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The Dodgers and Angels continue their weekend series with the middle game on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts for the Dodgers, and Jack Kochanowitz is on the mound for the Angels.
Beucase this is a day ending in Y the Jay have made a roster move. Simeon Woods Richardson is active for tonight’s game. Chad Dallas is on his way to Buffalo.
3.2 good innings from Dallas, thank you very much, 2 hits, 1 earned, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts.
SWR wasn’t good for the Twins, this season, but he’s been a good pitcher in the past and can likely give us 5-6 innings at a go.
And the team says that Dylan Cease is ‘very likely’ to make his next start with the Blue Jays. They say he feels good after his start for the Bisons yesterday. He was hit pretty hard in that game but that’s really not what’s important.
We should hear that Kirk is coming back pretty soon. Max Scherzer will be ready soon. Yimi Garcia will only need a couple more rehab appearances. And Shane Bieber will start tomorrow for Buffalo. He’ll need a couple more rehab appearances before they talk about him coming back. Tommy Nance isn’t all that far from coming back as well. Addison Barger will likely be a week or so before he’s ready to come back.
Tonight’s lineups for Pride Day at the ballpartk. No Lips tonight.
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If the opening night of the NBA Finals is any indication of what we’ve got in store for Game 2 and beyond, my good people, we’re headed for basketball Nirvana.
The New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs are back at it on Friday night, and I’ve got a same-game parlay anchored in the back-and-forth battle we all want in the finals.
Here are my best NBA picks and Knicks vs. Spurs SGP predictions on June 5.
The young San Antonio Spurs couldn’t put away the New York Knicks in Game 1, and the veteran side made adjustments and refused to be rattled on the big stage. Game 2 could also come down to the wire, which has me keeping it simple and sticking with San Antonio to win outright.
The Spurs are great off a loss, and with those nerves settled, I expect an efficient offensive effort – as we saw in the first half of the opener. The Spurs evened this championship series before a swing to the Big Apple.
Victor Wembanyama still grabbed 12 rebounds on 22 rebounding chances but was pulled away from the rim to defend outside shooters on Wednesday. That left San Antonio susceptible to the crashing Knicks, who snatched 10 offensive rebounds. Wemby stays closer to home in Game 2 in order to kick-start the transition attack off rebounds, and his projections call for as many as 15+ boards Friday.
Dylan Harper thrived in the pace of the first half of Game 1, scoring 12 of his 16 points in the opening two frames. But once New York slowed that transition attack, Harper had a tough time finding his flow. De’Aaron Fox’s struggles could also see Mitch Johnson giving his rookie more floor time in the final minutes. Harper’s models call for as many as 13 points in Game 2.
Get Jason Logan's full breakdown of this game, including his best bet, plus the latest NBA odds, injuries, and betting trends, in his Knicks vs. Spurs predictions for Game 2.
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On July 6, 2025 the Washington Nationals sacked President of Baseball Operations and former Diamondbacks head of scouting, Mike Rizzo, and their manager Dave Martinez. It was the duo that surprisingly won the 2019 World Series. But, after winning that World Series, there was a quick downfall from which the Nationals were never able to recuperate.
Though in 2025 the Nationals were probably never expected to be fierce competitors, the onfield performance was not according to the owner’s expectations, where the young core wasn’t as exciting as hoped for.
The Nationals finished the disappointing 2025 with some interim management and announced as soon as the season was over that Paul Toboni would be the new leader in the front office.
With his signing as new President of Baseball Operations, Paul Toboni is currently the youngest baseball executive in the MLB with his 35 years. A Berkeley graduate, and a 2011 team mate of Marcus Semien’s college world series Golden Bears, Toboni started his career in the MLB in 2013 as an intern. In 2015 he joined the Red Sox (so he must have met Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen) and since 2019 he oversaw the Red Sox farm system. On his arrival in Washington Toboni overhauled the front office, with his most notable signing being Blake Butera as the on field manager.
Toboni’s immediate focus was the starting rotation. He made 3 notable free agent pitching signings: Foster Griffin came over from the NPB, while Miles Mikolas and Zack Littell joined as free agents from the Cardinals and Reds. All three were signed to a 1-year contract. Max Kranick and Cionel Pérez are two relievers who also joined the Nationals on a 1-year contract.
