Friedman on Marner (NHL Network): "You can argue he had the best period in the history of hockey, considering the stakes and what he did, first 4 pt period since 1919, fastest hat-trick in the history of the SCF"
The New York Knicks this postseason:
🔥 43 days since their last loss
🔥 Third team to win Game 1 & 2 of NBA Finals on the road
🔥 Heading into Game 3 on the 2nd-longest single-season win streak in NBA playoff history
🔥 8th straight road playoff win
NFL teams are more likely to make a massive trade than any time in league history because of cap flexibility.
Meanwhile, the NBA salary cap/tanking rules are making big trades more difficult.
most valuable NFL positions are commonly understood to be QB, WR, EDGE, OT, and CB
The Rams now have a Top-5 QB, a Top-5 WR, a Top-1 EDGE, and a Top-10 CB
Fun factoid from Gregg Rosenthal (~12-minute mark) on Aidan Hutchinson, whom he drafted as the 4th-best edge rusher in the NFL entering 2026:
• Hutchinson had more fourth-quarter quarterback pressures last season than any player in a single season in the Next Gen Stats era (since 2015).
this is out of control.
The Knicks offense is statistically the greatest offense of all time in the last 10 games.
2nd highest FG% in a 10 game span in NBA History (87 Lakers). And single greatest effective FG % in a 10 game span in NBA History
A different way to look at positional value:
Seattle and Detroit both hit on 2 1sts in 2023 that became franchise cornerstones.
Top of the market extensions for the Lions duo will be about 40M/yr combined
JSN (42M/yr) alone is more expensive, and Witherspoon will be 30+M/yr