Sorry

This feed does not validate.

In addition, interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations.

Source: https://www.sbnation.com/rss/index.xml

  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  2. <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en">
  3.  <title>SBNation.com -  All Posts</title>
  4.  <icon>https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46737/sbn-fave.png</icon>
  5.  <updated>2025-05-09T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
  6.  <id>http://feeds.sbnation.com/rss/current/</id>
  7.  <link type="text/html" href="https://www.sbnation.com/" rel="alternate"/>
  8.  <entry>
  9.    <published>2025-05-09T14:00:00-04:00</published>
  10.    <updated>2025-05-09T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
  11.    <title>Friday Question: Which athlete left your team and broke you?</title>
  12.    <content type="html">  
  13.  
  14.    &lt;figure&gt;
  15.      &lt;img alt="MLB Photos Archive" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/K9oPfFLejuBBxXBBE0iNqYaMIrc=/0x0:3582x2388/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74074285/51368871.0.jpg" /&gt;
  16.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by MLB via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  17.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  18.  
  19.  &lt;p&gt;Let’s process some feelings.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="82l4MH"&gt;The only thing more painful than seeing your team lose a championship is saying goodbye to your favorite athlete. Time comes for us all, but there’s something uniquely heartbreaking when it comes to seeing an athlete you love leave your team.&lt;/p&gt;
  20. &lt;p id="uewOWz"&gt;It’s not just the player leaving, but the pain of unrealized potential. Oftentimes it’s saddled with the missed championships, unrealized dreams, and memories of a time when you though you’d see that player hoisting a trophy in your team’s colors.&lt;/p&gt;
  21. &lt;p id="JFkMAa"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2025/5/9/24426834/nick-chubb-update-browns-nfl-free-agency-rumors-future-contract"&gt;Browns fans are going through that on Friday with the news running back Nick Chubb likely won’t be returning in 2025&lt;/a&gt;. We decided to sit down, access our feelings, and go back to the athletes who left our teams and broke us in the process. &lt;/p&gt;
  22. &lt;h3 id="aJuUge"&gt;Nick Chubb: Cleveland Browns&lt;/h3&gt;
  23. &lt;p id="vnFNGY"&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Jared Mueller, Dawgs By Nature&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  24. &lt;p id="UMofYE"&gt;To be clear, Chubb has not officially left the Browns, but &lt;a href="https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2025/5/9/24426834/nick-chubb-update-browns-nfl-free-agency-rumors-future-contract"&gt;GM Andrew Berry made it clear he is unlikely to be back&lt;/a&gt;. Cleveland fans have been dismayed all offseason about the possibility of Chubb moving on. Along with Hall of Famer Joe Thomas, Chubb feels like the perfect representative of how the people of the City of Cleveland see themselves.&lt;/p&gt;
  25. &lt;p id="O7vLqX"&gt;And, unlike most Browns players since The Return in 1999, Chubb (like Thomas) was &lt;strong&gt;great&lt;/strong&gt; for a number of years. &lt;/p&gt;
  26. &lt;p id="JcguAU"&gt;Five straight seasons with a  yards per carry average of 5.0 or higher. Four straight years of over 1,000 yards rushing on a team that often struggled to win games and hasn’t had a star quarterback since Bernie Kosar. Then, Minkah Fitzpatrick of the rival Pittsburgh Steelers hit Chubb’s knee in Week 2 of the 2023 and everything went downhill from there.&lt;/p&gt;
  27. &lt;p id="6PCbHl"&gt;A broken foot in 2024 ended his season early, but there were signs that Chubb wasn’t the same back that he used to be. Didn’t and doesn’t matter to me or the fans of the Browns. &lt;a href="https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2024/10/16/24271668/cleveland-browns-nick-chubb-has-a-message-for-the-city-of-cleveland-cincinnati-bengals"&gt;Chubb felt our passion and love for him&lt;/a&gt; as he recovered from his major knee injuries in 2023:&lt;/p&gt;
  28. &lt;div id="q9ZwRs"&gt;
  29. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  30. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;An excerpt from Nick Chubb’s piece for the &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PlayersTribune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@PlayersTribune&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Browns?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#Browns&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DawgPound?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#DawgPound&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NFL?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#NFL&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/ikay2wcWRi"&gt;pic.twitter.com/ikay2wcWRi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Matt Wilson (@CoachWilson66) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/CoachWilson66/status/1846535675404792010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;October 16, 2024&lt;/a&gt;
  31. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  32. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  33.  
  34. &lt;/div&gt;
  35. &lt;p id="jeDKJn"&gt;Chubb’s love for the Batman franchise not only inspired his return; &lt;a href="https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2024/10/18/24273760/nick-chubbs-return-from-injury-batman-cleveland-browns"&gt;he called his rehab plan “The Bat Files,”&lt;/a&gt; but also inspired this amazing hype video about his return:&lt;/p&gt;
  36. &lt;div id="pOP66z"&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SY4qTU5yDhI?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  37. &lt;p id="9WUb9y"&gt;To no longer have the NFL’s Batman representing the city and no longer getting to cheer on Nicholas Jamaal Chubb on Sundays is heartbreaking. For Browns fans, grief around Chubb’s looming departure will be felt for a long, long time.&lt;/p&gt;
  38. &lt;h3 id="iWr2ju"&gt;Buffalo Bills: Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith, and Andre Reed&lt;/h3&gt;
  39. &lt;p id="863M70"&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Matt Warren, Buffalo Rumblings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  40. &lt;p id="ilUyfZ"&gt;There are a lot of names I could put on this list going back to Jim Kelly’s retirement in the mid-90s, but the combined gut punch of losing all three of these Hall of Famers on the exact same day was something in another stratosphere. They were the last three remaining players from the Bills’ Super Bowl teams. &lt;/p&gt;
  41. &lt;p id="Z01LeO"&gt;February 10, 2000.&lt;/p&gt;
  42. &lt;p id="JSrwRD"&gt;Perhaps the height of 24-hour cable sports news saw the Buffalo Bills make a business decision that wasn’t necessarily wrong, but hurt nonetheless. We knew Reed was unhappy and leaving, but Smith and Thomas were surprises. According to Thomas, he found out on the ESPN news ticker, not from the team. When Smith heard Reed and Thomas were out, he wouldn’t agree to take a pay cut.&lt;/p&gt;
  43. &lt;p id="EvQ7wQ"&gt;That was also a pretty ominous offseason in Bills history. In January, the Bills lost the “Music City Miracle” in what turned out to be those Hall of Famers’ last game with the Bills, and the team didn’t return to the playoffs for 17 straight seasons. We didn’t know it at the time, but it was just the start of our despair. &lt;/p&gt;
  44. &lt;h3 id="52Ozue"&gt;Carolina Panthers: Luke Kuechly&lt;/h3&gt;
  45. &lt;p id="AG6rId"&gt;&lt;em&gt;By James Dator, SB Nation.com &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  46. &lt;p id="LJM5o3"&gt;I have never seen a player in my life like Luke Kuechly, and yes — this is coming from someone who saw Cam Newton win an MVP award.&lt;/p&gt;
  47. &lt;p id="IgLpkf"&gt;See, the thing about Newton and Kuechly is that they were the yin and yang of Panthers football. On one side you had Cam, chiseled out of granite to be a physical specimen unlike anything we’ve seen at the quarterback position before, but whose mechanics and decision making were suspect. Then there was Luke, branded as undersized, too small to play linebacker, but with football IQ that could fill a stadium. They shared heart and a desire to win, and it breaks me every time I think about the fact Kuechly will never have a Super Bowl ring.&lt;/p&gt;
  48. &lt;p id="K4RzVP"&gt;When news broke that Kuechly was retiring from the NFL at age 28 it was a gut punch so visceral I remember doubling over as I read the tweet. Here was a player so all-consuming, so dominant that he was a seven-time Pro Bowler and five-time All Pro despite only playing eight seasons in the NFL. He never had fewer than 100 tackles in a season, he posted 75 tackles for a loss, recorded 18 interceptions — a staggering number for a linebacker.&lt;/p&gt;
  49. &lt;p id="rMu6lN"&gt;Every moment he was involved in, every tackle, every celebration — Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte would rattle with a deep, throaty “LUUUUUUUKE” cheer. Kuechly wasn’t just a phenomenal player, but a lesson for everyone who’s ever been told they were too small, or physically lacking to do something, but succeeded anyway. &lt;/p&gt;
  50. &lt;p id="j68IG8"&gt;Ultimately I don’t blame him for quitting football. In fact, I applaud him for it. Concussions crept up and the always-intelligent Kuechly decided that his life was about more than football. He left the game for his health, for his wife, for his young children — and I will never, ever hate on him for that. &lt;/p&gt;
  51. &lt;p id="Z2rgtA"&gt;I still wish we could have basked in his brilliance for just a little bit longer.&lt;/p&gt;
  52. &lt;h3 id="If0COH"&gt;Boston Red Sox: Wade Boggs&lt;/h3&gt;
  53. &lt;p id="Yg0P25"&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Mark Schofield, SB &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://Nation.com"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nation.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  54. &lt;p id="2Z57fT"&gt;Of all the teams, he went to the freakin’ New York Yankees.&lt;/p&gt;
  55. &lt;p id="D3okZ1"&gt;Every sports fan has their transformative year, the one that turns them into fans of a team or teams for life. For me, 1986 was that year. Not only did the calendar year begin with the New England Patriots making a dream run to Super Bowl XX, but the Boston Celtics won another title that summer, knocking off the Houston Rockets four games to two in the NBA Finals, and the Boston Bruins made another run in the playoffs as well. &lt;/p&gt;
  56. &lt;p id="7pO42L"&gt;But for me, the Boston Red Sox were my first love.&lt;/p&gt;
  57. &lt;p id="MNdktk"&gt;My grandfather got season tickets shortly after returning home from World War II, and those were in our family until the 1990s. But that 1986 team solidified a life-long passion for the Red Sox in me, and I was there for Game 2 of the ALCS when Bruce Hurst steadied the ship, going the distance in a 9-2 win to even the series at 1-1 against the California Angels. Yes the Angels had a shortstop that shared my last name, Dick Schofield, but the Red Sox had my heart.&lt;/p&gt;
  58. &lt;p id="03Kmmt"&gt;I loved that entire team, but certainly carved out a spot for Wade Boggs. For a franchise associated with some of the best hitters in the history of the sport, Ted Williams among them, Boggs was also on that list. While he was a left-handed hitter and I swung from the other side of the plate, I tried to emulate him in my own baseball journey, from being patient at the plate — Boggs was &lt;a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/740.html"&gt;notorious for taking the first pitch of each at-bat&lt;/a&gt; — down to the little circular motion he would make with the bat as he waited for each pitch:&lt;/p&gt;
  59. &lt;div id="1esOSB"&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wDY_1cVnc5k?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  60. &lt;p id="4HSGku"&gt;He was also superstitious as hell, from eating chicken before every game to waking up at the same time each morning. He also once instructed the Red Sox public address announcer to never say his number, after Boggs broke out of a slump in a game where the announcer forgot to include his uniform number. &lt;/p&gt;
  61. &lt;p id="i9VUjb"&gt;The way that season ended against the New York Mets crushed me, and the image of Boggs crying on the bench haunts me to this day:&lt;/p&gt;
  62. &lt;div id="p5vn6J"&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 75%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VH7KrM_0YfA?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  63. &lt;p id="RMWrAb"&gt;However ...&lt;/p&gt;
  64. &lt;p id="40Emog"&gt;Something else broke me years later. The 1992 season saw Boggs post a batting average of just .259, the first time in his legendary career he came in under .300. It came at the absolute worst time, as Boggs was set to hit free agency.&lt;/p&gt;
  65. &lt;p id="BpjdNs"&gt;Of course, the Yankees pounced. Of course they did.&lt;/p&gt;
  66. &lt;p id="WBW3XN"&gt;Seeing Boggs in pinstripes was painful enough, but it did not end there. Boggs and the Yankees went on to win a World Series together, and he rode around Yankee Stadium on a horse, and I hated it all.&lt;/p&gt;
  67. &lt;p id="BRrTiR"&gt;I still do, decades later. &lt;/p&gt;
  68. &lt;h3 id="9ivGBy"&gt;San Francisco 49ers: Patrick Willis&lt;/h3&gt;
  69. &lt;p id="O7FP99"&gt;&lt;em&gt;By David Fucillo, SB Nation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  70. &lt;p id="Qk6rZQ"&gt;Professional athletes come and go. It always hits you when a favorite leaves your team, but the toughest for me was when Patrick Willis had to retire. He dealt with a variety of injuries during his career, notably playing with a cast on one hand multiple times across his college and pro careers. But the injuries proved too much. After six straight All Pro nods and seven straight Pro Bowls to start his career, Willis had to retire after the 2014 season due to injuries.&lt;/p&gt;
  71. &lt;p id="LweP87"&gt;I was disappointed in the news, but I wasn’t ready for the press conference. I actually had a couple tears in my eyes when I watched his retirement press conference. I’ve had numerous favorite players across sports in my career, but this might have revealed that Willis was the favorite of them all. To have his career cut short when he was still one of the best in the game added to it, and you could see how much it hurt him to have to make the announcement. He’s since been inducted into the Hall of Fame, but it doesn’t make that press conference any easier to watch.&lt;/p&gt;
  72. &lt;div id="jHXHpX"&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JWrVFovQ8NA?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  73. &lt;p id="DtJO6X"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who are the athletes you most regret leaving your team?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  74. &lt;p id="bUFTLt"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  75.  
  76. </content>
  77.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426936/friday-question-athlete-leaving-team-nick-chubb-browns"/>
  78.    <id>https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426936/friday-question-athlete-leaving-team-nick-chubb-browns</id>
  79.    <author>
  80.      <name>James Dator</name>
  81.      <name>JaredMueller</name>
  82.      <name>Mark Schofield</name>
  83.      <name>David Fucillo</name>
  84.      <name>Matt Warren</name>
  85.    </author>
  86.  </entry>
  87.  <entry>
  88.    <published>2025-05-09T13:04:39-04:00</published>
  89.    <updated>2025-05-09T13:04:39-04:00</updated>
  90.    <title>Longtime feud between Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau chronicled on latest episode of ‘The Grudge’</title>
  91.    <content type="html">  
  92.  
  93.    &lt;figure&gt;
  94.      &lt;img alt="The Showdown: McIlroy and Scheffler v DeChambeau and Koepka" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/I_4wQwSAOhXi2GC_JC84Wo62n5s=/0x0:4755x3170/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74074199/2190461699.0.jpg" /&gt;
  95.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images for The Showdown&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  96.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  97.  
  98.  &lt;p&gt;Remember when Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau were constantly feuding?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="t8vrxN"&gt;Once upon a time the greatest feud going in sports took place in the world of golf.&lt;/p&gt;
  99. &lt;p id="P5e2Yn"&gt;Brooks Koepka was winning major championships left and right all while Bryson DeChambeau was trying to carve out a seat for himself at the proverbial table.&lt;/p&gt;
  100. &lt;p id="2aGieR"&gt;Currently Koepka and DeChambeau appear all good and harmonious with one another, they have been teammates in various fashions since the dawn of their initial discourse, but at one point in time they legitimately appeared to not like each other to a serious degree.&lt;/p&gt;
  101. &lt;p id="4A8bFK"&gt;Recently the folks at VICE TV unveiled a new series in “&lt;a href="https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/the-grudge"&gt;The Grudge&lt;/a&gt;” that specifically focuses on intense rivalries, debates and the like within the world of sports. They recently aired an episode about the situation (to put it mildly) that encircled Koepka and DeChambeau for forever with discussion and input from Tisha Alyn (pro golfer and content creator), Max Adler (from Golf Digest), Steve Smith Jr. (former NFL wideout who had his own share of feuds) and Rachel Bonnetta (who you know from all over).&lt;/p&gt;
  102. &lt;div id="mzOMXn"&gt;
  103. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  104. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;The game ends, but some grudges never do.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;VICE TV’s new series THE GRUDGE breaks down the most intense sports rivalries—the history, the egos, and the high-stakes drama behind legendary showdowns. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Each episode unpacks the grudges that fueled unforgettable moments in sports.… &lt;a href="https://t.co/b0Gaq9Lj9y"&gt;pic.twitter.com/b0Gaq9Lj9y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— VICE TV (@VICETV) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/VICETV/status/1897452524199629187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 6, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  105. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  106. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  107.  
  108. &lt;/div&gt;
  109. &lt;p id="I0NCer"&gt;Former NFL linebacker and Bussin’ With The Boys co-host Will Compton narrates the show and adds his usual twist, but as someone who followed every second of what took place between Brooks and Bryson in real time I found the episode about their roundabout with one another to be fascinating.&lt;/p&gt;
  110. &lt;p id="x6wtLM"&gt;Viewers can check out the episode &lt;a href="https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/the-grudge"&gt;on demand at VICETV.com&lt;/a&gt; with a valid cable subscription. You can also use the &lt;a href="https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/channel-finder"&gt;VICE TV channel finder&lt;/a&gt; to see how you can find it in your area. &lt;/p&gt;
  111. &lt;p id="N4GIQo"&gt;This feud sort of took over the world of golf at its peak to the point that fans of each player were trying to disrupt the opposing one at different tournaments. It culminated in a match between the two and ever since then they have seemed to be more than cordial as members of the LIV Tour. Consider that when DeChambeau won his second &lt;a href="http://www.sbnation.com/us-open-golf"&gt;U.S. Open&lt;/a&gt; title last summer that Koepka congratulated him on joining the club of people who have won the tournament twice.&lt;/p&gt;
  112. &lt;p id="z93Nx8"&gt;The episode of &lt;em&gt;The Grudge &lt;/em&gt;does a great job of chronicling this whole saga.&lt;/p&gt;
  113. &lt;p id="DcypSq"&gt;Here’s to whatever is next in the grand story of it all.&lt;/p&gt;
  114.  
  115. </content>
  116.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426927/brooks-koepka-bryson-dechambeau-feud-chronicled-on-latest-episode-of-the-grudge-vice-tv"/>
  117.    <id>https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426927/brooks-koepka-bryson-dechambeau-feud-chronicled-on-latest-episode-of-the-grudge-vice-tv</id>
  118.    <author>
  119.      <name>RJ Ochoa</name>
  120.    </author>
  121.  </entry>
  122.  <entry>
  123.    <published>2025-05-09T12:39:43-04:00</published>
  124.    <updated>2025-05-09T12:39:43-04:00</updated>
  125.    <title>James Vowles vows ‘it simply won’t happen again’ in F1 Miami Grand Prix debrief</title>
  126.    <content type="html">  
  127.  
  128.    &lt;figure&gt;
  129.      &lt;img alt="F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia - Final Practice" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/CpeM-Lby9gOhxJ5883YLoFFz7O8=/0x0:3549x2366/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74074153/2210992998.0.jpg" /&gt;
  130.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  131.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  132.  
  133.  &lt;p&gt;Williams boss James Vowles vows that the miscommunication with Carlos Sainz Jr. and Alex Albon at the Miami Grand Prix will not happen again&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="tTX6UT"&gt;The 2025 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix was a triumph for Williams. Both Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz Jr. finished in the points in the Grand Prix, with Albon coming across the line in P5 and Sainz finishing in ninth. Speaking with the media on Saturday after qualifying Sainz was elated at being just “three-tenths” off pole position, and Albon’s finish ahead of both Ferraris on pure pace certainly turned heads.&lt;/p&gt;
  134. &lt;p id="JEroh8"&gt;But it was not a completely smooth operation in the race, particularly from Sainz’s point of view. The Spanish driver was frustrated following the Miami Grand Prix, believing Albon overtook him after being instructed not to race. “Yeah that’s not ... That’s not how I go racing, guys,” Sainz &lt;a href="https://transcripts.recursiveprojects.cloud/archive/23852/316501"&gt;said on the radio&lt;/a&gt; after the checkered flag. “I don’t care. I’ve lost a lot of confidence here on everything.”&lt;/p&gt;
  135. &lt;p id="mARzA2"&gt;Both Albon and Sainz then addressed the overtake after the race when speaking with the media.&lt;/p&gt;
  136. &lt;p id="8jeYWf"&gt;“[I]f I’m told in the radio that I’m not going to be attacked, and we’re going to push together, to be overtaken it’s always, as a driver you feel stupid because you feel powerless,” said Sainz to the media, including &lt;em&gt;SB Nation&lt;/em&gt;, after the Miami Grand Prix. “Because you’re playing the good guy, the same way that I played the good guy in Jeddah, and you get overtaken and you look completely stupid. But you know it’s the way it goes, we’ll talk about it, and I’m sure we’ll come out of it better as a team, and we will move on.”&lt;/p&gt;
  137. &lt;p id="fbLwhe"&gt;For his part, Albon believed that a delay in the communication between the team and the two cars may have contributed to the situation, but he believed that at the moment he overtook Sainz, he was free to race.&lt;/p&gt;
  138. &lt;p id="GPxJcN"&gt;“It was most probably in the exact moment of that message that was run over to him, so I think if we stayed up together a little bit longer then I would have been told that. But for that time, we were still free to race. So I think it was just a bit delayed between the two cars,” said Albon. &lt;/p&gt;
  139. &lt;p id="dKIty9"&gt;Now Team Principal James Vowles is giving his “verdict” on the situation.&lt;/p&gt;
  140. &lt;p id="ZHtTsl"&gt;In the latest “&lt;a href="https://www.williamsf1.com/videos/afd9b56e-247a-4f74-8985-8da860b6977e/the-vowles-verdict-miami-2025?autoplay=1"&gt;The Vowles Verdict&lt;/a&gt;,” a post-race series produced by the team, Vowles outlined what happened in Miami, with a concession that the situation was “the part that frustrated me the most from the race weekend.”&lt;/p&gt;
  141. &lt;p id="X7DQFM"&gt;According to Vowles, Albon was on the verge of overtaking Sainz, but was also dealing with an overheating FW47. The communication to the drivers that they were to maintain a distance came as Albon was completing his overtake. &lt;/p&gt;
  142. &lt;p id="mBR3ho"&gt;“A message was communicated to both race engineers, effectively that Alex had a reliability problem and we needed to get some air into the radiators,” began Vowles. “That was communicated to both with the decision of just making a little gap between the cars for the time being to make sure we do that.&lt;/p&gt;
  143. &lt;p id="HbPRJc"&gt;“However, that message wasn’t clear in its construct. It wasn’t even clear on whether overtaking was possible or not. The primary function is getting the car cool to move forward.&lt;/p&gt;
  144. &lt;p id="EwyVhM"&gt;“To Carlos the message was communicated: ‘Alex won’t attack you’ and to Alex that same message was communicated that he isn’t to overtake Carlos, but only [when] his DRS was open and he was effectively alongside Carlos completing the overtake.&lt;/p&gt;
  145. &lt;p id="4icLKJ"&gt;“So this isn’t Alex going against team orders, this is on us as a team as an organisation to significantly tighten up how we communicate to the engineers and how quickly we communicate to the drivers.”&lt;/p&gt;
  146. &lt;p id="l8ORjS"&gt;The Williams boss vowed that the situation would not happen again.&lt;/p&gt;
  147. &lt;p id="DJcVME"&gt;“What I can assure everyone is it simply won’t happen again.”&lt;/p&gt;
  148. &lt;p id="XA9iaW"&gt;Vowles also indicated that he understood exactly where Sainz was coming from, with his frustration after the checkered flag.&lt;/p&gt;
  149. &lt;p id="7eEErj"&gt; “I’d be disappointed if we didn’t have drivers being frustrated by what happens out on track. They’re giving their heart and soul to it, so in the case of Carlos he was there fighting for a fifth place on merit.&lt;/p&gt;
  150. &lt;p id="NFj4BF"&gt;“In the circumstance where something catches you off-guard and you’re not sure whether it was the driver or anything else going on, it can frustrate you. But his passion is exactly why I want him in this team and in the car.&lt;/p&gt;
  151. &lt;p id="Sn3Gkf"&gt;“We spent quite a bit of time post-race and again on Monday talking through it – the incident actually was just a few minutes, but more importantly [discussing] how we as a team move forward from that and do a better job altogether in the future.”&lt;/p&gt;
  152. &lt;p id="vTRkCI"&gt;Even with the incident, Williams banked 12 points during the Miami Grand Prix, increasing their lead over sixth-place Haas in the &lt;a href="https://www.formula1points.com/season/season-teams"&gt;Constructors’ Championship to 17 points&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  153.  
  154. </content>
  155.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.sbnation.com/formula-one/2025/5/9/24426955/james-vowles-williams-f1-miami-grand-prix-debrief"/>
  156.    <id>https://www.sbnation.com/formula-one/2025/5/9/24426955/james-vowles-williams-f1-miami-grand-prix-debrief</id>
  157.    <author>
  158.      <name>Mark Schofield</name>
  159.    </author>
  160.  </entry>
  161.  <entry>
  162.    <published>2025-05-09T12:07:22-04:00</published>
  163.    <updated>2025-05-09T12:07:22-04:00</updated>
  164.    <title>Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson’s drama-filled UNC experience, explained</title>
  165.    <content type="html">  
  166.  
  167.    &lt;figure&gt;
  168.      &lt;img alt="NFL: Super Bowl LIX-NFL Honors Red Carpet" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/l6YsRODdnRVRTSFn-x92pnMCUj8=/0x0:7946x5297/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74074101/usa_today_25357246.0.jpg" /&gt;
  169.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Kirby Lee-Imagn Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  170.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  171.  
  172.  &lt;p&gt;This has more angst than an episode of ‘White Lotus’&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="84QaTo"&gt;When the University of North Carolina decided to hire Bill Belichick the school made a choice. One to prioritize football, make winning paramount, and to push aside the antiquated “Tar Heel Way” to make a splash. That came with considerable risk of unwanted exposure, but the team went for it — now that exposure is coming back to bite them.&lt;/p&gt;
  173. &lt;p id="yXPqDI"&gt;Belichick, known for his emotionless, no-nonsense, robotic approach to football has been anything but since arriving in Chapel Hill. Instead his time in the state has been mired in rumors about his 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson being too involved in the football operations of the school, &lt;a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-unc-bans-jordon-hudson-from-the-football-facility"&gt;culminating this week when Pablo Torre reported that Hudson has been banned from North Carolina’s football facilities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  174. &lt;p id="nwmCJr"&gt;The school has since denied that Hudson is banned, but it’s all a mess. Stepping back from the situation we have a legendary coach and his much younger girlfriend, both of whom are stirring up enough drama that the team is being forced to issue statements about them which have nothing to do with football.&lt;/p&gt;
  175. &lt;p id="GoEAgL"&gt;We need to take a deep dive into this whole mess to understand what is going on with Belichick in Chapel Hill.&lt;/p&gt;
  176. &lt;h3 id="Go5vUX"&gt;The relationship with Jordon Hudson&lt;/h3&gt;
  177. &lt;p id="4M23ru"&gt;News emerged at the end of 2023 that Belichick had ended his relationship with longtime girlfriend Linda Holliday. The couple had been together since 2007, shortly after Belichick split from his wife of 29 years. &lt;/p&gt;
  178. &lt;p id="Ay6BlO"&gt;It wasn’t until June of 2024 that it was revealed that Belichick was now dating Hudson, a 24-year-old former cheerleader and Miss Maine runner-up. Details of how they met began with rumors they’d met on a flight in 2021 when they bonded over a philosophy paper she was writing for college, and started dating in 2023. This turned heads, with it potentially meaning that Belichick met Hudson as a 20-year-old, when he was 69. &lt;/p&gt;
  179. &lt;p id="4SLqCo"&gt;Hudson often appeared alongside Belichick in both personal, and professional roles. At times she was his date to events, but on other occasions she appeared almost like Bill’s personal assistant — and this blending of personal and professional life got murky.&lt;/p&gt;
  180. &lt;h3 id="sgTrQU"&gt;Bill’s move to North Carolina, and the first signs of Hudson’s involvement&lt;/h3&gt;
  181. &lt;p id="mJkUDE"&gt;Rumors emerged in November of 2024 that Belichick was a target for North Carolina, and at first it seemed to be the most preposterous rumor in football. Here was the greatest living coach in football history, a guy who was reportedly coveted by numerous NFL teams, and then UNC — a prestigious university, but one far better known for its basketball prowess than anything on the football field.&lt;/p&gt;
  182. &lt;p id="OetSX8"&gt;Things heated up, and on December 11 it was formally announced that Belichick would become the next coach at Chapel Hill, stunning the football world. Along with him was Hudson, who made the move alongside her boyfriend.&lt;/p&gt;
  183. &lt;p id="NdhP6b"&gt;It wasn’t long before reports emerged that Hudson was taking a far bigger role in football operations than people thought, or that the school expected.&lt;a href="https://www.pablo.show/p/the-jordon-rules"&gt; In February Pablo Torre, released a podcast that detailed how Hudson has been operating as Belichick’s manager and agent&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  184. &lt;p id="pFlOZE"&gt;Soon it became clear that North Carolina hadn’t just hired a football coach, but were saddled with Hudson’s involvement as well. The two were a package deal, and it was unclear if the school knew what they signed up for.&lt;/p&gt;
  185. &lt;h3 id="mBDCAF"&gt;The email revelation &lt;/h3&gt;
  186. &lt;p id="gOMTMN"&gt;In March of 2025 a leaked email from Bill Belichick to UNC staffers &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2025/3/13/24384927/bill-belichick-girlfriend-unc-emails"&gt;asked that any messages about football operations sent to him also be cc’d to Jordon Hudson&lt;/a&gt;. This was a wholly bizarre request, as typically significant others and family members are kept completely separate from the football side of the business.&lt;/p&gt;
  187. &lt;p id="0ei8iS"&gt;That said, Belichick also has a history of pulling his circle into football operations. Two of his sons were under his employ with the Patriots, and followed him to North Carolina — so it only made sense that he would also pull Hudson into the picture, especially if she was acting as his agent.&lt;/p&gt;
  188. &lt;h3 id="R4BR94"&gt;The CBS interview&lt;/h3&gt;
  189. &lt;p id="CrXpGg"&gt;One of the most eye-popping moments came in April when Belichick sat down with &lt;em&gt;CBS Sunday Morning &lt;/em&gt;to talk about his new book, as well as his relationship with Hudson. CBS reported that Hudson was a “constant presence” during the interview, interjecting to stop certain lines of questioning, namely about how the two met.&lt;/p&gt;
  190. &lt;div id="O8gsD5"&gt;
  191. &lt;blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI9OHjdu37L/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"&gt;&lt;div style="padding:16px;"&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI9OHjdu37L/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;div style=" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"&gt; &lt;div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"&gt; &lt;div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  192. &lt;/div&gt;
  193. &lt;/div&gt;
  194. &lt;div style="padding: 19% 0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;"&gt;&lt;svg width="50px" height="50px" viewbox="0 0 60 60" version="1.1" xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"&gt;&lt;g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"&gt;&lt;g transform="translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)" fill="#000000"&gt;&lt;g&gt;&lt;path d="M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631"&gt;&lt;/path&gt;&lt;/g&gt;&lt;/g&gt;&lt;/g&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  195. &lt;div style="padding-top: 8px;"&gt; &lt;div style=" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;"&gt;View this post on Instagram&lt;/div&gt;
  196. &lt;/div&gt;
  197. &lt;div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"&gt;
  198. &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  199. &lt;/div&gt;
  200. &lt;div style="margin-left: 8px;"&gt; &lt;div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  201. &lt;/div&gt;
  202. &lt;div style="margin-left: auto;"&gt; &lt;div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  203. &lt;/div&gt;
  204. &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"&gt; &lt;div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  205. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI9OHjdu37L/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"&gt;A post shared by CBS News' "Sunday Morning"   (@cbssundaymorning)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  206. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
  207. &lt;script async="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  208. &lt;/div&gt;
  209. &lt;p id="dcx5o0"&gt;This was followed by &lt;a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/04/28/jordon-hudson-bill-belichick-cbs-interview/"&gt;a report from TMZ which called Hudson a “nightmare” on set&lt;/a&gt;, saying she routinely interjected in the interview — even correcting Belichick on football-related questions, and “storming off set” at one point, which resulted in a delay. &lt;/p&gt;
  210. &lt;p id="IgdF36"&gt;In response to the fallout Hudson &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DJCLV9BAjXS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA=="&gt;released a private email Belichick had sent to his staffers&lt;/a&gt;, concerned about how his book was being marketed — presumably as a shot at the direction of the CBS interview.&lt;/p&gt;
  211. &lt;h3 id="TEw8PF"&gt;The school responds&lt;/h3&gt;
  212. &lt;p id="V7EmZQ"&gt;On Friday morning officials at the University of North Carolina issued a statement saying that Hudson was &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; banned from football facilities.&lt;/p&gt;
  213. &lt;div id="tUs5zN"&gt;
  214. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  215. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;North Carolina says Jordon Hudson is still welcome in UNC football facilities:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Football facilities. Jordon will continue to manage all activities related to Coach…&lt;/p&gt;— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVannini/status/1920859007255798029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 9, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  216. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  217. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  218.  
  219. &lt;/div&gt;
  220. &lt;p id="QUTwEB"&gt;However, while she might not be barred from the facilities, there are some words here doing a lot of heavy lifting. Namely stating that Jordon will continue to manage all activities of Belichick’s “outside of his responsibilities to Carolina football,” which would seemingly indicate that a rift over being copied on the football ops emails in March.&lt;/p&gt;
  221. &lt;p id="kLdrOb"&gt;At the very least this appears to be the school distancing itself from Hudson being involved at all, though we don’t know whether this was a mutual agreement or a rift between the school and Belichick’s inner circle.&lt;/p&gt;
  222. &lt;h3 id="gu243y"&gt;What happens next?&lt;/h3&gt;
  223. &lt;p id="M566Kt"&gt;This has become a mess. North Carolina is traditionally an institution with old-school thinking and an old-school approach to athletics. Hiring Belichick was well outside their comfort zone, and in five months there has been more drama surrounding its football coach than in years of any other ... combined.&lt;/p&gt;
  224. &lt;p id="97xQca"&gt;It’s impossible to know what’s going on inside the institution, though there is an increasing possibility we never see Belichick coach a game for North Carolina. He has a unique buyout structure that &lt;a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/bill-belichicks-unc-contract-its-not-signed-yet-opening-up-consequential-questions-about-10m-buyout/"&gt;would allow for him to walk away from the program after June 1st by paying $1M to UNC&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  225. &lt;p id="7SI3bl"&gt;If this latest round of drama related to Jordon Hudson is causing friction with the coach it’s entirely possibly he walks away this summer and pays the relatively small fee to get out from under the deal. Right now the way drama is swirling it’s certainly feeling like that could be a reality.&lt;/p&gt;
  226.  
  227. </content>
  228.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426862/bill-belichick-jordon-hudson-drama-unc"/>
  229.    <id>https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426862/bill-belichick-jordon-hudson-drama-unc</id>
  230.    <author>
  231.      <name>James Dator</name>
  232.    </author>
  233.  </entry>
  234.  <entry>
  235.    <published>2025-05-09T12:05:00-04:00</published>
  236.    <updated>2025-05-09T12:05:00-04:00</updated>
  237.    <title>Shohei Ohtani crafted a season that will never be replicated</title>
  238.    <content type="html">  
  239.  
  240.    &lt;figure&gt;
  241.      &lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/InhtJb0BurkW7rcMDM37MiZTzBA=/150x0:1770x1080/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74074088/SBN_SCT_007_THUMBv4_SYN.0.jpg" /&gt;
  242.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  243.  