Toboni also made a bunch of waiver claims and DFAd a lot.
However, the biggest headlines were taken when he moved MacKenzie Gore to the Rangers for 5 prospects. Gore struggled out of the gate in Texas, but has found his groove of late. The 5 prospects that Washington got in return have all easily slipped into the Washington Nationals farm system ranking. Though none is seen as a top talent, the expectations is that the first two got join the big league team this season.
There was some speculation that CJ Abrams could be the next player out of Washington, but the Nationals either couldn’t find a willing trade partner or decided to stick with the infielder, who hasn’t been completely free of some controversy.
The early results say that when the Nationals play, you get to see a lot of runs.
The Nationals is the team that scores most runs per game: their 331 runs is one run more than the almighty Dodgers and two more than the Atlanta Braves, the two teams that are currently battling for the power ranking throne in the MLB.
The downside is that the Nationals is also one of the teams that gives up most runs: their 341 runs allowed is second behind the Rockies (355). Their 298 earned runs allowed show that defence has a lot of improvement left. Their 90 homeruns allowed is top in the league and shows that their pitching allows too much hard contact. Their FIP, according to baseball reference, is still third worst in the league.
So, while Toboni hasn’t had a lucky hand in his free agent signings on the pitching front, luckily for him Washington’s bats are about as hot as you can get them. That success is pretty much carried by two players: CJ Abrams and his 155 OPS+ and James Wood’s 160 OPS+. Abrams is the team’s RBI leader, while Wood’s has hit most home runs (16), though what stands out is his huge 17% walk percentage. That makes both players a top 10 position in the entire MLB in those categories.
Woods sports a huge BABIP of .400 over the past two weeks, which is enormous, but until now he has always had higher BABIP in the past two seasons than you’d normally see. The Nationals were a bit down in their latest series against the Marlins, scoring “only” 7 runs and getting swept by Miami, dropping from 31-29 to 31-32.
After pitching twice against the Giants and one each against Rockies and Mets, Merrill found himself a tougher opponent in his latest performance in Seattle. The mainstay allowed only 2 runs, but you could say that it could have been much worse. Though Kelly could easily line up for another win in this matchup, it could be more because our bats back him up than him being able to quiet Washington’s. That is a similar view of his performance last time against Washington, last year in May, when he gave up 6 runs in 5 innings, but got a no-decision.
That isn’t such a strange prediction, if you look at it, because Merrill gives up a ton of homeruns, but I give you my Merrill and you show me your Foster Griffin: he has the same HR/9 rate as Merrill Kelly (1.7). Before this season, Griffin had 14.1 innings under his belt in the major leagues, debuting with the Royals in 2020. He played in the NPB the past 3 seasons, where he had an especially strong season for the Yomiuri Giants last season, pitching to a 1.62 ERA in 78 innings.
Griffin has a huge 7-pitch arsenal. Cutter, four-seamer, sweeper, sinker, change-up, curve and split finger. His fastball is weak, reaching an average a bit above 91 mph. The change-up is his best pitch, but he only shows it against right-handed pitching. His barrel percentage is in the 8th percentile, i.e. one of the worst in the league.
With Corbin being a lefty, Ketel a switch hitter and CJ Abrams and James Woods on fire, I foresee a slugfest in this first matchup, with the decision coming late in the game.
After a great 2024 season for the Rays, Littell was okay-ish in 2025, though probably worse than hoped for, for both the Rays and, after a trade, for the Reds. That is how Littell got to see the Diamondbacks twice last season, in April in a Rays shirt, in August in a Reds shirt. Both times he could not get a win. This year Littell hasn’t been great for the Nationals, though his numbers are very much skewed by three terrible performances at the end of May against Giants (!), Braves and Mets, when he gave up 18 runs in 13.2 innings. Lately, Littell has navigated into quieter waters, a couple of times behind an opener, and over the past 6 innings he sports a 2.53 ERA and 3.49 FIP, pretty similar to Eduardo Rodriguez’s season numbers. His command and his breaking balls (split finger, sweeper) are Littell’s strengths. Littell is a lefty and has a slightly better split against lefties because of that.
