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New York Times
an hour ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Track 2025 NHL Draft best available players from Corey Pronman's ranking
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NHL Draft. Players are coming off the board in Round 1 of the 2025 NHL Draft. Keep track of the best players available according to Corey Pronman's ranking.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Bobby Witt Jr. ‘finds' fix that will terrify MLB
The post Bobby Witt Jr. 'finds' fix that will terrify MLB appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Kansas City Royals have endured recent struggles, including a five-game losing streak. Infielder Bobby Witt Jr. was blunt after a June 14 loss to the Athletics. Advertisement 'We have to figure something out, he said, per Anne Rogers of 'We have to change something. So the time was now.' Nevertheless, Witt is having a fairly decent season. He's batting .285 with 83 hits, nine home runs, and 39 RBIs, along with an OPS of .830. Good numbers, but pale in comparison to the numbers he put up last year. In 2024, Witt batted .332 with 211 hits, 32 home runs, and 109 RBIs as well as an OPS of .977. He was in the hunt for the American League MVP before it was given to Aaron Judge. Witt was named one of the 50 best MLB players entering this season. He entered Thursday's game against the Texas Rangers 28% above the league average in OPS. Also, the Royals are ranked 29th in runs per game, just above the Pittsburgh Pirates. Advertisement However, Witt is improving thanks to a few techniques, per Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon of The Athletic. According to a team official, Witt's been working with his hitting coaches as well as biomechanical experts to improve his hitting. Moreover, he's made a crucial adjustment to hit the ball better. Over the last four games, Witt is 7-for-15 at the plate, a batting average of .467. He's added a home run and three doubles in the process. On Thursday, he went 2 for 3, including a walk, as the Royals defeated the Rangers 4-1. The Royals are 37-38 and are in 4th place in the American League Central Division. The value of Bobby Witt Jr. to the Royals Witt is considered to be the face of the Royals. In February 2024, Witt signed a massive $288 million contract extension with the franchise for 11 years. Advertisement He's a consistent hitter who can hit for average and power. In addition, Witt is ubiquitous on the base paths. In the field, he can play shortstop and third base and won a Gold Glove Award in 2024. The hope for the Royals is to build the team around him for the future. Related: Royals' All-Star dealt concerning injury update Related: What Royals' Jac Caglianone said after hitting first career home run
New York Times
an hour ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Full list of 2025 NHL Draft picks, starting with Matthew Schaefer at No. 1
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NHL Draft. The 2025 NHL Draft is underway in Los Angeles, with the New York Islanders selecting defenseman Matthew Schaefer at No. 1. How will the rest of the draft shake out? Catch up on all selections, from No. 1 to No. 224, right here. (Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; photos of Michael Misa, Matthew Schaefer and Porter Martone: Michael Miller/ISI Photos / Getty Images)
NBC Sports
3 hours ago
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- NBC Sports
Knicks coaching search update: Kidd not leaving Dallas, James Borrego to interview in New York
The Knicks' coaching search continues to crawl along with another former head coach, James Borrego, set to be interviewed. And if any Knicks fans (or people in their front office) were hoping the Jason Kidd situation in Dallas might change, Nico Harrison squashed that like a cockroach this week. This weekend, the Knicks will interview former Hornets and current Pelicans assistant coach James Borrego, a story broken by James Edwards III of The Athletic and confirmed by multiple other Knicks reporters. Borrego has the reputation of a creative, analytics-driven offensive coach, which would be a change in style from the coach he is interviewing to replace, Tom Thibodeau. While Borrego compiled a 138-163 record in four seasons with Charlotte, that undersells the job he did with a rebuilding roster. It felt like he had the team maybe turning a corner, the Hornets appeared to get better each year and won 43 games his final season (which did not make the playoffs in the East that year). Borrego is also a CAA client, the firm where Knicks president Leon Rose had worked. The Knicks have previously interviewed former Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins, former Cavaliers/Lakers/Kings coach Mike Brown, and Timberwolves lead assistant Mikah Nori for the job. One guy the Knicks will not interview is Jason Kidd. New York reached out to Dallas with a request to interview Kidd several weeks ago and was shot down, but that was not enough to kill the rumors. The theory went that Kidd really, secretly, wanted the Knicks job — despite the Mavericks just landing Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick — and he would pressure Dallas to change its mind. Those rumors were presented to Mavericks GM Nico Harrison hours after they selected Flagg, and he seemed surprised that anyone thought that, and then he officially and unequivocally crushed them, as quoted by Christian Clark at The Athletic. 'Are there rumors still out there about J-Kidd?' Harrison said. 'I thought I shut them down. Yes, he will be the coach next year.' Can we move on now? Borrego is now the betting favorite to replace Thibodeau, but there is no clear frontrunner yet. Whoever gets the job will have tough shoes to fill because in his five years at the helm of the Knicks Thibodeau led the team to the playoffs for times — the same number of playoff appearances the team had in the 20 years prior to him becoming coach — and the team's first Western Conference Finals in 25 years. There was a segment of Knicks nation, and apparently a large segment of the Knicks front office, who thought Thibodeau's message and style had worn out in the locker room and he had taken them as far as he could. The idea was that if the Knicks wanted to win a title, they needed a new coach. However, Thibodeau was fired without an upgrade in the wings, or even really a succession plan. So the process continues as we are three days away from the start of free agency.
CNET
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for June 28 #278
Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition has some oddball categories that I wouldn't really consider sports. They're more like games, and hobbies or leisure activities. But you get the idea. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn't show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic's own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta Hints for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Reel it in. Green group hint: 21. Blue group hint: Between the bases. Purple group hint: Score! Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups Yellow group: Fishing terms. Green group: Options in blackjack. Blue group: MLB shortstops. Purple group: ____ goal. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections: Sports Edition answers? The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition for June 28, 2025, #278. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is fishing terms. The four answers are bait, hook, rod and tackle. The green words in today's Connections The theme is options in blackjack. The four answers are double down, hit, split and stand. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is MLB shortstops. The four answers are Betts, Story, Volpe and Witt. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is ____ goal. The four answers are empty net, field, golden and own.