  244.  &lt;p&gt;Well, unless he does it again. No one else could though.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="Esdh0E"&gt;In 2024, Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani put together one of the very best seasons at the plate in MLB history. He also put together one of the very best seasons on the basepath in MLB history. The numbers most frequently invoked for this unique duality are his raw totals for homers and stolen bases — 54 and 59, respectively — but that’s only just the very tip of the iceberg.&lt;/p&gt;
  245. &lt;p id="aso4C4"&gt;For those of you who haven’t studied icebergs, there is a whole lot more going on under the surface. I know, I was shocked to have found that out too (why does it hide like that??). In the case of Ohtani and his wild 2024 season, today we will attempt to dive down to depths no one has ever tracked before. We want to appreciate his season not just when compared to his peers, but how it truly stacks up in MLB history.&lt;/p&gt;
  246. &lt;p id="vVR0di"&gt;To do that, we need to Rewin... wait. Sorry. Force of habit. Just listen to Alex talk about it in “Scattered.”&lt;/p&gt;
  247.  
  248. </content>
  249.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426413/shohei-ohtani-crafted-a-season-that-will-never-be-replicated"/>
  250.    <id>https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426413/shohei-ohtani-crafted-a-season-that-will-never-be-replicated</id>
  251.    <author>
  252.      <name>Will Buikema</name>
  253.    </author>
  254.  </entry>
  255.  <entry>
  256.    <published>2025-05-09T11:59:21-04:00</published>
  257.    <updated>2025-05-09T11:59:21-04:00</updated>
  258.    <title>It’s OK to be excited about NFL rookie minicamps</title>
  259.    <content type="html">  
  260.  
  261.    &lt;figure&gt;
  262.      &lt;img alt="Syndication: Green Bay Press-Gazette" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/6UQoibUs60_dBN15SW5wGwXsmlE=/0x122:4426x3073/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74074022/usa_today_26073585.0.jpg" /&gt;
  263.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Tork Mason / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  264.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  265.  
  266.  &lt;p&gt;Rookie minicamps are off and running across the NFL.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="4QowqI"&gt;We are squarely in the month of May and with the NFL Draft now officially behind us, rookie minicamps are off and running.&lt;/p&gt;
  267. &lt;p id="4k7oHM"&gt;This time of year gives us our first look at players in their new team uniforms and also lets us know which jersey numbers certain players are going to be wearing. Don’t ask Abdul Carter to make a decision there though &lt;a href="https://www.bigblueview.com/2025/5/6/24425034/how-phil-simms-got-overruled-by-his-own-family-on-no-11-jersey-to-abdul-carter#:~:text=How%20Phil%20Simms%20got%20overruled,Abdul%20Carter%20%2D%20Big%20Blue%20View"&gt;since that is apparently a complicated thing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  268. &lt;p id="BHXT5V"&gt;With so much happening across the world of sport at this part of the calendar, rookie minicamps can sometimes fall through the cracks. Here at The Skinny Post we, Michael Peterson and RJ Ochoa, don’t let that happen.&lt;/p&gt;
  269. &lt;p id="ZK7GA1"&gt;Let’s begin.&lt;/p&gt;
  270. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="pEVCdY"&gt;
  271. &lt;h3 id="0S2RWF"&gt;On a scale of 1-10 how excited are you by rookie minicamps?&lt;/h3&gt;
  272. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  273.        &lt;img alt="Syndication: Green Bay Press-Gazette" data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/tnwwuVRoeZHe3uNaIU5qQWf-cOg=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25983006/usa_today_26073586.jpg"&gt;
  274.      &lt;cite&gt;Tork Mason / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images&lt;/cite&gt;
  275.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  276. &lt;p id="JXFHHv"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RJ: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  277. &lt;p id="IPTYEA"&gt;If I am being honest, my excitement level for anything NFL is generally a 10 out of 10. I’ll say that this is somewhere around a 6-7 though just to keep things relatively fair.&lt;/p&gt;
  278. &lt;p id="QJu1d8"&gt;It’s fun! I like seeing the players make the rounds for the first time. When it comes to evaluating and analyzing the draft we obviously know a lot about different dudes, but for some reason things hit a little different when we begin to understand which puzzle they are suddenly a piece of as opposed to sitting in some level of ambiguity.&lt;/p&gt;
  279. &lt;p id="bF7imf"&gt;Obviously the “highlights” or videos that come out from these types of things don’t mean much, but this is my parade and I will not let anyone rain on it.&lt;/p&gt;
  280. &lt;p id="6zcCWN"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  281. &lt;p id="Uzi21E"&gt;I am one of those people that will take any new bit of football content with a massive smile. Why not be excited about minicamps? It’s a long slog until the training camp arrives and these short events for the teams to get together with their newest players are a nice &lt;em&gt;amuse bouche&lt;/em&gt; to get us by.&lt;/p&gt;
  282. &lt;p id="BwmeP5"&gt;And yes, I totally agree with the idea that highlights and big-time plays from these short bouts of practice aren’t something to hold a ton of weight in, but I’ll be damned if I still won’t be excited to hear about them!&lt;/p&gt;
  283. &lt;p id="sAhSoD"&gt;At some point we will hear about Giants rookie Abdul Carter being unblockable. Travis Hunter will make a leaping, one-handed interception before doing the exact same thing on offense. Maybe we’ll hear about Cowboys rookie guard Tyler Booker moving Heaven and Earth for the Dallas running backs?&lt;/p&gt;
  284. &lt;p id="zkWbHc"&gt;Bring it all on!&lt;/p&gt;
  285. &lt;div id="iQ9aeD"&gt;&lt;iframe id="ss-embed-frame" onload="window.parent.parent.scrollTo(0,0)" src="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EVXP8N/" style="width:100%;height:400px;border:0px;padding-bottom:4px;" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EVXP8N/"&gt;Please take our survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  286. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="Tjz9bw"&gt;
  287. &lt;h3 id="lltvWs"&gt;Who should have the most say when it comes to retired numbers?&lt;/h3&gt;
  288. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  289.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/FjUkt6mg7YklvkDwLyZ-rnIIr1Y=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25985430/Screenshot_2025_05_07_at_7.44.20_AM.png"&gt;
  290.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  291. &lt;p id="Zuj82J"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  292. &lt;p id="dcI2YU"&gt;There’s been a lot of discourse surrounding retired numbers in the NFL over the past week, mainly stemming from Giants rookie Abdul Carter’s search for a number that he believes fits him best. He has already asked franchise legend Lawrence Taylor if he could wear No. 56 but Taylor politely declined and told him to blaze his own trail.&lt;/p&gt;
  293. &lt;p id="1Kg8wJ"&gt;After that, former Giants quarterback Phil Simms publicly stated he wouldn’t care if either Carter or rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart wanted to wear his retired No. 11, the number Carter wore at Penn State. However, Simms’ own family voted against the idea and it looks like No. 11 will stay retired.&lt;/p&gt;
  294. &lt;p id="xMThqy"&gt;All of this has got me thinking about who ultimately should have the final say in the matter. As it stands, the franchise does actually get the final yes or no. However, it was the player and all their effort they gave to the franchise that helped them earn the right to have their number retired. I can’t help but think that decision should begin and end with the owner of that number and I certainly don’t think their family should have a sliver of a say, to be honest.&lt;/p&gt;
  295. &lt;p id="r1S11i"&gt;Am I crazy for thinking that?&lt;/p&gt;
  296. &lt;p id="vsWq3n"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RJ: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  297. &lt;p id="kdUm5E"&gt;Ultimately I think this is the case with numbers that were officially retired by a team. Letting that person choose makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;
  298. &lt;p id="q7emN6"&gt;To use my team as an example, the Dallas Cowboys have never officially retired any number. They have certain legacy ones that they do not ever hand out (8, 12 and 22 are the main ones), but they consider it a bit of a positive challenge to give someone say 88 (which has worked out well) or 94 (not so much).&lt;/p&gt;
  299. &lt;p id="Tp6Qug"&gt;If the team goes about things like this then I think that it is okay. But the Giants allowed for the people in question to have opinions the moment they officially retired them.&lt;/p&gt;
  300. &lt;p id="3KiL84"&gt;Those are the rules.&lt;/p&gt;
  301. &lt;div id="WbYZoe"&gt;&lt;iframe id="ss-embed-frame" onload="window.parent.parent.scrollTo(0,0)" src="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NWK6JJ/" style="width:100%;height:400px;border:0px;padding-bottom:4px;" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NWK6JJ/"&gt;Please take our survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  302. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="Z8uUwQ"&gt;
  303. &lt;h3 id="2vE4ck"&gt;Which one team do you think owns the other right now?&lt;/h3&gt;
  304. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  305.        &lt;img alt="NFL: NFC Wild Card Round-Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys" data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/eScNH7LLADLwnJgSYckFG2j4XH0=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25983014/usa_today_22293969.jpg"&gt;
  306.      &lt;cite&gt;Tim Heitman-Imagn Images&lt;/cite&gt;
  307.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  308. &lt;p id="mNI6nK"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RJ: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  309. &lt;p id="l1d39p"&gt;On Sunday night the NBA saw the Golden State Warriors eliminate the Houston Rockets from the playoffs again. I believe this is the 70th time that this has happened in the last decade.&lt;/p&gt;
  310. &lt;p id="zlLepw"&gt;The overall point here is that the Warriors have collectively owned the Rockets for the last 10 years. It is never fun when one team completely owns you, but sometimes that happens in sports.&lt;/p&gt;
  311. &lt;p id="BSUtKo"&gt;In terms of the NFL I am going to keep things relative to my team and note that the Green Bay Packers own the Dallas Cowboys (I could have said the San Francisco 49ers do to be clear, but I am going with the Packers). Green Bay took Dallas out in 2014 (Dez caught it), 2016 (Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott’s rookie year) and most recently in 2023 when they blew their doors off so badly that it rippled all through &lt;em&gt;last &lt;/em&gt;season. Oh, and did I mention that the coach who the Cowboys hired in between all of that to fix it all was the former Packers head coach in Mike McCarthy?&lt;/p&gt;
  312. &lt;p id="7qaPP7"&gt;It sucks.&lt;/p&gt;
  313. &lt;p id="ehH5Hn"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  314. &lt;p id="qVOYXs"&gt;Oh gosh, this one hurts because I can’t help but think about my Milwaukee Bucks being eliminated once again by the Indiana Pacers. Somehow in the last few seasons, the Pacers and Bucks have created one of the NBA’s newest rivalries. These teams are always heated against each other — whether it’s the regular or postseason — and the games are normally full of drama. Take the elimination game, for instance. Tyrese Haliburton got a game-winning layup with seconds left after the Bucks blew a seven-point lead with under a minute left. After the game Haliburton’s father got into Giannis Antetokounmpo’s face which caused him to earn an indefinite ban from all future Pacers games.&lt;/p&gt;
  315. &lt;p id="hF0yGC"&gt;That’s the type of old-school drama we miss in the NBA!&lt;/p&gt;
  316. &lt;p id="pd5qWN"&gt;Oh wait, this was a football question?&lt;/p&gt;
  317. &lt;p id="xQJYSR"&gt;Well, how can we not look at the AFC West that has been collectively owned by the Kansas City Chiefs for the better part of the past 10 years. My Chargers are lucky to ever split a season series with KC and the same goes for the rest of the division. When every new season arrives, I’m asked on various radio shows about how I see the division shaking out this year and I always have the same answer: It’s the Chiefs’ division until someone outright takes it from them.&lt;/p&gt;
  318. &lt;div id="uk2ZfZ"&gt;&lt;iframe id="ss-embed-frame" onload="window.parent.parent.scrollTo(0,0)" src="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/VIJMUC/" style="width:100%;height:400px;border:0px;padding-bottom:4px;" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/VIJMUC/"&gt;Please take our survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  319. &lt;hr class="p-entry-hr" id="CuQBbG"&gt;
  320. &lt;h3 id="XaWO6k"&gt;Who is one remaining free agent you cannot believe hasn’t signed with a team yet?&lt;/h3&gt;
  321. &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  322.        &lt;img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0BUfjHJ409PA4HpXKK-jHS5YrF8=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25985558/Screenshot_2025_05_07_at_9.19.04_AM.png"&gt;
  323.  &lt;/figure&gt;
  324. &lt;p id="m0Yutj"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  325. &lt;p id="8J0MzT"&gt;There are two very good offensive guards left on the market in Brandon Scherff and Will Hernandez. In a league where teams could always upgrade their offensive line, it feels weird seeing these two still out there.&lt;/p&gt;
  326. &lt;p id="k3tOtz"&gt;Now of course I’d be remiss not to note that Scherff is old and Hernandez is coming off a season-ending injury, but both were guys I did not expect to last long once the new league year began in early March.&lt;/p&gt;
  327. &lt;p id="thPsy6"&gt;In a league where veteran wideouts, running backs, and edge rushers seem to take their time finding the right “fit” in free agency, the lineman are usually just happy to find a home where they can get back to doing the dirty work for a franchise. I don’t know how much longer both of them will remain on the market, but I would be wildly surprised to see either of them without a starting job by the time the regular season rolls around.&lt;/p&gt;
  328. &lt;p id="WkhlNb"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RJ:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  329. &lt;p id="Uw642v"&gt;I’m going to keep things simple and go with Keenan Allen.&lt;/p&gt;
  330. &lt;p id="rF79kR"&gt;I recognize that last season in Chicago did not go well, but we have given just about everybody that was associated with that a pass of sorts. You cannot tell me that Allen cannot help an NFL team.&lt;/p&gt;
  331. &lt;p id="sjrMZo"&gt;Adding veteran receivers is never a bad thing when they have the body of work that Keenan has had for his career to date.&lt;/p&gt;
  332. &lt;p id="t5c1jF"&gt;Someone go get him.&lt;/p&gt;
  333. &lt;div id="3D9kua"&gt;&lt;iframe id="ss-embed-frame" onload="window.parent.parent.scrollTo(0,0)" src="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/QYTLBE/" style="width:100%;height:400px;border:0px;padding-bottom:4px;" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/QYTLBE/"&gt;Please take our survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  334.  
  335. </content>
  336.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24424125/nfl-rookie-minicamps-retired-jersey-numbers-brandon-scherff-will-hernandez-keenan-allen-free-agency"/>
  337.    <id>https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24424125/nfl-rookie-minicamps-retired-jersey-numbers-brandon-scherff-will-hernandez-keenan-allen-free-agency</id>
  338.    <author>
  339.      <name>RJ Ochoa</name>
  340.    </author>
  341.  </entry>
  342.  <entry>
  343.    <published>2025-05-09T11:13:59-04:00</published>
  344.    <updated>2025-05-09T11:13:59-04:00</updated>
  345.    <title>Why 31 NFL teams might be frustrated with the Houston Texans</title>
  346.    <content type="html">  
  347.  
