Wemby Wins ROY

S. Samek

Victor Wembanyama won the 2024 Rookie of the Year award. He won unanimously. Wembanyama is the third Spur to win the award, but the last one to do so was Tim Duncan in 1997-1998. He also joins David Robinson, who won the award in 1989-1990.

He deserved it. He balled out all season. Seemed like all the time he was putting up stats and reaching records. He became an exciting player to watch this year, even on a bad Spurs team that went 22-60 and finished in 14th place in the Western Conference. Unfortunately, the strong rookie year didn’t result in a playoff spot.

However, it is good to have a strong player to build around for the future. If Wembanyama can keep it up watch out for the Spurs in the future.

2024 NHL Draft Lottery

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The lottery for the first pick in the 2024 NHL draft takes place today. 16 teams have a shot at landing the first pick, with the San Jose Sharks having the best odds at 18.5% followed by the Chicago Blackhawks at 13.5% and Anaheim Ducks at 11.5%. Which team will get the first pick this time around? Will Chicago get to pick first for the second year in a row?

Detroit Tigers City Connect Jerseys 2024

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The Detroit Tiges are the next team to reveal a city connect jersey in 2024.

The jerseys are blue, black and gray and say Motor City on them. They have a tire track design. They have a hard that reads Detroit in gray.

It looks decent, I guess. It isn’t my favorite and it’s not as good as even the Rays jersey, that might be the best one yet, but it is better than the Mets easily the worst one yet.

The hat is pretty clean though and looks solid. I think overall it’s a B- grade. I I would rank it third of the four designs we have seen in 2024 so far.

Rise Claim spot in Postseason

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Shortly after the Omaha Supernova clinched a spot in the Pro Volleyball Federation playoffs, the third team punched their ticket to the tournament.

The Grand Rapids Rise will be headed to the playoffs. With a win over the San Diego Mojo, they earned their 11th win of the year and a playoff berth. With one week left in the season one spot in the playoffs is still up for the taking.

Skenes Starts 5/5/24

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Paul Skenes made his next start against Buffalo yesterday, let’s see how he did.

The outing was a bit rougher than usual. He allowed two runs, three hits, walked two and struck out four. He allowed a home run as one of those hits. which was the first one he’d allowed sense being drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Skenes pitched 4 1/3 innings throwing 66 pitches with 40 of them being for strikes.

His era sits at 0.99 so far this season. He received another no decision as the Indianapolis Indians would go on to win the game 8-3.

While the start wasn’t his best, it was on four days’ rest. He does continue to show promise overall. I’m sure the calls for him to be brought up to Pittsburgh will continue to come.

2024 NHL Eastern Conference Playoffs Round Two Picks

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Round one of the NHL playoffs in the Eastern Conference has concluded. Now we move onto round two. Which of the four remaining teams will advance to the conference finals? Picks for winners in bold.

New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes

Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins