NEWS: Michigan coach Dusty May is finalizing a deal to take the Dallas Mavericks head coaching job, sources tell me @shams and @AdamSchefter. May led Michigan basketball to the national title in April. The allure of coaching Cooper Flagg as a linchpin piece helped draw him.
The Bears’ Board of Directors voted Thursday to advance the stadium development in Hammond, Indiana, with the exact to be selected. This is this first time that the Bears’ board has voted on any stadium site.
As one source said, “There is more work to do but barring anything very strange, it’s a done deal.”
Sometime in 2023...
Bob Iger: "Taylor, we would like to stream the Eras Tour on Disney+"
Taylor Swift: "Bet. I want an Oscar."
Bob: "Bet. Toy Story 5?"
Taylor: "Bet."
It’s a *Toy* Story 🤠
You knew it! My new original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” for Disney and @Pixar’s @toystory 5 will be yours on June 5th. I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie. I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening. Sometimes you just know, right?
You can pre-order now exclusively at https://t.co/NoneI6kxdH and catch Toy Story 5 in theaters June 19th ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
PROGRAMMING UPDATE: Tomorrow Night’s San Diego Padres-Seattle Mariners Sunday Night Baseball Game Has Been Moved to the NBC Broadcast Network and Will Be Streamed on Peacock, with Coverage Beginning at 7pm ET
#illini Andrej Stojakovic said he is "both feet in right now" with the #NBADraft process, but having the option to return to Illinois and compete for a Final Four again is "extremely special. Just have to make the right decision."
A few minutes on his thought process ⤵️
Not enough people talk about Derrek Lee
• .281/.365/.495 (.859 OPS), 122 OPS+
• 1959 H, 432 2B, 331 HR, 1078 RBI
• 2003 WS Champion with Florida
• 2005 NL batting champ (.335)
• Played at least 155 games 7x
• 2x All-Star, 3x Gold Glover
• Reached 20 HR 9x, 30 HR 4x
• Silver Slugger, MVP-3 in 2005
• Drove in 90 runs 5x, 100 runs 2x
• 34.6 WAR (22.6 of them with CHC)
• Career 28 HR, 90 RBI per 162 games
• Unspeakable numbers vs Jeff Suppan
• Hit 12 grand slams, 3 walk-off HR, 2 ITP
• Received zero HOF votes (of 442 ballots)
• Best clean season of the PED era in 2005:
• .335 BA, 1.080 OPS, 50 2B, 46 HR, 107 RBI
• Led league in H, 2B, BA, SLG, OPS, OPS+, TB
• Also led in oWAR and had 23 intentional walks
• 1 of 2 players in @Cubs history with at least a .900 OPS and a minimum of 4000 PA with the team (along with Sammy Sosa)