  348.    &lt;figure&gt;
  349.      &lt;img alt="NFL: Combine" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/j7IwRxDaaY5frrmxKrbaN9oKK4w=/0x0:6037x4025/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74073920/usa_today_25553020.0.jpg" /&gt;
  350.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Kirby Lee-Imagn Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  351.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  352.  
  353.  &lt;p&gt;Jayden Higgins made NFL history on Thursday, but that might have 31 teams frustrated with the team that drafted him&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="LOomxW"&gt;On Thursday, Jayden Higgins made NFL history.&lt;/p&gt;
  354. &lt;p id="7EGRO7"&gt;But the history the incoming rookie wide receiver made might just have 31 NFL teams furious with the club that drafted him.&lt;/p&gt;
  355. &lt;p id="pMka7b"&gt;Higgins put pen to paper on his rookie contract with the &lt;a href="https://www.battleredblog.com/"&gt;Houston Texans&lt;/a&gt;, signing a fully guaranteed four-year contract worth $11,700,824. That contract made history as Higgins became the first second-round pick in NFL history to receive a fully guaranteed contract.&lt;/p&gt;
  356. &lt;p id="atMrPT"&gt;The Texans drafted Higgins at No. 34, early in the second round. Following the pick, General Manager Nick Caserio raved about Higgins, highlighting how he went from an “under-recruited” player coming out of high school to becoming an “NFL player:”&lt;/p&gt;
  357. &lt;div id="tqrB27"&gt;
  358. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  359. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Nick Caserio on what went into the decision to draft Jayden Higgins: &lt;a href="https://t.co/Hzf1n29phf"&gt;pic.twitter.com/Hzf1n29phf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Houston Stressans (@TexansCommenter) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TexansCommenter/status/1915988692482527392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 26, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  360. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  361. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  362.  
  363. &lt;/div&gt;
  364. &lt;p id="Yqh5rg"&gt;However, that contract might have the other 31 teams a little frustrated with the Texans, as it likely opens the door to fully guaranteed contracts for second-round picks going forward. For example, Kyle Crabbs, who does tremendous work covering both the &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl-draft"&gt;NFL Draft&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/"&gt;Miami Dolphins&lt;/a&gt;, pointed out after the Higgins contract that while the Dolphins were close to signing their own second-round pick, those talks “probably got more complicated at the last minute” after the Higgins contract was announced:&lt;/p&gt;
  365. &lt;div id="jnLpgc"&gt;
  366. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  367. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Only Dolphins draft pick unsigned is Jonah Savaiinaea, whose negotiations probably got more complicated at the last minute when the Texans gave Jayden Higgins (34th overall) the first fully guaranteed 2nd-round contract in NFL history yesterday. &lt;a href="https://t.co/an94idDYqT"&gt;https://t.co/an94idDYqT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Kyle Crabbs (@KyleCrabbs) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KyleCrabbs/status/1920833397074649269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 9, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  368. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  369. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  370.  
  371. &lt;/div&gt;
  372. &lt;p id="0I7oCG"&gt;As our own Jared Mueller joked this morning around the &lt;em&gt;SB Nation &lt;/em&gt;watercooler, if your team’s second-round picks do not sign contracts, feel free to blame the Texans. &lt;/p&gt;
  373.  
  374. </content>
  375.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2025/5/9/24426886/jayden-higgins-contract-second-round-nfl-teams-mad-houston-texans"/>
  376.    <id>https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2025/5/9/24426886/jayden-higgins-contract-second-round-nfl-teams-mad-houston-texans</id>
  377.    <author>
  378.      <name>Mark Schofield</name>
  379.    </author>
  380.  </entry>
  381.  <entry>
  382.    <published>2025-05-09T11:00:05-04:00</published>
  383.    <updated>2025-05-09T11:00:05-04:00</updated>
  384.    <title>TGL reportedly files for trademarks that suggest Chicago, Texas teams on the way</title>
  385.    <content type="html">  
  386.  
  387.    &lt;figure&gt;
  388.      &lt;img alt="TGL presented by SoFi: Finals" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Eky3Jk24jAXT1sztHcHsgzJzWxs=/0x0:5830x3887/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74073886/2206933965.0.jpg" /&gt;
  389.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Cliff Hawkins/TGL/TGL Golf via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  390.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  391.  
  392.  &lt;p&gt;TGL’s next wave of expansion could include Chicago and Texas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="Fl6itG"&gt;The golf season as we have known it, relatively speaking, is still fairly young at this point on the calendar. We are currently at the Truist Championship and next week brings the second major of the season in the &lt;a href="http://www.sbnation.com/pga-championship"&gt;PGA Championship&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  393. &lt;p id="vw7ypU"&gt;Even with so much in front of us, the inaugural season of TGL feels incredibly far back in the rearview mirror. Overall TGL was a huge success and provided a nice bit of golf before things got properly off of the ground, needless to say we are all interested in what the second year will look like.&lt;/p&gt;
  394. &lt;p id="w8WmwF"&gt;Rumors of expansion for TGL have been running for a bit now with Texas &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2025/4/1/24398735/tgl-new-texas-team-77-million-price-tag"&gt;believed to be&lt;/a&gt; the next logical step. Texan players like Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Will Zalatoris are logical names for a team if things come to pass.&lt;/p&gt;
  395. &lt;p id="VXCUD9"&gt;It appears that Texas could be one of two new teams in TGL next season, though. On Friday word broke that TGL Holdings has filed trademarks that would suggest Chicago could be due a team soon as well.&lt;/p&gt;
  396. &lt;div id="XxNKws"&gt;
  397. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"&gt;
  398. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Chicago's big run continues. More trademark filings Thursday from TGL Holdings for "Chicago Links Golf Club" and "Texas Golf Club." &lt;a href="https://t.co/7uhlUkR18r"&gt;pic.twitter.com/7uhlUkR18r&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Josh Carpenter (@JoshACarpenter) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JoshACarpenter/status/1920838873208197147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 9, 2025&lt;/a&gt;
  399. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  400. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  401.  
  402. &lt;/div&gt;
  403. &lt;p id="3kIfGh"&gt;Obviously the Windy City offers a massive sports market and therefore makes sense as an option for TGL to pursue. To date they have teams representing others in Los Angeles and New York so they are clearly trying to check all of the right boxes.&lt;/p&gt;
  404. &lt;p id="QFBOHC"&gt;As far as potential Chicago players... current New York Golf Club member Matt Fitzpatrick went to Northwestern so is a logical dot to connect. We have yet to see any type of trades or anything within TGL’s operation, but obviously things are still so new that anything is on the table.&lt;/p&gt;
  405. &lt;p id="E1rVtk"&gt;We will see what winds up happening soon enough.&lt;/p&gt;
  406.  
  407. </content>
  408.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426848/tgl-report-files-trademarks-suggest-chicago-texas-teams-next"/>
  409.    <id>https://www.sbnation.com/2025/5/9/24426848/tgl-report-files-trademarks-suggest-chicago-texas-teams-next</id>
  410.    <author>
  411.      <name>RJ Ochoa</name>
  412.    </author>
  413.  </entry>
  414. </feed>
  415.  

Home · About · News · Docs · Terms

 
Copyright © 2002-9 Sam Ruby, Mark Pilgrim, Joseph Walton, and Phil Ringnalda