Author: hysport blog

The 2023 Arizona Diamondbacks were a club that few expected to make the playoffs, coming off an 88-loss season the year before. They managed to make the 12-team playoffs with an 84-78 record and rode that momentum all the way to the World Series. They swept the 92-win Milwaukee Brewers in the wild-card series, the 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers in three games in the division series, and then the Philadelphia Phillies in seven games in the NLCS, becoming only the second team to reach the Fall Classic despite having a negative run differential during the regular season. Were they the…

Brandon Dixon, a former infielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, and San Diego Padres, has announced his retirement at age 32. The California native appeared in major league games for three different organizations over the course of five seasons. He played an important part for the Tigers in 2019, appearing in 117 games. He had a lifetime batting average of.224, 22 home runs, and 74 RBI. He hit 15 of his home runs in the 2019 season. In 2023, he played in 33 games for the Padres and hit two home runs. Dixon attended the University of…

Green Bay, Wisconsin – In the 1986 film Top Gun, Tom Cruise’s “Maverick” character famously stated, “I feel the need – the need for speed!” If Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst believes he needs to increase speed to his linebacker depth chart – a position of need entering the 2024 NFL Draft – he’ll be pleased with Thursday night’s track event at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Seven linebackers broke 4.60 seconds in the 40-yard dash, led by North Carolina State’s Payton Wilson who ran a surprising 4.43. The past Scouting Combine average for an off-the-ball linebacker is…

The Boston Celtics’ interest in Otto Porter Jr. began on February 8, when Yahoo Sports’ Jake Fischer reported him as one of their targets. Despite the fact that they did not catch him, they have not given up chasing him. The Jazz now employ Porter Jr., but it is still feasible that they will buy him out. If they do, radio broadcaster John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 predicts that the Celtics will be interested in him. However, they are not alone. “The Clippers are interested in Porter; the Celtics are interested, but the Suns are not.” Gambadoro explained. While…

The Green Bay Packers own five picks in the first three rounds of the 2024 NFL Draft. In a fresh mock draft for The 33rd Team, Connor Livesay addressed the majority of the important needs. Oklahoma’s Tyler Guyton batted leadoff in the first round. Guyton played right tackle at Oklahoma, which is not a short- or long-term necessity for the Packers. However, Guyton did play some left tackle at the Senior Bowl. He possesses the athleticism to succeed as the long-term replacement for David Bakhtiari. Three of the four Day 2 picks went to defensive players, including Minnesota safety Tyler…

The former University of Alabama linebacker accomplished this with several Crimson Tide alumni on the roster, including three defensive players. Will Anderson Jr., a former two-time Unanimous All-American, won the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year. Terrion Arnold, Anderson’s former Alabama teammate, is participating in the NFL Scouting Combine. Arnold, a native of Tallahassee, Fla., turned in an outstanding season for the Crimson Tide in 2023. He recorded 63 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, a sack, 12 pass breakups (team-high), two quarterback hurries, a forced fumble, and five interceptions (team-high) in 14 games. Arnold became an elite player as a…

Nick Lodolo, left-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, had a good day on Thursday afternoon in Goodyear. He threw to hitters in a live batting practice session. That was the next step for him as he works his way back to the mound and potentially into games this spring. Lodolo, who last threw for Cincinnati on May 6th against the Chicago White Sox, was initially diagnosed with calf tendinitis before being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his tibia. He attempted to return later in the year, but was shut down while in rehab with Triple-A Louisville when his stress…

The explosive Aaron Jones and the muscular AJ Dillon have led the Green Bay Packers’ running game over the last three years. The hulking Dillon is set to enter free agency and faces an uncertain future with the team. He was drafted in the second round in 2020 and has proven to be an effective and dependable counterpuncher for Jones, as well as a valuable member of the locker room and community. On the other side, he is coming off the worst season of his career and was unable to handle the weight when Jones was injured. “AJ’s been a…

The Green Bay Packers will need to locate a running back in the 2024 NFL Draft, and one name that has surfaced is New Hampshire Wildcats running back Dylan Laube. Laube has spent the last few seasons playing for New Hampshire in the FCS. Throughout the NFL Draft process, an FCS candidate is consistently discussed. He is the most recent prospect to be mentioned. Green Bay will need a running back in the summer. A season ago, he rushed for 715 yards on 158 carries and nine touchdowns, along with averaging 4.5 yards per carry. Dylan Laube also caught 68…

Since arriving on campus in 2021, Hudson Wolfe has witnessed first hand the Ole Miss football program rise from SEC obscurity to now become a legitimate championship caliber program. That said, Wolfe himself has had his fair share of turbulence personally during that time. His career has been marred by injuries from the very beginning. He suffered a labrum tear during fall camp of his freshman year, then suffered a season-ending back injury as a sophomore and then this past year, broke his collar bone while making his very first collegiate catch against Mercer. Simply put, his playing career has not gone…