Happy Thursday, everyone. It was Wajih AlBaroudi filling out Zachary Pereles for the last time this week. First things first: we had some breaking NBA news last night. The The Lakers are reportedly closing a deal to send Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson to the Jazz in exchange for Patrick Beverley. You can Read more details about the agreement here.
Now let’s get into the rest of the news.
Good morning to everyone but especially…
TIGER WOODS AND RORY MCILROY
Won a total of 19 major championships, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy there’s more to it than earning “when they talk, you listen” status. Therefore, it is not surprising that after two lead a meeting just for players About reshaping the PGA Tour, Their vision became reality the following week.
PGA Tour, in response to the aforementioned meeting at the BMW Championship along with the threat of LIV Golf, announced important changes to it schedule and compensation. Here’s what you need to know:
- Top players will commit to a minimum of 20 PGA Tour events: 12 advanced events with wallets from $15 million to $20 millionfour major championships, THE PLAYERS Championship, and any three additional FedEx Cup events the player chooses.
- The Player impact program has been expanded to include 20 players – who will be identified as the “top player” – and the total $100 million total prize money in 2022 and 2023. That is exactly double 10 players and total prize money is 50 million dollars it used to include.
- Under the new “Income Guarantee Program”, members are completely exempt minimum guarantee of $500,000 if they compete in at least 15 events.
- Non-exempt members will receive $5,000 for each miss, and they will be subsidized with travel and tournament-related expenses.
These changes are a big win for PGA Tour players. They have Woods and McIlroy to thank, as PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said the players attending the meeting “gave together to strengthen the Tour foundation, realizing that if the fans invested in the PGA, Tour, that means a lot more if they know players are investing back immediately.
As if their league-changing actions weren’t enough of a reason to say good morning, Woods and McIlroy also announced the formation of a technology startup called TMRW Sports.
And not a good morning for…
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YORK’S NEW GIANTS
The The injury bug bit the Giant again. Receiver Collin Johnson was ejected from the Giants training ground with an obvious injury to his right leg, and a few hours later the team claimed he suffered a torn Achilles.
- Johnson enjoyed a excellent camp until his season-end injurya lot so he was earn first team representative.
- Through two pre-season games, Johnson had 10 catches and 123 yards.
- Johnson’s injury adds to an already battered Giants catcher group: receiver Robert Foster (hamstring) and tight finish Ricky-Seals Jones (toe) were brought on injured reserveand cunning sophomore professional Kadarius Toney missed training because of a leg injury.
The good news for the Giants is reinforcements are coming in the way of Sterling Shepard – who was activated from the PUP list after being ripped off by an Achilles of his own against the Cowboys last December – and is the recipient of the Ravens money Jaylon MooreNew York claimed an exemption after Johnson was injured.
The bad news for the Giants is that two potential starting players have suffered significant injuries over the span of a week. Kayvon Thibodeaux Edge Pusherfifth overall pick in 2022 NFL Draftssprained his MCL last week pre-season game against the Bengali, and he could miss the Giants’ season opener the result is.
MLB’s 2023 schedule gets a new ‘balanced’ format
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The MLB released the 2023 schedule and it came with a pretty wild twist. Is a part of MLB and MLBPA’s New Collective Bargaining Agreement, all 30 teams will play against each other for at least one series this season.
- Teams will play 52 division games (formerly 76), 64 other plague games (formerly 66) and 46 alternate games (formerly 20) in a new format.
- Along with a series of home-and-home matches between geographically disparate opponents like the Yankees-Mets, Cubs-White Sox and Dodgers-Angels, the teams will play a three-game series against the remaining 14 teams in the league. other.
- MLB Strategy and Operations Manager Chris Marinak said in a statement The new format is “fan-friendly” and “provides more exposure to star players throughout our game.”
While traditionalists may dismiss the new format, it brings with it certain cons that will generate a lot of fan interest. As our MLB scribe Mike Axisa noted, Dodgers quarterback Mookie Betts will play Red Sox (August 25-27) for the first time since they traded him in Feb 2020. Also, Angels quarterback Mike Trout, a die-hard Philadelphia sports fan who grew up in the area, will play the Phillies on just his third trip to Citizens Bank Park from August 28 to 30.
Vanessa Bryant awarded $16 million by jury in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash photo case
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After 11 days of trial, Vanessa Bryant has awarded $16 million in her lawsuit against Los Angeles County. Judges give a unanimous verdict support Bryant, as they found she suffered “mental distress” after deputies and firefighters took and distributed photos of her husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant following the incident their fatal helicopter crash in 2020.
- Vanessa Bryant responded to the verdict with a Her Instagram post, Kobe and Giannaand the caption reads “All for you! I love you! JUSTICE for Kobe and Gigi!”
- The verdict comes in line with Kobe Bryant Day, celebrated annually in Los Angeles because August 24 combines the Hall of Famer’s Lakers jersey numbers 8 and 24. The closing arguments took place on Tuesday, Kobe Bryant’s birthday.
- Vanessa Bryant’s plaintiff, Chris Chester, whose wife and daughter were among the nine people who died in the crash, was awarded $15 million.
Chester’s attorney, Jerome Jackson, asked the jury to award Bryant and Chester $75 million: $2.5 million each for the “mental suffering” they endured for two and a half years. past, and another $1 million for each year of their future suffering — 40 for Bryant and 30 for Chester. Jackson reported before the court “You can’t give too much money for what they’ve been through. You can’t rank it too high. You can’t spread it too widely. What they’ve been through is inhumane and inhumane.”
SEC Prediction: Can Alabama keep the throne? Is Texas A&M a competitor?
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Only two more days until SEC soccer tournament starts – that’s just four oat cakes for Nick Saban – because Vanderbilt is kicking things off Saturday in Hawaii. When the season is approaching, Our college football experts have shared an extensive list of SEC predictions – one of them was a familiar team that won the congress title.
All seven professionals have Alabama winning the SEC for the third time in years, and here’s the explanation provided by Barrett Sallee:
- Sallee: “There’s no reason to try and think about the room here. The Crimson Tide has the defending champion Heisman Trophy in the hands of quarterback Bryce Young, EDGE college football player of the year Will Anderson Jr. and The sour taste of last season’s national championship game failed in their mouths Young will have an even better season after a significantly improved attack, the second team will emerge as the top performers. the nation’s best, and the schedule is well established for coach Nick Saban to win his second consecutive conference title.”
Saban’s protege-turn-enemies Jimbo Fisher took Texas A&M to the top after combining best recruiting class of all time on National Day 2022. However, our experts are still worried about the Aggies, as they have been voted the highest rated team by our Shehan Jeyarajah, Dennis Dodd and Sallee.
What we’re watching on Thursday
Guardians at Mariners4:10 pm, YouTube
Blue Jays at the Red Sox, 7:10 p.m., MLB Network
Packers at Chiefs8 p.m. NFL Network
49ers in Texans8:15 p.m. Amazon Prime Video