So, this matchup could be way more different than the previous one and instead of a slugfest, it could be a tight game with both starting pitchers leaving the game with less than 5 runs scored.
Despite making his debut in 2022, we have never seen Cade Cavalli starting against the Diamondbacks and that is because the former star prospect struggled with injuries and setbacks until returning to the MLB in August 2025, when he made his first start in 3 years. Now, Cavalli is finally ready for his first full major league season in his career, at 27 years of age. His four-seamer/sinker combo is a strong 96+ mph fastball combo, but his strength is in his off-speed changeup and sweeper. Cavalli also shows a knuckle curve. The Oklahoma native is a ground ball pitcher, so a bit of a different profile than Michael Soroka. Cavalli has some strong splits, with lefties getting the upper hand over him.
Soroka will be eager to show the Nationals that his 2026 version is a lot better than the 2025 version who was in Washington. Michael survived the Dodgers’ batting lineup, but will have to be wary of allowing too much hard contact.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The star power of Victor Wembanyama and Jalen Brunson helped this year's NBA Finals get off to a huge start in terms of viewership, the likes of which hadn't been seen since the last finals matchup between LeBron James and Stephen Curry eight years ago.
Game 1 of the finals matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks averaged nearly 17 million viewers on Wednesday night, up 90% when compared to last season's finals Game 1. It was the most-watched Game 1 since 2018, the most recent time James — then of Cleveland — and Golden State's Curry faced off in the title round.
Wednesday's game had a peak audience of 19.63 million viewers around 11 p.m. EDT, which would have been in the fourth quarter of New York's 105-95 victory.
It was the most-watched finals Game 1 ever on ABC and the most-watched finals contest since Game 6 of the 2019 title series between Toronto and Golden State.
The viewership numbers for Game 1 on Wednesday were higher than the opening game of 15 of the past 16 World Series, including the 2024 series opener between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers — a matchup pitting the country's top two media markets. That game averaged 15.2 million viewers.
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Cliff Fletcher, the famed executive who won a Stanley Cup with the Flames in 1989 and then turned around a flailing Maple Leafs franchise throughout the 1990s, has died.
He was 90 years old.
To the day of his death, Fletcher was still contributing to the Leafs, working as a senior adviser to the team from his home in Arizona.
Fletcher joined the expansion Atlanta Flames as their general manager in 1972 and remained with the team after a move up north to Calgary in 1980.
Fletcher’s Flames made the Stanley Cup Final in 1986, where they fell in five games to the Canadiens.
Three years later, the Flames were back in the Cup, and this time they prevailed against the Canadiens in six games for their first and thus far only championship in franchise history.
After achieving his goal of making the Flames a contender, Fletcher joined the Leafs as president in 1991 — two years removed from a title — and brought them as close as they’ve been to returning to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1967, the last year of the Original Six era.
Fletcher was known for one of the biggest trades in NHL history, a 10-player deal that reunited Fletcher and ex-Flame Doug Gilmour, the centerpiece of the trade, in Toronto in 1992.
He executed several other deals early in his tenure to help bring the Leafs back to prominence, including bringing in coach Pat Burns from Montreal.
The Leafs were in back-to-back conference finals in 1993 and 1994 and made the playoffs two more times in Fletcher’s tenure.
He acquired Mats Sundin from the Quebec Nordiques in 1994, who remains the franchise’s scoring leader.
Fletcher also spent time with the Coyotes and Lightning.
He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004. Many around the hockey world have shared their memories of Fletcher, including fellow executive Brian Burke, who called Fletcher “classy, smart and fearless.”
He is survived by his partner, Linda, and children, Chuck and Kristy.
Texas Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford has been activated from the 10 day injured list, the team announced today. Because there was an open spot on the active roster after yesterday’s transactions, no additional move was necessary to clear a spot for him. In addition, the Rangers activated Sam Haggerty from the bereavement list and have designated him for assignment.
Langford has been out since mid-April due to a forearm strain. He had gotten off to a slow start prior to his landing on the injured list, but hopefully he will be able to hit the ground running and, along with Corey Seager, who was activated yesterday, will be able to provide a boost to the Ranger offense.
