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Jaylen Brown Sixers | Sports Daily Newsletter Did they just become title contenders? It wasnt just by simply acquiring the stellar Jaylen Brown from the rival Boston Celtics, it was the manner in which they did it.
In Brown, the Sixers receive a 2024 Finals MVP who finished sixth in the voting for this seasons regular-season award.
They got someone with the size, versatility, and defensive skill to complement the Tyrese Maxey-VJ Edgecombe duo.
And they unloaded Georges contract.
Predictably, the internet had Theres always risk.
Theres always the question of Joel Embiids health.But for now, we can step back and consider a world in which the Sixers are legitimate title contenders as David Murphy sharesOver the years, its been clear that physicality is part of the Flyers DNA just look at the franchises two best players, Bobby Clarke and Eric Lindros.
So as Danny Briere, who was 5-9 and 174 pounds as a player, builds the next iteration of the Flyers, its no surprise he goes to a tried-and-true playbook.Is he trying to build this millenniums Broad Street Bullies? Not exactly.
But bringing back big guys like Dan Vladar and Tyson Foerster gives us an idea ofA few weeks ago, Phillies reliever Brad Keller knew something was off before he even got out of bed.
Hed just had a rough outing the night before vs.
Milwaukee, and when he woke up, he couldnt straighten his elbow.He ended up going on the injured list with right forearm tendinitis.
But on Wednesday, he was eager to see how hed respond after facing live hitters for the first time in more than two weeks.
The result?A night-and-day difference, The series vs.
the Pirates wraps up with a matinee today.
Pirates righty Jared Jones will face off against Alan Rangel.
Todays Eagles newcomers arent just new to the Eagles, theyre new to the NFL.
Offensive lineman Markel Bell was drafted out of Miami in April and surprisingly took first-team reps during OTAs.That doesnt necessarily mean hell be a Week 1 starter, but he could see meaningful snaps as a rookie.
The next newcomer is new to football.
Joshua Weru is an undrafted free agent from the International Player Pathway program who joined a pro rugby club at age 14 and has represented Kenya internationally in the sport.He may have a long path to the 53-man roster, but he definitely Speaking of Eagles linemen , Jason Kelce helped raise $1.26 million for the Eagles Autism Foundation in four events across two daysWednesdays 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina featured goals by Folarin Balogun and Malik Tillman, but also a red card to Balogun that means hell miss the round of 16 matchup OK, this is a bit of a weird one.
Ed Delahanty dominated the National League in the late 1800s and at the turn of the century.Primarily an outfielder, he spent 13 of his 16 major league seasons with the Phillies and slashed .348/.415/.508.
He also was the first major league player to hit over.
400 three times.
But drinking issues began to loom large after he moved on to Washington.While the team was in Detroit, he boarded a train bound for New York but was kicked off after drunken and disorderly behavior, according to the Society for American Baseball Research.
He then fell from a bridge spanning Niagara Falls and died on this day in 1903.
He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame via the Old Timers Committee amid World War II in 1945, but his induction ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y., wasnt held until 2013, 110 years after his death.
Three upsets that I watched on TV.
1969 Joe Namath and the Jets upset the unbeatable Baltimore Colts.
Because of the great Lenny Moore I was a Colts fan.
1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid when our young college guys carried the U.S.
to a stunning upset of the USSRs supposedly unbeatable team.And 1985 on April 1 my 47th BD Villanova Wildcats upset highly favored Georgetown 66-64 with an incredible 79% shooting percentage.
I would guess that Pope Leo then Robert Prevost was cheering on his Wildcats.
Not the most personally sentimental, but biggest upset in my book has to be the Brady-era Pats first Super Bowl loss, some ragtag Giants spoiling an undefeated season with such tools as an off-brand Manning and a football pinned on a helmet.It had seemed unfair that Randy Moss had joined New England, but it all led to nothing more than this.
We compiled todays newsletter using reporting from Gina Mizell, David Murphy, Jackie Spiegel, Mia Messina, Scott Lauber, Jeff Neiburg, Becca OReilly, Jonathan Tannenwald, and Marcus Hayes.