then patiently worked his way around Silverado to take the lead into the weekend in the FedEx Cup Fall series opener.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Working with a new mental coach who has him embracing a more relaxed and even approach, Kizzire shot a 7-under 65 for a one-stroke advantage over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt; in the Procore Championship.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire joked about some of the things his new mental coach has him doing, like walking around barefoot and hugging trees.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been really cool to just get organized and try to be more playful out there and be unflappable,&quot; Kizzire said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had seven birdies, six on the back nine, as he seeks his first victory on the PGA Tour since 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I didn&#39;t have my best stuff today, especially off the tee or into the green, but I putted well again,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;My patience in the mental game and my putting have really kept me in it and allowed me to play really well.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had a 13-under 131 total on the picturesque course in the heart of Napa Valley wine country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky, the first-round leader, had a 67 that included eight birdies, an eagle, three bogeys and a double bogey.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c529f2c0-612b-10f0-6460-3dbc37598a0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/435808/patrick-fishburn&quot;&gt;Patrick Fishburn&lt;/a&gt; was 11 under after a 65. He had six birdies and an eagle to overcome a bogey on his 17th hole.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2f0b17af-7ed7-66ad-459b-664568ef2e1e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/257/matt-kuchar&quot;&gt;Matt Kuchar&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e22c3186-cba0-fa71-cc28-f297e92579eb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10166/jj-spaun&quot;&gt;J.J. Spaun&lt;/a&gt; were 10 under. The 46-year-old Kuchar, who caused a bit of controversy at the Wyndham Championship in August when he walked off the course because of darkness then returned the next day to finish his final round, had nine birdies and a bogey to tie for the best round of the day with a 64. Spaun shot 65.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt; was four shots back after a 66.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire got off to a slow start and was sputtering off the tee and with his approach shots before heating up with six birdies on the back nine. He capped his afternoon with two long putts, one from 28 feet and the other from 13.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I could have gotten frustrated or talked about a bad shot or worried about, &#39;Well, why am I not hitting it like I want to?&#39;&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;I just chose not to do that. I still didn&#39;t play my best on the back nine, but I capitalized whenever I had an opportunity and made a few good putts.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky was in good shape after holing out for an eagle on No. 16. He hit a gap wedge with his second shot that hit past the flag, bounced then spun back in the hole.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After three consecutive birdies on the back nine put him atop the leaderboard at 14 under, Lipsky picked up a penalty stroke when his tee shot on No. 8 sailed out of bounds.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;A little bit of everything but overall I&#39;m really happy,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;My game plan was to still stay aggressive and not back off at all. That&#39;s sort of what I did.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Two-time tournament champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73d9a5a4-7ecc-e8c4-191d-3a66efbfa234&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8973/max-homa&quot;&gt;Max Homa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;did not make the cut. Presidents Cup International team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;afe3f6b7-15da-9a3d-9b99-439085746210&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/453/mike-weir&quot;&gt;Mike Weir&lt;/a&gt;, 2020 tournament champ &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96b14f80-5c0a-8750-ad5e-907f158e09be&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/78/stewart-cink&quot;&gt;Stewart Cink&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;44d75406-fd2f-49e2-ff9a-e3be72e82cf2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11119/wyndham-clark&quot;&gt;Wyndham Clark&lt;/a&gt; also dropped out.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Check out some stats and a timeline of Tiger Woods&#39; previous injuries as he announces his latest back surgery.</description>
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      <description>Earlier this morning Tiger underwent microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve impingement in the lower back.
        Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi of Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach performed the surgery and deemed it to be successful.
        &quot;The surgery went smoothly, and I&#39;m hopeful this will help alleviate the back spasms and pain I was experiencing throughout most of the 2024 season,&quot; Woods said. &quot;I look forward to tackling this rehab and preparing myself to get back to normal life</description>
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      <description>Mackenzie Hughes climbs the leaderboard after nailing his shot from the fairway for eagle.</description>
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      <title>David Lipsky shoots 65, takes 1-shot Procore Championship lead</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt; shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday at Silverado Country Club to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Procore Championship.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Winless in 104 events since joining the PGA Tour in 2022, Lipsky went out with the early groups and had eight birdies with one bogey to kick off the FedEx Cup Fall series at the picturesque course in the heart of Napa Valley wine country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After missing the cut in his three previous tournaments, Lipsky flew from Las Vegas to Arizona to reunite with his college coach at Northwestern to get his focus back. He also spent time playing with some of the Northwestern players, which helped him relax.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Just being around those guys and seeing how carefree they are, not knowing what&#39;s coming for them yet, it&#39;s sort of nice to see that,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;I was almost energized by their youthfulness.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c1f7b6d8-b7fa-d8c9-9f6b-42140de20e06&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9143/mark-hubbard&quot;&gt;Mark Hubbard&lt;/a&gt; were a stroke back. Kizzire started on the back nine and made a late run with three consecutive birdies to move into a tie for first. A bogey on No. 8 dropped him back.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;There was a lot of good stuff out there today,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;I stayed patient and just went through my routines and played well, one shot at a time. I&#39;ve really bee working hard on my mental game and I think that allowed me to rinse and repeat and reset and keep playing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9143/mark-hubbard&quot;&gt;Mark Hubbard&lt;/a&gt; was at 67. He had nine birdies but fell off the pace with a bogey and triple bogey on back-to-back holes.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b664fcf1-9afe-beb9-69dd-508bed7e877e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10929/kevin-dougherty&quot;&gt;Kevin Dougherty&lt;/a&gt; also was in the group at 67. He had two eagles and ended his afternoon by holing out from 41 yards on the 383-yard, par-4 18th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt; had to scramble for much of his round of 69.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;44d75406-fd2f-49e2-ff9a-e3be72e82cf2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11119/wyndham-clark&quot;&gt;Wyndham Clark&lt;/a&gt;, who won the U.S. Open in 2023 and the AT&amp;amp;T at Pebble Beach in February, had a 70.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73d9a5a4-7ecc-e8c4-191d-3a66efbfa234&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8973/max-homa&quot;&gt;Max Homa&lt;/a&gt; shot 71. The two-time tournament champion and a captain&#39;s pick for the President&#39;s Cup in two weeks had two birdies and overcame a bogey on the par-4 first.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96b14f80-5c0a-8750-ad5e-907f158e09be&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/78/stewart-cink&quot;&gt;Stewart Cink&lt;/a&gt;, the 2020 winner, also opened with a 71. He won The Ally Challenge last month for his first PGA Tour Champions title.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Three players from the Presidents Cup International team had mix results. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bedd741c-fb49-c01e-f1cf-386b1116a93c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/441093/min-woo-lee&quot;&gt;Min Woo Lee&lt;/a&gt; shot 68, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b9a9ec8-888b-c973-852c-e94f0e7da54b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6931/mackenzie-hughes&quot;&gt;Mackenzie Hughes&lt;/a&gt; 69 and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48dc0501-3550-c477-eddc-d6446b4ed611&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9126/corey-conners&quot;&gt;Corey Conners&lt;/a&gt; 73. International team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;afe3f6b7-15da-9a3d-9b99-439085746210&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/453/mike-weir&quot;&gt;Mike Weir&lt;/a&gt; also had a 69.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky was a little shaky off the tee for much of the afternoon but made up for it with steady iron play that left him in great shape on the greens. He had one-putts on 11 holes and was in position for a bigger day but left five putts short.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky&#39;s only real problem came on the par-4 ninth when his approach sailed into a bunker just shy of the green. He bounced back nicely with five birdies on his back nine. After missing a 19-foot putt for birdie on No. 17, Lipsky ended his day with a 12-foot par putt.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That was a big change from last year when Lipsky finished tied for 30th at Silverado when he drove the ball well but had uneven success on the greens.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Sometimes you have to realize golf can be fun, and I think I sort of forgot that along the way as I&#39;m grinding it out,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;You&#39;ve got to put things in perspective, take a step back. Sort of did that and it seems like it&#39;s working out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Laird stayed close after beginning his day with a bogey on the par-4 10th. The Scot got out of the sand nicely but pushed his par putt past the hole.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Homa continued to have issues off the tee and missed birdie putts on his final four holes.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Amateur Luke Clanton starts strong as he chips in for eagle from the bunker at the Procore Championship.</description>
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      <title>Rory McIlroy shoots 68 at Irish Open, trails Todd Clements by 2</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; birdied his final three holes to shoot 3-under 68 and sit two strokes off the first-round lead at the Irish Open on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;No. 3-ranked McIlroy is attempting to win his home tournament for the second time -- eight years after the first -- and is playing at Royal County Down Golf Club, a course that is a short drive from his childhood home of Holywood and where he used to play with his friends.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a major championship-caliber golf course,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;It&#39;s just unfortunate that we don&#39;t have the infrastructure around the golf course to host something like an Open because if we did, it definitely would be able to host an Open Championship.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Tough winds and some rain made for difficult conditions on a well-respected course in Northern Ireland, and No. 291-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a7c832b-992a-7a62-d397-0dc860047bd8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11402/todd-clements&quot;&gt;Todd Clements&lt;/a&gt; of England dealt with it the best, making five birdies and a 15-footer for eagle at the 18th -- his ninth hole -- for a 66 and the clubhouse lead.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I said to my caddie walking off, &#39;That&#39;s one of the best rounds I&#39;ve played in my life,&#39;&quot; Clements said. &quot;It&#39;s a hard course and, yeah, delighted how it panned out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9fccce6d-318e-6374-1c10-7c1ced9dba49&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/458554/sami-valimaki&quot;&gt;Sami Välimäki&lt;/a&gt; of Finland and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;22574dc0-0259-d84f-5107-8dce09b49bcb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11465/alejandro-del-rey&quot;&gt;Alejandro Del Rey&lt;/a&gt; of Spain were in a tie for second after 67s. McIlroy was in a group a further stroke back -- but only after a strong finish, just as his round looked like derailing after bogeys at Nos. 14 and 15 dropped him to level par.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A tap-in for birdie at the drivable 16th was followed by a 12-footer for birdie at the 17th. He reached the green in two at the par-15 18th and two-putted from 50 feet for three in a row.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I felt like I controlled my ball flight well,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;I&#39;ve been working a little bit on my swing these last couple of weeks. I&#39;ve probably struggled a lot in left-to-right winds this year, so to sort of control my ball flight a bit and test it out there today was good to see that, you know, I was able to do it when I needed to.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy, who openly admits to struggling when playing in front of expectant home crowds, is back in Europe after the end of the PGA Tour season. So is &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59d0d68c-2508-43cf-782c-8f649e786114&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11378/robert-macintyre&quot;&gt;Robert MacIntyre&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 16-ranked Scot who is looking to become the first player ever to win the Scottish and Irish Opens in the same season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;MacIntyre opened with an even-par 71 while fellow Ryder Cup players &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81036860-da90-8d9e-be1e-38fdfff557fc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4587/shane-lowry&quot;&gt;Shane Lowry&lt;/a&gt; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1d17a37c-2f55-71eb-400e-dbb7840b0ab9&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11250/nicolai-h%C3%B8jgaard&quot;&gt;Nicolai Højgaard&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;both shot 72.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41120635/mcilroy-scheffler-face-dechambeau-koepka-pga-tour-liv-showdown&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;planned exhibition match&lt;/a&gt; between PGA Tour and LIV Golf League stars offers a chance for the two sides to start reuniting the golf world, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt; said Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Speaking at the Bolingbrook Golf Club ahead of the LIV Golf Chicago tournament, which begins Friday, DeChambeau said he is happy to participate in the match if it means he can help &quot;get this game back in good standing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;DeChambeau is set to play with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bb9f978c-1e0f-b6ca-83ab-255e22dc6e78&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6798/brooks-koepka&quot;&gt;Brooks Koepka&lt;/a&gt; against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;38cbeebe-aac8-fb36-dce0-cf45436086e4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9478/scottie-scheffler&quot;&gt;Scottie Scheffler&lt;/a&gt; in a LIV Golf vs. PGA Tour affair at Las Vegas in December.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Since DeChambeau and Koepka moved to LIV Golf, the stars on each side only collide in the four major tournaments each year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We want to bring this game back to a place where I would say everyone has the opportunity to see the greatest play a lot more than four times a year,&quot; DeChambeau said. &quot;I think it&#39;s a great opportunity to showcase how we evolve that over the course of time. The details are not very fully fleshed out yet.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;DeChambeau, who turns 31 on Monday, fared well in those four majors in 2024. He won the U.S. Open, was second to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e23e62a8-8995-6b06-42f2-018c8a27e916&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10140/xander-schauffele&quot;&gt;Xander Schauffele&lt;/a&gt; at the PGA Championship and was tied for sixth at the Masters, won by Scheffler.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said he hopes the chance to compete with PGA Tour players grows.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We always wanted to have a PGA Tour and LIV sort of battle a couple years ago,&quot; he said. &quot;We always thought that would be pretty cool and whatnot. But I think it&#39;s going to develop over the course of time and hopefully give the people what they want.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;As for LIV Chicago, DeChambeau said it&#39;s vital for his team -- Crushers GC -- to have a good week ahead of the team finals next week in Dallas. Crushers has a narrow lead in the season standings over captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s Legion XIII entering play this weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s incredibly important. It gives us some confidence for next week,&quot; said DeChambeau, captain of the Crushers team that also consists of &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;849d97b1-9339-888a-02a9-868769388a50&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/72/paul-casey&quot;&gt;Paul Casey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73788dc7-81e9-083e-7682-cac54d837b6b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4989/anirban-lahiri&quot;&gt;Anirban Lahiri&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8083dcb8-bbc3-a90b-2ca7-494d94214dbc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/208/charles-howell-iii&quot;&gt;Charles Howell III&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Next week is a good ball-striking test. All around, it&#39;s a championship-style golf course, so I think having our games looking fresh and ready to go into next week is important.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I feel like I&#39;m in a good place. I see the other teammates being in a good place. Let&#39;s just go play the best golf we possibly can and hopefully get some good momentum for next week.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday appealed the European tour sanctions against him for playing the LIV Golf League circuit, allowing him to play the Spanish Open and other European tour events until an independent panel decides whether he must pay fines.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm&#39;s formal appeal was a pivotal move because it allows him a chance to reach the minimum four European tour starts required to be considered for the Ryder Cup next year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm, a former Masters champion and world No. 1, joined the Saudi-funded league late last year for a signing bonus reported to be in the $300 million to $400 million range.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Other players who defected to LIV Golf, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ab95205e-c964-97c7-c309-9841844bc546&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5553/tyrrell-hatton&quot;&gt;Tyrrell Hatton&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9f467d9f-e57c-2099-77f1-cae1d291f4e1&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10839/adrian-meronk&quot;&gt;Adrian Meronk&lt;/a&gt;, are going through the same appeal and are allowed into tournaments as the process plays out.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hatton played the British Masters two weeks ago. Both are entered in the Spanish Open.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The European tour said in a statement, &quot;Jon Rahm has a pending appeal against sanctions imposed on him and in accordance with the DP World Tour&#39;s Regulations, he is eligible to participate in the [Spanish Open] later this month.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The DP World Tour is the commercial name of the European tour.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t intend to pay the fines, and we keep trying to have a discussion with them about how we can make this happen,&quot; Rahm said on Wednesday from LIV Golf Chicago, where he is battling &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09533166-488d-e59f-7527-371673203ffc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11099/joaquin-niemann&quot;&gt;Joaquín Niemann&lt;/a&gt; for the individual title worth $18 million to the winner.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm said he has entered the Dunhill Links Championship and the Andalucia Masters. That would give him four starts because the Olympics count toward the minimum.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The appeals process is the same as it was when several Europeans first joined LIV Golf in summer 2022. An independent panel, Sport Resolutions, ruled in April 2023 the players committed serious breaches and the European tour was within its rights to penalize them.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m glad Jon decided to appeal and he can play his events in which he wants to play and be eligible,&quot; European captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;cab4b4c6-2fde-c332-69aa-4c0093f316de&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/601/luke-donald&quot;&gt;Luke Donald&lt;/a&gt; said Thursday from the Irish Open. &quot;I know the Ryder Cup means so much to him, and I&#39;m sure that was a massive factor in his decision.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm is primarily opposed to being fined for playing LIV events opposite tournaments he had never played or did not intend to play. Among European tour events opposite LIV Golf this year were stops in Bahrain, South Africa, Japan, China and the Czech Republic.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;He has his thoughts and he doesn&#39;t agree with the fines and paying fines, especially for events that he would never have played on the DP World Tour. But those rules are the rules, and they were certainly in place when he signed with LIV,&quot; Donald said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Donald said he hoped golf&#39;s landscape would be different before the September 2025 matches at Bethpage Black. Executives with the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia met this week in New York to continue negotiations about the PIF becoming a minority investor in PGA Tour Enterprises and what that would mean for players on both sides.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tour and the PIF first had a framework agreement announced in June 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll take today as a nice little victory for me personally to know that Jon is eligible and can play his three events now,&quot; Donald said. &quot;What happens in the future, I can&#39;t tell. What happens in 15 months, I think all of us thought something more would happen.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, golf fans will get to watch the Solheim Cup in consecutive years.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The competition between women&#39;s teams from the U.S. and Europe traditionally happens every other year. But after the 2020 Ryder Cup was postponed a year because of the pandemic, moving the men&#39;s event to odd-numbered years, the Solheim Cup is being played in consecutive years to get on an even-year schedule.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That means the U.S. squad didn&#39;t have to wait as long to try to wrestle the Cup away from the Europeans, who retained the trophy with a 14-14 tie in Finca Cortesin, Spain, last year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We got some unfinished business,&quot; world No. 1 golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ceef3796-97fb-36a7-8648-dd6b8aed2ac2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9012/nelly-korda&quot;&gt;Nelly Korda&lt;/a&gt; said this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Although the U.S. has won 10 of the 18 competitions, it hasn&#39;t come out on top since a 16½-11½ victory at Des Moines Golf &amp;amp; Country Club in Iowa in 2017.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Some people have asked me what one word would be to describe Team USA this year, and I&#39;m just going to say &#39;hungry,&#39; because Nelly and I obviously being on the same amount of Solheim Cups and not necessarily getting the job done last year, kind of leaves not necessarily the best taste in your mouth,&quot; Megan Khang said. &quot;Luckily, we didn&#39;t have to wait two years. We have this year to kind of get back at it, and I can tell you now we&#39;re more hungry than ever.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Here are some of the biggest storylines at the Solheim Cup, which tees off Friday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia:&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;euro&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump ahead:&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#euro&quot;&gt;Team Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#usa&quot;&gt;Team U.S.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#picks&quot;&gt;Our prediction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;Europe&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why they&#39;ll win &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Europeans have been in possession of the Solheim Cup for much of the past five years. After falling in back-to-back matches in 2015 and 2017, the Europeans won 14½-13½ at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2019 and 15-13 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio in 2021. After last year&#39;s tie in Spain, the European squad celebrated as if it had won.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;IRVINE, Calif. -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5502/radko-gudas&quot;&gt;Radko Gudas&lt;/a&gt; has been named the first captain of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/ana/anaheim-ducks&quot;&gt;Anaheim Ducks&lt;/a&gt; since Ryan Getzlaf&#39;s retirement two seasons ago.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Ducks made the announcement on the first day of training camp Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m really thrilled that the guys think of me in this way,&quot; Gudas said. &quot;I want to help guys and lead in the right way. It&#39;s a tremendous honor, and I want to do everything possible in my power to help everybody and be the right person that they need me to be.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gudas, 34, joined Anaheim a year ago as a free agent. The Czech defenseman had 6 goals, 12 assists and 128 penalty minutes last season while providing badly needed veteran leadership for the Ducks&#39; talented young core.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gudas is the ninth captain in Ducks history. He is their first European captain since Teemu Selanne, who served as co-captain with Paul Kariya during the 1997-98 season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Ducks spent the past two seasons without a captain for the first time in team history following the retirement of Getzlaf, who had been their captain for 12 seasons since 2010. The playmaking center was by far Anaheim&#39;s longest-serving captain.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Anaheim went with a series of alternate captains instead for the past two seasons, most prominently veteran defenseman &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5495/cam-fowler&quot;&gt;Cam Fowler&lt;/a&gt;, who has been with the Ducks for his entire NHL career since 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gudas&#39; appointment by general manager Pat Verbeek and second-year head coach Greg Cronin establishes a more traditional leadership structure for the Ducks, who have missed the playoffs in six consecutive seasons, the longest drought in team history.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Pat and I have talked about our team has to have this relentless mentality, and I think what player better personifies that than Radko?&quot; Cronin asked. &quot;He has this image where he&#39;s this ferocious player, intimidating. And he&#39;s got the beard, so he&#39;s got the look that backs up his play. I knew within my (first) conversations with him that he was just a good guy. He&#39;s just a really nice person, a nice guy.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Ducks are the fifth NHL team for Gudas, who moved to North America as a teenager. He also won a gold medal with the Czech Republic at the world championships this summer.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Early in his career with Tampa Bay and Philadelphia, Gudas had a reputation as a feisty defenseman who regularly delivered questionable hits, leading to league scrutiny and condemnation from opponents. Gudas has matured during his years in the NHL, making stops in Washington and Florida before he joined the Ducks.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I think it took a lot of mistakes, a lot of learning,&quot; Gudas said. &quot;A lot of hurdles in my way that I had to overcome and stay strong. Being around great leaders, and being around great teammates in the locker room, helped me grow as a person and a player to overcome those things and understand what it means to be a great leader and a great team player and help guys in certain situations on and off the ice. Those are things that I really cherish.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Anaheim lost a franchise-record 50 games in regulation last season while finishing seventh in the Pacific Division. The Ducks haven&#39;t finished higher than sixth in the division since 2018, the year of their last playoff appearance.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gudas is the sixth player from the Czech Republic to be named an NHL captain. He joins Peter Stastny (Quebec, 1985-90), Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh, 1998-01, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nyr/new-york-rangers&quot;&gt;New York Rangers&lt;/a&gt;, 2006-08), Patrik Elias (New Jersey, 2006-07), Bobby Holik (Atlanta, 2007-08) and Milan Hejduk (Colorado, 2011-12).&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Ducks open the regular season Oct. 12 at San Jose. Their home opener is Oct. 16 against Utah.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Sharks&#39; Macklin Celebrini showcases skills in first practice</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;SAN JOSE, Calif. -- No. 1 draft pick &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5229159/macklin-celebrini&quot;&gt;Macklin Celebrini&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s first official practice with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/sj/san-jose-sharks&quot;&gt;San Jose Sharks&lt;/a&gt; provided a needed bit of optimism for a franchise that has had little success in recent years.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The absence of captain &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3773/logan-couture&quot;&gt;Logan Couture&lt;/a&gt; was a reason for concern, as he has no timeline to return to the ice from a groin injury that sidelined him for all but six games last season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Celebrini delivered on the high expectations that came with his lofty draft status, looking right at home in his first scrimmage of training camp by scoring a goal and creating scoring chances.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;At the end of the day, it&#39;s the same game I&#39;ve played ever since I was a kid,&quot; Celebrini said. &quot;It&#39;s just having fun and enjoying it.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Celebrini played on a line with newly acquired veteran &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5550/tyler-toffoli&quot;&gt;Tyler Toffoli&lt;/a&gt;, who said playing with Celebrini was a big reason why he signed with San Jose this offseason even though the Sharks haven&#39;t made the playoffs since 2019 and had the worst record in the NHL last season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Toffoli said playing with Celebrini was simple, with the primary goal being to get him the puck.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Today was obviously something special,&quot; he said. &quot;It was the first day of camp and he was flying out there, one of the best players on the ice, for sure. I think the goal for him is he wants to be the best player on the ice every day. So far, he accomplished that today.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The goals for Couture are much simpler. He is just trying to get healthy and be able to skate again.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Couture, 35, missed all of training camp and the first 45 games last season because of a potentially debilitating condition called osteitis pubis, or inflammation in the joint between the left and right pubic bones.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He managed to return to play six games in January before the condition got worse and he was shut down for the rest of the season after a Jan. 31 game in Anaheim.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been tough,&quot; Couture said. &quot;There&#39;s been different stages of where mentally I&#39;ve been at in the last 15, 16 months. A lot of ups and downs, highs and lows. I can&#39;t say it&#39;s been easy for sure, but I&#39;ve kind of learned how to properly deal with it.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Couture said the first few weeks were the worst when it was painful even to do everyday things around the house like play with his son. His condition has improved considerably but not to the point where he even has a timeline for when he can skate again.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;re not even at that point really,&quot; he said. &quot;I haven&#39;t skated since Jan. 31, or whatever it was that game in Anaheim. There&#39;s no immediate plan to get back on the ice.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Couture has been a stalwart in San Jose and is one of the few remaining ties to the team&#39;s successful runs in the 2010s. He has 323 goals and 378 assists in 933 career games and has been a postseason star. He has 48 goals and 53 assists in 116 playoff games and led all players in postseason goals in 2019 with 14 and in postseason assists (20) and points (30) in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He has three years remaining on his contract with salary cap hits of $8 million per year and still has hope that he will be able to play again this season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;General manager Mike Grier said Couture will start the season on injured reserve but will still contribute as a leader and captain.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s just not a situation or an injury that we can kind of rush or put a timeline on,&quot; Grier said. &quot;When his body tells him he&#39;s ready to play, then he&#39;ll get back out there. He&#39;s doing all he can to get back and help the group.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Blackhawks&#39; Taylor Hall says he&#39;s &#39;100% healthy&#39; for training camp</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;CHICAGO -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2ad35fdf-efd9-2089-3381-cc30d32cf983&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5428/taylor-hall&quot;&gt;Taylor Hall&lt;/a&gt;, who missed most of last season because of right knee surgery, hit the ice with the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;e1595aca-83a9-f0b3-5621-0ef78e76d097&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/chi/chicago-blackhawks&quot;&gt;Chicago Blackhawks&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on Thursday for the first practice of training camp.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It was an active offseason for Chicago in free agency, but Hall&#39;s return might be the most important development for the rebuilding franchise.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve been through a long road of recovery and watched a lot of hockey and watched a lot of practices,&quot; Hall said, &quot;so for me to go out and play and join my teammates, there&#39;s nothing more special for me. I feel like I have a better appreciation for what I do for a living now after being out for so long.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Chicago acquired Hall and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a0dc6e15-8e06-8e38-026a-cb271b37aea9&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3535/nick-foligno&quot;&gt;Nick Foligno&lt;/a&gt; in a June 2023 trade with Boston. The Blackhawks were about to select &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81ddb57f-8400-39c1-b2d4-82079f1ae2c0&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5149125/connor-bedard&quot;&gt;Connor Bedard&lt;/a&gt; with the No. 1 pick in the draft, and the pair of veteran forwards were brought in to provide more leadership and scoring alongside the young center.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;But Hall never got going in his first season with the team.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;First, he was sidelined by a left shoulder injury. In his third game after he came back, Hall hurt his right knee when he was hit by &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;49fa608f-040f-21c1-ebfb-99e8feb8b774&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-lightning&quot;&gt;Tampa Bay&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;52584d72-7600-b261-d00f-968b67781e4c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4270247/michael-eyssimont&quot;&gt;Michael Eyssimont&lt;/a&gt; on Nov. 9. He tried to play through it but ended up exacerbating the injury in practice, leading to his season-ending ACL surgery.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hall, who turns 33 in November, totaled two goals and two assists in a career-low 10 games. All he could do is watch as Chicago struggled to score on its way to a 23-53-6 record and a last-place finish in the Central Division.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hall said he is &quot;100% healthy&quot; as training camp ramps up this year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t have any limitations in the gym or on the ice,&quot; he said. &quot;It&#39;s more about just getting my brain up to game speed and playing hockey again.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If Hall can regain his previous form, he could provide a big lift for Chicago as it looks to become a more competitive team. He played alongside Bedard and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;50755306-4ed0-23c5-0875-94f1777c53bd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3042056/tyler-bertuzzi&quot;&gt;Tyler Bertuzzi&lt;/a&gt; during a camp-opening scrimmage. He likely will play on a wing on one of the team&#39;s top two lines this season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hall, the No. 1 pick in the 2010 draft, has 266 goals and 431 assists in 14 years in the NHL, also playing for &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c78600f3-cea1-f6e0-11cf-dfeefe1897ff&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/edm/edmonton-oilers&quot;&gt;Edmonton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;beb0cb35-4d9f-a5e8-9e7b-d5ca97e51d93&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nj/new-jersey-devils&quot;&gt;New Jersey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;585503ab-1462-2afe-7a70-aafea4f6b1b6&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/bos/boston-bruins&quot;&gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt;, Arizona and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;06b99a18-3096-3b1f-d339-adab9ac51614&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-sabres&quot;&gt;Buffalo&lt;/a&gt;. He has eight seasons with at least 50 points.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He set career highs with 39 goals and 54 assists for the Devils during the 2017-18 season, winning the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m excited. That&#39;s my role,&quot; Hall said of his scoring ability. &quot;That&#39;s what I&#39;ve done for a long time in this league, and I know what I can bring to a team.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson described Hall as &quot;so revved up to play right now.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;He&#39;s all business right now, just the way we want to conduct ourselves as a team,&quot; Richardson said, &quot;and he&#39;s driving that pace out there. That&#39;s the way he likes to play. I remember him in New Jersey being an MVP of the league, and that&#39;s the way he played.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>[Video] Moritz Seider&#39;s top plays from the 2023-24 season</title>
      <description>Check out the top moments from Moritz Seider following his seven-year, $60 million extension with the Red Wings.</description>
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      <title>Red Wings sign defenseman Moritz Seider to 7-year deal</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/det/detroit-red-wings&quot;&gt;Detroit Red Wings&lt;/a&gt; signed top defenseman &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4565227/moritz-seider&quot;&gt;Moritz Seider&lt;/a&gt; to a seven-year deal worth almost $60 million on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The annual average value of the contract is $8.55 million.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Red Wings took the ice for the first time in training camp on Thursday without Seider, No. 1 on their defense depth chart, but word spread soon after that the restricted free agent had agreed to a deal.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Detroit Free Press reported Thursday that the Red Wings had about $8.7 million left to work with, and the team was able to slip Seider into that slot.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;On Monday, general manager Steve Yzerman revealed that a deal was forthcoming, per the Free Press.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m hopeful we can get a deal done at some point -- sooner than later would be better for both parties,&quot; he said. &quot;I don&#39;t think we&#39;re terribly far apart, but hopefully we can progress to get him here as soon as possible.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Seider, 23, was selected sixth overall by the Red Wings in the 2019 NHL Draft. In his three NHL seasons, he has never missed a game.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The native of Germany scored a career-high nine goals to go with 33 assists last season. In 246 career games, he has 134 points (21 goals, 113 assists).&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Seider won the Calder trophy as the NHL&#39;s top rookie for the 2021-22 season.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Knights goalie Lehner, who hasn&#39;t played in 2 years, fails to report</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Goalie &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5283/robin-lehner&quot;&gt;Robin Lehner&lt;/a&gt; failed to report to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/vgk/vegas-golden-knights&quot;&gt;Vegas Golden Knights&lt;/a&gt;, forcing the club&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;to weigh its options regarding a player who has not played in more than two years because of a hip injury.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lehner underwent hip surgery in August 2022 and was placed on long-term injured reserve. Club management has not said much about Lehner&#39;s status since then, and there was little talk of him possibly playing this season.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;But Lehner was required to undergo a medical checkup to remain on LTIR, which allows the Golden Knights to not count him against their salary cap while at the same time making sure the player receives his salary.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lehner is in the final year of his contract and is due $4.4 million in salary. If he does not report and the team terminates his contract, Lehner&#39;s $5 million cap hit, which would have been part of long-term injured reserve, would come off the books.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;He continues to be unfit to play,&quot; Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon said in a news conference Thursday. &quot;There are unique circumstances surrounding the situation that the NHL, the NHLPA [players&#39; association] and the club are currently working through. Collectively, we are assessing our next steps and when we have more to say, we will. There&#39;ll be nothing further until then.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Vegas traded for Lehner in February 2020 in a controversial move that ultimately led to the exit of starting goalie and fan favorite &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2346/marc-andre-fleury&quot;&gt;Marc-Andre Fleury&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lehner and his wife, Donya, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy two years ago, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and owe creditors more than $27 million.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Jacob Trouba: No animosity with Rangers despite trade rumors</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;4e807ac9-f3b7-8e3b-8549-441c1e604c17&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nyr/new-york-rangers&quot;&gt;New York Rangers&lt;/a&gt; captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;efa83dc6-c746-7f3c-a9c5-ed6f011d0500&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2976839/jacob-trouba&quot;&gt;Jacob Trouba&lt;/a&gt; said there isn&#39;t &quot;any animosity&quot; with management after offseason reports that the team was trying to trade him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Trouba, 30, has two years left on a seven-year contract that carries a cap hit of $8 million. His contract shifted from a full no-movement clause to a partial 15-team no-trade clause on July 1. Multiple reports indicated that the Rangers asked Trouba for his no-trade list while he still had a full no-movement clause, an indication that they were trying to trade him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t think there was any animosity throughout the whole thing. Per my contract, I owe the list to them on June 30th. I knew that was coming. I think that&#39;s a pretty standard part of contracts when a no-trade list has to be submitted. There&#39;s a date that has to be done by. It&#39;s just standard contract business,&quot; said Trouba, speaking at the start of Rangers training camp Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rangers general manager Chris Drury said this week that communication with Trouba has been good.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;ve had a number of different conversations over the course of the summer, on a lot of different things. He is very clear as to where he stands with me and what I think of him as a player and as a leader,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Trouba expressed frustration about the speculation surrounding his future with the Rangers, saying &quot;there&#39;s a lot of things that were said and snowballed.&quot; He mentioned media reports about his wife, Dr. Kelly Tyson-Trouba, and how her residency at a New York hospital might have impacted potential trade destinations. Trouba cited her medical career as a factor in accepting a trade to the Rangers from the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3fb0986b-350c-b309-1dca-29e401834691&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/wpg/winnipeg-jets&quot;&gt;Winnipeg Jets&lt;/a&gt; in 2019.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;People just run with random things. I&#39;d love to find someone to verify a source. That would be nice. But that&#39;s not the standard, I guess, in media. So we&#39;ll leave it with that,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Trouba said he wanted to remain in New York.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I love living here. I love New York. My family loves it here, as everybody is now aware of,&quot; he said. &quot;I&#39;m happy to be here and excited to be back.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said he &quot;couldn&#39;t care less&quot; about his name being in trade rumors last summer.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I knew that was coming that summer. It&#39;s not by surprise. It&#39;s part of pro sports. I can get traded now. I know that. I knew that when I signed the contract that at this moment that I could get traded,&quot; Trouba said. &quot;So, there&#39;s no difference in how I act or approach things. A lot of people in the NHL can get traded at any time and that&#39;s part of the business.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Rangers advanced to the Eastern Conference final last season, losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;195561c3-b7d9-935e-0623-8f0a00357080&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/fla/florida-panthers&quot;&gt;Florida Panthers&lt;/a&gt; in six games. It was their second trip to the conference final in three seasons.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Coach Peter Laviolette said Thursday that Trouba was &quot;a really good captain for us last year&quot; and a key part of the Rangers&#39; leadership group.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Trouba believes it&#39;s now or never for this incarnation of the Rangers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;In all likelihood, this will probably be the last crack for this core. I don&#39;t think that&#39;s a secret by any means. So we&#39;re a group that&#39;s kind of grown together, spent some years together here and we have something we want to accomplish,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Who are the current NHL team captains? 2024-25 season list</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/39359712/nhl-teams-captains-selection-process-criteria-players-quinn-hughes&quot;&gt;The process to pick a captain&lt;/a&gt; can vary by team, and there are currently five clubs that do not have a captain.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The shortest tenured captain is &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;183c31f7-2eed-15c0-7fa1-a568d20bf3ad&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/ana/anaheim-ducks&quot;&gt;Anaheim Ducks&lt;/a&gt; defenseman &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ec4884c6-03dd-d7a8-c4b6-c0ae843876e1&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5502/radko-gudas&quot;&gt;Radko Gudas&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Sept. 19, 2024), while the longest tenured is &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;472f7324-d0ab-e645-bce6-a3cd3dcb110d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/pit/pittsburgh-penguins&quot;&gt;Pittsburgh Penguins&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;706fa356-342c-1e1e-dce4-1bdd4d70a33f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3114/sidney-crosby&quot;&gt;Sidney Crosby&lt;/a&gt; (May 31, 2007).&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Here is the list of each team&#39;s current captain:&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;183c31f7-2eed-15c0-7fa1-a568d20bf3ad&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/ana/anaheim-ducks&quot;&gt;Anaheim Ducks&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ec4884c6-03dd-d7a8-c4b6-c0ae843876e1&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5502/radko-gudas&quot;&gt;Radko Gudas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;585503ab-1462-2afe-7a70-aafea4f6b1b6&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/bos/boston-bruins&quot;&gt;Boston Bruins&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96dbee19-d313-4f86-8aa8-d78db7b5bda4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3852/brad-marchand&quot;&gt;Brad Marchand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;06b99a18-3096-3b1f-d339-adab9ac51614&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-sabres&quot;&gt;Buffalo Sabres&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1e3d0379-9e04-1818-a847-b4b1f35053ea&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3859/kyle-okposo&quot;&gt;Kyle Okposo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;1b1346bb-9cad-dd44-4de5-91724595e92b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/cgy/calgary-flames&quot;&gt;Calgary Flames&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e06ffd56-de90-a04a-da9f-d41c45faed55&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3797/mikael-backlund&quot;&gt;Mikael Backlund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;b7b7b58e-e579-b39d-fb2d-70213dd93502&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/car/carolina-hurricanes&quot;&gt;Carolina Hurricanes&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b0f602b-605a-2fb2-582a-0bc52060954f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3541/jordan-staal&quot;&gt;Jordan Staal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;e1595aca-83a9-f0b3-5621-0ef78e76d097&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/chi/chicago-blackhawks&quot;&gt;Chicago Blackhawks&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a0dc6e15-8e06-8e38-026a-cb271b37aea9&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3535/nick-foligno&quot;&gt;Nick Foligno&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;65489e39-7ab7-70da-94bc-adcc6f0aa1c6&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/col/colorado-avalanche&quot;&gt;Colorado Avalanche&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;26c6ad58-d505-2fa4-f01f-04df40d36431&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2562609/gabriel-landeskog&quot;&gt;Gabriel Landeskog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;724d5dd5-197c-6f1d-29ca-a0b4f25eb1b6&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/cbj/columbus-blue-jackets&quot;&gt;Columbus Blue Jackets&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcbcad76-a482-3fd6-6b9f-ac9c6a399a68&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2563054/boone-jenner&quot;&gt;Boone Jenner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;165c24ec-4c6b-36f2-b276-3169cf6ab8f7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-stars&quot;&gt;Dallas Stars&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6ab9098b-dba3-6bda-44ef-c232c0d8db57&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3998/jamie-benn&quot;&gt;Jamie Benn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;285ae6e1-8408-88cf-50ad-1a1e7be66658&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/det/detroit-red-wings&quot;&gt;Detroit Red Wings&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a26130c-1c6e-1cf5-a170-3a53074dc91e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3114755/dylan-larkin&quot;&gt;Dylan Larkin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c78600f3-cea1-f6e0-11cf-dfeefe1897ff&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/edm/edmonton-oilers&quot;&gt;Edmonton Oilers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8e2e22e8-01b6-8acb-8a50-47f4941b52c6&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3895074/connor-mcdavid&quot;&gt;Connor McDavid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;195561c3-b7d9-935e-0623-8f0a00357080&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/fla/florida-panthers&quot;&gt;Florida Panthers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6317d1c0-624f-90e8-967d-0330ef4ef85c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3041970/aleksander-barkov&quot;&gt;Aleksander Barkov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;47ce4014-1c1f-c67f-bfe6-ec95d5f57a87&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-kings&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Kings&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;25ff43fa-b57e-716c-fd95-374e00ea7a08&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3183/anze-kopitar&quot;&gt;Anze Kopitar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;b024c635-e192-6545-f8c1-b5da0df5ff6c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/min/minnesota-wild&quot;&gt;Minnesota Wild&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;61ace9a3-fc7a-18dd-9b6a-93c45363fb0f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5079/jared-spurgeon&quot;&gt;Jared Spurgeon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;4110452f-e35d-14fe-8fbb-cdb21e269149&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/mtl/montreal-canadiens&quot;&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0b578556-053d-6f05-c542-cd91c73295ba&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4233594/nick-suzuki&quot;&gt;Nick Suzuki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d9088081-d43d-e521-3c19-d9b4fc1bc3ba&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nsh/nashville-predators&quot;&gt;Nashville Predators&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f4a86762-9013-2e4a-3f79-facb6be5ff80&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5436/roman-josi&quot;&gt;Roman Josi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;beb0cb35-4d9f-a5e8-9e7b-d5ca97e51d93&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nj/new-jersey-devils&quot;&gt;New Jersey Devils&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ed36fd82-5b3f-0d4b-3a33-254b9f8637c0&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4233555/nico-hischier&quot;&gt;Nico Hischier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;dab46111-bd72-868c-eff2-340e3cfc4d62&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nyi/new-york-islanders&quot;&gt;New York Islanders&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;af5c7de6-bbdf-54db-b1d2-d15b576d15c3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5793/anders-lee&quot;&gt;Anders Lee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;4e807ac9-f3b7-8e3b-8549-441c1e604c17&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nyr/new-york-rangers&quot;&gt;New York Rangers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;efa83dc6-c746-7f3c-a9c5-ed6f011d0500&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2976839/jacob-trouba&quot;&gt;Jacob Trouba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3edd2776-99a9-c0bb-6a73-863b428e25ef&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/ott/ottawa-senators&quot;&gt;Ottawa Senators&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;589e299d-8600-4982-28d3-185287e39092&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4319858/brady-tkachuk&quot;&gt;Brady Tkachuk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;68aba012-4e93-9371-6861-1bb9a63cfb11&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/phi/philadelphia-flyers&quot;&gt;Philadelphia Flyers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; no captain&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;472f7324-d0ab-e645-bce6-a3cd3dcb110d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/pit/pittsburgh-penguins&quot;&gt;Pittsburgh Penguins&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;706fa356-342c-1e1e-dce4-1bdd4d70a33f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3114/sidney-crosby&quot;&gt;Sidney Crosby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;8c0b5061-09c3-2e5c-529b-274a22d1b6bb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/sj/san-jose-sharks&quot;&gt;San Jose Sharks&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1d62c91d-3880-3e5b-5d51-20d07779e1d7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3773/logan-couture&quot;&gt;Logan Couture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ca912ee8-d2a3-3e84-831e-1a0ca38e7c3f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/sea/seattle-kraken&quot;&gt;Seattle Kraken&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; no captain&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;9d2d39d0-ed26-32e1-dcdf-d48e2cef3c90&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/stl/st-louis-blues&quot;&gt;St. Louis Blues&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d5f03dfd-b5ab-1b8c-c0cf-97b9ed6c9d63&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5219/brayden-schenn&quot;&gt;Brayden Schenn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;49fa608f-040f-21c1-ebfb-99e8feb8b774&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-lightning&quot;&gt;Tampa Bay Lightning&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6a4f7ea0-fa3c-74b0-8ace-88ed16820441&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5157/victor-hedman&quot;&gt;Victor Hedman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;5aa11fc5-b122-f21a-1ddb-a63c5b3dddee&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/tor/toronto-maple-leafs&quot;&gt;Toronto Maple Leafs&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dfef08c0-dde0-de14-4b8f-13ca40daef21&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4024123/auston-matthews&quot;&gt;Auston Matthews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f7e8115e-e00b-315d-8018-d2b38e4f420a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/utah/utah-hockey-club&quot;&gt;Utah Hockey Club&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/strong&gt;no captain&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;64856285-41c1-61e8-4b7f-72a347c8c018&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/van/vancouver-canucks&quot;&gt;Vancouver Canucks&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1c945598-5537-0cf5-99e5-32f1715bdc5f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4320548/quinn-hughes&quot;&gt;Quinn Hughes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;dd8e7d92-918d-4ec1-4e50-c328fc09467a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/vgk/vegas-golden-knights&quot;&gt;Vegas Golden Knights&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a47542b4-b6b4-2a7c-b394-a080931ee7ac&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5545/mark-stone&quot;&gt;Mark Stone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;cbe677ee-361e-91b4-5cae-6c4c30044743&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/wsh/washington-capitals&quot;&gt;Washington Capitals&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;71847c2f-dbf5-92bd-a95f-3857464ad180&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3101/alex-ovechkin&quot;&gt;Alex Ovechkin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3fb0986b-350c-b309-1dca-29e401834691&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/wpg/winnipeg-jets&quot;&gt;Winnipeg Jets&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;62dcfc50-a8c0-f5dd-5836-b42de76d88f6&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2563066/adam-lowry&quot;&gt;Adam Lowry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Kyle Okposo retires after 17 seasons, Stanley Cup win with Panthers</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1e3d0379-9e04-1818-a847-b4b1f35053ea&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3859/kyle-okposo&quot;&gt;Kyle Okposo&lt;/a&gt; is going out as a Stanley Cup champion.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Okposo, who capped his 17 NHL seasons by winning the Stanley Cup with the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;195561c3-b7d9-935e-0623-8f0a00357080&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/fla/florida-panthers&quot;&gt;Florida Panthers&lt;/a&gt;, announced his retirement Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The former &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;06b99a18-3096-3b1f-d339-adab9ac51614&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-sabres&quot;&gt;Buffalo Sabres&lt;/a&gt; captain made the announcement on social media, bringing an end to an NHL career that started when the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;dab46111-bd72-868c-eff2-340e3cfc4d62&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nyi/new-york-islanders&quot;&gt;New York Islanders&lt;/a&gt; drafted him with the No. 7 pick in 2006.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;In a letter distributed by CAA, which represents Okposo, he called his 30 years playing hockey &quot;incredible.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It brought me to some amazing places and provided such unique experiences,&quot; Okposo wrote. &quot;I believe the game is in a great place right now, but the possibilities are vast. I&#39;m looking forward to continuing to contribute to the game as it reaches new heights.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Okposo had 242 goals and 372 assists in 1,051 NHL regular-season games, all but six of those contests coming when he played for the Islanders or the Sabres. He went to the playoffs four times -- 2013, 2015 and 2016 with the Islanders, then finished last season with the Panthers after joining them for the stretch run -- and won the Cup for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It wasn&#39;t lost on the Panthers that he had waited a long time for that title, so they didn&#39;t make him wait much longer to get his hands on the trophy during the on-ice celebration following the Game 7 win over &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c78600f3-cea1-f6e0-11cf-dfeefe1897ff&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/edm/edmonton-oilers&quot;&gt;Edmonton&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6317d1c0-624f-90e8-967d-0330ef4ef85c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3041970/aleksander-barkov&quot;&gt;Aleksander Barkov&lt;/a&gt; accepted the Cup from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, he handed it to goaltender &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;64c24e22-3e0a-e97a-0a79-3ba239e98ad8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5571/sergei-bobrovsky&quot;&gt;Sergei Bobrovsky&lt;/a&gt;, and Bobrovsky then handed it to Okposo for his celebratory lap around the ice.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;What an experience, what a moment with these guys,&quot; Okposo said that night. &quot;I took a leap of faith 3½ months ago, and this is what it was for. I wanted a chance to win, and these guys, they&#39;re just an incredible bunch. We did everything to win. We did it the hard way.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Canadiens D-man Kaiden Guhle out after appendix removal</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/mtl/montreal-canadiens&quot;&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/a&gt; defenseman &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4697399/kaiden-guhle&quot;&gt;Kaiden Guhle&lt;/a&gt; will be reevaluated in seven days after having his appendix removed Wednesday, the team said Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Guhle, 22, posted 22 points (six goals, 16 assists) in 70 games -- all career highs -- during his second NHL campaign in 2023-24.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He has collected 40 points (10 goals, 30 assists) and 83 penalty minutes in 114 games since the Canadiens drafted him in the first round (16th overall) in 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Montreal opens the preseason on Monday at home against the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/phi/philadelphia-flyers&quot;&gt;Philadelphia Flyers&lt;/a&gt;. The regular-season opener is at home versus the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/tor/toronto-maple-leafs&quot;&gt;Toronto Maple Leafs&lt;/a&gt; on Oct. 9.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:24:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fantasy hockey draft guide 2024: Sleepers and busts</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sleepers.&amp;nbsp; Busts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Identify the one and avoid the other like your fantasy season depends on it. Because it might. Successfully mining for underrated talent, while sidestepping players who end up underperforming, makes for a formula that&#39;s bound to pay off fantasy dividends all campaign long.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The trick, of course, is to suss out who falls into either opposing category ahead of the season, with an eye towards skill, opportunity, health, earlier trends and where each player currently sits on the trajectory of their NHL career.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;inline1&gt;&lt;/inline1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Matters being relative, of course. Is &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1ebf6e18-9262-fd26-fa16-ff534d8b7a63&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3114722/sam-reinhart&quot;&gt;Sam Reinhart&lt;/a&gt; a bust if he scores &quot;only&quot; 40 goals instead of 57 this season? Not if you draft him in accordance with the expectation of &lt;i&gt;getting&lt;/i&gt; 40, and another 30 assists or so.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Same applies to &quot;sleepers&quot;. Overreaching for such under-radar players too early in drafts deflates the advantage of pinning down such a hidden gem. Timing is key.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In that view, here are a few potential sleepers to consider as late-round draft acquisitions, or even as free agents once the season is underway. Plus a small handful of those who might be setting their managers up for disappointment in relation to where they might be picked in respective drafts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resources:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/hockey/players/projections?leagueFormatId=2&quot;&gt;Projections&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/hockey/mockdraftlobby&quot;&gt;Mock draft&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/hockey/story/_/page/fantasygoalieschart/fantasy-hockey-goalie-depth-chart&quot;&gt;Goalie depth chart&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/hockey/addeddropped&quot;&gt;Most added/dropped&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Sleepers&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;32304f58-78ff-fa32-caec-dc26fb99b14e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3120307/viktor-arvidsson&quot;&gt;Viktor Arvidsson&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c78600f3-cea1-f6e0-11cf-dfeefe1897ff&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/edm/edmonton-oilers&quot;&gt;Edmonton Oilers&lt;/a&gt; (No. 116 forward)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;I wonder how many players &lt;i&gt;wouldn&#39;t&lt;/i&gt; agree to leave the cushier southern California climate for a crispier Alberta winter in exchange for the chance to play on a line with elite center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6b2cc7e8-2609-d4e0-5d7e-aef611d2037c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3114727/leon-draisaitl&quot;&gt;Leon Draisaitl&lt;/a&gt;. Probably not that great a number. Arvidsson is certainly proven keen enough, after signing a two-year, $8-million deal for that very opportunity. One of the game&#39;s more underrated forwards overall, the 31-year-old could hit new productive heights in this new gig. A 70-point campaign feels well within reach. He scored 59 in 77 games with the Kings only two years ago. I&#39;m also rather interested to see what veteran &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3bdc680c-fd76-7f78-f60f-a03392a878b7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5540/jeff-skinner&quot;&gt;Jeff Skinner&lt;/a&gt; can accomplish, if he sticks on a line with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8e2e22e8-01b6-8acb-8a50-47f4941b52c6&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3895074/connor-mcdavid&quot;&gt;Connor McDavid&lt;/a&gt;. Keep a view of that relationship too.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0cd8e09b-a937-18bb-f972-53b54c857596&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3900240/jake-debrusk&quot;&gt;Jake DeBrusk&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;64856285-41c1-61e8-4b7f-72a347c8c018&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/van/vancouver-canucks&quot;&gt;Vancouver Canucks&lt;/a&gt; (No. 146 forward)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If he can stick on a scoring line with top-tier center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;07712c18-6d03-981b-bde7-9ff9fd90b2a9&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4233566/elias-pettersson&quot;&gt;Elias Pettersson&lt;/a&gt;, the former Bruin could pot 40 goals on more than 200 shots this year. Which would serve as rather impressive for a skater ranked 146th at his position heading into 2024-25. DeBrusk is one of my favorite late-round grabs, or even post-draft wire pick-ups, this fall. As long as he emerges from camp in a top-six role alongside Pettersson or &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;edddea19-8c2d-f283-933b-d0f4193c80f0&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2590852/jt-miller&quot;&gt;J.T. Miller&lt;/a&gt;, as anticipated.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d0e495d2-2a01-45b0-9570-8b7f802359e7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3942061/tommy-novak&quot;&gt;Tommy Novak&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d9088081-d43d-e521-3c19-d9b4fc1bc3ba&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nsh/nashville-predators&quot;&gt;Nashville Predators&lt;/a&gt; (No. 180 forward)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;inline3&gt;&lt;/inline3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If he ends up centering a scoring line between &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7e97aa2a-84fa-e964-077d-412552fde579&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5037/steven-stamkos&quot;&gt;Steven Stamkos&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b81d8c2a-ea47-fe37-f22c-d89c1d73233f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2967072/jonathan-marchessault&quot;&gt;Jonathan Marchessault&lt;/a&gt;, as many expect, Novak should skip past the 65-point mark with ease. Hardly an outrageous prediction, considering the 27-year-old averaged 0.63 points/game competing with Predators like &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;62a3d27d-dd0a-381c-84d0-55360d1c99f2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4697446/luke-evangelista&quot;&gt;Luke Evangelista&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;935d37e4-585d-2d7f-8c24-acf227ed8648&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4391255/kiefer-sherwood&quot;&gt;Kiefer Sherwood&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c847fc53-4110-09e1-57f4-4703b7482f5e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2976849/mark-jankowski&quot;&gt;Mark Jankowski&lt;/a&gt; this past season. &lt;i&gt;Good&lt;/i&gt; players -- Evangelista sports tons of promise -- but &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; Stamkos and or Marchessault.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;80fc7390-a77b-bcd9-4c47-c5e16c173f45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4233685/morgan-frost&quot;&gt;Morgan Frost&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;68aba012-4e93-9371-6861-1bb9a63cfb11&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/phi/philadelphia-flyers&quot;&gt;Philadelphia Flyers&lt;/a&gt; (No. 188)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Warmup&#39;s over. In the final year of his current contract, the 25-year-old needs to establish himself as a bona fide top-six NHL center. A full season between &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d4dfa56d-57c6-2390-b130-c46078291fca&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3900169/travis-konecny&quot;&gt;Travis Konecny&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9b4c71a7-b8e9-94f4-662b-89af200a6017&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4392072/owen-tippett&quot;&gt;Owen Tippett&lt;/a&gt; -- or perhaps even sizzling prospect &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3e605dc4-0c9f-3aea-bcb6-3100d93f7de7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5149170/matvei-michkov&quot;&gt;Matvei Michkov&lt;/a&gt; -- at even-strength and on the No. 1 power play should help in that regard. Frost has certainly shown flashes. And John Tortorella won&#39;t tolerate much less. There&#39;s only so many private meetings a head coach and player can have. Watch the still-young center take a big leap, starting this autumn.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4edd3c79-8877-f322-ba52-42d21f6df329&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3042086/anthony-duclair&quot;&gt;Anthony Duclair&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;dab46111-bd72-868c-eff2-340e3cfc4d62&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/nyi/new-york-islanders&quot;&gt;New York Islanders&lt;/a&gt; (No. 216 forward)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Don&#39;t be all that surprised if Duclair ends up the Islanders&#39; leading goal-scorer by season&#39;s end. After signing a four-year deal, he&#39;s projected to skate on New York&#39;s top line, and quite possibly, their no. 1 power-play unit. Having spent his junior years with the QMJHL Quebec Remparts, he knows what coach Patrick Roy is all about (and vice-versa). When in a groove, the well-travelled 29-year-old is a dynamic goal-scoring threat. Just have a little patience when Duclair&#39;s production dries up for a spell. The high-ceiling winger tends to run hot/cold in more extreme fashion than most.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;566e74d0-8e12-a2d3-49ee-2b6e04117a91&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4565224/kirby-dach&quot;&gt;Kirby Dach&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;4110452f-e35d-14fe-8fbb-cdb21e269149&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/mtl/montreal-canadiens&quot;&gt;Montreal Canadiens&lt;/a&gt; (No. 258 forward)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;First, he needs to stay healthy. A worry after the third-overall draft selection (2019) missed all but two games this past season with a knee injury. Then his new probable linemate, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b0653cc3-fc03-af52-a941-7368494980f5&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4024820/patrik-laine&quot;&gt;Patrik Laine&lt;/a&gt;, also needs to stay fit and invested in performing to the best of his abilities. But if all goes as well as coach Martin St. Louis dreams, both the 23-year-old center and former 44-goal scorer could be in for a heckuva ride in Montreal this season. Which would render Dach a sneaky gem indeed in the deepest of fantasy leagues.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;470655a5-12e6-c7b2-7463-918e80d8646b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3114717/aaron-ekblad&quot;&gt;Aaron Ekblad&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;195561c3-b7d9-935e-0623-8f0a00357080&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/fla/florida-panthers&quot;&gt;Florida Panthers&lt;/a&gt; (No. 74 defenseman)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;While it feels a bit odd to slap the &quot;sleeper&quot; label on a former prolific fantasy performer, after last year&#39;s injury-riddled four-goal/14-assist hobbling, here we are. Fortunately, his strong showing through the Panthers&#39; successful Cup run suggests that his bothersome shoulder, along with other late-season physical issues, are no longer bothering him. Oh, and with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d31e3f2a-ae1f-cd08-a5bb-2bbede93ea3b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3115032/brandon-montour&quot;&gt;Brandon Montour&lt;/a&gt; gone for Seattle, the veteran is forecast to once more anchor Florida&#39;s top power play. A significant fantasy deal, indeed. The real-life No. 1 draft pick (2014) would serve nicely as a No. 3/4 defender on teams in fantasy leagues of a reasonable size. He merits a considerable higher ranking than 74th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7830da48-62e7-b5e1-a58c-2ec2c677e568&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2610321/darcy-kuemper&quot;&gt;Darcy Kuemper&lt;/a&gt;, G, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;47ce4014-1c1f-c67f-bfe6-ec95d5f57a87&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-kings&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Kings&lt;/a&gt; (No. 29 goaltender)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kuemper is a good goalie coming off a bad year. Now back in L.A., where he touched down for a brief period in 2017-18, the ex-Capital is ready to right his own netminding ship. Playing for a more defensively sound team will help. A lot. The 34-year-old should also see plenty of action, with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e8785a1b-162c-de85-304a-2b3c8ea2f324&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4063288/david-rittich&quot;&gt;David Rittich&lt;/a&gt; serving as the Kings&#39; No. 2.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;See also:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2a81e025-9e30-3ebd-941a-a4f3c094df65&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4697438/jj-peterka&quot;&gt;JJ Peterka&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;06b99a18-3096-3b1f-d339-adab9ac51614&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-sabres&quot;&gt;Buffalo Sabres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;118e75b2-b87e-305c-bd07-81d8aba90255&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4697383/quinton-byfield&quot;&gt;Quinton Byfield&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-kings&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Kings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0045287b-8071-31fc-300d-b1fd5ef91f26&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4233583/gabriel-vilardi&quot;&gt;Gabriel Vilardi&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3fb0986b-350c-b309-1dca-29e401834691&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/wpg/winnipeg-jets&quot;&gt;Winnipeg Jets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;19207444-2634-30c3-abff-070bf6d95238&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4874721/william-eklund&quot;&gt;William Eklund&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;8c0b5061-09c3-2e5c-529b-274a22d1b6bb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/sj/san-jose-sharks&quot;&gt;San Jose Sharks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;82d801a2-193c-3827-8822-1ebcd7d61dd2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5149153/leo-carlsson&quot;&gt;Leo Carlsson&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;183c31f7-2eed-15c0-7fa1-a568d20bf3ad&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/ana/anaheim-ducks&quot;&gt;Anaheim Ducks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9b44330f-949a-3a7a-a555-18a8dfbe87a4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4697407/connor-zary&quot;&gt;Connor Zary&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;1b1346bb-9cad-dd44-4de5-91724595e92b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/cgy/calgary-flames&quot;&gt;Calgary Flames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;544b2d4d-146e-ac6d-95b0-6d4dfadaaca8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3067313/anthony-stolarz&quot;&gt;Anthony Stolarz&lt;/a&gt;, G, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;5aa11fc5-b122-f21a-1ddb-a63c5b3dddee&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/tor/toronto-maple-leafs&quot;&gt;Toronto Maple Leafs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;/ul&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Starting your own league is easier than ever! Set your league size, select your keepers, and invite your friends to start playing. &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/hockey/welcome?addata=fhl_2024_home_nav&quot;&gt;Sign up&lt;/a&gt; for free today and be the commish!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;Busts&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;efadf900-a01d-9461-2403-13562e17ab08&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3527554/frank-vatrano&quot;&gt;Frank Vatrano&lt;/a&gt;, F, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/ana/anaheim-ducks&quot;&gt;Anaheim Ducks&lt;/a&gt; (No. 27 forward)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;inline2&gt;&lt;/inline2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Ahead of last season&#39;s eruption for 37 goals (13.6 S%) and 23 assists, the 30-year-old hadn&#39;t collected more than 41 points in a full campaign. Not with the Bruins, Panthers or even the Ducks the season previous. (His 2021-22 sniff with the Rangers serving as too brief to gauge properly.) With prospect &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9ba23793-a4eb-3495-8562-91c19f06e5a5&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5080145/cutter-gauthier&quot;&gt;Cutter Gauthier&lt;/a&gt; aboard, and second-year player &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;82d801a2-193c-3827-8822-1ebcd7d61dd2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5149153/leo-carlsson&quot;&gt;Leo Carlsson&lt;/a&gt; expected to take a significant stride forward, Vatrano projects to skate on an Anaheim secondary power play this round. He&#39;ll be in tough to replicate the unprecedented productive showing from a year ago, particularly with the extra skater.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3481c9d7-8b60-26a4-be5e-423ddcd4bbe8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3042269/mackenzie-weegar&quot;&gt;MacKenzie Weegar&lt;/a&gt;, D, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/cgy/calgary-flames&quot;&gt;Calgary Flames&lt;/a&gt; (No. 10 defenseman)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;I&#39;m a big MacKenzie Weegar fan. But to expect another season of 52 points, including 15 with the extra skater, presents as too great an ask. A top-10 fantasy defender? Even in leagues that reward physical play, feels like a substantial stretch.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;884b8818-a6be-cfeb-7d80-f38b5c0dac83&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3069285/linus-ullmark&quot;&gt;Linus Ullmark&lt;/a&gt;, G, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3edd2776-99a9-c0bb-6a73-863b428e25ef&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nhl/team/_/name/ott/ottawa-senators&quot;&gt;Ottawa Senators&lt;/a&gt; (No. 6 goaltender)&lt;/h3&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The ex-Bruin&#39;s move to Ottawa concerns me a fair amount. While headed in the right direction, the Senators aren&#39;t yet on the same plane as Boston, particularly defensively. No doubt, Ullmark is going to play a ton and steal a few. He&#39;s also going to endure some much rougher outings, netting his managers negative integers in ESPN standard leagues.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want a challenge? Sign up for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/hockey/welcome&quot;&gt;ESPN+ league&lt;/a&gt; and face off against the best of the best!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;After hockey fans went many years without best-on-best international competition, the NHL&#39;s 4 Nations Face-off will see the best players from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States compete in Montreal and Boston from Feb. 12-20.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Each nation has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nhlpa.com/news/1-22698/nhl-nhlpa-announce-initial-rosters-for-4-nations-face-off&quot;&gt;named six players&lt;/a&gt; to its roster, with the rest to be named closer to the tournament. All four teams have a plethora of tale