Haggerty had a solid 2025 campaign, and started the 2026 season as Evan Carter’s platoon partner. He has just a 395 OPS this year, however, and it appears Michael Helman has displaced him in that role.
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The women are expected to arrive for Game 2 of the NBA Finals as they arrived for Game 1, and for many games before that.
They’ll be wearing their traditional nun’s habits and San Antonio Spurs jerseys. They’ll also be rooting (and praying) for the home team when the Spurs take on the New York Knicks at the Frost Bank Center on Friday, June 5.
It makes the nuns almost as easy to spot as Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs’ 7-foot-4 phenom. And like Wemby and the rest of the Spurs, the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco in San Antonio have become celebrities in their own right.
Perhaps even rivaling the celebrity of Sister Jean, the late basketball-loving chaplain at Loyola-Chicago.
The Sisters adore the Spurs, and the affection appears to be mutual.
During Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, Wembanyama did not head out of the tunnel without taking time to shake each of the nuns’ hands, according to The Athletic.
"In a way, he was saying, 'Thank you,'" Sister Bernadette Mota told The Athletic. "He didn’t say 'Thank you' out loud, but he grabbed our hands. … You could see the focus in his eyes, and also his sense of gratitude for the prayers that we were giving the team.
"Without saying a word, he said a lot."
The nuns started cheering on the Spurs long before Wembanyama arrived in 2023 and has now led the team to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014.
Former Spurs coach Gregg Popovich helped forge the relationship between the team and the nuns more than 20 years ago, according to Sister Mota.
"We had some sisters who were really diehard Spurs fans throughout the years, and they’re the ones that made that initial connection with the Spurs, and they would write to Coach Popovich and he would actually write back," Mota told EWTN Catholic Television. "And him and his wife came to visit the Sisters a few times. “So much of that love and that connection with the Spurs community and their players, our sisters would watch the games and over the years… it’s just kept up since then.
"But a few years back it had kind of died down a little bit. And then COVID happened and we kind of lost that connection. But just this past year and more recently these past weeks, it really has built up in a really strong way. And so we’re back praying with the Spurs."
The nuns’ love for basketball transcends cheering for the Spurs. They play, too.
Video captured three of the Sisters in a parking lot, dribbling and taking aim at a basket with a torn net. And one of the nuns drained a long shot.
"Wooooo!" she exclaimed.
The Sisters cheer with equal fervor for the Spurs, but the biggest mission is not to help the team win their first NBA title since 2014.
While a handful of nuns attend home games, they've also held at least one playoff watch party for the children who attend St. John Bosco School in San Antonio and the children's parents. The Sisters also report that attention they've received from attending games has led to significant donations that will be used for the children, who apparently share the nuns' love of the Spurs.
An excerpt of a story on the Salesian Sisters website reads, "By meeting young people where they are and sharing in the joys that matter to them, the Sisters bring faith, encouragement, and hope into everyday life."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Spurs nuns, explained: How faith, fandom helped fuel NBA Finals run
It has been nearly a calendar year since Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach fired a pitch in a baseball game. On Friday, Braves manager Walt Weiss confirmed that Schwellenbach continues to throw from flat ground but is still nowhere near close to beginning a rehab assignment for the team.
It’s not exactly surprising news as the Braves have preached caution and a long timetable for Schwellenbach’s potential return since he underwent elbow surgery in February. Schwellenbach also, of course, broke his elbow last June.
It’s good news that Schwellenbach continues to throw, although it would seem based on the timeline that even if everything goes perfectly from here, we’re likely looking at August or September before Schwellenbach could find himself in the mix to make starts for the big league club.
It’s also worth considering that even if Schwellenbach is physically up for pitching in a game, would he be effective enough to make crucial starts for the Braves in September and October? That would mean 14 or 15 months since the young righty appeared in a big league game. That certainly feels like a cart-before-the-horse situation at the moment, but it’s something that may present itself at some point.
