Is Bill Belichick Done Developing Young Quarterbacks?
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The New England Patriots have re-signed Cam Newton to a one-year deal, the Boston Globe s Jim McBride was first to report. It s a low-risk course of action considering Newton certainly has the ability to look like a much better player in 2021 than his first Foxboro foray, which saw him suffer from the lack of a preseason and COVID complications. NFL insiders have been rushing to be first to market with the idea the Patriots could still add a quarterback in free agency or more likely the NFL Draft. Alabama s Mac Jones has emerged as the perceived frontrunner if that is, indeed, what the future holds.
Aleksej Pokusevski Took His First Free-Throws Over 300 Minutes Into His Career
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Aleksej Pokusevski hasn t made much of an impact for the Minnesota Timberwolves during his rookie season, which is fine because he was always known to be a work in progress. The 19-year-old Serbian has played in 18 games and averaged 18.1 minutes after being selected with the 17th pick in the last draft. Despite sending 7-feet in height, 62-of-his-104 field-goal attempts have come from behind the arc. Despite shooting so frequently from deep, he s converting a disastrous 19 percent on three-point attempts.
As a result, getting to the free-throw line has proved difficult thus far. Actually, it d proven impossible until Thursday night. Pokusevski entered the game having played 295 minutes without taking a single free-throw attempt. Quite a streak pointed out by Tom Haberstroh this morning after Pokusevski did the impossible and shot
ESPN s NHL Music Rules So Hard
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The NHL is back at ESPN beginning next season with the league and network agreeing to a 7-year deal. Which can only mean one thing: one of the best theme songs in all of sports will be back in heavy rotation.
So many great @NHL memories on ESPN.
This sucker wastes no time blasting your vertebrae like someone playing a particularly aggressive brand of marimbas. Not so sure there s another sports sounder that gets straighter to the point. “When ESPN first started, a good part of the music that was on ESPN was mine, maybe even the majority,” he said. ““I had baseball, NCAA basketball, NBA basketball, hockey.