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;9461f397-7882-94c0-c18c-e89bdc9e570e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/no/new-orleans-pelicans&quot;&gt;New Orleans Pelicans&lt;/a&gt; are bringing in veteran guard Elfrid Payton on a training camp deal, sources told ESPN on Thursday afternoon.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Payton, 30, is from the New Orleans area and played college basketball at the University of Louisiana, just a two-hour drive west.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He last played in the NBA in 2021-22 when he spent time with the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c6eade89-5971-0e84-8ccb-cd91482b2b50&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/phx/phoenix-suns&quot;&gt;Phoenix Suns&lt;/a&gt;. He spent time last season with the G-League&#39;s Indiana Mad Ants.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He previously played with New Orleans during the 2018-19 season and had perhaps his best NBA season. He averaged 10.6 points and career highs in assists per game (7.6) and rebounds per game (5.2). During the late stage of that season, Payton recorded consecutive games with a triple-double.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Guard&amp;nbsp;Izaiah Brockington also is set to join the Pelicans on a camp deal, sources said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Brockington played one game with the Pelicans last season and spent time with the team&#39;s G-League affiliate, the Birmingham Squadron. He also spent the past two summers with New Orleans&#39; summer league team.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;New Orleans is holding training camp in Nashville this season as renovations are still ongoing at the practice facility in Metairie, Lousiana.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Payton&#39;s and Brockington&#39;s deals were negotiated by agents Darrell Comer and Jim Tanner at Tandem Sports + Entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Kiyan Anthony says Carmelo leaving Syracuse choice up to him</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/252660/kiyan-anthony&quot;&gt;Kiyan Anthony&lt;/a&gt; knows better than most about his father&#39;s legacy at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;df8689b0-feaf-e055-1f49-b38677b45c1a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/183/syracuse-orange&quot;&gt;Syracuse&lt;/a&gt;, which is one of the finalists for the No. 36 prospect and four-star recruit in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/view/espnu100&quot;&gt;2025 ESPN 100 rankings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Before a decorated NBA career, Carmelo Anthony led the Orange to the 2003 national championship as a freshman. He also donated a significant sum of money to the school&#39;s basketball facility, which now bears his name.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Despite those family ties, Kiyan Anthony said that his father and mother, La La Anthony, have not nudged him to pick Syracuse.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;[My father] never pushes me to go to Syracuse just because his name is on the gym,&quot; Anthony told ESPN on Wednesday ahead of the release of the second season of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwAJmz6sVZ0&amp;amp;t=32s&quot;&gt;&quot;The Evolu7ion&quot; on YouTube with Overtime&lt;/a&gt;. &quot;He did so much at Syracuse. He knows that I&#39;m my own person. I&#39;ve just got to make my own decision at the end of the day.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;If it is Syracuse -- I go there a lot and I practice, I work out there -- if it is that, that&#39;s what it is. But he&#39;s never going to say, &#39;You got to go to Syracuse. You got to go there because I went there.&#39; He&#39;s not going to make me follow in his footsteps unless I really want to.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Anthony said he will choose from his list of finalists -- Syracuse, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;381c82ac-22fb-e25c-879f-496fd0ca8f10&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2/auburn-tigers&quot;&gt;Auburn&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;631953ff-0e47-b5d9-f5ff-c7afbe96e363&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/30/usc-trojans&quot;&gt;USC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7215a749-b7bf-2070-9f19-43b57de35bf2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/52/florida-state-seminoles&quot;&gt;Florida State&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d6fdad20-942f-18ec-c5cb-eb8c7cf4e6c3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/194/ohio-state-buckeyes&quot;&gt;Ohio State&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;425c8e51-59d0-75a1-0815-dc3556c5cfda&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/164/rutgers-scarlet-knights&quot;&gt;Rutgers&lt;/a&gt; -- in the next two months and he expects to take another visit to Syracuse before his final decision.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;At Long Island Lutheran High School in Brookville, New York, Anthony&#39;s career has been scrutinized because of family. His father is a likely Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and his mother is an actress and celebrity with 15 million Instagram followers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;On his YouTube show, Anthony hopes to show what it&#39;s like to face the attention he&#39;s had since he was a child. But he also loves that his friends and teammates get a chance to share the spotlight with him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;My friends maybe not having the same opportunities as I have, I&#39;m the one that&#39;s tried to bring them along with me,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;I don&#39;t want to make them feel left out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Anthony, a 6-foot-5 guard, also said he wants to prove that he&#39;s more than a scorer. Some of his offensive exploits, including a 15-point effort at Rucker Park in April, have gone viral, but he said he&#39;s working on showcasing his playmaking abilities in his final high school season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;And while his connection with his father draws most of the headlines, he said his mother has also played a pivotal role in his development.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I would say everybody sees when the cameras are on [my dad] and then they&#39;re on me because I&#39;m playing good, but I would say my mom does a lot more background stuff. Like, when I&#39;m going through something or I need somebody to talk to, my mom is definitely the person,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;And she&#39;s the one who really pushes me to get in the gym, even if I don&#39;t want to. To go to school and stay on top of my grades and stuff like that.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;From the moment he picked up a basketball, Anthony was tied to the school where his father made basketball history as a one-and-done star who led the Orange to a national title over &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;83fb6648-677a-1a40-715d-5fa16287399a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2305/kansas-jayhawks&quot;&gt;Kansas&lt;/a&gt;. And while he&#39;s always thought about the possibility of becoming the next member of the Anthony family to don a Syracuse jersey, those close to him will not pressure him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said his next visit to Syracuse and his other finalists, however, will influence his decision. His parents will play a role as the process unfolds, he said, but they won&#39;t decide his future.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Even though I know basically the whole world wants me to go to Syracuse, I still haven&#39;t made the decision yet and I still have to talk to the coaches some more and really get into detail -- like what other players are coming, how they want me to play, how I&#39;ll be coached and stuff like that,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;So I still have to finish up my visits, and then, ultimately, just make a decision. I will rely on my parents a lot with their advice and how they think a school fits me.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:42:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>NFL, NBA support federal betting regulations, wary of other restrictions</title>
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        &lt;p&gt;The NFL and NBA see positives and negatives in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports-betting/story/_/id/41234480/congressmen-propose-new-federal-regulations-sports-betting&quot;&gt;federal sports betting bill introduced in Congress last week&lt;/a&gt; that includes advertising restrictions and prohibitions on live wagering, according to sources familiar with the leagues&#39; positions.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Supporting Affordability and Fairness with Every Bet Act -- or SAFE Bet Act -- would prohibit sportsbook advertising from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and during live sports broadcasts. It would also ban bets on individual college athletes and in-game wagers on professional or college sports, something the NCAA has been lobbying for in states.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The league sources expect a lengthy legislative process with many adjustments to the SAFE Bet Act. The proposed ban on sportsbook advertising raised eyebrows at the leagues, according to sources.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sportsbooks spent an estimated $22.9 million on 66 minutes of national linear TV ads during live NFL games the past two weeks, according to iSpot.TV, a company that measures the brand and business impact of TV and streaming advertising. The sportsbooks&#39; ad spend ranked sixth among all industries, and the airtime ranked eighth. Both figures are down approximately 15% from the first two weeks of last season, according to iSpot.TV.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The elimination of live betting -- an increasingly popular form of wagering that takes place during games -- is also likely to be a sticking point for the NFL and NBA and sportsbooks, according to the sources.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;An NFL source told ESPN that the league is appreciative of legislative interest, especially any provisions in the SAFE Bet Act designed to help protect the integrity of the league and help combat game manipulation.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;At the same time, though, we&#39;re concerned that there might be some unintended consequences on some of these provisions,&quot; the league source said. &quot;They&#39;re ripe for further discussion.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Major League Baseball and the NHL did not respond to requests for comment from ESPN.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;An NCAA spokesperson told ESPN that the organization welcomes the SAFE Bet Act, particularly the provision that bans prop bets on individual college athletes, and supports national standards that &quot;protect competition integrity&quot; and &quot;educate young people about the dangers of sports betting.&quot; Betting on individual collegiate players is banned in 18 of the 38 states that offer legal betting, according to the NCAA.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;An NBA source told ESPN that the league is monitoring the legislation and believes it is &quot;at the starting point to a very lengthy process.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;NBA commissioner Adam Silver emphasized his continued support for a federal framework for sports betting at the league&#39;s board of governors meeting Sept. 11, saying the &quot;hodgepodge&quot; of state-by-state regulations makes monitoring betting more difficult.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Silver became the first acting league commissioner in the U.S. to come out in support of legalizing sports betting nearly 10 years ago, in an op-ed in The New York Times.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I certainly don&#39;t regret writing that op-ed and being in favor of legalized sports betting,&quot; Silver said at the board of governors meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The SAFE Bet Act was introduced last week by Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who are alarmed by increases in calls to problem gambling helplines as legal betting has spread to 38 states and the District of Columbia.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/41329492/nfl-nba-support-federal-betting-regulations-wary-other-restrictions</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:54:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>[Video] Who sits atop Windy&#39;s &#39;Tower of Power&#39;?</title>
      <description>Brian Windhorst breaks down his top-5 teams heading into the 2024-25 NBA season.</description>
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      <title>Fantasy basketball mock draft: 10-team H2H points league</title>
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        &lt;p&gt;The ESPN &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/mens-basketball/&quot;&gt;fantasy basketball&lt;/a&gt; experts got together for their first mock draft of the 2024-25 NBA season, using a 10-team H2H points format.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If you&#39;re new to fantasy hoops and looking to try it out for the first time, here is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20783155/espn-fantasy-basketball-101-how-play&quot;&gt;tutorial of all the basics&lt;/a&gt;. From there, it&#39;s easy to grab a handful of people, &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/welcome&quot;&gt;set up a draft&lt;/a&gt; and have some fun! Before that, though, it&#39;s always smart to spend a little time preparing with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/mockdraftlobby&quot;&gt;mock draft&lt;/a&gt; of your own.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;That said, this mock draft should help shine some light on what things will look like in most real fantasy drafts this season ... at least in H2H points leagues.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Where did &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e8844b2-d923-3926-82d2-f19a29d69490&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a2edb458-a371-3fba-ba5a-b24dd2fd2d9e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt; get picked? How far did aging stars like &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5dda51f1-50c9-66e1-2026-400b73f34fad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dc324fde-eee8-98e2-09ac-d31d8ad9909e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;35b0f455-b1df-0986-121d-27d2b6c18122&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden&quot;&gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;87ff907c-c68c-a82d-1215-37e05d0c62ef&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard&quot;&gt;Kawhi Leonard&lt;/a&gt; fall? And which players stood out as the top values in the middle and late rounds?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The participants of our 10-team H2H points mock, in order of draft position, were as follows: Joe Kaiser, Eric Moody, Michael Schwartz, Andre Snellings, Eric Karabell, Tom Carpenter, Matt Williams, Steve Alexander, Jim McCormick and Keith Lipscomb.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 1&lt;/h2&gt;
        1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic&quot;&gt;Nikola Jokic&lt;/a&gt;, Den, C (C1) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt;, SA, C (C2) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic&quot;&gt;Luka Doncic&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG (PG1) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278073/shai-gilgeous-alexander&quot;&gt;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PG (PG2) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo&quot;&gt;Giannis Antetokounmpo&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF/C (PF1) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3155942/domantas-sabonis&quot;&gt;Domantas Sabonis&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PF/C (C3) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        7. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3059318/joel-embiid&quot;&gt;Joel Embiid&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, C (C4) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        8. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, Min, SG/SF (SG1) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        9. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065648/jayson-tatum&quot;&gt;Jayson Tatum&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SF/PF (PF2) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396993/tyrese-haliburton&quot;&gt;Tyrese Haliburton&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PG/SG (PG3) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 2&lt;/h2&gt;
        11. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934672/jalen-brunson&quot;&gt;Jalen Brunson&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PG (PG4) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        12. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PF/C (C5) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        13. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277905/trae-young&quot;&gt;Trae Young&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PG (PG5) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        14. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PF (PF3) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        15. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4279888/ja-morant&quot;&gt;Ja Morant&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PG (PG6) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        16. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066259/de&#39;aaron-fox&quot;&gt;De&#39;Aaron Fox&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PG (PG7) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        17. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908809/donovan-mitchell&quot;&gt;Donovan Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG/SG (SG2) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        18. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SF/PF (SF1) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        19. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136193/devin-booker&quot;&gt;Devin Booker&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (PG8) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        20. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PG (PG9) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;Round 3&lt;/h2&gt;
        21. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433134/scottie-barnes&quot;&gt;Scottie Barnes&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF/PF (SF2) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        22. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432816/lamelo-ball&quot;&gt;LaMelo Ball&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, PG (PG10) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        23. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3149673/pascal-siakam&quot;&gt;Pascal Siakam&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PF (PF4) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        24. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871144/alperen-sengun&quot;&gt;Alperen Sengun&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, C (C6) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        25. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6606/damian-lillard&quot;&gt;Damian Lillard&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PG (PG11) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        26. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431678/tyrese-maxey&quot;&gt;Tyrese Maxey&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, PG/SG (PG12) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        27. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432573/paolo-banchero&quot;&gt;Paolo Banchero&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (PF5) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        28. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving&quot;&gt;Kyrie Irving&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG/SG (PG13) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        29. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden&quot;&gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, PG/SG (PG14) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        30. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433255/chet-holmgren&quot;&gt;Chet Holmgren&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (C7) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 4&lt;/h2&gt;
        31. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3917376/jaylen-brown&quot;&gt;Jaylen Brown&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SG/SF (SF3) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        32. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432166/cade-cunningham&quot;&gt;Cade Cunningham&lt;/a&gt;, Det, PG/SG (PG15) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        33. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4593803/jalen-williams&quot;&gt;Jalen Williams&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PF (PF6) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        34. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395651/coby-white&quot;&gt;Coby White&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, PG/SG (PG16) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        35. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray&quot;&gt;Dejounte Murray&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (SG3) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        36. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066261/bam-adebayo&quot;&gt;Bam Adebayo&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, C (C8) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        37. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395628/zion-williamson&quot;&gt;Zion Williamson&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PF (PF7) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        38. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6478/nikola-vucevic&quot;&gt;Nikola Vucevic&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, C (C9) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        39. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066336/lauri-markkanen&quot;&gt;Lauri Markkanen&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, SF/PF (PF8) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        40. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (SF4) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 5&lt;/h2&gt;
        41. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136195/karl-anthony-towns&quot;&gt;Karl-Anthony Towns&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (C10) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        42. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3936299/jamal-murray&quot;&gt;Jamal Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (PG17) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        43. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066320/desmond-bane&quot;&gt;Desmond Bane&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, SG/SF (SG4) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        44. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4437244/jalen-green&quot;&gt;Jalen Green&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (SG5) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        45. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701230/jalen-johnson&quot;&gt;Jalen Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PF (PF9) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        46. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066383/miles-bridges&quot;&gt;Miles Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SF/PF (SF5) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        47. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6430/jimmy-butler&quot;&gt;Jimmy Butler&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF/PF (SF6) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        48. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4251/paul-george&quot;&gt;Paul George&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SF/PF (SF7) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        49. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395724/immanuel-quickley&quot;&gt;Immanuel Quickley&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PG/SG (PG18) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        50. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277961/jaren-jackson-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaren Jackson Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PF/C (C11) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 6&lt;/h2&gt;
        51. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136776/d&#39;angelo-russell&quot;&gt;D&#39;Angelo Russell&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PG/SG (PG19) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        52. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064514/julius-randle&quot;&gt;Julius Randle&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PF (PF10) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        53. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133628/myles-turner&quot;&gt;Myles Turner&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, C (C12) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        54. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278067/nic-claxton&quot;&gt;Nic Claxton&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, C (C13) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        55. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2991230/fred-vanvleet&quot;&gt;Fred VanVleet&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PG (PG20) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        56. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white&quot;&gt;Derrick White&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (SG6) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        57. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard&quot;&gt;Kawhi Leonard&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, SF/PF (SF8) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        58. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4566434/franz-wagner&quot;&gt;Franz Wagner&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (SF9) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        59. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt;, Min, C (C14) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        60. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6477/jonas-valanciunas&quot;&gt;Jonas Valanciunas&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, C (C15) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 7&lt;/h2&gt;
        61. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396907/darius-garland&quot;&gt;Darius Garland&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG (PG21) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        62. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432174/cam-thomas&quot;&gt;Cam Thomas&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, SG (SG7) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        63. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432158/evan-mobley&quot;&gt;Evan Mobley&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PF/C (PF11) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        64. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4351851/anfernee-simons&quot;&gt;Anfernee Simons&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG/SG (SG8) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        65. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134907/kyle-kuzma&quot;&gt;Kyle Kuzma&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, SF/PF (PF12) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        66. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433287/brandon-miller&quot;&gt;Brandon Miller&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SG/SF (SF10) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        67. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064440/zach-lavine&quot;&gt;Zach LaVine&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (SG9) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        68. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871145/josh-giddey&quot;&gt;Josh Giddey&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (SG10) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        69. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066328/jarrett-allen&quot;&gt;Jarrett Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, C (C16) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        70. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3147657/mikal-bridges&quot;&gt;Mikal Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (SF11) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 8&lt;/h2&gt;
        71. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield&quot;&gt;Buddy Hield&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG/SF (SG11) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        72. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3913176/brandon-ingram&quot;&gt;Brandon Ingram&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF (SF12) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        73. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278104/michael-porter-jr.&quot;&gt;Michael Porter Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Den, SF (SF13) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        74. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684740/amen-thompson&quot;&gt;Amen Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SF/PF (SF14) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        75. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell&quot;&gt;Devin Vassell&lt;/a&gt;, SA, SG/SF (SG12) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        76. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701232/mark-williams&quot;&gt;Mark Williams&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, C (C17) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        77. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102531/kristaps-porzingis&quot;&gt;Kristaps Porzingis&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PF/C (C18) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        78. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2490149/cj-mccollum&quot;&gt;CJ McCollum&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (SG13) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        79. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277956/jordan-poole&quot;&gt;Jordan Poole&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, PG/SG (SG14) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        80. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3995/jrue-holiday&quot;&gt;Jrue Holiday&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (PG22) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 9&lt;/h2&gt;
        81. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066457/austin-reaves&quot;&gt;Austin Reaves&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SG/SF (SG15) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        82. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433621/jalen-duren&quot;&gt;Jalen Duren&lt;/a&gt;, Det, C (C19) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        83. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6580/bradley-beal&quot;&gt;Bradley Beal&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, SG/SF (SF15) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        84. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3468/russell-westbrook&quot;&gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (PG23) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        85. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3448/brook-lopez&quot;&gt;Brook Lopez&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, C (C20) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        86. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6440/tobias-harris&quot;&gt;Tobias Harris&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (PF13) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        87. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433218/jaden-ivey&quot;&gt;Jaden Ivey&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SG (SG16) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        88. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3037789/bogdan-bogdanovic&quot;&gt;Bogdan Bogdanovic&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, SG/SF (SG17) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        89. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395725/tyler-herro&quot;&gt;Tyler Herro&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (SG18) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        90. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102530/jusuf-nurkic&quot;&gt;Jusuf Nurkic&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, C (C21) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 10&lt;/h2&gt;
        91. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683021/deni-avdija&quot;&gt;Deni Avdija&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SF/PF (SF16) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        92. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4222252/isaiah-hartenstein&quot;&gt;Isaiah Hartenstein&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (C22) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        93. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395625/rj-barrett&quot;&gt;RJ Barrett&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF (SF17) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        94. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433247/jonathan-kuminga&quot;&gt;Jonathan Kuminga&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF (PF14) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        95. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431684/trayce-jackson-davis&quot;&gt;Trayce Jackson-Davis&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (PF15) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        96. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277811/collin-sexton&quot;&gt;Collin Sexton&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PG/SG (SG19) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        97. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432848/jaime-jaquez-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaime Jaquez Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF (SF18) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        98. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3074752/terry-rozier&quot;&gt;Terry Rozier&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (PG24) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        99. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6609/khris-middleton&quot;&gt;Khris Middleton&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, SF (SF19) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        100. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594327/keegan-murray&quot;&gt;Keegan Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (PF16) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 11&lt;/h2&gt;
        101. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3062679/josh-hart&quot;&gt;Josh Hart&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (SF20) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        102. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396971/naz-reid&quot;&gt;Naz Reid&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (C23) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        103. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432639/jabari-smith-jr.&quot;&gt;Jabari Smith Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PF/C (PF17) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        104. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278049/daniel-gafford&quot;&gt;Daniel Gafford&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, C (C24) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        105. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683678/scoot-henderson&quot;&gt;Scoot Henderson&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG (PG25) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        106. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064290/aaron-gordon&quot;&gt;Aaron Gordon&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PF (PF18) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        107. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4709138/brandin-podziemski&quot;&gt;Brandin Podziemski&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG (SG20) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        108. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135046/tyus-jones&quot;&gt;Tyus Jones&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG (PG26) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        109. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278129/deandre-ayton&quot;&gt;Deandre Ayton&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (C25) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        110. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684742/ausar-thompson&quot;&gt;Ausar Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (SF21) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 12&lt;/h2&gt;
        111. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908845/john-collins&quot;&gt;John Collins&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PF (PF19) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        112. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397002/ayo-dosunmu&quot;&gt;Ayo Dosunmu&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG (SG21) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        113. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135045/grayson-allen&quot;&gt;Grayson Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (SG22) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        114. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green&quot;&gt;Draymond Green&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (PF20) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        115. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6475/klay-thompson&quot;&gt;Klay Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, SG/SF (SG23) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        116. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4845367/stephon-castle&quot;&gt;Stephon Castle&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (PG27) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        117. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4711272/reed-sheppard&quot;&gt;Reed Sheppard&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (SG24) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        118. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4600663/zach-edey&quot;&gt;Zach Edey&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, C (C26) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        119. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277813/herbert-jones&quot;&gt;Herbert Jones&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF/PF (SF22) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        120. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5105565/donovan-clingan&quot;&gt;Donovan Clingan&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (C27) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 13&lt;/h2&gt;
        121. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064482/bobby-portis&quot;&gt;Bobby Portis&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF (PF21) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        122. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066262/malik-monk&quot;&gt;Malik Monk&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SG/SF (SG25) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        123. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2779/chris-paul&quot;&gt;Chris Paul&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (PG28) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        124. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4914336/shaedon-sharpe&quot;&gt;Shaedon Sharpe&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SG/SF (SG26) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        125. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2489663/kelly-olynyk&quot;&gt;Kelly Olynyk&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PF/C (C28) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        126. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433136/walker-kessler&quot;&gt;Walker Kessler&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, C (C29) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        127. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397688/trey-murphy-iii&quot;&gt;Trey Murphy III&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SG/SF (SF23) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        128. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934673/donte-divincenzo&quot;&gt;Donte DiVincenzo&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG (SG27) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        129. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278078/p.j.-washington&quot;&gt;P.J. Washington&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PF (PF22) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        130. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133603/kelly-oubre-jr.&quot;&gt;Kelly Oubre Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SG/SF (SF24) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Team rosters are presented in first-round pick order. Picks indicated in parentheses in this manner: (Round.Pick)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Kaiser&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PG (Pick: 2.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396907/darius-garland&quot;&gt;Darius Garland&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG (Pick: 7.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3995/jrue-holiday&quot;&gt;Jrue Holiday&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (Pick: 8.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066457/austin-reaves&quot;&gt;Austin Reaves&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SG/SF (Pick: 9.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433134/scottie-barnes&quot;&gt;Scottie Barnes&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF/PF (Pick: 3.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (Pick: 4.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3062679/josh-hart&quot;&gt;Josh Hart&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (Pick: 11.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594327/keegan-murray&quot;&gt;Keegan Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (Pick: 10.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064482/bobby-portis&quot;&gt;Bobby Portis&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF (Pick: 13.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic&quot;&gt;Nikola Jokic&lt;/a&gt;, Den, C (Pick: 1.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136195/karl-anthony-towns&quot;&gt;Karl-Anthony Towns&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (Pick: 5.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6477/jonas-valanciunas&quot;&gt;Jonas Valanciunas&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, C (Pick: 6.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5105565/donovan-clingan&quot;&gt;Donovan Clingan&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (Pick: 12.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Moody&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136193/devin-booker&quot;&gt;Devin Booker&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (Pick: 2.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432816/lamelo-ball&quot;&gt;LaMelo Ball&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, PG (Pick: 3.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3936299/jamal-murray&quot;&gt;Jamal Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (Pick: 5.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432174/cam-thomas&quot;&gt;Cam Thomas&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, SG (Pick: 7.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277956/jordan-poole&quot;&gt;Jordan Poole&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, PG/SG (Pick: 8.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066262/malik-monk&quot;&gt;Malik Monk&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SG/SF (Pick: 13.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6609/khris-middleton&quot;&gt;Khris Middleton&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, SF (Pick: 10.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277813/herbert-jones&quot;&gt;Herbert Jones&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF/PF (Pick: 12.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066336/lauri-markkanen&quot;&gt;Lauri Markkanen&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, SF/PF (Pick: 4.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt;, SA, C (Pick: 1.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt;, Min, C (Pick: 6.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433621/jalen-duren&quot;&gt;Jalen Duren&lt;/a&gt;, Det, C (Pick: 9.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396971/naz-reid&quot;&gt;Naz Reid&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (Pick: 11.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Schwartz&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic&quot;&gt;Luka Doncic&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG (Pick: 1.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3074752/terry-rozier&quot;&gt;Terry Rozier&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (Pick: 10.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2779/chris-paul&quot;&gt;Chris Paul&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (Pick: 13.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066320/desmond-bane&quot;&gt;Desmond Bane&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, SG/SF (Pick: 5.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2490149/cj-mccollum&quot;&gt;CJ McCollum&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (Pick: 8.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SF/PF (Pick: 2.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4566434/franz-wagner&quot;&gt;Franz Wagner&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (Pick: 6.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6580/bradley-beal&quot;&gt;Bradley Beal&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, SG/SF (Pick: 9.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3149673/pascal-siakam&quot;&gt;Pascal Siakam&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PF (Pick: 3.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432158/evan-mobley&quot;&gt;Evan Mobley&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PF/C (Pick: 7.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432639/jabari-smith-jr.&quot;&gt;Jabari Smith Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PF/C (Pick: 11.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6478/nikola-vucevic&quot;&gt;Nikola Vucevic&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, C (Pick: 4.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4600663/zach-edey&quot;&gt;Zach Edey&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, C (Pick: 12.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Snellings&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278073/shai-gilgeous-alexander&quot;&gt;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PG (Pick: 1.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3468/russell-westbrook&quot;&gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (Pick: 9.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908809/donovan-mitchell&quot;&gt;Donovan Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG/SG (Pick: 2.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4437244/jalen-green&quot;&gt;Jalen Green&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (Pick: 5.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4351851/anfernee-simons&quot;&gt;Anfernee Simons&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG/SG (Pick: 7.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4711272/reed-sheppard&quot;&gt;Reed Sheppard&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (Pick: 12.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4914336/shaedon-sharpe&quot;&gt;Shaedon Sharpe&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SG/SF (Pick: 13.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard&quot;&gt;Kawhi Leonard&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, SF/PF (Pick: 6.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432848/jaime-jaquez-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaime Jaquez Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF (Pick: 10.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395628/zion-williamson&quot;&gt;Zion Williamson&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PF (Pick: 4.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871144/alperen-sengun&quot;&gt;Alperen Sengun&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, C (Pick: 3.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102531/kristaps-porzingis&quot;&gt;Kristaps Porzingis&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PF/C (Pick: 8.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278049/daniel-gafford&quot;&gt;Daniel Gafford&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, C (Pick: 11.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Karabell&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066259/de&#39;aaron-fox&quot;&gt;De&#39;Aaron Fox&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PG (Pick: 2.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6606/damian-lillard&quot;&gt;Damian Lillard&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PG (Pick: 3.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683678/scoot-henderson&quot;&gt;Scoot Henderson&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG (Pick: 11.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4845367/stephon-castle&quot;&gt;Stephon Castle&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (Pick: 12.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white&quot;&gt;Derrick White&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (Pick: 6.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277811/collin-sexton&quot;&gt;Collin Sexton&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PG/SG (Pick: 10.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo&quot;&gt;Giannis Antetokounmpo&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF/C (Pick: 1.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701230/jalen-johnson&quot;&gt;Jalen Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PF (Pick: 5.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134907/kyle-kuzma&quot;&gt;Kyle Kuzma&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, SF/PF (Pick: 7.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066261/bam-adebayo&quot;&gt;Bam Adebayo&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, C (Pick: 4.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701232/mark-williams&quot;&gt;Mark Williams&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, C (Pick: 8.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3448/brook-lopez&quot;&gt;Brook Lopez&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, C (Pick: 9.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2489663/kelly-olynyk&quot;&gt;Kelly Olynyk&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PF/C (Pick: 13.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Carpenter&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4279888/ja-morant&quot;&gt;Ja Morant&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PG (Pick: 2.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431678/tyrese-maxey&quot;&gt;Tyrese Maxey&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, PG/SG (Pick: 3.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2991230/fred-vanvleet&quot;&gt;Fred VanVleet&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PG (Pick: 6.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray&quot;&gt;Dejounte Murray&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (Pick: 4.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell&quot;&gt;Devin Vassell&lt;/a&gt;, SA, SG/SF (Pick: 8.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6475/klay-thompson&quot;&gt;Klay Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, SG/SF (Pick: 12.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066383/miles-bridges&quot;&gt;Miles Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SF/PF (Pick: 5.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433287/brandon-miller&quot;&gt;Brandon Miller&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SG/SF (Pick: 7.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6440/tobias-harris&quot;&gt;Tobias Harris&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (Pick: 9.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431684/trayce-jackson-davis&quot;&gt;Trayce Jackson-Davis&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (Pick: 10.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064290/aaron-gordon&quot;&gt;Aaron Gordon&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PF (Pick: 11.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3155942/domantas-sabonis&quot;&gt;Domantas Sabonis&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PF/C (Pick: 1.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433136/walker-kessler&quot;&gt;Walker Kessler&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, C (Pick: 13.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Williams&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395651/coby-white&quot;&gt;Coby White&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, PG/SG (Pick: 4.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064440/zach-lavine&quot;&gt;Zach LaVine&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (Pick: 7.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433218/jaden-ivey&quot;&gt;Jaden Ivey&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SG (Pick: 9.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4709138/brandin-podziemski&quot;&gt;Brandin Podziemski&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG (Pick: 11.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6430/jimmy-butler&quot;&gt;Jimmy Butler&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF/PF (Pick: 5.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684740/amen-thompson&quot;&gt;Amen Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SF/PF (Pick: 8.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397688/trey-murphy-iii&quot;&gt;Trey Murphy III&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SG/SF (Pick: 13.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PF (Pick: 2.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432573/paolo-banchero&quot;&gt;Paolo Banchero&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (Pick: 3.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433247/jonathan-kuminga&quot;&gt;Jonathan Kuminga&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF (Pick: 10.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green&quot;&gt;Draymond Green&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (Pick: 12.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3059318/joel-embiid&quot;&gt;Joel Embiid&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, C (Pick: 1.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278067/nic-claxton&quot;&gt;Nic Claxton&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, C (Pick: 6.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Alexander&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277905/trae-young&quot;&gt;Trae Young&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PG (Pick: 2.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving&quot;&gt;Kyrie Irving&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG/SG (Pick: 3.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135046/tyus-jones&quot;&gt;Tyus Jones&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG (Pick: 11.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, Min, SG/SF (Pick: 1.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871145/josh-giddey&quot;&gt;Josh Giddey&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (Pick: 7.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3037789/bogdan-bogdanovic&quot;&gt;Bogdan Bogdanovic&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, SG/SF (Pick: 9.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135045/grayson-allen&quot;&gt;Grayson Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (Pick: 12.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934673/donte-divincenzo&quot;&gt;Donte DiVincenzo&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG (Pick: 13.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4251/paul-george&quot;&gt;Paul George&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SF/PF (Pick: 5.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278104/michael-porter-jr.&quot;&gt;Michael Porter Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Den, SF (Pick: 8.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395625/rj-barrett&quot;&gt;RJ Barrett&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF (Pick: 10.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4593803/jalen-williams&quot;&gt;Jalen Williams&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PF (Pick: 4.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133628/myles-turner&quot;&gt;Myles Turner&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, C (Pick: 6.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team McCormick&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden&quot;&gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, PG/SG (Pick: 3.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432166/cade-cunningham&quot;&gt;Cade Cunningham&lt;/a&gt;, Det, PG/SG (Pick: 4.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395724/immanuel-quickley&quot;&gt;Immanuel Quickley&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PG/SG (Pick: 5.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395725/tyler-herro&quot;&gt;Tyler Herro&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (Pick: 9.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397002/ayo-dosunmu&quot;&gt;Ayo Dosunmu&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG (Pick: 12.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3913176/brandon-ingram&quot;&gt;Brandon Ingram&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF (Pick: 8.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065648/jayson-tatum&quot;&gt;Jayson Tatum&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SF/PF (Pick: 1.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064514/julius-randle&quot;&gt;Julius Randle&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PF (Pick: 6.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278078/p.j.-washington&quot;&gt;P.J. Washington&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PF (Pick: 13.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PF/C (Pick: 2.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066328/jarrett-allen&quot;&gt;Jarrett Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, C (Pick: 7.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4222252/isaiah-hartenstein&quot;&gt;Isaiah Hartenstein&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (Pick: 10.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278129/deandre-ayton&quot;&gt;Deandre Ayton&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (Pick: 11.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Lipscomb&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396993/tyrese-haliburton&quot;&gt;Tyrese Haliburton&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PG/SG (Pick: 1.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934672/jalen-brunson&quot;&gt;Jalen Brunson&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PG (Pick: 2.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136776/d&#39;angelo-russell&quot;&gt;D&#39;Angelo Russell&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PG/SG (Pick: 6.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield&quot;&gt;Buddy Hield&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG/SF (Pick: 8.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3917376/jaylen-brown&quot;&gt;Jaylen Brown&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SG/SF (Pick: 4.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3147657/mikal-bridges&quot;&gt;Mikal Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (Pick: 7.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683021/deni-avdija&quot;&gt;Deni Avdija&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SF/PF (Pick: 10.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684742/ausar-thompson&quot;&gt;Ausar Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (Pick: 11.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133603/kelly-oubre-jr.&quot;&gt;Kelly Oubre Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SG/SF (Pick: 13.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908845/john-collins&quot;&gt;John Collins&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PF (Pick: 12.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433255/chet-holmgren&quot;&gt;Chet Holmgren&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (Pick: 3.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277961/jaren-jackson-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaren Jackson Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PF/C (Pick: 5.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102530/jusuf-nurkic&quot;&gt;Jusuf Nurkic&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, C (Pick: 9.10)
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;With the NBA poised this season to consider expansion -- perhaps adding at least one franchise in the next two to three years, as we laid out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41286389/nba-expansion-cities-draft-teams-leagues-line&quot;&gt;in Tuesday&#39;s FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;--&amp;nbsp;let&#39;s consider how any new team(s) would be built.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The NBA is a different league than it was when the last expansion franchise came aboard in 2004, with an increasingly Byzantine set of salary cap rules. Teams are far more forward-thinking and proactive than they were two decades ago, which could make for interesting choices as rosters are built through the expansion draft and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After NBA Insider Bobby Marks walks us through the rules around expansion, let&#39;s consider how an expansion draft with two teams -- which last happened in 1995 -- might play out if it took place following the 2024-25 season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Based on current rosters and contracts for 2025-26, Marks put together protected lists for all 30 teams while NBA Insiders Tim Bontemps (Las Vegas) and Kevin Pelton (Seattle) took charge of two expansion drafts as part of the most recent episode of the &quot;Brian Windhorst &amp;amp; The Hoop Collective&quot; podcast.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;We&#39;ll run through the teams they drafted and how expansion teams might set themselves up for long-term success.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part I: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41286389/nba-expansion-cities-draft-teams-leagues-line&quot;&gt;NBA expansion FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump to:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41300098/what-nba-expansion-draft-look-future#mock&quot;&gt;Mock draft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;How would the expansion draft work? Will there be rule changes to the drafts from past expansions (1995, 2004)?&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Charlotte Bobcats (now&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;377633c2-0dd1-91a1-83c0-9ed2d0c00ea1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/cha/charlotte-hornets&quot;&gt;Hornets&lt;/a&gt;) were the last team, in 2004, that went through an expansion draft.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That year, and in previous NBA expansion drafts, existing teams were each allowed to protect up to eight players under contract for the next season from being selected in the expansion draft.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Past expansion draft rules required that a team had to leave at least one player unprotected, even if the team had fewer than eight players under contract heading into the offseason. A player who had an option to become a free agent counted as a player who could be protected or left exposed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For example, if the NBA were to hold an expansion draft in June 2025, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f59b