TORONTO (AP) — NHL executive Cliff Fletcher, who led the Calgary Flames to a Stanley Cup championship in 1989 and helped turn the Toronto into a contender while earning the nickname “Trader Cliff” for his skillful wheeling and dealing, has died at 90, the Maple Leafs announced Friday.
Fletcher was a senior adviser for the team, which did not provide details of his death.
Among Fletcher's many moves was bringing Lanny McDonald to the recently relocated Flames in 1981, and deals for Doug Gilmour and Mats Sundin in Toronto that helped transform the Maple Leafs into a playoff threat.
“Few men in the history of hockey have had as profound and lasting an impact on the game as Cliff Fletcher,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said. “Revered for his keen eye for talent, respected for his management acumen and beloved for his character, Cliff devoted seven decades to hockey in myriad roles and leaves a legacy as remarkable for the many men and women he has mentored as for the franchises he helped established and games his teams won.”
Born in Montreal on Aug. 16, 1935, Fletcher started his career as a scout with his hometown Canadiens under the guidance of legendary executive Sam Pollock before heading to the St. Louis Blues as an assistant general manager in June 1969. He joined the expansion Atlanta Flames as GM in 1972 and remained with the team when it relocated to Calgary in 1980.
While often overshadowed by their provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oilers, Fletcher built a contender in Calgary.
The team made its first Cup final in 1986, losing to Montreal in five games. The Flames beat the Canadiens in six games a few years later for their only title. The powerhouse roster built by Fletcher was captained by McDonald, backstopped by Mike Vernon in goal and included Gilmour, Joe Nieuwendyk, Joe Mullen, Al MacInnis, Gary Suter and a young Theo Fleury.
Fletcher, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004, took over as the Maple Leafs’ chief operating officer, president and GM in 1991. He quickly helped rebuild the team, which had slogged through a dismal decade under former owner Harold Ballard.
In a key move, Fletcher pried Gilmour from his successor in Calgary, and he also hired Pat Burns as coach in 1992.
The trade with the Flames supplemented other previous moves. Fletcher shipped a package including forward Vincent Damphousse to Edmonton for netminder Grant Fuhr, forward Glenn Anderson and others. Fuhr was later sent to Buffalo in a deal that netted 50-goal man Dave Andreychuk from the Sabres.
In another franchise-defining swap, Fletcher dealt popular but oft-injured captain Wendel Clark to the Quebec Nordiques in 1994 as part of a package that included Sundin. A future Hall of Fame center, Sundin went on to become the face of the franchise and is now Toronto’s senior executive adviser of hockey operations.
“Cliff Fletcher inherited a club that had finished last in the NHL’s Norris Division in 1991, transforming them seemingly overnight,” the Maple Leafs said. “Those beloved Maple Leafs teams would come within one win of the Cup final in 1993 and returned to the conference final a year later.”
Fletcher remained with the Leafs until 1997 before front office stints with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Phoenix Coyotes. He returned to Toronto as interim GM in 2008.
His son, Chuck Fletcher, became a successful NHL executive in his own right. Chuck Fletcher served as GM of the Minnesota Wild from 2009 to 2018 and the Philadelphia Flyers from 2018 to 2024.
On Friday afternoon, the hockey world lost another legendary executive when news broke that Cliff Fletcher had passed away at the age of 90. Thanks to a career that spanned almost seven decades, Fletcher was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004.
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) June 5, 2026
As recent as the 2023-24 season, he was a senior advisor for the Toronto Maple Leafs, his second stint with the Original Six franchise, having served as President and General Manager from 1991 to 1997 before returning in 2007.
Although Fletcher is deeply connected to the Maple Leafs, having spent more than 20 years with the organization, many in the hockey community remember him for his time with the Calgary Flames.
Fletcher was the franchise's first general manager, hired in 1972 when the Atlanta Flames came into existence. He stayed with the club when they relocated to Calgary in 1980.
By that time, he was already piecing together a superstar roster, one loaded with future Hall of Famers like Joe Nieuwendyk, Al MacInnis, Mike Vernon, and Joe Mullen, that would reach the 1986 Stanley Cup Final against the Montreal Canadiens, and would win the rematch in 1989.
Born in 1935 in Montreal, Fletcher became a scout for the Canadiens in 1956, holding that position until 1966 before moving into an assistant general manager role with the expansion St. Louis Blues. After achieving his only Stanley Cup victory with the Flames, he went to Toronto, then to Tampa Bay (1998-2000) and Arizona (2000-27), before returning to the Maple Leafs.
Beloved by many in the hockey community, Fletcher left behind an incredible legacy, one fondly remembered in Calgary as the man responsible for the franchise's only Stanley Cup title.
A Brief Flames Stint Is Keeping Jagr's Wild Stanley Cup Final Teammate Streak AliveFuture Hall of Famer Jaromir Jagr has played professional hockey for 36 years, with many of his old teammates skating in the Stanley Cup Final. As the Vegas Golden Knights battle the Carolina Hurricanes, his teammate streak has reached 46 seasons. The Los Angeles Kings have locked up AHL prospect Aatu Jämsen, announcing Friday that he is officially joining the Kings roster on a one-year, two-way contract worth $850,000 at the NHL level through the 2026-27 season.
Jämsen, 23 years old, completed his second season with the Ontario Reign, posting career highs of 16 goals, 12 assists, and 28 points in 59 games. The call-up might seem a little early, but the former seventh-round pick has shown promise, and LA adds another young talent to its roster.
We've signed F Aatu Jämsen to a one-year, two-way contract worth an average annual value (AAV) of $850,000!
— LA Kings (@LAKings) June 5, 2026
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The Finnish forward also competed in four Calder Cup Playoff contests, where he collected two points as Ontario battled for postseason success. Originally drafted in the seventh round with the 190th overall pick of the 2020 NHL draft, Jämsen has steadily improved his game.
Over two seasons with the Ontario Reign, Jämsen has totaled 23 goals and 39 points in 95 AHL games, reminding everyone that he can create his own shot and play a physical game.
The signing gives LA additional depth at the forward position, while giving Jämsen an opportunity to push for his NHL debut this upcoming season. With the Kings still expected to make additional moves in the offseason to improve the team, the Finnish prospect will enter training camp looking to make a strong impression and compete for a larger role within the organization.
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Steph Curry sends heartwarming message, Warriors game invitation to young fan originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
12-year old Wyatt Neus is one of Steph Curry’s biggest fans. As it turns out, Curry is a big fan of Neus, as well.
Neus, who has Down syndrome, recently went viral for his performance in a student-teacher basketball game in Plymouth, Minnesota, draining a long “Curry range” shot while wearing the famous No. 30 Warriors jersey. Neus also performed Curry’s trademark “night, night” celebration as a full gymnasium cheered him on.
The video and the story caught the attention of Warriors vice president of communications Raymond Ridder, who passed them on to Curry.
A short time later, Curry responded with his own video addressed to Wyatt, who watched with his parents Eric and Brooke by his side.
“Hey Wyatt,” Curry began. “I just want to say that was really, really special and inspiring what you did, showing out in front of your whole school. Unbelievable shot, unbelievable celebration, and even better jersey. Great job, Wyatt. See you soon.”
Wyatt, who says he has rooted for Curry since “[he] was a baby,” will see Curry in person next season, as the Warriors guard extended an invite to attend a Warriors-Timberwolves game in Minnesota.
“It’s just shocking,” Brooke Neus said of Curry’s gesture. “For Steph to take the time out of his day and to look at that is just, I never thought it would become anything like this. We thought it was a cool video that, you know, just like that. Hard to believe that we could maybe lighten other people’s hearts, but this has taken a new life of its own, and we’re so lucky.”
Now when the Warriors take the court at Target Center next season, there will be at least two people who can shoot from “Curry range” in the building.
Don’t ask Victor Wembanyama to do any soda ads.
Before he even made it to the NBA, when he was earning just $150,000 playing in France, the Spurs star and Frenchman rejected lucrative soda endorsements worth millions.
“We’re not gonna mix his image with sodas like Coca-Cola,” his agent Jérémy Medjana told The Athletic. “They all want him, but Victor will never sell soda. Because he doesn’t want to kill the kids.”
The 22-year-old phenom is reportedly so committed to his stance of promoting positive health that he doesn’t begin press conferences until Gatorade bottles are removed. Meanwhile, he endorses Barcode, a plant-based performance drink with no added sugar.
Wembanyama currently has deals with Nike, Louis Vuitton, 2K Sports, Fanatics, Authentic and H-E-B and understands more deals will flow in if he wins it all, but brand deals aren’t his main focus now.
“I think what Victor understands is not to be distracted by all of the fanfare around his career,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver told The Athletic. “Because he will be defined by championships, not by commercial opportunities or the platform he has to speak out on issues he cares about.”
The first overall pick by the Spurs in 2023, Wembanyama has taken the league by storm since his arrival.
After averaging 21.4 points per game as a rookie in 2023-24, Wembanyama increased that number to 24.3 last season and 25 this year. He also finished third in MVP voting this season, behind just Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic.
Wembanyama also took home Western Conference Finals MVP honors after beating the Thunder in seven games to send the Spurs to their first NBA Finals since 2014.
The center went just 6-of-21 in the Spurs 105-95 loss to the Knicks in Game 1 of the Finals Wednesday, but can rebound Friday night.
Game 2 is set for 8:30 Eastern.
The Milwaukee Brewers are back on the road for the beginning of a six-game road trip out west. After failing to complete comebacks in the final two games against the National League West’s San Francisco Giants, the Brewers look to set the record straight against the NL West’s worst, the Colorado Rockies.
Yesterday afternoon, we watched the ball fly at American Family Field as we saw a combined five home runs and seven doubles in the series finale. Thankfully for Brewers fans, the Brewers had their hat mixed in consistently throughout the day, with Jackson Chourio going deep twice and David Hamilton hitting his second long ball on the season, not to mention the numerous flyouts to the warning track. Expect similar action tonight at Coors Field, another ballpark that’s notorious for deep flies.
The Brewers will try to avoid losing three in a row for the first time since late April, and getting the ball in tonight’s series opener will be Brandon Sproat. There’s no doubt that Sproat has struggled this season in terms of giving up runs, but home runs have been a backbreaker so far this season, as he has allowed 10 on the season. In his last outing against the Houston Astros, he made it just 4 1/3 innings while allowing five runs on six hits and gave up one home run.
Though the Rockies are at the bottom of their division, they’re still pesky and have been playing better ball over the last week, as they have won back-to-back series, winning four out of their last six. The big question surrounding tonight’s game is how short Sproat’s leash will be after some comments made by manager Pat Murphy following his previous start: “We’re not going to tolerate too many duds like this, that’s for sure.”
Getting the ball to open up the six-game home stand for the Rockies is the right-hander, Ryan Feltner. The month of April wasn’t too kind to Feltner, posting a 7.41 ERA while allowing five home runs. After being placed on the 15-day IL and having most of May off, he came back and dominated against the San Francisco Giants, throwing six scoreless innings while allowing just four hits on the day.
After the bullpen had a rough day at the office yesterday, we saw a couple of changes. DL Hall is officially on the 15-day IL with a left pectoral strain, with Jake Woodford being designated for assignment after another rough outing in yesterday’s game. Replacing the two arms will be Craig Yoho and Brian Fitzpatrick.
Yoho is back on the big league club for the first time since last season and is looking to have a better trip around. Last season he posted a 7.27 ERA through eight appearances. This season down in Nashville, he has had a great start to the 2026 season as he has posted a 1.00 ERA in 18 innings, recording three saves and 24 strikeouts.
Backup with the club is the southpaw Fitzpatrick, who has shined in his first four outings with the Brewers. Through 5 2/3 innings, he has four strikeouts and has allowed just one earned run.
Though Murphy has yet to announce tonight’s starting lineup, most of the everyday starters have seen Feltner a fair amount throughout his first six years in the big leagues. William Contreras has seen the most of him, as he has 16 at-bats, though he hasn’t fared well against him, batting just .188. Christian Yelich has hit the best against Feltner — through 12 at-bats, he’s hitting .417 with a 1.084 OPS.
Like most nights, you’ll be able to catch the game on Brewers.TV, WTMJ 620, and the Brewers Radio Network. First pitch is set for 7:40 p.m.