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The offseason gives every MLB club the chance to improve its roster, oftentimes by way of external moves. A key signing or trade can sometimes swing the tide of a division.
The Los Angeles Dodgers acquisition of Mookie Betts helped fuel a championship run after years of near misses. Just one year prior, the Washington Nationals signed left-hander Patrick Corbin, who subsequently provided vital innings in relief while also starting games for a team that defied the odds to win the World Series.
But it can also be every bit as important for teams to
Giannis Antetokounmpo Decides to Stay in Milwaukee
The Greek star surprised the league by signing a five-year, $228 million deal with the Bucks that takes him off next summer’s free agent market.
NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo surprised the league by agreeing to a five-year, $228 million extension with the Milwaukee Bucks Photo: Ashley Landis/Associated Press By
The biggest question hanging over this NBA season now has an unexpected answer: Giannis is staying.
Giannis Antetokounmpo ended speculation about his future on Tuesday by signing a five-year contract extension with the Milwaukee Bucks worth $228 million. The deal will keep the two-time reigning NBA most valuable player with the franchise that helped develop an unknown Greek kid into a global superstar.
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College football s only real major upset occurred deep in the night Saturday, and boy, it was a biggie as Florida went down to LSU.
The rest of the weekend went pretty much as expected.
It was a weekend where a couple of nice stories in 2020 were exposed (Colorado and Miami), but another pair continued their storybook years (Coastal Carolina and San Jose State). Finally, history was made that spanned gender and nationality.
There may not have been as many exciting upsets as we re used to, but there were a lot of reasons to love the action that took place in a jam-packed three days of games. There were a lot of cancellations that robbed us of important matchups such as Ohio State-Michigan, Oregon-Washington and others.
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Father Time remains undefeated. When it comes to professional sports, athletes can only stay at the pinnacle of their powers for so long. Some players are able to stiff-arm the clock for two, three or even 10 years longer than most, but it eventually comes for everyone.
Sometimes the decline is swift like Peyton Manning s shocking regression in his final year. Sometimes, a player drifts slowly downward, like Manning s brother Eli. Regardless of what it looks like, the decline is going to come.
For some NFL stars, the decline has arrived in 2020, whether it s in the form of a nosedive or not. Those are the players we ll examine here. We ll specifically focus on longtime starters or players with Pro Bowl accolades on their resumes who are becoming NFL afterthoughts because of dwindling production, injuries or a combination of both.