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        &lt;p&gt;Thursday&#39;s draw for the last eight in the southern Spanish city of Malaga also set up the United States against Australia, Germany against Canada and the Netherlands against Spain.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Italy, Spain, Canada and the U.S. were the seeded nations after &lt;a href=&quot;https://apnews.com/article/davis-cup-djokovic-britain-canada-tennis-dfce301e6a88ccd6ef1cc9e8bf4d5be4&quot;&gt;winning their groups&lt;/a&gt; last week, when the qualifying competition was played in four different cities.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Former world No. 1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2789&quot;&gt;Naomi Osaka&lt;/a&gt; will start her 2025 season at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland in January.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The four-time Grand Slam singles winner returned to tennis this year after an 18-month break during which she gave birth to a daughter, Shai. She is ranked 76th in singles and she lost in the second round of the US Open on Aug. 29.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Osaka last played in Auckland in 2017, reaching the quarterfinals. She &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/41255496/former-no-1-naomi-osaka-announces-split-coach-wim-fissette&quot;&gt;split with her coach&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;last week following her US Open loss.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Naomi is one of the premier players in tennis with an exciting and hard-hitting game,&quot; tournament director Nicolas Lamperin said Tuesday. &quot;It is always challenging to return to this sport after extensive time away but Naomi has shown some extremely promising form.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;She has an immensely powerful game and plays an exciting brand of tennis. Many believe Naomi will reemerge at the top of the sport and that journey for the 2025 season will start here in Auckland.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The ASB Classic runs from Dec. 30 to Jan. 5.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Gilbert helped to coach Gauff to her first Grand Slam trophy in New York last year, but the player was unable to retain her title after disappointing early departures from US Open tuneup tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Thanks to @CocoGauff and the entire team for an absolutely amazing summer run in 2023 and for 14 months of incredible team effort,&quot; Gilbert, who got to No. 4 in the world during a 13-year playing career, said on X.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Coco, at just 20 years young, your future is incredibly bright, and I wish you nothing but continued success ahead. I&#39;m excited for the next chapter in my coaching career.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gauff followed up her major breakthrough in Flushing Meadows with semifinal berths at the Australian Open and French Open this year.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Svitolina came back from maternity leave last year firing on all cylinders and reached the Wimbledon semifinals, but she said she had struggled throughout her 2024 campaign with the injury.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s become harder to manage and has been impacting me more and more, not just with regard to tennis and training but in my everyday life too.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Raducanu, playing for the first time since her &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/34582754/emma-raducanu-wins-first-match-us-open-exit-slovenia-open&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;first-round defeat&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;20fc0e8a-e72d-0817-ac38-68d13f620ef8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2746&quot;&gt;Sofia Kenin&lt;/a&gt; at the US Open, came through a difficult contest against the American, who is ranked No. 48 in the world.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Both sets went to tie breaks and it was far from a straightforward affair for the British world No. 70, who was visibly exhausted at the end of the second set after a match that lasted two hours and 43 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Stearns and Raducanu both struggled to hold serve, each being broken six times, with the tie breaks hinging on some powerful baseline hitting from the 2021 US Open winner.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m proud to have made it through to the next round. It was tough. It was very humid, the ball was bouncing around a lot,&quot; Raducanu said after the win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was a tough match to get through. I haven&#39;t played many matches in the last few months and Peyton, she&#39;s a really good player and on really good form. I&#39;m really pleased.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Raducanu didn&#39;t qualify automatically for the tournament in Seoul but was handed a lifeline when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0fe63041-889b-62ef-16ef-0a46542271f3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3730&quot;&gt;Iga Swiatek&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;63f9c1e5-14bd-003f-c269-31543931ad1d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2113&quot;&gt;Jessica Pegula&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8f3eaf-8166-d650-d429-6200edef59fd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3126&quot;&gt;Elena Rybakina&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;12980f68-c24c-dc1a-da0c-1365303e5cd4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=740&quot;&gt;Karolina Pliskova&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55981dd-e99e-fcab-a794-57cf7be56e4d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3785&quot;&gt;Emma Navarro&lt;/a&gt; all withdrew from the competition.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;She will now face Yue Yuan in the round of 16, a stern test given the Chinese player&#39;s world ranking of No. 40.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would be sent to President Joe Biden for his signature.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The bill to honor King, the tennis Hall of Famer and activist, had already passed unanimously in the Senate.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a statement that King&#39;s &quot;lifetime of advocacy and hard work changed the landscape for women and girls on the court, in the classroom, and the workplace.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The bill was introduced in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of King&#39;s victory over Bobby Riggs in the &quot;Battle of the Sexes,&quot; still the most-watched tennis match of all time. The medal, awarded by Congress for distinguished achievements and contributions to society, has previously been given to athletes, including baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and golfers Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;King had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, says she has &quot;broken barriers, led uncharted paths, and inspired countless people to stand proudly with courage and conviction in the fight for what is right.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Tunisia&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e6df8106-ee00-967d-0d80-d34fb6b534da&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1803&quot;&gt;Ons Jabeur&lt;/a&gt; has been forced to end her 2024 season prematurely due to a niggling shoulder injury, the three-time Grand Slam runner-up said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 30-year-old has slipped to 22nd in the world rankings this year amid fitness struggles and pulled out of pre-US Open tournaments in Cincinnati and Washington, and ultimately, the US Open itself, with the shoulder problem after missing the Paris Olympics due to concerns over her knee.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;This year has been extremely hard for me and as athletes, we know that recovery is part of the journey,&quot; Jabeur said on social media.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Due to my ongoing shoulder injury, my medical team and I have made the difficult decision to step off the tennis circuit for the rest of the season.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The former world No. 2 said she will dedicate her time to charitable projects while recovering and return to action in Australia early next year.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 05:23:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Jannik Sinner adds 2 new trainers in wake of doping case firings</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;MONACO -- US Open champion &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt; introduced a new fitness coach and physiotherapist to his team on Monday after &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story?id=40966933&amp;amp;_slug_=jannik-sinner-shakes-staff-positive-doping-tests&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;firing his previous staff members because of a doping case&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Marco Panichi takes over as fitness coach and Ulises Badio as Sinner&#39;s physiotherapist. Both Panichi and Badio previously worked with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=296&quot;&gt;Novak Djokovic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sinner also continues to work with his osteopath, Andrea Cipolla.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Welcome to the team Marco and Ulises,&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/C_-jkKMgYSW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sinner wrote on Instagram&lt;/a&gt; below a photo of him with his new trainers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;inline1&gt;&lt;/inline1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sinner &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/40928617/tennis-jannik-sinner-tested-positive-steroids-avoids-ban&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;had two positive steroid tests in March but was not suspended&lt;/a&gt; after it was determined that the banned substance Clostebol entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his former physiotherapist, Giacomo Naldi. Sinner said his former fitness trainer, Umberto Ferrara, purchased a spray containing the steroid and gave it to Naldi for a cut on Naldi&#39;s finger. Naldi then treated Sinner while not wearing gloves.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The doping case was kept secret until last month&#39;s announcement and the top-ranked Sinner went on to beat &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2946&quot;&gt;Taylor Fritz&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/41181238/jannik-sinner-defeats-taylor-fritz-straight-sets-win-2024-us-open&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;US Open final&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sinner announced before the US Open that he had fired Naldi and Ferrara.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Panichi and Badio officially started working with Sinner in Monaco on Monday and will travel with the two-time Grand Slam champion to upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 05:09:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Frech beats qualifier Gadecki to claim 1st career title in Guadalajara</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;MEXICO CITY --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt; defeated qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday to capture her first WTA title at the Guadalajara Open.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Frech became the fourth Polish woman to win a singles title this century joining &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1649&quot;&gt;Magda Linette&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=405&quot;&gt;Agnieszka Radwanska&lt;/a&gt; and current world No.1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3730&quot;&gt;Iga Swiatek&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Frech made her first WTA singles final last July at Prague but the the Guadalajara Open was her maiden WTA 500 final and first on hard courts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gadecki arrived in Mexico with just two career wins over top-100 players but she recorded four this week, including a second-round win over world No. 11 Danielle Collins.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 22-year-old Australian, who is ranked 152nd, narrowly failed to become the first qualifier to win a singles title at WTA 500 level since 2021, when &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3840&quot;&gt;Liudmila Samsonova&lt;/a&gt; won at Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament was played at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis, in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Davis Cup: Great Britain eliminated after Dan Evans loss</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Great Britain have been eliminated from the Davis Cup after &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/901/daniel-evans&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dan Evans&lt;/a&gt; was defeated 6-0, 7-5 by &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2a61af8f-50be-3754-5559-d4fa60f9fb61&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2860&quot;&gt;Denis Shapovalov&lt;/a&gt; in the first match of their final group-stage contest against Canada.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Britain needed to win all three of Sunday&#39;s games in order to progress to the knockout stage in November but Evans succumbed in straight sets to world No. 100 Shapovalov.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Dan Evans was unable to keep Great Britain&#39;s Davis Cup hopes alive.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The first set was almost a formality as the Canadian didn&#39;t drop a game, before Evans settled in the second, forcing his opponent to save several break points.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;However, the set remained on serve until its final game, where an under-hit Evans backhand hit the net to end Great Britain&#39;s hopes for another year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt; took on &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;103da403-af60-430e-014c-dc9c904d6b04&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3209&quot;&gt;Felix Auger-Aliassime&lt;/a&gt; in the second match of the contest,&amp;nbsp; The last time Draper and Auger-Aliassime faced off &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/high-school/baseball/video/clip?id=40889042&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ended in controversy&lt;/a&gt; in the round of 16 at the Cincinnati Open, as the Brit won the match despite the ball appearing to touch the floor before going over the net on match point.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This time around, however, Auger-Aliassime emerged on top after two tightly contested sets, the final score reading 7-6 (10-8), 7-5.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The last match of the day sees debutant Henry Patten partner with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3acfe257-730f-4bf6-37c6-d2f3b89ff7fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2699&quot;&gt;Neal Skupski&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;against Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve thought about it long and hard. I&#39;ll have to think a little more,&quot; Evans told BBC Sport about the prospect of this being his final Davis Cup.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I love competing for my country. I&#39;ve loved every minute of it but sometimes you&#39;ve got to know when to leave.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It will be a difficult decision but sometimes it&#39;s nice to give somebody else the opportunity and watch from afar.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Canada have now advanced to the next stage along with Argentina from Britain&#39;s group. Leon Smith&#39;s team&#39;s only win came against Finland.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:10:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>United States overcomes Germany to stay perfect in Davis Cup</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;A second-string United States team extended its Davis Cup winning streak by dismantling Germany to top Group C in Zhuhai, China, on Saturday after both countries had secured their spots in the quarterfinals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 32-time winners were without big names like US Open runner-up &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6493155f-cacc-7aa5-ba78-d952efa4c652&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2946&quot;&gt;Taylor Fritz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8965d2eb-1419-a6e6-5d3f-573b8b0bc565&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2964&quot;&gt;Tommy Paul&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f901758a-d8f2-442c-9cd3-44513fcbf31e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2708&quot;&gt;Frances Tiafoe&lt;/a&gt; for the group stage this week but still had plenty of firepower to down Germany and complete a third straight win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The win assures the United States of a quarterfinal against one of the runners-up from the three other groups taking place this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55524e2-a931-d142-f794-50b742380e8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3774&quot;&gt;Brandon Nakashima&lt;/a&gt; gave the Americans an unassailable 2-0 lead by comfortably beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b7466570-6401-5017-ed2e-b810b118e805&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2189&quot;&gt;Maximilian Marterer&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-2 in the second singles match of the day&amp;nbsp;before Germany won the doubles clash to hand the Americans their first match loss this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been unbelievable this whole week. It&#39;s special to be part of this team,&quot; said Nakashima, who sealed his third victory in his debut campaign. &quot;To represent the country has always been a dream of mine since I started playing tennis, so I&#39;m super happy that I was able to get three wins on the board for the team.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;World No. 309 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59785389-c37d-e25a-2d8d-2b92f427085e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2952&quot;&gt;Reilly Opelka&lt;/a&gt;, back on the circuit after hip and wrist surgeries, saved three match points and cranked up his serve when it mattered to beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4e2a0963-10ad-38ca-2ecb-bda26fbefa36&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3948&quot;&gt;Henri Squire&lt;/a&gt; 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9), 6-3 earlier in the day.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0db8e2b-20eb-b60a-dde5-7f7eab817094&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2695&quot;&gt;Tim Puetz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3b2dbda2-efdd-b133-3939-7f135d7f841b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1627&quot;&gt;Kevin Krawietz&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 7-6 (4), but U.S. captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;696484fb-a13b-3e76-f429-ad360b666aaf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=517&quot;&gt;Bob Bryan&lt;/a&gt; said he was satisfied after a good week that highlighted the team&#39;s singles depth.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;ve got a lot of great players in the U.S. right now; you can see it in the rankings. A lot of guys to choose from for the finals,&quot; Bryan said. &quot;Hats off to these guys for coming here and carrying us to Malaga. We&#39;ve got a couple of months to relax and get ready, but it&#39;s going to be fun over there. We&#39;re looking forward to it.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The top two countries from four groups based in different cities will go through to the knockout stage to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Heavyweights Spain and Australia have also qualified along with the United States and Germany.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Argentina also clinched a berth with a tense 3-0 win over Finland. The result forces Britain to have to beat Canada 3-0 on Sunday to advance at Canada&#39;s expense.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Also, Brazil beat Belgium 2-1 after losses to Italy and the Netherlands in Group A.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Information from Reuters was used in this report.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Former No. 1 Naomi Osaka splits with coach Wim Fissette</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;LONDON -- Former world No. 1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2789&quot;&gt;Naomi Osaka&lt;/a&gt; has announced that she is no longer working with coach Wim Fissette.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Osaka had expressed frustration with her recent results after a second-round exit at the US Open just over two weeks ago.&amp;nbsp;She is currently ranked No. 75.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Osaka, 26, won two of her four Grand Slam titles while working with the Belgian coach. Those were the 2020 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It&#39;s the second time Osaka and Fissette have parted ways.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In an Instagram story late Friday, the Japanese player wrote: &quot;4 years, 2 Slams and a whole lot of memories. Thanks Wim for being a great coach and an even greater person, wishing you all the best.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Fissette began working with Osaka shortly before the start of the 2020 season. They had split in summer 2022 before teaming up again last year when Osaka returned to training following maternity leave.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;In 15 years on tour, this was one of my best years working together with amazing people,&quot; Fissette wrote in an Instagram post Saturday. &quot;From every defeat, we worked harder and better and grew a lot. We were very close to a breakthrough.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After the US Open, Osaka &quot;decided to move forward with a new path,&quot; he added. &quot;I accepted it knowing we close this second run with more good memories and gratitude for building her way back.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;At Flushing Meadows, Osaka lost 6-3, 7-6 (5) to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3039&quot;&gt;Karolina Muchova&lt;/a&gt; in the second round. Afterward, she said: &quot;It&#39;s a little rough, because I do take these losses really personally. It&#39;s like a dramatic word, but I feel like my heart dies every time I lose.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Fissette previously worked with players such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=421&quot;&gt;Victoria Azarenka&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=376&quot;&gt;Kim Clijsters&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=936&quot;&gt;Simona Halep&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=745&quot;&gt;Angelique Kerber&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Davis Cup: Jack Draper, Evans lose as GB beaten by Argentina</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Jack Draper was beaten in the GB&#39;s second singles game against Argentina on Friday.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Team GB were beaten 2-1 by Argentina in their second Davis Cup group tie on Friday and failed to reach the knockout stages at the first time of asking.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;British No.1 Jack Draper, fresh from his exploits in the US Open, made his first appearance at this year&#39;s Davis Cup against&amp;nbsp;Francisco Cerundolo but failed to carry his form from Flushing Meadows over to Manchester and was beaten 6-7 (4), 5-7.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the first singles match from earlier in the day, Draper&#39;s teammate Dan Evans was beaten&amp;nbsp;6-2 7-5 by Tomas Martin Etcheverry.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Evans later teamed up with Neal Skupski to claim a consolation victory in the doubles against Argentine duo Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A win over Argentina would have sealed GB&#39;s progress to the Final Eight event in Malaga, Spain in November, following &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/41228275/davis-cup-billy-harris-dan-evans-seal-gb-knockout-place&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;their win over Finland on Wednesday&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;However, they can secure their spot in the knockouts with a win over Canada on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Olivia Gadecki continues Guadalajara run, reaches first semis</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;GUADALAJARA, Mexico --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt; continued her impressive run in Mexico on Friday by advancing to the Guadalajara Open semifinals after beating &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1374&quot;&gt;Martina Trevisan&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 22-year-old Australian qualifier, who is ranked 152nd, converted eight of 10 break-point chances to beat Trevisan, who was a Roland Garros semifinalist in 2022, and reach a WTA semifinal for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gadecki arrived in Mexico with just two wins over top-100 players but she has recorded three this week, including one over the world No. 11 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3262/danielle-collins&quot;&gt;Danielle Collins&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the semifinals, Gadecki will play &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3404&quot;&gt;Camila Osorio&lt;/a&gt;, who defeated &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3908&quot;&gt;Kamilla Rakhimova&lt;/a&gt;, 7-6 (6), 6-1. With the win, the 22-year-old Osorio became the first Colombian to reach the semifinals of a 500-level tournament.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the other semifinal, fourth-seeded &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e528506f-673d-f0c6-84f5-eca9c42954f7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1804&quot;&gt;Caroline Garcia&lt;/a&gt; will face fifth-seeded &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;208c6d48-6a2d-5e76-2b49-e27608d036c0&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt;, who advanced with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4cd55d5c-5683-3969-8763-3085892ebfc8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11221&quot;&gt;Marina Stakusic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Garcia advanced earlier in a walkover after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ec086637-8d93-7095-de13-83aafe91d01a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392&quot;&gt;Marie Bouzkova&lt;/a&gt; withdrew due to an illness.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament is being played on hard courts at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Spain joined them when four-time Grand Slam champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;07843754-8bdf-63b0-5983-24252738169e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; beat France&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75e39239-2578-cc45-a536-6a59ddee1f9a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3085&quot;&gt;Ugo Humbert&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 6-3. Veteran &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;736f6af6-506c-e64f-9d0f-8f1138a5babf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1733&quot;&gt;Roberto Bautista Agut&lt;/a&gt; won the first singles against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;911397bc-b02d-3987-94ce-642b3aeac50d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=10052&quot;&gt;Arthur Fils&lt;/a&gt; 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Valencia.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spain&#39;s victory also put Australia through from Group B.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The U.S. also won the doubles: &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt;, who lost the men&#39;s doubles final at the Paris Olympics last month, rallied to beat Klein and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;eb95c30a-1602-f0b1-2a55-413934e6a50b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2694&quot;&gt;Norbert Gombos&lt;/a&gt; 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 10-1, winning 15 of the last 16 points.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Italy kept its defense alive by beating Belgium 2-1 indoors in Bologna.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;874554f7-7862-cfa9-36d5-5ef4d437f407&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2622&quot;&gt;Matteo Berrettini&lt;/a&gt; edged &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4d75c995-d6c6-362f-a85a-22340460a21c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11757&quot;&gt;Alexander Blockx&lt;/a&gt; 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, not breaking the teenage, 253rd-ranked Blockx in the last set until the last game.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f64b5d97-6080-dfef-5cda-95fb7375d278&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3356&quot;&gt;Zizou Bergs&lt;/a&gt; upset Italy No. 1 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;62b541a8-4480-30f7-87a6-b45d09376f39&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=7602&quot;&gt;Flavio Cobolli&lt;/a&gt; in the second singles, 6-0 in the third, to even the tie. In the deciding doubles, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60809731-71e1-644c-6ff3-0c72930667fd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=279&quot;&gt;Simone Bolelli&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3548&quot;&gt;Andrea Vavassori&lt;/a&gt;, who surprisingly lost to Brazil on Wednesday, came though in straight sets on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After two ties each in Group A, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands will play for two spots on Sunday, when the Italians face the Dutch, and Belgium meets winless Brazil.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Britain missed the chance to qualify after losing both singles in a 2-1 defeat to Argentina, leaving Group D delicately poised heading into Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b058324c-2f80-73a2-2e25-82b8abe00a76&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3739&quot;&gt;Tomas Martin Etcheverry&lt;/a&gt; won 6-2, 7-5 against &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/901/daniel-evans&quot;&gt;Dan Evans&lt;/a&gt;, who last month won the longest match at the U.S. Open since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d24f1930-30b5-f246-e9d4-4f40c6853a90&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3700&quot;&gt;Francisco Cerundolo&lt;/a&gt; followed by winning against surprise U.S. Open semifinalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (4), 7-5.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Britain won the doubles but the tie was already over.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Four groups are playing in four cities this week to qualify for the eight-team Finals in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two in each four-team group advance.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWPORT, R.I. -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=399&quot;&gt;Maria Sharapova&lt;/a&gt;, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, led the International Tennis Hall of Fame&#39;s fan vote her first year on the ballot - an important part to possible selection to the hall&#39;s next class.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The organization released the voting results Friday. American doubles team Bob and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=574&quot;&gt;Mike Bryan&lt;/a&gt; finished second with Canada&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=533&quot;&gt;Daniel Nestor&lt;/a&gt; third.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The Hall of Fame said tens of thousands of fans from 120 countries cast ballots. Fan voting is one of two steps in the hall&#39;s selection process. The second is an official group of journalists, historians, and Hall of Famers from the sport who vote on the ballot for the hall&#39;s class of 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I am incredibly grateful to the fans all around the world who supported me during the International Tennis Hall of Fame&#39;s fan votes,&quot; Sharapova said in a statement. &quot;It is a tremendous honor to be considered for the Hall of Fame, and having the fans&#39; support makes it all the more special.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sharapova became the first Russian woman to reach No. 1 in the world. She won Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008. She also won the French Open twice, in 2012 and 2014.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sharapova was also part of Russia&#39;s championship Fed Cup team in 2008 and won a silver medal at the London Olympics in 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;To make the hall, candidates must receive 75% or higher on combined results of the official voting group and additional percentage from the fan vote. Sharapova will have an additional three percentage points from winning the fan vote.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Bryans, who won 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, will have two additional percentage points and Nestor, who won eight Grand Slam doubles titles, will get one extra percentage point.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The hall&#39;s next class will be announced late next month.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Teenager &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11221&quot;&gt;Marina Stakusic&lt;/a&gt; fought off four match points to claim the biggest win in her career after defeating top-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2195&quot;&gt;Jelena Ostapenko&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (0) on Thursday to advance to the Guadalajara Open quarterfinals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 19-year-old Canadian trailed 4-0 in the third set and fought off the four match points when she was down 5-3.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m happy to pull through, it was a roller coaster, I got a chance to close it in the second and I didn&#39;t, but I&#39;m happy with the win and excited with the quarters,&quot; said Stakusic, who got into the main draw on a wild card.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Stakusic defeated Olympic semifinalist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2341&quot;&gt;Anna Karolina Schmiedlova&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-4 in the opening round and then Ostapenko for her first-career win over a top-20 player. Last year she lost to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2042&quot;&gt;Barbora Krejcikova&lt;/a&gt; in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Canadian, ranked 155th, is the first wild-card entry to reach the quarterfinals in Guadalajara. Stakusic will next play fifth-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt;, who beat Ashley Krueger 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the last match of the night.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Ostapenko, who is ranked 12th and won the 2017 French Open, had 17 double faults in the match.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Earlier, fourth-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1804&quot;&gt;Caroline Garcia&lt;/a&gt; held off&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5211233b-991a-7411-a88c-56756c8978b2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3266&quot;&gt;Ena Shibahara&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) and also advanced to the quarterfinals, where she will meet &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392&quot;&gt;Marie Bouzkova&lt;/a&gt;, who in the first match of the day breezed past qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8067&quot;&gt;Lucrezia Stefanini&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-1.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 30-year-old Garcia will be playing in her first quarterfinal since she advanced to the Rouen semifinals last April.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We played very different styles, she is a player that does not suit me, I need to play solid, and I will see what I can do differently to beat her,&quot; said Garcia, who is 0-4 against Bouzkova.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament is being played on hard courts at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I still watch ESPN with the Disney-DirecTV blackout?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If you don&#39;t have cable access to ESPN right now, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://promo.espn.com/espn/contests/instantaccess/&quot;&gt;get instant access&lt;/a&gt; to&amp;nbsp;ESPN content through a variety of services including Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, and Sling.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How many channels are affected by the Disney-DirecTV blackout?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The conflict affects ESPN networks, Disney-branded channels, Freeform, FX networks, and National Geographic channels.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How big of an impact will this blackout have?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The value of Disney&#39;s portfolio is indisputable as more than 90% of DirecTV households watched its linear programming every month last year. Almost all linear content is exclusive to or premieres on Disney&#39;s networks (like ESPN), such as live sports and events. If the disconnect lingers through September, viewers could miss more upcoming events, including the first Harris-Trump presidential debate and the 2024 Emmy Awards.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I get a refund amid the dispute?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;DirecTV is offering customers $20 credits, as a consolation. Subscribers can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.directv.com/tvpromise/&quot;&gt;apply for the credit&lt;/a&gt; on an upcoming bill.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I get more information?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For more information and alternate ways to access ESPN content, fans can go to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://keepmynetworks.com/&quot;&gt;KeepMyESPN.com&lt;/a&gt;. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000435812-WatchESPN&quot;&gt;ESPN support hub&lt;/a&gt; for additional assistance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f091e8bf-f001-4687-0448-4b009dd966e8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=261&quot;&gt;Rafael Nadal&lt;/a&gt; has pulled out of next week&#39;s Laver Cup because he would not be able to play at his best as he battles to regain full fitness, the Spaniard said Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Nadal last played at the Paris Olympics, where he lost to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a27bb1c-2422-55c3-208b-9e9d8c1f30af&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=296&quot;&gt;Novak Djokovic&lt;/a&gt; in the second round before the 38-year-old Spaniard skipped the US Open due to concerns about his fitness.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 22-time Grand Slam winner said at the time that he was targeting a return at the Sept. 20-22 Laver Cup in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m really disappointed to share that I won&#39;t be able to compete at the Laver Cup in Berlin next week,&quot; Nadal said in a statement.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;This is a team competition and to really support Team Europe, I need to do what&#39;s best for them, and at this moment there are other players who can help the team deliver the win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I have so many great, emotional memories from playing Laver Cup and I was really looking forward to being with my teammates and with Bjorn in his final year as Captain. I wish Team Europe the very best of luck and will be cheering them on from afar.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Nadal last played at the Laver Cup in 2022, when he teamed up with his rival &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6bf3e1d1-c102-93e9-a4e9-32ba6e82f887&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=425&quot;&gt;Roger Federer&lt;/a&gt; in the Swiss great&#39;s final match of his career.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A former world No. 1, Nadal has fallen outside the top 150 in the rankings after struggling with injuries for two years.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2113&quot;&gt;Jessica Pegula&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3785&quot;&gt;Emma Navarro&lt;/a&gt;, Americans coming off career-best Grand Slam runs at the US Open, will play each other in an exhibition event at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 4 that also will feature four-time major champion &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; against &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9250&quot;&gt;Ben Shelton&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The lineup for The Garden Cup was announced Thursday. It marks the first tennis event since 2018 at MSG, home to the NBA&#39;s Knicks and NHL&#39;s Rangers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Pegula reached her first Grand Slam final at Flushing Meadows before losing to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c91d133a-526a-ea8d-654c-7ef6915ad63b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3038&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Both Pegula, at No. 3, and Navarro, at No. 8, are in the top 10 of the WTA rankings this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Alcaraz won the French Open and Wimbledon this season but bowed out last month in the second round of the US Open, which he won in 2022 for his first Grand Slam trophy. Shelton&#39;s best showing at a major was his semifinal appearance in New York last year; he lost to fellow American &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f901758a-d8f2-442c-9cd3-44513fcbf31e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2708&quot;&gt;Frances Tiafoe&lt;/a&gt; in the third round this time.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Patton Kizzire ends drought with win at FedEx Cup Fall opener</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; ended a long victory drought Sunday in the Procore Championship, closing with a scrambling 2-under 70 for a tournament-record, five-stroke victory in the FedEx Cup Fall opener.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had gone 176 events without a victory after winning events in Mexico and Hawaii in a two-month span in late 2017 and early 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m going to enjoy this win ,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;It&#39;s just so sweet to get through the ups and downs. That&#39;s life. You just got to stay positive. That&#39;s what led me to here, to right now.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 38-year-old former Auburn player earned a PGA Tour card for the next two years after entering the event 132nd in the fight to earn a card with a top-125 finish in standings.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire finished at 20-under 268 at Silverado Country Club. On Sunday, he repeatedly misfired off the tee for a second consecutive day, but stayed steady with his approach shots and had three birdies, an eagle and three bogeys.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I knew that it would be difficult not to get ahead of myself with a four-shot lead heading into today,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;I wrote down in my yard book, &#39;I am here, I I am now.&#39; Kept going back to that. That helped me be disciplined and stay present. That&#39;s what really helped me come out on top.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt; was second after a 71.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c529f2c0-612b-10f0-6460-3dbc37598a0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/435808/patrick-fishburn&quot;&gt;Patrick Fishburn&lt;/a&gt; (71) was third at 14 under. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b9a9ec8-888b-c973-852c-e94f0e7da54b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6931/mackenzie-hughes&quot;&gt;Mackenzie Hughes&lt;/a&gt; (72), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d1aa104f-7630-5041-e5d2-787329c42e46&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8910/ben-silverman&quot;&gt;Ben Silverman&lt;/a&gt; (71) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2b4ea19e-5371-6a23-f364-7a25c3f1a1fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11333/greyson-sigg&quot;&gt;Greyson Sigg&lt;/a&gt; (72) were another stroke back.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt;, the winner last year, closed with a 72 to tie for fifth at 12-under 276.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Unlike in 2023 when Theegala was followed by a large gallery on his way to winning, Kizzire and Lipsky played the final round in front of a small crowd at the picturesque course in the heart of the Napa Valley wine country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For the second straight day, Kizzire had to make up for his erratic tee shots. He missed 11 fairways and hit three drives into bunkers but got out of trouble and limited the damage each time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipskey also had issues off the tee trying to battle winds that had been mostly absent for the first three rounds.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was really tough out there,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;The wind was swirling and it was strong and the greens were so firm. Where the put some of those pins is really tough to get close.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After Lipsky made birdies on Nos. 1 and No. 4 to get within two shots, Kizzire responded with an eagle on the par-5 fifth. Kizzire hit his second shot past the green, then holed a soft wedge shot coming back from 50 feet to get to 20 under.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire bogeyed No. 11 after another errant tee shot, while Lipsky birdied to get within two strokes again. Kizzire then made a birdie save after driving into a green-side bunker on No. 12, and had another birdie on No. 13.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire was ahead by five strokes after a birdie on No. 15, then missed a short par putt on No. 16. He had a chance to get the stroke back on No. 17, but pushed his putt to the right of the hole and settled for par.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Jordan Spieth: Wrist improving, should be OK for PGA season</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;95a7c5d1-0ce2-473f-3221-d718985f576b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5467/jordan-spieth&quot;&gt;Jordan Spieth&lt;/a&gt; said he is progressing well following wrist surgery and expects to be ready for the start of the 2025 PGA Tour season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I think that by 2025, by Jan. 1, it&#39;s my goal to be tournament-ready,&quot; Spieth told Golfweek in a Q&amp;amp;A published Monday. &quot;And for me, that would be not just going out and seeing how it feels, you know, but expecting to play at my ceiling.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sporting a cast on his left wrist in his first public appearance since his surgery, Spieth appeared at a fundraiser at Brookhaven Country Club just outside Dallas.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spieth, 31, initially injured his wrist in 2023. He last competed in the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis in mid-August.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I would say the No. 1 reason why I ended up getting it done was because it affects my way of life at home,&quot; he said. &quot;Like when it would dislocate and I couldn&#39;t get it back in, it would happen when I&#39;m getting my daughter out of the bath, I&#39;m putting a sweatshirt on or it just so random that it was like, I didn&#39;t want it to continue, and it happened more and more. And it wasn&#39;t going to heal itself based on a number of different docs and scans and whatever. So it&#39;s just inevitable.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spieth has three major wins and 13 overall victories on the PGA Tour, but none since the RBC Heritage in April 2022. He began the 2024 season with a third-place showing at The Sentry and tied for sixth at the WM Phoenix Open, but he had only one more top-10 the rest of the year while missing seven cuts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spieth did not earn entry into the 2025 season-opening tournament, The Sentry. He is, however, able to play in the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 9-12 at Waialae Country Club.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:05:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Masters adds two hours of weekend coverage on Paramount</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Masters and CBS are expanding television coverage next year by five hours, which includes two hours on Saturday and Sunday through the Paramount+ streaming service of CBS.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Augusta National also announced Tuesday another high-level corporate partner in Bank of America, bringing to four the number of &quot;champion partners&quot; for the major that attracts the largest viewing audience in golf.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The addition of Bank of America does not affect the commercial load. The Masters said the broadcast will continue with only four minutes of commercials each hour.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The Masters Tournament has had the great fortune of enjoying an extraordinary relationship with CBS Sports for nearly 70 years,&quot; said Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National and the Masters. &quot;Alongside our friends at the network, we are pleased to extend the tournament&#39;s weekend coverage and ultimately deliver more live golf for Masters fans.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;CBS will add an hour to Saturday&#39;s broadcast. It will go from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET next year, instead of starting at 3 p.m. The third and fourth rounds will be shown exclusively on Paramount+ from noon until 2 p.m., and will remain available on the streaming service through the 7 p.m. conclusion.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That brings the total coverage to 23 hours, which includes 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, broadcast by ESPN.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;CBS also produces the expansive digital coverage through the Masters app that includes such features as Amen Corner, Holes 4-6, Holes 15-16 and featured pairings.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;CBS has made its live coverage of sporting events available on Paramount+. The additional two hours on the weekend will be part of its exclusive content, the first time it has offered such content from golf.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The partnership between the Masters and CBS, a year-by-year contract, dates back to 1956, when the network used six cameras to televise the last four holes. It was only 25 years ago when the Masters offered just 10½ hours of live coverage on CBS, including three hours on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Bank of America joins a small list of primary corporate sponsors at the Masters that includes AT&amp;amp;T, IBM and Mercedes-Benz, which each have extended their partnerships. The club does not disclose details of those contracts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Bank of America has had a relationship with Augusta National for the past several years, serving as a presenting sponsor for the Augusta National Women&#39;s Amateur since its inception in 2019, as well as the Asia-Pacific Amateur and the Latin America Amateur since 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Through Bank of America&#39;s support of our community initiatives and amateur events, they have become an impactful and committed partner in our organization&#39;s mission in Augusta and around the globe,&quot; Ridley said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said adding Bank of America as a top-level sponsor expands that relationship and strengthens the Masters &quot;for many years to come.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 2025 Masters starts April 10, sticking with its tradition of being held the first full week of April. Scottie &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/39944182/scottie-scheffler-wins-second-masters-final-round-68&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Scheffler is the defending champion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>[Video] Fleetwood: World No. 1 status will always be a dream</title>
      <description>Tommy Fleetwood speaks about wanting to become World No. 1 before he retires.</description>
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      <title>Oakmont&#39;s notorious greens to be even bigger for 2025 U.S. Open</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;PITTSBURGH -- Oakmont&#39;s already massive greens will be even more daunting when the men&#39;s U.S. Open returns next summer for a record 10th time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The club situated in the northern Pittsburgh suburbs has restored more than 24,000 square feet of green surface over the last two years as part of a renovation guided by golf course architect Gil Hanse.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hanse initially was brought in to focus on the bunkers. During his trips to the course, he came across photographs from the 1920s and 1930s and noticed the greens used to be much larger before several factors -- time and natural erosion most of all -- began chipping away at them.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;He talked to the club, whose membership enthusiastically agreed the renovations were a chance to make the notoriously fast greens even harder than they were when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b864c33d-64bc-5e24-9899-d07ab1503585&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3448/dustin-johnson&quot;&gt;Dustin Johnson&lt;/a&gt; won his first major at Oakmont in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;While the changes this time around won&#39;t be quite as visible as they have in the past -- Oakmont has spent most of the last 30 years removing thousands of trees in hopes of returning to its wind-swept, links-style roots -- the 155 players who will join defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt; could find pins tucked in places they&#39;ve never been before during previous Open stops at the venerable course that opened in 1904.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The greens are the No. 1 defense on the course,&quot; grounds superintendent Mike McCormick said Monday. &quot;Oakmont, in today&#39;s world, it&#39;s not a crazy-long golf course. There are several holes out here the players will be hitting wedges into and it puts even more of an emphasis on [the greens].&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The course will play at 7,372 yards as a par 70 in 2025, a tick up from the 7,219 yards it played at in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;One of the new pin options the expanded greens give the USGA is on the 182-yard, par-3 13th hole. Pin placement previously was limited to the left side of the green, with little wiggle room in terms of yardage. Now there are a variety of options, including a back-right pin that sits in the middle of a bowl, rewarding a good shot but almost inaccessible from other portions of the green, particularly the front right.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;U.S. Open scores have trended lower of late. Only one of the last eight winners has posted a higher four-round total in relation to par than Johnson&#39;s 4-under 276, with the last six champions all finishing at 6-under or better.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9ae7a413-2f04-1488-3f26-1532ce818355&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5506/scott-langley&quot;&gt;Scott Langley&lt;/a&gt;, the USGA&#39;s senior director of player relations, thinks Oakmont remains one of the stiffest tests because it lacks the kind of shot options places like Pinehurst No. 2 (2024) or Los Angeles Country Club (2023) provide.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;You have strategic width [in those places], you can play the angles more,&quot; Langley said. &quot;There are spots here where you do that. But by and large, Oakmont is you hit a good shot or you don&#39;t. And if you don&#39;t, the penalty is pretty uniform.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The more notable changes besides the greens are a new-look fairway on the 485-yard, par-4 seventh hole that offers players two choices: play it safe and short to the right but settle for a blind approach or aim left and try to carry a drive 320+ yards over a fairway bunker that if executed correctly lets you see the pin on your approach with a short iron.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Oakmont also rebuilt every hazard and revamped the course&#39;s nearly 200 bunkers while updating the drainage system. The club was hit by nearly 3 inches of rain during the early rounds of the U.S. Open&#39;s last visit, forcing the grounds crew and volunteers to get creative while bailing out the sand traps.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The bunkers had deteriorated significantly from 2016 to 2022,&quot; McCormick said. &quot;There&#39;s a lot of newer technology and ways to drain bunkers and hold sand and limit contamination. So the club had an opportunity to make sure that the performance of the playing surfaces [remained consistent].&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>[Video] U.S. celebrates first Solheim Cup win since 2017</title>
      <description>Lilia Vu&#39;s birdie putt on the final hole clinches the Solheim Cup over Europe for the first time since 2017.</description>
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      <title>[Video] Hojgaard charges past McIlroy to win Irish Open</title>
      <description>Rory McIlroy missed an eagle putt on 18, clinching the Irish Open for Rasmus Hojgaard.</description>
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      <title>Rasmus Hojgaard birdies final 3 holes to win Irish Open</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11253/rasmus-h%C3%B8jgaard&quot;&gt;Rasmus Hojgaard&lt;/a&gt; birdied his last three holes Sunday for a 6-under 65 to win the Irish Open and hand &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; another dose of disappointment before a raucous gallery at Royal County Down.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy had a two-shot lead on the back nine until Hojgaard put together a stunning charge down the stretch to win for the fifth time on the European tour and deny McIlroy a victory in his home country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Unfortunately, I&#39;m getting used to it this year,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;Hopefully, the tide is going to turn pretty soon and I can turn all these close calls into victories.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy had a pair of bogeys on the closing four holes that allowed Hojgaard, playing two groups in front of him, to charge to victory in stunning fashion.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 23-year-old Dane got up-and-down from a bunker for birdie on the short par-4 16th, holed a bunker shot for birdie on the 17th to take the lead and blasted out of the rough onto the front edge of the green for a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard, who started the final round three shots behind McIlroy, finished at 9-under 275.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I had a number today that I was trying to reach, and that was 8 [under]. Obviously, coming in and finishing on 9 was gold,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It was another tough ending for McIlroy, who has three wins this year but lost the U.S. Open when he missed a pair of short par putts on the last three holes at Pinehurst No. 2 and had a late charge at the Olympics derailed by a wedge that went into the water.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This was a more subtle fade. His approach to the 15th just rolled off the right side of the green into a tough lie, leading to bogey that dropped him into a tie for the lead when Hojgaard birdied the 16th ahead of him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy regained a share of the lead with a birdie on the 16th, but it all turned on the 17th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard already was in the clubhouse, one shot ahead of McIlroy, who faced a 25-foot birdie putt. But McIlroy ran his birdie attempt some 10 feet past the hole, and he missed the par putt to fall two shots behind.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy delivered two clutch shots on the par-5 closing hole, a 342-yard drive down the middle and a 7-iron to just outside 10 feet from the hole for an eagle chance to force a playoff. With thousands of spectators surrounding the green, McIlroy&#39;s putt stayed right all the way.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;His birdie gave him a 69 and a runner-up finish. McIlroy, who grew up about an hour away to the north in Holywood, was trying to win on home soil as a pro for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He shot 80 and missed the cut the last time the Irish Open was at Royal County Down in 2015. At the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, McIlroy hit his opening tee shot out-of-bounds and shot 79, leading to a missed cut.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This looked like redemption before a loud and supportive home crowd, only for Hojgaard to deliver a brilliant finish to snatch the title away from him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;If anything, it just whets my appetite even more for Portrush next year,&quot; McIlroy said, referring to the Open Championship returning to Northern Ireland in 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard became the youngest player since &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d67d0913-0f38-3b83-c85f-f3dfa85fcd76&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/329/jose-maria-olazabal&quot;&gt;José María Olazábal&lt;/a&gt; in 1989 to collect five wins on the European tour. This one effectively secures Hojgaard being among the 10 players from the Race to Dubai who can take up PGA Tour membership next year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;His twin brother, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11250/nicolai-h%C3%B8jgaard&quot;&gt;Nicolai Hojgaard&lt;/a&gt;, joined the U.S. circuit this year. His brother missed the cut in the Irish Open and stuck around to see Rasmus wait out the dramatic finish.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a big confidence boost,&quot; Rasmus Hojgaard said. &quot;I knew it was going to be hard to battle with him and the rest of the guys out there. It was tight all the way down to the last putt. So yeah, it&#39;s a great boost for me for the rest of the year.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3a8164bb-7080-6612-11f8-368ae7b5f865&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4574/matteo-manassero&quot;&gt;Matteo Manassero&lt;/a&gt; of Italy, who started the final round one shot behind McIlroy, birdied the 18th for a 69 to finish alone in third. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10221/daniel-brown&quot;&gt;Dan Brown&lt;/a&gt; of England shot 66 to finish fourth.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard became the second straight Dane to win at Royal County Down, following &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/547/s%C3%B8ren-kjeldsen&quot;&gt;Soren Kjeldsen&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s victory in the 2015 Irish Open.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Patton Kizzire opens 4-shot lead at Procore despite shaky play</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; overcame erratic play off the tee and a missed putt Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Procore Championship at Silverado.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire shot a 5-under 67 -- with six birdies and a bogey -- to reach 18-under 198. The 38-year-old former Auburn player is trying to end a long drought after winning his two PGA Tour titles in Mexico and Hawaii in a two-month span in late 2017 and early 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The greens were fantastic,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;They&#39;re rolling really nice. I&#39;m seeing the greens well and putting it on the line. This is a golf course I really enjoy playing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt;, playing in the same group as Kizzire, was second after a 70 in the FedEx Cup Fall series opener. The first-round leader had four birdies and two bogeys.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c529f2c0-612b-10f0-6460-3dbc37598a0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/435808/patrick-fishburn&quot;&gt;Patrick Fishburn&lt;/a&gt;, in his first year on the tour, made a run at the leaders and got within two shots of Kizzire before ending his round with back-to-back bogeys. Fishburn shot 70, leaving him with tied for third at 13 under with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2b4ea19e-5371-6a23-f364-7a25c3f1a1fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11333/greyson-sigg&quot;&gt;Greyson Sigg&lt;/a&gt; and Canadian Presidents Cup players &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b9a9ec8-888b-c973-852c-e94f0e7da54b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6931/mackenzie-hughes&quot;&gt;Mackenzie Hughes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48dc0501-3550-c477-eddc-d6446b4ed611&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9126/corey-conners&quot;&gt;Corey Conners&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- who all shot 66.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had to scramble much of the afternoon after missing seven fairways off the tee. He made up for it with strong approach shots and a steady putter, remaining atop the leaderboard until he pushed a 5-foot par putt past the hole on No. 10 and took a bogey.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire got back on track with a 21-foot birdie putt on No. 11, then made a fantastic shot out of a green-side bunker to save par on 16. He birdied the par-3 17th, then scrambled to save par on No. 18 after hitting his approach shot into a bunker.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That left Kizzire in position to break the tournament record at Silverado of 21 under, matched last year by &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky stayed close but dropped back to the pack after back-to-back bogeys on the back nine.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I really didn&#39;t have my best today,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;Over the course of a week, days like this happen. Swing just didn&#39;t feel as good as it did the past two days and I just battled through it. I was just trying to play safe.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Theegala shot 69 on Saturday, leaving him six shots back at 12 under.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f01d4788-465c-c3ed-c619-2a7b8ce226ac&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/439927/wilson-furr&quot;&gt;Wilson Furr&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d1aa104f-7630-5041-e5d2-787329c42e46&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8910/ben-silverman&quot;&gt;Ben Silverman&lt;/a&gt; also were 12 under. Furr had 64, the best round of the day, and Silverman shot 65.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; delivered enough superb shots in a strong wind Saturday for a 2-under 69, giving him a one-shot lead over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3a8164bb-7080-6612-11f8-368ae7b5f865&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4574/matteo-manassero&quot;&gt;Matteo Manassero&lt;/a&gt; in the Irish Open as McIlroy tries to erase two bad memories on home soil.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy had to settle for bogey on the par-5 closing hole at Royal County Down when he hit a half-shank from the rough for his third shot. Even so, the wind was so severe that he matched the low score of the third round. Only three other players shot 69, and four others broke par.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Manassero, who started the day with a one-shot lead, did his best to hold on. He dropped only one shot over the last 10 holes, on the 17th when he pulled his tee shot into high grass and could only chop back to the fairway. He two-putted from 50 feet to escape with bogey.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy was at 6-under 207 as he goes for his second Irish Open title. He has yet to win in Northern Ireland, and it has not gone well for him previously. McIlroy opened with an 80 when the Irish Open was last held at Royal County Down in 2015. And at the British Open five years ago at Royal Portrush, he opened with a 79. Both times he missed the cut.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m excited to give myself a chance,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;The last couple of times I&#39;ve played in Northern Ireland it hasn&#39;t panned out the way I wanted. I can&#39;t get too far ahead of myself, but I&#39;m excited to go out there and give it my all.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59d0d68c-2508-43cf-782c-8f649e786114&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11378/robert-macintyre&quot;&gt;Robert MacIntyre&lt;/a&gt; was in a four-way tie for third after a 69, leaving the Scot in the mix to add a third national title to his credit this year. MacIntyre previously won the Canadian Open in June and the Scottish Open in July.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d68bcb24-b06b-1008-87ad-f7c2bdfe5ecd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9506/jordan-smith&quot;&gt;Jordan Smith&lt;/a&gt; (69), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a5c79019-66ee-f87a-c6c1-80fdacae348c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9364/erik-van-rooyen&quot;&gt;Erik van Rooyen&lt;/a&gt; (71) and Rasmus Hojgaard (71) also were at 3-under 210.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The roughest day belonged to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a7c832b-992a-7a62-d397-0dc860047bd8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11402/todd-clements&quot;&gt;Todd Clements&lt;/a&gt;, playing alongside McIlroy before the largest galleries. Clements started one shot behind and posted an 85.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Manassero did well to stay close. He was in trouble off the 17th tee and made bogey. On the par-5 closing hole, he rammed his 50-foot birdie attempt some 10 feet by the hole, and made that for par to stay one behind.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;They are not birdies but they always feel like them a little bit, and that&#39;s how it is out there,&quot; Manassero said. &quot;I would have loved to not get beaten from the golf course but I think I did really well to finish with two 5s, to be honest.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy opened with an approach that used the slope to perfection for his shot to roll down to 6 feet for eagle. His best shot was a 7-iron into 6 feet on the par-3 seventh. Any birdie after the par-5 first hole felt like a bonus.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was a matter of trying to par as many holes as possible,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He saved par from behind the 17th green. On the 18th, he pushed his drive into the right rough, hit into nasty rough on the left and then hit a half-shank that bounced off the grandstands to the right. He chipped beautifully to 6 feet but missed the par putt to settle for 69.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I definitely would have taken the score before I went out today,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; hugged a tree on the way to the first tee Friday as part of a mental exercise, then patiently worked his way around Silverado to take the lead into the weekend in the FedEx Cup Fall series opener.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Working with a new mental coach who has him embracing a more relaxed and even approach, Kizzire shot a 7-under 65 for a one-stroke advantage over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt; in the Procore Championship.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire joked about some of the things his new mental coach has him doing, like walking around barefoot and hugging trees.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been really cool to just get organized and try to be more playful out there and be unflappable,&quot; Kizzire said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had seven birdies, six on the back nine, as he seeks his first victory on the PGA Tour since 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I didn&#39;t have my best stuff today, especially off the tee or into the green, but I putted well again,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;My patience in the mental game and my putting have really kept me in it and allowed me to play really well.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had a 13-under 131 total on the picturesque course in the heart of Napa Valley wine country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky, the first-round leader, had a 67 that included eight birdies, an eagle, three bogeys and a double bogey.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c529f2c0-612b-10f0-6460-3dbc37598a0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/435808/patrick-fishburn&quot;&gt;Patrick Fishburn&lt;/a&gt; was 11 under after a 65. He had six birdies and an eagle to overcome a bogey on his 17th hole.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2f0b17af-7ed7-66ad-459b-664568ef2e1e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/257/matt-kuchar&quot;&gt;Matt Kuchar&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e22c3186-cba0-fa71-cc28-f297e92579eb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10166/jj-spaun&quot;&gt;J.J. Spaun&lt;/a&gt; were 10 under. The 46-year-old Kuchar, who caused a bit of controversy at the Wyndham Championship in August when he walked off the course because of darkness then returned the next day to finish his final round, had nine birdies and a bogey to tie for the best round of the day with a 64. Spaun shot 65.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt; was four shots back after a 66.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire got off to a slow start and was sputtering off the tee and with his approach shots before heating up with six birdies on the back nine. He capped his afternoon with two long putts, one from 28 feet and the other from 13.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I could have gotten frustrated or talked about a bad shot or worried about, &#39;Well, why am I not hitting it like I want to?&#39;&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;I just chose not to do that. I still didn&#39;t play my best on the back nine, but I capitalized whenever I had an opportunity and made a few good putts.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky was in good shape after holing out for an eagle on No. 16. He hit a gap wedge with his second shot that hit past the flag, bounced then spun back in the hole.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After three consecutive birdies on the back nine put him atop the leaderboard at 14 under, Lipsky picked up a penalty stroke when his tee shot on No. 8 sailed out of bounds.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;A little bit of everything but overall I&#39;m really happy,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;My game plan was to still stay aggressive and not back off at all. That&#39;s sort of what I did.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Two-time tournament champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73d9a5a4-7ecc-e8c4-191d-3a66efbfa234&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8973/max-homa&quot;&gt;Max Homa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;did not make the cut. Presidents Cup International team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;afe3f6b7-15da-9a3d-9b99-439085746210&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/453/mike-weir&quot;&gt;Mike Weir&lt;/a&gt;, 2020 tournament champ &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96b14f80-5c0a-8750-ad5e-907f158e09be&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/78/stewart-cink&quot;&gt;Stewart Cink&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;44d75406-fd2f-49e2-ff9a-e3be72e82cf2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11119/wyndham-clark&quot;&gt;Wyndham Clark&lt;/a&gt; also dropped out.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Check out some stats and a timeline of Tiger Woods&#39; previous injuries as he announces his latest back surgery.</description>
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      <description>Earlier this morning Tiger underwent microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve impingement in the lower back.
        Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi of Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach performed the surgery and deemed it to be successful.
        &quot;The surgery went smoothly, and I&#39;m hopeful this will help alleviate the back spasms and pain I was experiencing throughout most of the 2024 season,&quot; Woods said. &quot;I look forward to tackling this rehab and preparing myself to get back to normal life</description>
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      <description>Mackenzie Hughes climbs the leaderboard after nailing his shot from the fairway for eagle.</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt; shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday at Silverado Country Club to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Procore Championship.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Winless in 104 events since joining the PGA Tour in 2022, Lipsky went out with the early groups and had eight birdies with one bogey to kick off the FedEx Cup Fall series at the picturesque course in the heart of Napa Valley wine country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After missing the cut in his three previous tournaments, Lipsky flew from Las Vegas to Arizona to reunite with his college coach at Northwestern to get his focus back. He also spent time playing with some of the Northwestern players, which helped him relax.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Just being around those guys and seeing how carefree they are, not knowing what&#39;s coming for them yet, it&#39;s sort of nice to see that,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;I was almost energized by their youthfulness.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c1f7b6d8-b7fa-d8c9-9f6b-42140de20e06&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9143/mark-hubbard&quot;&gt;Mark Hubbard&lt;/a&gt; were a stroke back. Kizzire started on the back nine and made a late run with three consecutive birdies to move into a tie for first. A bogey on No. 8 dropped him back.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;There was a lot of good stuff out there today,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;I stayed patient and just went through my routines and played well, one shot at a time. I&#39;ve really bee working hard on my mental game and I think that allowed me to rinse and repeat and reset and keep playing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9143/mark-hubbard&quot;&gt;Mark Hubbard&lt;/a&gt; was at 67. He had nine birdies but fell off the pace with a bogey and triple bogey on back-to-back holes.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b664fcf1-9afe-beb9-69dd-508bed7e877e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10929/kevin-dougherty&quot;&gt;Kevin Dougherty&lt;/a&gt; also was in the group at 67. He had two eagles and ended his afternoon by holing out from 41 yards on the 383-yard, par-4 18th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt; had to scramble for much of his round of 69.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;44d75406-fd2f-49e2-ff9a-e3be72e82cf2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11119/wyndham-clark&quot;&gt;Wyndham Clark&lt;/a&gt;, who won the U.S. Open in 2023 and the AT&amp;amp;T at Pebble Beach in February, had a 70.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73d9a5a4-7ecc-e8c4-191d-3a66efbfa234&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8973/max-homa&quot;&gt;Max Homa&lt;/a&gt; shot 71. The two-time tournament champion and a captain&#39;s pick for the President&#39;s Cup in two weeks had two birdies and overcame a bogey on the par-4 first.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96b14f80-5c0a-8750-ad5e-907f158e09be&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/78/stewart-cink&quot;&gt;Stewart Cink&lt;/a&gt;, the 2020 winner, also opened with a 71. He won The Ally Challenge last month for his first PGA Tour Champions title.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Three players from the Presidents Cup International team had mix results. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bedd741c-fb49-c01e-f1cf-386b1116a93c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/441093/min-woo-lee&quot;&gt;Min Woo Lee&lt;/a&gt; shot 68, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b9a9ec8-888b-c973-852c-e94f0e7da54b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6931/mackenzie-hughes&quot;&gt;Mackenzie Hughes&lt;/a&gt; 69 and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48dc0501-3550-c477-eddc-d6446b4ed611&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9126/corey-conners&quot;&gt;Corey Conners&lt;/a&gt; 73. International team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;afe3f6b7-15da-9a3d-9b99-439085746210&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/453/mike-weir&quot;&gt;Mike Weir&lt;/a&gt; also had a 69.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky was a little shaky off the tee for much of the afternoon but made up for it with steady iron play that left him in great shape on the greens. He had one-putts on 11 holes and was in position for a bigger day but left five putts short.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky&#39;s only real problem came on the par-4 ninth when his approach sailed into a bunker just shy of the green. He bounced back nicely with five birdies on his back nine. After missing a 19-foot putt for birdie on No. 17, Lipsky ended his day with a 12-foot par putt.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That was a big change from last year when Lipsky finished tied for 30th at Silverado when he drove the ball well but had uneven success on the greens.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Sometimes you have to realize golf can be fun, and I think I sort of forgot that along the way as I&#39;m grinding it out,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;You&#39;ve got to put things in perspective, take a step back. Sort of did that and it seems like it&#39;s working out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Laird stayed close after beginning his day with a bogey on the par-4 10th. The Scot got out of the sand nicely but pushed his par putt past the hole.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Homa continued to have issues off the tee and missed birdie putts on his final four holes.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Amateur Luke Clanton starts strong as he chips in for eagle from the bunker at the Procore Championship.</description>
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      <title>Rory McIlroy shoots 68 at Irish Open, trails Todd Clements by 2</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; birdied his final three holes to shoot 3-under 68 and sit two strokes off the first-round lead at the Irish Open on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;No. 3-ranked McIlroy is attempting to win his home tournament for the second time -- eight years after the first -- and is playing at Royal County Down Golf Club, a course that is a short drive from his childhood home of Holywood and where he used to play with his friends.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a major championship-caliber golf course,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;It&#39;s just unfortunate that we don&#39;t have the infrastructure around the golf course to host something like an Open because if we did, it definitely would be able to host an Open Championship.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Tough winds and some rain made for difficult conditions on a well-respected course in Northern Ireland, and No. 291-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a7c832b-992a-7a62-d397-0dc860047bd8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11402/todd-clements&quot;&gt;Todd Clements&lt;/a&gt; of England dealt with it the best, making five birdies and a 15-footer for eagle at the 18th -- his ninth hole -- for a 66 and the clubhouse lead.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I said to my caddie walking off, &#39;That&#39;s one of the best rounds I&#39;ve played in my life,&#39;&quot; Clements said. &quot;It&#39;s a hard course and, yeah, delighted how it panned out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9fccce6d-318e-6374-1c10-7c1ced9dba49&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/458554/sami-valimaki&quot;&gt;Sami Välimäki&lt;/a&gt; of Finland and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;22574dc0-0259-d84f-5107-8dce09b49bcb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11465/alejandro-del-rey&quot;&gt;Alejandro Del Rey&lt;/a&gt; of Spain were in a tie for second after 67s. McIlroy was in a group a further stroke back -- but only after a strong finish, just as his round looked like derailing after bogeys at Nos. 14 and 15 dropped him to level par.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A tap-in for birdie at the drivable 16th was followed by a 12-footer for birdie at the 17th. He reached the green in two at the par-15 18th and two-putted from 50 feet for three in a row.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I felt like I controlled my ball flight well,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;I&#39;ve been working a little bit on my swing these last couple of weeks. I&#39;ve probably struggled a lot in left-to-right winds this year, so to sort of control my ball flight a bit and test it out there today was good to see that, you know, I was able to do it when I needed to.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy, who openly admits to struggling when playing in front of expectant home crowds, is back in Europe after the end of the PGA Tour season. So is &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59d0d68c-2508-43cf-782c-8f649e786114&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11378/robert-macintyre&quot;&gt;Robert MacIntyre&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 16-ranked Scot who is looking to become the first player ever to win the Scottish and Irish Opens in the same season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;MacIntyre opened with an even-par 71 while fellow Ryder Cup players &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81036860-da90-8d9e-be1e-38fdfff557fc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4587/shane-lowry&quot;&gt;Shane Lowry&lt;/a&gt; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1d17a37c-2f55-71eb-400e-dbb7840b0ab9&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11250/nicolai-h%C3%B8jgaard&quot;&gt;Nicolai Højgaard&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;both shot 72.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Bryson DeChambeau says PGA Tour-LIV match is step toward &#39;good standing&#39;</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41120635/mcilroy-scheffler-face-dechambeau-koepka-pga-tour-liv-showdown&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;planned exhibition match&lt;/a&gt; between PGA Tour and LIV Golf League stars offers a chance for the two sides to start reuniting the golf world, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt; said Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Speaking at the Bolingbrook Golf Club ahead of the LIV Golf Chicago tournament, which begins Friday, DeChambeau said he is happy to participate in the match if it means he can help &quot;get this game back in good standing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;DeChambeau is set to play with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bb9f978c-1e0f-b6ca-83ab-255e22dc6e78&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6798/brooks-koepka&quot;&gt;Brooks Koepka&lt;/a&gt; against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;38cbeebe-aac8-fb36-dce0-cf45436086e4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9478/scottie-scheffler&quot;&gt;Scottie Scheffler&lt;/a&gt; in a LIV Golf vs. PGA Tour affair at Las Vegas in December.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Since DeChambeau and Koepka moved to LIV Golf, the stars on each side only collide in the four major tournaments each year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We want to bring this game back to a place where I would say everyone has the opportunity to see the greatest play a lot more than four times a year,&quot; DeChambeau said. &quot;I think it&#39;s a great opportunity to showcase how we evolve that over the course of time. The details are not very fully fleshed out yet.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;DeChambeau, who turns 31 on Monday, fared well in those four majors in 2024. He won the U.S. Open, was second to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e23e62a8-8995-6b06-42f2-018c8a27e916&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10140/xander-schauffele&quot;&gt;Xander Schauffele&lt;/a&gt; at the PGA Championship and was tied for sixth at the Masters, won by Scheffler.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said he hopes the chance to compete with PGA Tour players grows.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We always wanted to have a PGA Tour and LIV sort of battle a couple years ago,&quot; he said. &quot;We always thought that would be pretty cool and whatnot. But I think it&#39;s going to develop over the course of time and hopefully give the people what they want.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;As for LIV Chicago, DeChambeau said it&#39;s vital for his team -- Crushers GC -- to have a good week ahead of the team finals next week in Dallas. Crushers has a narrow lead in the season standings over captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s Legion XIII entering play this weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s incredibly important. It gives us some confidence for next week,&quot; said DeChambeau, captain of the Crushers team that also consists of &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;849d97b1-9339-888a-02a9-868769388a50&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/72/paul-casey&quot;&gt;Paul Casey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73788dc7-81e9-083e-7682-cac54d837b6b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4989/anirban-lahiri&quot;&gt;Anirban Lahiri&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8083dcb8-bbc3-a90b-2ca7-494d94214dbc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/208/charles-howell-iii&quot;&gt;Charles Howell III&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Next week is a good ball-striking test. All around, it&#39;s a championship-style golf course, so I think having our games looking fresh and ready to go into next week is important.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I feel like I&#39;m in a good place. I see the other teammates being in a good place. Let&#39;s just go play the best golf we possibly can and hopefully get some good momentum for next week.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Jon Rahm appeals European tour fines, clear to play Spanish Open</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday appealed the European tour sanctions against him for playing the LIV Golf League circuit, allowing him to play the Spanish Open and other European tour events until an independent panel decides whether he must pay fines.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm&#39;s formal appeal was a pivotal move because it allows him a chance to reach the minimum four European tour starts required to be considered for the Ryder Cup next year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm, a former Masters champion and world No. 1, joined the Saudi-funded league late last year for a signing bonus reported to be in the $300 million to $400 million range.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Other players who defected to LIV Golf, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ab95205e-c964-97c7-c309-9841844bc546&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5553/tyrrell-hatton&quot;&gt;Tyrrell Hatton&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9f467d9f-e57c-2099-77f1-cae1d291f4e1&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10839/adrian-meronk&quot;&gt;Adrian Meronk&lt;/a&gt;, are going through the same appeal and are allowed into tournaments as the process plays out.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hatton played the British Masters two weeks ago. Both are entered in the Spanish Open.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The European tour said in a statement, &quot;Jon Rahm has a pending appeal against sanctions imposed on him and in accordance with the DP World Tour&#39;s Regulations, he is eligible to participate in the [Spanish Open] later this month.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The DP World Tour is the commercial name of the European tour.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t intend to pay the fines, and we keep trying to have a discussion with them about how we can make this happen,&quot; Rahm said on Wednesday from LIV Golf Chicago, where he is battling &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09533166-488d-e59f-7527-371673203ffc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11099/joaquin-niemann&quot;&gt;Joaquín Niemann&lt;/a&gt; for the individual title worth $18 million to the winner.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm said he has entered the Dunhill Links Championship and the Andalucia Masters. That would give him four starts because the Olympics count toward the minimum.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The appeals process is the same as it was when several Europeans first joined LIV Golf in summer 2022. An independent panel, Sport Resolutions, ruled in April 2023 the players committed serious breaches and the European tour was within its rights to penalize them.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m glad Jon decided to appeal and he can play his events in which he wants to play and be eligible,&quot; European captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;cab4b4c6-2fde-c332-69aa-4c0093f316de&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/601/luke-donald&quot;&gt;Luke Donald&lt;/a&gt; said Thursday from the Irish Open. &quot;I know the Ryder Cup means so much to him, and I&#39;m sure that was a massive factor in his decision.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm is primarily opposed to being fined for playing LIV events opposite tournaments he had never played or did not intend to play. Among European tour events opposite LIV Golf this year were stops in Bahrain, South Africa, Japan, China and the Czech Republic.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;He has his thoughts and he doesn&#39;t agree with the fines and paying fines, especially for events that he would never have played on the DP World Tour. But those rules are the rules, and they were certainly in place when he signed with LIV,&quot; Donald said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Donald said he hoped golf&#39;s landscape would be different before the September 2025 matches at Bethpage Black. Executives with the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia met this week in New York to continue negotiations about the PIF becoming a minority investor in PGA Tour Enterprises and what that would mean for players on both sides.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tour and the PIF first had a framework agreement announced in June 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll take today as a nice little victory for me personally to know that Jon is eligible and can play his three events now,&quot; Donald said. &quot;What happens in the future, I can&#39;t tell. What happens in 15 months, I think all of us thought something more would happen.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>2024 Solheim Cup: Strengths, flaws, picks for U.S. vs. Europe</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, golf fans will get to watch the Solheim Cup in consecutive years.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The competition between women&#39;s teams from the U.S. and Europe traditionally happens every other year. But after the 2020 Ryder Cup was postponed a year because of the pandemic, moving the men&#39;s event to odd-numbered years, the Solheim Cup is being played in consecutive years to get on an even-year schedule.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That means the U.S. squad didn&#39;t have to wait as long to try to wrestle the Cup away from the Europeans, who retained the trophy with a 14-14 tie in Finca Cortesin, Spain, last year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We got some unfinished business,&quot; world No. 1 golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ceef3796-97fb-36a7-8648-dd6b8aed2ac2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9012/nelly-korda&quot;&gt;Nelly Korda&lt;/a&gt; said this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Although the U.S. has won 10 of the 18 competitions, it hasn&#39;t come out on top since a 16½-11½ victory at Des Moines Golf &amp;amp; Country Club in Iowa in 2017.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Some people have asked me what one word would be to describe Team USA this year, and I&#39;m just going to say &#39;hungry,&#39; because Nelly and I obviously being on the same amount of Solheim Cups and not necessarily getting the job done last year, kind of leaves not necessarily the best taste in your mouth,&quot; Megan Khang said. &quot;Luckily, we didn&#39;t have to wait two years. We have this year to kind of get back at it, and I can tell you now we&#39;re more hungry than ever.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Here are some of the biggest storylines at the Solheim Cup, which tees off Friday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia:&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;euro&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#euro&quot;&gt;Team Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#usa&quot;&gt;Team U.S.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#picks&quot;&gt;Our prediction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;Europe&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why they&#39;ll win &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Europeans have been in possession of the Solheim Cup for much of the past five years. After falling in back-to-back matches in 2015 and 2017, the Europeans won 14½-13½ at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2019 and 15-13 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio in 2021. After last year&#39;s tie in Spain, the European squad celebrated as if it had won.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Eight golfers from last year&#39;s European team qualified to run it back this week, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5016/suzann-pettersen&quot;&gt;Suzann Pettersen&lt;/a&gt; used two of her three

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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=5760&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Oscar Piastri&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s haul of points from winning &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/report/_/gameId/18826&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;last weekend&#39;s Azerbaijan Grand Prix&lt;/a&gt; saw McLaren snatch the lead from Red Bull in the constuctors&#39; championship, and the Formula 1 season now makes its way to the humid climes of the Singapore Grand Prix.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McLaren have only won on Singapore&#39;s streets once, when the country hosted its first race in 2008 with a then fresh-faced &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=868&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lewis Hamilton&lt;/a&gt; ending the weekend atop the podium.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;By comparison, Red Bull&#39;s last win in the city state was in 2022 with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4472&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sergio Pérez&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The battle between the teams is tight, and with only seven races left in the season, neither Red Bull nor McLaren can afford to make many more mistakes. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4665&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Max Verstappen&lt;/a&gt; is still well set in the in the drivers&#39; standings with a 59-point lead over &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=5579&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lando Norris&lt;/a&gt;, but his last win came at the Spanish GP on June 23.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The weather is set to be hot. Temperatures are forecast to reach highs of 31°C with humidity at 70% on average across the weekend. The mornings from Friday to Sunday could see scattered thunderstorms.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Hamilton &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41326984/lewis-hamilton-racial-element-fia-boss-rapper-comments&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;raised concerns&lt;/a&gt; over FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem comparing F1 drivers swearing on team radio to &quot;rappers,&quot; saying there was a &quot;racial element&quot; to the comments. Verstappen responded to the same comments saying &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41326633/singapore-gp-max-verstappen-weighs-f1-swearing-row&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;are we five-year olds?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Pérez and Carlos Sainz cleared the air after their crash last week in an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41327265/singapore-gp-sergio-perez-carlos-sainz-peace-baku-crash&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;awkward&quot; 20-minute conversation&lt;/a&gt; while sat next to each other at the circuit&#39;s medical centre.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After missing the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend due to a one-race ban, Kevin Magnussen called on the FIA to&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41324312/haas-kevin-magnussen-urges-fia-trust-f1-drivers-ban&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; trust drivers to race each other&lt;/a&gt; rather than handing out penalties.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Verstappen&#39;s race engineer &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41311025/max-verstappen-engineer-gianpiero-lambiase-gets-red-bull-promotion&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gianpiero Lambiase will step up&lt;/a&gt; into a more senior role at Red Bull.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Mercedes will run a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41309424/mercedes-run-one-livery-singapore-grand-prix&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;one-off livery&lt;/a&gt; at this weekend&#39;s Singapore Grand Prix.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Daniel Ricciardo&#39;s future looks increasingly unclear but the he downplayed suggestions that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41324414/singapore-gp-daniel-ricciardo-says-race-unlikely-last&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;weekend&#39;s night race will be his last in the sport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Singapore GP preview | &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/34296466/how-listen-watch-espn-f1-show-episode-archive-more&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Listen to the latest episode&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of ESPN&#39;s F1 podcast Unlapped.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;Circuit stats and history&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Since hosting Formula 1&#39;s first night race in 2008, Singapore has become a firm favourite among fans and drivers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 3-mile circuit carves through the centre of the city, illuminated by 1,600 lights to allow two of the three practice sessions to take place at sunset and qualifying and the race at night.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The circuit was tweaked in 2023 due to construction near the bay, creating a full-throttle run between Turns 14 and 16 and, new for 2024, the addition of a fourth DRS zone to aid overtaking.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Laps: &lt;/strong&gt;62 laps of 4.9km. Total distance 306km&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lap record:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;1:35.867 Hamilton (2023)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Most wins: &lt;/strong&gt;Sebastian Vettel with five (2011-2013, 2015, 2019). Of the current grid, Hamilton has four (2009, 2014, 2017-2018), and Fernando Alonso (2008, 2010), Carlos Sainz (2023), Perez (2022) have won here.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Most poles: &lt;/strong&gt;Hamilton (2009, 2012, 2014, 2018) and Vettel (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) are tied on four. Of the current grid, Alonso (2010), Charles Leclerc (2019, 2022), Sainz (2023) have taken pole here.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;What happened last year?&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Singapore was the only race the dominant Red Bull team &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/report/_/id/600026763&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;failed to win in 2023&lt;/a&gt;. Ferrari&#39;s Sainz emerged victorious in a three-way fight with McLaren&#39;s Norris and the Mercedes of George Russell.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Russell and teammate Hamilton, running third and fourth, looked like the fastest cars on track in the final stint, but Sainz allowed Norris to remain in DRS range so the McLaren driver could more easily defend from the Mercedes drivers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The race ended with last-lap drama when Russell clipped the wall while trying to close in on Norris and crashed out of a podium finish.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Who&#39;s going to win?&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Much like Baku last weekend, the Singapore Grand Prix should be wide open. You could make cases for McLaren, Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari being fastest on the street circuit, but after his difficulties in qualifying in Azerbaijan, ESPN is backing Norris to win.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;How to watch the GP&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Watch on ESPNEWS and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/eventCalendarId/401622146#bucketId=43937&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ESPN+&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(U.S. only) -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/auto/story/_/id/41329715/how-watch-2024-f1-singapore-grand-prix-espn&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;view the schedule&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Live broadcast coverage in the U.K. is on Sky Sports F1 and BBC Radio 5 Live.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For news, analysis and updates, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;follow the coverage&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/ESPNF1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ESPN&#39;s F1 team&lt;/a&gt; Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson in Singapore and on social media.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        Free practice one: 10:30-11:30 BST&lt;br&gt;
        Free practice two: 14:00-15:00 BST&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        Free practice three: 10:30-11:30 BST&lt;br&gt;
        Qualifying: 14:00-15:00 BST&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        Race starts: 13:00 BST.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;How the championships look&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;At last, there&#39;s been a change at the top of the standings -- McLaren lead the constructors&#39; championship by 20 points, but can they keep it?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Verstappen still has the drivers&#39; championship lead with Norris still needing a minimum of 60 points to overtake him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/standings&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Standings&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/schedule&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Calendar&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/14642695/all-formula-1-teams&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Teams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>How to watch 2024 F1 Singapore Grand Prix on ESPN</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/f1/schedule&quot;&gt;2024 Formula One season&lt;/a&gt; is speeding into Marina Bay Street Circuit, for the Singapore Grand Prix. At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/5752/oscar-piastri&quot;&gt;Oscar Piastri&lt;/a&gt; squeaked out the top prize in a nail-biting battle against &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/5498/charles-leclerc&quot;&gt;Charles Leclerc&lt;/a&gt;. Can Piastri continue his&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/f1/story/_/id/41286631/how-oscar-piastri-went-alpine-question-mark-mclaren-f1-winner&quot;&gt;McLaren&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;success in Singapore? The winner will follow up &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/4686/carlos-sainz&quot;&gt;Carlos Sainz Jr&lt;/a&gt;., who emerged victorious in the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Here are key facts about the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can fans watch the Singapore Grand Prix?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;(all times Eastern)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Practice 1 -- 5:25 a.m. on ESPN2&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Practice 2 -- 8:55 a.m. on ESPN2&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Practice 3 -- 5:25 a.m. on ESPN2&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Qualifying -- 8:55 a.m. on ESPN2&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Race -- 7:55 a.m. on ESPN&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;F1 Kids Alternate Broadcast -- 7:55 a.m. on ESPNU&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Fans can catch all the action in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/espnplus/collections/43937/formula-1-live-upcoming&quot;&gt;F1 streaming hub&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What other F1 races can fans look forward to this season?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oct. 20 --&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;U.S. Grand Prix - Austin, Texas&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oct. 27&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- Mexican Grand Prix - Mexico City&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nov. 3 --&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sao Paulo Grand Prix - Sao Paulo&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nov. 23&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- Las Vegas Grand Prix - Las Vegas&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dec. 1&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- Qatar Grand Prix - Losail&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dec. 8 --&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where can fans find more F1 coverage from ESPN?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/f1/&quot;&gt;ESPN Formula 1 page&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/41202757/adrian-newey-f1-foremost-designer-joins-aston-martin&quot;&gt;latest news&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/f1/story/_/id/41122173/did-mclaren-jeopardise-f1-title-bid-team-harmony-monza&quot;&gt;analysis&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/34296466/unlapped-how-listen-watch-espn-new-f1-show-episode-archive-more&quot;&gt;&quot;Unlapped&quot; podcast&lt;/a&gt;, and more.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Singapore heat, humidity will test F1 drivers&#39; fitness</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Max Verstappen works through some neck exercises during this year&#39;s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Fitness and weight can be difficult for anyone to maintain. That&#39;s further complicated when your job involves travelling around the world -- across different time zones, cuisines and cultures -- for 24 weeks of the year. That&#39;s the baseline challenge facing every&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/f1/&quot;&gt;Formula 1&lt;/a&gt; driver.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;And then there are the races themselves, all of which are physically demanding, but some more so than others. Take Sunday&#39;s Singapore Grand Prix, for example, where oppressive heat and humidity will push competitors to their physical limits.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Drivers&#39; bodies are managing an intricate balancing act: they must be strong enough to withstand gravitational forces of up to about 6 G&#39;s, while still light enough so as not to be additional ballast in the car. And that balancing act must be performed for the entirety of an F1 season of nine-plus months.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;During a typical grand prix, drivers can lose 2 to 3 kilograms (4.4-6.6 pounds) in sweat alone, depending on their weight and height, and as much as 4 kg (8.8 pounds) in Singapore for taller drivers. That&#39;s approximately 3% to 4% of their bodyweight.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;With such emphasis on drivers&#39; weights, one of the biggest difficulties is maintaining muscle mass throughout the course of the season. So how do they do it?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;You take small opportunities throughout the season to push a bit more,&quot; Aleix Casanovas, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/5503/george-russell&quot;&gt;George Russell&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s trainer, told ESPN. &quot;So it goes back to having data from previous years. When there&#39;s an easier race weekend, you push a bit more thinking about the future.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For example, he says, from the start of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix heading into the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the latter is much hotter and more physically taxing, so drivers can push the training harder in the buildup to the season opener. Monza is similar. There are &quot;not that many corners, a lot of straights, so you can actually push a bit more that week. Thinking about the future and race week like Singapore, which you know is going to be heavy, you need to taper down exercise, so you will train a little bit less then.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Each driver is different, but taller drivers such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/4678/esteban-ocon&quot;&gt;Esteban Ocon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/5592/alexander-albon&quot;&gt;Alex Albon&lt;/a&gt;, both of whom are 1.86 meters (6-foot-1), tend to have more difficulty maintaining the sweet spot compared with shorter drivers such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/5652/yuki-tsunoda&quot;&gt;Yuki Tsunoda&lt;/a&gt;, who is 1.67m (5-6). Next year, drivers&#39; minimum weight is increasing from 80 kg (176 pounds) to 82 kg (181), which should help taller drivers&#39; overall health and help them avoid illness.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Most drivers will train heavily in preseason, building their strength and fitness to start in the best possible shape, and then look for opportunities to push again over the course of the season depending on the upcoming race. Ferrari&#39;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d6b68af7-2faa-e7cc-9c6b-5bb32369dd22&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=5498&quot;&gt;Charles Leclerc&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;said there are three key training moments.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;There is preseason, where you see the most improvement because that is when we have the most time to train,&quot; he said. &quot;Within the season, when it&#39;s all about maintaining that fitness level and it&#39;s less intense training and all about maintaining your strength. And then you&#39;ve got the break in August, when it&#39;s good to take a complete break and not really train anymore and just slow down, and then maintain until the end of the season, when I can push again at the gym.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If you find yourself smuggling exercise equipment in your luggage and choosing hotels because of their gym facilities, so you can stay fit while away, you might relate. Considering F1 is a travelling circus, you work with what you&#39;ve got.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Casanovas has been with Russell for eight years, so the hotels are familiar to him. If there is a new hotel, though, he says: &quot;I call them before and ask them to send me pictures of what equipment they have, but I travel always with a bit of kit. There are a few things we use everywhere in the world.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Charles Leclerc says the preseason fitness work he did will have helped set him up for the homestretch of the 2024 campaign.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He refers to a dynamometer, which is a device that measures force, and is used for leg, neck and arm strength, but no resistance bands as he says they don&#39;t provide a stimulus big enough to create a stress that will improve strength. While the workouts might vary from week to week depending on the demands on a driver, a typical grand prix weekend has a familiar cadence.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;From Thursday, we might do a bit of cardiorespiratory training, and it depends on where we are in the world, sometimes we do a little bit of high-intensity strength training but low volume,&quot;&amp;nbsp;Casanovas says. That means &quot;a few reps of neck training at high intensity but with many repetitions; that means there&#39;s not a lot of fatigue, and it&#39;s isometric, so there&#39;s even less fatigue. Depending on the race, you will always do some cardiorespiratory training and strength training, but ... you&#39;ll prioritise one or the other.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Naturally, fatigue, jet lag and emotional wellbeing come into the picture, too, and there&#39;s a lot of adjustment based on how the drivers are feeling.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;You have to programme smartly, but you need to adapt as well,&quot; Casanovas says. &quot;If a race weekend doesn&#39;t go well, it&#39;s really hard for a driver to go hard on a Tuesday, just mentally. Emotionally, you are not there, but also maybe sleep, and there&#39;s a million factors there.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;When you cross around six hours west [like to the U.S.], we know it takes four or five days to go back to normal strength levels, and we&#39;ve seen that in many sports. For those type of races, you prioritise more cardiorespiratory training, so it feels better and easier, and you don&#39;t want to hit a [personal best] in neck strength when you go to the U.S.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The 24 races on the calendar can be enough training on their own.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;You try to prepare yourself as much as you can before the season starts, just because you know you&#39;re going to be fighting through jet lag and so many races,&quot; Stake F1&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/5682/zhou-guanyu&quot;&gt;Zhou Guanyu&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;On the physical side, I think you get into a point that you&#39;re racing fit. You&#39;re doing so many races every single weekend and you&#39;re constantly in your seat, that really makes life a lot easier because the moment you step in the car, start the season, everything just gets very consistent through into the summer break.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The three-week summer break is not a complete break, as it is possible to lose fitness, and more importantly, lose the adaptation to heat exposure. Casanovas says, &quot;In six days, you lose a lot [of fitness] already. You lose a lot of adaptations to heat as well, which is very important for us -- around 2.5% every day ... when you&#39;re not exposed to heat.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In Singapore, that heat adaptation is crucial, as is going into the cockpit for two hours properly fuelled and hydrated and with a stable core temperature.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It&#39;s not all bad, though. Although the drivers&#39; nutrition is carefully planned -- Casanovas tells the Mercedes chefs what&#39;s on the menu for Russell, and they prepare it -- for Singapore they will eat more than usual to build up the energy in the days prior.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Carbohydrates are the priority for energy, a whopping 5g to 6g per kilo of bodyweight (about 0.08 to 0.1 ounce per pound), as well as protein, macronutrients and fats for recovery.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Eating that much carbohydrate is not that easy,&quot; Casanovas says, &quot;so don&#39;t be surprised if you see an athlete before a match or a race eating dessert because you need to top up those carbohydrate stores.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>ESPN&#39;s F1 Nate Saunders looks at some of the reasons why this could be the greatest Formula 1 season ever.</description>
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      <description>ESPN F1&#39;s Nate Saunders breaks down what the future could hold for Max Verstappen and Red Bull.</description>
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      <title>Singapore GP: Sergio Pérez, Carlos Sainz at peace after Baku crash</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Sergio Pérez was involved in a crash with Carlos Sainz in the Azerbaijan GP.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;SINGAPORE --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bd5a1ea6-d473-0c27-ed57-de339917fb73&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4472&quot;&gt;Sergio Pérez&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2f74d246-140a-cc42-c674-9364136693b7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4686&quot;&gt;Carlos Sainz&lt;/a&gt; cleared the air after their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/high-school/lacrosse/video/clip?id=41270631&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;crash at last week&#39;s Azerbaijan Grand Prix&lt;/a&gt; in an &quot;awkward&quot; 20-minute conversation while sat next to each other at the circuit&#39;s medical centre.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The pair tangled while fighting for third place on the penultimate lap, with the front right tyre of Pérez&#39;s car making contact with Sainz&#39;s right rear and sending the Ferrari car across the path of the Red Bull and into the wall.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Both drivers blamed the other afterwards, but the stewards deemed it a racing incident.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After any crash, drivers go to the medical centre for precautionary tests, and Sainz said this provided the opportunity to talk it over and for both to reflect on how cruel the sport can be.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We were awkwardly sat next to each other for 20 minutes in the medical centre, both with a heart rate monitor and controlling our vitals,&quot; Sainz said ahead of this week&#39;s Singapore Grand Prix.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We were looking at each other and saying: &#39;Mate, what the f--- happened there? And we were like: I don&#39;t know. But I promise I didn&#39;t do anything bad to you, Checo. I didn&#39;t close you off. I didn&#39;t do anything.&#39;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We were having this dialogue and trying to analyse what happened. And suddenly, after these 20 minutes, we were like ... this sport is so s--- sometimes! How can we be here and missing out on the podium? We had the podium.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Charles was dying on his hard tyres out there. We were probably both going to have a go at him. And we were both sitting there like: &#39;How on earth did we manage to not finish in the podium?&#39;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was a podium coming -- and in the end we kind of joked about it, so no hard feelings with each other.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Pérez&amp;nbsp;added: &quot;Once we took our helmets off, we realised that we screwed up, that finishing a race like that was really disappointing. We were in the medical centre, and they were both checking us up and we were all fine. We both wanted to leave as soon as possible because we were both super sad at the outcome.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After the crash, videos circulated on social media of the immediate aftermath of the crash.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Pérez&amp;nbsp;was the first to climb out of his car, and he walked over to Sainz&#39;s car to remonstrate with him -- footage showed him appearing to slap or hit the top of Sainz&#39;s head as he did so.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Both said the incident was completely blown out of proportion.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I was talking to him; I didn&#39;t push his head,&quot; Pérez said. &quot;It looks worse on the video than it is; obviously Carlos is one of my best mates in the drivers group. So the last person I would have like to come together with is with Carlos. But we&#39;ve turned a page, and hopefully both of us can have a tremendous race [in Singapore].&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sainz brushed off the moment too.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t remember it really. Honestly speaking, I couldn&#39;t remember if he touched my helmet anyway,&quot; Sainz said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I always take a bit of time to get out of my car because I need to do my belts, the head rest, while some drivers prefer not to, the drink tube, radio. I always take my time, and I think he used that time to agitatedly come to me to say something -- by the way, I could not hear what he said!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:51:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lewis Hamilton: &#39;Racial element&#39; to FIA boss&#39; &#39;rapper&#39; comments</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Lewis Hamilton is sixth in the F1 drivers&#39; championship. &quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0227d8e4-143d-e3a2-7cc0-155485276b3a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=868&quot;&gt;Lewis Hamilton&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;raised concerns over FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem comparing Formula 1 drivers swearing on team radio to &quot;rappers,&quot; saying there was a &quot;racial element&quot; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41326633/singapore-gp-max-verstappen-weighs-f1-swearing-row&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ben Sulayem&#39;s comments.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In an interview with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/exclusive-fia-asks-f1-to-limit-swearing-in-television-coverage/10655485/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Motorsport.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;Ben Sulayem said the FIA plans to clamp down on use of profanities over team radio, including removing offensive language from F1 broadcasts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We have to differentiate between our sport -- motorsport -- and rap music,&quot; Ben Sulayem told Motorsport.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;re not rappers, you know. They say the F-word how many times per minute? We are not on that. That&#39;s them and we are [us].&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;When asked about the comments, Hamilton said he understood the move to cut down on swearing for the benefit of younger audiences but took issue with the comparison.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;With what he&#39;s saying, I don&#39;t like how he&#39;s expressed it, saying that rappers is very stereotypical,&quot; Hamilton said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;You think about most rappers are Black. That really kind points it towards, when it says we&#39;re not like them.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;So I think those are the wrong choice of words, there&#39;s a racial element there. But as I said, I agree with the fact that I think [it needs] cleaning up a little bit.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;ESPN has approached the FIA for comment.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In March this year, amid controversies surrounding the governing body, Hamilton said Ben Sulayem has&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/39775584/fia-trust-weakened-f1-recent-scandals-controversy&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;never had his support.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The comments followed investigations by the FIA&#39;s compliance department into Ben Sulayem in which the FIA president cleared of wrongdoing, and news that F1 Academy boss &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ba18f7ec-ea97-b868-a499-101df7154aae&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4567&quot;&gt;Susie Wolff&lt;/a&gt; was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/39772923/f1-academy-boss-susie-wolff-files-criminal-complaint-fia&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;taking legal action&lt;/a&gt; against the FIA over a short-lived investigation into an alleged conflict of interest between Wolff and her husband, Toto.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The FIA&#39;s plans to cut down swearing over team radio became a major talking point during driver media engagements ahead of this weekend&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41311355/singapore-grand-prix-s-stats-predictions&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Singapore Grand Prix.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Speaking about the clampdown, Hamilton said younger drivers are less likely to censor their own language but that he now makes an effort not to use profanities.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;When I was 22, I didn&#39;t think of it as much and it was more your emotions are just firing, and you&#39;re saying whatever comes to mind, forgetting how many people are listening and the kids that are listening, all those kinds of things,&quot; Hamilton said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I agree in that sense that you listen to some of the younger drivers, and they just, they&#39;ve not got it yet.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;And at some stage, they probably will. I&#39;m sure if you put, like there&#39;s penalties for it, people will stop it. I don&#39;t know whether that&#39;s something that&#39;s needed. I definitely think there is a little bit too much of it.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s good to have some emotions. We&#39;re not robots. And for me, the way I control it is because there&#39;s like over 2,000 people that are working towards me having this position and being where I am.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve got a lot of followers of all ages. It&#39;s not about me. And even though I&#39;m having this experience on-track, what I do and what I say affects all those people who are sacrificing time with their families, who are giving absolutely everything to have this privileged position and opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I think it&#39;s just understanding that, and putting the aggression somewhere else. That&#39;s what I try and do.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:19:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Laurence Edmondson</author>
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      <title>Singapore GP: Max Verstappen weighs in on F1 swearing row</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Max Verstappen has hit back at suggestions for F1 drivers to mind their language on the team radio.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a1329d3d-acd6-21b7-e7f6-7b226047f683&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4665&quot;&gt;Max Verstappen&lt;/a&gt; said Formula 1 should not air team radio if the sport is concerned about bad language after the head of the governing FIA compared drivers to foul-mouthed rappers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Mohammed Ben Sulayem told &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/exclusive-fia-asks-f1-to-limit-swearing-in-television-coverage/10655485/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;motorsport.com&lt;/a&gt; that the FIA had asked Formula 1 management to minimise the amount of swearing on television. The Emirati said drivers also had a responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;re not rappers, you know,&quot; the FIA president was quoted as saying. &quot;They say the F-word how many times per minute? We are not on that.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Imagine you are sitting with your children and watching the race and then someone is saying all of this dirty language. I mean, what would your children or grandchildren say? What would you teach them if that is your sport?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Verstappen, asked about the comments moments after using the very same &quot;F-word&quot; in an FIA news conference at the Singapore Grand Prix to describe the state of his car, suggested the governing body was going too far.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Everyone swears, some people a bit more than others,&quot; Verstappen said. &quot;It also depends a bit what language you speak.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Of course, abuse is something else ... but I think a lot of things get broadcast nowadays where in other sports you don&#39;t run around with a mic attached to you.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;A lot of people say a lot of bad things when they are full of adrenaline in other sports; it just doesn&#39;t get picked up. Where here, probably also for entertainment purposes, things get sent out,&quot; he added.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s just probably a bit the world that we live in. ... I think it already just starts with not broadcasting it or not giving the option for people to hear it.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Of course, there are a lot of apps where people can listen to radios and stuff. You have to probably limit it, or have a bit of a delay, that you can censor out a few things. That will help a lot more than putting bans on drivers.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Formula 1 already bleeps out bad language on the global television feed, with some drivers in the past also deliberately swearing in radio exchanges with the pit wall to prevent information from being broadcast more widely.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Verstappen suggested the FIA was fighting a losing battle anyway.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Excuse me for the language, but, like, what are we? Five-year-olds? Six-year-olds?&quot; he asked.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Even if a 5-year-old or 6-year-old is watching, I mean, they will eventually swear anyway. Even if the parents won&#39;t, or they will not allow it, when they grow up, they will walk around with their friends and they will be swearing.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;So, you know, this is not changing anything.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:11:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Singapore GP: Daniel Ricciardo says race unlikely his last</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Daniel Ricciardo&#39;s future with RB remains uncertain.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;SINGAPORE -- Daniel Ricciardo&#39;s Formula 1 future looks increasingly unclear but the Australian has downplayed suggestions ahead of this week&#39;s Singapore Grand Prix that the night race will be his last in the sport.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Reports after Baku suggested Ricciardo is set to be replaced at RB by Red Bull junior Liam Lawson, in a move which might even come into effect this season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A clause in Lawson&#39;s contract said that if Red Bull had not found him a race seat by Sept. 15, the day of the Baku race, then they had to provide him with one in either of its teams next year -- multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN the details of that clause are correct.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sources at Red Bull and those close to both Ricciardo and Lawson appear unsure about the situation or the way the decision will go -- it is understood racing advisor Helmut Marko is keen for Lawson to step up to the company&#39;s second team, but Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has always been an advocate of Ricciardo staying on.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Asked on Thursday if Sunday&#39;s race would be his last in the sport, Ricciardo said: &quot;I don&#39;t think so, but, I also don&#39;t want to stand here and be the lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Look, I would say no, but also we know how this sport works. People have not seen through a season before. It&#39;s nothing new in some ways. So I don&#39;t want to also be, &#39;oh, 100%, I&#39;ll bet all my house on it&#39;. I&#39;ve been around too long.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Ricciardo said his understanding is the talk behind the scenes about Lawson is all about 2025 and not the coming set of races.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;My first expectation is about next year,&quot; Ricciardo said. &quot;So that&#39;s, let&#39;s say, where I&#39;m at at the moment. It&#39;s where I&#39;m at. I can&#39;t give too many details, in terms of contracts, yeah, our dates pretty much come into this window now. Basically I do expect a yes or a no for &#39;25.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;And then yeah, I know there&#39;s obviously, I&#39;m aware of some talk and speculation about the rest of the season. But that for me at the moment, I&#39;m unaware of. The decision I expect is for next year. Obviously crazy things have happened in this sport. I&#39;m also not going to stand here too boastful and confident and &#39;oh yeah yeah&#39;. Like, I believe I will be, but let&#39;s obviously see.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Ricciardo has struggled to find consistency this year and the hype which accompanied his return to AlphaTauri, as RB was known last season, has slowly died out. The original goal of his comeback was to eventually replace &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bd5a1ea6-d473-0c27-ed57-de339917fb73&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4472&quot;&gt;Sergio Pérez&lt;/a&gt; at Red Bull and that was even speculated as a possibility ahead of the summer break, but that never came to fruition and appears to have disappeared as a legitimate outcome given his form this year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Liam Lawson has been touted as a replacement for Daniel Ricciardo at RB.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Ricciardo suggested the rumours have always sounded louder outside the team than within, joking that they would probably go away again with another strong weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;These are things that, as you say, I think as early as probably Japan or Miami, I don&#39;t know, there was, am I even going to rock up to the next race? I didn&#39;t hear that from the team. But obviously there&#39;s noise about that. You hear that one week, and then I put two good races together and Checo doesn&#39;t, and I&#39;m, oh, am I going to be in the Red Bull in the summer break?&quot;Ricciardo said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;So yeah look, I think the main thing is try not to get too high, try not to get too low. At the end of the day, focus on myself. That&#39;s where I probably learned as well from the past, not to get bogged down in too much other stuff, because that will always be there, that will always exist. Control the controllables. And that&#39;s me putting my best foot forwards, and making sure I&#39;m loving what I&#39;m doing. As much as the year has had some highs and lows, and even now, standing here today there&#39;s a lot of pressure and speculation. I still am happy to be here.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sauber has the only available seat away from RB for next year, but Ricciardo has not received a serious approach from the team about a drive.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He suggested he would not look elsewhere if RB went with Lawson, despite rekindling his passion since returning.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I definitely have fallen back in love with the sport, post-2022. Yeah, like I&#39;ve enjoyed this season, even if I haven&#39;t been stoked with every weekend that I&#39;ve done. I&#39;ve enjoyed going racing, I&#39;ve enjoyed the competition again and driving,&quot;Ricciardo said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;So from that point of view, I still have a lot of love for the sport, but I also have to remind myself, &#39;OK, why did I come back?&#39;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was to try and be at the front again. I enjoy it. But when you&#39;re not in the points, for sure it&#39;s less enjoyable. I&#39;m also 35, I&#39;ve been at the front, I&#39;ve experienced the champagne.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s like I don&#39;t want to hang onto something that might not ever come to fruition again. I&#39;ve certainly had those conversations in my head. So yeah. I wouldn&#39;t say that I would jump at any opportunity next year, that&#39;s not the case. I&#39;d probably say peace [out].&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:42:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Nate Saunders</author>
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      <title>Haas&#39; Kevin Magnussen urges FIA to trust F1 drivers after ban</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;After missing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/report/_/gameId/18826&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Azerbaijan Grand Prix&lt;/a&gt; weekend due to a one-race ban, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;319b3c0e-437d-afd0-a48f-a95f03406079&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4623&quot;&gt;Kevin Magnussen&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;called on the FIA to trust drivers to race each other rather than handing out penalties.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Following an on-track incident with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;407a37ec-77e1-097f-6f4f-2a3149009643&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=5501&quot;&gt;Pierre Gasly&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/race/_/id/600041148&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Italian Grand Prix&lt;/a&gt;, Magnussen became the first Formula 1 driver to have his &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41083366/italian-gp-haas-kevin-magnussen-due-race-ban-amid-penalties&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;superlicence suspended&lt;/a&gt; for accruing 12 penalty points in a 12-month period.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The penalty points system, which was introduced in 2014, has come under criticism from some drivers since Magnussen was given his ban, and the Dane, who watched the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from his gym at home, believes the sport&#39;s governing body should rethink its approach to penalties.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I can feel the FIA know it&#39;s not the right way at the moment,&quot; he said. &quot;Hopefully they will open up and realize they need to trust the drivers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Of course there are things you have to clamp down on. There are things, like moving under braking, and reacting to movement, there are dangerous things that you should clamp down on. But the little things, just let it go.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Although Magnussen said he did not change his approach based on his penalty point count, he believes the system is not conducive for good racing.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;That my own opinion is it&#39;s not a great situation for F1, I think, to restrict racing in that way,&quot; he said. &quot;It feels bad when the sport you love so much changes in a way you don&#39;t appreciate.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I think I&#39;m certainly one that, I like hard racing, and I think that&#39;s a big part of the beauty of motorsport, is the battles. The on the limit and slightly over, that balance between going slightly over and under the limit is what makes your race.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;At the moment, it feels like they&#39;re punishing ridiculous things. I&#39;d like to see, personally as a Formula 1 fan, I&#39;d like to see the sport open up again and allowing the great racing that can be seen on-track.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Kevin Magnussen received a one-race ban after accruing 12 penalty points in a 12-month period.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Magnussen is due to leave F1 at the end of the year when Haas switches to an all-new driver lineup of &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;323bb04f-526d-3e7d-8c96-5a066319c984&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=5789&quot;&gt;Oliver Bearman&lt;/a&gt;, who substituted for Magnussen in Baku, and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9c2577ad-ed37-e758-8baf-fdd0d4f048a8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4678&quot;&gt;Esteban Ocon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;When it was put to Magnussen that he now has zero points on his superlicence and seven races left to push the limits, he joked: &quot;Yeah exactly! I mean, it&#39;s kind of... you get punished, and then you come back, and you&#39;re like all ready to... f--- s--- up now!&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s funny how that works. In a way, it hasn&#39;t really affected me. I think with those points, it was annoying to have the knowledge that the next time anything happens, there&#39;s a race ban.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s nice to know that&#39;s not a factor any more. But I actually don&#39;t think it has affected me in how I&#39;ve driven. I&#39;ve really tried to say look, I need to crack on here, and whatever happens happens.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:29:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>McLaren to run one-off livery at Singapore Grand Prix</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;McLaren&#39;s Oscar Piastri won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku last weekend.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;SINGAPORE -- McLaren will run a one-off livery at the Singapore Grand Prix inspired by its iconic Marlboro-sponsored cars that raced between 1981 and 1996.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The design features white sections along with the team&#39;s usual papaya orange in a nod to the cars raced by legendary drivers such as Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Niki Lauda.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The names of 13 of the team&#39;s past drivers will be integrated into the design around the cockpit.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The reimagined design, which will only race in Singapore, has been designed in conjunction with current sponsor cryptocurrency company OKX.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Between 1981 and 1996, McLaren&#39;s livery remained largely unchanged with a red and white design as part of its title sponsorship deal with Philip Morris cigarette brand Marlboro.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The livery is strongly associated with the team&#39;s success -- McLaren won seven drivers&#39; titles and seven constructors&#39; titles in the colours -- as well as legacy of Senna, who won all three of his titles in Marlboro-sponsored cars.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McLaren moved into the lead of the constructors&#39; standings at the last round in Azerbaijan, while &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b00a7b05-804d-d278-6b3b-2b480ed8bef8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=5579&quot;&gt;Lando Norris&lt;/a&gt; is attempting to close down a 59-point deficit to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a1329d3d-acd6-21b7-e7f6-7b226047f683&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4665&quot;&gt;Max Verstappen&lt;/a&gt; in the drivers&#39; championship at the final seven races.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;RB, Red Bull&#39;s junior team, will also run a revised livery this weekend featuring denim-style sections on the car in a collaboration with sponsor Hugo.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Bespoke racing suits have also been designed for drivers &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7127580e-8bc7-128a-d383-042f648b8e1c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4510&quot;&gt;Daniel Ricciardo&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2ea23589-3ee6-318a-8e2b-db078f9c7ec4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=5652&quot;&gt;Yuki Tsunoda&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a1329d3d-acd6-21b7-e7f6-7b226047f683&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&amp;amp;driverId=4665&quot;&gt;Max Verstappen&lt;/a&gt; &#39;s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase will step up into a more senior role at Red Bull as part of a restructure to replace outgoing sporting director Jonathan Wheatley.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/40697547/audi-f1-signs-red-bull-director-wheatley-team-principal&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Wheatley will join Sauber as team principal in early 2025&lt;/a&gt;, a year before it becomes Audi.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Red Bull has decided not to fill his old role like for like, instead promoting a number of figures from within the race team which has won three straight drivers&#39; and two straight constructors&#39; championships.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lambiase, known to F1 fans as &quot;GP&quot; from his long association with Verstappen and his back and forths with the Dutchman over the radio during races, will move from head of race engineering into the newly created head of racing.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lambiase will continue his duties with Verstappen from the pit-wall but also take responsibility for the race, heritage and car-build teams, while also overseeing all things relating to the strategy group and the sporting regulations.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He will report into technical director Pierre Wache.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;One of Wheatley&#39;s key roles was as Red Bull&#39;s representative in matters with the governing FIA -- most notably, when either of the drivers are summoned to the stewards during a race weekend or when the team lodges an appeal or protest against a rival team.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That responsibility will now go to Steve Knowles who is stepping up from senior strategy engineer to acting head of sporting matters, and will report directly to Lambiase.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Max Verstappen&#39;s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase has been promoted within Red Bull.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Red Bull has always been keen to stress the strength in depth of its race operation and the elevation of existing team members to replace the long-serving Wheatley is testimony to that belief.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Wheatley&#39;s departure coincides with Adrian Newey&#39;s, with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/41202757/adrian-newey-f1-foremost-designer-joins-aston-martin&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;design legend set to start work for Aston Martin&lt;/a&gt; on the eve of the 2025 season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;As part of the reshuffle, Rich Wolverson has moved up to head of race team operations, managing the day-to-day operations of the race team.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gerrard O&#39;Reilly has been promoted to head of race team support and logistics while chief mechanic Phil Turner will become race team factory operations manager.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Mercedes will run a one-off livery at this weekend&#39;s Singapore Grand Prix.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The car will be predominantly green in recognition of the team&#39;s title sponsor Petronas celebrating its 50th anniversary.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Mercedes&#39; regular livery this season has been black and silver, but in Singapore the silver sections will be replaced by Petronas&#39; corporate colour.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Our partnership with Petronas is our longest standing and still going strong,&quot; team boss Toto Wolff said. &quot;For any company to reach its 50th anniversary is an incredible milestone. To do so having grown to one of the foremost global energy companies is incredibly impressive.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We look forward to continuing our relationship for many more years to come, and with exciting challenges ahead such as the introduction of sustainable fuels in 2026.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;This livery is therefore not only a celebration of their 50th anniversary, but a reflection of Petronas&#39; importance in our team&#39;s story and honours our journey together.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton added: &quot;The livery looks incredible. I can&#39;t wait to see it on the car in the garage tomorrow and then to get behind-the-wheel on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I am sure the fans will love seeing it up close and it will shine brightly under the lights of Singapore.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>How Piastri went from Alpine question mark to McLaren winner</title>
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/f1/&quot;&gt;Formula 1&lt;/a&gt; sophomore sensation &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/5752/oscar-piastri&quot;&gt;Oscar Piastri&lt;/a&gt; looks like the real deal: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/f1/report/_/id/600041149&quot;&gt;the McLaren driver&#39;s standout Azerbaijan Grand Prix victory&lt;/a&gt; had all &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/f1/story/_/id/41276045/oscar-piastri-baku-aszerbaijan-win-shows-hes-f1-champion-making&quot;&gt;the hallmarks of a future world champion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Piastri&#39;s first F1 win at the Hungarian Grand Prix felt muddied slightly by the clumsy and prolonged back-and-forth between McLaren and teammate &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/5579/lando-norris&quot;&gt;Lando Norris&lt;/a&gt; about the latter moving over to give the Australian the lead; the team had inadvertently swapped the pair around through their strategy calls. There was nothing to overshadow his second. It was a breakthrough performance that will be difficult to replicate in a hurry.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He&#39;s been on a remarkable journey to this point. Little more than two years ago, Piastri&#39;s future could not have been less clear.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In August 2022, Alpine put out a news release stating that the boy wonder who had won Formula 3 and Formula 2 in the previous seasons would be racing for them the following season. On the surface, there was nothing unusual about that; Piastri had been a member of the Alpine driver academy and felt like the future face of their F1 programme.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;His iconic reply changed the course of F1 history.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Piastri had been in contact with McLaren CEO Zak Brown about replacing &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/4510/daniel-ricciardo&quot;&gt;Daniel Ricciardo&lt;/a&gt;. The door had been left open by Alpine&#39;s dithering over his future. The French team had backed themselves into a corner by signing &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/4678/esteban-ocon&quot;&gt;Esteban Ocon&lt;/a&gt; to a longer deal, and then struggled to decide on whether to stick with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/348/fernando-alonso&quot;&gt;Fernando Alonso&lt;/a&gt; or twist with Piastri, and in the end saw both drivers walk to rival teams.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McLaren eventually got Piastri after a court hearing. It was rough early on; McLaren&#39;s 2023 season started so poorly that the team sacked technical director James Key. Eighteen months later, it is leading the constructors&#39; championship and might well have a sniff at the drivers&#39; title with Norris. Piastri never imagined it would turn around so spectacularly.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Even in those 18 months, the benefit of making that decision has gone through a hell of a rollercoaster,&quot; he said to ESPN in Monza of his move from Alpine to McLaren. &quot;For me, regardless of results, there was a lot of things on both sides of that story that led to me joining McLaren. I more or less knew or had the expectation McLaren would be a midfield team. To then go towards a tail-end team in the first part of last year to potentially a championship-winning team now, I couldn&#39;t have predicted it in my wildest dreams.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Of course you want to be in the best team you can and have a chance of winning races and championships, but at that time it wasn&#39;t about that, firstly it was just about getting into F1 and being at a team that wanted me and supported me. And to be honest, the success that we&#39;ve had so early on has been a massive bonus. It&#39;s turned out to be a hell of a lot better than anyone expected, but it would have been a good decision no matter where it went.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Brown&#39;s swoop for Piastri will likely go down as one of the best in F1&#39;s recent history. His drivers now both have two career victories apiece.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;While having two drivers of championship calibre is a good problem to have, the headaches for McLaren have mounted in recent weeks. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/f1/story/_/id/41122173/did-mclaren-jeopardise-f1-title-bid-team-harmony-monza&quot;&gt;The team&#39;s &quot;Papaya rules&quot; made headlines at the Italian Grand Prix&lt;/a&gt;, where Ferrari&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/5498/charles-leclerc&quot;&gt;Charles Leclerc&lt;/a&gt; snatched a win from under their noses, and the build-up to the Baku race was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/41228360/azerbaijan-gp-mclaren-prioritise-lando-norris-oscar-piastri&quot;&gt;the team&#39;s decision to prioritise Norris when the situation called for it&lt;/a&gt;. Ironically, Norris played a key role in Piastri&#39;s victory on Sunday by holding up Red Bull&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/racing/driver/_/id/4472/sergio-perez&quot;&gt;Sergio Pérez&lt;/a&gt; at a crucial moment in the pit-stop phase. The team&#39;s reward was the lead in the constructors&#39; championship for the first time since 2014.&

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        &lt;p&gt;Payton, 30, is from the New Orleans area and played college basketball at the University of Louisiana, just a two-hour drive west.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;He previously played with New Orleans during the 2018-19 season and had perhaps his best NBA season. He averaged 10.6 points and career highs in assists per game (7.6) and rebounds per game (5.2). During the late stage of that season, Payton recorded consecutive games with a triple-double.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Guard&amp;nbsp;Izaiah Brockington also is set to join the Pelicans on a camp deal, sources said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Brockington played one game with the Pelicans last season and spent time with the team&#39;s G-League affiliate, the Birmingham Squadron. He also spent the past two summers with New Orleans&#39; summer league team.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;New Orleans is holding training camp in Nashville this season as renovations are still ongoing at the practice facility in Metairie, Lousiana.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Payton&#39;s and Brockington&#39;s deals were negotiated by agents Darrell Comer and Jim Tanner at Tandem Sports + Entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/252660/kiyan-anthony&quot;&gt;Kiyan Anthony&lt;/a&gt; knows better than most about his father&#39;s legacy at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;df8689b0-feaf-e055-1f49-b38677b45c1a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/183/syracuse-orange&quot;&gt;Syracuse&lt;/a&gt;, which is one of the finalists for the No. 36 prospect and four-star recruit in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/view/espnu100&quot;&gt;2025 ESPN 100 rankings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Before a decorated NBA career, Carmelo Anthony led the Orange to the 2003 national championship as a freshman. He also donated a significant sum of money to the school&#39;s basketball facility, which now bears his name.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Despite those family ties, Kiyan Anthony said that his father and mother, La La Anthony, have not nudged him to pick Syracuse.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;[My father] never pushes me to go to Syracuse just because his name is on the gym,&quot; Anthony told ESPN on Wednesday ahead of the release of the second season of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwAJmz6sVZ0&amp;amp;t=32s&quot;&gt;&quot;The Evolu7ion&quot; on YouTube with Overtime&lt;/a&gt;. &quot;He did so much at Syracuse. He knows that I&#39;m my own person. I&#39;ve just got to make my own decision at the end of the day.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;If it is Syracuse -- I go there a lot and I practice, I work out there -- if it is that, that&#39;s what it is. But he&#39;s never going to say, &#39;You got to go to Syracuse. You got to go there because I went there.&#39; He&#39;s not going to make me follow in his footsteps unless I really want to.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Anthony said he will choose from his list of finalists -- Syracuse, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;381c82ac-22fb-e25c-879f-496fd0ca8f10&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2/auburn-tigers&quot;&gt;Auburn&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;631953ff-0e47-b5d9-f5ff-c7afbe96e363&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/30/usc-trojans&quot;&gt;USC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7215a749-b7bf-2070-9f19-43b57de35bf2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/52/florida-state-seminoles&quot;&gt;Florida State&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d6fdad20-942f-18ec-c5cb-eb8c7cf4e6c3&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/194/ohio-state-buckeyes&quot;&gt;Ohio State&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;425c8e51-59d0-75a1-0815-dc3556c5cfda&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/164/rutgers-scarlet-knights&quot;&gt;Rutgers&lt;/a&gt; -- in the next two months and he expects to take another visit to Syracuse before his final decision.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;At Long Island Lutheran High School in Brookville, New York, Anthony&#39;s career has been scrutinized because of family. His father is a likely Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and his mother is an actress and celebrity with 15 million Instagram followers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;On his YouTube show, Anthony hopes to show what it&#39;s like to face the attention he&#39;s had since he was a child. But he also loves that his friends and teammates get a chance to share the spotlight with him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;My friends maybe not having the same opportunities as I have, I&#39;m the one that&#39;s tried to bring them along with me,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;I don&#39;t want to make them feel left out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Anthony, a 6-foot-5 guard, also said he wants to prove that he&#39;s more than a scorer. Some of his offensive exploits, including a 15-point effort at Rucker Park in April, have gone viral, but he said he&#39;s working on showcasing his playmaking abilities in his final high school season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;And while his connection with his father draws most of the headlines, he said his mother has also played a pivotal role in his development.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I would say everybody sees when the cameras are on [my dad] and then they&#39;re on me because I&#39;m playing good, but I would say my mom does a lot more background stuff. Like, when I&#39;m going through something or I need somebody to talk to, my mom is definitely the person,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;And she&#39;s the one who really pushes me to get in the gym, even if I don&#39;t want to. To go to school and stay on top of my grades and stuff like that.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;From the moment he picked up a basketball, Anthony was tied to the school where his father made basketball history as a one-and-done star who led the Orange to a national title over &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;83fb6648-677a-1a40-715d-5fa16287399a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2305/kansas-jayhawks&quot;&gt;Kansas&lt;/a&gt;. And while he&#39;s always thought about the possibility of becoming the next member of the Anthony family to don a Syracuse jersey, those close to him will not pressure him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said his next visit to Syracuse and his other finalists, however, will influence his decision. His parents will play a role as the process unfolds, he said, but they won&#39;t decide his future.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Even though I know basically the whole world wants me to go to Syracuse, I still haven&#39;t made the decision yet and I still have to talk to the coaches some more and really get into detail -- like what other players are coming, how they want me to play, how I&#39;ll be coached and stuff like that,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;So I still have to finish up my visits, and then, ultimately, just make a decision. I will rely on my parents a lot with their advice and how they think a school fits me.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The NFL and NBA see positives and negatives in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/sports-betting/story/_/id/41234480/congressmen-propose-new-federal-regulations-sports-betting&quot;&gt;federal sports betting bill introduced in Congress last week&lt;/a&gt; that includes advertising restrictions and prohibitions on live wagering, according to sources familiar with the leagues&#39; positions.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Supporting Affordability and Fairness with Every Bet Act -- or SAFE Bet Act -- would prohibit sportsbook advertising from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and during live sports broadcasts. It would also ban bets on individual college athletes and in-game wagers on professional or college sports, something the NCAA has been lobbying for in states.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The league sources expect a lengthy legislative process with many adjustments to the SAFE Bet Act. The proposed ban on sportsbook advertising raised eyebrows at the leagues, according to sources.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sportsbooks spent an estimated $22.9 million on 66 minutes of national linear TV ads during live NFL games the past two weeks, according to iSpot.TV, a company that measures the brand and business impact of TV and streaming advertising. The sportsbooks&#39; ad spend ranked sixth among all industries, and the airtime ranked eighth. Both figures are down approximately 15% from the first two weeks of last season, according to iSpot.TV.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The elimination of live betting -- an increasingly popular form of wagering that takes place during games -- is also likely to be a sticking point for the NFL and NBA and sportsbooks, according to the sources.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;An NFL source told ESPN that the league is appreciative of legislative interest, especially any provisions in the SAFE Bet Act designed to help protect the integrity of the league and help combat game manipulation.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;At the same time, though, we&#39;re concerned that there might be some unintended consequences on some of these provisions,&quot; the league source said. &quot;They&#39;re ripe for further discussion.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Major League Baseball and the NHL did not respond to requests for comment from ESPN.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;An NCAA spokesperson told ESPN that the organization welcomes the SAFE Bet Act, particularly the provision that bans prop bets on individual college athletes, and supports national standards that &quot;protect competition integrity&quot; and &quot;educate young people about the dangers of sports betting.&quot; Betting on individual collegiate players is banned in 18 of the 38 states that offer legal betting, according to the NCAA.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;An NBA source told ESPN that the league is monitoring the legislation and believes it is &quot;at the starting point to a very lengthy process.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;NBA commissioner Adam Silver emphasized his continued support for a federal framework for sports betting at the league&#39;s board of governors meeting Sept. 11, saying the &quot;hodgepodge&quot; of state-by-state regulations makes monitoring betting more difficult.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Silver became the first acting league commissioner in the U.S. to come out in support of legalizing sports betting nearly 10 years ago, in an op-ed in The New York Times.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I certainly don&#39;t regret writing that op-ed and being in favor of legalized sports betting,&quot; Silver said at the board of governors meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The SAFE Bet Act was introduced last week by Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who are alarmed by increases in calls to problem gambling helplines as legal betting has spread to 38 states and the District of Columbia.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Fantasy basketball mock draft: 10-team H2H points league</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The ESPN &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/fantasy/mens-basketball/&quot;&gt;fantasy basketball&lt;/a&gt; experts got together for their first mock draft of the 2024-25 NBA season, using a 10-team H2H points format.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If you&#39;re new to fantasy hoops and looking to try it out for the first time, here is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://preview.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/20783155/espn-fantasy-basketball-101-how-play&quot;&gt;tutorial of all the basics&lt;/a&gt;. From there, it&#39;s easy to grab a handful of people, &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/welcome&quot;&gt;set up a draft&lt;/a&gt; and have some fun! Before that, though, it&#39;s always smart to spend a little time preparing with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://fantasy.espn.com/basketball/mockdraftlobby&quot;&gt;mock draft&lt;/a&gt; of your own.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;inline1&gt;&lt;/inline1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That said, this mock draft should help shine some light on what things will look like in most real fantasy drafts this season ... at least in H2H points leagues.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Where did &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e8844b2-d923-3926-82d2-f19a29d69490&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a2edb458-a371-3fba-ba5a-b24dd2fd2d9e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt; get picked? How far did aging stars like &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5dda51f1-50c9-66e1-2026-400b73f34fad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;dc324fde-eee8-98e2-09ac-d31d8ad9909e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;35b0f455-b1df-0986-121d-27d2b6c18122&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden&quot;&gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;87ff907c-c68c-a82d-1215-37e05d0c62ef&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard&quot;&gt;Kawhi Leonard&lt;/a&gt; fall? And which players stood out as the top values in the middle and late rounds?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The participants of our 10-team H2H points mock, in order of draft position, were as follows: Joe Kaiser, Eric Moody, Michael Schwartz, Andre Snellings, Eric Karabell, Tom Carpenter, Matt Williams, Steve Alexander, Jim McCormick and Keith Lipscomb.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 1&lt;/h2&gt;
        1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic&quot;&gt;Nikola Jokic&lt;/a&gt;, Den, C (C1) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt;, SA, C (C2) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic&quot;&gt;Luka Doncic&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG (PG1) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278073/shai-gilgeous-alexander&quot;&gt;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PG (PG2) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo&quot;&gt;Giannis Antetokounmpo&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF/C (PF1) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3155942/domantas-sabonis&quot;&gt;Domantas Sabonis&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PF/C (C3) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        7. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3059318/joel-embiid&quot;&gt;Joel Embiid&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, C (C4) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        8. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, Min, SG/SF (SG1) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        9. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065648/jayson-tatum&quot;&gt;Jayson Tatum&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SF/PF (PF2) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396993/tyrese-haliburton&quot;&gt;Tyrese Haliburton&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PG/SG (PG3) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 2&lt;/h2&gt;
        11. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934672/jalen-brunson&quot;&gt;Jalen Brunson&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PG (PG4) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        12. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PF/C (C5) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        13. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277905/trae-young&quot;&gt;Trae Young&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PG (PG5) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        14. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PF (PF3) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        15. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4279888/ja-morant&quot;&gt;Ja Morant&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PG (PG6) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        16. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066259/de&#39;aaron-fox&quot;&gt;De&#39;Aaron Fox&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PG (PG7) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        17. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908809/donovan-mitchell&quot;&gt;Donovan Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG/SG (SG2) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        18. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SF/PF (SF1) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        19. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136193/devin-booker&quot;&gt;Devin Booker&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (PG8) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        20. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PG (PG9) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 3&lt;/h2&gt;
        21. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433134/scottie-barnes&quot;&gt;Scottie Barnes&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF/PF (SF2) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        22. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432816/lamelo-ball&quot;&gt;LaMelo Ball&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, PG (PG10) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        23. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3149673/pascal-siakam&quot;&gt;Pascal Siakam&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PF (PF4) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        24. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871144/alperen-sengun&quot;&gt;Alperen Sengun&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, C (C6) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        25. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6606/damian-lillard&quot;&gt;Damian Lillard&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PG (PG11) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        26. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431678/tyrese-maxey&quot;&gt;Tyrese Maxey&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, PG/SG (PG12) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        27. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432573/paolo-banchero&quot;&gt;Paolo Banchero&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (PF5) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        28. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving&quot;&gt;Kyrie Irving&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG/SG (PG13) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        29. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden&quot;&gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, PG/SG (PG14) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        30. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433255/chet-holmgren&quot;&gt;Chet Holmgren&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (C7) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 4&lt;/h2&gt;
        31. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3917376/jaylen-brown&quot;&gt;Jaylen Brown&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SG/SF (SF3) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        32. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432166/cade-cunningham&quot;&gt;Cade Cunningham&lt;/a&gt;, Det, PG/SG (PG15) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        33. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4593803/jalen-williams&quot;&gt;Jalen Williams&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PF (PF6) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        34. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395651/coby-white&quot;&gt;Coby White&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, PG/SG (PG16) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        35. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray&quot;&gt;Dejounte Murray&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (SG3) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        36. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066261/bam-adebayo&quot;&gt;Bam Adebayo&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, C (C8) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        37. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395628/zion-williamson&quot;&gt;Zion Williamson&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PF (PF7) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        38. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6478/nikola-vucevic&quot;&gt;Nikola Vucevic&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, C (C9) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        39. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066336/lauri-markkanen&quot;&gt;Lauri Markkanen&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, SF/PF (PF8) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        40. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (SF4) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 5&lt;/h2&gt;
        41. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136195/karl-anthony-towns&quot;&gt;Karl-Anthony Towns&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (C10) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        42. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3936299/jamal-murray&quot;&gt;Jamal Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (PG17) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        43. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066320/desmond-bane&quot;&gt;Desmond Bane&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, SG/SF (SG4) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        44. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4437244/jalen-green&quot;&gt;Jalen Green&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (SG5) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        45. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701230/jalen-johnson&quot;&gt;Jalen Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PF (PF9) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        46. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066383/miles-bridges&quot;&gt;Miles Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SF/PF (SF5) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        47. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6430/jimmy-butler&quot;&gt;Jimmy Butler&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF/PF (SF6) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        48. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4251/paul-george&quot;&gt;Paul George&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SF/PF (SF7) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        49. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395724/immanuel-quickley&quot;&gt;Immanuel Quickley&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PG/SG (PG18) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        50. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277961/jaren-jackson-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaren Jackson Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PF/C (C11) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 6&lt;/h2&gt;
        51. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136776/d&#39;angelo-russell&quot;&gt;D&#39;Angelo Russell&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PG/SG (PG19) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        52. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064514/julius-randle&quot;&gt;Julius Randle&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PF (PF10) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        53. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133628/myles-turner&quot;&gt;Myles Turner&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, C (C12) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        54. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278067/nic-claxton&quot;&gt;Nic Claxton&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, C (C13) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        55. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2991230/fred-vanvleet&quot;&gt;Fred VanVleet&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PG (PG20) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        56. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white&quot;&gt;Derrick White&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (SG6) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        57. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard&quot;&gt;Kawhi Leonard&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, SF/PF (SF8) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        58. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4566434/franz-wagner&quot;&gt;Franz Wagner&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (SF9) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        59. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt;, Min, C (C14) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        60. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6477/jonas-valanciunas&quot;&gt;Jonas Valanciunas&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, C (C15) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 7&lt;/h2&gt;
        61. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396907/darius-garland&quot;&gt;Darius Garland&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG (PG21) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        62. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432174/cam-thomas&quot;&gt;Cam Thomas&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, SG (SG7) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        63. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432158/evan-mobley&quot;&gt;Evan Mobley&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PF/C (PF11) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        64. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4351851/anfernee-simons&quot;&gt;Anfernee Simons&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG/SG (SG8) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        65. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134907/kyle-kuzma&quot;&gt;Kyle Kuzma&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, SF/PF (PF12) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        66. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433287/brandon-miller&quot;&gt;Brandon Miller&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SG/SF (SF10) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        67. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064440/zach-lavine&quot;&gt;Zach LaVine&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (SG9) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        68. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871145/josh-giddey&quot;&gt;Josh Giddey&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (SG10) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        69. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066328/jarrett-allen&quot;&gt;Jarrett Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, C (C16) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        70. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3147657/mikal-bridges&quot;&gt;Mikal Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (SF11) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 8&lt;/h2&gt;
        71. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield&quot;&gt;Buddy Hield&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG/SF (SG11) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        72. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3913176/brandon-ingram&quot;&gt;Brandon Ingram&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF (SF12) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        73. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278104/michael-porter-jr.&quot;&gt;Michael Porter Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Den, SF (SF13) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        74. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684740/amen-thompson&quot;&gt;Amen Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SF/PF (SF14) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        75. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell&quot;&gt;Devin Vassell&lt;/a&gt;, SA, SG/SF (SG12) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        76. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701232/mark-williams&quot;&gt;Mark Williams&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, C (C17) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        77. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102531/kristaps-porzingis&quot;&gt;Kristaps Porzingis&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PF/C (C18) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        78. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2490149/cj-mccollum&quot;&gt;CJ McCollum&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (SG13) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        79. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277956/jordan-poole&quot;&gt;Jordan Poole&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, PG/SG (SG14) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        80. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3995/jrue-holiday&quot;&gt;Jrue Holiday&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (PG22) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 9&lt;/h2&gt;
        81. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066457/austin-reaves&quot;&gt;Austin Reaves&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SG/SF (SG15) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        82. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433621/jalen-duren&quot;&gt;Jalen Duren&lt;/a&gt;, Det, C (C19) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        83. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6580/bradley-beal&quot;&gt;Bradley Beal&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, SG/SF (SF15) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        84. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3468/russell-westbrook&quot;&gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (PG23) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        85. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3448/brook-lopez&quot;&gt;Brook Lopez&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, C (C20) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        86. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6440/tobias-harris&quot;&gt;Tobias Harris&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (PF13) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        87. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433218/jaden-ivey&quot;&gt;Jaden Ivey&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SG (SG16) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        88. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3037789/bogdan-bogdanovic&quot;&gt;Bogdan Bogdanovic&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, SG/SF (SG17) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        89. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395725/tyler-herro&quot;&gt;Tyler Herro&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (SG18) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        90. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102530/jusuf-nurkic&quot;&gt;Jusuf Nurkic&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, C (C21) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 10&lt;/h2&gt;
        91. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683021/deni-avdija&quot;&gt;Deni Avdija&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SF/PF (SF16) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        92. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4222252/isaiah-hartenstein&quot;&gt;Isaiah Hartenstein&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (C22) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        93. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395625/rj-barrett&quot;&gt;RJ Barrett&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF (SF17) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        94. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433247/jonathan-kuminga&quot;&gt;Jonathan Kuminga&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF (PF14) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        95. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431684/trayce-jackson-davis&quot;&gt;Trayce Jackson-Davis&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (PF15) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        96. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277811/collin-sexton&quot;&gt;Collin Sexton&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PG/SG (SG19) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        97. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432848/jaime-jaquez-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaime Jaquez Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF (SF18) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        98. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3074752/terry-rozier&quot;&gt;Terry Rozier&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (PG24) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        99. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6609/khris-middleton&quot;&gt;Khris Middleton&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, SF (SF19) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        100. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594327/keegan-murray&quot;&gt;Keegan Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (PF16) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 11&lt;/h2&gt;
        101. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3062679/josh-hart&quot;&gt;Josh Hart&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (SF20) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        102. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396971/naz-reid&quot;&gt;Naz Reid&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (C23) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        103. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432639/jabari-smith-jr.&quot;&gt;Jabari Smith Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PF/C (PF17) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        104. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278049/daniel-gafford&quot;&gt;Daniel Gafford&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, C (C24) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        105. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683678/scoot-henderson&quot;&gt;Scoot Henderson&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG (PG25) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        106. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064290/aaron-gordon&quot;&gt;Aaron Gordon&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PF (PF18) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        107. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4709138/brandin-podziemski&quot;&gt;Brandin Podziemski&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG (SG20) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        108. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135046/tyus-jones&quot;&gt;Tyus Jones&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG (PG26) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        109. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278129/deandre-ayton&quot;&gt;Deandre Ayton&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (C25) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        110. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684742/ausar-thompson&quot;&gt;Ausar Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (SF21) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 12&lt;/h2&gt;
        111. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908845/john-collins&quot;&gt;John Collins&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PF (PF19) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        112. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397002/ayo-dosunmu&quot;&gt;Ayo Dosunmu&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG (SG21) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        113. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135045/grayson-allen&quot;&gt;Grayson Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (SG22) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        114. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green&quot;&gt;Draymond Green&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (PF20) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        115. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6475/klay-thompson&quot;&gt;Klay Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, SG/SF (SG23) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        116. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4845367/stephon-castle&quot;&gt;Stephon Castle&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (PG27) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        117. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4711272/reed-sheppard&quot;&gt;Reed Sheppard&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (SG24) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        118. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4600663/zach-edey&quot;&gt;Zach Edey&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, C (C26) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        119. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277813/herbert-jones&quot;&gt;Herbert Jones&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF/PF (SF22) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        120. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5105565/donovan-clingan&quot;&gt;Donovan Clingan&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (C27) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Round 13&lt;/h2&gt;
        121. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064482/bobby-portis&quot;&gt;Bobby Portis&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF (PF21) -- Kaiser&lt;br&gt;
        122. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066262/malik-monk&quot;&gt;Malik Monk&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SG/SF (SG25) -- Moody&lt;br&gt;
        123. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2779/chris-paul&quot;&gt;Chris Paul&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (PG28) -- Schwartz&lt;br&gt;
        124. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4914336/shaedon-sharpe&quot;&gt;Shaedon Sharpe&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SG/SF (SG26) -- Snellings&lt;br&gt;
        125. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2489663/kelly-olynyk&quot;&gt;Kelly Olynyk&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PF/C (C28) -- Karabell&lt;br&gt;
        126. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433136/walker-kessler&quot;&gt;Walker Kessler&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, C (C29) -- Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
        127. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397688/trey-murphy-iii&quot;&gt;Trey Murphy III&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SG/SF (SF23) -- Williams&lt;br&gt;
        128. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934673/donte-divincenzo&quot;&gt;Donte DiVincenzo&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG (SG27) -- Alexander&lt;br&gt;
        129. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278078/p.j.-washington&quot;&gt;P.J. Washington&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PF (PF22) -- McCormick&lt;br&gt;
        130. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133603/kelly-oubre-jr.&quot;&gt;Kelly Oubre Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SG/SF (SF24) -- Lipscomb&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Team rosters are presented in first-round pick order. Picks indicated in parentheses in this manner: (Round.Pick)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Kaiser&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3975/stephen-curry&quot;&gt;Stephen Curry&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PG (Pick: 2.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396907/darius-garland&quot;&gt;Darius Garland&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG (Pick: 7.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3995/jrue-holiday&quot;&gt;Jrue Holiday&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (Pick: 8.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066457/austin-reaves&quot;&gt;Austin Reaves&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SG/SF (Pick: 9.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433134/scottie-barnes&quot;&gt;Scottie Barnes&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF/PF (Pick: 3.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3978/demar-derozan&quot;&gt;DeMar DeRozan&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (Pick: 4.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3062679/josh-hart&quot;&gt;Josh Hart&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (Pick: 11.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594327/keegan-murray&quot;&gt;Keegan Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SF/PF (Pick: 10.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064482/bobby-portis&quot;&gt;Bobby Portis&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF (Pick: 13.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3112335/nikola-jokic&quot;&gt;Nikola Jokic&lt;/a&gt;, Den, C (Pick: 1.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136195/karl-anthony-towns&quot;&gt;Karl-Anthony Towns&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (Pick: 5.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6477/jonas-valanciunas&quot;&gt;Jonas Valanciunas&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, C (Pick: 6.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5105565/donovan-clingan&quot;&gt;Donovan Clingan&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (Pick: 12.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Moody&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136193/devin-booker&quot;&gt;Devin Booker&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (Pick: 2.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432816/lamelo-ball&quot;&gt;LaMelo Ball&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, PG (Pick: 3.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3936299/jamal-murray&quot;&gt;Jamal Murray&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (Pick: 5.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432174/cam-thomas&quot;&gt;Cam Thomas&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, SG (Pick: 7.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277956/jordan-poole&quot;&gt;Jordan Poole&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, PG/SG (Pick: 8.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066262/malik-monk&quot;&gt;Malik Monk&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, SG/SF (Pick: 13.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6609/khris-middleton&quot;&gt;Khris Middleton&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, SF (Pick: 10.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277813/herbert-jones&quot;&gt;Herbert Jones&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF/PF (Pick: 12.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066336/lauri-markkanen&quot;&gt;Lauri Markkanen&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, SF/PF (Pick: 4.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama&quot;&gt;Victor Wembanyama&lt;/a&gt;, SA, C (Pick: 1.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert&quot;&gt;Rudy Gobert&lt;/a&gt;, Min, C (Pick: 6.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433621/jalen-duren&quot;&gt;Jalen Duren&lt;/a&gt;, Det, C (Pick: 9.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396971/naz-reid&quot;&gt;Naz Reid&lt;/a&gt;, Min, PF/C (Pick: 11.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Schwartz&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic&quot;&gt;Luka Doncic&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG (Pick: 1.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3074752/terry-rozier&quot;&gt;Terry Rozier&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (Pick: 10.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2779/chris-paul&quot;&gt;Chris Paul&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (Pick: 13.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066320/desmond-bane&quot;&gt;Desmond Bane&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, SG/SF (Pick: 5.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2490149/cj-mccollum&quot;&gt;CJ McCollum&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (Pick: 8.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james&quot;&gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, SF/PF (Pick: 2.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4566434/franz-wagner&quot;&gt;Franz Wagner&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (Pick: 6.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6580/bradley-beal&quot;&gt;Bradley Beal&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, SG/SF (Pick: 9.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3149673/pascal-siakam&quot;&gt;Pascal Siakam&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PF (Pick: 3.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432158/evan-mobley&quot;&gt;Evan Mobley&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PF/C (Pick: 7.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432639/jabari-smith-jr.&quot;&gt;Jabari Smith Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PF/C (Pick: 11.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6478/nikola-vucevic&quot;&gt;Nikola Vucevic&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, C (Pick: 4.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4600663/zach-edey&quot;&gt;Zach Edey&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, C (Pick: 12.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Snellings&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278073/shai-gilgeous-alexander&quot;&gt;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PG (Pick: 1.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3468/russell-westbrook&quot;&gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PG (Pick: 9.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908809/donovan-mitchell&quot;&gt;Donovan Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, PG/SG (Pick: 2.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4437244/jalen-green&quot;&gt;Jalen Green&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (Pick: 5.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4351851/anfernee-simons&quot;&gt;Anfernee Simons&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG/SG (Pick: 7.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4711272/reed-sheppard&quot;&gt;Reed Sheppard&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SG (Pick: 12.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4914336/shaedon-sharpe&quot;&gt;Shaedon Sharpe&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SG/SF (Pick: 13.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard&quot;&gt;Kawhi Leonard&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, SF/PF (Pick: 6.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432848/jaime-jaquez-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaime Jaquez Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF (Pick: 10.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395628/zion-williamson&quot;&gt;Zion Williamson&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PF (Pick: 4.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871144/alperen-sengun&quot;&gt;Alperen Sengun&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, C (Pick: 3.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102531/kristaps-porzingis&quot;&gt;Kristaps Porzingis&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PF/C (Pick: 8.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278049/daniel-gafford&quot;&gt;Daniel Gafford&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, C (Pick: 11.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Karabell&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066259/de&#39;aaron-fox&quot;&gt;De&#39;Aaron Fox&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PG (Pick: 2.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6606/damian-lillard&quot;&gt;Damian Lillard&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PG (Pick: 3.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683678/scoot-henderson&quot;&gt;Scoot Henderson&lt;/a&gt;, Por, PG (Pick: 11.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4845367/stephon-castle&quot;&gt;Stephon Castle&lt;/a&gt;, SA, PG (Pick: 12.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3078576/derrick-white&quot;&gt;Derrick White&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, PG/SG (Pick: 6.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277811/collin-sexton&quot;&gt;Collin Sexton&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PG/SG (Pick: 10.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo&quot;&gt;Giannis Antetokounmpo&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, PF/C (Pick: 1.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701230/jalen-johnson&quot;&gt;Jalen Johnson&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PF (Pick: 5.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3134907/kyle-kuzma&quot;&gt;Kyle Kuzma&lt;/a&gt;, Wsh, SF/PF (Pick: 7.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066261/bam-adebayo&quot;&gt;Bam Adebayo&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, C (Pick: 4.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4701232/mark-williams&quot;&gt;Mark Williams&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, C (Pick: 8.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3448/brook-lopez&quot;&gt;Brook Lopez&lt;/a&gt;, Mil, C (Pick: 9.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2489663/kelly-olynyk&quot;&gt;Kelly Olynyk&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PF/C (Pick: 13.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Carpenter&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4279888/ja-morant&quot;&gt;Ja Morant&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PG (Pick: 2.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431678/tyrese-maxey&quot;&gt;Tyrese Maxey&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, PG/SG (Pick: 3.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2991230/fred-vanvleet&quot;&gt;Fred VanVleet&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, PG (Pick: 6.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3907497/dejounte-murray&quot;&gt;Dejounte Murray&lt;/a&gt;, NO, PG/SG (Pick: 4.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell&quot;&gt;Devin Vassell&lt;/a&gt;, SA, SG/SF (Pick: 8.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6475/klay-thompson&quot;&gt;Klay Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, SG/SF (Pick: 12.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066383/miles-bridges&quot;&gt;Miles Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SF/PF (Pick: 5.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433287/brandon-miller&quot;&gt;Brandon Miller&lt;/a&gt;, Cha, SG/SF (Pick: 7.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6440/tobias-harris&quot;&gt;Tobias Harris&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (Pick: 9.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4431684/trayce-jackson-davis&quot;&gt;Trayce Jackson-Davis&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (Pick: 10.5)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064290/aaron-gordon&quot;&gt;Aaron Gordon&lt;/a&gt;, Den, PF (Pick: 11.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3155942/domantas-sabonis&quot;&gt;Domantas Sabonis&lt;/a&gt;, Sac, PF/C (Pick: 1.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433136/walker-kessler&quot;&gt;Walker Kessler&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, C (Pick: 13.6)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Williams&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395651/coby-white&quot;&gt;Coby White&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, PG/SG (Pick: 4.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064440/zach-lavine&quot;&gt;Zach LaVine&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (Pick: 7.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433218/jaden-ivey&quot;&gt;Jaden Ivey&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SG (Pick: 9.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4709138/brandin-podziemski&quot;&gt;Brandin Podziemski&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG (Pick: 11.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6430/jimmy-butler&quot;&gt;Jimmy Butler&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, SG/SF/PF (Pick: 5.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684740/amen-thompson&quot;&gt;Amen Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Hou, SF/PF (Pick: 8.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397688/trey-murphy-iii&quot;&gt;Trey Murphy III&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SG/SF (Pick: 13.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3202/kevin-durant&quot;&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PF (Pick: 2.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432573/paolo-banchero&quot;&gt;Paolo Banchero&lt;/a&gt;, Orl, SF/PF (Pick: 3.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433247/jonathan-kuminga&quot;&gt;Jonathan Kuminga&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF (Pick: 10.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6589/draymond-green&quot;&gt;Draymond Green&lt;/a&gt;, GS, PF/C (Pick: 12.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3059318/joel-embiid&quot;&gt;Joel Embiid&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, C (Pick: 1.7)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278067/nic-claxton&quot;&gt;Nic Claxton&lt;/a&gt;, Bkn, C (Pick: 6.4)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Alexander&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277905/trae-young&quot;&gt;Trae Young&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, PG (Pick: 2.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving&quot;&gt;Kyrie Irving&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PG/SG (Pick: 3.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135046/tyus-jones&quot;&gt;Tyus Jones&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG (Pick: 11.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards&quot;&gt;Anthony Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, Min, SG/SF (Pick: 1.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4871145/josh-giddey&quot;&gt;Josh Giddey&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG/SF (Pick: 7.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3037789/bogdan-bogdanovic&quot;&gt;Bogdan Bogdanovic&lt;/a&gt;, Atl, SG/SF (Pick: 9.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3135045/grayson-allen&quot;&gt;Grayson Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, PG/SG (Pick: 12.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934673/donte-divincenzo&quot;&gt;Donte DiVincenzo&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG (Pick: 13.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4251/paul-george&quot;&gt;Paul George&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SF/PF (Pick: 5.8)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278104/michael-porter-jr.&quot;&gt;Michael Porter Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Den, SF (Pick: 8.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395625/rj-barrett&quot;&gt;RJ Barrett&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, SG/SF (Pick: 10.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4593803/jalen-williams&quot;&gt;Jalen Williams&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, PF (Pick: 4.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133628/myles-turner&quot;&gt;Myles Turner&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, C (Pick: 6.3)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team McCormick&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden&quot;&gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt;, LAC, PG/SG (Pick: 3.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432166/cade-cunningham&quot;&gt;Cade Cunningham&lt;/a&gt;, Det, PG/SG (Pick: 4.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395724/immanuel-quickley&quot;&gt;Immanuel Quickley&lt;/a&gt;, Tor, PG/SG (Pick: 5.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395725/tyler-herro&quot;&gt;Tyler Herro&lt;/a&gt;, Mia, PG/SG (Pick: 9.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397002/ayo-dosunmu&quot;&gt;Ayo Dosunmu&lt;/a&gt;, Chi, SG (Pick: 12.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3913176/brandon-ingram&quot;&gt;Brandon Ingram&lt;/a&gt;, NO, SF (Pick: 8.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065648/jayson-tatum&quot;&gt;Jayson Tatum&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SF/PF (Pick: 1.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064514/julius-randle&quot;&gt;Julius Randle&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PF (Pick: 6.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278078/p.j.-washington&quot;&gt;P.J. Washington&lt;/a&gt;, Dal, PF (Pick: 13.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6583/anthony-davis&quot;&gt;Anthony Davis&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PF/C (Pick: 2.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4066328/jarrett-allen&quot;&gt;Jarrett Allen&lt;/a&gt;, Cle, C (Pick: 7.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4222252/isaiah-hartenstein&quot;&gt;Isaiah Hartenstein&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (Pick: 10.2)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4278129/deandre-ayton&quot;&gt;Deandre Ayton&lt;/a&gt;, Por, C (Pick: 11.9)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Team Lipscomb&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4396993/tyrese-haliburton&quot;&gt;Tyrese Haliburton&lt;/a&gt;, Ind, PG/SG (Pick: 1.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3934672/jalen-brunson&quot;&gt;Jalen Brunson&lt;/a&gt;, NY, PG (Pick: 2.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PG3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136776/d&#39;angelo-russell&quot;&gt;D&#39;Angelo Russell&lt;/a&gt;, LAL, PG/SG (Pick: 6.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SG1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield&quot;&gt;Buddy Hield&lt;/a&gt;, GS, SG/SF (Pick: 8.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3917376/jaylen-brown&quot;&gt;Jaylen Brown&lt;/a&gt;, Bos, SG/SF (Pick: 4.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3147657/mikal-bridges&quot;&gt;Mikal Bridges&lt;/a&gt;, NY, SG/SF (Pick: 7.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4683021/deni-avdija&quot;&gt;Deni Avdija&lt;/a&gt;, Por, SF/PF (Pick: 10.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF4&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4684742/ausar-thompson&quot;&gt;Ausar Thompson&lt;/a&gt;, Det, SF/PF (Pick: 11.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;SF5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3133603/kelly-oubre-jr.&quot;&gt;Kelly Oubre Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Phi, SG/SF (Pick: 13.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;PF1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908845/john-collins&quot;&gt;John Collins&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, PF (Pick: 12.1)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C1&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4433255/chet-holmgren&quot;&gt;Chet Holmgren&lt;/a&gt;, OKC, C (Pick: 3.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277961/jaren-jackson-jr.&quot;&gt;Jaren Jackson Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, Mem, PF/C (Pick: 5.10)&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;b&gt;C3&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102530/jusuf-nurkic&quot;&gt;Jusuf Nurkic&lt;/a&gt;, Phx, C (Pick: 9.10)
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      <title>NBA expansion: What an NBA expansion draft could look like in the future</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;With the NBA poised this season to consider expansion -- perhaps adding at least one franchise in the next two to three years, as we laid out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41286389/nba-expansion-cities-draft-teams-leagues-line&quot;&gt;in Tuesday&#39;s FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;--&amp;nbsp;let&#39;s consider how any new team(s) would be built.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The NBA is a different league than it was when the last expansion franchise came aboard in 2004, with an increasingly Byzantine set of salary cap rules. Teams are far more forward-thinking and proactive than they were two decades ago, which could make for interesting choices as rosters are built through the expansion draft and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After NBA Insider Bobby Marks walks us through the rules around expansion, let&#39;s consider how an expansion draft with two teams -- which last happened in 1995 -- might play out if it took place following the 2024-25 season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Based on current rosters and contracts for 2025-26, Marks put together protected lists for all 30 teams while NBA Insiders Tim Bontemps (Las Vegas) and Kevin Pelton (Seattle) took charge of two expansion drafts as part of the most recent episode of the &quot;Brian Windhorst &amp;amp; The Hoop Collective&quot; podcast.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;We&#39;ll run through the teams they drafted and how expansion teams might set themselves up for long-term success.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part I: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41286389/nba-expansion-cities-draft-teams-leagues-line&quot;&gt;NBA expansion FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump to:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41300098/what-nba-expansion-draft-look-future#mock&quot;&gt;Mock draft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;How would the expansion draft work? Will there be rule changes to the drafts from past expansions (1995, 2004)?&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Charlotte Bobcats (now&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;377633c2-0dd1-91a1-83c0-9ed2d0c00ea1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/cha/charlotte-hornets&quot;&gt;Hornets&lt;/a&gt;) were the last team, in 2004, that went through an expansion draft.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That year, and in previous NBA expansion drafts, existing teams were each allowed to protect up to eight players under contract for the next season from being selected in the expansion draft.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Past expansion draft rules required that a team had to leave at least one player unprotected, even if the team had fewer than eight players under contract heading into the offseason. A player who had an option to become a free agent counted as a player who could be protected or left exposed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The 30-year-old has slipped to 22nd in the world rankings this year amid fitness struggles and pulled out of pre-US Open tournaments in Cincinnati and Washington, and ultimately, the US Open itself, with the shoulder problem after missing the Paris Olympics due to concerns over her knee.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;This year has been extremely hard for me and as athletes, we know that recovery is part of the journey,&quot; Jabeur said on social media.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Due to my ongoing shoulder injury, my medical team and I have made the difficult decision to step off the tennis circuit for the rest of the season.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The former world No. 2 said she will dedicate her time to charitable projects while recovering and return to action in Australia early next year.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;MONACO -- US Open champion &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt; introduced a new fitness coach and physiotherapist to his team on Monday after &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story?id=40966933&amp;amp;_slug_=jannik-sinner-shakes-staff-positive-doping-tests&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;firing his previous staff members because of a doping case&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Marco Panichi takes over as fitness coach and Ulises Badio as Sinner&#39;s physiotherapist. Both Panichi and Badio previously worked with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=296&quot;&gt;Novak Djokovic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sinner also continues to work with his osteopath, Andrea Cipolla.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Welcome to the team Marco and Ulises,&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/C_-jkKMgYSW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sinner wrote on Instagram&lt;/a&gt; below a photo of him with his new trainers.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Sinner &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/40928617/tennis-jannik-sinner-tested-positive-steroids-avoids-ban&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;had two positive steroid tests in March but was not suspended&lt;/a&gt; after it was determined that the banned substance Clostebol entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his former physiotherapist, Giacomo Naldi. Sinner said his former fitness trainer, Umberto Ferrara, purchased a spray containing the steroid and gave it to Naldi for a cut on Naldi&#39;s finger. Naldi then treated Sinner while not wearing gloves.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The doping case was kept secret until last month&#39;s announcement and the top-ranked Sinner went on to beat &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2946&quot;&gt;Taylor Fritz&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/41181238/jannik-sinner-defeats-taylor-fritz-straight-sets-win-2024-us-open&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;US Open final&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sinner announced before the US Open that he had fired Naldi and Ferrara.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Panichi and Badio officially started working with Sinner in Monaco on Monday and will travel with the two-time Grand Slam champion to upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;MEXICO CITY --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt; defeated qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday to capture her first WTA title at the Guadalajara Open.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Frech became the fourth Polish woman to win a singles title this century joining &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1649&quot;&gt;Magda Linette&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=405&quot;&gt;Agnieszka Radwanska&lt;/a&gt; and current world No.1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3730&quot;&gt;Iga Swiatek&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Frech made her first WTA singles final last July at Prague but the the Guadalajara Open was her maiden WTA 500 final and first on hard courts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gadecki arrived in Mexico with just two career wins over top-100 players but she recorded four this week, including a second-round win over world No. 11 Danielle Collins.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 22-year-old Australian, who is ranked 152nd, narrowly failed to become the first qualifier to win a singles title at WTA 500 level since 2021, when &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3840&quot;&gt;Liudmila Samsonova&lt;/a&gt; won at Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament was played at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis, in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Britain needed to win all three of Sunday&#39;s games in order to progress to the knockout stage in November but Evans succumbed in straight sets to world No. 100 Shapovalov.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Dan Evans was unable to keep Great Britain&#39;s Davis Cup hopes alive.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The first set was almost a formality as the Canadian didn&#39;t drop a game, before Evans settled in the second, forcing his opponent to save several break points.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;However, the set remained on serve until its final game, where an under-hit Evans backhand hit the net to end Great Britain&#39;s hopes for another year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt; took on &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;103da403-af60-430e-014c-dc9c904d6b04&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3209&quot;&gt;Felix Auger-Aliassime&lt;/a&gt; in the second match of the contest,&amp;nbsp; The last time Draper and Auger-Aliassime faced off &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/high-school/baseball/video/clip?id=40889042&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ended in controversy&lt;/a&gt; in the round of 16 at the Cincinnati Open, as the Brit won the match despite the ball appearing to touch the floor before going over the net on match point.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This time around, however, Auger-Aliassime emerged on top after two tightly contested sets, the final score reading 7-6 (10-8), 7-5.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The last match of the day sees debutant Henry Patten partner with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3acfe257-730f-4bf6-37c6-d2f3b89ff7fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2699&quot;&gt;Neal Skupski&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;against Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve thought about it long and hard. I&#39;ll have to think a little more,&quot; Evans told BBC Sport about the prospect of this being his final Davis Cup.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I love competing for my country. I&#39;ve loved every minute of it but sometimes you&#39;ve got to know when to leave.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It will be a difficult decision but sometimes it&#39;s nice to give somebody else the opportunity and watch from afar.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Canada have now advanced to the next stage along with Argentina from Britain&#39;s group. Leon Smith&#39;s team&#39;s only win came against Finland.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;A second-string United States team extended its Davis Cup winning streak by dismantling Germany to top Group C in Zhuhai, China, on Saturday after both countries had secured their spots in the quarterfinals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 32-time winners were without big names like US Open runner-up &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6493155f-cacc-7aa5-ba78-d952efa4c652&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2946&quot;&gt;Taylor Fritz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8965d2eb-1419-a6e6-5d3f-573b8b0bc565&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2964&quot;&gt;Tommy Paul&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f901758a-d8f2-442c-9cd3-44513fcbf31e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2708&quot;&gt;Frances Tiafoe&lt;/a&gt; for the group stage this week but still had plenty of firepower to down Germany and complete a third straight win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The win assures the United States of a quarterfinal against one of the runners-up from the three other groups taking place this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55524e2-a931-d142-f794-50b742380e8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3774&quot;&gt;Brandon Nakashima&lt;/a&gt; gave the Americans an unassailable 2-0 lead by comfortably beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b7466570-6401-5017-ed2e-b810b118e805&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2189&quot;&gt;Maximilian Marterer&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-2 in the second singles match of the day&amp;nbsp;before Germany won the doubles clash to hand the Americans their first match loss this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been unbelievable this whole week. It&#39;s special to be part of this team,&quot; said Nakashima, who sealed his third victory in his debut campaign. &quot;To represent the country has always been a dream of mine since I started playing tennis, so I&#39;m super happy that I was able to get three wins on the board for the team.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;World No. 309 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59785389-c37d-e25a-2d8d-2b92f427085e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2952&quot;&gt;Reilly Opelka&lt;/a&gt;, back on the circuit after hip and wrist surgeries, saved three match points and cranked up his serve when it mattered to beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4e2a0963-10ad-38ca-2ecb-bda26fbefa36&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3948&quot;&gt;Henri Squire&lt;/a&gt; 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9), 6-3 earlier in the day.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0db8e2b-20eb-b60a-dde5-7f7eab817094&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2695&quot;&gt;Tim Puetz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3b2dbda2-efdd-b133-3939-7f135d7f841b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1627&quot;&gt;Kevin Krawietz&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 7-6 (4), but U.S. captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;696484fb-a13b-3e76-f429-ad360b666aaf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=517&quot;&gt;Bob Bryan&lt;/a&gt; said he was satisfied after a good week that highlighted the team&#39;s singles depth.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;ve got a lot of great players in the U.S. right now; you can see it in the rankings. A lot of guys to choose from for the finals,&quot; Bryan said. &quot;Hats off to these guys for coming here and carrying us to Malaga. We&#39;ve got a couple of months to relax and get ready, but it&#39;s going to be fun over there. We&#39;re looking forward to it.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The top two countries from four groups based in different cities will go through to the knockout stage to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Heavyweights Spain and Australia have also qualified along with the United States and Germany.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Argentina also clinched a berth with a tense 3-0 win over Finland. The result forces Britain to have to beat Canada 3-0 on Sunday to advance at Canada&#39;s expense.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Also, Brazil beat Belgium 2-1 after losses to Italy and the Netherlands in Group A.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Information from Reuters was used in this report.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;LONDON -- Former world No. 1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2789&quot;&gt;Naomi Osaka&lt;/a&gt; has announced that she is no longer working with coach Wim Fissette.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Osaka had expressed frustration with her recent results after a second-round exit at the US Open just over two weeks ago.&amp;nbsp;She is currently ranked No. 75.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Osaka, 26, won two of her four Grand Slam titles while working with the Belgian coach. Those were the 2020 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It&#39;s the second time Osaka and Fissette have parted ways.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In an Instagram story late Friday, the Japanese player wrote: &quot;4 years, 2 Slams and a whole lot of memories. Thanks Wim for being a great coach and an even greater person, wishing you all the best.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Fissette began working with Osaka shortly before the start of the 2020 season. They had split in summer 2022 before teaming up again last year when Osaka returned to training following maternity leave.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;In 15 years on tour, this was one of my best years working together with amazing people,&quot; Fissette wrote in an Instagram post Saturday. &quot;From every defeat, we worked harder and better and grew a lot. We were very close to a breakthrough.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After the US Open, Osaka &quot;decided to move forward with a new path,&quot; he added. &quot;I accepted it knowing we close this second run with more good memories and gratitude for building her way back.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;At Flushing Meadows, Osaka lost 6-3, 7-6 (5) to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3039&quot;&gt;Karolina Muchova&lt;/a&gt; in the second round. Afterward, she said: &quot;It&#39;s a little rough, because I do take these losses really personally. It&#39;s like a dramatic word, but I feel like my heart dies every time I lose.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Fissette previously worked with players such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=421&quot;&gt;Victoria Azarenka&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=376&quot;&gt;Kim Clijsters&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=936&quot;&gt;Simona Halep&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=745&quot;&gt;Angelique Kerber&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Jack Draper was beaten in the GB&#39;s second singles game against Argentina on Friday.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Team GB were beaten 2-1 by Argentina in their second Davis Cup group tie on Friday and failed to reach the knockout stages at the first time of asking.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;British No.1 Jack Draper, fresh from his exploits in the US Open, made his first appearance at this year&#39;s Davis Cup against&amp;nbsp;Francisco Cerundolo but failed to carry his form from Flushing Meadows over to Manchester and was beaten 6-7 (4), 5-7.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the first singles match from earlier in the day, Draper&#39;s teammate Dan Evans was beaten&amp;nbsp;6-2 7-5 by Tomas Martin Etcheverry.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Evans later teamed up with Neal Skupski to claim a consolation victory in the doubles against Argentine duo Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A win over Argentina would have sealed GB&#39;s progress to the Final Eight event in Malaga, Spain in November, following &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/41228275/davis-cup-billy-harris-dan-evans-seal-gb-knockout-place&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;their win over Finland on Wednesday&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;However, they can secure their spot in the knockouts with a win over Canada on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2024 06:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Olivia Gadecki continues Guadalajara run, reaches first semis</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;GUADALAJARA, Mexico --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt; continued her impressive run in Mexico on Friday by advancing to the Guadalajara Open semifinals after beating &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1374&quot;&gt;Martina Trevisan&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 22-year-old Australian qualifier, who is ranked 152nd, converted eight of 10 break-point chances to beat Trevisan, who was a Roland Garros semifinalist in 2022, and reach a WTA semifinal for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Gadecki arrived in Mexico with just two wins over top-100 players but she has recorded three this week, including one over the world No. 11 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3262/danielle-collins&quot;&gt;Danielle Collins&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the semifinals, Gadecki will play &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3404&quot;&gt;Camila Osorio&lt;/a&gt;, who defeated &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3908&quot;&gt;Kamilla Rakhimova&lt;/a&gt;, 7-6 (6), 6-1. With the win, the 22-year-old Osorio became the first Colombian to reach the semifinals of a 500-level tournament.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the other semifinal, fourth-seeded &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e528506f-673d-f0c6-84f5-eca9c42954f7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1804&quot;&gt;Caroline Garcia&lt;/a&gt; will face fifth-seeded &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;208c6d48-6a2d-5e76-2b49-e27608d036c0&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt;, who advanced with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4cd55d5c-5683-3969-8763-3085892ebfc8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11221&quot;&gt;Marina Stakusic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Garcia advanced earlier in a walkover after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ec086637-8d93-7095-de13-83aafe91d01a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392&quot;&gt;Marie Bouzkova&lt;/a&gt; withdrew due to an illness.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament is being played on hard courts at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>U.S. joins Spain, Germany in last eight of Davis Cup</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;ZHUHAI, China -- The United States secured its place in the last eight of the Davis Cup Finals after beating Slovakia 3-0 on Friday, a result that also sent unbeaten Germany through from the same group.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spain joined them when four-time Grand Slam champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;07843754-8bdf-63b0-5983-24252738169e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; beat France&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75e39239-2578-cc45-a536-6a59ddee1f9a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3085&quot;&gt;Ugo Humbert&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 6-3. Veteran &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;736f6af6-506c-e64f-9d0f-8f1138a5babf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1733&quot;&gt;Roberto Bautista Agut&lt;/a&gt; won the first singles against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;911397bc-b02d-3987-94ce-642b3aeac50d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=10052&quot;&gt;Arthur Fils&lt;/a&gt; 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Valencia.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spain&#39;s victory also put Australia through from Group B.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In Zhuhai, America&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;fe21eb09-3fc1-8e3f-86b0-cfa8dec2440a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2206&quot;&gt;Mackenzie McDonald&lt;/a&gt; converted four of his six break points to beat Slovakia&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;199ff4ae-438f-4137-a1e7-8e98931ce378&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2950&quot;&gt;Lukas Klein&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-3, and Davis Cup debutant &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55524e2-a931-d142-f794-50b742380e8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3774&quot;&gt;Brandon Nakashima&lt;/a&gt; had eight aces in a 6-3, 6-3 win against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5aa818ab-8c6e-9af9-5df5-ec29f8f14a1b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1611&quot;&gt;Jozef Kovalik&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The U.S. also won the doubles: &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt;, who lost the men&#39;s doubles final at the Paris Olympics last month, rallied to beat Klein and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;eb95c30a-1602-f0b1-2a55-413934e6a50b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2694&quot;&gt;Norbert Gombos&lt;/a&gt; 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 10-1, winning 15 of the last 16 points.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Italy kept its defense alive by beating Belgium 2-1 indoors in Bologna.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;874554f7-7862-cfa9-36d5-5ef4d437f407&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2622&quot;&gt;Matteo Berrettini&lt;/a&gt; edged &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4d75c995-d6c6-362f-a85a-22340460a21c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11757&quot;&gt;Alexander Blockx&lt;/a&gt; 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, not breaking the teenage, 253rd-ranked Blockx in the last set until the last game.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f64b5d97-6080-dfef-5cda-95fb7375d278&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3356&quot;&gt;Zizou Bergs&lt;/a&gt; upset Italy No. 1 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;62b541a8-4480-30f7-87a6-b45d09376f39&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=7602&quot;&gt;Flavio Cobolli&lt;/a&gt; in the second singles, 6-0 in the third, to even the tie. In the deciding doubles, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60809731-71e1-644c-6ff3-0c72930667fd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=279&quot;&gt;Simone Bolelli&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3548&quot;&gt;Andrea Vavassori&lt;/a&gt;, who surprisingly lost to Brazil on Wednesday, came though in straight sets on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After two ties each in Group A, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands will play for two spots on Sunday, when the Italians face the Dutch, and Belgium meets winless Brazil.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Britain missed the chance to qualify after losing both singles in a 2-1 defeat to Argentina, leaving Group D delicately poised heading into Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b058324c-2f80-73a2-2e25-82b8abe00a76&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3739&quot;&gt;Tomas Martin Etcheverry&lt;/a&gt; won 6-2, 7-5 against &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/901/daniel-evans&quot;&gt;Dan Evans&lt;/a&gt;, who last month won the longest match at the U.S. Open since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d24f1930-30b5-f246-e9d4-4f40c6853a90&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3700&quot;&gt;Francisco Cerundolo&lt;/a&gt; followed by winning against surprise U.S. Open semifinalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (4), 7-5.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Britain won the doubles but the tie was already over.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Four groups are playing in four cities this week to qualify for the eight-team Finals in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two in each four-team group advance.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWPORT, R.I. -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=399&quot;&gt;Maria Sharapova&lt;/a&gt;, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, led the International Tennis Hall of Fame&#39;s fan vote her first year on the ballot - an important part to possible selection to the hall&#39;s next class.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The organization released the voting results Friday. American doubles team Bob and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=574&quot;&gt;Mike Bryan&lt;/a&gt; finished second with Canada&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=533&quot;&gt;Daniel Nestor&lt;/a&gt; third.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The Hall of Fame said tens of thousands of fans from 120 countries cast ballots. Fan voting is one of two steps in the hall&#39;s selection process. The second is an official group of journalists, historians, and Hall of Famers from the sport who vote on the ballot for the hall&#39;s class of 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I am incredibly grateful to the fans all around the world who supported me during the International Tennis Hall of Fame&#39;s fan votes,&quot; Sharapova said in a statement. &quot;It is a tremendous honor to be considered for the Hall of Fame, and having the fans&#39; support makes it all the more special.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sharapova became the first Russian woman to reach No. 1 in the world. She won Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008. She also won the French Open twice, in 2012 and 2014.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sharapova was also part of Russia&#39;s championship Fed Cup team in 2008 and won a silver medal at the London Olympics in 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;To make the hall, candidates must receive 75% or higher on combined results of the official voting group and additional percentage from the fan vote. Sharapova will have an additional three percentage points from winning the fan vote.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Bryans, who won 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, will have two additional percentage points and Nestor, who won eight Grand Slam doubles titles, will get one extra percentage point.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The hall&#39;s next class will be announced late next month.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Davis Cup: Billy Harris, Dan Evans seal Team GB win</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo caption=&quot;Billy Harris earned a straight-sets victory over Finland&#39;s Otto Virtanen.&quot;&gt;&lt;/photo&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Great Britain took a strong step towards reaching the knockout stages of the Davis Cup on Wednesday thanks in part to a superb debut performance from &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;52d1ae34-4ba4-d405-5f68-5943b478caab&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2361&quot;&gt;Billy Harris&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The team established a 2-0 advantage over Finland in Manchester in Group D thanks to wins by Dan Evans and Harris. They are without US Open semifinalist &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ad748b23-89bf-3a17-ed66-f592fd6f2b0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3856&quot;&gt;Jack Draper&lt;/a&gt;, who is being rested after his dream run at Flushing Meadows.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Harris, who is a late bloomer at 29-years-old, secured a straight-sets 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c25805a1-57e2-3a93-b09e-ad8ae6a8cb38&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=4099&quot;&gt;Otto Virtanen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m absolutely thrilled for Billy -- I think that&#39;s one of the best debuts you&#39;ll have seen. It was that good,&quot; British captain Leon Smith said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;If you look at Otto&#39;s record over the past couple of years in the Davis Cup it&#39;s pretty flawless. Billy actually could have won in a more straightforward manner. He was absolutely immense. Nothing really kind of fazes him, even though he&#39;s not really been on a big court before.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The knockout stage are scheduled to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two countries in each four-team group will advance.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Stakusic stuns No. 1 Ostapenko, makes Guadalajara quarterfinals</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Teenager &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11221&quot;&gt;Marina Stakusic&lt;/a&gt; fought off four match points to claim the biggest win in her career after defeating top-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2195&quot;&gt;Jelena Ostapenko&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (0) on Thursday to advance to the Guadalajara Open quarterfinals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 19-year-old Canadian trailed 4-0 in the third set and fought off the four match points when she was down 5-3.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m happy to pull through, it was a roller coaster, I got a chance to close it in the second and I didn&#39;t, but I&#39;m happy with the win and excited with the quarters,&quot; said Stakusic, who got into the main draw on a wild card.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Stakusic defeated Olympic semifinalist &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2341&quot;&gt;Anna Karolina Schmiedlova&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-4 in the opening round and then Ostapenko for her first-career win over a top-20 player. Last year she lost to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2042&quot;&gt;Barbora Krejcikova&lt;/a&gt; in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Canadian, ranked 155th, is the first wild-card entry to reach the quarterfinals in Guadalajara. Stakusic will next play fifth-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2672&quot;&gt;Magdalena Frech&lt;/a&gt;, who beat Ashley Krueger 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the last match of the night.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Ostapenko, who is ranked 12th and won the 2017 French Open, had 17 double faults in the match.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Earlier, fourth-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1804&quot;&gt;Caroline Garcia&lt;/a&gt; held off&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5211233b-991a-7411-a88c-56756c8978b2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3266&quot;&gt;Ena Shibahara&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) and also advanced to the quarterfinals, where she will meet &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2392&quot;&gt;Marie Bouzkova&lt;/a&gt;, who in the first match of the day breezed past qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8067&quot;&gt;Lucrezia Stefanini&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-1.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 30-year-old Garcia will be playing in her first quarterfinal since she advanced to the Rouen semifinals last April.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We played very different styles, she is a player that does not suit me, I need to play solid, and I will see what I can do differently to beat her,&quot; said Garcia, who is 0-4 against Bouzkova.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament is being played on hard courts at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Over Labor Day weekend, more than 10 million DirecTV and U-Verse customers experienced a blackout of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels such as ABC. The channels went off the air right before the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401628334/usc-lsu&quot;&gt;LSU-USC&lt;/a&gt; college football game and during the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/2d592335-f46f-335f-8629-521585e4432a/us-open&quot;&gt;US Open&lt;/a&gt; tennis tournament. Amid a recent licensing deal disconnect, DirecTV lost its rights to carry Disney programming. With big events like the US Open in play and tentpole sports like &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-football/&quot;&gt;college football&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/&quot;&gt;NFL&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;starting up, ESPN is an essential viewing platform. How can fans stay in the loop?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I still watch ESPN with the Disney-DirecTV blackout?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If you don&#39;t have cable access to ESPN right now, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://promo.espn.com/espn/contests/instantaccess/&quot;&gt;get instant access&lt;/a&gt; to&amp;nbsp;ESPN content through a variety of services including Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, and Sling.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How many channels are affected by the Disney-DirecTV blackout?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The conflict affects ESPN networks, Disney-branded channels, Freeform, FX networks, and National Geographic channels.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How big of an impact will this blackout have?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The value of Disney&#39;s portfolio is indisputable as more than 90% of DirecTV households watched its linear programming every month last year. Almost all linear content is exclusive to or premieres on Disney&#39;s networks (like ESPN), such as live sports and events. If the disconnect lingers through September, viewers could miss more upcoming events, including the first Harris-Trump presidential debate and the 2024 Emmy Awards.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I get a refund amid the dispute?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;DirecTV is offering customers $20 credits, as a consolation. Subscribers can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.directv.com/tvpromise/&quot;&gt;apply for the credit&lt;/a&gt; on an upcoming bill.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I get more information?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For more information and alternate ways to access ESPN content, fans can go to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://keepmynetworks.com/&quot;&gt;KeepMyESPN.com&lt;/a&gt;. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000435812-WatchESPN&quot;&gt;ESPN support hub&lt;/a&gt; for additional assistance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;MANCHESTER, England -- Canada, Australia and Germany remained unbeaten in the group stage of the Davis Cup finals after each winning their second straight match Thursday, while Czech player &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;58f555e2-4484-a162-83a7-ac86793d4ea7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3811&quot;&gt;Tomas Machac&lt;/a&gt; retired injured for the second time in two days after playing only six minutes.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Canada won 3-0 against Finland, Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead against the Czech Republic, and Germany swept aside Chile 3-0.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2a61af8f-50be-3754-5559-d4fa60f9fb61&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2860&quot;&gt;Denis Shapovalov&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d071e8af-2182-8671-2ed1-ba139625e44c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3904&quot;&gt;Eero Vasa&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (2), 6-2 and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;103da403-af60-430e-014c-dc9c904d6b04&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3209&quot;&gt;Felix Auger-Aliassime&lt;/a&gt; followed up with a 6-2, 6-3 win over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c25805a1-57e2-3a93-b09e-ad8ae6a8cb38&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=4099&quot;&gt;Otto Virtanen&lt;/a&gt; for the 2022 Davis Cup champions in Manchester.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;There was an element of revenge after Canada lost to Finland in last year&#39;s quarterfinals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Everybody&#39;s in good spirits, so it&#39;s very good,&quot; Auger-Aliassime said. &quot;Any motivation is good, but I think it&#39;s a different year, a different time, and [last year&#39;s loss] was behind us. This year we have a full team and everybody&#39;s playing better than last year. Everybody&#39;s improved.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Auger-Aliassime was back on court soon after with Shapovalov in doubles to wrap up the tie with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Virtanen and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;79ee893e-f116-2050-27b0-ec58dde2e146&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3540&quot;&gt;Harri Heliovaara&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Machac&#39;s injury was the focus as Australia marched to a 2-0 lead against the Czech Republic in Valencia, Spain.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;What had seemed to be simply cramps when he retired against Spain&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;07843754-8bdf-63b0-5983-24252738169e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday proved more serious and long-lasting as Machac played just nine points in his match with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;fef6ef70-ea4d-7d84-0e33-ed6c267b238c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2862&quot;&gt;Alexei Popyrin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Machac was playing with bandages around his right calf and called for a medical timeout after Popyrin held serve in the first game, before retiring at 30-15 down in the second.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We saw him last night, and he didn&#39;t look too good last night, so we wish him a speedy recovery and hopefully he&#39;s back on tour quickly,&quot; Popyrin said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Earlier, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0da296e6-d677-0203-7c81-7c51d51d71e4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2320&quot;&gt;Thanasi Kokkinakis&lt;/a&gt; had given Australia the lead in the opening match by beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;589e3a11-e409-3279-bf74-b8660578c1e7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=10319&quot;&gt;Jakub Mensik&lt;/a&gt; 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Australia made it 3-0 in the doubles as &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d023d7d4-fb2f-77c4-d0d9-ffccad7a08bc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1517&quot;&gt;Matthew Ebden&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;49c37e24-f4f4-9e65-4959-0517020276fc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2645&quot;&gt;Max Purcell&lt;/a&gt; beat Mensik and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9f23adb6-690b-7ff5-c283-7a773f6d32b4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2842&quot;&gt;Adam Pavlasek&lt;/a&gt; 6-4, 6-2.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;On an indoor hard court in Zhuhai, China, Germany&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b7466570-6401-5017-ed2e-b810b118e805&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2189&quot;&gt;Maximilian Marterer&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e41c9761-3362-371e-bf23-5da26452ac68&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9923&quot;&gt;Tomas Barrios Vera&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 6-3, then &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1b1186f6-c6f0-417c-26af-5280cf749499&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3322&quot;&gt;Yannick Hanfmann&lt;/a&gt; defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8fa7d691-fc6c-a510-edd4-781c2b6c3126&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2970&quot;&gt;Alejandro Tabilo&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 6-4 to clinch the tie. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3b2dbda2-efdd-b133-3939-7f135d7f841b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1627&quot;&gt;Kevin Krawietz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e0db8e2b-20eb-b60a-dde5-7f7eab817094&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2695&quot;&gt;Tim Puetz&lt;/a&gt;, who have lost only one cup match, beat Barrios Vera and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b271a05f-9760-339c-9edc-a23ec06034ae&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9049&quot;&gt;Matias Soto&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 6-3.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Germany has never lost to Chile, which didn&#39;t use an ill &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d12d1284-8746-6c26-b7e0-1119b676432c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2377&quot;&gt;Nicolas Jarry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Netherlands picked up its first win against Brazil in the only one of Thursday&#39;s ties that was decided in doubles. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e8e45064-93a0-d1fc-21f5-0baaef314519&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3191&quot;&gt;Wesley Koolhof&lt;/a&gt; and Botic van de Zandschulp won a close match 6-4, 7-6 (5) against Brazil&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;eca9d622-ad76-da99-9941-2f9a60234be8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2434&quot;&gt;Rafael Matos&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e39d3984-fa11-21c5-63ca-2bcb049aeecd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1013&quot;&gt;Marcelo Melo&lt;/a&gt; to hand Brazil its second loss in Bologna, Italy.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Brazil had led after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a28fc19-1dff-35eb-88f2-106e324b1333&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11745&quot;&gt;Joao Fonseca&lt;/a&gt; beat van de Zandschulp 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the first match but &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;46fe3f88-7728-f86f-3b35-76cafc59d397&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3319&quot;&gt;Tallon Griekspoor&lt;/a&gt; leveled the tie with a 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1c504c97-892d-e1d0-5c5d-8e9045e412cb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2025&quot;&gt;Thiago Monteiro&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Four groups of teams are playing in four cities this week to qualify for the eight-team Finals in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two countries in each four-team group advance.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>&#39;Really disappointed&#39; Rafael Nadal pulls out of Laver Cup</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f091e8bf-f001-4687-0448-4b009dd966e8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=261&quot;&gt;Rafael Nadal&lt;/a&gt; has pulled out of next week&#39;s Laver Cup because he would not be able to play at his best as he battles to regain full fitness, the Spaniard said Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Nadal last played at the Paris Olympics, where he lost to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a27bb1c-2422-55c3-208b-9e9d8c1f30af&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=296&quot;&gt;Novak Djokovic&lt;/a&gt; in the second round before the 38-year-old Spaniard skipped the US Open due to concerns about his fitness.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 22-time Grand Slam winner said at the time that he was targeting a return at the Sept. 20-22 Laver Cup in Berlin.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m really disappointed to share that I won&#39;t be able to compete at the Laver Cup in Berlin next week,&quot; Nadal said in a statement.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;This is a team competition and to really support Team Europe, I need to do what&#39;s best for them, and at this moment there are other players who can help the team deliver the win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I have so many great, emotional memories from playing Laver Cup and I was really looking forward to being with my teammates and with Bjorn in his final year as Captain. I wish Team Europe the very best of luck and will be cheering them on from afar.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Nadal last played at the Laver Cup in 2022, when he teamed up with his rival &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6bf3e1d1-c102-93e9-a4e9-32ba6e82f887&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=425&quot;&gt;Roger Federer&lt;/a&gt; in the Swiss great&#39;s final match of his career.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A former world No. 1, Nadal has fallen outside the top 150 in the rankings after struggling with injuries for two years.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2113&quot;&gt;Jessica Pegula&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3785&quot;&gt;Emma Navarro&lt;/a&gt;, Americans coming off career-best Grand Slam runs at the US Open, will play each other in an exhibition event at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 4 that also will feature four-time major champion &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; against &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9250&quot;&gt;Ben Shelton&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The lineup for The Garden Cup was announced Thursday. It marks the first tennis event since 2018 at MSG, home to the NBA&#39;s Knicks and NHL&#39;s Rangers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Pegula reached her first Grand Slam final at Flushing Meadows before losing to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c91d133a-526a-ea8d-654c-7ef6915ad63b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3038&quot;&gt;Aryna Sabalenka&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Navarro defeated defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ca44c2b0-9dea-ab40-2541-b50a4442ff8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3626&quot;&gt;Coco Gauff&lt;/a&gt; in the fourth round of the US Open en route to getting to the semifinals, where she lost to Sabalenka.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Both Pegula, at No. 3, and Navarro, at No. 8, are in the top 10 of the WTA rankings this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Alcaraz won the French Open and Wimbledon this season but bowed out last month in the second round of the US Open, which he won in 2022 for his first Grand Slam trophy. Shelton&#39;s best showing at a major was his semifinal appearance in New York last year; he lost to fellow American &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f901758a-d8f2-442c-9cd3-44513fcbf31e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2708&quot;&gt;Frances Tiafoe&lt;/a&gt; in the third round this time.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Carlos Alcaraz races around the court before lunging to earn a point with an incredible drop volley in the Davis Cup.</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Second-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3262/danielle-collins&quot;&gt;Danielle Collins&lt;/a&gt; lost in the second round of the Guadalajara Open on Wednesday and third seed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=421&quot;&gt;Victoria Azarenka&lt;/a&gt; withdrew from her match because of injury.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Qualifier &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=8104&quot;&gt;Olivia Gadecki&lt;/a&gt;, ranked No. 152, pulled off a major upset with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Collins to reach the quarterfinals of an elite WTA tournament for the first time. She beat former US Open champion &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1472&quot;&gt;Sloane Stephens&lt;/a&gt; in the first round.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 30-year-old Collins, who is retiring at the end of the season, arrived at Guadalajara with 39 tour-level wins and two titles on tour this year and is currently ranked 11th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Earlier, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3908&quot;&gt;Kamilla Rakhimova&lt;/a&gt; advanced to the quarterfinals after two-time major winner and former No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew from their match in the second set while trailing 6-2, 3-0.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rakhimova will next play &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3404&quot;&gt;Camila Osorio&lt;/a&gt;, who beat seventh-seeded &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2665&quot;&gt;Veronika Kudermetova&lt;/a&gt; 7-6, 6-7 (2), 7-5.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tournament is played in hard-court at the Complejo Panamericano de Tenis, in Guadalajara.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;VALENCIA, Spain -- Less than two weeks after his shocking second-round exit at the US Open, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;07843754-8bdf-63b0-5983-24252738169e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3782&quot;&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; was staring at another upset when he was a set down in his opening group-stage match for Spain in the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This time, Alcaraz turned things around -- though he needed some help from his opponent.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The No. 3-ranked Alcaraz clinched victory for Spain against the Czech Republic in Group B on Wednesday when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;58f555e2-4484-a162-83a7-ac86793d4ea7&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3811&quot;&gt;Tomas Machac&lt;/a&gt; retired injured with the score at 6-7 (3), 6-1 in Valencia. It gave Spain an unassailable 2-0 lead, with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;736f6af6-506c-e64f-9d0f-8f1138a5babf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1733&quot;&gt;Roberto Bautista Agut&lt;/a&gt; having already defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;959c133c-1c3d-1a03-182c-588ba5225a3b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3754&quot;&gt;Jiri Lehecka&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (1), 6-4, and Alcaraz then partnered with &lt;a href=&quot;http://Marcel Granollers-Pujol&quot;&gt;Marcel Granollers Pujol&lt;/a&gt; to win the doubles in three sets and wrap up a 3-0 victory.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;They were Alcaraz&#39;s first matches since losing in straight sets to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/3310/botic-van-de-zandschulp&quot;&gt;Botic Van De Zandschulp&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;--&amp;nbsp;who was ranked 74th -- at Flushing Meadows.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spain joined the United States, defending champion Italy and Britain in gaining victories Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b55524e2-a931-d142-f794-50b742380e8e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3774&quot;&gt;Brandon Nakashima&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8fa7d691-fc6c-a510-edd4-781c2b6c3126&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2970&quot;&gt;Alejandro Tabilo&lt;/a&gt; 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (3) after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59785389-c37d-e25a-2d8d-2b92f427085e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2952&quot;&gt;Reilly Opelka&lt;/a&gt; defeated &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;17e6dabd-250b-7755-f4b2-8ef6b2972541&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2228&quot;&gt;Cristian Garin&lt;/a&gt; 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to give the Americans a winning 2-0 lead over Chile in Group C in Zhuhai, China.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Those two singles matches lasted in excess of five hours, and the U.S. brought in &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0e2f2c59-fb91-75d0-b7e4-6029af206301&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=878&quot;&gt;Austin Krajicek&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;109e539c-345e-3fee-a255-f44552e9435f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=841&quot;&gt;Rajeev Ram&lt;/a&gt; for the doubles, which they won 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e41c9761-3362-371e-bf23-5da26452ac68&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9923&quot;&gt;Tomas Barrios Vera&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b271a05f-9760-339c-9edc-a23ec06034ae&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=9049&quot;&gt;Matias Soto&lt;/a&gt; to seal a 3-0 sweep.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was truly an epic day of tennis for both teams, everyone showed a lot of heart, a lot of guts,&quot; U.S. captain and retired doubles great &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;696484fb-a13b-3e76-f429-ad360b666aaf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=517&quot;&gt;Bob Bryan&lt;/a&gt; said. &quot;I don&#39;t think it&#39;s ever happened in Davis Cup that all matches went to the third-set breaker ... historic day. Just feeling very, very proud of the players.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The U.S., which has a leading 32 Davis Cup titles but none since 2007, is bidding to reach the quarterfinals for the second time since the Davis Cup Finals were introduced in 2019. In the qualifiers this year, the Americans defeated Ukraine 4-0 on neutral ground in Vilnius, Lithuania.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Italy didn&#39;t need top-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;431a1bce-57de-2a02-8022-9f32b0f60efb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623&quot;&gt;Jannik Sinner&lt;/a&gt;, the newly crowned US Open champion, to begin its title defense with a 2-1 win over Brazil in Group A in Bologna.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;874554f7-7862-cfa9-36d5-5ef4d437f407&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2622&quot;&gt;Matteo Berrettini&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a28fc19-1dff-35eb-88f2-106e324b1333&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=11745&quot;&gt;Joao Fonseca&lt;/a&gt; 6-1, 7-6 (5) before &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;91462488-98cc-d223-889b-0dc4707282c2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3793&quot;&gt;Matteo Arnaldi&lt;/a&gt; gave Italy an unassailable 2-0 lead by beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1c504c97-892d-e1d0-5c5d-8e9045e412cb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2025&quot;&gt;Thiago Monteiro&lt;/a&gt; 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5). &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;eca9d622-ad76-da99-9941-2f9a60234be8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2434&quot;&gt;Rafael Matos&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e39d3984-fa11-21c5-63ca-2bcb049aeecd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1013&quot;&gt;Marcelo Melo&lt;/a&gt; won the doubles for Brazil, beating &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60809731-71e1-644c-6ff3-0c72930667fd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=279&quot;&gt;Simone Bolelli&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36d1cd62-a79b-09ca-0f1d-86233eacd216&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/playe

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      <title>WNBA playoffs 2024: First-round predictions, X factors, keys</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;video1&gt;&lt;/video1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Can the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt; and superstar &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9d049a87-30bf-a718-0206-b47ef02f57df&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3149391/aja-wilson&quot;&gt;A&#39;ja Wilson&lt;/a&gt; three-peat as WNBA champions? Can the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/conn/connecticut-sun&quot;&gt;Connecticut Sun&lt;/a&gt; get their franchise&#39;s first title? Might the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx&quot;&gt;Minnesota Lynx&lt;/a&gt; claim their fifth crown? Or could the league champion come from beyond the top four seeds? That includes the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; appearing in the playoffs for the first time since 2016, led by rookie point guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The WNBA playoffs open Sunday. The final playoff team, the No. 8 seed &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt;, earned their spot Thursday, the last day of the regular season. The Dream got a 78-67 victory at New York, a game that admittedly meant nothing to the Liberty, who were already assured of their seed and the league&#39;s best record.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;But now those teams will turn around and start the playoffs at 1 p.m. ET Sunday (ESPN) in New York, followed by No. 6 Indiana at No. 3 Connecticut (ABC, 3 p.m. ET).&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Then &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;af0e2a4e-188a-421e-60ba-0c5f32ad63ad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/585/diana-taurasi&quot;&gt;Diana Taurasi&lt;/a&gt;, in her 20th and possibly last WNBA season, will lead the No. 7 seed &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;514d18a9-00a8-d52b-dda2-37d707f19bd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/phx/phoenix-mercury&quot;&gt;Phoenix Mercury&lt;/a&gt; against No. 2 Minnesota (5 p.m. ET, ESPN). That&#39;s followed by the No. 4 Aces hosting the No. 5 &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt; (10 p.m. ET, ESPN). The first round is best-of-three series, with the higher seed hosting the first two games.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;No WNBA team has won three championships in a row since the Houston Comets won four straight in the league&#39;s first four seasons. The Comets disbanded after the 2008 season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Aces, however, could face a potential meeting with the Liberty in the semifinals; those teams met in the WNBA Finals last year. New York has played for the WNBA championship five times but hasn&#39;t won a title yet.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The first-round winners will play best-of-five semifinal series, followed by the best-of-five WNBA Finals. We break down what we&#39;ll see as the postseason gets underway and predict which teams will advance.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://a.espncdn.com/i/mlb/infographics/greyline.png&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/ny.png?w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://a.espncdn.com/i/team_vs.gif&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/atl.png?w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;(1) &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt; vs. (8) &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regular season series:&lt;/strong&gt; New York won 3-1&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How New York got here:&lt;/strong&gt; The Liberty fell short of their goal for a championship in last year&#39;s WNBA Finals but have been better in Year 2 of their superteam, occupying the top spot in the standings for most of the season. Their starting five has another year of chemistry under its belt. Reigning MVP &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4d83d500-2f40-c89e-4f85-62927c5abbeb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2998928/breanna-stewart&quot;&gt;Breanna Stewart&lt;/a&gt; is still the second-best player in the world. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d5154a93-4a46-71af-8b55-f69328b84b54&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2999101/jonquel-jones&quot;&gt;Jonquel Jones&lt;/a&gt; had stretches where she looked like her 2021 MVP form, while&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3b205f4b-7b5d-0115-3a92-f8f35ff473ed&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4066533/sabrina-ionescu&quot;&gt;Sabrina Ionescu&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;took a step forward in her development. Their retooled bench helped them defensively and with their overall depth. Altogether, it has left Liberty fans optimistic that this might finally be their year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;video2&gt;&lt;/video2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Atlanta got here:&lt;/strong&gt; The 2024 Dream&amp;nbsp;have been a roller coaster. Injuries to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6e517eae-e6cc-f3bb-5761-4b2f27775272&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142250/jordin-canada&quot;&gt;Jordin Canada&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;940914f8-5293-4fb8-0f4c-7c5436f2c5bd&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4398674/rhyne-howard&quot;&gt;Rhyne Howard&lt;/a&gt; during the first half of the season hampered their early development, and the Dream went 7-17. Even with those players back in the lineup after the Olympics, they were just .500 in the second half, and it took a win over the Liberty on the final day of the regular season to clinch a playoff spot. But Atlanta will enter its first-round series -- its second consecutive playoff appearance -- on a three-game winning streak, tied for its longest run of the season. One bright spot regardless of the ups and downs: All-time great &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8d4185-5dc2-d522-e8ed-fb219a1130d4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/918/tina-charles&quot;&gt;Tina Charles&lt;/a&gt; has been a steadying force in her first season back in the WNBA since 2022, nearly averaging a double-double in her 13th campaign.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How they match up:&lt;/strong&gt; New York dominated this regular-season series until Thursday, when the Dream looked like they were fighting for their playoff lives, while the Liberty looked like they knew they had nothing to gain or lose. Atlanta&#39;s defense has been more reliable than its offense this season, but can it really &lt;em&gt;twice&lt;/em&gt; slow down a Liberty offense that has been best in the league all summer? On paper, the reigning WNBA Finals runners-up with a plus-11.7 net rating (first in the league) should comfortably handle the team with the minus-3.6 net rating (seventh) that hasn&#39;t won a playoff game since 2018. We&#39;ll see if Thursday ends up being a preview of a more competitive series than expected.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest concern for the higher seed?&lt;/strong&gt; Dropping two of their last three regular-season games (to the Lynx and Dream) wasn&#39;t the most confidence-instilling stretch for the Liberty. Ionescu hasn&#39;t been as efficient in the second half of the season, Jones not as dominant. And their defense left a lot to be desired in those losses. New York will hope to leave those issues behind as it seeks to clinch the franchise&#39;s first title.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What will most impact the series?&lt;/strong&gt; This matchup features two recent No. 1 picks and U.S. Olympians: Ionescu (2020, 5-on-5 Olympian) and Howard (2022, 3x3 Olympian). It&#39;s hard to see Atlanta pulling off the upset without a sensational series from Howard. Ionescu, meanwhile, will look to find some rhythm and efficiency as the postseason gets going. -- &lt;em&gt;Alexa Philippou&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who will win the series:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pelton:&lt;/strong&gt; Liberty in 2&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Philippou:&lt;/strong&gt; Liberty in 2&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Voepel:&lt;/strong&gt; Liberty in 2&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;hr&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;video3&gt;&lt;/video3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/min.png?w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://a.espncdn.com/i/team_vs.gif&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/pho.png?w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;(2) &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx&quot;&gt;Minnesota Lynx&lt;/a&gt; vs. (7) &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;514d18a9-00a8-d52b-dda2-37d707f19bd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/phx/phoenix-mercury&quot;&gt;Phoenix Mercury&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regular season series:&lt;/strong&gt; Minnesota won 3-1&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Minnesota got here:&lt;/strong&gt; The Lynx added two key free agents, guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;af31f6fd-c336-4832-e8bc-60604765de83&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987891/courtney-williams&quot;&gt;Courtney Williams&lt;/a&gt; and forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;af9f2bf5-f7be-a160-609b-577fe20e48e0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3913881/alanna-smith&quot;&gt;Alanna Smith&lt;/a&gt;, both of whom played for Chicago in 2023. Combined, they have averaged just over 21 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Among Minnesota&#39;s returning players from 2023, forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3050c42f-4845-9e46-c003-1b0adb4c5e14&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3917450/napheesa-collier&quot;&gt;Napheesa Collier&lt;/a&gt; has been an MVP candidate, forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;45bb9001-d6d5-f987-3e64-fe45e12895f8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3906972/bridget-carleton&quot;&gt;Bridget Carleton&lt;/a&gt; is having the best of her six seasons and guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d1fad434-2410-9267-1759-f76f7d43929f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529205/kayla-mcbride&quot;&gt;Kayla McBride&lt;/a&gt; is averaging the most 3-pointers per game (2.7) of her 11 years in the league.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Minnesota is first in the WNBA in defensive rating and in 3-point percentage. The Lynx won the Commissioner&#39;s Cup final over New York on June 25, but then hit a lull tied to Collier missing time with plantar fasciitis. Between June 27 and July 17, Minnesota was 4-5. But Collier played more like herself at the Paris Games, and since the Olympic break ended, the Lynx are 13-2. It&#39;s notable those two losses include a meaningless 68-51 loss Thursday vs. Los Angeles in a game in which Minnesota rested Collier and McBride. The Lynx have been one of the league&#39;s most consistent teams.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Phoenix got here:&lt;/strong&gt; The Mercury have been consistent, too, but not in as positive a way as the Lynx. Phoenix has hovered around .500 the entire season. Center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;40e7dc87-4f73-696a-7dd3-6953d9f8ae79&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2490553/brittney-griner&quot;&gt;Brittney Griner&lt;/a&gt; missed the first 10 games with a toe injury. Guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c3d35267-fedd-d8d2-8c24-64ee7aa144ac&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529137/natasha-cloud&quot;&gt;Natasha Cloud&lt;/a&gt;, wing &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6e7575ee-bfdd-009a-f348-3cc2bde0ae32&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2998938/kahleah-copper&quot;&gt;Kahleah Copper&lt;/a&gt; and coach Nate Tibbett are all newcomers to the Mercury this season. Taurasi&amp;nbsp;said there is still a lot this team is figuring out about itself. When the Mercury have looked good, they&#39;ve been impressive. But they&#39;ve also been blown out in some games. Copper (back injury) returned for the regular-season finale Thursday after missing the previous three games. She leads Phoenix in scoring, and it seems unlikely the Mercury can upset the Lynx without a big series from Copper.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;inline1&gt;&lt;/inline1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How they match up:&lt;/strong&gt; Minnesota&#39;s three victories against Phoenix were all by double digits. The Mercury&#39;s win in the series came on a last-second 3-pointer by Copper for an 81-80 win on June 7. The most recent matchup -- an 89-76 Minnesota victory on Aug. 28 -- was an example of why the Lynx are so hard to beat. They play exceptionally well as a team, their chemistry has been good even with the new pieces that they have added and their bench has been dependable.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest concern for the higher seed?&lt;/strong&gt; The Lynx have had very few games in which they just haven&#39;t played well, and that&#39;s especially true since the Olympic break. There is no reason to expect a letdown now. But the Mercury might be playing with a lot of emotion, especially with Taurasi potentially being in her last playoff. Because of the first-round format, a possible Game 3 in Phoenix is something the Lynx want to avoid.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What will most impact the series?&lt;/strong&gt; How well Copper and Griner play will be a big factor in whether the Mercury can hang around and potentially force Game 3. The Mercury also must defend the perimeter at a high level with how well the Lynx shoot 3-pointers. If these playoff games go the same way the regular-season series went, Minnesota will sweep. -- &lt;em&gt;Michael Voepel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who will win the series:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pelton:&lt;/strong&gt; Lynx in 2&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Philippou:&lt;/strong&gt; Lynx in 2&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Voepel:&lt;/strong&gt; Lynx in 2&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;video5&gt;&lt;/video5&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/ct.png?w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://a.espncdn.com/i/team_vs.gif&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/ind.png?w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;(3) &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/conn/connecticut-sun&quot;&gt;Connecticut Sun&lt;/a&gt; vs. (6) &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regular season series:&lt;/strong&gt; Connecticut won 3-1&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Connecticut got here:&lt;/strong&gt; The formula for the Sun has been the same for a while, even with the change in Stephanie White taking over as coach last season when Curt Miller went to Los Angeles. Connecticut is very strong defensively -- which sets the tone for everything else the Sun do -- and balanced offensively. Guard/forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;74bfe609-0fcb-e955-df3e-e206e06a3a6a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/869/dewanna-bonner&quot;&gt;DeWanna Bonner&lt;/a&gt; and guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1bce47f0-de18-db37-1f24-f707afb155a8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3904576/marina-mabrey&quot;&gt;Marina Mabrey&lt;/a&gt; (acquired from Chicago via trade on July 17) lead six Sun players who average double figures in scoring. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;908608e9-31d4-62f2-dfe2-9fee9024e7e2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529140/alyssa-thomas&quot;&gt;Alyssa Thomas&lt;/a&gt; leads Connecticut in assists and rebounds.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Sun started the season 9-0, then lost their first game to New York on June 8. Connecticut&#39;s performance has been a little more uneven since, but all 12 of the Sun&#39;s losses are to playoff teams.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Obtaining Mabrey was an important move, as she fits very well with the Sun&#39;s offense, shooting better than 41% from 3-point range. She also is a good personality fit for Connecticut, which has long leaned into the &quot;you&#39;re underestimating us&quot; mentality.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Indiana got here:&lt;/strong&gt; One of the most interesting storylines in the league this year: the Fever going from a 1-8 start to getting the No. 6 seed and ending their seven-season playoff drought. They&#39;ve done it led by lottery picks: back-to-back No. 1&#39;s &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt; (2023) and Clark (2024) and No. 2 &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65441aab-bd32-abef-f1f9-6a95b381c955&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142191/kelsey-mitchell&quot;&gt;Kelsey Mitchell&lt;/a&gt; (2018). Clark seems a lock to follow Boston as Rookie of the Year; she leads the WNBA in assists and is in the top 10 in scoring. Clark&#39;s connections with Boston in the post and fellow guard Mitchell have steadily grown and made the Fever a fun team to watch when they are clicking on offense.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Forward &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;92bac4f9-e4db-67c6-0354-24c06720f754&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4398776/nalyssa-smith&quot;&gt;NaLyssa Smith&lt;/a&gt; has had big games and can be an important factor on the boards. Guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a27d443a-9d18-a215-5e1d-d4090cd1358d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4398829/lexie-hull&quot;&gt;Lexie Hull&lt;/a&gt; has been an energizing force on defense. Guard &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;10a2cf09-7845-e376-c86e-0fa06cbdd524&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2491214/erica-wheeler&quot;&gt;Erica Wheeler&lt;/a&gt; and center &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6d7c1268-3b3a-65da-d424-2b536d7c2e82&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2569044/temi-fagbenle&quot;&gt;Temi Fagbenle&lt;/a&gt; have shown terrific leadership as veterans in how they have treated young star Clark and helped her adjust to the league. For all the heat coach Christie Sides has taken from social media critics, she has kept the Fever&#39;s focus on improving.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How they match up:&lt;/strong&gt; Their first matchup -- a 92-71 Sun victory -- was the season-opening game for both teams, as well as Clark&#39;s WNBA debut. The teams met again six days later at Indiana and it was a much different game, with the Sun winning 88-84. Connecticut won big again over Indiana 89-72 on June 10. The Fever&#39;s 84-80 victory came Aug. 28.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The most obvious difference between the teams is experience: The Sun&#39;s core of Thomas, Bonner and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1d62bb30-f780-da28-7d86-3cc9b29d7ae7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3058895/brionna-jones&quot;&gt;Brionna Jones&lt;/a&gt; have played in the WNBA Finals together. The Fever are a younger team, including a rookie point guard in Clark.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;re a different team than we were to start the season,&quot; Sides said. &quot;We&#39;re ready and prepared for Sunday. [The Sun] can play some hella defense, and we&#39;ve just got to be ready. They&#39;re going to make everything hard.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This will be the first chance in the playoffs for Mitchell, and Sides said that is one of the most gratifying parts of this season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest concern for the higher seed?&lt;/strong&gt; Stopping Indiana&#39;s offense has to be a concern, even for a good defensive team like the Sun. Mitchell and Clark have been a dynamic force in the backcourt, especially since the Olympic break.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Clark finished the regular season Thursday with 8 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in 20 minutes, playing limited time because the game had no impact on the Fever&#39;s seed. Mitchell played just 5 minutes, getting 4 points -- she was briefly shaken up and left the game. Sides said afterward Mitchell was fine but she didn&#39;t want to take any chances. For the season, both Mitchell and Clark averaged 19.2 points, with Clark adding a league-best 8.4 assists plus 5.7 rebounds.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What will most impact the series?&lt;/strong&gt; Indiana really needs to prove it can defend well when it means the most. The Fever have shown growth in that area, and they do have individual players who are strong defenders. But as a team, defense hasn&#39;t been the Fever&#39;s main calling card. Turnovers are the other major factor; the Fever sometimes have had stretches where their offense gets sloppy. And a team with veterans like Connecticut can take advantage of it. -- &lt;em&gt;Voepel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who will win the series:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pelton:&lt;/strong&gt; Sun in 3&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Philippou:&lt;/strong&gt; Sun in 2&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Voepel:&lt;/strong&gt; Sun in 3&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/lv.png?w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://a.espncdn.com/i/team_vs.gif&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/sea.png?w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;(4) Las Vegas Aces vs. (5) Seattle Storm&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regular season series:&lt;/strong&gt; Las Vegas won 3-1&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Las Vegas got here:&lt;/strong&gt; After cruising to the No. 1 seed last year with a 34-6 record, the back-to-back champs faced more adversity during the 2024 regular season. The Aces matched their 2023 losses during a 6-6 start without injured All-Star &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6a3fef56-2bd2-ba2e-1e18-4723c4590b47&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529122/chelsea-gray&quot;&gt;Chelsea Gray&lt;/a&gt;, and after four Las Vegas players helped the U.S. women to gold in Paris, the team came out of the Olympic break 2-4. Since then, the Aces have looked more like themselves, going 9-1 over their past 10 games with the only loss in that stretch to the Liberty with presumptive MVP &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9d049a87-30bf-a718-0206-b47ef02f57df&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3149391/aja-wilson&quot;&gt;A&#39;ja Wilson&lt;/a&gt; sidelined by an ankle injury.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Seattle got here:&lt;/strong&gt; A year ago, the Storm were preparing for the lottery. Having added All-Stars &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;535bcd09-56fd-8fc0-4442-a28d787609e0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2491205/skylar-diggins-smith&quot;&gt;Skylar Diggins-Smith&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;759b52cb-27bf-059a-9407-ea76a87edb14&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/1068/nneka-ogwumike&quot;&gt;Nneka Ogwumike&lt;/a&gt; in free agency, Seattle more than doubled last season&#39;s 11 wins. Despite Diggins-Smith&#39;s strong play after the Olympic break, however, the Storm went 7-6 and played the final week of the season without key starters &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6268520f-7d7f-f5f6-4c16-59e7ffcd3dd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987869/jewell-loyd&quot;&gt;Jewell Loyd&lt;/a&gt; (knee) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1a2b36a5-ad9c-05f3-62fe-4a4b21a3cfc1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4420318/ezi-magbegor&quot;&gt;Ezi Magbegor&lt;/a&gt; (concussion). Seattle hopes both will be back to start the playoffs.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How they match up:&lt;/strong&gt; It&#39;s a rematch of the 2020 WNBA Finals and a 2022 semifinals series, but the Storm now have different All-Stars around holdovers Loyd, Magbegor and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;868dcf7a-2db5-cda3-48ae-7ee29c87f2c5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142328/gabby-williams&quot;&gt;Gabby Williams&lt;/a&gt;. Seattle won the first meeting between the teams in Las Vegas, but the Aces won the next three thanks in part to their shooting edge. Las Vegas outscored the Storm 66-27 from beyond the arc in the three wins.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest concern for the higher seed?&lt;/strong&gt; Seattle is an atypically difficult first-round matchup for the Aces, who swept below-.500 teams in the first round in each of the past two years as the No. 1 seed. At 24-15 heading into Thursday&#39;s regular-season finale, the Storm have the best record for any team without home-court advantage since 2002. In a year where five teams separated themselves from the rest of the league, Las Vegas might have to beat three of them to win a third consecutive title.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What will most impact the series?&lt;/strong&gt; It&#39;s simplistic, but Seattle&#39;s health. Without Loyd and Magbegor, the Storm&#39;s spacing and depth were issues when these teams played Tuesday in Seattle. The Aces were able to stifle the Storm with a zone, holding them to 11 points in the fourth quarter. If Loyd and Magbegor aren&#39;t 100%, it will be difficult for Seattle to pull the upset, so it&#39;s notable that Storm coach Noelle Quinn said Thursday night that &quot;there&#39;s no question&quot; Loyd will play in Sunday&#39;s Game 1. -- &lt;em&gt;Kevin Pelton&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who will win the series:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pelton:&lt;/strong&gt; Aces in 2&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Philippou:&lt;/strong&gt; Aces in 2&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Voepel:&lt;/strong&gt; Aces in 2&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;video1&gt;&lt;/video1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt; was born in 2002, five years after the WNBA launched, and grew up watching the league. Playing in the WNBA has long been one of her dreams. Now, near the end of her record-breaking first season, it&#39;s clear that she has already made a mark in just one summer.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;A lot of people in this rookie class grew up just loving this league,&quot; Clark said. &quot;They speak of a lot of memories through their childhood that were spent at a WNBA game or they have a specific player that they love.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know if being a fan necessarily makes you more prepared to play in the WNBA -- but maybe from the standpoint of really knowing how good this league is. You&#39;re going to continue to see these young players that come into the league and have idolized [a player] or specific team ... and that was a very impactful part of their young life.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Some might one day say Clark influenced them that way. She is off to a strong start to what could be an epic career. Just how good has she been as a rookie?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;She currently leads the WNBA in assists and 3-pointers and ranks seventh in scoring. She became the first rookie to get a triple-double; she has two. Clark has eight games of at least 20 points and 10 assists, the most by any player in a season. Through Sunday&#39;s victory over the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bceea196-4263-d338-17a7-9ae40f3aed3f&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/atl/atlanta-dream&quot;&gt;Atlanta Dream&lt;/a&gt;, she became the first player in WNBA history to average at least 25 points and 10 assists over a five-game span.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Clark also has made at least three 3-pointers in 10 consecutive games, the longest streak in WNBA history. And Clark has been a big factor in helping the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt; break their seven-year playoff drought, as they have qualified for the postseason for the first time since 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;When it comes to impact in terms of getting exposure for the WNBA and bringing in new fans, Clark has been in a league of her own. Her popularity, boosted by her run to the NCAA Division I scoring record and two trips to the national championship game while at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2294/iowa-hawkeyes&quot;&gt;Iowa&lt;/a&gt;, has translated to the WNBA just as her game has. Fever tickets are a hot commodity both in Indiana and around the league.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Where does Clark&#39;s season rank among the top 10 rookie seasons in WNBA history? And does &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s -- now sidelined for the rest of the season with a wrist injury -- also land on that list? All rookies were eligible, not only those players who were named WNBA Rookie of the Year. That said, everyone on the list except this year&#39;s rookies won that honor. The 2024 award hasn&#39;t been given yet, although Clark is the overwhelming favorite.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Like most rankings, this one is almost impossible to limit to 10. How, for instance, can we leave off &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/695/seimone-augustus&quot;&gt;Seimone Augustus&lt;/a&gt;, who is the all-time rookie leader in scoring average (21.9 in 2006)? What about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/479/cheryl-ford&quot;&gt;Cheryl Ford&lt;/a&gt;, who averaged a double-double (10.8 PPG, 10.4 RPG) in 2003 and is the only Rookie of the Year winner besides &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/956/maya-moore&quot;&gt;Maya Moore&lt;/a&gt; to win a WNBA championship in her first year?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;We tried to take into account rookies who made an impact in multiple categories during their first season and also whether they performed feats that were historical not just for rookies but players in general. Only two true guards -- Clark and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;af0e2a4e-188a-421e-60ba-0c5f32ad63ad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/585/diana-taurasi&quot;&gt;Diana Taurasi&lt;/a&gt; -- made this list. That&#39;s probably because it can take a little longer for guards to adjust to the league.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;But in Clark&#39;s case, it didn&#39;t take long until the league had to start adjusting to her.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://a.espncdn.com/i/mlb/infographics/greyline.png&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo2&gt;&lt;/photo2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/812/candace-parker&quot;&gt;Candace Parker&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;fc3d2f98-2a3d-9ef8-4d5b-b8d5168d7737&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-sparks&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Sparks&lt;/a&gt;, 2008&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.5 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 3.4 APG, 2.3 BPG&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Parker is the only Rookie of the Year to also win MVP in the same season. The No. 1 draft pick was coming off back-to-back NCAA titles at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;497e95e2-97ac-7535-f946-91502d9ec4ea&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2633/tennessee-lady-volunteers&quot;&gt;Tennessee&lt;/a&gt; and was immediately a force in the WNBA. She won an Olympic gold medal with Team USA in 2008, then the forward-center and the Sparks made it to the Western Conference finals. Parker went on to claim another MVP award (in 2013) and win a Defensive Player of the Year honor (2020), and she was a member of three WNBA championship teams (2016, 2021, 2023).&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/125/tamika-catchings&quot;&gt;Tamika Catchings&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;bfef1bdd-c2d1-310d-dd9f-645b90575da9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ind/indiana-fever&quot;&gt;Indiana Fever&lt;/a&gt;, 2002&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.6 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 3.7 APG, 2.9 SPG&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Catchings was drafted No. 3 in 2001 but was rehabbing a knee injury that cut short her senior season at Tennessee. Thus, her rookie season was 2002, when she led the Fever to their first playoff appearance. Catchings recorded 9.2 win shares, the most ever by a WNBA rookie. The forward went on to collect a league MVP award (2011), was a five-time Defensive Player of the Year and won the 2012 championship.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;3. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5ec40e1c-3104-322e-b80f-f358ea26aad4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433403/caitlin-clark&quot;&gt;Caitlin Clark&lt;/a&gt;, Indiana Fever, 2024&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats (through Sept. 10):&lt;/strong&gt; 19.2 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 8.5 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Clark was the top pick in April, following fellow No. 1 selection &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bcc663d0-9e0f-34d5-8298-d1922f84e7d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432831/aliyah-boston&quot;&gt;Aliyah Boston&lt;/a&gt;, who was the 2023 Rookie of the Year for the Fever. Those two have made great progress in one season as a top guard-post combo. Clark also has jelled well with starting backcourt mate &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65441aab-bd32-abef-f1f9-6a95b381c955&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142191/kelsey-mitchell&quot;&gt;Kelsey Mitchell&lt;/a&gt;; both are averaging just over 19 points per game. A strong case can be made that Clark has had the best offensive season ever for a WNBA rookie. Where a player such as Catchings has an edge is that she also was an elite defender as a rookie. Clark has made progress on that side of the court. And while she averages a league-high 5.7 turnovers per game, her being the team&#39;s primary ball handler and the league&#39;s assist leader must be taken into account.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;4. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/956/maya-moore&quot;&gt;Maya Moore&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx&quot;&gt;Minnesota Lynx&lt;/a&gt;, 2011&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 13.2 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.4 SPG&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The three-time Wade Trophy winner at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;179cc0cf-4aff-5dd9-80cb-c4bbf21c5442&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/41/uconn-huskies&quot;&gt;UConn&lt;/a&gt; didn&#39;t have the biggest stats as the No. 1 pick in 2011, but her impact was immediate and enormous. She was the missing element the Lynx needed to lead them that year to the first of their four WNBA championships. The forward would go on to be league MVP in 2014, and she made six trips to the WNBA Finals in her eight seasons in the league.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;5. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9d049a87-30bf-a718-0206-b47ef02f57df&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3149391/aja-wilson&quot;&gt;A&#39;ja Wilson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;c97eb968-6e82-9785-a302-0bb1a1c1d064&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/lv/las-vegas-aces&quot;&gt;Las Vegas Aces&lt;/a&gt;, 2018&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 20.7 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.7 BPG&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Wilson was the second of three consecutive No. 1 picks for the Aces, following &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2e8112d2-f7f5-33dd-0ab1-7a41c4134037&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3065570/kelsey-plum&quot;&gt;Kelsey Plum&lt;/a&gt; (while the franchise was still in San Antonio) and before &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;549665e1-73d4-f906-4670-03961ea95464&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4065870/jackie-young&quot;&gt;Jackie Young&lt;/a&gt;. As a group, they&#39;ve helped lead the Aces to the past two WNBA titles. Wilson was immediately the face of the Aces franchise when it moved to Las Vegas her rookie year, and the center is on her way this season to her third MVP award. She also has won the Defensive Player of the Year Award twice.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;6. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4d83d500-2f40-c89e-4f85-62927c5abbeb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2998928/breanna-stewart&quot;&gt;Breanna Stewart&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;2da9bce5-382a-83d9-132c-b6c59d0e8eb9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/sea/seattle-storm&quot;&gt;Seattle Storm&lt;/a&gt;, 2016&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.3 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.9 BPG&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Stewart was coming off four consecutive NCAA titles at UConn when she became the Storm&#39;s second No. 1 pick in a row, after &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;6268520f-7d7f-f5f6-4c16-59e7ffcd3dd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2987869/jewell-loyd&quot;&gt;Jewell Loyd&lt;/a&gt;. During Stewart&#39;s WNBA rookie season, the forward followed in the footsteps of Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi by winning an Olympic gold medal with Team USA. Stewart, now with the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ad8ccde6-59b3-fbe6-2faf-a835fa224ca1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/ny/new-york-liberty&quot;&gt;New York Liberty&lt;/a&gt;, has since won two WNBA MVP awards and two league championships.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;7. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/2491877/elena-delle-donne&quot;&gt;Elena Delle Donne&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3b4b0e25-5d0c-1ce2-ab25-580273be43e4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-sky&quot;&gt;Chicago Sky&lt;/a&gt;, 2013&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 18.1 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.8 BPG&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The No. 2 pick out of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/48/delaware-blue-hens&quot;&gt;Delaware&lt;/a&gt;, Delle Donne has the best 3-point rate (43.8%) and free throw rate (92.9%) of any WNBA Rookie of the Year winner. If anyone questioned whether it might take Delle Donne more time to adjust to the WNBA because she didn&#39;t play in a power conference in college, she proved that wasn&#39;t the case. The forward-guard went on to win two MVP awards and a WNBA championship.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;8. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;af0e2a4e-188a-421e-60ba-0c5f32ad63ad&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/585/diana-taurasi&quot;&gt;Diana Taurasi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;514d18a9-00a8-d52b-dda2-37d707f19bd0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/phx/phoenix-mercury&quot;&gt;Phoenix Mercury&lt;/a&gt;, 2004&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 17.0 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The No. 1 pick from UConn, where the guard won three consecutive NCAA titles, Taurasi was named Rookie of the Year and also won the first of six Olympic gold medals with Team USA during her debut season in the WNBA. The Mercury missed the playoffs that year but won their first WNBA title in 2007. In all, Taurasi has three championships with the Mercury. She was the 2009 league MVP, and Taurasi is the WNBA&#39;s all-time scoring leader.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;9. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ae8d4185-5dc2-d522-e8ed-fb219a1130d4&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/918/tina-charles&quot;&gt;Tina Charles&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;7c72e7ee-5064-b766-2b39-95b57e3d9a08&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/conn/connecticut-sun&quot;&gt;Connecticut Sun&lt;/a&gt;, 2010&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 15.5 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.7 BPG&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Charles won back-to-back NCAA titles with perfect seasons at UConn before being the No. 1 pick in 2010. Until Angel Reese this year, Charles had the highest rebounding average of any rookie in WNBA history. Charles went on to win the league&#39;s MVP award in 2012. Now with Atlanta, the center ranks second to Taurasi in career scoring.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;10. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;198d799e-9709-3062-8402-34f309bf151e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt;, Chicago Sky, 2024&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rookie year stats:&lt;/strong&gt; 13.6 PPG, 13.1 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.3 SPG&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Reese was drafted the lowest of any of the players who made this top-10 list: She was picked No. 7 this year out of &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;ac200a77-5d39-7ad9-fee8-1d683819d6cf&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/99/lsu-tigers&quot;&gt;LSU&lt;/a&gt;, where she won the 2023 NCAA title. But Reese has been a huge success as a rebounder. She established the WNBA single-season record for rebounds (446) and set the mark for most consecutive double-doubles (15). Her season was cut short by a wrist injury, but the forward still played 34 games.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also considered:&lt;/strong&gt; Seimone Augustus, Cheryl Ford, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/bio/_/id/91/sue-bird&quot;&gt;Sue Bird&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The 2024 WNBA regular season is over, and while the playoffs are underway, it&#39;s also time to turn our attention to how teams should approach the offseason.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A lot of answers are still to come. The league has yet to announce a date for the draft lottery, which was held in December last year. And in addition to April&#39;s WNBA draft, the league will hold an expansion draft as the Golden State Valkyries join the league ahead of the 2025 season. Per league sources, it will take place before the January start of free agency, but the WNBA has yet to announce a date or rules for the Golden State expansion draft.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;fc3d2f98-2a3d-9ef8-4d5b-b8d5168d7737&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/la/los-angeles-sparks&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Sparks&lt;/a&gt;, one of four teams that didn&#39;t reach the playoffs this season, have the best odds for the No. 1 pick in April&#39;s draft, at 44.2%.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the meantime, we&#39;re breaking down potential moves for each eliminated WNBA franchise, including a look at the state of each roster, team needs and priorities for each front office.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://espn.go.com/i/mlb/infographics/greyline.png&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Eliminated after regular season&lt;/h2&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;Washington Mystics&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;floatright&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/wsh.png&amp;amp;w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2024 record:&lt;/strong&gt; 14-26 (9th)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free agents:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;29cc312a-eb11-a49b-60a6-3f4595b2d36c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3058893/shatori-walker-kimbrough&quot;&gt;Shatori Walker-Kimbrough&lt;/a&gt; (unrestricted), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b2eb4e85-2965-f2b9-519a-c12058d48430&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4398729/emily-engstler&quot;&gt;Emily Engstler&lt;/a&gt; (reserved), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;94505e32-78a6-ac64-2837-0afb0604eb33&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4068159/sug-sutton&quot;&gt;Sug Sutton&lt;/a&gt; (reserved), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;20b0ee3b-59ad-3c6f-962a-f3ee42f9d785&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2566110/julie-vanloo&quot;&gt;Julie Vanloo&lt;/a&gt; (reserved)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2025 draft capital:&lt;/strong&gt; Two first-round picks, their own and Atlanta&#39;s&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lottery odds:&lt;/strong&gt; 10.4%&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2024 recap:&lt;/strong&gt; First came &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529137/natasha-cloud&quot;&gt;Natasha Cloud&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s decision to sign with Phoenix at the start of free agency. A week later, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2491877/elena-delle-donne&quot;&gt;Elena Delle Donne&lt;/a&gt;, after playing just 23 games in 2023, announced she was sitting out the season. That meant two of Washington&#39;s top-three scorers from 2023 were gone. Then in this season&#39;s second game, the Mystics&#39; other top scorer, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b8564ef4-7521-235a-57d1-0262eb11d1fb&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2988756/brittney-sykes&quot;&gt;Brittney Sykes&lt;/a&gt;, suffered a high ankle sprain and missed three weeks. That all added up to an 0-12 start, a hole from which Washington couldn&#39;t escape. The Mystics did win five of six games in late August/early September to become a playoff threat, but -- too reliant on &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3bcbeadc-7ef5-ea77-1b70-2392df149627&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3146151/ariel-atkins&quot;&gt;Ariel Atkins&lt;/a&gt; and Sykes -- they ultimately fell short. They had only two wins all season against teams with winning records.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State of the roster:&lt;/strong&gt; Delle Donne&#39;s status is uncertain, but 2024 core players Atkins, Sykes, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f3e8f659-99fc-fc55-0f62-a95500b0074a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529183/stefanie-dolson&quot;&gt;Stefanie Dolson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0390235b-d63b-9a48-470f-dc80c05a20fa&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4398911/shakira-austin&quot;&gt;Shakira Austin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a6639392-a558-7275-c0b4-120c8c122cc2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3056730/karlie-samuelson&quot;&gt;Karlie Samuelson&lt;/a&gt; (who had her best season as a pro) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;60595614-8481-3d6c-98be-1a1ee34424cf&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433408/aaliyah-edwards&quot;&gt;Aaliyah Edwards&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are under contract. Keeping those players on the court is the issue. Austin has played just 31 games the past two seasons. Washington might have to bring back Emily Engstler just for frontcourt protection. Sykes missed 23 games. That opened some minutes for Julie Vanloo, who could now be a valued bench piece. Edwards suffered from inconsistency in her rookie year. Her expected improvement would fill some holes.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest priority:&lt;/strong&gt; Add another scorer or a true point guard. Sykes and Atkins can&#39;t be asked to carry the offense again.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest offseason question:&lt;/strong&gt; How can the Mystics maximize their current talent? All things considered, the coaching staff did a great job digging this team out of the 0-12 hole and nearly making the playoffs. But Washington has weaknesses. The Mystics grabbed the fewest rebounds in the league and had the most turnovers. That really limits scoring opportunities. The two first-round draft picks could help add depth that coach Eric Thibault can turn into a balanced attack. A better version of Edwards and healthy Austin could solve the rebounding dilemma and the lack of interior scoring. That was another area where Washington struggled. &lt;em&gt;-- Charlie Creme&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/chi/chicago-sky&quot;&gt;Chicago Sky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;floatright&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/chi.png&amp;amp;w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2024 record:&lt;/strong&gt; 13-27 (10th)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free agents:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7bce1add-eedb-11c2-3284-1351968dabf2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2566453/isabelle-harrison&quot;&gt;Isabelle Harrison&lt;/a&gt; (unrestricted), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1ff615cd-0bc6-eff1-8207-e36689c0672c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3142086/brianna-turner&quot;&gt;Brianna Turner&lt;/a&gt; (unrestricted), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2304b697-41ea-e75c-7da8-8739c2206cc1&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3058902/diamond-deshields&quot;&gt;Diamond DeShields&lt;/a&gt; (unrestricted), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;0feab94d-9d84-4b8b-b363-57237f8e1855&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4280892/chennedy-carter&quot;&gt;Chennedy Carter&lt;/a&gt; (restricted), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;97dad9cd-0677-b9a3-b349-85f39da7c26b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4282173/michaela-onyenwere&quot;&gt;Michaela Onyenwere&lt;/a&gt; (restricted), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;051ae3bd-c8ea-eb8a-372b-9cd1cb336b9d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4281190/dana-evans&quot;&gt;Dana Evans&lt;/a&gt; (restricted). &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2566081/elizabeth-williams&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Williams&lt;/a&gt; signed a contract extention through 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2025 draft capital:&lt;/strong&gt; Holds Connecticut&#39;s first-round pick from the &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1bce47f0-de18-db37-1f24-f707afb155a8&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3904576/marina-mabrey&quot;&gt;Marina Mabrey&lt;/a&gt; trade earlier this season. Dallas could swap first-rounders with the Sky as part of the trade to obtain Mabrey prior to the 2023 season. (Chicago traded away its 2nd and 3rd round picks.)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lottery odds:&lt;/strong&gt; 17.8% (This is the technical number for Chicago to get the top pick, but with Dallas holding the rights to swap picks, the Sky have essentially zero chance of picking first.)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2024 recap:&lt;/strong&gt; While competitive most nights, the Sky couldn&#39;t overcome their limited 3-point shooting (last in the WNBA in made 3-pointers per game and percentage of points from 3-pointers), the Mabrey trade, Carter&#39;s late-season illness and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433402/angel-reese&quot;&gt;Angel Reese&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s season-ending wrist injury. They missed the playoffs for the first time since 2018. The 2024 season will be remembered for Reese&#39;s historic rookie campaign, setting league marks for double-doubles and rebounds (a record A&#39;ja Wilson later broke), and for Teresa Weatherspoon possibly finding a core on which to build with Reese, Carter and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a4b0ff3-1dd7-31fc-8a29-220b6a17722c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4433405/kamilla-cardoso&quot;&gt;Kamilla Cardoso&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State of the roster:&lt;/strong&gt; It&#39;s almost certain the Sky would match any offer to Carter, but with six other free agents, Chicago could look quite different in 2025. Production and consistency were sparse after Reese, Carter, Cardoso and the now-departed Mabrey. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;986000fe-5c54-7533-2b58-daaf164ffc36&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2566186/rachel-banham&quot;&gt;Rachel Banham&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3058908/lindsay-allen&quot;&gt;Lindsay Allen&lt;/a&gt; could be back because they fill needs and have reasonable contracts -- Banham as a 3-point shooter and Allen as a point guard -- but it would benefit the Sky if they were coming off the bench. Onyenwere gave Chicago a spark after the Olympic break and is a restricted free agent who seems likely to return. The rest of the team&#39;s free agents either couldn&#39;t stay healthy or fell out of the regular rotation.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest priority:&lt;/strong&gt; Adding some long-range shooting and a point guard who is a scoring threat.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest offseason question: &lt;/strong&gt;How much will the franchise regret the pick swap with Dallas? The Sky would have had the third-best chance to secure the No. 1 pick, but imagine if they did. Paige Bueckers would have filled the franchise&#39;s two most significant needs with one player. This was a rebuilding season, and although there is disappointment in not making the playoffs Chicago accomplished its goal of resetting the franchise with a young core. What comes next with roster reconstruction will be key. &lt;em&gt;-- Charlie Creme&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/_/name/dal/dallas-wings&quot;&gt;Dallas Wings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;floatright&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/wnba/500/dal.png&amp;amp;w=110&amp;amp;h=110&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2024 record:&lt;/strong&gt; 9-31 (11th)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free agents:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d4c403bb-a2c8-ed6b-aeaa-c290d8afea9b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4281929/satou-sabally&quot;&gt;Satou Sabally&lt;/a&gt; (unrestricted), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2e32f80f-8560-a62e-8654-d21a12d1ed09&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2529130/natasha-howard&quot;&gt;Natasha Howard&lt;/a&gt; (unrestricted), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;706ea4c1-0550-b37a-5f0f-94595bd583af&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4066527/jaelyn-brown&quot;&gt;Jaelyn Brown&lt;/a&gt; (reserved), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5b1a03af-8d37-3a7e-a57f-fc09ed0de777&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/5209660/sevgi-uzun&quot;&gt;Sevgi Uzun&lt;/a&gt; (reserved)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2025 draft capital:&lt;/strong&gt; Standard picks plus the ability to swap first-round spots with Chicago&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lottery odds:&lt;/strong&gt; 45.4% (combined Dallas and Chicago odds because the Wings have the right to swap picks with the Sky)&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2024 recap:&lt;/strong&gt; The shoulder injury that cost Sabally the first 25 games derailed what was supposed to be another momentum-building season for a franchise coming off its first playoff series win since moving to Dallas in 2016. The Wings still managed to win only three games after Sabally&#39;s return, primarily because they had the league&#39;s worst defense. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;78c47f7b-0e8d-5fb0-159b-86591b85ad23&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3913903/teaira-mccowan&quot;&gt;Teaira McCowan&lt;/a&gt; showed signs of improvement in the post, and former first-round pick &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;36c3c518-87d0-8f3b-b961-c63480bb6976&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4399415/maddy-siegrist&quot;&gt;Maddy Siegrist&lt;/a&gt; looked like one of the WNBA&#39;s most improved players over the first month -- but was never the same after missing eight weeks with a broken finger. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a35875ce-3ef4-61d5-9a20-483b82d82ed9&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/3904577/arike-ogunbowale&quot;&gt;Arike Ogunbowale&lt;/a&gt; (second in the league at 22.2 PPG) remains one of the most electric offensive players in the game.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State of the roster:&lt;/strong&gt; Expect the Wings to designate Sabally as a core player and bring her back from what they hope is a full season of the 17.4 PPG she scored after the Olympic break. She and Ogunbowale form one of the league&#39;s top-scoring tandems, but just one year removed from that playoff appearance, this roster either needs to get fully healthy or remade. A decision must be made on Howard. Her leadership and scoring would be missed but letting her go in free agency would provide some offseason flexibility. Dallas added four first-round picks in the last two years, and three of the four -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5d2a7a9d-9110-3d82-b373-0e795cb29fc2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4432865/jacy-sheldon&quot;&gt;Jacy Sheldon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7a9534f3-6f2a-9449-82b0-1a8b8d82b325&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/4399114/lou-lopez-senechal&quot;&gt;Lou Lopez Senechal&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;7594348a-2c16-3ea6-8c94-b6eee0f1558a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/5106150/stephanie-soares&quot;&gt;Stephanie Soares&lt;/a&gt; -- have combined to score a total of 260 points in two seasons.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest priority:&lt;/strong&gt; The Wings need to be much better defensively and more physical. The draft isn&#39;t likely to provide that, so Dallas should be active in free agency. Oh, and a true point guard would be nice.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest offseason question:&lt;/strong&gt; Was this season just a product of injury or do personnel changes need to be made? The Wings seemed destined for bigger things but for a stretch in the season&#39;s first half were playing without Sabally, Siegrist and Howard. They couldn&#39;t recover and 2024 became a free fall. The front office and coaching staff must decide if just being healthy will be enough or if some big moves are necessary. &lt;em&gt;-- Charlie Creme&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Patton Kizzire ends drought with win at FedEx Cup Fall opener</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; ended a long victory drought Sunday in the Procore Championship, closing with a scrambling 2-under 70 for a tournament-record, five-stroke victory in the FedEx Cup Fall opener.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had gone 176 events without a victory after winning events in Mexico and Hawaii in a two-month span in late 2017 and early 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m going to enjoy this win ,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;It&#39;s just so sweet to get through the ups and downs. That&#39;s life. You just got to stay positive. That&#39;s what led me to here, to right now.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 38-year-old former Auburn player earned a PGA Tour card for the next two years after entering the event 132nd in the fight to earn a card with a top-125 finish in standings.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire finished at 20-under 268 at Silverado Country Club. On Sunday, he repeatedly misfired off the tee for a second consecutive day, but stayed steady with his approach shots and had three birdies, an eagle and three bogeys.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I knew that it would be difficult not to get ahead of myself with a four-shot lead heading into today,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;I wrote down in my yard book, &#39;I am here, I I am now.&#39; Kept going back to that. That helped me be disciplined and stay present. That&#39;s what really helped me come out on top.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt; was second after a 71.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c529f2c0-612b-10f0-6460-3dbc37598a0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/435808/patrick-fishburn&quot;&gt;Patrick Fishburn&lt;/a&gt; (71) was third at 14 under. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b9a9ec8-888b-c973-852c-e94f0e7da54b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6931/mackenzie-hughes&quot;&gt;Mackenzie Hughes&lt;/a&gt; (72), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d1aa104f-7630-5041-e5d2-787329c42e46&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8910/ben-silverman&quot;&gt;Ben Silverman&lt;/a&gt; (71) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2b4ea19e-5371-6a23-f364-7a25c3f1a1fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11333/greyson-sigg&quot;&gt;Greyson Sigg&lt;/a&gt; (72) were another stroke back.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt;, the winner last year, closed with a 72 to tie for fifth at 12-under 276.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Unlike in 2023 when Theegala was followed by a large gallery on his way to winning, Kizzire and Lipsky played the final round in front of a small crowd at the picturesque course in the heart of the Napa Valley wine country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For the second straight day, Kizzire had to make up for his erratic tee shots. He missed 11 fairways and hit three drives into bunkers but got out of trouble and limited the damage each time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipskey also had issues off the tee trying to battle winds that had been mostly absent for the first three rounds.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was really tough out there,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;The wind was swirling and it was strong and the greens were so firm. Where the put some of those pins is really tough to get close.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After Lipsky made birdies on Nos. 1 and No. 4 to get within two shots, Kizzire responded with an eagle on the par-5 fifth. Kizzire hit his second shot past the green, then holed a soft wedge shot coming back from 50 feet to get to 20 under.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire bogeyed No. 11 after another errant tee shot, while Lipsky birdied to get within two strokes again. Kizzire then made a birdie save after driving into a green-side bunker on No. 12, and had another birdie on No. 13.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire was ahead by five strokes after a birdie on No. 15, then missed a short par putt on No. 16. He had a chance to get the stroke back on No. 17, but pushed his putt to the right of the hole and settled for par.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I think that by 2025, by Jan. 1, it&#39;s my goal to be tournament-ready,&quot; Spieth told Golfweek in a Q&amp;amp;A published Monday. &quot;And for me, that would be not just going out and seeing how it feels, you know, but expecting to play at my ceiling.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Sporting a cast on his left wrist in his first public appearance since his surgery, Spieth appeared at a fundraiser at Brookhaven Country Club just outside Dallas.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spieth, 31, initially injured his wrist in 2023. He last competed in the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis in mid-August.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I would say the No. 1 reason why I ended up getting it done was because it affects my way of life at home,&quot; he said. &quot;Like when it would dislocate and I couldn&#39;t get it back in, it would happen when I&#39;m getting my daughter out of the bath, I&#39;m putting a sweatshirt on or it just so random that it was like, I didn&#39;t want it to continue, and it happened more and more. And it wasn&#39;t going to heal itself based on a number of different docs and scans and whatever. So it&#39;s just inevitable.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spieth has three major wins and 13 overall victories on the PGA Tour, but none since the RBC Heritage in April 2022. He began the 2024 season with a third-place showing at The Sentry and tied for sixth at the WM Phoenix Open, but he had only one more top-10 the rest of the year while missing seven cuts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Spieth did not earn entry into the 2025 season-opening tournament, The Sentry. He is, however, able to play in the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 9-12 at Waialae Country Club.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Masters and CBS are expanding television coverage next year by five hours, which includes two hours on Saturday and Sunday through the Paramount+ streaming service of CBS.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Augusta National also announced Tuesday another high-level corporate partner in Bank of America, bringing to four the number of &quot;champion partners&quot; for the major that attracts the largest viewing audience in golf.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The addition of Bank of America does not affect the commercial load. The Masters said the broadcast will continue with only four minutes of commercials each hour.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The Masters Tournament has had the great fortune of enjoying an extraordinary relationship with CBS Sports for nearly 70 years,&quot; said Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National and the Masters. &quot;Alongside our friends at the network, we are pleased to extend the tournament&#39;s weekend coverage and ultimately deliver more live golf for Masters fans.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;CBS will add an hour to Saturday&#39;s broadcast. It will go from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET next year, instead of starting at 3 p.m. The third and fourth rounds will be shown exclusively on Paramount+ from noon until 2 p.m., and will remain available on the streaming service through the 7 p.m. conclusion.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That brings the total coverage to 23 hours, which includes 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, broadcast by ESPN.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;CBS also produces the expansive digital coverage through the Masters app that includes such features as Amen Corner, Holes 4-6, Holes 15-16 and featured pairings.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;CBS has made its live coverage of sporting events available on Paramount+. The additional two hours on the weekend will be part of its exclusive content, the first time it has offered such content from golf.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The partnership between the Masters and CBS, a year-by-year contract, dates back to 1956, when the network used six cameras to televise the last four holes. It was only 25 years ago when the Masters offered just 10½ hours of live coverage on CBS, including three hours on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Bank of America joins a small list of primary corporate sponsors at the Masters that includes AT&amp;amp;T, IBM and Mercedes-Benz, which each have extended their partnerships. The club does not disclose details of those contracts.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Bank of America has had a relationship with Augusta National for the past several years, serving as a presenting sponsor for the Augusta National Women&#39;s Amateur since its inception in 2019, as well as the Asia-Pacific Amateur and the Latin America Amateur since 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Through Bank of America&#39;s support of our community initiatives and amateur events, they have become an impactful and committed partner in our organization&#39;s mission in Augusta and around the globe,&quot; Ridley said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said adding Bank of America as a top-level sponsor expands that relationship and strengthens the Masters &quot;for many years to come.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 2025 Masters starts April 10, sticking with its tradition of being held the first full week of April. Scottie &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/39944182/scottie-scheffler-wins-second-masters-final-round-68&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Scheffler is the defending champion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;PITTSBURGH -- Oakmont&#39;s already massive greens will be even more daunting when the men&#39;s U.S. Open returns next summer for a record 10th time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The club situated in the northern Pittsburgh suburbs has restored more than 24,000 square feet of green surface over the last two years as part of a renovation guided by golf course architect Gil Hanse.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hanse initially was brought in to focus on the bunkers. During his trips to the course, he came across photographs from the 1920s and 1930s and noticed the greens used to be much larger before several factors -- time and natural erosion most of all -- began chipping away at them.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;He talked to the club, whose membership enthusiastically agreed the renovations were a chance to make the notoriously fast greens even harder than they were when &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b864c33d-64bc-5e24-9899-d07ab1503585&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3448/dustin-johnson&quot;&gt;Dustin Johnson&lt;/a&gt; won his first major at Oakmont in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;While the changes this time around won&#39;t be quite as visible as they have in the past -- Oakmont has spent most of the last 30 years removing thousands of trees in hopes of returning to its wind-swept, links-style roots -- the 155 players who will join defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt; could find pins tucked in places they&#39;ve never been before during previous Open stops at the venerable course that opened in 1904.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The greens are the No. 1 defense on the course,&quot; grounds superintendent Mike McCormick said Monday. &quot;Oakmont, in today&#39;s world, it&#39;s not a crazy-long golf course. There are several holes out here the players will be hitting wedges into and it puts even more of an emphasis on [the greens].&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The course will play at 7,372 yards as a par 70 in 2025, a tick up from the 7,219 yards it played at in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;One of the new pin options the expanded greens give the USGA is on the 182-yard, par-3 13th hole. Pin placement previously was limited to the left side of the green, with little wiggle room in terms of yardage. Now there are a variety of options, including a back-right pin that sits in the middle of a bowl, rewarding a good shot but almost inaccessible from other portions of the green, particularly the front right.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;U.S. Open scores have trended lower of late. Only one of the last eight winners has posted a higher four-round total in relation to par than Johnson&#39;s 4-under 276, with the last six champions all finishing at 6-under or better.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9ae7a413-2f04-1488-3f26-1532ce818355&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5506/scott-langley&quot;&gt;Scott Langley&lt;/a&gt;, the USGA&#39;s senior director of player relations, thinks Oakmont remains one of the stiffest tests because it lacks the kind of shot options places like Pinehurst No. 2 (2024) or Los Angeles Country Club (2023) provide.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;You have strategic width [in those places], you can play the angles more,&quot; Langley said. &quot;There are spots here where you do that. But by and large, Oakmont is you hit a good shot or you don&#39;t. And if you don&#39;t, the penalty is pretty uniform.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The more notable changes besides the greens are a new-look fairway on the 485-yard, par-4 seventh hole that offers players two choices: play it safe and short to the right but settle for a blind approach or aim left and try to carry a drive 320+ yards over a fairway bunker that if executed correctly lets you see the pin on your approach with a short iron.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Oakmont also rebuilt every hazard and revamped the course&#39;s nearly 200 bunkers while updating the drainage system. The club was hit by nearly 3 inches of rain during the early rounds of the U.S. Open&#39;s last visit, forcing the grounds crew and volunteers to get creative while bailing out the sand traps.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The bunkers had deteriorated significantly from 2016 to 2022,&quot; McCormick said. &quot;There&#39;s a lot of newer technology and ways to drain bunkers and hold sand and limit contamination. So the club had an opportunity to make sure that the performance of the playing surfaces [remained consistent].&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Lilia Vu&#39;s birdie putt on the final hole clinches the Solheim Cup over Europe for the first time since 2017.</description>
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      <description>Rory McIlroy missed an eagle putt on 18, clinching the Irish Open for Rasmus Hojgaard.</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11253/rasmus-h%C3%B8jgaard&quot;&gt;Rasmus Hojgaard&lt;/a&gt; birdied his last three holes Sunday for a 6-under 65 to win the Irish Open and hand &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; another dose of disappointment before a raucous gallery at Royal County Down.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy had a two-shot lead on the back nine until Hojgaard put together a stunning charge down the stretch to win for the fifth time on the European tour and deny McIlroy a victory in his home country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Unfortunately, I&#39;m getting used to it this year,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;Hopefully, the tide is going to turn pretty soon and I can turn all these close calls into victories.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy had a pair of bogeys on the closing four holes that allowed Hojgaard, playing two groups in front of him, to charge to victory in stunning fashion.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The 23-year-old Dane got up-and-down from a bunker for birdie on the short par-4 16th, holed a bunker shot for birdie on the 17th to take the lead and blasted out of the rough onto the front edge of the green for a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard, who started the final round three shots behind McIlroy, finished at 9-under 275.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I had a number today that I was trying to reach, and that was 8 [under]. Obviously, coming in and finishing on 9 was gold,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It was another tough ending for McIlroy, who has three wins this year but lost the U.S. Open when he missed a pair of short par putts on the last three holes at Pinehurst No. 2 and had a late charge at the Olympics derailed by a wedge that went into the water.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This was a more subtle fade. His approach to the 15th just rolled off the right side of the green into a tough lie, leading to bogey that dropped him into a tie for the lead when Hojgaard birdied the 16th ahead of him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy regained a share of the lead with a birdie on the 16th, but it all turned on the 17th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard already was in the clubhouse, one shot ahead of McIlroy, who faced a 25-foot birdie putt. But McIlroy ran his birdie attempt some 10 feet past the hole, and he missed the par putt to fall two shots behind.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy delivered two clutch shots on the par-5 closing hole, a 342-yard drive down the middle and a 7-iron to just outside 10 feet from the hole for an eagle chance to force a playoff. With thousands of spectators surrounding the green, McIlroy&#39;s putt stayed right all the way.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;His birdie gave him a 69 and a runner-up finish. McIlroy, who grew up about an hour away to the north in Holywood, was trying to win on home soil as a pro for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He shot 80 and missed the cut the last time the Irish Open was at Royal County Down in 2015. At the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, McIlroy hit his opening tee shot out-of-bounds and shot 79, leading to a missed cut.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This looked like redemption before a loud and supportive home crowd, only for Hojgaard to deliver a brilliant finish to snatch the title away from him.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;If anything, it just whets my appetite even more for Portrush next year,&quot; McIlroy said, referring to the Open Championship returning to Northern Ireland in 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard became the youngest player since &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d67d0913-0f38-3b83-c85f-f3dfa85fcd76&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/329/jose-maria-olazabal&quot;&gt;José María Olazábal&lt;/a&gt; in 1989 to collect five wins on the European tour. This one effectively secures Hojgaard being among the 10 players from the Race to Dubai who can take up PGA Tour membership next year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;His twin brother, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11250/nicolai-h%C3%B8jgaard&quot;&gt;Nicolai Hojgaard&lt;/a&gt;, joined the U.S. circuit this year. His brother missed the cut in the Irish Open and stuck around to see Rasmus wait out the dramatic finish.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a big confidence boost,&quot; Rasmus Hojgaard said. &quot;I knew it was going to be hard to battle with him and the rest of the guys out there. It was tight all the way down to the last putt. So yeah, it&#39;s a great boost for me for the rest of the year.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3a8164bb-7080-6612-11f8-368ae7b5f865&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4574/matteo-manassero&quot;&gt;Matteo Manassero&lt;/a&gt; of Italy, who started the final round one shot behind McIlroy, birdied the 18th for a 69 to finish alone in third. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10221/daniel-brown&quot;&gt;Dan Brown&lt;/a&gt; of England shot 66 to finish fourth.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hojgaard became the second straight Dane to win at Royal County Down, following &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/547/s%C3%B8ren-kjeldsen&quot;&gt;Soren Kjeldsen&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s victory in the 2015 Irish Open.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Patton Kizzire opens 4-shot lead at Procore despite shaky play</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; overcame erratic play off the tee and a missed putt Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Procore Championship at Silverado.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire shot a 5-under 67 -- with six birdies and a bogey -- to reach 18-under 198. The 38-year-old former Auburn player is trying to end a long drought after winning his two PGA Tour titles in Mexico and Hawaii in a two-month span in late 2017 and early 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;The greens were fantastic,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;They&#39;re rolling really nice. I&#39;m seeing the greens well and putting it on the line. This is a golf course I really enjoy playing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt;, playing in the same group as Kizzire, was second after a 70 in the FedEx Cup Fall series opener. The first-round leader had four birdies and two bogeys.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c529f2c0-612b-10f0-6460-3dbc37598a0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/435808/patrick-fishburn&quot;&gt;Patrick Fishburn&lt;/a&gt;, in his first year on the tour, made a run at the leaders and got within two shots of Kizzire before ending his round with back-to-back bogeys. Fishburn shot 70, leaving him with tied for third at 13 under with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2b4ea19e-5371-6a23-f364-7a25c3f1a1fa&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11333/greyson-sigg&quot;&gt;Greyson Sigg&lt;/a&gt; and Canadian Presidents Cup players &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b9a9ec8-888b-c973-852c-e94f0e7da54b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6931/mackenzie-hughes&quot;&gt;Mackenzie Hughes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48dc0501-3550-c477-eddc-d6446b4ed611&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9126/corey-conners&quot;&gt;Corey Conners&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- who all shot 66.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had to scramble much of the afternoon after missing seven fairways off the tee. He made up for it with strong approach shots and a steady putter, remaining atop the leaderboard until he pushed a 5-foot par putt past the hole on No. 10 and took a bogey.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire got back on track with a 21-foot birdie putt on No. 11, then made a fantastic shot out of a green-side bunker to save par on 16. He birdied the par-3 17th, then scrambled to save par on No. 18 after hitting his approach shot into a bunker.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That left Kizzire in position to break the tournament record at Silverado of 21 under, matched last year by &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky stayed close but dropped back to the pack after back-to-back bogeys on the back nine.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I really didn&#39;t have my best today,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;Over the course of a week, days like this happen. Swing just didn&#39;t feel as good as it did the past two days and I just battled through it. I was just trying to play safe.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Theegala shot 69 on Saturday, leaving him six shots back at 12 under.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f01d4788-465c-c3ed-c619-2a7b8ce226ac&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/439927/wilson-furr&quot;&gt;Wilson Furr&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d1aa104f-7630-5041-e5d2-787329c42e46&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8910/ben-silverman&quot;&gt;Ben Silverman&lt;/a&gt; also were 12 under. Furr had 64, the best round of the day, and Silverman shot 65.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Rory McIlroy grabs Irish Open lead with third-round 69</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; delivered enough superb shots in a strong wind Saturday for a 2-under 69, giving him a one-shot lead over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;3a8164bb-7080-6612-11f8-368ae7b5f865&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4574/matteo-manassero&quot;&gt;Matteo Manassero&lt;/a&gt; in the Irish Open as McIlroy tries to erase two bad memories on home soil.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy had to settle for bogey on the par-5 closing hole at Royal County Down when he hit a half-shank from the rough for his third shot. Even so, the wind was so severe that he matched the low score of the third round. Only three other players shot 69, and four others broke par.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Manassero, who started the day with a one-shot lead, did his best to hold on. He dropped only one shot over the last 10 holes, on the 17th when he pulled his tee shot into high grass and could only chop back to the fairway. He two-putted from 50 feet to escape with bogey.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy was at 6-under 207 as he goes for his second Irish Open title. He has yet to win in Northern Ireland, and it has not gone well for him previously. McIlroy opened with an 80 when the Irish Open was last held at Royal County Down in 2015. And at the British Open five years ago at Royal Portrush, he opened with a 79. Both times he missed the cut.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m excited to give myself a chance,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;The last couple of times I&#39;ve played in Northern Ireland it hasn&#39;t panned out the way I wanted. I can&#39;t get too far ahead of myself, but I&#39;m excited to go out there and give it my all.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59d0d68c-2508-43cf-782c-8f649e786114&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11378/robert-macintyre&quot;&gt;Robert MacIntyre&lt;/a&gt; was in a four-way tie for third after a 69, leaving the Scot in the mix to add a third national title to his credit this year. MacIntyre previously won the Canadian Open in June and the Scottish Open in July.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;d68bcb24-b06b-1008-87ad-f7c2bdfe5ecd&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9506/jordan-smith&quot;&gt;Jordan Smith&lt;/a&gt; (69), &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a5c79019-66ee-f87a-c6c1-80fdacae348c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9364/erik-van-rooyen&quot;&gt;Erik van Rooyen&lt;/a&gt; (71) and Rasmus Hojgaard (71) also were at 3-under 210.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The roughest day belonged to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a7c832b-992a-7a62-d397-0dc860047bd8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11402/todd-clements&quot;&gt;Todd Clements&lt;/a&gt;, playing alongside McIlroy before the largest galleries. Clements started one shot behind and posted an 85.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Manassero did well to stay close. He was in trouble off the 17th tee and made bogey. On the par-5 closing hole, he rammed his 50-foot birdie attempt some 10 feet by the hole, and made that for par to stay one behind.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;They are not birdies but they always feel like them a little bit, and that&#39;s how it is out there,&quot; Manassero said. &quot;I would have loved to not get beaten from the golf course but I think I did really well to finish with two 5s, to be honest.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy opened with an approach that used the slope to perfection for his shot to roll down to 6 feet for eagle. His best shot was a 7-iron into 6 feet on the par-3 seventh. Any birdie after the par-5 first hole felt like a bonus.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It was a matter of trying to par as many holes as possible,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He saved par from behind the 17th green. On the 18th, he pushed his drive into the right rough, hit into nasty rough on the left and then hit a half-shank that bounced off the grandstands to the right. He chipped beautifully to 6 feet but missed the par putt to settle for 69.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I definitely would have taken the score before I went out today,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Patton Kizzire takes lead at PGA Tour&#39;s Procore Championship</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; hugged a tree on the way to the first tee Friday as part of a mental exercise, then patiently worked his way around Silverado to take the lead into the weekend in the FedEx Cup Fall series opener.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Working with a new mental coach who has him embracing a more relaxed and even approach, Kizzire shot a 7-under 65 for a one-stroke advantage over &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt; in the Procore Championship.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire joked about some of the things his new mental coach has him doing, like walking around barefoot and hugging trees.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s been really cool to just get organized and try to be more playful out there and be unflappable,&quot; Kizzire said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had seven birdies, six on the back nine, as he seeks his first victory on the PGA Tour since 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I didn&#39;t have my best stuff today, especially off the tee or into the green, but I putted well again,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;My patience in the mental game and my putting have really kept me in it and allowed me to play really well.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire had a 13-under 131 total on the picturesque course in the heart of Napa Valley wine country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky, the first-round leader, had a 67 that included eight birdies, an eagle, three bogeys and a double bogey.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c529f2c0-612b-10f0-6460-3dbc37598a0b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/435808/patrick-fishburn&quot;&gt;Patrick Fishburn&lt;/a&gt; was 11 under after a 65. He had six birdies and an eagle to overcome a bogey on his 17th hole.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2f0b17af-7ed7-66ad-459b-664568ef2e1e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/257/matt-kuchar&quot;&gt;Matt Kuchar&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e22c3186-cba0-fa71-cc28-f297e92579eb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10166/jj-spaun&quot;&gt;J.J. Spaun&lt;/a&gt; were 10 under. The 46-year-old Kuchar, who caused a bit of controversy at the Wyndham Championship in August when he walked off the course because of darkness then returned the next day to finish his final round, had nine birdies and a bogey to tie for the best round of the day with a 64. Spaun shot 65.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt; was four shots back after a 66.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Kizzire got off to a slow start and was sputtering off the tee and with his approach shots before heating up with six birdies on the back nine. He capped his afternoon with two long putts, one from 28 feet and the other from 13.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I could have gotten frustrated or talked about a bad shot or worried about, &#39;Well, why am I not hitting it like I want to?&#39;&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;I just chose not to do that. I still didn&#39;t play my best on the back nine, but I capitalized whenever I had an opportunity and made a few good putts.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky was in good shape after holing out for an eagle on No. 16. He hit a gap wedge with his second shot that hit past the flag, bounced then spun back in the hole.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After three consecutive birdies on the back nine put him atop the leaderboard at 14 under, Lipsky picked up a penalty stroke when his tee shot on No. 8 sailed out of bounds.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;A little bit of everything but overall I&#39;m really happy,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;My game plan was to still stay aggressive and not back off at all. That&#39;s sort of what I did.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Two-time tournament champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73d9a5a4-7ecc-e8c4-191d-3a66efbfa234&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8973/max-homa&quot;&gt;Max Homa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;did not make the cut. Presidents Cup International team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;afe3f6b7-15da-9a3d-9b99-439085746210&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/453/mike-weir&quot;&gt;Mike Weir&lt;/a&gt;, 2020 tournament champ &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96b14f80-5c0a-8750-ad5e-907f158e09be&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/78/stewart-cink&quot;&gt;Stewart Cink&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;44d75406-fd2f-49e2-ff9a-e3be72e82cf2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11119/wyndham-clark&quot;&gt;Wyndham Clark&lt;/a&gt; also dropped out.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Check out some stats and a timeline of Tiger Woods&#39; previous injuries as he announces his latest back surgery.</description>
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      <description>Earlier this morning Tiger underwent microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve impingement in the lower back.
        Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi of Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach performed the surgery and deemed it to be successful.
        &quot;The surgery went smoothly, and I&#39;m hopeful this will help alleviate the back spasms and pain I was experiencing throughout most of the 2024 season,&quot; Woods said. &quot;I look forward to tackling this rehab and preparing myself to get back to normal life</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NAPA, Calif. -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;582a0534-3e70-1da8-e079-015826924f18&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6701/david-lipsky&quot;&gt;David Lipsky&lt;/a&gt; shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday at Silverado Country Club to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Procore Championship.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Winless in 104 events since joining the PGA Tour in 2022, Lipsky went out with the early groups and had eight birdies with one bogey to kick off the FedEx Cup Fall series at the picturesque course in the heart of Napa Valley wine country.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;After missing the cut in his three previous tournaments, Lipsky flew from Las Vegas to Arizona to reunite with his college coach at Northwestern to get his focus back. He also spent time playing with some of the Northwestern players, which helped him relax.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Just being around those guys and seeing how carefree they are, not knowing what&#39;s coming for them yet, it&#39;s sort of nice to see that,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;I was almost energized by their youthfulness.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;90e2150b-9c14-32a0-3c9f-5a30100b585a&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3980/patton-kizzire&quot;&gt;Patton Kizzire&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c1f7b6d8-b7fa-d8c9-9f6b-42140de20e06&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9143/mark-hubbard&quot;&gt;Mark Hubbard&lt;/a&gt; were a stroke back. Kizzire started on the back nine and made a late run with three consecutive birdies to move into a tie for first. A bogey on No. 8 dropped him back.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;There was a lot of good stuff out there today,&quot; Kizzire said. &quot;I stayed patient and just went through my routines and played well, one shot at a time. I&#39;ve really bee working hard on my mental game and I think that allowed me to rinse and repeat and reset and keep playing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9143/mark-hubbard&quot;&gt;Mark Hubbard&lt;/a&gt; was at 67. He had nine birdies but fell off the pace with a bogey and triple bogey on back-to-back holes.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b664fcf1-9afe-beb9-69dd-508bed7e877e&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10929/kevin-dougherty&quot;&gt;Kevin Dougherty&lt;/a&gt; also was in the group at 67. He had two eagles and ended his afternoon by holing out from 41 yards on the 383-yard, par-4 18th.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Defending champion &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;75d57e49-22f5-8579-18a4-11ca76a2aa45&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10980/sahith-theegala&quot;&gt;Sahith Theegala&lt;/a&gt; had to scramble for much of his round of 69.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;44d75406-fd2f-49e2-ff9a-e3be72e82cf2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11119/wyndham-clark&quot;&gt;Wyndham Clark&lt;/a&gt;, who won the U.S. Open in 2023 and the AT&amp;amp;T at Pebble Beach in February, had a 70.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73d9a5a4-7ecc-e8c4-191d-3a66efbfa234&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/8973/max-homa&quot;&gt;Max Homa&lt;/a&gt; shot 71. The two-time tournament champion and a captain&#39;s pick for the President&#39;s Cup in two weeks had two birdies and overcame a bogey on the par-4 first.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;96b14f80-5c0a-8750-ad5e-907f158e09be&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/78/stewart-cink&quot;&gt;Stewart Cink&lt;/a&gt;, the 2020 winner, also opened with a 71. He won The Ally Challenge last month for his first PGA Tour Champions title.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Three players from the Presidents Cup International team had mix results. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bedd741c-fb49-c01e-f1cf-386b1116a93c&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/441093/min-woo-lee&quot;&gt;Min Woo Lee&lt;/a&gt; shot 68, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b9a9ec8-888b-c973-852c-e94f0e7da54b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6931/mackenzie-hughes&quot;&gt;Mackenzie Hughes&lt;/a&gt; 69 and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48dc0501-3550-c477-eddc-d6446b4ed611&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9126/corey-conners&quot;&gt;Corey Conners&lt;/a&gt; 73. International team captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;afe3f6b7-15da-9a3d-9b99-439085746210&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/453/mike-weir&quot;&gt;Mike Weir&lt;/a&gt; also had a 69.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky was a little shaky off the tee for much of the afternoon but made up for it with steady iron play that left him in great shape on the greens. He had one-putts on 11 holes and was in position for a bigger day but left five putts short.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Lipsky&#39;s only real problem came on the par-4 ninth when his approach sailed into a bunker just shy of the green. He bounced back nicely with five birdies on his back nine. After missing a 19-foot putt for birdie on No. 17, Lipsky ended his day with a 12-foot par putt.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That was a big change from last year when Lipsky finished tied for 30th at Silverado when he drove the ball well but had uneven success on the greens.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Sometimes you have to realize golf can be fun, and I think I sort of forgot that along the way as I&#39;m grinding it out,&quot; Lipsky said. &quot;You&#39;ve got to put things in perspective, take a step back. Sort of did that and it seems like it&#39;s working out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Laird stayed close after beginning his day with a bogey on the par-4 10th. The Scot got out of the sand nicely but pushed his par putt past the hole.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Homa continued to have issues off the tee and missed birdie putts on his final four holes.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Amateur Luke Clanton starts strong as he chips in for eagle from the bunker at the Procore Championship.</description>
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      <title>Rory McIlroy shoots 68 at Irish Open, trails Todd Clements by 2</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland -- &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; birdied his final three holes to shoot 3-under 68 and sit two strokes off the first-round lead at the Irish Open on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;No. 3-ranked McIlroy is attempting to win his home tournament for the second time -- eight years after the first -- and is playing at Royal County Down Golf Club, a course that is a short drive from his childhood home of Holywood and where he used to play with his friends.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s a major championship-caliber golf course,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;It&#39;s just unfortunate that we don&#39;t have the infrastructure around the golf course to host something like an Open because if we did, it definitely would be able to host an Open Championship.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Tough winds and some rain made for difficult conditions on a well-respected course in Northern Ireland, and No. 291-ranked &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9a7c832b-992a-7a62-d397-0dc860047bd8&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11402/todd-clements&quot;&gt;Todd Clements&lt;/a&gt; of England dealt with it the best, making five birdies and a 15-footer for eagle at the 18th -- his ninth hole -- for a 66 and the clubhouse lead.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I said to my caddie walking off, &#39;That&#39;s one of the best rounds I&#39;ve played in my life,&#39;&quot; Clements said. &quot;It&#39;s a hard course and, yeah, delighted how it panned out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9fccce6d-318e-6374-1c10-7c1ced9dba49&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/458554/sami-valimaki&quot;&gt;Sami Välimäki&lt;/a&gt; of Finland and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;22574dc0-0259-d84f-5107-8dce09b49bcb&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11465/alejandro-del-rey&quot;&gt;Alejandro Del Rey&lt;/a&gt; of Spain were in a tie for second after 67s. McIlroy was in a group a further stroke back -- but only after a strong finish, just as his round looked like derailing after bogeys at Nos. 14 and 15 dropped him to level par.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;A tap-in for birdie at the drivable 16th was followed by a 12-footer for birdie at the 17th. He reached the green in two at the par-15 18th and two-putted from 50 feet for three in a row.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I felt like I controlled my ball flight well,&quot; McIlroy said. &quot;I&#39;ve been working a little bit on my swing these last couple of weeks. I&#39;ve probably struggled a lot in left-to-right winds this year, so to sort of control my ball flight a bit and test it out there today was good to see that, you know, I was able to do it when I needed to.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;McIlroy, who openly admits to struggling when playing in front of expectant home crowds, is back in Europe after the end of the PGA Tour season. So is &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;59d0d68c-2508-43cf-782c-8f649e786114&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11378/robert-macintyre&quot;&gt;Robert MacIntyre&lt;/a&gt;, the No. 16-ranked Scot who is looking to become the first player ever to win the Scottish and Irish Opens in the same season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;MacIntyre opened with an even-par 71 while fellow Ryder Cup players &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81036860-da90-8d9e-be1e-38fdfff557fc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4587/shane-lowry&quot;&gt;Shane Lowry&lt;/a&gt; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1d17a37c-2f55-71eb-400e-dbb7840b0ab9&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11250/nicolai-h%C3%B8jgaard&quot;&gt;Nicolai Højgaard&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;both shot 72.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Bryson DeChambeau says PGA Tour-LIV match is step toward &#39;good standing&#39;</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41120635/mcilroy-scheffler-face-dechambeau-koepka-pga-tour-liv-showdown&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;planned exhibition match&lt;/a&gt; between PGA Tour and LIV Golf League stars offers a chance for the two sides to start reuniting the golf world, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b9dfbb7c-0b61-caad-280f-512c677e8e8f&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10046/bryson-dechambeau&quot;&gt;Bryson DeChambeau&lt;/a&gt; said Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Speaking at the Bolingbrook Golf Club ahead of the LIV Golf Chicago tournament, which begins Friday, DeChambeau said he is happy to participate in the match if it means he can help &quot;get this game back in good standing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;DeChambeau is set to play with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;bb9f978c-1e0f-b6ca-83ab-255e22dc6e78&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6798/brooks-koepka&quot;&gt;Brooks Koepka&lt;/a&gt; against &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;65575c5e-0ef2-9f58-6495-42da8638a332&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy&quot;&gt;Rory McIlroy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;38cbeebe-aac8-fb36-dce0-cf45436086e4&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9478/scottie-scheffler&quot;&gt;Scottie Scheffler&lt;/a&gt; in a LIV Golf vs. PGA Tour affair at Las Vegas in December.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Since DeChambeau and Koepka moved to LIV Golf, the stars on each side only collide in the four major tournaments each year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We want to bring this game back to a place where I would say everyone has the opportunity to see the greatest play a lot more than four times a year,&quot; DeChambeau said. &quot;I think it&#39;s a great opportunity to showcase how we evolve that over the course of time. The details are not very fully fleshed out yet.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;DeChambeau, who turns 31 on Monday, fared well in those four majors in 2024. He won the U.S. Open, was second to &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e23e62a8-8995-6b06-42f2-018c8a27e916&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10140/xander-schauffele&quot;&gt;Xander Schauffele&lt;/a&gt; at the PGA Championship and was tied for sixth at the Masters, won by Scheffler.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He said he hopes the chance to compete with PGA Tour players grows.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We always wanted to have a PGA Tour and LIV sort of battle a couple years ago,&quot; he said. &quot;We always thought that would be pretty cool and whatnot. But I think it&#39;s going to develop over the course of time and hopefully give the people what they want.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;As for LIV Chicago, DeChambeau said it&#39;s vital for his team -- Crushers GC -- to have a good week ahead of the team finals next week in Dallas. Crushers has a narrow lead in the season standings over captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s Legion XIII entering play this weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;It&#39;s incredibly important. It gives us some confidence for next week,&quot; said DeChambeau, captain of the Crushers team that also consists of &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;849d97b1-9339-888a-02a9-868769388a50&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/72/paul-casey&quot;&gt;Paul Casey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;73788dc7-81e9-083e-7682-cac54d837b6b&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/4989/anirban-lahiri&quot;&gt;Anirban Lahiri&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8083dcb8-bbc3-a90b-2ca7-494d94214dbc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/208/charles-howell-iii&quot;&gt;Charles Howell III&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Next week is a good ball-striking test. All around, it&#39;s a championship-style golf course, so I think having our games looking fresh and ready to go into next week is important.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I feel like I&#39;m in a good place. I see the other teammates being in a good place. Let&#39;s just go play the best golf we possibly can and hopefully get some good momentum for next week.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Jon Rahm appeals European tour fines, clear to play Spanish Open</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f7192f24-1537-e91b-de6f-3548d5989626&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm&quot;&gt;Jon Rahm&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday appealed the European tour sanctions against him for playing the LIV Golf League circuit, allowing him to play the Spanish Open and other European tour events until an independent panel decides whether he must pay fines.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm&#39;s formal appeal was a pivotal move because it allows him a chance to reach the minimum four European tour starts required to be considered for the Ryder Cup next year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm, a former Masters champion and world No. 1, joined the Saudi-funded league late last year for a signing bonus reported to be in the $300 million to $400 million range.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Other players who defected to LIV Golf, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ab95205e-c964-97c7-c309-9841844bc546&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5553/tyrrell-hatton&quot;&gt;Tyrrell Hatton&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9f467d9f-e57c-2099-77f1-cae1d291f4e1&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10839/adrian-meronk&quot;&gt;Adrian Meronk&lt;/a&gt;, are going through the same appeal and are allowed into tournaments as the process plays out.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hatton played the British Masters two weeks ago. Both are entered in the Spanish Open.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The European tour said in a statement, &quot;Jon Rahm has a pending appeal against sanctions imposed on him and in accordance with the DP World Tour&#39;s Regulations, he is eligible to participate in the [Spanish Open] later this month.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The DP World Tour is the commercial name of the European tour.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t intend to pay the fines, and we keep trying to have a discussion with them about how we can make this happen,&quot; Rahm said on Wednesday from LIV Golf Chicago, where he is battling &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;09533166-488d-e59f-7527-371673203ffc&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/11099/joaquin-niemann&quot;&gt;Joaquín Niemann&lt;/a&gt; for the individual title worth $18 million to the winner.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm said he has entered the Dunhill Links Championship and the Andalucia Masters. That would give him four starts because the Olympics count toward the minimum.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The appeals process is the same as it was when several Europeans first joined LIV Golf in summer 2022. An independent panel, Sport Resolutions, ruled in April 2023 the players committed serious breaches and the European tour was within its rights to penalize them.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;m glad Jon decided to appeal and he can play his events in which he wants to play and be eligible,&quot; European captain &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;cab4b4c6-2fde-c332-69aa-4c0093f316de&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/601/luke-donald&quot;&gt;Luke Donald&lt;/a&gt; said Thursday from the Irish Open. &quot;I know the Ryder Cup means so much to him, and I&#39;m sure that was a massive factor in his decision.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rahm is primarily opposed to being fined for playing LIV events opposite tournaments he had never played or did not intend to play. Among European tour events opposite LIV Golf this year were stops in Bahrain, South Africa, Japan, China and the Czech Republic.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;He has his thoughts and he doesn&#39;t agree with the fines and paying fines, especially for events that he would never have played on the DP World Tour. But those rules are the rules, and they were certainly in place when he signed with LIV,&quot; Donald said.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Donald said he hoped golf&#39;s landscape would be different before the September 2025 matches at Bethpage Black. Executives with the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia met this week in New York to continue negotiations about the PIF becoming a minority investor in PGA Tour Enterprises and what that would mean for players on both sides.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The tour and the PIF first had a framework agreement announced in June 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll take today as a nice little victory for me personally to know that Jon is eligible and can play his three events now,&quot; Donald said. &quot;What happens in the future, I can&#39;t tell. What happens in 15 months, I think all of us thought something more would happen.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>2024 Solheim Cup: Strengths, flaws, picks for U.S. vs. Europe</title>
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        &lt;p&gt;Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, golf fans will get to watch the Solheim Cup in consecutive years.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The competition between women&#39;s teams from the U.S. and Europe traditionally happens every other year. But after the 2020 Ryder Cup was postponed a year because of the pandemic, moving the men&#39;s event to odd-numbered years, the Solheim Cup is being played in consecutive years to get on an even-year schedule.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;That means the U.S. squad didn&#39;t have to wait as long to try to wrestle the Cup away from the Europeans, who retained the trophy with a 14-14 tie in Finca Cortesin, Spain, last year.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We got some unfinished business,&quot; world No. 1 golfer &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ceef3796-97fb-36a7-8648-dd6b8aed2ac2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9012/nelly-korda&quot;&gt;Nelly Korda&lt;/a&gt; said this week.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Although the U.S. has won 10 of the 18 competitions, it hasn&#39;t come out on top since a 16½-11½ victory at Des Moines Golf &amp;amp; Country Club in Iowa in 2017.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Some people have asked me what one word would be to describe Team USA this year, and I&#39;m just going to say &#39;hungry,&#39; because Nelly and I obviously being on the same amount of Solheim Cups and not necessarily getting the job done last year, kind of leaves not necessarily the best taste in your mouth,&quot; Megan Khang said. &quot;Luckily, we didn&#39;t have to wait two years. We have this year to kind of get back at it, and I can tell you now we&#39;re more hungry than ever.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Here are some of the biggest storylines at the Solheim Cup, which tees off Friday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia:&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;euro&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump ahead:&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#euro&quot;&gt;Team Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#usa&quot;&gt;Team U.S.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/espn.com/golf/story/_/id/41224511/2024-solheim-cup-strengths-weaknesses-predictions-us-europe#picks&quot;&gt;Our prediction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;h2&gt;Europe&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why they&#39;ll win &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Europeans have been in possession of the Solheim Cup for much of the past five years. After falling in back-to-back matches in 2015 and 2017, the Europeans won 14½-13½ at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2019 and 15-13 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio in 2021. After last year&#39;s tie in Spain, the European squad celebrated as if it had won.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Eight golfers from last year&#39;s European team qualified to run it back this week, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/5016/suzann-pettersen&quot;&gt;Suzann Pettersen&lt;/a&gt; used two of her three

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      <title>Aaron Rodgers dazzles in Jets&#39; win over Patriots</title>
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        &lt;p&gt;EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;732d3caf-b350-1e34-48c6-b7cebb4a0d88&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/nyj/new-york-jets&quot;&gt;New York Jets&lt;/a&gt; rolled to their second victory of the season on Thursday night against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;0078f353-fe3e-67ed-a42c-43cca0568e21&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/ne/new-england-patriots&quot;&gt;New England Patriots&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401671808/patriots-jets&quot;&gt;24-3&lt;/a&gt;. Jets quarterback&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5fbab03e-2816-55ab-ae10-83b132803d9e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8439/aaron-rodgers&quot;&gt;Aaron Rodgers&lt;/a&gt; impressed in his return to MetLife Stadium, throwing two touchdowns in the first half and prompting the crowd to chant his name.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Here are the most important things to know from Thursday night for both teams:&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://a.espncdn.com/i/infographics/20170710_nfl_fpr/charts/_end_rule.png&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;floatleft&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nfl/500/nyj.png&amp;amp;h=110&amp;amp;w=110&quot; width=&quot;31&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;732d3caf-b350-1e34-48c6-b7cebb4a0d88&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/nyj/new-york-jets&quot;&gt;New York Jets&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(2-1)&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Simply put, it was vintage Rodgers, whose second Jets home opener was a lot more joyous than the first.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;This time, Rodgers dazzled the MetLife Stadium crowd with uncanny accuracy and an array of off-platform throws, passing for 281&amp;nbsp;yards and two touchdowns in the Jets&#39; second straight win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;By the end of the third quarter, the sellout crowd was chanting Rodgers&#39; name. Now think back to last season&#39;s opener on Sept. 11. The stadium fell eerily silent when, on the fourth snap of the season, Rodgers ruptured his left Achilles and was helped off the field.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;On Thursday night, Rodgers (27-for-35) resembled a point guard, distributing the ball to everyone around him. He completed passes to eight different receivers. Significantly, the 40-year-old quarterback moved well in and outside of the pocket, much better than he did in the first two games. That he did this on a short week -- only three days&#39; rest -- bodes well for the rest of the season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Jets began the season with Super Bowl aspirations. When Rodgers plays like this, all things seem possible in the Jets&#39; universe.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Describe the game in two words: &lt;/strong&gt;Utter domination. The Jets controlled the ball for 40:04&amp;nbsp;and outgained the Patriots 400-139.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Promising trend:&lt;/strong&gt; The Jets&#39; pass rush, sans &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;205f8429-b29e-611f-4609-7f0b71f78a39&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4567962/jermaine-johnson&quot;&gt;Jermaine Johnson&lt;/a&gt; (season-ending Achilles injury) and &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8b6e917b-39b0-e82e-13e8-c8b0640b2fa0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2980504/haason-reddick&quot;&gt;Haason Reddick&lt;/a&gt; (holdout), was frisky. Led by defensive end &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361767/will-mcdonald-iv&quot;&gt;Will McDonald IV&lt;/a&gt; (2.5 sacks), who now has 5.5 for the season, the Jets smothered quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;efcb42e5-0bef-62d1-b58b-dbc17fde2479&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2578570/jacoby-brissett&quot;&gt;Jacoby Brissett&lt;/a&gt;. They finished with seven&amp;nbsp;sacks, bringing the season total to 14.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Does this mean the defense has returned to its top-five status? No. Some perspective: It faced two poor offenses in the Patriots and &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;0a0aea59-9a5e-01b3-57a3-0151cf4bf393&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/ten/tennessee-titans&quot;&gt;Tennessee Titans&lt;/a&gt; the past two weeks.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buy &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;efb9e109-6a52-37da-1424-91a8b1dbdbea&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3128390/allen-lazard&quot;&gt;Allen Lazard&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3915486/tyler-conklin&quot;&gt;Tyler Conklin&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s performances:&lt;/strong&gt; A year ago, Lazard was such a nonfactor that he got benched after signing a four-year, $44 million contract. He looks revived with Rodgers as his quarterback, giving the offense another weapon on the perimeter.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The former &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;06cd3bcf-7a86-53d4-28e7-aa049dd36261&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/gb/green-bay-packers&quot;&gt;Green Bay Packers&lt;/a&gt; teammates connected in the first quarter on a 10-yard touchdown, Lazard&#39;s third of the season. He finished with three&amp;nbsp;catches for 48&amp;nbsp;yards. Conklin, a nonfactor in the first two games, erupted for five&amp;nbsp;receptions for 93&amp;nbsp;yards. In games where &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;da106063-995d-eaf0-54e4-ccecd5e90767&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4569618/garrett-wilson&quot;&gt;Garrett Wilson&lt;/a&gt; is quiet, Conklin and Lazard can be good secondary options in the passing attack.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest hole in the game plan:&lt;/strong&gt; Maybe we&#39;re nitpicking, but Rodgers and Wilson still seem to be working out some chemistry issues. They were on different pages on a couple of routes.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Wilson did score a touchdown on a 2-yard pass -- a laser by Rodgers -- but it was an otherwise quiet night for the star receiver, who was covered by cornerback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ba95b578-b00e-3156-8e2b-b24e3974f8ef&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4686772/christian-gonzalez&quot;&gt;Christian Gonzalez&lt;/a&gt;. Rodgers avoided that matchup, as he targeted Wilson nine times. Wilson is off to a slow start in his third season, drawing more attention from opponents.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next game:&lt;/strong&gt; vs. &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;51042145-e3c1-0694-ae0d-f720342ff8fc&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/den/denver-broncos&quot;&gt;Denver Broncos&lt;/a&gt; (1 p.m. ET, Sunday, Sept. 29)&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;floatleft&quot; src=&quot;https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nfl/500/ne.png&amp;amp;h=110&amp;amp;w=110&quot; width=&quot;31&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;0078f353-fe3e-67ed-a42c-43cca0568e21&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/ne/new-england-patriots&quot;&gt;New England Patriots&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(1-2)&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;All the good vibes the Patriots had generated in two competitive games to open the season evaporated in a New York minute on Thursday night. The score didn&#39;t reflect how one-sided it was.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;While Rodgers made it look easy for the Jets, it was a tractor pull for quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;efcb42e5-0bef-62d1-b58b-dbc17fde2479&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2578570/jacoby-brissett&quot;&gt;Jacoby Brissett&lt;/a&gt; and the Patriots, whose four first downs in the first half were the fewest the franchise has had in a half since 2000. The Patriots had 40 yards of offense in the first half, as they were outgained by 212 yards in the first 30 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Brissett was sacked five&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;times and never seemed comfortable in the pocket. The Patriots started rookie&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;38fbf345-5e13-0f62-ff9d-7f1aa9379e0a&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4426446/caedan-wallace&quot;&gt;Caedan Wallace&lt;/a&gt; at left tackle because &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a6fc535c-b4b1-bb4b-afb1-b71dc33455d5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4240554/vederian-lowe&quot;&gt;Vederian Lowe&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was out with an ankle injury, and his growing pains were evident on one drive in the second half in which he was called for back-to-back holding penalties. It looked like a free-for-all at times.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Describe the game in two words&lt;/strong&gt;: Thoroughly overmatched. From the opening kickoff, the result never felt like it was in doubt.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biggest hole in the game plan:&lt;/strong&gt; Blocking and tackling. It sounds simple, but head coach Jerod Mayo said that Thursday games usually come down to which team plays with better fundamentals. That had been an area of strength through the first two games, but there were too many free rushers allowed on offense, and too many missed tackles and bad angles on defense.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QB breakdown:&lt;/strong&gt; Brissett was often running for his life because of the shaky protection. If there was one throw he&#39;d want back, it was in the first quarter when he had tight end &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;1a54c9ef-242b-b6d8-cdcf-f97605c656b7&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3043275/austin-hooper&quot;&gt;Austin Hooper&lt;/a&gt; down the field along the left sideline and misfired.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rookie QB&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2fbd2f9e-624d-3e63-9bb5-9bb965782b68&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4431452/drake-maye&quot;&gt;Drake Maye&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;made his NFL regular-season debut with 4:24 left in the fourth quarter, down 24-3. He went 4-8 for 22 yards and was sacked twice.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;inline1&gt;&lt;/inline1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Troubling trend: &lt;/strong&gt;This is the second week in a row that the Patriots&#39; defense hasn&#39;t been able to come up with decisive answers against the pass. Rodgers&#39; knack for getting the ball out quickly and delivering accurately made it difficult to generate pressure for a front seven playing without linebacker &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116187/jawhaun-bentley&quot;&gt;Ja&#39;Whaun Bentley &lt;/a&gt;(torn pectoral muscle).&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;And the coverage in the secondary, which had every starter available, wasn&#39;t to its usual standard. Mayo had pinpointed the importance of keeping quarterbacks in the pocket after Week 2, and the Patriots had the same problems against Rodgers.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next game&lt;/strong&gt;: at &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;985a261f-296c-c95c-32a5-addc4df75001&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/sf/san-francisco-49ers&quot;&gt;San Francisco 49ers&lt;/a&gt; (4:05 p.m. ET, Sunday, Sept. 29)&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Jets QB Aaron Rodgers and head coach Robert Saleh detail what they said to each other after Rodgers appeared to reject Saleh&#39;s hug on the sideline.</description>
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      <title>C.J. Mosley (toe) out for Jets, misses first game since &#39;21</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- For only the second time in the past three-plus seasons, the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;732d3caf-b350-1e34-48c6-b7cebb4a0d88&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/nyj/new-york-jets&quot;&gt;New York Jets&lt;/a&gt; were without middle linebacker &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;2978e307-2dae-cd75-c7c3-45c076506186&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16720/cj-mosley&quot;&gt;C.J. Mosley&lt;/a&gt;, who was among their inactive players for Thursday night&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401671808/patriots-jets&quot;&gt;24-3 win&lt;/a&gt; against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;0078f353-fe3e-67ed-a42c-43cca0568e21&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/ne/new-england-patriots&quot;&gt;New England Patriots&lt;/a&gt; at MetLife Stadium.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Mosley suffered a bone bruise on his right big toe on the first series last Sunday in the Jets&#39; 24-17 win over the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;0a0aea59-9a5e-01b3-57a3-0151cf4bf393&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/ten/tennessee-titans&quot;&gt;Tennessee Titans&lt;/a&gt;. He stayed in for another series but left the game at the start of the second quarter. He didn&#39;t practice during the week and was listed as questionable.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;b8dd0e2d-607c-12d8-0280-3e662fcc454d&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361331/jamien-sherwood&quot;&gt;Jamien Sherwood&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;replaced Mosley, which also means handling the signal-calling duties for the defense.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;[I&#39;m] super comfortable with Jamien,&quot; coach Robert Saleh said ahead of the game. &quot;Full confidence in him to call the defense, make the checks that need to be made. He&#39;s got elite mental speed and elite communication skills.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The last time Mosley missed a game was in 2021. That, too, came against the Patriots. Sherwood, then a rookie, started in the middle and struggled mightily, as the Jets were blown out 54-13. He has gained considerable experience since then and finished with five tackles Thursday night in a dominant effort for the Jets defense overall.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Mosley, 32, is a five-time Pro Bowl selection and the emotional leader of the Jets&#39; defense. He recorded 12 tackles in the first two games.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <description>Aaron Rodgers connects with Garrett Wilson on 2nd-and-4, then on the next play hits Wilson in the end zone for a Jets touchdown.</description>
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      <description>Aaron Rodgers passes it out to Allen Lazard who jukes his defender on his way to the end zone for a 7-0 lead.</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Our analysts are stacking their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft/news&quot;&gt;2025 NFL draft&lt;/a&gt; boards. How do the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft/bestavailable&quot;&gt;top players&lt;/a&gt; at every position rank against each other?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;We pulled together top-five rankings at every single position from four NFL draft analysts -- Mel Kiper Jr., Jordan Reid, Matt Miller and Field Yates. How do their evaluations differ, and which players are the unanimous No. 1s at their positions? How do the analysts view &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;baca19aa-8fab-3a5e-9bb0-6cfcbcbc1b57&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4430841/carson-beck&quot;&gt;Carson Beck&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;fecbc03c-f8bf-342e-82be-991901cf6449&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4432762/shedeur-sanders&quot;&gt;Shedeur Sanders&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;81693489-80eb-3903-a1c4-67d185a59c36&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4889929/quinn-ewers&quot;&gt;Quinn Ewers&lt;/a&gt; and the rest of the quarterback class? How does the wide receiver group fill out, and which schools dominate the front seven positions? Who are the top cornerbacks, and which rushers lead our analysts&#39; running back rankings?&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Get a side-by-side look at all four experts&#39; positional breakdowns. Plus, we took each analyst&#39;s overall rankings, averaged them out and came up with a consensus top-10 ranking for the 2025 class. Who makes it onto the list?&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jump to:&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#qb&quot;&gt;QB&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;| &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#rb&quot;&gt;RB&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;| &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#fb&quot;&gt;FB&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;|&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#wr&quot;&gt;WR&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;| &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#te&quot;&gt;TE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#ot&quot;&gt;OT&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;| &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#g&quot;&gt;G&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;| &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#c&quot;&gt;C&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;| &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#edge&quot;&gt;EDGE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#dt&quot;&gt;DT&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;| &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#lb&quot;&gt;LB&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;| &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#cb&quot;&gt;CB&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;| &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#s&quot;&gt;S&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/41014031/2025-nfl-draft-rankings-top-prospects-position#top10&quot;&gt;Top 10 consensus rankings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Aaron Rodgers throws first MetLife touchdown as New York Jet</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. --&amp;nbsp;&lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5fbab03e-2816-55ab-ae10-83b132803d9e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8439/aaron-rodgers&quot;&gt;Aaron Rodgers&lt;/a&gt; hooked up with an old friend for the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;732d3caf-b350-1e34-48c6-b7cebb4a0d88&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/nyj/new-york-jets&quot;&gt;New York Jets&lt;/a&gt;&#39; first touchdown vs. the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;0078f353-fe3e-67ed-a42c-43cca0568e21&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/ne/new-england-patriots&quot;&gt;New England Patriots&lt;/a&gt; on Monday night -- a 10-yard pass to wide receiver &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;efb9e109-6a52-37da-1424-91a8b1dbdbea&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3128390/allen-lazard&quot;&gt;Allen Lazard&lt;/a&gt;, who celebrated by handing the ball to his quarterback. It was Rodgers&#39; first touchdown as a Jet in MetLife Stadium.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;On first down, Rodgers read blitz and threw quickly in the left flat to Lazard, his former &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;06cd3bcf-7a86-53d4-28e7-aa049dd36261&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/gb/green-bay-packers&quot;&gt;Green Bay Packers&lt;/a&gt; teammate. Cornerback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9b79b1f4-7043-32f5-72a8-cba60cce9385&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4426599/alex-austin&quot;&gt;Alex Austin&lt;/a&gt; tried to tackle Lazard in the open field, but the 6-foot-5 Lazard isn&#39;t easy to bring down. He grabbed the back of Lazard&#39;s jersey, holding on for dear life, but Lazard pulled away and scored, giving the Jets a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;It capped an eight-play, 73-yard drive. Most interesting thing about the drive: Five different players touched the ball for the Jets.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The Jets took a 14-0 lead on &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;51a1d50b-8a57-bc27-279e-d077fa3df4f0&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4427366/breece-hall&quot;&gt;Breece Hall&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s 1-yard scoring run in the second quarter.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;The Jets loaded up with blockers, using backup OT &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;a7b3ceb6-2fb6-3c72-b2f2-dc35acd5873b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4431809/olu-fashanu&quot;&gt;Olu Fashanu&lt;/a&gt; and backup DT &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;9f457077-f940-0ea8-35dd-c78eadae1518&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3117258/solomon-thomas&quot;&gt;Solomon Thomas&lt;/a&gt; as eligible players/blockers in their jumbo package.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Hall was ruled short initially, but the Jets challenged and the replay showed that the ball crossed the plane of the goal line before he was down.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Rodgers threw his second touchdown of the night, connecting with &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;da106063-995d-eaf0-54e4-ccecd5e90767&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4569618/garrett-wilson&quot;&gt;Garrett Wilson&lt;/a&gt; on a two-yard pass with 6:18 left in the third quarter to give the Jets a 21-3 lead.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;It was a laser from Rodgers, who double-clutched but generated enough velocity on the ball to sneak the ball past the pleading fingertips of cornerback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;ba95b578-b00e-3156-8e2b-b24e3974f8ef&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4686772/christian-gonzalez&quot;&gt;Christian Gonzalez&lt;/a&gt;. Wilson, in the slot, ran to the right flat. Gonzalez, covering Wilson all night, tried to jump the route. He came oh-so-close to knocking it down or picking it off.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:20:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>NFL betting: Under the radar props for Week 3</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;photo1&gt;&lt;/photo1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;We&#39;re betting to win.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;And if I&#39;m the one doing the betting, there are two keys I need to have the confidence to place the wager:&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;li&gt;A model-backed approach, or at the very least a quantitative-based angle. But almost all the bets in this column will be based on the outputs of models built by me, or occasionally my colleagues at ESPN Analytics.&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;A less efficient market. NFL sides and totals are voluminous markets, and betting against those mainstream numbers is like wagering on All-Madden mode. It&#39;s why I often look to props (especially on defense!) and alternate lines. Less attention means less efficient markets and therefore more opportunities to find value.&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;/ol&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Those two criteria make up the crux of this weekly column, though occasionally I&#39;ll recommend bets that satisfy one criterion or the other. Each week I&#39;ll post bets from our models in mostly lower-visibility categories with the simple goal of coming out ahead. We&#39;ll be looking at odds all across the spectrum, from -1000 to 100-1 -- as far as I&#39;m concerned, value is value no matter the price.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Results for this season can be found at the bottom of this story.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Let&#39;s dive into Week 3.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:38:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bengals&#39; Daijahn Anthony makes penalty vs. Chiefs phone wallpaper</title>
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        &lt;p&gt;CINCINNATI -- &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;75b8623b-8926-b411-0476-3d3602b78523&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/cin/cincinnati-bengals&quot;&gt;Bengals&lt;/a&gt; rookie safety &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;305b7655-a043-3642-bc8e-079b96d5b224&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4874448/daijahn-anthony&quot;&gt;Daijahn Anthony&lt;/a&gt; doesn&#39;t have to watch tape to remember one of the most difficult plays of his career.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;He just checks his phone.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Anthony said that along with family photos, &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f68f2343-8ceb-7a02-740d-af6338be21d2&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/kc/kansas-city-chiefs&quot;&gt;Kansas City Chiefs&lt;/a&gt; quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;37d87523-280a-9d4a-0adb-22cfc6d3619c&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3139477/patrick-mahomes&quot;&gt;Patrick Mahomes&lt;/a&gt; and tight end &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;8af09abf-ebb7-2b77-eda0-f0dfead48cd6&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15847/travis-kelce&quot;&gt;Travis Kelce&lt;/a&gt; are part of a rotating carousel of images on his phone&#39;s wallpaper. That way, his game-changing penalty in last weekend&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401671670/bengals-chiefs&quot;&gt;26-25&lt;/a&gt; loss to Kansas City isn&#39;t far from his mind as he looks for motivation.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;They&#39;re not family,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;But I can&#39;t wait to see them again.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the final minute of the Week 2 game, the seventh-round pick from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/_/id/145/ole-miss-rebels&quot;&gt;Ole Miss&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was whistled for defensive pass interference as Mahomes flung a ball toward wide receiver &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;48cfbe28-2b59-e0df-3ce3-2e981cd56c7e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4428331/rashee-rice&quot;&gt;Rashee Rice&lt;/a&gt; on fourth-and-16.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Anthony made contact before the ball arrived, giving Kansas City an automatic first down in field goal range. &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;5aabffc1-7ac1-5d1e-e94f-1386ec369d23&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3055899/harrison-butker&quot;&gt;Harrison Butker&lt;/a&gt; drilled a 51-yard field goal as time expired to give the back-to-back Super Bowl champs the victory.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In the visiting locker room after the game, Anthony was in tears. But afterward, Bengals cornerback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;c176b2c9-4418-339e-00e1-65f71adcffc5&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361196/cam-taylor-britt&quot;&gt;Cam Taylor-Britt&lt;/a&gt; said that Anthony did what most defensive backs would have done in that situation.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I feel like he did a great job, honestly,&quot; Taylor-Britt said after the game. &quot;Maybe a little early if anything, but I feel like I would&#39;ve did the same thing -- went to go get the ball.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Thursday was the first time that Anthony met with reporters since the game. He revealed that it&#39;s not the first time that had motivating fuel on his phone&#39;s lock screen.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Last year, Ole Miss faced the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/_/id/213/penn-state-nittany-lions&quot;&gt;Penn State&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the Peach Bowl and Anthony came across comments from the Nittany Lions ahead of the game. The Rebels won&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401551769/ole-miss-penn-state&quot;&gt;38-25&lt;/a&gt;. Anthony had an interception in the victory.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;The sentiment remains the same.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;So you don&#39;t forget it,&quot; Anthony said. &quot;Remember what you&#39;re doing it for.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:16:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The Seahawks list RB Ken Walker III as a non-participant again Thursday. He hasn&#39;t practiced or played since he suffered an oblique injury in the opener. OLB Uchenna Nwosu also remains out of practice with his MCL injury from the final preseason game, so it&#39;s looking like he&#39;ll be sidelined again this week. RT George Fant, who injured his knee in Week 1, appears to have a chance to play Sunday against the Dolphins after practicing as a limited participant the last two days.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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        &lt;p&gt;Week 3 of the NFL season is officially here, and the stars are still turning heads with their arrivals.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Some players arrive at the stadium comfortably wearing their team gear, but the majority of players pull out some of their most stylish fits that reflect their personalities off -- and sometimes on -- the field.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;For &quot;Thursday Night Football,&quot; &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;732d3caf-b350-1e34-48c6-b7cebb4a0d88&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/nyj/new-york-jets&quot;&gt;New York Jets&lt;/a&gt; cornerback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;4a3e8bb3-8d6a-7208-dc0f-7cf148b34c1b&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4427250/sauce-gardner&quot;&gt;Sauce Gardner&lt;/a&gt; wore a black leather outfit as he greeted fans before his team&#39;s matchup against the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;0078f353-fe3e-67ed-a42c-43cca0568e21&quot; href=&quot;https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/ne/new-england-patriots&quot;&gt;New England Patriots&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;p&gt;Here are some of the NFL&#39;s most fashionable arrivals of Week 3.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://a.espncdn.com/i/infographics/20170710_nfl_fpr/charts/_end_rule.png&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:11:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>[Video] Bryce Young: &#39;All I can do is try to be better&#39;</title>
      <description>Starting QB Bryce Young speaks about being benched after the Panthers&#39; early struggles.</description>
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      <description>Jets inactive players tonight against the Patriots: LB C.J. Mosley, T Max Mitchell, T Carter Warren, RB Izzy Abanikanda, DE Eric Watts and CB Jarrick Bernard-Converse. Mosley, sidelined with a bruised toe, is a key loss. He will be replaced by Jamien Sherwood. He might be better than Mosley in pass coverage, but they lose something in the run game.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:55:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Patriots inactives: CB Marco Wilson, QB Joe Milton III, DE Jamree Kromah, LB Ja&#39;Whaun Bentley (not yet on IR), LT Vederian Lowe, LG Sidy Sow. Wilson was part of mini-rotation the last two weeks and was penalized twice for DPI. Possibility that Alex Austin takes those reps.</description>
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      <description>Vikings WR Justin Jefferson says his quad injury is feeling better and he will be ready to go against the Texans.</description>
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      <title>Joe Burrow says Bengals in &#39;fine spot&#39; despite 0-2 start</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;CINCINNATI -- There are two ways to view the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;75b8623b-8926-b411-0476-3d3602b78523&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/cin/cincinnati-bengals&quot;&gt;Cincinnati Bengals&lt;/a&gt;&#39; first two weeks of the season.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;On one side, players and coaches have expressed the disappointment that comes with starting 0-2 for the third straight season and the fifth time in the past six years.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;On the other -- as quarterback &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;e6957db5-5b2e-a82d-c788-d889115d9772&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3915511/joe-burrow&quot;&gt;Joe Burrow&lt;/a&gt; pointed out Thursday -- is that the familiarity that comes with the slow start means Cincinnati knows what it will take to snap the skid and beat the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;fbeaf73e-6d6c-cca4-0809-713d9d741f90&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/wsh/washington-commanders&quot;&gt;Washington Commanders&lt;/a&gt; on Monday night.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;re in a fine spot,&quot; Burrow said in his weekly news conference. &quot;We&#39;ve been here before. We&#39;re not panicking. We&#39;re focused on getting a win and getting better every day.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Burrow said he&#39;s not sharing the same feeling of frustration that he had following Sunday&#39;s loss to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;f68f2343-8ceb-7a02-740d-af6338be21d2&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/kc/kansas-city-chiefs&quot;&gt;Kansas City Chiefs&lt;/a&gt;. The Bengals led in the fourth quarter and were a defensive stop away from beating their AFC rivals. However, a defensive pass interference penalty on fourth-and-16 set up the winning field goal in Kansas City&#39;s 26-25 victory.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;alsosee&gt;&lt;/alsosee&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;In four of Burrow&#39;s five NFL seasons, Cincinnati has lost its first two games of the season. The exception was in 2021, when the Bengals beat the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;3db556c9-ed76-a7a5-4ccb-a92fc6db4334&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/min/minnesota-vikings&quot;&gt;Minnesota Vikings&lt;/a&gt; in overtime of Week 1. Since then, the star quarterback has battled various injuries at the start of the year -- a ruptured appendix (2022), a calf injury (2023) and recovery from wrist surgery (2024).&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;And while there is calm in how the team is approaching Monday&#39;s game, Burrow said there is a sense of urgency for Cincinnati to find its first win quickly.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;ve treated every practice like it&#39;s the same,&quot; he said. &quot;We pride ourselves on us not being able to tell if we win or lose. At practice, we&#39;re going to go out and have fun and get our work in and get better.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Bengals coach Zac Taylor said despite the rough start to the year, which included a Week 1 loss to the &lt;a data-clubhouse-guid=&quot;0078f353-fe3e-67ed-a42c-43cca0568e21&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/ne/new-england-patriots&quot;&gt;New England Patriots&lt;/a&gt; although Cincinnati was favored by more than a touchdown, it doesn&#39;t feel as if the team is pressing unnecessarily as it prepares to face Washington (1-1) or is carrying any undue tension. Taylor said he has never felt that from the players, which is why the team has handled these situations well before.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;I feel this is a very comfortable team that understands how to work,&quot; Taylor said. &quot;How to have that preparedness about them that can lead to confidence and can lead to being at ease.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Cincinnati did get a boost Thursday, as wide receiver &lt;a data-player-guid=&quot;f6207352-946a-a75a-aff5-28f316536d4d&quot; href=&quot;http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4239993/tee-higgins&quot;&gt;Tee Higgins&lt;/a&gt; practiced for the first time since he suffered a hamstring injury Sept. 5. Higgins, who sat out the first two games, was a limited participant.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Taylor said the team will see how Higgins continues to progress throughout the week. If he can play, Burrow and the rest of the team are well aware of the impact the fifth-year receiver can make on Cincinnati&#39;s offense.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&quot;Hopefully we have him on Sunday,&quot; Burrow said. &quot;If we don&#39;t, we still feel confident in the guys that we have. We&#39;re obviously more dynamic and a much better team with Tee out there.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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